Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs

{{Short description|2016 Indian-Tamil language musical reality TV game show}}

{{About||Hindi show of the same name|Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs Zee Tamil.jpg

| caption = Cover Photo

| genre = Singing show
Reality

| creator =

| based_on = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs

| presenter = Archana Chandhoke

| director = VijayaKumar Vivekanandan

| judges = Season 01
Karthik
Vijay Prakash
Sujatha Mohan
Season 02
Karthik
Srinivas
Sujatha Mohan
Vijay Prakash
Season 03
Srinivas
Abhirami
Vijay Prakash
Saindhavi Prakash

| country = India

| language = Tamil

| num_seasons = 3

| num_episodes = Season 01: 40
Season 02: 53
Season 03: 53

| list_episodes =

| producer =

| company =

| theme_music_composer =

| opentheme =

| location = Tamil Nadu

| music =

| camera = Multi-camera

| channel = Zee Tamil

| runtime = approx. 40-45 minutes per episode
approx. 85-90 minutes per episode

| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|2016|12|24}}

| last_aired = present

| related = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs

}}

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs is a 2016 Indian-Tamil language musical reality TV game show, which airs on Zee Tamil.{{cite news|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs-on-zee-tamil/articleshow/56137911.cms |title= sa re ga ma pa lil champs on zee tamil |website= timesofindia.indiatimes.com }} The show based on the Hindi Language show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs. The series is meant for young children between the ages of 5–14 years, which judges the children on the basis of their voice quality, singing talent and versatility in performance.{{cite news|url=http://www.esselnewsletter.com/news/zee-tamil-to-launch-sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs-on-december-24th-at-700-pm.html|title=Zee Tamil to launch Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs on December 24th at 7:00 pm|website=www.esselnewsletter.com}} The show was premiered on 24 December 2016.{{cite news|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs-from-december-24/articleshow/56084225.cms|title=Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs from December 24 |website= timesofindia.indiatimes.com }}

Seasons overview

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First aired !Last aired
scope="row" style="background:#0000A0; color:#120;"\| \| \| \|1 \| 40 \| {{start date\|df=yes\|2016\|12\|24}} \| {{end date\|df=yes\|2017\|5\|7}}
scope="row" style="background:#8d85f2; color:#100;"\| \| \| \|2 \| 53 \| {{start date\|df=yes\|2018\|5\|5}} \| {{end date\|df=yes\|2018\|11\|3}}
style="background: #FA8072 \| \| \| \|3 \| 53 \| {{start date\|df=yes\|2023\|7\|1}} \| {{end date\|df=yes\|2023\|12\|17}}

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! colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="padding:0 9px;" |Season

!style="padding:0 9px;" rowspan="2"|Episodes

!style="padding:0 90px;" colspan="2"|Originally aired

First aired

!Last aired

scope="row" style="background:#0000A0; color:#120;"|

| 40

| {{start date|df=yes|2016|12|24}}

| {{end date|df=yes|2017|5|7}}

scope="row" style="background:#8d85f2; color:#100;"|

| 53

| {{start date|df=yes|2018|5|5}}

| {{end date|df=yes|2018|11|3}}

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| 53

| {{start date|df=yes|2023|7|1}}

| {{end date|df=yes|2023|12|17}}

Judges and Hosts

=Judges=

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!scope="col" colspan="2" |Seasons

!scope="col" | Judges

!scope="col" | Notes

rowspan="1"align="center"| 1–2

| Karthik

| Indian playback singer and composer. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer.

rowspan="1"align="center"| 1–2

| Sujatha Mohan

| Indian playback singer.

rowspan="1"align="center"| 1-3

| Vijay Prakash

| Indian Playback singer and also a Music Composer.

rowspan="1"align="center"| 2-3

| Srinivas

| Playback singer who has sung over 2000 songs in South Indian Languages.

=Host=

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!scope="col" |Seasons

!scope="col" | Host

!scope="col" | Notes

rowspan="1"align="center"| 1-3

| Archana Chandhoke

| Tamil television presenter, actress and radio jockey who has primarily worked in Tamil film and television industry.

rowspan="1"align="center"| Grand Final Episode 40

| Deepak Dinkar

| Tamil anchor and actor, who has primarily appeared in Tamil television.

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 1

The first season of the show began airing on 24 December 2016 to 7 May 2017{{cite news|url=http://www.screen4screen.com/tamilcinemanews/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-little-champs-final-telecast-on-7th-may-2017/|title=Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs final telecast on 7th May 2017|website=www.screen4screen.com}} on every Saturday and Sunday at 19:00 (IST) for 40 episodes.{{cite news|url= http://screen4tv.com/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs-to-take-off-on-zee-tamil/|title= Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs to take off on Zee Tamil |website= screen4tv.com }}{{cite news|url= http://tamil.filmibeat.com/television/zee-tamil-calls-auditions-sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs-043189.html|title= சென்னையில் சரி கம பா லி'ல் சாம்ப்ஸ்' நிகழ்ச்சிக்கான குரல் தேர்வு |website= tamil.filmibeat.com }} The judges are Singers Karthik, Vijay Prakash and Sujatha Mohan. Vishwa Prasad was the winner of season one.

= Winners =

;Guest

Jiiva: is a Tamil film actor, producer and philanthropist.

