Janiru Kavinda has won The Voice Teens Sri Lanka Season 3, taking the title at the grand finale staged at Stein Studios in Ratmalana on Sunday night, NewsFirst reported.
Kavinda, from Delgoda, competed as Contestant No. 2 representing Team Sanka. He beat three rivals, each drawn from a different coach’s team.
The final four
| No. | Contestant | From | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seniru Dilmith | Avissawella | Yasas |
| 2 | Janiru Kavinda | Delgoda | Sanka |
| 3 | Thasindu Nimesh | Godakawela | Yohani |
| 4 | Shrinath Pathum | Tissamaharama | Raini |
All four coaches still had a singer in contention going into the last round, one apiece.
Eight months, four rounds
Thousands of 13- to 18-year-olds auditioned for the third season, which NewsFirst describes as drawing on Sri Lanka’s “Alpha Generation”. Around 160 contestants were picked for the Blind Auditions, the format’s signature opening round in which coaches choose singers without seeing them.
The field was then cut through Battles, Knockouts, Super Knockouts and Live Shows — rounds standardised across the international Voice franchise — over roughly eight months, leaving the four who sang on Sunday night.
The show is broadcast on Sirasa TV, with the finale running from 7.30 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.
Update, September 28: one chair turn
A follow-up profile published by NewsFirst on Monday fills in most of what the result report left out.
Kavinda is 17, and a Grade 12 student at Bandaranayake Vidyalaya, Gampaha.
The detail that defines his run is the start of it: at the Blind Auditions, only one coach turned a chair for him. In a format where multiple turns mark out the favourites, he advanced on a single vote of confidence — and then won the season eight months later. NewsFirst describes that as something not previously done in the Sri Lankan edition.
His coach identified “Aala Adawwa” as his strongest performance of the season, and Kavinda returned to the same song at the Grand Finale. The coach’s assessment, as reported, rested less on technical range than on his ability to carry emotion and hold an audience.
His parents are named as Chamila Priyadarshani and S. Priyashantha. He says he hopes to pursue higher studies in music.
Still not reported
Two of the original gaps remain. NewsFirst still does not name the four coaches in full — they are identified only by the team names Yasas, Sanka, Yohani and Raini — and gives no prize and no placings for the three runners-up.
On how the winner was decided, the follow-up goes only as far as “when the final votes were counted”, which confirms a vote took place without saying whether it was a public vote, coach scoring, or a combination.
No other verified newsroom had published the result at the time of writing.
