Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs season 3

The third season of the Indian Tamil-language child singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs is based on India's longest-running reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.[1] and was launched by Zee Tamil on 1 July 2023.[2]

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs
Season 3
Title Winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Tamil Season 3
Title Winner - Kilmisha
Presented byArchana Chandhoke
Judges
WinnerKilmisha
Release
Original networkZee Tamil
Original release1 July (2023-07-01) –
17 December 2023 (2023-12-17)

Abhirami is the third new judge who has joined Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs in the judging panel. Saindhavi Prakash is known to be the fourth new judge who has joined Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs alongside the judging panel. Archana Chandhoke has returned for the sixth time, including Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Seniors and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs, as host for the third season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs.[3] This show has been known to introduce and unlock the hidden talents of the juniors from all diverse backgrounds, including children who are categorised under special needs. The four main judges of the show are Srinivas, Vijay Prakash, Saindhavi Prakash and Abhirami.[4] The mega auditions saw the three judges along with special judges with well-known playback singers, such as Mano and Vaikom Vijayalakshmi.

The Grand Finale was held on 17 December 2023. At the finals, Kilmisha was the title winner. Kilmisha is the first Girl to become the title winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs from Sri Lanka.[5]

Auditions

The channel started taking auditions for this season through online audition registration.[6] Then the offline auditions placed in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka as well as from international waters (such as Sri Lanka), the jury and judges picked out the top 45 talented singers and they will battle it out to grab a position in the final 30. The youngest contestant who successfully completed the auditions is 6 years old and the oldest contestant is 14 years old. The jury members include the professional playback singers and several other musicians. Several contestants from Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Seniors (season 3) have been chosen to occupy as vocal trainers to the exceptional contestants.

The auditions were available to register through online registration. During the season auditions and the competitive rounds, special guests have attended the show and praised the talented contestants in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs Season 3 from singers , actors, actresses, music directors/composers, film directors, lyricists, politicians such as Yuvan Shankar Raja (composer), Deva (composer), Sam C. S. (composer) , Srikanth Deva (composer) , Santhosh Narayanan (composer), Naresh Iyer (singer), Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (singer), Karthik (singer), Mano (singer), Haricharan (singer), Vijay Yesudas (singer/actor), Unni Menon (singer), T. L. Maharajan (singer), Shakthisree Gopalan (singer), P. Unnikrishnan (singer) , Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (singer), Sharanya Srinivas (singer), Sunitha Sarathy (singer), Praniti (singer), Uthara Unnikrishnan (singer), Chinnaponnu (singer), Rajhesh Vaidhya (veena artist), Pushpavanam Kuppusamy (singer), Samuthirakani (actor/director), Sathyaraj (actor), Robo Shankar (actor), Jayam Ravi (actor), Harish Kalyan (actor), Raghava Lawrence (actor), Rio Raj (actor) , Kathir (director), Karu Palaniappan (director), Arun Vaidyanathan (director), Sneha (actress), Laila (actress), Sanghavi (actress), Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (actress), Deepa Shankar (actress), Snehan (lyricist) ,Seeman (politician) and Vadivel Suresh (Sri Lankan politician).[7] The show premiered on Saturday and Sunday at 19:00 from 1 July 2023 on Zee Tamil and worldwide on Zee5.[8][9]

From the introductory rounds onwards, golden performance showers have been awarded to the contestants who have performed exceptionally well and have got a 100% mark according to the judges . If the judges decide that the contestant deserves a golden shower, then they would sing, as traditionally in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Seniors , "Kannamaniye <Name> Kalakipotta Nee / Sokkavaikkum Paatai Paadi Asathipotta Nee / Aatam Poordu (double clap) / Vetta Poordu (double clap) / Aatam Poordu Vetta Poordu Santhoshame Sa Re Ga Ma Pa / Ithu Golden performance ".[citation needed]

Contestants

Contestants were selected by the judges during the mega auditions round.

NameGender
KarunyaFemale
Dhakshitha SreeFemale
SathvikMale
KanishkhaFemale
Fidha NaazFemale
NandhaMale
Nishanth KavinMale
KavinaFemale
AvanthikaFemale
SanjanaFemale
Mirthika SreeFemale
KanishkarMale
KilmishaFemale.
Rikshitha JawaharFemale
Ruthresh KumarMale
Karthika SreeFemale
DharshanMale
SabareeshwaranMale
AksathaFemale
MahithaFemale
Raghav PrasadMale
KavinayaFemale
ShanmithaFemale
AadhiraFemale
JanavMale
SiddharthMale
Swetha SreeFemale
PraveenMale
PriyanMale
AshaaniFemale
Top 6 Finalists
  • Rikshitha Jawahar
  • Kilmisha
  • Sanjana
  • Ruthresh Kumar
  • Kanishkar
  • Nishanth Kavin

Episodes

Every Saturday and Sunday, episodes of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs Season 3 are telecasted by Zee Tamil. The weekly episode numbers, date, names of the rounds and the special guests, judges that were invited to Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs Season 3 are shown here. In addition, after every weekly episodes, several awards that are funded by the sponsors would be given to the contestants, for example, exceptional singer of the week, best performance of the week, strongest performer of the week, favourite performer of the week, super performer(s) of the week, little master of the week and stylish performer of the week. Grand Finale would take place as a live event, and that would be the second final episode of the season, before the celebrations. The best performers and entertainers of the week , who would be awarded by Zee Tamil, are also included below.

