''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International'' is an Indian televised children's singing competition announced by

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 is an Indian television singing competition that premiered on 4 May 2007 and ran until 13 October 2007. It is the 2nd instalment of the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge" series and the 4th public voting competition in the ...

host, Aditya Narayan, on 28 July 2007. The season began on 19 October 2007 with 28 contestants. The show was broadcast on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

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won this competition on 1 March 2008. It is the second instalment of the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs" series and the fifth public voting competition in the " Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" series. Chronologically, the show was preceded by ''

''. Narayan mentioned that children aged 6–14 worldwide could send recordings of their songs on a CD if they wished to participate in the competition. Furthermore, on 13 October 2007, Narayan also added that Pritam and Sonu Nigam would be the judges of the show. However, Pritam was later replaced by

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Regional auditions phase

Locations

The auditions were held in the following cities in

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Judges

* Sonu Nigam *

Episode themes

Just as was done in previous '' Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'' shows, the idea of themes is used to determine the contestants' versatility and ability to sing different genres. *Episode 1 – Week 1 (Fri, 19 October) – Introduction to Indian Contestants *Episode 2 – Week 1 (Sat, 20 October) – Introduction to Foreign Contestants *Episode 3 – Week 2 (Fri, 26 October) – Contestants' Choice *Episode 4 – Week 2 (Sat, 27 October) – Contestants' Choice *Episode 5 – Week 3 *Episode 6 – Week 3 (Sat, 3 November) – ''"Masti and Dhamaal"'' Songs *Episode 7 – Week 4 (Fri, 9 November) – Diwali Special *Episode 8 – Week 4 (Sat, 10 November) –

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Songs *Episode 9 – Week 5 (Fri, 16 November) – Children's Day Special *Episode 10 – Week 5 (Sat, 17 November) – Comedy Special *Episode 11 – Week 6 (Fri, 23 November) – Asha Bhonsle's Songs *Episode 12 – Week 6 (Sat, 24 November) *Episode 13 – Week 7 (Fri, 30 November) – Contestant's Favorite Songs *Episode 14 – Week 7 (Sat, 1 December) – Retro Theme *Episode 15 – Week 8 (Fri, 7 December) – Hungama Songs *Episode 16 – Week 8 (Sat, 8 December) – Aamir Khan's Songs *Episode 17 – Week 9 (Fri, 14 December) – *Episode 18 – Week 9 (Sat, 15 December) – *Episode 19 – Week 10 (Fri, 21 December) – Balle Balle Punjabi Songs *Episode 20 – Week 10 (Sat, 22 December) – Hits of Karisma Kapoor *Episode 21 – Week 11 (Fri, 28 December) – Sonu Nigam's Songs *Episode 22 – Week 11 (Sat, 29 December) – Disco Special *Episode 23 – Week 12 (Fri, 4 January) – Beach Special *Episode 24 – Week 12 (Sat, 5 January) – Parent's Special *Episode 25 – Week 13 (Fri, 11 January) – Arabic Music *Episode 26 – Week 13 (Sat, 12 January) – Mela Special *Episode 27 – Week 14 (Fri, 18 January) – Sufi Songs *Episode 28 – Week 14 (Sat, 19 January) – Hits of Arshad Warsi/Ayesha Takia *Episode 29 – Week 15 (Fri, 25 January) – Train Songs *Episode 30 – Week 15 (Sat, 26 January) – Patriotic Songs *Episode 31 – Week 16 (Fri, 1 February) –

's Songs *Episode 32 – Week 16 (Sat, 2 February) – New Songs of 2007 & Romantic Songs *Episode 33 – Week 17 (Fri, 8 February) – Devotional Songs *Episode 34 – Week 17 (Sat, 9 February) – Chaand & Bhoot Songs *Episode 35 – Week 18 (Fri, 15 February) – Classical Songs *Episode 36 – Week 18 (Sat, 16 February) – Hits of Kajol/Ajay Devgan

Celebrity guests

*Week 3 (2 November) – Anand Raj Anand *Week 4 (9 November) – Vishal–Shekhar *Week 5 (16 November) – Amrita-Nagin *Week 6 (23 November 24 November) – Asha Bhonsle (both days) *Week 7 (1 December) – Soha Ali Khan *Week 8 (7 December) – Usha Uthup *Week 8 (8 December) – Aamir Khan *Week 9 (14 December 15 December) –

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(both days) *Week 10 (21 December) – Richa Sharma *Week 10 (22 December) – Karisma Kapoor *Week 11 (28 December) – Agam Kumar Nigam *Week 11 (29 December) –

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, Amrita Rao,

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*Week 12 (5 January) – Deepa Narayan *Week 13 (11 January) – Nagesh Kukunoor,

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, Salim–Sulaiman *Week 14 (18 January) – Rajpal Yadav *Week 14 (19 January) – Ayesha Takia, Arshad Warsi *Week 15 (26 January) – Bipasha Basu *Week 16 (1 February) – Vishal Bhardwaj *Week 16 (2 February) –

Kunal Khemu Kunal Kemmu (born Kunal Ravi Kemmu; 25 May 1983) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. Early life and background Kunal Ravi Kemmu was born in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India on 25 May 1983 into a Kashmiri Pandit family to actors ...

, Sameer Tandon *Week 17 (9 February) –

Raju Shrivastav Satya Prakash Srivastav (25 December 1963 – 21 September 2022), known professionally as Raju Srivastav and often credited as Gajodhar, was an Indian comedian, actor and politician. He had been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 201 ...

*Week 18 (15 February) – Amjad Ali Khan *Week 18 (16 February]) –

Kajol Kajol Devgan (née Mukherjee; born 5 August 1974), known mononymously as Kajol, is an Indian actress. Described in the media as one of the most successful actresses of Hindi cinema, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including six F ...

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Grand Finale: (1 March) Kajol and Ajay Devgan

References

Footnotes

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