Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language musical reality TV game show, which airs on Zee Tamil. The show based on the Hindi-language show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs. The series is meant for young children between the ages of 5–14 years, which judges the children on the basis of their voice quality, singing talent and versatility in performance. Since its premiere on 24 December 2016, the show has rolled out five seasons.
Production The show is a singing talent hunt for children of age group 5 to 15 years old in Tamil Nadu and other Tamil population by nation countries. In the auditions round, they have 100 seconds to impress the three to five judges and the 30 members of the grand jury and will select the top 24 contestants who will compete on the main show. Archana Chandhoke is as a host for all the seasons.
Seasons overview Season Episodes Original Broadcast First Aired Last Aired 1 40 2 53 3 50 4 62 5
Judges and Hosts Judges Seasons Judges Notes 1–2 Karthik Indian playback singer and composer. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. 1–3 Sujatha Mohan Indian playback singer. 1-3 Vijay Prakash Indian Playback singer and also a Music Composer. 2-5 Srinivas Playback singer who has sung over 2000 songs in South Indian Languages. 2-5 Saindhavi Indian Carnatic vocalist and playback singer. 3 Abhirami Tamil film and voice actress. 4-5 S. P. Charan Indian playback singer and actor works predominantly works in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema. 4-5 Shweta Mohan Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi singer.
Host Seasons Host Notes 1-5 Archana Chandhoke Tamil television presenter, actress and radio jockey who has primarily worked in Tamil film and television industry. Grand Final Episode 40 Deepak Dinkar Tamil anchor and actor, who has primarily appeared in Tamil television.
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs season 1 The first season of the show began airing on 24 December 2016 to 7 May 2017 on every Saturday and Sunday at 19:00 (IST) for 40 episodes. The judges are singers Karthik, Vijay Prakash and Sujatha Mohan. Vishwa Prasad was the winner of season one.
Winners Guest Jiiva: is a Tamil film actor, producer and philanthropist.
Winners Notes Amount won Vishwa Prasad Winners ₹ 40,00,000 Disathana 1st Runner up ₹ 3,00,000 Rakthash 2nd Runner up ₹ 2,00,000
Top 5 Finalist Ann Benson Vishwa Prasad Rakthash Disathana Niharika
Grand jury panel Ramji S. N. Surendar V. Uma Shankar Mohan Vaidya M. J. Shriram Ramya NSK Padmalatha Vinaitha Tanushree Jagadeesh Kumar Ninchi Reshmi A.SADIQ BASHA Nirmala
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 2 The second season aired on every Sunday at 6:30 pm from 5 May 2018 to 3 November 2018 and ended with 53 Episodes. Karthik, Srinivas, Sujatha Mohan and Vijay Prakash as the judges and Archana Chandhoke as the host. Idhazhika was the winner of second season.
Winners Guest Sivakarthikeyan: is a Tamil film actor, producer.
Winners Notes Amount won Idhazhika Winners ₹ 40,00,000 Aryananda 1st Runner up Gold weighing 1 kilogram Bavin Vinoth & Sahana 2nd Runner up ₹ 3,00,000 Pravasthi 3rd Runner up ₹ 50,000
Participants Participants 1 Anirvinya 2 Srinand 3 Daisy Yensone 4 Aryashree 5 Devadarshini 6 Madhuvy 7 Srivishnu 8 Swathy 9 Aryanandha
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 3
The third season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 3 premiered on Zee Tamil on 1 July 2023. Archana Chandhoke has returned for the third time as host for the third season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil 'Champs . The four main judges of the show are Srinivas, Vijay Prakash, Abhirami (actress) and Saindhavi Prakash .
The Grand Finale took place on 17 December 2023. The grand finale consisted of six contestants. Three of the finalists are male and three other finalists are female.
The six finalists of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 3 were Rikshitha Jawahar, Kilmisha, Sanjana, Ruthresh Kumar, Nishanth Kavin and Kanishkar.
The grand finale consisted of two rounds. The first round was called the freestyle round. Prior to the freestyle round, the audience were provided the option to select one song from a list of four options that they were provided. From the most chosen option, the finalists had sung that song for their first round of the grand finale, which was known as the freestyle round. The second round was called the challenging round.
Prize winners:
Kilmisha was announced as the winner of season 3 Ruthresh Kumar was announced as the first runner-up Sanjana was announced as the second runner-up Rikshitha Jawahar was announced as the third runner-up
Name of finalistTitle/prizeName of song (round 1 – freestyle round)Name of film/albumSinger(s)Composer(s)Name of song (round 2- challenging round)Name of film/albumSinger(s)Composer(s)KilmishaWinner – Rs 1 millionAnbae IdhuRhythmSadhana SargamA. R. RahmanAila AilaINatalie Di Luccio, Aditya RaoA. R. RahmanRuthresh KumarFirst runner-up – Rs 300,000MinnalaeMay MaadhamS. P. BalasubrahmanyamA. R. RahmanKaddu Thirande KidakinrathuVasool Raja MBBSHariharan, Sadhana SargamBharadwajSanjanaSecond runner-up – Rs 200,000Poraale Ponnuthayi (sad version)KaruthammaSwarnalathaA. R. RahmanIdhayamKochadaiiyaanChinmayi Sripaada, SrinivasA. R. RahmanRikshitha JawaharThird runner-up – Rs 100,000Uyire Uyire BombayHariharan, K. S. ChithraA. R. RahmanMinsara PoovePadayappaNithyasree Mahadevan, Srinivas, Palakkad Sreeram, HariharanA. R. RahmanKanishkarSandhosha KanneereUyireA. R. Rahman, Anuradha Sriram, Febi Mani, AnnupamaaA. R. RahmanAaromaleVinnaithaandi VaruvaayaaAlphons JosephA. R. RahmanNishanth KavinPoongaatru PuthithaanathuMoondram Pirai K. J. YesudasIlaiyaraajaPaattum NaaneThiruvilaiyadal T. M. Soundararajan K. V. Mahadevan
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 4
The fourth season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 4 premiered on Zee Tamil on 2 November 2024. Archana Chandhoke has returned for the fourth time as host for the fourth season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil 'Champs . The judges of the show are Srinivas, S. P. Charan, Shweta Mohan and Saindhavi.
The six finalists of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 4 are Hemithra, Sreemathi, Yogashree, Divinesh, Abinesh and Mahathi. The Grand Finale was held on 11 May 2024 on Sunday at 16:30 on Live. At the finals, Divinesh was the title winner and Yogashree claimed the first runners-up. Several guests that included in the grand finale are actors Sivakarthikeyan, Arya and Santhanam.
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 5
The 5th season of the Indian Tamil-language musical/singing reality television show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs. The season premiered on Zee Tamil from 6 December 2025. It features 48 young children between the ages of 5–14 years contestants progressing to the mega auditions and will select the top 24 contestants who will compete on the main show. Archana Chandhoke is returning as a host for the fourth time in a row.
References
External links Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs at ZEE5