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style="width:200pt; background:LightSteelBlue;"\| Winners !style="width:200pt; background:LightSteelBlue;"\| Notes !style="width:200pt; background:LightSteelBlue;"\| Amount won
Vishwa Prasad \| Winners \| ₹ 40,00,000
Disathana \| 1st Runner up \| ₹ 3,00,000
Rakthash \| 2nd Runner up \| ₹ 2,00,000

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style="width:200pt; background:LightSteelBlue;"| Winners

!style="width:200pt; background:LightSteelBlue;"| Notes

!style="width:200pt; background:LightSteelBlue;"| Amount won

Vishwa Prasad

| Winners

| ₹ 40,00,000

Disathana

| 1st Runner up

| ₹ 3,00,000

Rakthash

| 2nd Runner up

| ₹ 2,00,000

; Top 5 Finalist

Ann Benson
Vishwa Prasad
Rakthash
Disathana
Niharika

= Grand Jury Panel =

Ramji
S. N. Surendar
V. Uma Shankar
Mohan Vaidya
M. J. Shriram
Ramya NSK
Padmalatha
Vinaitha
Tanushree
Jagadeesh Kumar
Ninchi
Reshmi
A.SADIQ BASHA
Nirmala

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 2

The second season aired on every Sunday at 6:30 pm from 5 May 2018 to 3 November 2018 and ended with 53 Episodes.{{cite news|url=http://www.esselnewsletter.com/news/zee-tamil-launches-the-second-season-of-tamil-nadus-favorite-music-reality-show-sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs.html|title=Zee Tamil launches the second season of Tamil Nadu's favorite music reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil' Champs!|website= www.esselnewsletter.com}}{{cite news|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs-season-2-may-27-2018-daisy-and-aryanandha-are-the-showstoppers/articleshow/64356432.cms|title= Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 2, May 27, 2018 |website= timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs-season-2-june-24-2018-3-golden-performers-this-week/articleshow/64765611.cms|title=Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 2, June 24, 2018 : 3 golden performers this week|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}} Karthik, Srinivas, Sujatha Mohan and Vijay Prakash as the judges and Archana Chandhoke as the host. Idhazhika was the winner of second season.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/idhazhika-is-the-winner-of-tamil-sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs-season-2-show/articleshow/66498561.cms|title=Idhazhika is the winner of Tamil Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs Season 2 show|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}

= Winners =

;Guest

Sivakarthikeyan: is a Tamil film actor, producer.

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style="width:200pt; background:LightSteelBlue;"\| Winners !style="width:200pt; background:LightSteelBlue;"\| Notes !style="width:200pt; background:LightSteelBlue;"\| Amount won
Idhazhika \| Winners \| ₹ 40,00,000
Aryananda \| 1st Runner up \| Gold weighing 1 kilogram
Bavin Vinoth & Sahana \| 2nd Runner up \| ₹ 3,00,000
Pravasthi \| 3rd Runner up \| ₹ 50,000

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style="width:200pt; background:LightSteelBlue;"| Winners

!style="width:200pt; background:LightSteelBlue;"| Notes

!style="width:200pt; background:LightSteelBlue;"| Amount won

Idhazhika

| Winners

| ₹ 40,00,000

Aryananda

| 1st Runner up

| Gold weighing 1 kilogram

Bavin Vinoth & Sahana

| 2nd Runner up

| ₹ 3,00,000

Pravasthi

| 3rd Runner up

| ₹ 50,000

= Participants =

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! scope="col" style="background:LightSteelBlue;" | Participants

scope="row" | 1

| Anirvinya

scope="row" | 2

| Srinand

scope="row" | 3

| Daisy Yensone

scope="row" | 4

| Aryashree

scope="row" | 5

| Devadarshini

scope="row" | 6

| Madhuvy

scope="row" | 7

| Srivishnu

scope="row" | 8

| Swathy

scope="row" | 9

| Aryanandha

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 3

The third season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 3 premiered on Zee Tamil on 1 July 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.medianews4u.com/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs-returns-for-third-season-on-zee-tamil/|title=Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs returns for third season on Zee Tamil|date=29 June 2023 |publisher=www.medianews4u.com|access-date=June 29, 2023|language=en}} Archana Chandhoke has returned for the third time as host for the third season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil 'Champs . The four main judges of the show are Srinivas, Vijay Prakash, Abhirami (actress) and Saindhavi Prakash .{{cite web|url=https://mediabrief.com/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs-3-on-zee-tamil/|title=Zee Tamil announces season three of 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs'; sets premiere for July 1|date=28 June 2023 |publisher=mediabrief.com|access-date=June 28, 2023|language=en}}

The Grand Finale took place on 17 December 2023. The grand finale consisted of six contestants. Three of the finalists are male and three other finalists are female.

The six finalists of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 3 were Rikshitha Jawahar, Kilmisha, Sanjana, Ruthresh Kumar, Nishanth Kavin and Kanishkar.

The grand finale consisted of two rounds. The first round was called the freestyle round. Prior to the freestyle round, the audience were provided the option to select one song from a list of four options that they were provided. From the most chosen option, the finalists had sung that song for their first round of the grand finale, which was known as the freestyle round. The second round was called the challenging round.

Prize winners: