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

Independence Day controversy hoax

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.
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