Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007

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Hero Honda - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007

The "Hero Honda - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007" logo.
Format Interactive Reality Musical Game show
Created by Rajeev Arora
Abhishek Dwivedi
Directed by Gyan Sahay
Presented by Aditya Narayan
Starring Ismail Darbar
Himesh Reshammiya
Bappi Lahiri
Vishal-Shekhar
Opening theme "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007" by Aditya Narayan and Shriram Iyer
Slogan Sangeet Ka Pratham Vishvayudh
Country of origin Flag of India India
Language(s) Hindi
No. of episodes 44 as of 29 September 2007
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 52 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Zee TV
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Audio format Stereophonic sound
Original run 4 May 2007 – present
Chronology
Preceded by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs
Followed by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International
Related shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005
Indial Idol
Amul Star Voice of India
Bathroom Singer
External links
Official website

Hero Honda - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 is an Indian Television singing competition that premiered on 4 May 2007 and ran until October 13, 2007. It is the 2nd installment of the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge" series and the 4th public voting competition in the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" series. Chronologically, the show is preceded by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, however systematically it is followed by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005. The show features two of the previous mentors, Himesh Reshammiya and Ismail Darbar, and two new mentors to the Challenge series, Bappi Lahiri and Vishal-Shekhar. Shaan did not return to host and was replaced by Aditya Narayan, son of playback singer, Udit Narayan.

The new logo is significantly different from the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005" logo featuring headphones on the globe to represent itself as an international competition, instead of a previous logo comprising of a portrayal of a duet singing.

On 21 July, the show had topped the television ratings in India for the episode featuring Salman Khan according to Television Audience Measurement [1].

On October 13 at the Grand Finale, the show broke voting records with a collection of 10,61,44,354 (10.6 crores or 106 millions) votes worldwide from 181 countries. Aneek Dhar was the winner with 3,65,89,134 votes, Raja Hasan as the 1st runner-up with 3,52,40,963 votes and Amanat Ali as the 2nd runner-up with 3,43,14,257 votes. There is a controversy on how the winner was selected or the results were manipulated. Ismail Darbar stated:

"The organisers have not played fair. The best singer was Amanat and Raja was the favourite. It's obvious the votes were rigged. The counting process was not transparent. I am not happy with the results,".[citation needed]

Contents

[edit] Concept

Unlike other singing competitions, the concept of this season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa was to discover singing talent. However, this time the show had also targeted innocent hidden talent outside India. With Zee TV being broadcast internationally via satellite, it was an attempt that promised more viewers of the show and definite success for Indians only.

This time round, the idea was to conduct auditions all over the world and select the top singers from different regions who would then compete against each other on stage in front of hundreds of thousands of television viewers. The initial rounds were judged by notable artistes from the Indian music industry as well as the mentors who subsequently selected the top 14 finalists. Currently, the finalists are performing in each episode with the goal of being the winner of the season which all depends on public voting. 1st= Aneek 2nd= Raja 3rd= Amanat


Zee TV's SRGMP 2007 is also in competition with the 3rd season of Sony Entertainment Television's Indian Idol which also premiered on the same date and Star Plus's Star Voice of India which premiered three weeks later. But the TRP Rating of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 is much more than these other shows.[citation needed]

Additionally Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Hungama, a behind-the-scenes show similar to American Idol Extra, also starting airing, corresponding with the start of the finals. It airs on Zee Muzic on Fridays and Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. (UTC +5:30).

The production of each episode is filmed 5 days earlier than the broadcast date. [2]

[edit] Regional auditions phase

[edit] Locations

Current host, Aditya Narayan son of Udit Narayan, who replaced Shaan.
Current host, Aditya Narayan son of Udit Narayan, who replaced Shaan.

The auditions were held in the following cities in India each between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.:

The Auditions were held in the following countries internationally:

Auditioning contestants were required to provide proof that their age was between 18 and 28 on March 2007 (born between March 1979 and March 1989).

