Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge Tamil 2009

Zee Tamil's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2009 Challenge was a reality-based Indian singing competition that aired on Tamil language TV channel Zee Tamil. It was designed to be a talent hunt in Tamil Nadu. The top 15 contestants would have an opportunity to perform with celebrity singers during the main stage of the competition. The show was sponsored by Clinic Plus.
Prem Menon, Zee Tamil TV's business head, confirmed that more than 10,000 aspirants auditioned for the competition throughout Tamil Nadu from which 15 contestants were selected for the competition, before the competition was filtered down to 4 finalists. Top 15 contestant performances and the finals were judged by music director M. S. Viswanathan, veteran playback singers Vani Jairam and Nithyasree Mahadevan, and composer Sharreth. The four finalists of the competition were Anand, Bhargavi, Deepak, and Gopalakrishnan. Contestant Anand was crowned the winner of the competition, with contestant Gopalakrishnan being crowned runner-up and contestant Bhargavi being third-placed in the competition.
The show premiered on 22 June 2009, and episodes were telecast between Mondays and Tuesdays each week at 9:00 pm. Encore telecasts were aired on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 5:00 pm, as well as Saturdays and Sundays each week at 8:00 pm..

Auditions

Open auditions were held across Tamil Nadu. Prem Menon, Zee Tamil TV's business head, confirmed that more than 10,000 aspirants auditioned for the competition throughout Tamil Nadu from which 15 contestants were selected for the competition.

Episode #

Title

Original airdate

Competition Rounds

Top 15 contestants and celebrity singers

The top 15 contestants selected through the main audition rounds and their pairings with the celebrity singers are as follows:

Finalist	Gender	Celebrity Singer	Gender
Shiva Archana	Female	Mukesh	Male
Deepak	Male	Vinaya	Female
Anand	Male	Prashanthini	Female
Gopalakrishnan	Male	Vijayalakshmi	Female
Diwakaran	Male	Kalpana	Female
Shruti Vandana	Female	Jayadev	Male
Ramesh	Male	Roshini	Female
Kalaiwani	Female	~~Vijay Yesudas~~ Naveen Madhav	Male
Ashwath	Male	Mathangi	Female
Manasi	Female	Aslam	Male
Raghu	Male	Sangeetha	Female
Bhargavi	Female	Belly Raj	Male
Anush	Female	Srilekha Parthasarathy	Female
Aruna	Female	Sathyan	Male
Swathi	Female	VV Prasanna	Male

Performances

Introduction Round (27 July 2009 – 28 July 2009)

Permanent Compere: Bhavna BalakrishnanJudges: M. S. Viswanathan & Noyal James Performances:

