Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International


Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International is an Indian televised children's singing competition announced by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 host, Aditya Narayan, on 28 July 2007. The season began on 19 October 2007 with 28 contestants. The show was broadcast on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Anamika Choudhari won this competition on 1 March 2008. It is the second instalment of the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs" series and the fifth public voting competition in the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" series. Chronologically, the show was preceded by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007.
Narayan mentioned that children aged 6–14 worldwide could send recordings of their songs on a CD if they wished to participate in the competition. Furthermore, on 13 October 2007, Narayan also added that Pritam and Sonu Nigam would be the judges of the show. However, Pritam was later replaced by Suresh Wadkar.

Regional auditions phase

Locations

The auditions were held in the following cities in India:
International auditions took place in the United Kingdom, Dubai, USA, South Africa, Malaysia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Singapore, Fiji, Kenya, Australia, Israel and Hong Kong.
Most participants were from India. No foreign contestants reached the finals

Judges

NameCity/StateCountryStatusStatus DateEpisode NumberWildcard Entry/2nd Elimination
Anamika ChoudhariMariani, AssamWinner1 March 2008Episode 40
Rohanpreet SinghPatiala, Punjab1st runner-up1 March 2008Episode 40
Tanmay ChaturvediLucknow, Uttar Pradesh2nd runner-up1 March 2008Episode 40
Aamir HafeezBhopal, Madhya Pradesh3rd runner-up15 February 2008Episode 34
Vasundhara RaturiDelhi4th runner-up8 February 2008Episode 32
Vaishali RaikwarBhopal, Madhya PradeshVoted out1 December 2007Episode 1425 Jan 2008/Epi. 29
Smita NandiAgartala, TripuraVoted out18 January 2008Episode 27
Vibhor ParasharDelhiVoted out12 January 2008Episode 25
Rohit Shyam RautNagpur, MaharashtraVoted out4 January 2008Episode 23
Paritosh PandeGaziabad, Uttar PradeshVoted out21 December 2007Episode 21
Sahil SolankiHissar, HaryanaVoted out14 December 2007Episode 61 Dec 2007/Epi. 14
Loria DhoshiJaipur, RajasthanVoted out8 December 2007Episode 16
Shahzaad AliBikaner, RajasthanVoted out3 November 2007Episode 17
Sagar PadkeMumbai, MaharashtraVoted out30 November 2007Episode 13
Sayon SenNew DelhiVoted out17 November 2007Episode 10
Barbie Rajput with Ankesh GodboleMandi, Himachal PradeshVoted out10 November 2007Episode 8
Arghya Ramnath NaikMuscatVoted out28 October 2007Episode 5
Harsh KapoorAllahabad, Uttar PradeshVoted out27 October 2007Episode 4
Shreya NayakMumbai, MaharashtraVoted out27 October 2007Episode 4
Shreya TripathiSitrahVoted out27 October 2007Episode 4
Sukanya GuptaDelhiVoted out27 October 2007Episode 4
Utkarsha TelangIndor, Madhya PradeshVoted out27 October 2007Episode 4
Aamna Waheed EnglandVoted out26 October 2007Episode 3
Maithali ShomeJohannesburgVoted out26 October 2007Episode 3
RupaaliSuvaVoted out26 October 2007Episode 3
Surbhi RajputKota, RajasthanVoted out26 October 2007Episode 3
Veda NarulkarMumbai, MaharashtraVoted out26 October 2007Episode 3
Anshula KumarSydneyVoted out19 October 2007Episode 2
Monalisa RoyKuala LumpurVoted out19 October 2007Episode 2
Shruti KhandaiCaliforniaVoted out19 October 2007Episode 2
Vibhav GautamDohaVoted out19 October 2007Episode 2
Yash KansaraN/AVoted out19 October 2007Grand Finale

Episode themes

Just as was done in previous Sa Re Ga Ma Pa shows, the idea of themes is used to determine the contestants' versatility and ability to sing different genres.
Grand Finale: Kajol and Ajay Devgan

Footnotes