Sa Re Ga Ma Pa The Next Singing Youth Icon

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa The Next Singing Youth Icon
Season 16
Showrunner	Putta Satish Babu
Starring	Judges Koti Kasarla Shyam S. P. Sailaja
Presented by	Sreemukhi
No. of contestants	15
Winner	Abhigna
Runner-up	Meghana Naidu
No. of episodes	19
Release
Original network	Zee Telugu
Original release	29 September 2024 (2024-09-29) – 9 February 2025 (2025-02-09)
Season chronology
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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa The Next Singing Youth Icon is the 16th season of the Indian Telugu-language musical/singing reality television show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Telugu. ^[1] It premiered on Zee Telugu from 29 September 2024. ^[2] Abhigna is the winner of the season. ^[3]

Production

Sreemukhi returned as the presenter after the 14th season. Koti and S. P. Sailaja returned as the judges from the previous season with Kasarla Shyam debuting in the show. ^[4] D. Satya Sivakumar, Arun Kaundinya and Srikanth Ippili returned as the voice trainers of the show.

Auditions

Before conducting on-ground auditions, a digital version of the auditions were held in July 2024 soon after the announcement of the show. On-ground auditions of the show were held across ten cities in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam auditions were held on 27 July 2024 and 28 July 2024 respectively. Rajahmundry and Vijayawada auditions were held on 3 August 2024 and 4 August 2024 respectively. Warangal and Karimnagar auditions were held on 10 August 2024 and 11 August 2024 respectively. ^[5] Nellore, Tirupati and Kurnool auditions were held on 17 August 2024, 18 August 2024 and 19 August 2024 respectively. Hyderabad auditions were held on 25 August 2024.

Judges

• Koti
• Kasarla Shyam
• S. P. Sailaja

Mentors

Team	Mentor
City Classics	Ramya Behara
Metro Melodies	Anudeep Dev
Village Vocals	L. V. Revanth

Guests

Guest	Episode(s) No.	Notes
Vijay Yesudas	1	Guest judge
Chinmayi Sripada		Support mentor for City Classics
Kayden Sharma		Support mentor for Metro Melodies
Penchal Das		Support mentor for Village Vocals
Srinivas	2	Guest judge
Sadha	5 and 6
	6
Kiran Abbavaram		To promote their film KA
Nayan Sarika
Tanvi Ram
Sri Krishna	8	To participate in the "Singing with Superstars" round
Sahithi Chaganti
P V N S Rohit
Harini Ivaturi
Shiju Abdul Rasheed		To promote their television show Vikkatakavi
Naresh Agastya
Ravi Teja Nannimala
Tarak Ponnappa
Pradeep Maddali
Prudhvi Chandra	9	To participate in the "Singing with Superstars" round
Damini Bhatla
Deepu
Roll Rida
Anantha Sriram	10 and 14–19	Guest judge
Priyadarshi Pulikonda	11	To promote their film Sarangapani Jathakam
Mohana Krishna Indraganti
Roopa Koduvayur
Ananya Bhaskar	12	To participate in "Maha Sangamam" round
Bharat Raj
Pavan Kalyan
Yuti Harshavardhana
Venkata Chaitanya
Sai Sri Charan	13
Daniel
Shivani
Dasari Parvathi
Sudhanshu
Nani		To promote the television premiere of their film Saripodhaa Sanivaaram
Priyanka Mohan
Tarun	17
Naga Chaitanya	20	To promote their film Thandel
Sai Pallavi
Allu Aravind
Radha
Mangli		Music performance
Satyam Rajesh		To promote their film Thala
Amma Rajasekhar
Amma Raagin Raj
Ester Noronha
Vishwak Sen		To announce the winner and to promote his film Laila

Contestants

Contestants who had selected in the premiere episode were placed in Top 15. The other contestants were in the "Hold" status.

Top 15

Name	Home town	Team	Status	Position	Date
Abhigna	Virginia, US [a]	City Classics	Winner	1st	9 February 2025
Meghana Naidu	Hyderabad, TG	Metro Melodies	1st runner-up	2nd
Sathwik Rao		Metro Melodies	2nd runner-up	3rd
Sri Vaishnavi	Atmakuru, AP	Village Vocals
Manasa Sai	Hyderabad, TG	Metro Melodies	3rd runner-up	4th
Mohan Kumar	Isakalapalem, AP	Village Vocals
Pratyusha	Kothagudem, TG	Village Vocals	Semi Finalist	5th	2 February 2025
Sahasra Behara		Metro Melodies
Sai Tushar	AP	City Classics
Soundarya Lahari	Visakhapatnam, AP	City Classics	Eliminated	6th	12 January 2025
Mani Yashwanth		City Classics	Eliminated	7th	1 December 2024
Mukesh	Dharmavaram, AP	Village Vocals	Eliminated
Manikanta	Hyderabad, TG	Metro Melodies	Eliminated	8th	20 October 2024
Sai Manoj	Reddipeta, AP	Village Vocals	Eliminated
Vishnupriya		City Classics	Eliminated

Other contestants

Name	Status
Vishwateja	Hold
Sravani
Sanjana Naidu
Shragvi
Sowmya Shubham Patra
Rajeshwar Prasad
Rammohan Rao
Srinivasa Vishnuteja
Kishore
Lakshmi Sri
Srirag

Notes

1. Born and native of Adilabad, TG

References

1. Kumar, Sanjiv. "Thandel: సరిగమప 16 గ్రాండ్ ఫినాలే- నాగ చైతన్య, సాయి పల్లవి గెస్టులు- టైటిల్ బరిలో ముగ్గురు- విజేత ప్రైజ్ మనీ ఎంతంటే?". Hindustantimes Telugu (in Telugu). Retrieved 12 February 2025.
2. "Get Ready to witness the grand launch of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - The Next Singing Youth Icon, only on Zee Telugu". www.deccanchronicle.com. 26 September 2024. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
3. V, Latha (10 February 2025). "ఎవరీ అభిజ్ఞ? సరిగమప 16 విన్నర్ బ్యాక్ గ్రౌండ్ ఇదే... అమెరికా నుంచి ఇండియా వచ్చి!". telugu.abplive.com (in Telugu). Retrieved 12 February 2025.
4. "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 16 to kickstart this Sunday; Koti, SP Sailaja, and Kasarla Shyam to grace the judging panel". The Times of India. 28 September 2024. ISSN   0971-8257. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
5. "Zee Telugu announces 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Season 16' auditions in Warangal and Karimnagar". MediaBrief. 6 August 2024. Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.