Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge USA 2008

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge USA 2008 is an Indian television singing competition show that has premiered on 20 June 2008 on Zee TV channel. It is the first instalment of the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge" series in USA and the 6th public voting competition in the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" series. Chronologically, the show is preceded by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International, however systematically it is followed by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009.

Concept

Like other singing competitions, the concept of this season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is to discover singing talent from USA. Auditions will be held in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas / Fort Worth and the Finals will be recorded in Dallas, Texas.

Host

• Aishwarya Nigam

Judges

• Suresh Wadkar
• Aadesh Srivastav

Contestants

Top 20 Finalists

Male

1. Jeffrey Iqbal – 1st Runner-up (27 July 2008)
2. Farhan Zaidi – 2nd Runner-up (27 July 2008)
3. Krushanu Majmundar – Eliminated (27 July 2008) --- Semi-finalist
4. Rahul Lakhanpal – Eliminated (26 July 2008)
5. Vishal Bhalla – Eliminated (25 July 2008)
6. Anand Kannan – Eliminated (19 July 2008)
7. Prabhu Shankar – Eliminated (18 July 2008)
8. Muhibur Rehman – Eliminated (7/12/2008)
9. Praveen Jaligama – Eliminated (7/4/2008)
10. Purnash Durgaprasad – Eliminated (27 June 2008)

Female

1. Darshana Menon – Winner (27 July 2008)
2. Harini Vasudevan – Eliminated (27 July 2008) --- Semi-finalist
3. Ganga Narayanan – Eliminated (27 July 2008) --- Semi-finalist
4. Deeti Majmundar – Eliminated (26 July 2008)
5. Soujanya Madabhushi – Eliminated (25 July 2008)
6. Supriya Shridharan – Eliminated (19 July 2008)
7. Rasika Shekar – Eliminated (18 July 2008)
8. Ishmeet Kaur – Eliminated (7/11/2008)
9. Ujwala Chinni – Eliminated (7/5/2008)
10. Dr. Adeeba Akhtar – Dropped Out (28 June 2008)

• Note: Contestant's Darshana Menon (Winner), Jeffrey Iqbal (1st Runner-up), & Farhan Zaidi (2nd Runner-up) were accepted to participate in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 in India.

External links

• Official Site