Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2020 is an Indian reality television program scheduled to premiere on Zee TV in 2020. The show is a children's singing competition, spin off from Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. It is being hosted by Manish Paul. Previous editions were judged by Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, and Kumar Sanu. Sanu and Narayan has been replaced by Himesh Reshammiya and Javed Ali due to other commitments.
The show is the 8th season of the franchise. Aryananda R Babu was announced as the winner of SaReGaMaPa Li’l Champs 2020,[1] and Ranita Banerjee and Gurkirat Singh became the first and second runner-up of the show.
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2020 auditions will be held in several major Indian cities, including Guwahati, Kochi, Bhubaneshwar, Goa, Lucknow, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Indore, Jaipur, Delhi, Nagpur, and Mumbai.[2]
Initially, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, and Kumar Sanu were announced as the show's judges.[3]
However, due to other commitments, Narayan, and Sanu has been replaced by Javed Ali, and Himesh Reshammiya.
It was originally reported that Jay Bhanushali would host the 8th season of the franchise.[4] Later, Zee TV confirmed that Manish Paul would take the role instead.
The 30 Grand Jury members are as follows:
Each member of the jury scores the contestant out of 10 points.
The show topped in UK on its Grand Finale day with highest viewership among any foreign channels. This made Zee TV No.1 in UK that week.