Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 is a reality series, an extension of the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa programme that was first aired in 1995 on Zee TV. With the new "Challenge" series, Zee TV brought 48 potential singers that are living in India.
Elimination table Mahayudh ContestantPhase 1Phase 2Phase 3Nanu Gurjar Supriya JoshiVishwas RaiRaktima MukherjeeDebojit SahaNihira JoshiSaptak BhattacharjeeManjeera GangulySwananda Karmarkar Bhumik ShahBanjyotsna BorgohainDilshad AliTwinkle BajpaiNiladri DebnathV. HemabinduRajeev ThapaUjjaini MukherjeeShaarib SabriJoyeeta SenVineet SinghAnindita SarkarMohammed IrfanHimani KapoorVishwanath BatungeAishwarya NigamPriyani VaniParesh MadhapariaVineeta PunnAbhijeet GhoshalSanchali ChatterjeeVedala HemachandraKeka Ghoshal
Chakravyuh ContestantsDay 1Raktima MukherjeeKeka GhoshalHimani KapoorDebojit SahaMohammed IrfanSharib Sabri
Brahmastra Voters were supposed to SMS their votes for the Gharana, and the mentor with the most votes would be able to call back 3 boys and 3 girls, out of which the top boy and girl would be voted back in. The Jai Mata Di Rock Gharana got the most votes, and so Himesh chose who would be called back to join his Gharana. ContestantsMentor CallbackResultsAishwarya Nigam 11%Joyeeta Sen 13%Vishwas Rai Ujjaini Mukherjee 19%Niladri Debnath Vineeta Punn Dilshad Ali 18%Nanu Gurjar Sanchali Chatterjee 6%Paresh Madhaparia 30%
Agnipariksha ContestantsWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11FinaleDebojit SahaBottom 2Most votesVineet SinghBottom 3Bottom 2Vedala HemachandraTieBottom 3Bottom 2 colspan="2" Himani KapoorBottom 3 colspan="3" Nihira JoshiTie colspan="4" Paresh MadhapariaBottom 2Bottom 3 colspan="5" Ujjaini MukherjeeBottom 2Bottom 3 colspan="6" Twinkle BajpaiBottom 2Bottom 2Bottom 2 colspan="7" Rajeev KumarBottom 3Bottom 3 colspan="8" Sharib SabriBottom 3 colspan="10" Swananda Karmarkar colspan="11" Raktima Mukherjee colspan="12"
Synopsis
Elimination rounds The process had started with elimination rounds by the four mentors: Aadesh Shrivastava, Himesh Reshammiya, Jatin–Lalit and Ismail Darbar. The mentors picked one girl and one boy amidst 4 boys and 4 girls who took part during the course of six weeks. Through this, 16 contestants out of the 48 were eliminated. The 32 remaining contestants consisted of 16 boys and 16 girls.
Episode 1
Neeta Pandey, Nakash Aziz, Manjeera Ganguly, Paresh Madhaparia, Joyeeta Sen, Mukesh, Shoumi Roy, and Rajeev Thapa competed. Joyeeta, Manjeera, Paresh, and Nakash were selected. Paresh was given a yes from all 4 teams while Rajeev and Nakash got 3. The other contestants broke the tie and voted in favor of Nakash. Joyeeta got a yes from all 4, while Manjeera got 3.
Episode 2
Sagar Tildurkar, V. Hemabindu, Vishwas Rai, Banjyotsna, Sharib Sabri, Prachi Singla, Hemachandra, and Jolly competed. Hemabindu and Banjyotsna got a yes from all 4 each, meaning they both advanced. Hemachandra advanced with a unanimous approval. Vishwas and Sharib tied with 3, and so all contestants voted, and it was still a tie. Eventually, the musicians were asked to vote, and they picked Sharib.
Episode 3
Shivani, Niladri Debnath, Rimi Chopra, Nanu Gurjar, Nihira Joshi, Akhilesh, Swananda Karmarkar, and Kaushik competed. Nihira and Swananda got a yes from all 4, automatically qualifying them for the Top 32. Niladri and Nanu also got 4 yes votes, qualifying them as well.
Episode 4
Piyashi, Aishwarya Nigam, Sinchan Dixit, Jai Prasad, Twinkle Bajpai, Bhumik Shah, Supriya Joshi, and Pramod Tripathi competed. Aishwarya, Bhumik, Twinkle, and Supriya were chosen for the 32.