Air date	Contestant	Celebrity singer	Song	Original artist	Lyricist	Music composer/director	Source/Movie
27 & 28 July 2009	Shiva Archana	Mukesh	"Where Is The Party"	Priyadarshini & Mukesh	Silambarasan Rajendar	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Silambattam
27 & 28 July 2009	Deepak	Vinaya	"Suppose Unnai Kaadhalichu"	Ranjith & Vinaya		Vijay Antony	Sukran
27 & 28 July 2009	Anand	Prashanthini	"Mundhinam Parthene"	Naresh Iyer & Prashanthini	Thamarai	Harris Jayaraj	Vaaranam Aayiram
27 & 28 July 2009	Gopalakrishnan	Vijayalakshmi	"Pallanadhu Pallanadhu"	Vidyasagar & S. Rajalakshmi	Yugabharathi	Vidyasagar	Kuruvi
27 & 28 July 2009	Diwakaran	Kalpana	"Madurai Jilla"	Karthik & Kalpana	Vairamuthu, Na. Muthukumar, Viveka, & Thiraivannan	D. Imman	Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam
27 & 28 July 2009	Shruti Vandana	Jayadev	"Ean Enakku Mayakkam"	Sangeetha & Jayadev	Pa. Vijay	Vijay Antony & D. Imman	Naan Avan Illai
27 & 28 July 2009	Ramesh	Roshini	"Pottu Thakku"	Silambarasan & Roshini		Srikanth Deva	Kuthu
27 & 28 July 2009	Kalaiwani	Navin Madhav	"Daddy Mummy Veetil Illai"	Mamta Mohandas & Naveen Madhav	Viveka	Devi Sri Prasad	Villu
27 & 28 July 2009	Ashwath	Mathangi	"X Machi"	Nakul & Mathangi	Vaali	Harris Jayaraj	Ghajini
27 & 28 July 2009	Manasi	Aslam	"Kodana Kodi"	Ranina Reddy, Suvi Suresh, & Rahul Nambiar	Gangai Amaran	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Saroja
27 & 28 July 2009	Raghu	Sangeetha	"Dialamo Dialamo"	Vijay Antony & Sangeetha	Vairamuthu, Vijay Antony, & Pugazhendhi	Vijay Antony	Dishyum
27 & 28 July 2009	Bhargavi	Belly Raj	"Kangal Irandal"	Deepa Miriam & Belly Raj		James Vasanthan	Subramaniapuram
27 & 28 July 2009	Anush	Srilekha Parthasarathy	"Kalyanamthan Kattikittu Odi Pokkalama"	KK, Yugendran, & Srilekha Parthasarathy	Snehan	Harris Jayaraj	Saamy
27 & 28 July 2009	Aruna	Sathyan	"Kanavile Kanavile"	Swetha Mohan & Sathyan		Srikanth Deva	Nepali
27 & 28 July 2009	Swathi	Prasanna	"Unnai Ninaithen"	Shreya Ghoshal & Prasanna		Vijay Antony	Mariyadhai

Round of 15 (4 August 2009 – 5 August 2009)

Permanent Compere: Bhavna BalakrishnanJudges: M. S. Viswanathan & Nithyasree Mahadevan Performances:
This week, 15 contestant-singer duos would each present a duet song in front of judges M.S. Viswanathan and Nityashree Mahadevan. Following the 15 performances which were described as "scintillating" by The Hindu, a contestant-singer duo was eliminated from the competition, leaving 14 playback singers and 14 contestants remaining in the competition.

Air date	Contestant	Celebrity singer	Song	Original artist	Lyricist	Music composer/director	Source/Movie
4 & 5 August 2009	Ramesh	Roshini	"Aaiyaiyo en usurukkule"
4 & 5 August 2009	Bhargavi	Belly Raj	"Pudhu Vellai Mazhai"				Roja
4 & 5 August 2009	Diwakaran	Kalpana	"Vaa Vaa Pakkam Vaa"
4 & 5 August 2009	Shruti Vandana	Jaydev	"Sorgame Endralum"
4 & 5 August 2009	Raghu	Sangeetha	"Idhazhil kathai yezhudum"
4 & 5 August 2009	Shiva Archana	Mukesh	"Madurai Marikozhunthu"
4 & 5 August 2009	Ashwath	Mathangi	"Andru Vandhadum Adhe Nilaa"
4 & 5 August 2009	Deepak	Vinaya	"Sundhari Kannal Oru"
4 & 5 August 2009	Anand	Prashanthini	"Malare Mounamaa"
4 & 5 August 2009	Manasi	Aslam	"Rathiriyl Poothrikkum"
4 & 5 August 2009	Anush	Srilekha Parthasarathy	"Oho Endhan Baby"
4 & 5 August 2009	Aruna	Sathyan	"Urugude Marugude"
4 & 5 August 2009	Swathi	Prasanna	"Oru Kaadhal Dhevadhai Vandhaal"
4 & 5 August 2009	Kalaiwani	Naveen Madhav

Round of 14 (10 August 2009 – 11 August 2009)

Permanent Compere: Bhavna BalakrishnanJudges: M. S. Viswanathan & Nithyasree Mahadevan Performances:

