Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam received entries from a total of 58 contestants this year.
The first round of judging was conducted by Narmada Gopalakrishnan after which 36 contestants were selected to perform in the Live Competition.
The following musicians judged the contestants who were selected to perform in the Live Music Competition.
- Akkarai Subbalakshmi and Akkarai Swarnalatha
All the contestants who performed in the Live Music Competition were given a CTU Certificate of Performance.
Each winner was awarded a CTU plaque and a CTU Certificate of Merit. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of a CTU well-wisher, the winners were given cash prizes as detailed below:
1st Prize: $250, 2nd Prize: $100 and Third Prize: $50.
Akkarai Subbalakshmi and Akkarai Swarnalatha distributed the prizes and certificates to the contestants.
The results for the various levels and categories are listed below:
| Level | Category | Prize | Contestant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three | Vocal | 1st Prize | Geeta Shankar |
| Two | Vocal | 1st Prize | Sia Iyer from Pennsylvania |
| Two | Vocal | 2nd Prize | Gowri Salem from Illinois |
| Two | Vocal | 3rd Prize | Ahana Narayanan from Illinois |
| Two | Instrument | 1st Prize | Satvik Gurupalli from Illinois |
| Two | Instrument | 2nd Prize | Sarang Mulukutla from Pennsylvania |
| Two | Instrument | 3rd Prize | Mukund Joysula from Texas |
| Two | Instrument | Special Prize | Ashvini Kartik Narayan from Illinois |
The following contestants were selected to perform in the Live Competition but could not could not attend. These contestants will be mailed a Certificate of Selection:
- Samhita Madduru from Illinois
- Anjana Narasimhan from Illinois
- Vandana Ravi from Illinois
- Ramya Radhakrishnan from Virginia
- Shriya Suresh from Pennsylvania
The competition was held only for those categories with at least two submissions. Categories with Contestants who had the only submission in their category were offered an opportunity to perform after the competition without being judged.
Special Recognition Certificates were awarded to some contestants among those who were not selected to perform in the Live Competition. The names of these contestants in alphabetical order of their last name are listed below:
- Varsha Chari
- Surya Ganesan
- Sharika Kottapalli
- Akash Krishnan
- Hari Murali
- Kayal Muthuraman
- Ritika Nair
- Akshaya Raghavan
- Abhay Ram
- Sumedha Sundaram
- Rashmi Thimmapuram
CTU will be mailing the Special Recognition certificates to those contestants who did not pick them up at the competition.