Episode NumberAir Date(s)Round NameBest Performers(Weekly)Special Guest(s) & Judge(s)
11 July 2023GRAND LAUNCH -> MEGA AUDITIONSRikshitha JawaharMano (judge)
Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (judge)
22 July 2023
38 July 2023INTRODUCTION ROUNDVaikom Vijayalakshmi (judge)
49 July 2023
515 July 2023Saindhavi Prakash (judge)
616 July 2023
722 July 2023MANNVAASANAI ROUND1) Exceptional Singer of the Week – Fidha Naaz

2) Best Performer of the Week – Sathvik

3) Strongest Performer of the Week – Nishanth Kavin

4) Favourite Performer of the Week – Kavina

5) Super Performer of the Week – Kanishkar

6) Super Performer of the Week – Kilmisha

Seeman (politician)
Karthik (singer)
823 July 2023Pushpavanam Kuppusamy (singer)
Karthik (singer)
929 July 2023SENIORS VS JUNIORS ROUND1) Exceptional Singer of the Week – Dharshan

2) Best Performer of the Week – Rikshitha Jawahar

3) Strongest Performer of the Week – Praveen

4) Little Master of the Week – Kavina

5) Super Performer of the Week – Nishanth Kavin

6) Stylish Performer of the Week – Swetha Sree

Haricharan (judge)
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Seniors Season 3 Contestants
1030 July 2023
115 August 20231) Exceptional Singer of the Week – Nandha

2) Best Performance of the Week – Ruthresh Kumar

3) Strongest Performer of the Week – Kanishkar

4) Little Master of the Week – Sathvik

5) Stylish Performer of the Week – Mirthika Sree

6) Super Performer of the Week – Karunya

126 August 2023
1312 August 2023DEVOTIONAL ROUND1) Exceptional Singer of the Week –

2) Best Performer of the Week –

3) Strongest Performer of the Week –

4) Favourite Performer of the Week –

5) Super Performer of the Week –

6) Stylish Performer of the Week –

Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (singer)
Mano (judge)
1413 August 2023
1519 August 2023
1620 August 2023DEDICATION ROUND1) Best Performer of the Week – Rikshitha Jawahar

2) Strongest Performer of the Week – Kilmisha

3) Favourite Performer of the Week – Sanjana

4) Super Performer of the Week – Ruthresh Kumar

5) Stylish Performer of the Week – Kanishkar

Snehan (lyricist)
1726 August 2023
1827 August 2023
192 September 2023EVERGREEN HITS ROUND
203 September 2023
219 September 2023DEVA ROUNDDeva (composer)

Srikanth Deva (composer)

2210 September 2023
2316 September 2023DRAMA AND PERFORMANCE ROUND1) Best Performance of the Week – Nishanth Kavin

2) Strongest Performer of the Week – Sanjana and Kanishkar

3) Favourite Performer of the Week – Kilmisha and Fidha

4) Super Performer of the Week – Ruthresh Kumar and Rikshitha Jawahar

5) Stylish Performer of the Week – Praveen and Raghav Prasad

6) Little Master of the Week - Sathvik, Kavina and Dhakshitha Sree

Samuthirakani (actor/director)
Robo Shankar (actor)
Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (actress)
2417 September 2023
2523 September 2023THALA THALAPATHY ROUND1) Best Performance of the Week – Rikshitha Jawahar and Fidha

2) Strongest Performer of the Week – Sanjana

3) Favourite Performer of the Week – Kilmisha

4) Super Performer of the Week – Kanishkha

5) Stylish Performer of the Week – Kanishkar

6) Little Master of the Week - Sathvik

Laila (actress)
Sanghavi (actress)
Karthik (singer)
2624 September 2023
2730 September 2023ONE ON ONE ROUND1) Best Performance of the Week – Rikshitha Jawahar and Sanjana

2) Strongest Performer of the Week – Nishanth Kavin

3) Favourite Performer of the Week – Ruthresh Kumar

4) Super Performer of the Week – Ashaani

5) Stylish Performer of the Week – Kilmisha

6) Little Master of the Week - Kavina

Jayam Ravi (actor)
Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (judge)
281 October 2023Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (judge)
297 October 2023நிலா பாடல்கள் சுற்று1) Best Performance of the Week – Kilmisha

2) Strongest Performer of the Week – Ruthresh Kumar

3) