Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam received entries from a total of 61 contestants this year.
The first round of judging was conducted by Kumaresh Rajagopalan after which 34 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.
- Kolkata K Vijayaraghavan and Trivandrum N Sampath
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 and 2nd Prize: $100.
Sangeetha Kalanidhi T.V.Sankaranarayanan distributed the prizes and certificates to the contestants.
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The results for the various levels and categories are listed below:
| Level | Category | Prize | Contestant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three | Vocal | 1st Prize | Varshini Ramanathan from Illinois |
| Two | Vocal | 1st Prize | Gowri Salem from Ilinois |
| Two | Vocal | 2nd Prize | Shilpa Satyanathan and Ritika Nair from Illinois |
| Three | Instrument | 2nd Prize | Anjana Narasimhan from Illinois |
| Two | Instrument | 1st Prize | Rishabh Ranganathan from Illinois |
| Two | Instrument | 2nd Prize | Sanjay Suresh from Wisconsin |
The following contestants were selected to perform in the Live Competition but could not attend. These contestants were given a Certificate of Selection:
- Anvita Hariharan from Illinois
- Gayathri Mullapudi from Texas
The competition was held only for those categories with at least two selected contestants. There was only one contestant selected to perform in the Level 2 Percussion Category. This contestant will be mailed a Certificate of Selection:
- Bhargav Yadavalli
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:
- Akash Gururaja
- Sravya Jayanti
- Sharika Kottapalli
- Sanjana Ramrajvel
- Anaka Srinivas
- Sumedha Sundaram
CTU will be mailing the Special Recognition certificates to those contestants who did not pick them up at the competition.