Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2020

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{{short description|Indian reality television program}}
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| name = [[Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs]]
| distributor = Zee TV <br>[[ZEE5]]
| list_episodes = 1
| executive_producer =
| producer = [[Essel Vision Productions]]
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| camera = [[Multiple-camera setup|Multi-camera]]
| runtime = 90 minutes
| company = Essel Vision Productions
| network = [[Zee TV]]
| num_seasons = 8
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| first_aired ={{start date|df=yes|2020|02|29}}
| last_aired = {{End date|df=yes|2020|10|11}}
| preceded_by = [[Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2019]]
| followed_by =
| related = [[Sa Re Ga Ma Pa]]
| website = http://www.zee5.com
| num_episodes = 35 
| language = Hindi
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| genre = Singing reality television
| creator = [[Gajendra Singh (producer)|Gajendra Singh]]
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| developer = Gajendra Singh
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| country = India
| presenter = [[Manish Paul]]
| judges = {{plainlist|
* [[Alka Yagnik]]
* [[Himesh Reshammiya]]
* [[Javed Ali]]
}}
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'''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2020''' is an Indian reality television program scheduled to premiere on [[Zee TV]] in 2020. The show is a children's singing competition, spin off from [[Sa Re Ga Ma Pa]]. It is being hosted by [[Manish Paul]]. Previous editions were judged by [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Udit Narayan]], and [[Kumar Sanu]]. Sanu and Narayan has been replaced by [[Himesh Reshammiya]] and [[Javed Ali]] due to other commitments.<ref>{{url|https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/himesh-reshammiya-javed-ali-saregamapa-lil-champs-udit-narayan-kumar-sanu-6494510/|Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs: Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan opt out, Himesh Reshammiya, Javed Ali step in}}</ref>

The show is the 8th season of the franchise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/television-news/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs-season-8-returns-where-to-watch-it.html|title=Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 8 Returns|last=|first=|date=|website=Republic World|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> Aryananda R Babu was announced as the winner of SaReGaMaPa Li’l Champs 2020,<ref>{{cite news |title=Aryananda Babu announced as the winner of SaReGaMaPa Li'l Champs 2020 |url=https://www.mumbailive.com/en/television/aryananda-babu-announced-as-the-winner-of-zee-tv-saregamapa-lil-champs-2020-56517 |accessdate=11 October 2020 |publisher=Mumbai Live}}</ref> and Ranita Banerjee and Gurkirat Singh became the first and second runner-up of the show.

==Auditions==
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2020 auditions will be held in several major Indian cities, including Guwahati, Kochi, Bhubaneshwar, Goa, Lucknow, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Indore, Jaipur, Delhi, Nagpur, and Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rdduentertainment.com/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs-2020-audition-date-city-venue/|title=Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs 2020 Audition Date, City & Venue|last=|first=|date=2019-12-29|website=RDDU ENTERTAINMENT|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref>

==Judges==
Initially, [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Udit Narayan]], and [[Kumar Sanu]] were announced as the show's judges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/alka-yagnik-udit-narayan-and-kumar-sanu-roped-judges-sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lill-champs-8th|title=Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan & Kumar Sanu approached to judge Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs' 8th season; Jay Bhanushali to host|last=|first=|date=|website=Tellychakkar.com|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref>

However, due to other commitments, Narayan, and Sanu has been replaced by [[Javed Ali]], and [[Himesh Reshammiya]].

==Host==
It was originally reported that [[Jay Bhanushali]] would host the 8th season of the franchise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/alka-yagnik-udit-narayan-and-kumar-sanu-roped-judges-sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lill-champs-8th|title=Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan & Kumar Sanu approached to judge Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs' 8th season; Jay Bhanushali to host|last=|first=|date=|website=Tellychakkar.com|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> Later, Zee TV confirmed that [[Manish Paul]] would take the role instead.<ref>{{url|https://www.auditionsdate.in/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs-starts-from-29th-february-2020/|Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs Starts From 29 February 2020- Zee TV}}</ref>

==Contestants==

===Winner===
*Aryananda R Babu

===1st Runner Up===
*Ranita Banerjee

===2nd Runner Up===
*Gurkirat Singh

===Other finalists===
*Zaid Ali
*Madhav Arora
*Tanishka Sarkar
*Saksham Sonawane

===Eliminated contestants===

*Ananya Sharma

*Saee Joshi

*Radhika Mishra

*Somya Sharma

*Bobby Verma

*Satish Kumar

*Hansraj Dash

*Dhaani Saikia

==Grand Jury==
The 30 Grand Jury members are as follow:
*[[Aneek Dhar]]
*[[Abhay Jodhpurkar]]
*[[Sanchita Bhattyacharya]]
*Ram Shankar
*[[Vaishali Mhade]]
*[[Ami Mishra]]
*[[Farhad Bhiwandiwala]]
*[[Bhavya Pandit]]
*[[Raman Mahadevan]]
*[[Kiran kamath]]
*Arpita Mukherjee
*[[Sarfaraz Ahme]]
*[[Vipin Aneja]]
*[[Rishikesh Kamerkar]]
*Shabbir Ahmed
*Hamsika Mani
*Padma Wadekar
*Pawni Pandey
*Arvinder Singh Arv
*Vinod Hasal
*[[Suzanne D'Mello]]
*[[Debojit Saha]]
*[[Sumedha Karmahe]]
*Sanjeevani Bhelande
*Sudhakar Sharma
*Qadir Mustafa
*Soham Chakraborty
*Hrishikesh Chury
*Sandeep Thakur
*Tuheen Chakravorty
*Paroma Dasgupta
*Pradip Saran
*Ghanshyam Vaswani
*Murtuza Mustafa
*Sunil Das
*Sairam Iyer
*Uvie

Each member of the jury scores the contestant out of 10 points.

==Accolades==
*Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 2020 won Gold for the best children's promo at Promax India 2020 virtual award ceremony.<ref>{{url|https://www.mediabrief.com/re-invent-promax-india-virtual-conference-concludes-award-winners-2020/|Promax India 2020 complete winner list}}</ref>

==Viewership==
The show topped in UK on its Grand Finale day with highest viewership among any foreign channels.<ref>{{url|https://www.bizasialive.com/overnights-srgmp-lil-champs-final-puts-zee-tv-at-no-1-on-sunday-in-uk/|Overnights: ‘SRGMP Lil Champs’ final puts ZEE TV at No.1 on Sunday in UK}}</ref> This made [[Zee TV]] No.1 in UK that week.{{fact|date=March 2021}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{url|http://www.zee5.com/| ZEE5 official website}}
*{{url|https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1755864/|Sa Re Ga Ma Pa}} on [[IMDb]]

[[Category:Hindi-language television shows]]
[[Category:Sa Re Ga Ma Pa]]
[[Category:2020 Indian television seasons]]

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