Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge USA 2008

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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge USA 2008
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Created byGajjendra Singh
Directed byRanjeet Thakur & T.V. Vinod
Presented by Aishwarya Nigam
Starring Suresh Wadkar & Aadesh Srivastav
Opening theme"Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2008 USA"
Country of originIndia
Original languagesHindi
English
No. of episodesTotal 13
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Network Zee TV
Release20 June (2008-06-20) 
27 July 2008 (2008-07-27)
Related
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge USA 2008 is an Indian television singing competition show that premiered on 20 June 2008 on Zee TV channel. It is the first instalment of the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge series in US and the 6th 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 International , however systematically it is followed by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 .

Contents

Concept

Like other singing competitions, the concept of this season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is to discover singing talent from the US. Auditions will be held in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas / Fort Worth and the finals will be recorded in Dallas, Texas.

Host

Judges

Contestants

Top 20 finalists

Male

  1. Jeffrey Iqbal – 1st runner-up (27 July 2008)
  2. Farhan Zaidi – 2nd runner-up (27 July 2008)
  3. Krushanu Majmundar – eliminated (27 July 2008) - semi-finalist
  4. Rahul Lakhanpal – eliminated (26 July 2008)
  5. Vishal Bhalla – eliminated (25 July 2008)
  6. Anand Kannan – eliminated (19 July 2008)
  7. Prabhu Shankar – eliminated (18 July 2008)
  8. Muhibur Rehman – eliminated (12 July 2008)
  9. Praveen Jaligama – eliminated (4 July 2008)
  10. Purnash Durgaprasad – eliminated (27 June 2008)

Female

  1. Darshana Menon – winner (27 July 2008)
  2. Harini Vasudevan – eliminated (27 July 2008) - semi-finalist
  3. Ganga Narayanan – eliminated (27 July 2008) - semi-finalist
  4. Deeti Majmundar – eliminated (26 July 2008)
  5. Soujanya Madabhushi – eliminated (25 July 2008)
  6. Supriya Shridharan – eliminated (19 July 2008)
  7. Rasika Shekar – eliminated (18 July 2008)
  8. Ishmeet Kaur – eliminated (11 July 2008)
  9. Ujwala Chinni – eliminated (5 July 2008)
  10. Dr. Adeeba Akhtar – dropped out (28 June 2008)


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