''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge USA 2008'' is an Indian television singing competition show that premiered on 20 June 2008 on

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channel. It is the first instalment of the ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge'' series in US and the 6th public voting competition in the ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'' series. Chronologically, the show is preceded by ''

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'', however systematically it is followed by ''

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Concept

Like other singing competitions, the concept of this season of ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'' is to discover singing talent from the US. Auditions will be held in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas / Fort Worth and the finals will be recorded in Dallas, Texas. Host *

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Judges *

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Contestants

Top 20 finalists

Male # Jeffrey Iqbal – 1st runner-up (27 July 2008) # Farhan Zaidi – 2nd runner-up (27 July 2008) # Krushanu Majmundar – eliminated (27 July 2008) - semi-finalist # Rahul Lakhanpal – eliminated (26 July 2008) # Vishal Bhalla – eliminated (25 July 2008) # Anand Kannan – eliminated (19 July 2008) # Prabhu Shankar – eliminated (18 July 2008) # Muhibur Rehman – eliminated (12 July 2008) # Praveen Jaligama – eliminated (4 July 2008) # Purnash Durgaprasad – eliminated (27 June 2008) Female # Darshana Menon – winner (27 July 2008) # Harini Vasudevan – eliminated (27 July 2008) - semi-finalist # Ganga Narayanan – eliminated (27 July 2008) - semi-finalist # Deeti Majmundar – eliminated (26 July 2008) # Soujanya Madabhushi – eliminated (25 July 2008) # Supriya Shridharan – eliminated (19 July 2008) # Rasika Shekar – eliminated (18 July 2008) # Ishmeet Kaur – eliminated (11 July 2008) # Ujwala Chinni – eliminated (5 July 2008) # Dr. Adeeba Akhtar – dropped out (28 June 2008) * Note: Contestants Darshana Menon (winner), Jeffrey Iqbal (1st runner-up), &

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(2nd runner-up) were accepted to participate in ''

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