[edit] Structure of auditions

Auditions for the show were held in the cities shown above. As shown in the pilot episode, the 2007 process was very chaotic, especially in India: contestants waited in long lines and large crowds and people jumped fences and lines to get a chance at auditioning. Although for the first time, the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa series did not begin the show with an episode of the audition clips, the majority of them were rejected leaving only 16 final contestants chosen from India that performed on the pilot

[edit] Gharana selection

The Gharana (literally "House") is utilised similarly to a House system used in schools and colleges. The contestants of the gharanas have been chosen by the mentors themselves.

Two of the four previous gharanas that were featured on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 have been replaced - Aadesh Shrivastava's Jai Ho and Jatin-Lalit's Dum have now been replaced with "Josh" and "Hit Squad". The following list represents the initial 32 contestants who were chosen by the mentors and in the order they were introduced:

[edit] Yalgaar - Ismail Darbar

Poonam Yadav getting the endorsement of television actor, Smriti Zubin Irani. Irani praised Poonam's dedication, which has been noted to be her chief strengths.
Poonam Yadav getting the endorsement of television actor, Smriti Zubin Irani. Irani praised Poonam's dedication, which has been noted to be her chief strengths.

[edit] Rock - Himesh Reshammiya

[edit] Josh - Bappi Lahiri

[edit] Hit Squad - Vishal-Shekhar

The introduction of Vishal and Shekhar
The introduction of Vishal and Shekhar

[edit] Eklavya

In addition, there was another Gharana called the Eklavya Gharana - it was a "reserved force" of eight singers. The exact purpose of this Gharana was not mentioned during the initial days of the show but soon it was determined that it basically prevented a Gharana from getting eliminated in the initial rounds. The contestants in this Eklavya Gharana performed on the 2nd episode of the show. Later on, each week two contestants from this Gharana were chosen to join a mentor's Gharana after that mentor has had any of his contestants eliminated the previous week.

The only two contestants who never appeared in the competition after their performance on 5 May 2007 were:

[edit] Episode themes

Just as was done in previous Sa Re Ga Ma Pa shows, the idea of themes is featured to determine the contestants' versitility and ability to sing different genres.

