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Know More About Poonam Jatau

2007-10-06T16:39:00.000-07:00

This 26 years old girl is from Lucknow, India. She lost her father even before she was born and her mother had to work at other people’s home to able to feed her own children.

She likes Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan. She is one strong contestant in Saregamapa Challenge 2007.

She has tremendous confidence while she sings and is gifted with beautiful voice. She is one promising singers amongst the girls. She belongs to Ismail Darbar’s Yalgar Gharana. Her selection of songs are also admired by other mentors.

Know More About Aneek Dhar

2007-10-06T16:26:00.000-07:00

Aneek Dhar, a very strong contestant of Saregamapa Challenge 2007 is from Kolkatta, India. He is just 18 years old and have already won Saregamapa Bangala.. Aneek is in Himesh Reshammiya’s Rock Gharana..

He loves playing cricket and listening to music.. Aneek favorite actor is Shahrukh Khan..

Saregamapa contest is still going on and Aneek has already bagged many prestigious projects.. with all the projects he has under his belt.. his career sure seems to be steeping high..

Know More About Raja Hasan

2007-10-06T16:17:00.000-07:00

A 26 year old from Bikaner, Rajasthan, India has become a heart throb of India today.

When he was just 7 years old, he got blessings from Sanwarlalji Ranga (popular Rajasthani folk singer) in a jagran. His favorite actor in Bollywood is Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan. He adores Amitabh Bachchan’s personality.

He was in Eklavya Gharana for short period of time and then Vishal-Shekhar chose him to be in Hit Squad Gharana. He is considered to be the best male voice in Saregampa Challenge 2007 with a strong base of classical music.

Know More About Amanat Ali

2007-10-06T15:20:00.000-07:00

More Photos of Amanat Ali -

Amanat Ali is a young 19 yrs old residing at Faislabad, Pakistan. He loves playing cricket,snooker, going for long drives and singing. He has actively organised musical shows after the age of 16. People loved him at his shows.

He was fortunate enough to show his talent in front of great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahib who was so impressed by him that he gave him his Rs. 500 as a token of his blessings. He is a true fan of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and also admires Shahrukh Khan & Sonu Nigam.

He is a very strong contender of Yalgar Gharana and Ismail Darbar has immense faith in him. From 4 contestants of Pakistan he was the first one to be chosen by Ismail Darbar.

Amanat Ali enjoying Mumbaiya Wada Pav

Amanat Ali and Aditya Narayan

Amanat Ali with Mauli Dave

Picture-Gallary

2007-10-06T14:35:00.000-07:00

Independence Day controversy hoax

2007-09-30T16:55:00.000-07:00

The Independence Day special episode shot on August 10 (Week 15) ran into a controversy when the issue came up of the Pakistani contestants, Junaid, Mussarat and Amanat being acused of refusing to sing Indian patriotic songs. They did not refuse, it was just a rumor. This all was just a rumor created to seperate the Pakistanis and Indians. However, the next week, the three Pakistani singers landed in the Bottom Three category. It was then decided that none of the contestants would be eliminated that week and the week's votes would be added to the votes of the following week to decide the next elimination.

Aneek-Abhijit controversy

2007-09-30T16:18:00.000-07:00

On June 29, Aditya Narayan announced that Aneek Dhar and Abhijeet Kosambi, the winners of the regional spinoffs of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Bangla and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi, would be getting direct entry as a Top 14 finalist. This was a pre decided qualification as it was a part of their respective prizes of winning the regional contests. The viewers of Marathi and Bangla had already seen and heard this announcement at live telecast on stage when Abhijeet Kosambi and Aneek Dhar had won the respective competions, so infact there was no need for any controversey in that case. Yet the mentors did not approve of this saying they should not be allowed to enter the competition in the middle and that they should have come from the beginning. Ismail Darbar tried to walk away from the show stalling the shooting of the program.

In the latter episodes, Abhijeet Kosambi was eliminated with the least number of votes. Aneek Dhar is the only contestant along with Mussarat Abbas in Himesh Reshammiya's 'gharana'. However Aneek Dhar has been in the Bottom 2 once (till date Aug.26 2007 IST) Aneek was also the top contestant on 24th August 2007 IST

The "Love Story"

2007-09-30T16:04:00.000-07:00

Throughout the show a love story has been promoted by Himesh Reshamiya. It has been said that supposedly Aneek proposed to Barbie Doll, Sumedha, but she rejected him and later she was proposed to by Amanat. Amanat and Aneek's love story has been promoted mainly by Himesh Reshamiya, but it has also been stated that the story is false by many. Although many declare that this conclusion has no base, Himesh still advocates it because as he said he believes while he is on the show he will. The fact is that the contestant's families are not being considered and this has upset many because Aneek's parents were dissapointed at him after hearing this story. Many conclude that they are sticking to this story for "masala", but the truth is still to be revealed like in many controversies. Lets see what happens. Now that Sumedha has been eliminated, this love story promotion has stopped and it has been said that after Sumedha was eliminated, she told on the show that she was tormented by Himesh and Aneek's remarks about their "alleged" love story. This was not aired on television.

About The Show

2007-09-30T15:29:00.000-07:00

Like other singing competitions, the concept of this season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa was to discover singing talent. However, this time the show had also targeted hidden talent outside India. With Zee TV being broadcast internationally via satellite, it was an attempt that promised more viewers of the show and definite success.

This time round, the idea was to conduct auditions all over the world and select the top singers from different regions who would then compete against each other on stage in front of hundreds of thousands of television viewers. The initial rounds were judged by notable artistes from the Indian music industry as well as the mentors who subsequently selected the top 14 finalists. Currently, the finalists are performing in each episode with the goal of being the winner of the season which all depends on public voting.

Beginning in mid-March 2007, Zee News aired audition clips of the upcoming season. The short news feature presented some of the judges opinions, short clips of contestants auditioning and audition date details. The season's pilot episodes began as a two-night, one-hour premiere that aired on 4 May and 5 May 2007 at 10:30 p.m. (UTC +5:30) in India and 6:00 p.m. (UTC -7:00) on Canada's ATN Channel. Starting the following week, regular scheduled hours of the program aired on Fridays and Saturdays.

Zee TV's SRGMP 2007 is also in competition with the 3rd season of Sony Entertainment Television's Indian Idol which also premiered on the same date and Star Plus's Star Voice of India which premiered three weeks later. But the TRP Rating of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 is much more than these other shows. Additionally Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Hungama, a behind-the-scenes show similar to American Idol Extra, also starting airing, corresponding with the start of the finals. It airs on Zee Muzic on Fridays and Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. (UTC +5:30). The production of each episode is filmed 5 days earlier than the broadcast date.