Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega Challenge (2009)

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega Challenge is the newest installment of the popular Indian Sa Re Ga Ma Pa vocal contest shown on Zee TV. This show is a seven-week long competition among eight teams representing eight different states and consisting of total 24 talented contestants from past seasons of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. Since October 30, 2009, two teams are competing against each other each week to head towards the finales. The show was made to celebrate the 1000th episode of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, and the Grand Finale on Dec 12, 2009 will mark the 1000th episode of this great singing competition - a historic moment for any show on Indian television. Notable Indian singers and musicians are selected for each of the episodes to make the decisions as the judges.

The final was between West Bengal (Abhijit Ghoshal, Keka Ghoshal and Sanchita Bhattacharya) and Maharashtra (Vaishali Made, Kaushik Deshpande and Rohit Raut) where the latter team was declared as a winner. Sonu Nigam, Suresh Wadkar and Pyrelal were seen as the panel of judges for the grand night.

Judges

The judges are:

• October 30 & 31 - Asha Bhonsle
• November 6 & 7 - Sadhana Sargam and Pritam
• November 13 & 14 - Suresh Wadkar and Alka Yagnik
• November 20 & 21 - Salim-Sulaiman and Pyarelal
• November 27 & 28 - Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Bappi Lahiri and Kavita Krishnamurthy
• December 4 & 5 - Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan
• December 11 - Jatin Pandit, Anand ji, Daler Mehndi
• December 12(1000th episode) - Sonu Nigam, Pyarelal and Suresh Wadkar

Hosts

The hosts of Mega Challenge are:

• Vipul Roy and Manish Paul
• Karan Singh Rathore and Archana Jani (only for the first week of Oct 30-31)

Karan Singh and Archana Jani are Radio hosts, called "Radio Jockey" or "RJ" in India. They presented impressive Hindi voices in this show, but may have fallen short on expectations of TV audience.

Contestants

The contestants/captains who participate in this show are:

Teams

Assam:

• Captain: Joy Chakraborty
• Anamika Choudhari
• Abhigyan Das

Gujrat:

• Captain: Parthiv Gohil
• Deepali Somaiya
• Prachi Shah

West Bengal:

• Captain: Abhijit Ghoshal Runner up of Mega Challenge
• Keka Ghoshal
• Sanchita Bhattacharya

Madhya Pradesh:

• Captain: Sumedha Karmahe
• Amir Hafiz
• Pratibha Singh Baghel

Maharashtra:

• Captain: Vaishali Made Winner of Mega challenge! 1000 episode winner!
• Kaushik Deshpande
• Rohit Raut

Punjab:

• Captain: Tarun Sagar
• Harpreet Deol
• Rohanpreet Singh

Rajasthan:

• Captain: Raja Hassan
• Dilshad Ali
• Priyanka Maliya

Uttar Pradesh:

• Captain: Twinkle Bajpai
• Hemant Brijwasi
• Poonam Yadav

Versus

• October 30 & 31 - Maharashtra vs. Uttar Pradesh
• November 6 & 7 - Madhya Pradesh vs. Gujarat
• November 13 & 14 - Assam vs. Rajasthan
• November 20 & 21 - West Bengal vs. Punjab
• November 27 & 29 - Gujarat vs. Maharashtra
• December 4 & 5 - West Bengal vs. Assam
• December 11 & 12 - Maharashtra vs. West Bengal