Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - wikipedia Sa Re Ga Ma Pa This article is about the musical reality TV show. For the musical notes, see Swara. For the music company, see Saregama. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa logo Creative director ( s ) Zee TV, Neeraj Sharma Presented by Sonu Nigam ( 1995 - 2000 ) Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan ( 2000 - 01 ) Shaan ( 2001 - 06 ) Aditya Narayan ( 2007 - 09, 2014 - present ) Purab Kohli ( 2010 ) Manish Paul ( 2010 ) Javed Ali ( 2012 - 2013 ) Opening theme `` Sa Re Ga Ma '' by Sonu Nigam and Sadhana Sargam ( 1995 - 2000 ) `` Sa Re Ga Ma Pa '' by Shaan and Sadhana Sargam ( 2000 - 06 ) `` Sa Re Ga Ma Pa '' by Aditya Narayan and Shriram Iyer ( 2007 - 09 ) `` Sa Re Ga Ma Pa '' by Javed Ali ( 2010 - present ) Country of origin India No. of episodes 1000 + Production Running time approx. 52 minutes Release Original network Zee TV Picture format 480i ( SDTV ), Original release May 1, 1995 External links Website www.ozee.com/shows/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-lil-champs-2017/ Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is an Indian musical reality TV show. It started airing on Zee TV in 1995 as Sa Re Ga Ma. Series history The first episode aired on May 1, 1995 and was hosted by Sonu Nigam. In the year 1999, the show was hosted by the Bangash brothers, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, sons of legendary sarod - player Amjad Ali Khan. From 2002, Shaan started hosting the show. Till 2005, the show used to follow a format wherein experts in the field of music would judge the contestants and score them. The format changed with the advent of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 which introduced the judges as mentors of different teams and scoring was primarily dependent on public voting. After Shaan quit hosting the show, the show was hosted by many others like Purab Kohli, Manish Paul, Karan Singh Rathore, Archana Jani, Vipul Roy, Jay Soni and even kids Dhairya Sorecha & Afsha Musani. The most prominent names to host the show in later seasons were Javed Ali and the current host Aditya Narayan The show has seen multiple variations over the years : Sa Re Ga Ma : Contestants were scored only by the expert judges. There were 8 prelim rounds, each consisting of 2 male singers and 2 female singers. One male winner and one female winner from each show competed in the semifinal rounds ; there were a total of 4 semifinals. In the finals, there was one male winner and another female winner. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa : 2 male singers, 2 female singers. The male and female winner would return the following episode and compete against a new challenger. At the start of this `` roll - over '' series, they had initially announced that anyone with over 10 wins would get an album ; however, that never materialized. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge : Teams were formed, each Gharana ( team ) had a judge who mentored them. Elimination was decided by public voting. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu : A duet singing competition which featured some new contestants as well as old contestants from earlier seasons. Weekly elimination decided by public voting. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs : A singing competition for young children, which judges the prodigious kids on the basis of their voice quality, singing talent and versatility in performance. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge USA : The first instalment of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge series in USA. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega Challenge : A special season in which eight teams representing eight different states and consisting of total 24 talented contestants from past seasons of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa participated. The show was made to celebrate the 1000th episode of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. Notable Indian singers and musicians were roped in to judge each of the episodes. There have also been multiple regional versions in languages like Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu. # Season Year Winner Host Judges Sa Re Ga Ma 1995 Sanjeevani Bhelande Sonu Nigam Anu malik, udit narayan, kumar shanu Sa Re Ga Ma Nobina Mirjankar Sonu Nigam Sa Re Ga Ma Mohammed Vakil Sonu Nigam Sa Re Ga Ma 1998 Bela Shende Sonu Nigam Sa Re Ga Ma 1999 Archana Udupa Sonu Nigam 6 Sa Re Ga Ma 2000 Shreya Ghoshal Sonu Nigam 7 Sa Re Ga Ma Anita Pundit Amaan Ali Khan & Ayaan Ali Khan 8 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa : Golden Voice Hunt 2003 Arpita Mukherjee ( singer ) & Rahul Saxena Shaan 9 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa World Series Hrishikesh Ranade & Ronkini Gupta Shaan 10 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Campus Special 2005 Twinkle Bajpai, Manish Bhatt Shaan 11 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 2005 Debojit Saha Shaan Himesh Reshammiya, Jatin - Lalit, Aadesh Shrivastava, Ismail Darbar 12 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu 2006 Aishwarya Nigam & Ujjaini Mukherjee Shaan, Ishita Arun Hariharan, Lesle Lewis 13 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2006 Sanchita Bhattacharya Shaan Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik, Bappi Lahiri 14 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 2007 Aneek Dhar Aditya Narayan Himesh Reshammiya, Ismail Darbar, Bappi Lahiri, Vishal - Shekhar 15 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International 2007 Anamika Choudhari Aditya Narayan Suresh Wadkar, Sonu Nigam 16 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge USA 2008 2008 Darshana Menon Aishwarya Nigam Suresh Wadkar, Aadesh Srivastav 17 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 2009 Vaishali Mhade Aditya Narayan Himesh Reshammiya, Aadesh Srivastav, Shankar Mahadevan, Pritam 18 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2009 2009 Hemant Brijwasi Dhairya Sorecha, Afsha Musani Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik 19 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega Challenge 2009 Team Maharashtra - Vaishali Mhade, Kaushik Deshpande and Rohit Raut Karan Singh Rathore and Archana Jani ( first episode ) Vipul Roy and Manish Paul Sonu Nigam, Pyarelal and Suresh Wadkar ( finale ) 20 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar Kamal Khan Purab Kohli, Manish Paul Daler Mehndi, Vishal - Shekhar, Sajid - Wajid 21 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2011 2011 Azmat Hussain Jay Soni Adnan Sami, Kailash Kher, Javed Ali 22 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012 2012 Jasraj Jayant Joshi Javed Ali Shankar Mahadevan, Rahul Ram, Sajid - Wajid 23 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2014 2014 Gagan Gopalkrishna Gaonkar Aditya Narayan Alka Yagnik ( Mahaguru ), Shaan, Monali Thakur 24 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2016 Kushal Paul Aditya Narayan Pritam, Sajid - Wajid, Mika 25 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2017 2017 Aditya Narayan Himesh Reshammiya, Javed Ali, Neha Kakkar External links ZEE TV References Jump up ^ `` Reality shows take centre stage on TV - Livemint ''. www.livemint.com. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Sonu Nigam back as host on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Times of India ''. The Times of India. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Music is inspiration ''. The Hans India. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ Team, Tellychakkar. `` Shaan ''. Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Purab Kohli bids adieu to Zee TV 's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar ''. ZEE TV. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ Team, Tellychakkar. `` Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega challenge gets its hosts ''. Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ Team, Tellychakkar. `` Vipul to do some more hosting ''. Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Jay Soni turns host - Times of India ''. The Times of India. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Dhairya Sonecha & Afsha Musani to Host ' Hero Honda Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs ' ''. ZEE TV. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ `` ' Hero Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012 ' finds new host in Javed Ali with top 15 contestants Best Media Info, News and Analysis on Indian Advertising, Marketing and Media Industry. ''. www.bestmediainfo.com. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Aditya Narayan returns to host ' Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil ' Champs - Times of India ''. The Times of India. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 17. 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Question: when did sa re ga ma pa start
Answer: 1995