# Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs is a 2016 Indian-Tamil language musical reality TV game show, which airs on Zee Tamil. The show based on the Hindi Language show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs. The series is meant for young children between the ages of 5–14 years, which judges the children on the basis of their voice quality, singing talent and versatility in performance. The show was premiered on 24 December 2016.

## Seasons overview

| Season | Season | Season | Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Season | Season | Season | Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| | | | 1 | 40 | December 24, 2016 (2016-12-24) | May 7, 2017 (2017-5-7) |
| | | | 2 | 53 | May 5, 2018 (2018-5-5) | November 3, 2018 (2018-11-3) |
| | | | 3 | 53 | July 1, 2023 (2023-7-1) | December 17, 2023 (2023-12-17) |

## Judges and Hosts
### Judges

| Seasons | Seasons | Judges |
| 1–2 | Karthik | Indian playback singer and composer. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. |
| 1–2 | Sujatha Mohan | Indian playback singer. |
| 1-3 | Vijay Prakash | Indian Playback singer and also a Music Composer. |
| 2-3 | Srinivas | Playback singer who has sung over 2000 songs in South Indian Languages. |

### Host

| Seasons | Host | Notes |
| 1-3 | Archana Chandhoke | Tamil television presenter, actress and radio jockey who has primarily worked in Tamil film and television industry. |
| Grand Final Episode 40 | Deepak Dinkar | Tamil anchor and actor, who has primarily appeared in Tamil television. |

## Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 1

The first season of the show began airing on 24 December 2016 to 7 May 2017 on every Saturday and Sunday at 19:00 (IST) for 40 episodes. The judges are Singers Karthik, Vijay Prakash and Sujatha Mohan. Vishwa Prasad was the winner of season one.

### Winners
#### Guest

* Jiiva: is a Tamil film actor, producer and philanthropist.
| Winners | Notes | Amount won |
| Vishwa Prasad | Winners | ₹ 40,00,000 |
| Disathana | 1st Runner up | ₹ 3,00,000 |
| Rakthash | 2nd Runner up | ₹ 2,00,000 |

#### Top 5 Finalist

* Ann Benson
* Vishwa Prasad
* Rakthash
* Disathana
* Niharika

### Grand Jury Panel

* Ramji
* S. N. Surendar
* V. Uma Shankar
* Mohan Vaidya
* M. J. Shriram
* Ramya NSK
* Padmalatha
* Vinaitha
* Tanushree
* Jagadeesh Kumar
* Ninchi
* Reshmi
* A.SADIQ BASHA
* Nirmala

## Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 2

The second season aired on every Sunday at 6:30 pm from 5 May 2018 to 3 November 2018 and ended with 53 Episodes. Karthik, Srinivas, Sujatha Mohan and Vijay Prakash as the judges and Archana Chandhoke as the host. Idhazhika was the winner of second season.

### Winners
#### Guest

* Sivakarthikeyan: is a Tamil film actor, producer.
| Winners | Notes | Amount won |
| Idhazhika | Winners | ₹ 40,00,000 |
| Aryananda | 1st Runner up | Gold weighing 1 kilogram |
| Bavin Vinoth & Sahana | 2nd Runner up | ₹ 3,00,000 |
| Pravasthi | 3rd Runner up | ₹ 50,000 |

### Participants

| No. | Participants |
| 1 | Anirvinya |
| 2 | Srinand |
| 3 | Daisy Yensone |
| 4 | Aryashree |
| 5 | Devadarshini |
| 6 | Madhuvy |
| 7 | Srivishnu |
| 8 | Swathy |
| 9 | Aryanandha |

## Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 3

The third season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 3 premiered on Zee Tamil on 1 July 2023. Archana Chandhoke has returned for the third time as host for the third season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil 'Champs . The four main judges of the show are Srinivas, Vijay Prakash, Abhirami (actress) and Saindhavi Prakash .
The Grand Finale took place on 17 December 2023. The grand finale consisted of six contestants. Three of the finalists are male and three other finalists are female.
The six finalists of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 3 were Rikshitha Jawahar, Kilmisha, Sanjana, Ruthresh Kumar, Nishanth Kavin and Kanishkar.
The grand finale consisted of two rounds. The first round was called the freestyle round. Prior to the freestyle round, the audience were provided the option to select one song from a list of four options that they were provided. From the most chosen option, the finalists had sung that song for their first round of the grand finale, which was known as the freestyle round. The second round was called the challenging round.
Prize winners:
* Kilmisha was announced as the winner of season 3
* Ruthresh Kumar was announced as the first runner-up
* Sanjana was announced as the second runner-up
* Rikshitha Jawahar was announced as the third runner-up
| Name of finalist | Title/prize | Name of song (round 1 – freestyle round) | Name of film/album | Singer(s) | Composer(s) | Name of song (round 2- challenging round) | Name of film/album | Singer(s) | Composer(s) |
| Kilmisha | Winner – Rs 1 million | Anbae Idhu | Rhythm | Sadhana Sargam | A. R. Rahman | Aila Aila | I | Natalie Di Luccio, Aditya Rao | A. R. Rahman |
| Ruthresh Kumar | First runner-up – Rs 300,000 | Minnalae | May Maadham | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | A. R. Rahman | Kaddu Thirande Kidakinrathu | Vasool Raja MBBS | Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam | Bharadwaj |
| Sanjana | Second runner-up – Rs 200,000 | Poraale Ponnuthayi (sad version) | Karuthamma | Swarnalatha | A. R. Rahman | Idhayam | Kochadaiiyaan | Chinmayi Sripaada, Srinivas | A. R. Rahman |
| Rikshitha Jawahar | Third runner-up – Rs 100,000 | Uyire Uyire | Bombay | Hariharan, K. S. Chithra | A. R. Rahman | Minsara Poove | Padayappa | Nithyasree Mahadevan, Srinivas, Palakkad Sreeram, Hariharan | A. R. Rahman |
| Kanishkar | | Sandhosha Kanneere | Uyire | A. R. Rahman, Anuradha Sriram, Febi Mani, Annupamaa | A. R. Rahman | Aaromale | Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa | Alphons Joseph | A. R. Rahman |
| Nishanth Kavin | | Poongaatru Puthithaanathu | Moondram Pirai | K. J. Yesudas | Ilaiyaraaja | Paattum Naane | Thiruvilaiyadal | T. M. Soundararajan | K. V. Mahadevan |

## Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season 4

The fourth season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 4 premiered on Zee Tamil on 2 November 2024. Archana Chandhoke has returned for the fourth time as host for the fourth season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil 'Champs . The judges of the show are Srinivas, S. P. Charan, Shweta Mohan and Saindhavi Prakash.