Konal from Dhaka won the Channel i Sherakantha 2009 award. She got Tk eight lakh from Channel i and Tk 25 thousand from Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation. She also got gift hamper from Citicell and Tk three lakh from Falgu Polymer Industries Ltd.
With the participation of 50 thousand audiences the name of this year’s winner was announced at a gala event at Rajshahi district stadium on Thursday night in Rajshahi. Chaity became first runner-up, while Nodiraj became second runner-up in the contest. Channel i broadcasted the grand finale of the competition live.
The event of the grand finale began at 7:00pm at Rajshahi district stadium. At first, Managing Director of Impress Telefilm Ltd Faridur Reza Sagar entered the stage and gave welcome speech. Then Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation Khairuzzaman Liton came to the stage.
Then main event of the grand finale began. With the performance of 100 dancers of Rajshahi led by country’s two leading dance artistes Shibli Mohammad and Shamim Ara Nipa created a gala atmosphere on the stage. Popular host Farzana Brownia then entered the stage to enthral the audience.
Best seven contestants of this year contest along with one of the main judges of this year’s contest noted singer Subir Nandi came to the stage riding local vehicle ‘Nasimon.’ They presented a patriotic chorus. Then another main judge of the contest musician Alauddin Ali also came to the stage. They rendered a chorus titled “Suryadoye tumi..”
Besides Subir Nandi and Alauddin Ali, country’s two leading singers Runa Laila and Sabina Yasmin then entered to the stage. Then best seven contestants -Ripon, Shakila, Konal, Tithi, Chaity, Nodi and Rafsan rendered songs.
At last, name of the winner of this year’s contest was announced. Faridur Reza Sagar, Shykh Siraj, Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation, officials of Citicell and UCB distributed awards to the winners.