Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is an Indian Hindi-language reality singing television show. It started airing on Zee TV in 1995 as Sa Re Ga Ma. It is the oldest running game show in India as well as the oldest show on private television in India. The name of the show is derived from the first five notes in the octave of classical Indian music.
History The first episode aired on 1 May 1995 and was hosted by Sonu Nigam. In the year 2000, the show was hosted by the Bangash brothers, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, sons of sarod-player Amjad Ali Khan. From 2002, Shaan started hosting the show. Till 2005, the show used to follow a format wherein experts in the field of music would judge the contestants and score them. The format changed with the advent of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 which introduced the judges as mentors of different teams and scoring was primarily dependent on public voting. After Shaan quit hosting the show, the show was hosted by many others like Purab Kohli, Maniesh Paul, Karan Singh Rathore, Archana Jani, Vipul Roy, Jay Soni and even kids Dhairya Sorecha and Afsha Musani. The most prominent names to host the show in later seasons were Javed Ali and the current host Aditya Narayan.
Overview The show has seen multiple variations over the years: Sa Re Ga Ma: Contestants were scored only by the expert judges. There were 8 prelim (quarter-final) rounds, each consisting of 2 male singers and 2 female singers. One male winner and one female winner from each show competed in the semifinal rounds. There were 4 semifinal rounds where the 8 male and 8 female prelim winners participated. Each semifinal round had either 4 male or 4 female quarterfinal winners, so there were a total of 4 semifinals (2 semifinals with 4 males and 2 semifinals with 4 female singers). Each semifinal had only 1 winner. In the finals, the four semifinal winners, 2 male and 2 female competed against each other. Finally one male winner and one female winner became the winners of that season (also called a schedule). Sa Re Ga Ma Pa: 2 male singers, 2 female singers. The male and female winner would return the following episode and compete against a new challenger. At the start of this "roll-over" series, they had initially announced that anyone with over 10 wins would get an album; however, that never materialized. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge: Teams were formed, each Gharana (team) had a judge who mentored them. Elimination was decided by public voting. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu: A duet singing competition which featured some new contestants as well as old contestants from earlier seasons. Weekly elimination decided by public voting. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs: A singing competition for young children, which judges the prodigious kids on the basis of their voice quality, singing talent and versatility in performance. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Popular Choice Awards: This was a special season in 2004 where previous season finalists and popular participants was invited to compete against each other. This season had both Male & a Female winner. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge USA: The first instalment of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge series in USA. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega Challenge: A special season in which eight teams representing eight different states and consisting of total 24 talented contestants from past seasons of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa participated. The show was made to celebrate the 1000th episode of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. Notable Indian singers and musicians were roped in to judge each of the episodes.
Other Indian versions Due to its success and popularity, it has been remade in languages including Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Punjabi, Tamil, Odia, Telugu, Bhojpuri and Malayalam.Gujarati
