Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2011 was the fifth season of the popular Indian Zee TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs. Broadcast from June 3, 2011, the music reality show had 18 participants: 9 boys and 9 girls. The theme for season 5 was Music Ka Gurukul. This show was broadcast at 10:00 pm on Fridays and Saturdays.
Jay Soni
The candidates were divided into three teams, each guided by one of the judges.
Guru: Adnan Sami
Barnali Hota (11, Bhubaneswar, Orissa) - eliminated 2 September
Emil Roy (12, Nagpur, Maharashtra) - eliminated 25 June
Niladri Chatterjee (10, Kolkata, West Bengal) - eliminated 23 September
Sargamkant Vaish (11, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh) - eliminated 2 July
Simran Kaur (13, Haryana) - eliminated 25 June
Srashti Singh(11, Haryana) - eliminated on 16 July
Guru: Kailash Kher
Anmol Khatri (11, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh) - eliminated 26 August
Pooja Tiwari (11, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) - eliminated 18 June
Prajwal Shirke (10, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh) - eliminated 18 June
Rima Chakraborty (13, Berhampur, Murshidabad, West Bengal) - eliminated 9 July
Salman Ali (13, Punahana, Mewat, Haryana) - grand finale contestant: second place
Sanjana Bhola ... (12, Ludhiana, Punjab) - eliminated 19 August
Guru: Javed Ali
Azmat Hussain (10, Jaipur, Rajasthan) - eliminated 9 July, came back as wild card entry on 22 July and was crowned winner in the grand finale
Krishnendu Adhikary (12, Shantipur, Nadia, West Bengal) - eliminated 16 July
Nitin Kumar (14, Mubarikpur) - saved from elimination 9 September and 3rd place in grand finale
Priyanshi Srivastava (9, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) - eliminated 2 July wildcard entry on 22 July and got eliminated again on 5 August
Rimsha Deb (10, Dharmanagar, Tripura) - eliminated 16 September
Veda Nerurkar (13, Mumbai, Maharashtra) - eliminated on 30 July
After the children were put into the three groups, the three judges put two contestants in the challenge round from their groups (1 boy and 1 girl). After that the one boy and one girl from each group sang and Alka Yagnik choose the two eliminated contestants out of the six total,
Week 1 Challenge round contestants: Top 18
Rimsa, Azmat, Emil, Shristy, Pooja, Prajwal (eliminated contestants: Prajwal and Pooja)
Week 2 Challenge round contestants: Top 16
Krishnendu, Emil, Simran, Veda, Reema, Salman (eliminated contestants: Emil and Simran)
Week 3 Challenge round contestants: Top 14
Sargam, Priyanshi, Krishnendu, Shristy, Salman, Sanjana (eliminated contestants: Sargam and Priyanshi)
Week 4 Challenge round contestants: Top 12
Azmat, Veda, Nirladri, Bernali, Salman, Reema (eliminated contestants: Reema and Azmat)
Week 5 Challenge round contestants: Top 10
Veda, Krishnendu, Nirladri, Shristy, Anmol, Sanjana (eliminated contestants: Krishnendu and Sristy)
The top eight and two wildcard contestants, Azmat and Priyanshi, formed the Dabanng dus. The voting system was used afterwards for selecting the finalist among Dabanng dus.
Barnali Hota - eliminated 2 September
Niladri Chatterjee - eliminated 23 September
Anmol Khatri - eliminated 26 August
Salman Ali
Sanjana Bhola - eliminated 19 August
Priyanshi Srivastava - eliminated 5 August
Rimsha Deb - eliminated 16 September
Nitin Kumar
Veda Nerurkar - eliminated 29 July
Azmat Hussain
Top 10
Bottom 3: Niladri, Veda, Priyanshi
Bottom 2: Niladri, Veda
Eliminated: Veda
Top 9
Bottom 3: Anmol, Sanjana, Priyanshi
Bottom 2: Sanjana, Priyanshi
Eliminated: Priyanshi
Top 8
Bottom 3: Nitin, Niladri, Sanjana
Bottom 2: Niladri, Sanjana
Eliminated: Sanjana
Top 7
Bottom 2: Anmol, Niladri.
Eliminated: Anmol
Top 6
Bottom 2: Barnali, Nitin
Eliminated: Barnali
Top 5
Bottom 2: Nitin, Niladri
Eliminated: Nitin (saved by Alka Yagnik's trump card)
Top 5
Bottom 2: Niladri, Rimsha
Eliminated: Rimsha
Top 4
Bottom 2: Nitin, Niladri
Eliminated: Niladri
Top 3
Second runner up : Nitin Kumar
First runner up: Salman Ali
Winner: Azmat Hussain
