Priya Jerson: Net Worth, Family, Biography, And More!

Priya Jerson is an Indian playback singer who primarily works in Tamil and Malayalam films. She is best known as the first runner-up title winner of Super Singer Season 9, a musical reality show aired on Vijay TV.

A Licentiate of Trinity College London(LTCL) and a Grade 8 artist in Western classical singing, Priya has expertise in both Western and Eastern music. The singer is quite popular on social media platforms with 1,48,000 followers on Instagram and 62,000 subscribers on YouTube.

Physical Stats

Priya Jerson Family

Priya was born on 8th December 1995 to Jerson Chulliparambil C Antony and Jaya Jerson. The details about her siblings are not available in public sources.

Relationship

Priya is in a relationship with Charlie Joy, a Malayali for the last 4 years. Charlie owns the YouTube channel, ‘Adventure Lee’, where he posts swimming tutorial videos.

On the stage of ‘Super Singer’, the reality show aired on Vijay TV, Charlie made a surprise appearance. Priya was elated and suddenly her boyfriend lifted her. Charlie was holding roses in hand and he proposed to the singer by kneeling down on the stage. Priya and Charlie often post photos of each other on Instagram.

Education

Priya did her schooling at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vaduthala in Kochi. Later the singer completed her degree in Bachelor of Arts (BA). Priya is also a Licentiate of Trinity College London(LTCL) and holds Grade 8 in Western classical singing.

Controversies

There are no known controversies available about Priya in the public domain.

Priya Jerson Profession

From a very early age, Priya was interested in singing. Thus, the girl started learning classical music from K M Udayan, a music teacher based in Elamakkara, and Hindustani music from Vijay Sursain of Vytillla. During her school days, Priya also used to participate in inter-school singing competitions. 

In 2012, when  Priya was studying in class XI, she attended the audition for the first season of Josco Indian Voice, a musical reality show aired on the Mazhavil Manorama channel. Eventually, she got an entry into the grand finale round of the show held in October 2012. Luck was in Priya’s favor and she was the only school student who made an appearance on the list of five finalists in the competition.

During that time, Priya also got an opportunity to sing playback songs in a couple of Malayalam movies. Some of them were the song ‘ Kannamthumbi’ from Teens, a duet song with renowned Pakistani singer Atif Aslam in Saamrajyam-2, and also a song in the film Bhoopadathil Illatha Oridam.

The turning point in Priya’s life was meeting Yuvan Shankar Raja, the ace Tamil music director. At that time, he was looking for a singer who is new to the industry to sing a song in the film ‘Balloon’. Thus Yuvan went to a reality show on a television channel and Priya was the lucky one to get the chance to sing the song ‘Chirujalley Neevu Ra’ in the film.

Some of the other renowned film songs sung by Priya include ‘Ey Penem Paperum’ from Son of Satyamoorthi, ‘Manchali’ from Liger, ‘Maanam Thotte Nammal’ from Vellarikkapattanam, ‘Love Mystry’ from To Noora with Love, etc.

In 2023, Priya appeared as a contestant for the second time in the musical reality show ‘Super Singer Season 9’ which aired on Vijay TV. Though she had appeared in the show earlier, luck was not in her favor.

However, when the results of Season 9 were announced in June 2023, Priya emerged as the first-runner-up title winner and won a cash prize of Rs.10 lakhs.
On the work front, Priya joined as a Primary teacher at Christu Jayanthi Public School Rajagiri Valley, Kakkanad in Ernakulam on 4th November 2019.

Priya Jerson Net worth

Priya’s main source of income is from singing in movies and reality shows. Reportedly, her net worth stands at $1 million.

Lesser Known Facts About Priya Jerson

• Priya’s boyfriend Charlie once said that when she was put in the danger zone of the ‘Super Singer’ program, the singer felt very sad and started crying.

• Priya once performed along with her dad in Vijay TV’s musical reality show.

• Priya went to Kochi Biennale, an international exhibition of contemporary art along with her boyfriend Charlie and posted the photos of their visit on Instagram.

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