Episode 5
Abhijeet Ghoshal, Sanchali Chatterjee, Chirag Panchal, Soma Bhattacharya, Sandeep Batraa, Sayali Joshi, Vishwanath Batunge, and Himani Kapoor competed. Abhijeet and Vishwanath got 4 thumbs ups, and Sanchali and Himani got 4 thumbs ups as well, qualifying them for the Top 32.
Episode 6
Shreekumar Vakkiyil, Annie Joshi, Irfan Ali, Sanchari Bose, Shripartho, Anindita Sarkar, Dilshad Ali, and Priyani Vani were the final batch of the 48 finalists. Dilshad and Irfan qualified for the Top 32 and Sanchari, Anindita, and Priyani tied with each other. The mentors broke the tie by advancing Priyani and Anindita to the final round.
Final 32 From the final 32 round onwards, guest judges like Shiv, Hari, Pandit Jasraj, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Jagjit Singh etc. were invited to comment and judge all the remaining contestants. Each week features a different judge.
The 32 remaining contestants were put into different Gharanas (or groups, led by a "magical mentor", one of the 4 judges). Each Gharana had to pick 8 contestants in total from the contestants selected through the auditions, elimination rounds and wildcard entries.
Also, from this round onwards, the public was able to vote via SMS or by phone for their favourite singer. Each week, two contestants will be eliminated until the final round.
The only three contestants to have gone through the perfect green card on first day pattern were Vineet Singh, Hemachandra, and Nihira Joshi. Nihira Joshi was the only girl out of all to have been perfect when being chosen by judges. She was also the most consistent participant throughout the competition.
Episode 1
The boys were divided up into the 4 gharanas—Himesh's Jai Mata Di Let's Rock, Aadesh's Jai Ho, Ismail's Yalgaar Ho, and Jatin–Lalit's Dum. The four groups' names were written on paper in a bowl. Audience members were invited to draw names from the bowl. Ismail was drawn first, and he chose to pick Niladri. Aadesh was next, and he picked Hemachandra. Himesh picked Dilshad, and Jatin–Lalit picked Abhijeet. After the mentors' pick, the remaining 4 boys' names were put in the bowl, and they were given the opportunity to pick their mentor. Vishwanath picked Aadesh, Nanu picked Himesh, Bhumik picked Jatin–Lalit, and as such, Paresh was placed in Ismail's gharana.
After this, the Soubhagya Round took place. This was a wildcard round, where winners of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa shows from years past would be able to perform. The mentors would be able to pick contestants from this batch to be a part of their gharanas, and any contestants who didn't perform well would have to fight for a spot in the gharanas with standby contestants, Rajeev Thapa and Vishwas Rai, who had previously been eliminated from the 48.
Debojit Saha, Prashant, Saptak Bhattacharjee, and Vineet Singh all performed as a part of this. Debojit was given to Ismail, Saptak to Jatin–Lalit, and Vineet to Himesh. Prashant would have to compete with the standby contestants.
The remaining contestants were assigned through the Diksha Round, where they will perform and can avoid competing with the standby contestants.
Nakash, Sharib, Irfan, and Aishwarya all performed, and Nakash was asked to compete with the standby contestants.
Prashant and Rajeev faced off with each other, and Rajeev was picked by Aadesh. Vishwas and Nakash faced off, and Vishwas was picked.
Aadesh picked Vishwas, Jatin–Lalit picked Sharib, Himesh picked Aishwarya, and Ismail got Irfan.
Episode 2
Today was the girls' turn to be assigned a mentor.
In the Guru Round, Ismail again was drawn first, and picked Nihira. Himesh picked Joyeeta, Aadesh picked Hemabindu, and Jatin–Lalit were last and picked Sanchali. In the Shishya Round, Himani was drawn first and picked Aadesh. Swananda picked Jatin–Lalit, Twinkle picked Ismail, and Supriya was drawn last and so was given Himesh as he hadn't been picked yet.
In the Soubhagya Round, Keka Ghoshal, Ujjaini Mukherjee, Raktima Mukherjee, and Vineeta Punn were all invited back to participate. Keka's performance was the least of all 4, and so she was asked to be in the standby batch (consisting of her, Sanchari, and Neeta). The remaining three were given gharanas—Ujjaini picked Jatin–Lalit, Vineeta picked Ismail, and Raktima picked Aadesh.
In the Diksha Round, Banjyotsna, Priyani, Manjeera, and Anindita performed. Banjyotsna was asked to compete with the standby batch.