  • Episode 01 - Week 1 (Fri, May 04) - Introduction to Indian Contestants in Gharanas
  • Episode 02 - Week 1 (Sat, May 05) - Introduction to Foreign Contestants in Gharanas
  • Episode 03 - Week 2 (Fri, May 11) - Songs of R.D. Burman and Asha Bhosle
  • Episode 04 - Week 2 (Sat, May 12) - Modern Hit Songs
  • Episode 05 - Week 3 (Fri, May 18) - Guru's Choice
  • Episode 06 - Week 3 (Sat, May 19) - Contestant’s Choice
  • Episode 07 - Week 4 (Fri, May 25) - Songs of Bappi Lahiri
  • Episode 08 - Week 4 (Sat, May 26) - Contestant’s Choice
  • Episode 09 - Week 5 (Fri, Jun 01) - Songs of Ismail Darbar
  • Episode 10 - Week 5 (Sat, Jun 02) - Songs of Raj Kapoor
  • Episode 11 - Week 6 (Fri, Jun 08) - Songs of Himesh Reshammiya
  • Episode 12 - Week 6 (Sat, Jun 09) - Songs of Rajesh Roshan
  • Episode 13 - Week 7 (Fri, Jun 15) - Songs of Vishal-Shekhar
  • Episode 14 - Week 7 (Sat, Jun 16) - Contestant’s Choice
  • Episode 15 - Week 8 (Fri, Jun 22) - Contestant’s Choice (Chakravyuh Phase)
  • Episode 16 - Week 8 (Sat, Jun 23) - Contestant’s Choice (Chakravyuh Phase)
  • Episode 17 - Week 9 (Fri, Jun 29) - Contestant’s Choice (Bramhastra Phase)
  • Episode 18 - Week 9 (Sat, Jun 30) - Punjabi or Punjabi Flavor Songs (Bramhastra Phase)
  • Episode 19 - Week 10 (Fri, Jul 6) - Contestant’s Choice (Agnipariksha Phase)
  • Episode 20 - Week 10 (Sat, Jul 7) - Contestant’s Choice (Agnipariksha Phase)
  • Episode 21 - Week 11 (Fri, Jul 13) - Old Romantic Songs
  • Episode 22 - Week 11 (Sat, Jul 14) - Rain/Monsoon Songs
  • Episode 23 - Week 12 (Fri, Jul 20) - Club Songs
  • Episode 24 - Week 12 (Sat, Jul 21) - Songs of Salman Khan
  • Episode 25 - Week 13 (Fri, Jul 27) - Superhits of 60's and 70's
  • Episode 26 - Week 13 (Sat, Jul 28) - Songs of the Contestants' Favorite Singer
  • Episode 27 - Week 14 (Fri, Aug 3) - Sad Songs
  • Episode 28 - Week 14 (Sat, Aug 4) - Friendship Day Special
  • Episode 29 - Week 15 (Fri, Aug 10) - Universal Hits
  • Episode 30 - Week 15 (Sat, Aug 11) - Independence Day Special
  • Episode 31 - Week 16 (Fri, Aug 17) - Dance Songs
  • Episode 32 - Week 16 (Sat, Aug 18) - Qawwali
  • Episode 33 - Week 17 (Fri, Aug 24) - New Romantic Songs
  • Episode 34 - Week 17 (Sat, Aug 25) - Songs of Akshay Kumar
  • Episode 35 - Week 18 (Fri, Aug 31) - TV Stars' Choice Songs
  • Episode 36 - Week 18 (Sat, Sep 1) - Folk Songs
  • Episode 37 - Week 19 (Fri, Sep 7) - Comedy Songs
  • Episode 38 - Week 19 (Sat, Sep 8) - Songs of the Contestants' Favorite Actor
  • Episode 39 - Week 20 (Fri, Sep 14) - Black and White Films' Songs
  • Episode 40 - Week 20 (Sat, Sep 15) - Wedding Songs
  • Episode 41 - Week 21 (Fri, Sep 21) - Stage Songs
  • Episode 42 - Week 21 (Sat, Sep 22) - Round 1: (Raj) Kapoor Family Songs | Round 2: Songs of Kareena Kapoor
  • Episode 43 - Week 22 (Fri, Sep 28) - Round 1: Ghazals | Round 2: Semi Classical Songs
  • Episode 44 - Week 22 (Sat, Sep 29) - Round 1: Songs of Om Shanti Om | Round 2: Song Choice of Shah Rukh Khan
  • Episode 45 - Week 23 (Fri, Oct 5) - Round 1: Violin Songs | Round 2: Guitar Songs | Round 3: Songs to express yourself (Nokia Express)
  • Episode 46 - Week 23 (Sat, Oct 6) - Round 1: White Feather Films' Songs | Round 2: White Feather Films' Emotional Songs | Round 3: Song for one of the cast/crew of Dus Kahaniyan

[edit] "Mahagurus"

The Mahagurus appeared as judges in the semi-finals. They "commented" and decided who the top contestants were on the performance episodes and also decided who got eliminated on the "elimination day" during the initial rounds.

[edit] Bramhastra

The "Bramhastra" round ran through Week 9. This round basically allowed the public to bring an eliminated contestant back into the competition. The gharana who received the Bramhastra got to choose two eliminated contestants for the finals (Agnipariksha). Vishal-Shekhar received this Bramhastra and they chose 6 contestants. The six contestants were:

  • Sarika Singh (Hit Squad)
  • Sunil Kumar (Josh)
  • Raja Hassan (Hit Squad)
  • Saaberi Bhattacharya (Hit Squad)
  • Harpreet Deol (Hit Squad)
  • Desh Gaurav Singh (Yalgaar)

Of the six contestants that were chosen by Vishal-Shekhar, the two contestants with most votes from the public and subsequently elected and brought back into the competition were:

  • Raja Hassan with 31% of the votes
  • Harpreet Deol with 20% of the votes

[edit] Top 14 Finalists

The 14 finalists were announced at the end of the episode broadcast on June 29, 2007. This year, Aneek Dhar and Abhijeet Kosambi who were winners of the regional spinoffs, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Bangla and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi, got direct entry as finalists. Their direct entry into the finals caused some controversy Ismail Darbar had the courage to point it out. However, after HR pleaded with Ismail, the issue dissolved. See the Aneek-Abhijit controversy section for further details.

These are the names of the top fourteen finalists listed in order.

Eliminated Contestants:

[edit] Celebrity Guests

[edit] Semi-finals and finals elimination charts

Contestants are in alphabetical order by last name, then by reverse chronological order of elimination.

[edit] Semi-finals

Legend
Female Male Top 14 Top 24 Top 32
Contestant did not perform during that week
Top contestant of the week
Stage: Top 32 Top 24
Elimination Day: 12/5 19/5 26/5 2/6 9/6 16/6 22/6* 23/6*
Place Contestant Gharana Result
Amanat Ali Yalgaar Btm 3
Poonam Yadav Yalgaar
Sumedha Karmahe Josh
Mussarat Abbas Rock Btm 3
Mauli Dave Josh Btm 3 Btm 3
Junaid Sheikh Hit Squad Btm 3 Btm 3
Joy Chakroborty Rock Btm 3
Nirupama Dey Rock
Apurva Shah Hit Squad Btm 3
Rimi Dhar Yalgaar Btm 3
11-12 Raja Hassan Hit Squad Btm 3 Elim
Saaberi Bhattacharya Hit Squad Btm 3 Btm 3
13-14 Reecha Tripaathi Josh Btm 3 Btm 3
Sunil Kumar Josh Btm 3 Btm 3
15-16 Shresta Banerjee Rock Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
Harpreet Deol Josh Btm 3
17-18 Sumana Ganguly Hit Squad Btm 3
Wasi Efandi Yalgaar Btm 3 Btm 3
19-20 Sikandar Ali Josh Elim
Jyoti Mishra Yalgaar Btm 3
21-22 Brijesh Schandaliya Yalgaar Elim
Anita Bhatt Rock
23-24 Tushar Sinha Rock Elim
Meghna Verma Hit Squad Btm 3
25-26 Sarika Singh Hit Squad Elim
Imran Aslam Hit Squad
27-28 Desh Gaurav Singh Yalgaar Elim
Amrita Chatterjee Rock
29-30 Yogendra Pathak Rock Elim
Koyal Chaterjee Josh
31-32 Sayan Chaudhary N/A
Binoy Mohanty N/A

* During the week of June 22, there was no separate Performance/Elimination episode as the week marked the beginning of the "Chakravyuh" phase. However, eight contestants were eliminated that week.

[edit] Finals (Top 14)

Stage: Agnipariksha (Top 14)
Elimination Day: 13/7 20/7 27/7 3/8 10/8 17/8† 24/8 31/8 7/9 14/9 21/9 28/9 5/10 13/10
Place Country Contestant Gharana Result
1 Aneek Dhar Rock Btm 2 Third Winner
2 Raja Hassan Hit Squad Btm 2 Runner-up
3 Amanat Ali Yalgaar Btm 3 Btm 3 Second 2nd Runner-up
4 Poonam Yadav Yalgaar Btm 2 Elim
5 Sumedha Karmahe Josh Btm 3 Btm 2 Elim
6 Mussarat Abbas Rock Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 2 Elim
7 Mauli Dave Josh Btm 2 Btm 3 Elim
8 Harpreet Deol Hit Squad Btm 3 Btm 2 Btm 2 Elim
9 Junaid Shaikh Hit Squad Btm 2 Btm 3 Elim
10 Joy Chakroborty Rock Elim
11 Abhjit Kosambi Josh Btm 2 Elim
12 Nirupama Dey Rock Elim
13 Apurva Shah Hit Squad Btm 3 Elim
14 Rimi Dhar Yalgaar Elim

In the Agnipariksha round, eliminations are based on public voting. Public voting is done through SMS, telephone or online. Each week, the contestant with lowest votes is eliminated.

Additionally, if all the contestants of a Gharana get eliminated, the Gharana also gets eliminated and subsequently the mentor(s) have to leave the show.

† During the week of 17 August, there was no eliminated contestant. That week's votes were added to the votes for the week of 24 August, and Junaid was then eliminated on the episode airing on August 24.

[edit] Controversies

[edit] The "Love Triangle"

Throughout the show a love story has been promoted by Himesh Reshamiya. It has been said that supposedly Aneek proposed to Barbie Doll, Sumedha, but she rejected him and later she was proposed to by Amanat. Amanat and Aneek's love story has been promoted mainly by Himesh Reshamiya, but it has also been stated that the story is false by many. Although many declare that this conclusion has no base, Himesh still advocates it because as he said he believes while he is on the show he will. The fact is that the contestant's families are not being considered and this has upset many because Aneek's parents were disappointed at him after hearing this story. Many conclude that they are sticking to this story for "masala", but the truth is still to be revealed like in many controversies. Now that Sumedha has been eliminated, this love story promotion has stopped and it has been said that after Sumedha was eliminated, she said on the show that she was tormented by Himesh and Aneek's remarks about their "alleged" love story. This was not aired on television.

[edit] Aneek-Abhijit controversy

On June 29, Aditya Narayan announced that Aneek Dhar and Abhijeet Kosambi, the winners of the regional spinoffs of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Bangla and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi, would be getting direct entry as a Top 14 finalist. This was a pre decided qualification as it was a part of their respective prizes of winning the regional contests. The viewers of Marathi and Bangla had already seen and heard this announcement at live telecast on stage when Abhijeet Kosambi and Aneek Dhar had won the respective competitions, so in fact there was no need for any controversey in that case. Yet the mentors did not approve of this saying they should not be allowed to enter the competition in the middle and that they should have come from the beginning. Ismail Darbar tried to walk away from the show stalling the shooting of the program.

In the latter episodes, Abhijeet Kosambi was eliminated with the least number of votes. Aneek Dhar is the only contestant in Himesh Reshammiya's 'gharana'. However Aneek Dhar has been in the Bottom 2 once. Aneek was also the top contestant thrice in the show and eventually ended up winning it all.

[edit] Independence Day controversy

The Independence Day special episode shot on August 10 (Week 15) ran into a controversy when the issue came up of the Pakistani contestants, Junaid, Mussarat and Amanat refused to sing Indian patriotic songs on the 15th August special. All work on the sets was stalled for 6 hours. Finally, the Zee TV officials decided that the Pakistani contestants should sing Pakistani patriotic songs as a solution. However, the next week, the three Pakistani singers were the Bottom Three. It was then decided that no contestant would be eliminated that week and the week's votes would be added to the votes of the following week to decide the next elimination

[edit] Final Results Controversy

Many people believe, including one of the show's gurus, Ismail Darbar, that the final results were rigged. Many felt that Raja Hasan, who was generally the most popular, or Amanat Ali should have won.

[edit] Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Shaam Taj Ke Naam

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Shaam Taj Ke Naam was a one-day special episode organised by the SRGMP team as a tribute to the Taj Mahal and also dedicated to request and encourage people to vote for the Taj Mahal as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.

As well as performances from the contestants of the season, the special episode also featured performances from contestants of previous SRGMP seasons such as Twinkle Bajpai, Sanchita Bhattyacharya, Diwakar Sharma and Sameer Mohammed.

[edit] Miscellaneous Observations

  • According to facts, there are six not four Pakistanis taking part in the competition unlike as shown on the show. The other two Pakistanis who got selected apart from the original Pakistani screening are Imran Aslam from South Africa whose hometown is Karachi[citation needed] and Amanat Ali from U.A.E. who hails from Faisalabad [3].
  • Raja Hasan's father, Rafiq Sagar has been a playback singer himself and has sung a ghazal for a Bappi Lahiri composition in the 1980 film Pyaara Dushman. [4].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Zee's 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' on song, tops ratings charts. indiantelevision.com (August 2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
  2. ^ Salman creates havoc on Sa Re Ga Ma sets. indya.com (2007-07-17). Retrieved on 2007-07-17.
  3. ^ Salman creates havoc on Sa Re Ga Ma sets. indya.com (2007-07-17). Retrieved on 2007-07-17.
  4. ^ Raja Hassan's father and the Bappi Lahiri connection. rajahasan.com (2007-07-21). Retrieved on 2007-07-21.

[edit] External links

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