Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 2009

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 2009
Created by	Zee TV, Gajendra Singh
Directed by	Gajendra Singh
Starring	see below
Opening theme	"Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs"
Country of origin	India
Production
Running time	approx. 120 minutes
Original release
Network	Zee TV
Release	5 June 2009
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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2009 (SRGMP) is the third season of the popular ZeeTV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs. Going on air from 5 June 2009, the music reality show will feature 12 participants: 6 boys and 6 girls. The theme of the show this year is unique - Jeetenge World, Boys Ya Girls. The eliminations by public voting began on 5 August 2009. The season finale was held in Mumbai on Saturday 24 October 2009; the winner was Hemant Brijwasi. Hemant Brijwasi is also the winner of India's first live singing reality show Rising Star Season 2(2018).

Judges

• Abhijeet Bhattacharya - Boys' Mentor
• Alka Yagnik - Girls' Mentor

Guests

• Kailash Kher - 26 and 27 June
• Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Pritam (to promote their movie Love Aaj Kal) - 3 July
• Pritam Imtiaz Ali Zaynah Vastani - 4 July
• Shaan - 10 and 11 July
• Kavita Krishnamurthy - 17 and 18 July
• Imran Khan, Ravi Kishan (to promote their movie Luck), and Udit Narayan - 24 July
• Udit Narayan - 25 July
• Sukhwinder Singh - 31 July and 1 August - Friendship Special
• Jatin Pandit, Suresh Wadkar, (to serve as the selection board for the Wild Card Entry) - 7 and 8 August
• Shahid Kapoor (to promote his movie Kaminey) - 14 August
• Daler Mehndi, Shreyas Talpade (to promote Shreyas' movie Aage Se Right) - 22 August
• David Dhawan, Govinda, Vashu Bhagnani, Sameer, Neeraj Shridhar, Anushka Manchanda, & Shravan (to promote Govinda's movie Do Knot Disturb) - 28 August
• Wadali brothers - 29 August
• Anandji Virji Shah, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam - 4 September
• Priyanka Chopra, Harman Baweja (to promote their movie What's Your Raashee?) - 5 September
• Asha Bhosle - 11 September
• Salman(Mohammed Ghouse) - 18 September
• Bappi Lahiri - 19 September
• Ratan Rajput & Manoj Tiwari - 24 September
• Emran Hashmi, Soha Ali Khan (to promote their film - Tum Mile) - 25 September
• Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan (to promote their movie All the Best: Fun Begins) - 2 October
• Zayed Khan (to promote his movie Blue) - 3 October
• Ritesh Deshmukh (to promote his movie Aladin) - 9 October
• Lara Dutta (to promote her film Blue) - 10 October
• Vishal-Shekhar (Vishal Dadlani & Shekhar Ravjiani) - 17 October

Hosts

The hosts are 2 little kids. Afsha at first was auditioning as a contestant, and ended up being the hostess. Dhairya was already famous from few movies like: Partner (2007 film) and Baabul. Also from shows: Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? and Ek Se Badhkar Ek.

• Afsha Musani
• Dhairya Sorecha

Elimination Table

Name	City	Date of elimination
Debolina Halder	Kolkata	27 June
Farah Naaz	Lucknow	4 July
Yashodhan Rao Kadam	Delhi	11 July
Priyanka Maliya	Bikaner	25 July
Shalini Mukherjee	Kolkata	1 August
Abhijeet Shrivastav	Lakhimpur Kheri	21 August
Shristi Bhandari	Delhi	28 August
Rahul Dutta	Kolkata	4 September
Antara Nandy	Kolkata	18 September
Abhigyan Das	Duliajan	2 October
Prateeksha Shrivastava	Lucknow	9 October
Swarit Shukl	Indore	16 October

Bottom 3

21 August:

• Abhijeet Shrivastav - OUT
• Shreyasi Bhattacharjee - Safe
• Shristi Bhandari - Safe

28 August:

• Shristi Bhandari - OUT
• Hemant Brijwasi - Safe
• Rahul Dutta - Safe

4 September:

• Rahul Dutta - OUT
• Prateeksha Shrivastav - Safe
• Antara Nandy - Safe

11 September: NO ELIMINATION (on Asha Bhosle's request)

• Hemant Brijwasi
• Antara Nandy
• Swarit Shukl

18 September:

• Abhigyan Das - Safe
• Shreyasi Bhattacharjee - Safe
• Antara Nandy - OUT

25 September: NO ELIMINATION

• Yatarth Ratnam Rastogi
• Prateeksha Shrivastava

2 October:

• Abhigyan Das - OUT
• Swarit Shukl - Safe

9 October:

• Prateeksha Shrivastava - OUT
• Hemant Brijwasi - Safe

16 October:

• Swarit Shukl - OUT

2009 Grand FINALE

• Hemant Brijwasi (from Mathura) - WINNER
• Yatharth Ratnum Rastogi (from Varanasi) - 1st runner-up
• Shreyasi Bhattacharjee (from Kolkata) - 2nd runner-up

External links

• Zee TV's Official Site for L'il Champs 2009