Banjyotsna beat Sanchari to claim a spot in the Top 32, as did Keka with Neeta.
The gharanas are set in stone, with Keka picking Aadesh, Manjeera picking Jatin–Lalit, Priyani picking Himesh, and Anindita getting Ismail.
Gharanas
Himesh Reshammiya's group was the Jai Mata Di Let's Rock Gharana, consisting of:
Dilshad Ali (Group 2) -- eliminated 09/09/2005 Banjyotsna Borgohain (Group 2) -- eliminated 08/12/2005 Joyeeta Sen (Group 3) Vineet Singh (Group 3) Priyani Vani (Group 4) -- eliminated 08/26/2005 Aishwarya Nigam (Group 4) -- eliminated 08/26/2005 Supriya Joshi (Group 1) -- eliminated 08/05/2005 Nanu Gurjar (Group 1) -- eliminated 09/02/2005
Aadesh Shrivastava's group was the Jai Ho Gharana, consisting of:
Rajeev Thapa (Group 2) Himani Kapoor (Group 3) Vedala Hemachandra (Group 4) Keka Ghoshal (Group 4) Raktima Mukherjee (Group 1) Vishwas Rai (Group 1) V. Hemabindu (Group 2) -- eliminated 09/09/2005 Vishwanath Batunge (Group 3) -- eliminated 08/19/2005
Jatin–Lalit's group was the Dum Gharana, consisting of:
Swananda Karmarkar (Group 2) Ujjaini Mukherjee (Group 3) Sharib Sabri (Group 3) Sanchali Chatterjee (Group 4) Abhijeet Ghoshal (Group 4) Bhumik Shah (Group 2) -- eliminated 08/12/2005 Manjeera Ganguly (Group 1) -- eliminated 09/02/2005 Saptak Bhattacharjee (Group 1) -- eliminated 08/05/2005
Ismail Darbar's group was the Yalgaar Ho Gharana, consisting of:
Twinkle Bajpai (Group 2) Niladri Debnath (Group 2) Mohammed Irfan (Group 3) Nihira Joshi (Group 1) Debojit Saha (Group 1) Anindita Sarkar (Group 3) -- eliminated 08/19/2005 Vineeta Punn (Group 4) -- eliminated 09/23/2005 Paresh Madhaparia (Group 4) -- eliminated 09/23/2005
Episode 3
The judges for this week were Shiv-Hari, the music duo consisting of Shivkumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia.
The Jai Mata Di Let's Rock gharana went first, with Nanu and Supriya performing. Next was Jai Ho, with Vishwas and Raktima representing. Yalgaar Ho was represented by Debojit and Nihira, with Saptak and Manjeera performing for Dum.
Nihira and Vishwas got green cards, while the rest were all given yellow cards.
Episode 4
The yellow card-holders would have to face off against each other. Four would get green cards, while the two who got red cards were eliminated.
Nanu, Supriya, Raktima, Debojit, Saptak, and Manjeera all performed.
Shiv-Hari, the judges for this week, gave the verdict that Saptak and Supriya would be eliminated. Saptak, in particular, was very sad and cried profusely in reaction to his elimination.
Episode 5
The judges this show were Alka Yagnik and Jagjit Singh.
Swananda and Bhumik sang for Dum, Banjyotsna and Dilshad for Jai Mata Di Let's Rock, Twinkle and Niladri for Yalgaar Ho, and Hemabindu and Rajeev for Jai Ho. Swananda and Dilshad were given green cards, while Bhumik, Banjyotsna, Twinkle, Niladri, Hemabindu, and Rajeev were all given yellow cards.
Episode 6
Bhumik, Banjyotsna, Rajeev, Niladri, Twinkle, and Hemabindu, who got yellow cards yesterday, competed to save themselves from elimination.
Alka Yagnik stated that Twinkle took up the challenge well. She also said that Hemabindu has got some pronunciation problems and that she should work on them. As a result, the first green card went to Twinkle. Since Banjyotsna was not up to the mark, the second green card went to Hemabindu. Among the boys, Jagjit Singh mentioned that the choice of songs was very good and it was a very difficult decision. Niladri got the green card as he had sung well, but there was a tie between Rajeev and Bhumik. Both sang songs of their choice, as they could not arrive at one common song. Eventually, Rajeev got the green card.
Rajeev, Niladri, Twikle and Hemabindu moved to the next level. Bhumik and Banjyotsna were eliminated.
Episode 7
Today's judges were Shiv-Hari once again.