Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs is a 2016 Indian-Tamil language musical reality TV game show, which airs on Zee Tamil.[1] 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.[2] The show was premiered on 24 December 2016.[3]

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs
Cover Photo
GenreSinging show
Reality
Based onSa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs
Directed byVijayaKumar Vivekanandan
Presented byArchana Chandhoke
JudgesSeason 01
Karthik
Vijay Prakash
Sujatha Mohan
Season 02
Karthik
Srinivas
Sujatha Mohan
Vijay Prakash
Season 03
Srinivas
Abhirami
Vijay Prakash
Saindhavi Prakash Season 04
Srinivas
Abhirami
Vijay Prakash
Saindhavi Prakash
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons4
No. of episodesSeason 01: 40
Season 02: 53
Season 03: 53 Season 04: TBA
Production
Production locationTamil Nadu
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox. 40-45 minutes per episode
approx. 85-90 minutes per episode
Original release
NetworkZee Tamil
Release24 December 2016 (2016-12-24) –
present
Related
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs

Seasons overview

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Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 40 24 December 2016 (2016-12-24) 7 May 2017 (2017-05-07)
2 53 5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 3 November 2018 (2018-11-03)
3 53 1 July 2023 (2023-07-01) 17 December 2023 (2023-12-17)
4 TBA November 2, 2024 (2024-11-02) TBA

Judges and Hosts

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Judges

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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.
1–2 Sujatha Mohan Indian playback singer.
1-4 Vijay Prakash Indian Playback singer and also a Music Composer.
2-4 Srinivas Playback singer who has sung over 2000 songs in South Indian Languages.
4 Abhirami Indian Film Actress who primarily appears in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.
4 Saindhavi Prakash Indian playback singer and Carnatic music vocalist.
4 Shweta Mohan Indian playback singer

Host

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Seasons Host Notes
1-4 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

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The first season of the show began airing on 24 December 2016 to 7 May 2017[4] on every Saturday and Sunday at 19:00 (IST) for 40 episodes.[5][6] The judges are Singers Karthik, Vijay Prakash and Sujatha Mohan. Vishwa Prasad was the winner of season one.

Winners

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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

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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 2

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The second season aired on every Sunday at 6:30 pm from 5 May 2018 to 3 November 2018 and ended with 53 Episodes.[7][8][9] Karthik, Srinivas, Sujatha Mohan and Vijay Prakash as the judges and Archana Chandhoke as the host. Idhazhika was the winner of second season.[10]

Winners

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Guest
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

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No. 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

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The third season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 3 premiered on Zee Tamil on 1 July 2023.[11] 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 .[12]

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 the Title Winner of season 3 by Yuvan Shankar Raja.
  • Ruthresh Kumar was announced as the first runner-up and was awarded a cash prize award.
  • Sanjana was announced as the second runner-up of and was awarded a cash prize award.
  • Rikshitha Jawahar was announced as the third runner-up of and was awarded a cash prize award.
Name of Finalist Title/Prize Name of Song (Round 1 – Freestyle Round) Name of Film/Album Singer(s) Composer(s) Name of Song (Round 2- Challenging Round) Name of Film/Album Singer(s) Composer(s)
Kilmisha Title Winner – Rs 1 million Anbae Idhu Rhythm (2000 film) Sadhana Sargam A. R. Rahman Aila Aila I (2015 film) Natalie Di Luccio, Aditya Rao A. R. Rahman
Ruthresh Kumar First Runner-up – Rs 300,000 Minnalae May Maadham (1994 film) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam A. R. Rahman Kaddu Thirande Kidakinrathu Vasool Raja MBBS (2004 film) Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam Bharadwaj
Sanjana Second Runner-up – Rs 200,000 Poraale Ponnuthayi (sad version) Karuthamma (1994 film) Swarnalatha A. R. Rahman Idhayam Kochadaiiyaan (2014 film) Chinmayi Sripaada, Srinivas A. R. Rahman
Rikshitha Jawahar Third Runner-up – Rs 100,000 Uyire Uyire Bombay (1994 film) Hariharan, K. S. Chithra A. R. Rahman Minsara Poove Padayappa (1999 film) Nithyasree Mahadevan, Srinivas, Palakkad Sreeram, Hariharan A. R. Rahman
Kanishkar Not Applicable Sandhosha Kanneere Uyire (1998 film) A. R. Rahman, Anuradha Sriram, Febi Mani, Annupamaa A. R. Rahman Aaromale Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010 film) Alphons Joseph A. R. Rahman
Nishanth Kavin Not Applicable Poongaatru Puthithaanathu Moondram Pirai (1982 film) K. J. Yesudas Ilaiyaraaja Paattum Naane Thiruvilaiyadal (1965 film) T. M. Soundararajan K. V. Mahadevan

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 4

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Sa re ga ma pa Li'l Champs Season 4

References

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  2. ^ "Zee Tamil to launch Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs on December 24th at 7:00 pm". www.esselnewsletter.com.
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  7. ^ "Zee Tamil launches the second season of Tamil Nadu's favorite music reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil' Champs!". www.esselnewsletter.com.
  8. ^ "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 2, May 27, 2018". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  9. ^ "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 2, June 24, 2018 : 3 golden performers this week". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  10. ^ "Idhazhika is the winner of Tamil Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs Season 2 show". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
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  12. ^ "Zee Tamil announces season three of 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs'; sets premiere for July 1". mediabrief.com. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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