Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Presents Voices That'll Touch Your Heart

After screening50,000 entries over 8 weeks of grueling auditions across 14 cities to discover India’s most talented singers, only the most striking voices with an ability to touch your hearts will make it to the stage of Zee TV's 'Amul Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Powered by Flipkart' and driven by Hyundai. Starting Saturday, 26th March at 9:30 PM, India’s first and the most definitive singing reality show – Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is back on your screens with an all-new season after a hiatus of four years.

The show has been instrumental in identifying, grooming and opening the doors to the industry for some of the country's most remarkable musical talent - Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawala, Shekhar Ravjiani, Bela Shende, Sanjivani, Kamal Khan and Ranjeet Rajwada over the last two decades. Evolving its format over the years from episodic winners to a pyramid structure, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa has been at the pinnacle of defining and redefining musical talent. Even as the much revered music platform completes 21 years since its launch in 1995, its latest season promises to be young and fresh like never before. The quest, this time around, is for voices of tomorrow – the most unique voices that are truly representative of contemporary India.

Carrying forward the grand legacy of enriching India’s music fraternity with gems from its homegrown talent pool, Zee TV has selected an eclectic panel of mentors to identify, groom and hone the skills of the current crop of contestants this season – these mentors are music maestros who’ve given India some unforgettable melodies and are idolized by millions of music enthusiasts the world over.The mentors include the Dabangg duo of Bollywood music Sajid-Wajid and the affable, endearing and multiple award-winning Pritam Chakraborty who’s known to constantly offer opportunities to young newcomers. Joining them for the very first time on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is the king of Indi-Pop and Bollywood playback, the performer par excellence - Mika Singh. The young and charming Aditya Narayan, groomed in a family with great musical lineage, returns to host the upcoming season.

For the first time ever, a panel of 30 jury members who are experts from the music fraternity, will closely assess the aspiring singers right from the audition stage and help the mentors in the selection process.  They represent different components of today’s music scene from DJs and music producers to singers, arrangers and lyricists.

Commenting on the launch of the new season, Zee TV Business Head Pradeep Hejmadi says,“Having wrapped up an immensely successful second season of India’s Best Dramebaaz, another homegrown format that encourages the creativity and acting abilities of children, we now present our most iconic non-fiction property. Having pioneered the space of talent-based reality television since 1995 and served as a beacon of hope for countless singers across the country, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa continues to grow from strength to strength with each successive season. We are proud to have given the music fraternity some incredible talent who are inspirations and role models for contemporary India today. They have emerged as singers, music composers and hosts whom viewers adore and aspirants idolize. Through its immensely successful brand extensions such as Li’l Champs, the platform has also nurtured the vocal talents of gifted, young children. With its presence of over 21 years, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’s upcoming season promises to be younger, refreshing and more entertaining than ever before. The idea is to live up to the legacy without losing the lustre and the vibrancy of the times we live in. We’ve consciously looked for voices that have the timbre of today – singing that resonates with the sensibilities and preferences of the people.”

Akash Chawla, Business Head of Essel Vision Productions Limited says, "The auditions across 14 cities have given us some spectacular talent spanning varied genres of music and we look forward to a great season. This season marks a strong differentiator for Sa Re Ga Ma as we introduce a new format. We have enlisted the support of 30 music connoisseurs – experts in the music fraternity who will aid the selection process right from the outset. This will be the first time that a singing reality show will have a jury of experts beyond its mentors to arrive at the finest talent. One singer will be evaluated from 30 different perspectives of music. So, the challenge for each aspirant only gets tougher.”

The hunt for the country's best singers has spanned across 14 cities including Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Patna, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Nagpur, Dehradun, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Indore, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.