Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge USA 2008


Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge USA 2008 is an Indian television singing competition show that premiered on 20 June 2008 on Zee TV channel. It is the first instalment of the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge series in US and the 6th public voting competition in the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa series. Chronologically, the show is preceded by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International, however systematically it is followed by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009.

Concept

Like other singing competitions, the concept of this season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is to discover singing talent from the US. Auditions will be held in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas / Fort Worth and the finals will be recorded in Dallas, Texas.
Host
Judges

Contestants

Top 20 finalists

Male
  1. Jeffrey Iqbal – 1st runner-up
  2. Farhan Zaidi – 2nd runner-up
  3. Krushanu Majmundar – eliminated - semi-finalist
  4. Rahul Lakhanpal – eliminated
  5. Vishal Bhalla – eliminated
  6. Anand Kannan – eliminated
  7. Prabhu Shankar – eliminated
  8. Muhibur Rehman – eliminated
  9. Praveen Jaligama – eliminated
  10. Purnash Durgaprasad – eliminated
Female
  1. Darshana Menon – winner
  2. Harini Vasudevan – eliminated - semi-finalist
  3. Ganga Narayanan – eliminated - semi-finalist
  4. Deeti Majmundar – eliminated
  5. Soujanya Madabhushi – eliminated
  6. Supriya Shridharan – eliminated
  7. Rasika Shekar – eliminated
  8. Ishmeet Kaur – eliminated
  9. Ujwala Chinni – eliminated
  10. Dr. Adeeba Akhtar – dropped out Note: Contestants Darshana Menon, Jeffrey Iqbal, & Farhan Zaidi were accepted to participate in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 in India.