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 3 June 2011, the music reality show had 18 participants: 9 boys and 9 girls. The theme for season 5 was Music Ka Gurukul. The show was won by Azmat Hussain, who later became a contestant on season 11 of Indian Idol. The runner-up was Salman Ali who later on became the winner of season 10 of Indian Idol.[1]
The candidates were divided into three teams, each guided by one of the judges.[2]Zee Saregama Grand finale Live Telecast from Surat Event management by Atul Patel and Ashvin Borad, Modern Moviee Pvt Ltd -Surat work under the Reliance Production, Mumbai. Guest Shahrukh khan -Film Promotion -Ra One
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,
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.
Top 10: 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)