Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005

Hero Honda - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005
Format	Interactive reality Musical game show
Created by	Zee TV, Gajendra Singh
Directed by	Gajendra Singh
Starring	see below
Opening theme	"Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005"
Country of origin	India
Production
Running time	approx. 52 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Zee TV
Picture format	480i (SDTV),
Original run	July 2005 – February 2006
Chronology
Preceded by	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
Followed by	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu
Related shows	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007
External links
Website

Hero Honda Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 was a reality series, an extension of the famous Sa Re Ga Ma Pa programme that was first aired in 1995 on Zee TV. With the new "Challenge" series, Zee TV brought 48 potential singers that are living in India.

Synopsis

Elimination rounds

The process started with elimination rounds by the four mentors: Aadesh Shrivastava (Baghban fame), Himesh Reshammiya (Tere Naam & Aashiq Banaya Aapne fame), Jatin-Lalit (Pehla Nasha fame) and Ismail Darbar (HDDCS fame). The mentors picked one girl and one boy amidst 4 boys and 4 girls who took part during the course of a month. Hence, 16 contestants out of the 48 were eliminated. The 32 remaining contestants consists of 16 boys and 16 girls.

Gharanas

The 32 remaining contestants were later put into different Gharanas (or Groups). Each Gharana had to pick 8 contestants in total from the contestants selected through the auditions, elimination rounds and wildcard entries.

Aadesh Shrivastav's group was the Jai Ho Gharana, Himesh Reshammiya's group was Rock Gharana, Jatin Lalit's group was the Dum Gharana and Ismail Darbar's group was the Yalgaar Gharana.

Final 32

From the final 32 round onwards, guest judges like Shiv, Hari, Pt. Jasraj, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Jagjit Singh etc. were invited to comment and judge all the remaining contestants. Each week features a different judge.

Also, from this round onwards, the public was able to vote via SMS or by phone for their favourite singer. Each week, two contestants will be eliminated until the final round.

The only three contestants to have gone through the perfect green card on first day pattern were Vinit Singh, Hemachandra, and Nihira Joshi. Nihira Joshi was the only girl out of all to have been perfect when being chosen by judges. She was also the most consistent participant throughout the competition.

Final 12

From the final 12 onwards, week after week, after entertaining audiences from around the world with some fantastic music, singer by singer got eliminated due to lack of votes from the public.

The final 12 in order of winning with their gharana:

• Debojit Saha (Yalgaar Ho) - Winner
• Vinit Singh (Jai Mata Di Let's Rock) - 1st Runner up
• Vedala Hemachandra (Jai Ho) - 2nd Runner Up
• Himani Kapoor (Jai Ho) - 3rd Runner Up
• Nihira Joshi (Yalgaar Ho)- 4th Runner Up
• Paresh Madhaparia (Jai Mata Di Let's Rock)
• Ujjaini Mukherjee (Jai Mata Di Let's Rock)
• Twinkle Bajpai (Yalgar Ho)
• Rajeev Kumar (Jai Ho)
• Sharib Sabri (Dum)
• Swananda Karmarkar (Dum)
• Raktima Mukerjee (Jai Ho)

Controversy

During the show, at one point, one of the judges simply walked off the stage and said goodbye, due to an outrageous amount of votes for a contestant he thought was inadequate.

After the show's final episode, when Debojit was announced the winner, many people in India and other parts of the world were outraged, feeling that Vinit should have been the true winner.

Cast

• Shaan- host
• Jatin-Lalit- themselves (Dum)
• Aadesh Shrivastava- himself (Jai Ho)
• Himesh Reshammiya- himself (Jai Mata Di Let's Rock)
• Ismail Darbar- himself (Yalgaar Ho)