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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa The Next Singing Youth Icon
Season 16
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StarringJudges
Presented by Sreemukhi
No. of contestants26
Release
Original network Zee Telugu
Original release29 September 2024 (2024-09-29)
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. It premiered on Zee Telugu from 29 September 2024. [1]

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. [2] 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. [3] 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

Mentors

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

Guests

GuestEpisode(s) No.Notes
Vijay Yesudas 1Guest judge
Chinmayi Sripada Support mentor for City Classics
Kayden SharmaSupport mentor for Metro Melodies
Penchal Das Support mentor for Village Vocals
Srinivas 2Guest judge
Sadha 5 and 6
6
Kiran Abbavaram To promote their film KA
Nayan Sarika
Tanvi Ram
Sri Krishna 8To 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 Chandra9To participate in the "Singing with Superstars" round
Damini Bhatla
Deepu
Roll Rida
Anantha Sriram 10 and 14-19Guest judge
Priyadarshi Pulikonda 11To promote their film Sarangapani Jathakam
Mohana Krishna Indraganti
Roopa Koduvayur
Ananya Bhaskar12To participate in "Maha Sangamam" round
Bharat Raj
Pavan Kalyan
Yuti Harshavardhana
Venkata Chaitanya
Sai Sri Charan13
Daniel
Shivani
Dasari Parvathi
Sudhanshu
Nani To promote the television premiere of their film Saripodhaa Sanivaaram
Priyanka Mohan
Tarun 17
Naga Chaitanya 20Guests for the Grand Finale
Allu Aravind
Sai Pallavi
Radha
Mangli
Vishwak Sen
All Eliminated Contestants

Contestants

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

Top 15

NameHome townTeamStatusPositionDate
Abhigna Virginia, US [a] City ClassicsWinner1st9 February 2025
Meghana Naidu Hyderabad, TGMetro Melodies1st Runner Up2nd
Sathwik RaoMetro Melodies2nd Runner Up3rd

4th

Sri Vaishnavi Atmakuru, APVillage Vocals
Manasa Sai Hyderabad, TGMetro Melodies3rd Runner Up5th

6th

Mohan Kumar Isakalapalem, APVillage Vocals
Pratyusha Kothagudem, TGVillage VocalsSemi Finalist7th

8th 9th

2 February 2025
Sahasra BeharaMetro Melodies
Sai TusharAPCity Classics
Soundarya Lahari Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, APCity ClassicsEliminated10th12 January 2025
Mani YashwanthCity ClassicsEliminated11th

12th

1 December 2024
Mukesh Dharmavaram, APVillage VocalsEliminated
Manikanta Hyderabad, TGMetro MelodiesEliminated13th

14th 15th

20 October 2024
Sai Manoj Reddipeta, APVillage VocalsEliminated
VishnupriyaCity ClassicsEliminated

Other contestants

NameStatus
VishwatejaHold
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. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.