Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009

Hero Honda - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009^[1][2] is the 3rd installment of the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge series which premiered on July 4, 2008 on Zee TV. The show is hosted by Aditya Narayan,^[3] who also hosted the previous competition Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007. This show features three new mentors, Aadesh Shrivastava, Shankar Mahadevan and Pritam, who join Himesh Reshammiya, who was a judge in the previous edition.

Chakravyuh

Chakravyuh is the name that represents the preliminary rounds of the contest. The idea is to have every contestant perform in front of a 'Mahaguru' and try for a qualification to round two of the contest. contest vocal test by Milind Dabholkar (Organ-Synthesizer player)

Every week, two contestants from each Gharana were selected to perform in front of the judges and the 'Mahaguru'. Considering that there are four Gharanas, total of eight contestants perform in the first episode of the week. Out of the eight contestants, the top two singers, judged by the 'Mahaguru', qualify for the next round of the competition. The remaining six contestants are then asked to perform again in the second episode of the week, out of which the bottom two contestants are eliminated from the show. The remaining four then advance to the next round.

Sanjeevini Booti

'Sanjeevini Booti' is the name used as 'lifeline' in the show. It means that the judges have authority to offer another chance to an eliminated contestant. Only one lifeline will be offered in a week to one of the two eliminated contestants. All the contestants will then have to perform again and only one of them will be selected for the next round.

Round 1

The following contestants got 'Sanjeevini Booti' in the first round of the competition.

• Rashi Ragshree (Dhoom): Week 2 - Eliminated (26 July; Episode 8)
• Shashi Sumon (Jai Ho): Week 3 - Eliminated (29 August; Episode 17)
• Jeffrey Iqbal (Lakshya): Week 4 - Eliminated (26 July; Episode 8)

All three contestants performed in week 4 and Shashi Suman from Jai Ho gharana got selected for second round of the competition.

Round 2

The following contestants got 'Sanjeevini Booti' in the second round of the competition.

• Faraz Butt (Jai Ho): Week 5
• Tarun Sagar (Lakshya): Week 6 Eliminated (22 August; Episode 15)
• Sayon Chaudhary (Jai Ho): Week 7 Eliminated (23 August; Episode 16)

Results

Contestant		Gharana	Elimination date
	Vaishali Mhade	Rock Gharana	Winner
	Yashita Yashpal Sharma	Dhoom Gharana	Finalist
	Shoumen Nandi	Jai Ho Gharana	Finalist
	Pratibha Singh	Lakshya Gharana	January 2, 2009
	Debojit Dutta	Dhoom Gharana	December 26, 2008
	Asma Mohammed Rafi	Rock Gharana	December 19, 2008
	Zaheer Abbas	Rock Gharana	December 12, 2008
	Sara Raza Khan	Lakshya Gharana	November 7, 2008
	Tarun Sagar	Rock Gharana	October 31, 2008
	Shujat Ali Khan	Dhoom Gharana	October 24, 2008
	Kaushik Deshpandey	Lakshya Gharana	October 17, 2008
	Naina Saxena	Lakshya Gharana	October 10, 2008
	Faraz Butt	Jai Ho Gharana	October 3, 2008
	Mitika Kanwar	Dhoom Gharana	September 26, 2008
	Deepali Sathe	Jai Ho Gharana	September 6, 2008
	Anupama Malhotra	Jai Ho Gharana	September 5, 2008
	Sunvinder Singh	Rock Gharana	August 30, 2008
	Arshad Mohammad	Dhoom Gharana	August 30, 2008
	Fareed Ahmed	Rock Gharana	August 29, 2008
	Shashi Suman	Jai Ho Gharana	August 29, 2008
	Manisha Karmakar	Rock Gharana	August 23, 2008
	Sayan Chaudhauri	Jai Ho Gharana	August 23, 2008
	Jenice Sobti	Rock Gharana	August 22, 2008
	Pallavi Suri	Rock Gharana	August 16, 2008
	Prachi Shah	Dhoom Gharana	August 9, 2008
	Arindom Chatterjee	Jai Ho Gharana	August 29, 2009
	Pooja Goswami	Jai Ho Gharana	August 2, 2008
	Darshana Menon	Rock Gharana	July 26, 2008
	Rashi Ragshree	Dhoom Gharana	July 26, 2008
	Jeffery Iqbal	Lakshya Gharana	July 26, 2008
	Snehandhu Naskar	Lakshya Gharana	July 12, 2008

Ekalavya Gharana

	Anurag Girish Dhoundeyal
	Divya Kumar
	Farhan Zaidi
	Imran Abbas
	Medha Krishna
	Noor Al Ain Wahid
	Shueli Sammadder

References