| Sa Re Ga Ma Pa The Next Singing Youth Icon | |
|---|---|
| Season 16 | |
 | |
| Starring | Judges
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| Presented by | Sreemukhi |
| No. of contestants | 26 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Zee Telugu |
| Original release | 29 September 2024 |
| Season chronology | |
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]
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.
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.
| Team | Mentor |
|---|---|
| City Classics | Ramya Behara |
| Metro Melodies | Anudeep Dev |
| Village Vocals | L. V. Revanth |
| 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 14–1 | 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 |
Contestants who had selected in the premiere episode were placed in Top 15. The other contestants were in the "Hold" status.
| Name | Home town | Team | Status | Position | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manasa Sai | Hyderabad, TG | Metro Melodies | |||
| Abhigna | Virginia, US [a] | City Classics | |||
| Sai Tushar | AP | City Classics | |||
| Meghana Naidu | Hyderabad, TG | Metro Melodies | |||
| Pratyusha | Kothagudem, TG | Village Vocals | |||
| A. Mohan Kumar | Isakalapalem, AP | Village Vocals | |||
| Sahasra | Metro Melodies | ||||
| Sri Vaishnavi | Atmakuru, AP | Village Vocals | |||
| Sathwik Rao | Metro Melodies | ||||
| Soundarya Lahari | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, AP | City Classics | Eliminated | 10th | 12 January 2025 |
| Mukesh | Dharmavaram, AP | Village Vocals | Eliminated | 11th | 1 December 2024 |
| Mani Yashwanth | City Classics | Eliminated | |||
| Sai Manoj | Reddipeta, AP | Village Vocals | Eliminated | 12th | 20 October 2024 |
| Manikanta | Hyderabad, TG | Metro Melodies | Eliminated | ||
| Vishnupriya | City Classics | Eliminated |
| Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Vishwateja | Hold |
| Sravani | |
| Sanjana Naidu | |
| Shragvi | |
| Sowmya Shubham Patra | |
| Rajeshwar Prasad | |
| Rammohan Rao | |
| Srinivasa Vishnuteja | |
| Kishore | |
| Lakshmi Sri | |
| Srirag |
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