Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs

For Hindi show of the same name, see 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.^[1] 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.^[2] The show was premiered on 24 December 2016.^[3]

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs
Cover Photo
Genre	Singing show Reality
Based on	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs
Directed by	VijayaKumar Vivekanandan
Presented by	Archana Chandhoke
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 of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	Season 01: 40 Season 02: 53 Season 03: 53
Production
Production location	Tamil Nadu
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 40-45 minutes per episode approx. 85-90 minutes per episode
Original release
Network	Zee Tamil
Release	24 December 2016 (2016-12-24) – present
Related
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs

Seasons overview

Season				Episodes	Originally aired
					First aired	Last aired
			1	40	24 December 2016 (2016-12-24)	7 May 2017 (2017-05-07)
			2	53	5 May 2018 (2018-05-05)	3 November 2018 (2018-11-03)
			3	53	1 July 2023 (2023-07-01)	17 December 2023 (2023-12-17)

Judges and Hosts

Judges

Seasons		Judges	Notes
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.
1–2	Sujatha Mohan	Indian playback singer.
1-3	Vijay Prakash	Indian Playback singer and also a Music Composer.
2-3	Srinivas	Playback singer who has sung over 2000 songs in South Indian Languages.

Host

Seasons	Host	Notes
1-3	Archana Chandhoke	Tamil television presenter, actress and radio jockey who has primarily worked in Tamil film and television industry.
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^[4] on every Saturday and Sunday at 19:00 (IST) for 40 episodes.^[5][6] 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.

Winners	Notes	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.^[7][8][9] Karthik, Srinivas, Sujatha Mohan and Vijay Prakash as the judges and Archana Chandhoke as the host. Idhazhika was the winner of second season.^[10]

Winners

Guest

• Sivakarthikeyan: is a Tamil film actor, producer.

Winners	Notes	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

No.	Participants
1	Anirvinya
2	Srinand
3	Daisy Yensone
4	Aryashree
5	Devadarshini
6	Madhuvy
7	Srivishnu
8	Swathy
9	Aryanandha

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 3

Main article: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil 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.^[11] 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 .^[12]

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:

• Kilmisha was announced as the winner of season 3
• Ruthresh Kumar was announced as the first runner-up
• Sanjana was announced as the second runner-up
• Rikshitha Jawahar was announced as the third runner-up

Name of finalist	Title/prize	Name of song (round 1 – freestyle round)	Name of film/album	Singer(s)	Composer(s)	Name of song (round 2- challenging round)	Name of film/album	Singer(s)	Composer(s)
Kilmisha	Winner – Rs 1 million	Anbae Idhu	Rhythm	Sadhana Sargam	A. R. Rahman	Aila Aila	I	Natalie Di Luccio, Aditya Rao	A. R. Rahman
Ruthresh Kumar	First runner-up – Rs 300,000	Minnalae	May Maadham	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	A. R. Rahman	Kaddu Thirande Kidakinrathu	Vasool Raja MBBS	Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam	Bharadwaj
Sanjana	Second runner-up – Rs 200,000	Poraale Ponnuthayi (sad version)	Karuthamma	Swarnalatha	A. R. Rahman	Idhayam	Kochadaiiyaan	Chinmayi Sripaada, Srinivas	A. R. Rahman
Rikshitha Jawahar	Third runner-up – Rs 100,000	Uyire Uyire	Bombay	Hariharan, K. S. Chithra	A. R. Rahman	Minsara Poove	Padayappa	Nithyasree Mahadevan, Srinivas, Palakkad Sreeram, Hariharan	A. R. Rahman
Kanishkar		Sandhosha Kanneere	Uyire	A. R. Rahman, Anuradha Sriram, Febi Mani, Annupamaa	A. R. Rahman	Aaromale	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Alphons Joseph	A. R. Rahman
Nishanth Kavin		Poongaatru Puthithaanathu	Moondram Pirai	K. J. Yesudas	Ilaiyaraaja	Paattum Naane	Thiruvilaiyadal	T. M. Soundararajan	K. V. Mahadevan

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 4

Main article: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 4

The fourth season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 4 premiered on Zee Tamil on 2 November 2024. Archana Chandhoke has returned for the fourth time as host for the fourth season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil 'Champs . The judges of the show are Srinivas, S. P. Charan, Shweta Mohan and Saindhavi Prakash.