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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa ''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 ...

'' Challenge series. It premiered on 29 September 2012 on

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. The show was hosted by popular singer

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Overview

Over 1,20,000 auditions were conducted in

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to select 100 contestants. Out of these, the top fifteen then competed for a position in the top ten for five weeks, two contestants being eliminated each week for three weeks, and one each for weeks 4 and 5. In the fifth week, three of the eliminated contestants won back their positions in the top ten by defeating three other contenders, to make up the final list of top ten. The top ten then went on to compete in a contest to be decided by viewers through voting. This segment witnessed one elimination every week, until four contestants were left. The winner amongst them was announced in a Grand Finale episode. The contest was won by Jasraj Joshi, with the second, third and fourth places going to Shehnaz Akhtar, Vishwajeet Borwankar and Mohammed Aman respectively.

Hosts

Jay Bhanushali Jay Bhanushali (born 25 December 1984) is an Indian television actor. He is best known for playing Neev Shergill in Ekta Kapoor's show ''Kayamath'' and winning ''Nach Baliye 5''. He also participated in ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa#Season 2, Jhalak Dik ...

(Audition episodes)

Judges and Mentors

Rahul Ram Rahul Ram is an Indian bass guitarist, social activist and music composer. He plays bass guitar for musical band Indian Ocean, which he joined in 1991. He is also one of the three members of 'Aisi Taisi Democracy,' along with Varun Grover (write ...

Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. Personal life and early career Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tami ...

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Guest Judges

Prasoon Joshi Prasoon Joshi (born 16 September 1971) is an Indian poet, writer, lyricist, screenwriter, and communication specialist and marketer. He is the CEO of McCann World group India and Chairman APAC (Asia Pacific), a subsidiary of the global marketi ...

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(Week 11) * Ustad Ghulam Ali (Week 7) *

Taufiq Qureshi Ustad Taufiq Qureshi (born 1962) is an Indian classical musician. He is a percussionist and a composer. Early life Born in Mumbai, to the legendary tabla player, Ustad Alla Rakha. His eldest brother is a tabla player, Ustad Zakir Hussain. He re ...

(Week 6) *

Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, professionally known as V. M. Bhatt (born 27 July 1950), is an Hindustani classical music instrumentalist who plays the Mohan veena ( slide guitar). Personal life Bhatt lives in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, with his wife and ...

(Week 5) * Hariharan (Week 4) *

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Begum Parveen Sultana Begum Parveen Sultana ( as, বেগম পাৰৱীন চুলতানা; born May 1950) is an Indian Hindustani classical singer of the Patiala Gharana. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1976 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014 by the Gover ...

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Pandit Jasraj Pandit Jasraj (28 January 1930 – 17 August 2020) was an Indian classical vocalist, belonging to the '' Mewati gharana'' (musical apprenticeship lineage). His musical career spanned 75 years resulting in national and international fame ...

(Week 1)

Promotional Guest Appearances

Sudhir Mishra Sudhir Mishra (born 22 January 1959) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for directing the films ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'', ''Dharavi (film), Dharavi'' and ''Chameli (film), Chameli''. Mishra has had a 30-year career, with his ...

Arjun Rampal Arjun Rampal (born 26 November 1972) is an Indian actor, model, film producer and television personality who works in Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Rajiv Rai's romance film ''Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'' (2001) and has since gone on to ...

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( Inkaar) - Week 12 *

Vishal Bhardwaj Vishal Bhardwaj (born 4 August 1965) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer. He is known for his work in Hindi cinema, and is the recipient of seven National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award. Bha ...

Rekha Bhardwaj Rekha Bhardwaj (born 24 January 1964) is an Indian singer and live performer. She has received two Filmfare and one National Awards. In addition to Hindi, she has also sung in Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi and Malayalam languages. Personal li ...

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Contestants

Finalists

* Jasraj Joshi (Pune) - Winner * Shehnaz Akhtar (Punjab) - Second place * Vishwajeet Borwankar (Mumbai) - Third place * Mohammed Aman (Rajasthan..) - Fourth place (Eliminated in Week 3; successful attempt during wild-card entry episode)

Eliminated

Jaspreet 'Jazim' Sharma Jaspreet 'Jazim' Sharma ( born on 14 September 1990 in Bathinda, Punjab, India) is an Indian ghazal singer. He is national level gold-medalist in Thumri and Ghazal. He has been inspired by the ghazal singer Ghulam Ali Khan. He started singing ...

(Punjab) - in Week 13 * Renu Nagar (Rajasthan) - in Week 11 * Arshpreet Kaur (Punjab) - in Week 10 (previously eliminated in Week 4; successful attempt during wild-card entry episode) * Madhuri Dey (Kolkata, West Bengal) - in Week 9 * Himanshu Sharma (Jagadhri, Haryana) - in Week 8 (previously eliminated in Mega Audition; successful attempt during wild-card entry episode) * Zain Ali (Lahore, Pakistan) - in Week 7 (beginning of public voting) * Barbie Rajput (Chandigarh) - in Mega Audition (unsuccessful attempt during wild-card entry episode) *

Padmanav Bordoloi Padmanav Bordoloi is an Indian singer, performer, songwriter, music composer and anchor from the state of Assam. He has sung many songs in Assamese, Hindi, Nepali , Bengali, Marathi and English. He was nominated for Global Indian Music Academ ...

(Guwahati, Assam) - in Week 5 (unsuccessful attempt during wild-card entry episode) * Kunal Pandit (Mumbai, Maharashtra) - in Week 3 (unsuccessful attempt during wild-card entry episode) * Mrunmayee Tirodkar (Goa) - in Week 2 * Subhrima Bhadury (Mumbai, Maharashtra) - in Week 2 *

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(Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh) - in Week 1 * Arsh Mohammed (Mumbai, Maharashtra) - in Week 1

References

External links

Official website

Saregamapa Facebook Page

Saregamapa Twitter Page

{{Zee TV Programmes Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012 Indian television seasons