Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language musical reality TV game show, which airs on Zee Tamil.^[1] The show based on the Hindi-language show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs. The series is meant for young children between the ages of 5–14 years, which judges the children on the basis of their voice quality, singing talent and versatility in performance.^[2] Since its premiere on 24 December 2016, the show has rolled out five seasons.^[3]

The show is a singing talent hunt for children of age group 5 to 15 years old in Tamil Nadu and other Tamil population by nation countries. In the auditions round, they have 100 seconds to impress the three to five judges and the 30 members of the grand jury and will select the top 24 contestants who will compete on the main show. Archana Chandhoke is as a host for all the seasons.

The first season of the show began airing on 24 December 2016 to 7 May 2017^[7] on every Saturday and Sunday at 19:00 (IST) for 40 episodes.^[8][9] The judges are singers Karthik, Vijay Prakash and Sujatha Mohan. Vishwa Prasad was the winner of season one.

Guest

• Jiiva: is a Tamil film actor, producer and philanthropist.

Top 5 Finalist

• Ann Benson
• Vishwa Prasad
• Rakthash
• Disathana
• Niharika

• Ramji
• S. N. Surendar
• V. Uma Shankar
• Mohan Vaidya
• M. J. Shriram
• Ramya NSK
• Padmalatha
• Vinaitha
• Tanushree
• Jagadeesh Kumar
• Ninchi
• Reshmi
• A.SADIQ BASHA
• Nirmala

The second season aired on every Sunday at 6:30 pm from 5 May 2018 to 3 November 2018 and ended with 53 Episodes.^[10][11][12] Karthik, Srinivas, Sujatha Mohan and Vijay Prakash as the judges and Archana Chandhoke as the host. Idhazhika was the winner of second season.^[13]

Guest

• Sivakarthikeyan: is a Tamil film actor, producer.

The third season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 3 premiered on Zee Tamil on 1 July 2023.^[14] Archana Chandhoke has returned for the third time as host for the third season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil 'Champs . The four main judges of the show are Srinivas, Vijay Prakash, Abhirami (actress) and Saindhavi Prakash .^[15]

The Grand Finale took place on 17 December 2023. The grand finale consisted of six contestants. Three of the finalists are male and three other finalists are female.

The six finalists of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 3 were Rikshitha Jawahar, Kilmisha, Sanjana, Ruthresh Kumar, Nishanth Kavin and Kanishkar.

The grand finale consisted of two rounds. The first round was called the freestyle round. Prior to the freestyle round, the audience were provided the option to select one song from a list of four options that they were provided. From the most chosen option, the finalists had sung that song for their first round of the grand finale, which was known as the freestyle round. The second round was called the challenging round.

Prize winners:

• Kilmisha was announced as the winner of season 3
• Ruthresh Kumar was announced as the first runner-up
• Sanjana was announced as the second runner-up
• Rikshitha Jawahar was announced as the third runner-up

The fourth season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 4 premiered on Zee Tamil on 2 November 2024. Archana Chandhoke has returned for the fourth time as host for the fourth season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil 'Champs . The judges of the show are Srinivas, S. P. Charan, Shweta Mohan and Saindhavi.^[16]

The six finalists of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 4 are Hemithra, Sreemathi, Yogashree, Divinesh, Abinesh and Mahathi. The Grand Finale was held on 11 May 2024 on Sunday at 16:30 on Live. At the finals, Divinesh was the title winner and Yogashree claimed the first runners-up. Several guests that included in the grand finale are actors Sivakarthikeyan, Arya and Santhanam.^[17]

The 5th season of the Indian Tamil-language musical/singing reality television show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs. The season premiered on Zee Tamil from 6 December 2025.^[18] It features 48 young children between the ages of 5–14 years contestants progressing to the mega auditions and will select the top 24 contestants who will compete on the main show. Archana Chandhoke is returning as a host for the fourth time in a row.^[19]

• Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs at ZEE5