Seasons #SeasonYearWinnerHostJudges1Sa Re Ga Ma - Schedule 11995 Sanjeevani Bhelande and Mukund Phansalkar Runner-ups - Tyagraj Khadilkar, Hamsika IyerSonu NigamKumar Sanu, Aadesh Shrivastava, Ravi, Raam Laxman, Suresh Wadkar, Anu Malik, Ravindra Jain, Nikhil-Vinay Semi-finals - Sameer & Dilip Sen, Jatin–Lalit, Nadeem Shravan, Hariharan
Final - Khayyam2Sa Re Ga Ma - Schedule 2Nobina Mirjankar, Shivprasad Mallya Runner-ups - Mehboob Ali, Chetna UmarjiAnup Jalota, Peenaz Masani, Mahendra Kapoor, Sapna Mukherjee, Anil Mohile, Anupama Deshpande, Chandan Das, Shailendra Singh Semi-finals - Jagjit Kaur, Viju Shah, Javed Akhtar, Usha Khanna
Finals - Kalyanji-AnandjiSa Re Ga Ma 29th episode children's specialPrashant Chauhan, Sneha PantRanu Mukherjee3Sa Re Ga Ma - Schedule 31995-96Shaoni Mitra, Junaid Akhtar Runner-ups - Ameya Date, Sampa DasAbhijeet Bhattacharya, Ranjit Barot, Vani Jairam, Uttam Singh, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Vinod Rathod, Manhar Udhas Semi-finals - Roop Kumar Rathod, Kuldip Singh, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Finals - Pt. Shivkumar Sharma4Sa Re Ga Ma - Schedule 41996Mridula Chatterjee, Ravishankar Singh Runner-ups - Naresh, Deepali SomaiyaNarendra Chanchal Finals - O.P. NayyarSa Re Ga Ma 50th episode celebrationSanjeevani Bhelande, Anagha, Lata Naidu, Soma Banerjee, Mukund Phalsankar, Jaswinder Singh, Sajjad Ali, Shailesh Asha Parekh5Sa Re Ga MaAmrita Khadilkar, Swapnil BandodkarRajendra Rizvi
Semi-finals - Pankaj Udhas
Finals - Naushad61996-97Kajal Chandiramani, Ninad Mehta Runner-ups - Vijay Prakash, Smita JoshiIndivar, Sonik Omi, Arun Date Semi-finals - Begum Parveen Sultana
Finals - Jagjit SinghSa Re Ga Ma 75th episode children's special1996Shreya Ghoshal, Saagar KendurkarKalyanji-Anandji7Sa Re Ga Ma1997Rinku Kalia, Sanjeev Rambhadran Runner-ups - Dharna Pahwa, Devesh ChaturvediUstad Muhammad Hussain-Ahmed Hussain, Shobha Mudgal, Madhurani, Meena Kapoor Semi-finals - Pandit Rajan Mishra- Sajan Mishra, Dilshad Khan-Begum Parveen Sultana
Finals - Anil BiswasSa Re Ga Ma 100th episode celebration8Sa Re Ga MaBela Shende, Parthiv Gohil Runner-ups - Dhananjay Bhatt, DevyaniRonu Majumdar, Rajkumari, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Daman Sood-Y.S. Mulky Semi-finals - Anuradha Paudwal
Finals - Pt. Jasraj91998Sudeshna Ganguli, Mohammed Wakil Runner-ups - Abhijeet Ghoshal, ShaliniTejpal Singh-Surinder Singh, Vishal Bhardwaj Finals - Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia10Sa Re Ga Ma 150th episode celebration Mega FinalsBela Shende, Mohammed Wakil Runner-ups - Mukund Phalsankar, Parthiv Gohil, Sanjeevani Bhelande, Sudeshna GanguliAnil Biswas, Naushad, Kalyanji-Anandji, Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia Jagjit Singh, Khayyam, Begum Parveen Sultana, Rajkumari, O.P. NayyarSa Re Ga Ma Mega Finals (Children's Special)Sneha Pant (Runner up - Shreya Ghoshal)Usha Mangeshkar, Meena Tai11Sa Re Ga Ma UK1998-99Siza Roy, Debashish Sengupta Runner-ups - Malini Awasthi, AsifPandit Dinesh, Stephen Luscombe, Biddu Semi-finals - Suresh Wadkar
Finals - Jagjit Singh, Ghulam Ali, Mehdi Hassan, Runa Laila, Farida Khanum12Sa Re Ga Ma 1998Archana Udupa, Avadhoot Gupte Runner-ups - Gaurav Bangya, PoorvaChitra Semi-finals - Kishan Prasad Maharaj
Finals - PyarelalSa Re Ga Ma Christmas New Year Celebration1999Jagjit Singh, Ghulam Ali, Mehdi Hassan, Runa Laila, Farida Khanum, Kiki Dee13Sa Re Ga Ma 200th episode celebration Mega FinalsShreya Ghoshal, Jaswinder Singh Runner-ups - Archana Udupa, Sampa Kundu, Vijay Prakash, Ameya DateZakir Hussain, Girja Devi, Anil Biswas, Vilayat Khan, Ram Narayan, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma14Sa Re Ga Ma USASangeeta Nerurkar, Nazakat Ali Runner-ups - Sharafat Ali, Maithili Panse, Divya SampatNitin Mukesh, Lakshmi Shankar, Alamelu Mani, Ustad Tari Khan Finals - Zakir Hussain, Manna Dey, Hariharan, Ustad Amjad Ali, Parvez MehdiSa Re Ga Ma Taj Mahal Millennium celebration200015Talent of the MilleniumSumant, Prajakta Joshi Runners Up - Suraj Singh, Ritu Chatterjee, AmritaSanjeev Darshan, Sukhwinder Singh, Sajid-Wajid, Jaspinder Narula, Ayaan Ali Bangash, Amaan Ali Bangash, Arati Ankalikar Semi-finals - Poornima, Lalit Sen, Sandeep Chowta, Taufiq Qureshi, Sanjeev Abhyankar, Anoushka Shankar