Air date	Contestant	Celebrity singer	Song	Original artist	Lyricist	Music composer/director	Source/Movie
10 & 11 August 2009
10 & 11 August 2009
10 & 11 August 2009
10 & 11 August 2009
10 & 11 August 2009
10 & 11 August 2009
10 & 11 August 2009
10 & 11 August 2009
10 & 11 August 2009
10 & 11 August 2009
10 & 11 August 2009
10 & 11 August 2009
10 & 11 August 2009
10 & 11 August 2009

Round of 13 (17 August 2009 – 18 August 2009)

Permanent Compere: Bhavna BalakrishnanJudges: M. S. Viswanathan Performances:

Air date	Contestant	Celebrity singer	Song	Original artist	Lyricist	Music composer/director	Source/Movie
17 & 18 August 2009
17 & 18 August 2009
17 & 18 August 2009
17 & 18 August 2009
17 & 18 August 2009
17 & 18 August 2009
17 & 18 August 2009
17 & 18 August 2009
17 & 18 August 2009
17 & 18 August 2009
17 & 18 August 2009
17 & 18 August 2009
17 & 18 August 2009
17 & 18 August 2009	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Round of 12 (24 August 2009 – 25 August 2009)

Permanent Compere: Bhavna BalakrishnanJudges: Nithyasree Mahadevan & Sharreth

Round of 11 (31 August 2009 – 1 September 2009)

Permanent Compere: Bhavna BalakrishnanJudges: Nithyasree Mahadevan & Sharreth

Round of 10 (7 September 2009 – 8 September 2009)

Permanent Compere: Bhavna BalakrishnanJudges: Nithyasree Mahadevan & Sharreth

Round of 9 (14 September 2009 – 15 September 2009)

Permanent Compere: Bhavna BalakrishnanJudges: Vani Jairam

Round of 8: Jai Ho (21 September 2009 – 22 September 2009)

Permanent Compere: Bhavna BalakrishnanJudges: Vani Jairam
This round required the top 8 to perform songs of an Indian patriotic theme.

Round of 7: Freestyle Round (28 September 2009 – 29 September 2009)

Permanent Compere: Bhavna BalakrishnanJudges: Vani Jairam
This round was a freestyle contestant which permitted the contestants to perform any song they wish. Contestant Deepak and celebrity Vinaya were selected last, and sang the song "Chippi Irukkuthu" originally sung by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & S. Janaki, with lyrics penned by Kannadasan and music composed by M. S. Viswanathan from the 1980 film Varumayin Niram Sivappu. Anshu and Mansi remained in the elimination circle to face elimination.

Finals

The finals were held at Kamarajar Arangam. The competition was judged by renowned music personalities, including music director M. S. Viswanathan, as well as veteran playback singers Vani Jairam and Nithyasree Mahadevan, and composer Sharreth. Celebrity playback singers and eliminated contestants also attended the event to support the finalists. Other celebrity personalities were also in attendance at the event and spotted in the audience, including in particular actor-director Cheran, music composer Ramesh Vinayakam, playback singer Chinmayi, and others.
Performances by the finalists of the competition included the following:

Contestant	Song	Original artist	Lyricist	Music composer/director	Source/Movie
Anand	"Oru Naal Podhumaa"	M. Balamuralikrishna	Kannadasan	K. V. Mahadevan	Thiruvilaiyadal
Bhargavi	"Maalai Pozhuthin Mayakkathile"	P. Susheela	Kannadasan	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	Bhagyalakshmi
Gopalakrishnan	"Ullathil Nalla Ullam"	Sirkazhi Govindarajan	Kannadasan	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	Karnan

At the conclusion of the performances, the judges selected the winner of the competition.
Contestant Anand was crowned the winner of the competition, with contestant Gopalakrishnan being crowned runner-up and contestant Bhargavi being third-placed in the competition.