Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International is an Indian televised children's singing competition announced by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 host, Aditya Narayan, on 28 July 2007. The season began on 19 October 2007 with 28 contestants. The show was broadcast on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Anamika Choudhari won this competition on 1 March 2008. It is the second instalment of the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs" series and the fifth public voting competition in the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" series. Chronologically, the show was preceded by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007.
Narayan mentioned that children aged 6–14 worldwide could send recordings of their songs on a CD if they wished to participate in the competition. Furthermore, on 13 October 2007, Narayan also added that Pritam and Sonu Nigam would be the judges of the show. However, Pritam was later replaced by Suresh Wadkar.
The auditions were held in the following cities in India:
Chandigarh: – 22 September
Ahmedabad: – 28 September
Delhi: – 23 September
Kolkata: – 23 September
Mumbai: – 29 September
International auditions took place in the United Kingdom, Dubai, USA, South Africa, Malaysia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Singapore, Fiji, Kenya, Australia, Israel and Hong Kong.
Most participants were from India. No foreign contestants reached the finals
Sonu Nigam
Suresh Wadkar
Just as was done in previous Sa Re Ga Ma Pa shows, the idea of themes is used to determine the contestants' versatility and ability to sing different genres.
Episode 1 – Week 1 (Fri, October 19) – Introduction to Indian Contestants
Episode 2 – Week 1 (Sat, October 20) – Introduction to Foreign Contestants
Episode 3 – Week 2 (Fri, October 26) – Contestants' Choice
Episode 4 – Week 2 (Sat, October 27) – Contestants' Choice
Episode 5 – Week 3
Episode 6 – Week 3 (Sat, November 3) – "Masti and Dhamaal" Songs
Episode 7 – Week 4 (Fri, November 9) – Diwali Special
Episode 8 – Week 4 (Sat, 10 November) – Rock and Roll Songs
Episode 9 – Week 5 (Fri, 16 November) – Children's Day Special
Episode 10 – Week 5 (Sat, 17 November) – Comedy Special
Episode 11 – Week 6 (Fri, 23 November) – Asha Bhonsle's Songs
Episode 12 – Week 6 (Sat, 24 November)
Episode 13 – Week 7 (Fri, 30 November) – Contestant's Favorite Songs
Episode 14 – Week 7 (Sat, December 1) – Retro Theme
Episode 15 – Week 8 (Fri, December 7) – Hungama Songs
Episode 16 – Week 8 (Sat, December 8) – Aamir Khan's Songs
Episode 17 – Week 9 (Fri, December 14) –
Episode 18 – Week 9 (Sat, December 15) –
Episode 19 – Week 10 (Fri, December 21) – Balle Balle Punjabi Songs
Episode 20 – Week 10 (Sat, December 22) – Hits of Karisma Kapoor
Episode 21 – Week 11 (Fri, December 28) – Sonu Nigam's Songs
Episode 22 – Week 11 (Sat, December 29) – Disco Special
Episode 23 – Week 12 (Fri, January 4) – Beach Special
Episode 24 – Week 12 (Sat, January 5) – Parent's Special
Episode 25 – Week 13 (Fri, January 11) – Arabic Music
Episode 26 – Week 13 (Sat, January 12) – Mela Special
Episode 27 – Week 14 (Fri, January 18) – Sufi Songs
Episode 28 – Week 14 (Sat, January 19) – Hits of Arshad Warsi/Ayesha Takia
Episode 29 – Week 15 (Fri, January 25) – Train Songs
Episode 30 – Week 15 (Sat, January 26) – Patriotic Songs
Episode 31 – Week 16 (Fri, February 1) – Suresh Wadkar's Songs
Episode 32 – Week 16 (Sat, February 2) – New Songs of 2007 & Romantic Songs
Episode 33 – Week 17 (Fri, February 8) – Devotional Songs
Episode 34 – Week 17 (Sat, February 9) – Chaand & Bhoot Songs
Episode 35 – Week 18 (Fri, February 15) – Classical Songs
Episode 36 – Week 18 (Sat, February 16) – Hits of Kajol/Ajay Devgan
Week 3 (2 November) – Anand Raj Anand
Week 4 (9 November) – Vishal-Shekhar
Week 5 (16 November) – Amrita-Nagin
Week 6 (23 November, November 24) – Asha Bhonsle (both days)
Week 7 (1 December) – Soha Ali Khan
Week 8 (7 December) – Usha Uthup
Week 8 (8 December) – Aamir Khan
Week 9 (14 December, December 15) – Alka Yagnik (both days)
Week 10 (21 December) – Richa Sharma
Week 10 (22 December) – Karisma Kapoor
Week 11 (28 December) – Agam Kumar Nigam
Week 11 (29 December) – Mithun Chakraborty, Amrita Rao, Nikhil Dwivedi
Week 12 (5 January) – Deepa Narayan
Week 13 (11 January) – Nagesh Kukunoor, Shreyas Talpade, Salim Sulaiman
Week 14 (18 January) – Rajpal Yadav
Week 14 (19 January) – Ayesha Takia, Arshad Warsi
Week 15 (26 January) – Bipasha Basu
Week 16 (1 February) – Vishal Bhardwaj
Week 16 (2 February) – Kunal Khemu, Sameer Tandon
Week 17 (9 February) – Raju Shrivastav
Week 18 (15 February) – Amjad Ali Khan
Week 18 (16 February]) – Kajol, Ajay Devgan
Grand Finale: (1 March) Kajol and Ajay Devgan
