Hero Honda - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 is an Indian Television singing competition that premiered on 4 May 2007. It is the 2nd installment of the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge" series and the 4th public voting competition in the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" series. Chronologically, the show is preceded by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, however systematically it is followed by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005. The show features two of the previous mentors, Himesh Reshammiya and Ismail Darbar, and two new mentors to the Challenge series, Bappi Lahiri and Vishal-Shekhar. Shaan did not return to host and was replaced by Aditya Narayan, son of playback singer, Udit Narayan. The new logo is significantly different from the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005" logo featuring headphones on the globe to represent itself as an international competition, instead of a previous logo comprising of a portrayal of a duet singing. On 21 July, the show had topped the television ratings in India for the episode featuring Salman Khan according to Television Audience Measurement

Sunday, September 30, 2007

About The Show

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.

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