TNL Onstage

TNL Onstage
GenreMusic Competition
BeginsMay
EndsSeptember
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Sri Lanka
Years active17
Inaugurated1999
Most recentongoing
Websitewww.tnlonstage.com

TNL Onstage is an annual music talent competition based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, organised by the TNL Radio Network. It is currently in its seventeenth season. The competition takes place over a four-month period, during which the participants (musicians and artists from all musical genres) undergo a training programme inclusive of workshops, training sessions and one-on-one work with established musicians.

TNL Onstage commenced in 1999.[1] The inaugural winners of the competition was rock 'n' roll band, Independent Square.[2]

In 2013 the competition won the 'Most Fashionable Contest' award at the Fashion Asia Awards held in China.,[3][4][5] a category assessing events from Malaysia, Taiwan, Cambodia, Thailand and China.

The 2014 finale of TNL Onstage took place on 13 September 2014 at the Viharamahadevi Amphitheater, with the winner of the soloist category, Nikhil, Constellation winning the best band category[6][7] and DJ Hiranya winning the spin off category.

  1. ^ "Talented acts at TNL onstage". Sunday Times. 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Rocking gig". Sunday Times. 31 May 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Sri Lankan radio talent show clinches fashion award". Asia Radio Today. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  4. ^ Argent, Kshanika (23 October 2005). "Anil: Independent!". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  5. ^ "TNL Onstage wins top honours at Fashion Asia 2013". The Sunday Times. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Constellation glows at TNL Onstage 2014". The Sunday Times. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Winners Of TNL Onstage 2014". Yazmin Yousuf. 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.