Finals - Pandit Ravi Shankar16Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 20012001Anita PunditAmaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan17Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 20022002Hricha Mukherjee (Hricha Debraj)ShaanKhayyam, Begum Parveen Sultana, Sitara Devi, Ranjit Barot, Shobha Gurtu, Anandji, Gulshan Bawra, Ghulam Mustafa18Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Popular Choice Awards2004Hrishikesh Ranade and Neha Rajpal19Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Campus Special2005Twinkle Bajpai, Manish Bhatt20Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005Debojit SahaHimesh Reshammiya, Jatin–Lalit, Aadesh Shrivastava, Ismail Darbar21Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu2006Aishwarya Nigam and Ujjaini MukherjeeShaan, Ishita ArunHariharan, Lesle Lewis22Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il ChampsSanchita BhattacharyaShaanAbhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik, Bappi Lahiri23Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 20072007Aneek DharAditya NarayanHimesh Reshammiya, Ismail Darbar, Bappi Lahiri, Vishal–Shekhar24Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs InternationalAnamika ChoudhariSuresh Wadkar, Sonu Nigam25Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge USA 20082008Darshana MenonAishwarya NigamSuresh Wadkar, Aadesh Shrivastava26Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 20092009Vaishali MhadeAditya NarayanHimesh Reshammiya, Aadesh Shrivastava, Shankar Mahadevan, Pritam27Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 2009Hemant BrijwasiDhairya Sorecha, Afsha MusaniAbhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik28Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega ChallengeTeam Maharashtra - Vaishali Mhade, Kaushik Deshpande and Rohit Shyam RautKaran Singh Rathore and Archana Jani (first episode) Vipul Roy and Manish PaulSonu Nigam, Pyarelal and Suresh Wadkar (finale)29Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar2010Kamal KhanPurab Kohli, Manish PaulDaler Mehndi, Vishal–Shekhar, Sajid-Wajid30Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 20112011Azmat HussainJay SoniAdnan Sami, Kailash Kher, Javed Ali31Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Hindi 20122012Jasraj Jayant JoshiJaved AliShankar Mahadevan, Rahul Ram, Sajid-Wajid32Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 20142014Gagan Gopalkrishna GaonkarAditya NarayanAlka Yagnik (Mahaguru), Shaan, Monali Thakur33Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 20162016Kushal Paul Runner up -Sachin Kumar ValmikiPritam, Sajid-Wajid, Mika34Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 20172017Shreyan Bhattacharya and Anjali GaikwadHimesh Reshammiya, Javed Ali, Neha Kakkar35Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Hindi 20182018-2019Ishita VishwakarmaWajid Khan, Shekhar Ravjiani, Sona Mohapatra, Richa Sharma (Replaced Mohapatra)36Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 20192019Sugandha DateRavi DubeyShaan, Richa Sharma, Amaal Malik37Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 20202020Aryananda R BabuManish PaulAlka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Himesh Reshammiya, Javed Ali (Replaced Narayan and Sanu)38Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Hindi 20212021-2022Neelanjana RayAditya NarayanHimesh Reshammiya, Vishal Dadlani, Shankar Mahadevan39Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 20222022-2023Jetshen Dohna LamaBharti SinghShankar Mahadevan, Anu Malik, Neeti Mohan40Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Hindi 20232023Albert Kabo LepchaAditya NarayanHimesh Reshammiya, Anu Malik, Neeti Mohan41Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 20242024-2025Shradha Mishra(TeamSachinJigar) Runner-ups : - 1st - Subhashree Debnath 2nd - Ujwal Gujbhar 3rd - Bidisha Hatimuria 4th - Maharshi Pandya 5th - Parvathi MeenakshiVipul Roy, Salman AliSachet–Parampara, Guru Randhawa, Sachin–Jigar42Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 20262026-presentShreyas TalpadeNeeti Mohan, Javed Ali, Shankar Mahadevan & Kumar Sanu
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