Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International

Infobox Television
show_name = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International


caption = The "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs" logo.
format = Children's Interactive reality Musical game show
picture_format =
runtime = 52 minutes
director = Gyan Sahay
creator = Rajeev Arora
Abhishek Dwivedi
presenter = Aditya Narayan
starring = Suresh Wadkar
Sonu Nigam
opentheme =
country = IND
network = Zee TV
first_aired = October 19, 2007
last_aired = March 1, 2008
num_episodes =
preceded_by = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007
followed_by =
related = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs
website = http://www.lilchamps.zeetv.com/

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 host, Aditya Narayan, on 28 July, 2007. The season began on October 19, 2007 and will feature 28 contestants. The show was broadcasted on Fridays and Saturdays, and Sundays. Anamika Choudhari won this competition on March 1, 2008. [cite episode
title = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007
url = http://www.zshare.net/video/2882979afb2fd7/
series = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007
serieslink = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007
network = Zee TV
city = Mumbai
airdate = 2007-07-28] It is the 2^nd instalment of the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs" series and the 5^th public voting competition in the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" series. Chronologically, the show is preceded by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007.

Narayan mentioned that children aged 6-14 worldwide can send recordings of their songs onto a CD if they wish to participate in the competition. Furthermore, on October 13, 2007, Narayan also added that Pritam and Sonu Nigam will be the judges of the show. However Pritam was later replaced by Suresh Wadkar.

Regional auditions phase

Locations

The auditions were held in the following cities in India:
*Chandigarh: - 22 September
*Ahmedabad: - 22 September
*Delhi: - 23 September
*Kolkata: - 23 September
*Mumbai: - 29 September

International auditions took place in the United Kingdom, Dubai, USA, South Africa, Malaysia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Singapore, Fiji, Kenya, Australia, Israel and Hong Kong. [ [http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20071014/793471.html Sa Re Ga Ma Pa- L'il champs' begins on Zee TV from Oct 19 ] ]

Mostly all participants are from India ( Mostly ) Pakistan (Shortly) (America.Etc) None Finals

Judges

*Sonu Nigam
*Suresh Wadkar

Contestants

http://www.lilchamps.zeetv.com/participants.php

Episode themes

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

*Episode 1 - Week 1 (Fri, October 19) - Introduction to Indian Contestants
*Episode 2 - Week 1 (Sat, October 20) - Introduction to Foreign Contestants
*Episode 3 - Week 2 (Fri, October 26) - Contestants' Choice
*Episode 4 - Week 2 (Sat, October 27) - Contestants' Choice
*Episode 5 - Week 3 (Fri, November 2) - Shah Rukh Khan's Songs
*Episode 6 - Week 3 (Sat, November 3) - "Masti and Dhamaal" Songs
*Episode 7 - Week 4 (Fri, November 9) - Diwali Special
*Episode 8 - Week 4 (Sat, November 10) - Rock and Roll Songs
*Episode 9 - Week 5 (Fri, November 16) - Children's Day Special
*Episode 10 - Week 5 (Sat, November 17) - Comedy Special
*Episode 11 - Week 6 (Fri, November 23) - Asha Bhonsle's Songs
*Episode 12 - Week 6 (Sat, November 24)
*Episode 13 - Week 7 (Fri, November 30) - Contestant's Favorite Songs
*Episode 14 - Week 7 (Sat, December 1) - Retro Theme
*Episode 15 - Week 8 (Fri, December 7) - Hungama Songs
*Episode 16 - Week 8 (Sat, December 8) - Amir Khan's Songs
*Episode 17 - Week 9 (Fri, December 14) -
*Episode 18 - Week 9 (Sat, December 15) -
*Episode 19 - Week 10 (Fri, December 21) - Balle Balle Punjabi Songs
*Episode 20 - Week 10 (Sat, December 22) - Hits of Karisma Kapoor
*Episode 21 - Week 11 (Fri, December 28) - Sonu Nigam's Songs
*Episode 22 - Week 11 (Sat, December 29) - Disco Special
*Episode 23 - Week 12 (Fri, January 4) - Beach Special
*Episode 24 - Week 12 (Sat, January 5) - Parent's Special
*Episode 25 - Week 13 (Fri, January 11) - Arabic Music
*Episode 26 - Week 13 (Sat, January 12) - Mela Special
*Episode 27 - Week 14 (Fri, January 18) - Sufi Songs
*Episode 28 - Week 14 (Sat, January 19) - Hits of Arshad Warsi/Ayesha Takia
*Episode 29 - Week 15 (Fri, January 25) - Train Songs
*Episode 30 - Week 15 (Sat, January 26) - Patriotic Songs
*Episode 31 - Week 16 (Fri, February 1) - Suresh Wadkar's Songs
*Episode 32 - Week 16 (Sat, February 2) - New Songs of 2007 & Romantic Songs
*Episode 33 - Week 17 (Fri, February 8) - Devotional Songs
*Episode 34 - Week 17 (Sat, February 9) - Chaand & Bhoot Songs
*Episode 35 - Week 18 (Fri, February 15) - Classical Songs
*Episode 36 - Week 18 (Sat, February 16) - Hits of Kajol/Ajay Devgam

Celebrity Guests

*Week 3 (November 2) - Anand Raj Anand
*Week 4 (November 9) - Vishal-Shekhar
*Week 5 (November 16) - Amrita-Nagin
*Week 6 (November 23 , November 24) - Asha Bhonsle (Both days)
*Week 7 (December 1) - Soha Ali Khan
*Week 8 (December 7) - Usha Uthup
*Week 8 (December 8) - Amir Khan
*Week 9 (December 14 , December 15) - Alka Yagnik (Both days)
*Week 10 (December 21) - Richa Sharma
*Week 10 (December 22) - Karisma Kapoor
*Week 11 (December 28) - Agam Kumar Nigam
*Week 11 (December 29) - Mithun Chakraborty , Amrita Arora , Nikhil Dwivedi
*Week 12 (January 5) - Deepa Narayan
*Week 13 (January 11) - Nagesh Kukunoor , Shreyas Talpade , Salim Sulaiman
*Week 14 (January 18) - Rajpal Yadav
*Week 14 (January 19) - Ayesha Takia , Arshad Warsi
*Week 15 (January 26) - Bipasha Basu
*Week 16 (February 1) - Vishal Bharadwaj
*Week 16 (February 2) - Kunal Khemu , Sameer Tandon
*Week 17 (February 9) - Raju Shrivastav
*Week 18 (February 15) - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
*Week 18 (February 16] ) - Kajol , Ajay Devgan

Grand Finale: (March 1) Kajol and Ajay Devgan

External links

* [http://www.saregamapachallenge2007.com/ SaReGaMaPa Lil Champs International]
* [http://lil-champs-international.blogspot.com/ Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International 2007-08]
* [http://saregamapalilchamps2007.blogspot.com/ Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2007]
* [http://www.jeetegakaun.in/saregamapa_lil_champs_2007/comments.php Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International 2007 Forums]

References

[http://www.saregamapachallenge2007.com Saregamapa Lil Champs International Videos, Reviews and latest News]

[http://lil-champs-international.blogspot.com/ Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs International Live Updates, Videos and News]

[http://saregamapashow.com/2007/08/zee-tvs-sa-re-ga-ma-pa-little-champs.html Saregamapa Lil Champs International]

[http://www.parilok.org/saregamapalilchamps2007/ Saregamapa Lil Champs International Videos, Reviews and latest News]