Sonu Nigam is back in SaReGaMaPa

Following the success of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (SRGMP) Challenge 2007 which concluded Saturday, Zee TV had announced a fresh series of 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa-L'il champs' with 28 new young aspiring contenders from across the globe.
The show is starting from October 19] The celebrity judges include playback singer Sonu Nigam and Suresh Wadkar. Sonu returns to SRGMP after a gap of eight years, SRGMP challenge 2007 host Aditya Narayan announced during the finale of the reality show last night. 'L'il Champs' starting from October 19 would be aired on Friday and Saturday at 2200 hrs. The show would provide a platform to young participants within the age group of seven to 13 years. Aditya Narayan would be the host.
Speaking about the launch, Zee TV's business head Punit Goenka said,''It's been a nostalgic journey with SRGMP since its inception.Music is an integral part of Indian culture and talent should be nurtured from an early age.'' Adding further, he said,'' On the judging panel, we have some of the leading and established professionals from the music industry, who, would guide and judge our L'il discoveries.We look forward to provide our viewers a refreshingly new show with L'il champs, some talented singing with loads of entertainment.'' He said 28 participants have been selected from five continents and six different countries would compete with each other under the guidance of their respective mentors.International auditions took place in UK, Dubai, USA, South Africa, Malaysia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Singapore, Fiji, Kenya, Australia, Israel and Hongkong as well as eight cities in India.

How to do registration for Saregamapa Little Champs?

After the huge success of saregamapa challenge 2005, 2007 and Lil Champs, Zee TV is going to start 'Little Champs International'. This time little champs will go internationally. So be ready for it. If you are less than 13 yrs old and want to become little champs, then please record a CD in your voice and send it to the following address

Little Champs,

Plot NO. 99

Marol Coperative Industrial Estate,

Marol, Andheri (East)Mumbai - 59

The Auditions for 'Little Champs International'

1. 22nd Sept 07 - Chandigarh
2. 23rd Sept 07 - Delhi
3. 22nd Sept 07 - Ahmedabad
4. 23rd Sept 07 - Kolkata
5. 29th Sept 07 - Mumbai

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2005

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs was an Indian televised children's singing competition that aired on Zee TV from July, 8 2006 to September 2006. The judges were Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik and Bappi Lahri. The winner of the show was Sanchita, the 1st runner up was Diwakar and the 2nd runner up was Saamer. Sanchita was the first female to have won a modern televisied, public voting, singing competition in India.

Contestants

There were 10 final contestants that got eliminated by public voting in the following order:

Pratik Gosh
Gurpreet Kaur
Armaan Malik
Shrada Das
Neha Verma
Pavni Pandey
Sanchita Bhattyacharya
Sameer Mohammed
Diwakar Sharma
Nazim Uddin

Cast

Shaan- Host
Abhijeet- Himself
Alka Yagnik- Herself
Bappi Lahri- Himself

Three Finalist of Little Champ 2005.

Sanchita is the winner. She got 15 lacs and a trophy. Diwaker got second place. He got 10 lacs. Sameer got third place and got 5 lacs. Sanchita thought she got 2nd place when they were announcing the first runner up. Alka Yagnik came on stage and explained to Sanchita that she was the winner. Diwakar was the one that got 2nd place.

SaReGaMaPa Lil'l Champ 2005 winner Sanchita become playback Singer

Within a month of her victory in Zee Tv's Little Champ, Sanchita has already become playback singer. Sanchita Bhattacharya, the 13-year old winner of TV show "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs", has belted out a sensuous item song to be picturised on actress Neha Dhupia in Rajat Kapur's forthcoming film "Mithya".
According to producers Planman Motion Pictures, "Sanchita was the perfect candidate since she's fresh, eager and vibrant. Her youth doesn't come in the way of her nuances. Sanchita has done a brilliant job."
Bhattacharya said: "I had to make sure that all the feelings came out right. Neha-ji has performed such foot-tapping item songs. I didn't want mine to be lost in the crowd. It was a racy number composed by new Music Director Sagar Desai."

DIWAKAR the finalists of Zee Tv’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa ‘Little Champs’

For those who don’t know about Diwakar let me introduce him. He is one of the finalists of Zee Tv’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa ‘Little Champs’ contest. In recent time, Zee TV’s Little Champs is the most popular reality show. This show is for children under age of 14 to show their singing talent. The contestants are selected from all over India and now this show is at its final stage. There are three little champs who are gonna compete with each other in the final. All sing perfect and every episode is emotion packed.My favorite contestant is Diwaker. This 13 year old boy from Delhi is blind since birth. He can’t see this wonderful world through his eyes but he can imagine it. He has a wonderful voice. When you listen to him singing, every song is heart touching. He is not only good singer but also has good computer knowledge. He has won gold medal for his accuracy and skill in computer. I don’t know how he manages to operate computer without sight. He is fantastic and I think he is role model for those who are handicap. He always think positively. I remember in one episode when one of the contestants was going out from the contest and he was one of the last two finalists and Shaan (host of the show) asked him how he was feeling at that moment, he said “I am very optimistic and one of us has to be eliminated from this show. So I hope for the best and prepare for the worst.”In the last episode, Abhijeet (one of the judges) said that Diwakar got votes only because of sympathy. I have seen these judges criticizing Diwakar all the time. They feel that his voice range is limited and there could be hardly few songs which Diwakar can sing. But I don’t feel that he has limited voice range. He is only 13 years old and voice quality and range will change with age. We can’t say that his range will remain limited for life long. And why always accuse him that he get votes cos of sympathy? He deserves these votes and public is not that stupid man. Public don’t know about grammar of music. We give votes when we feel that someone is singing better. And I will always support Diwakar; not because he is blind but he deserves it and he has proved it..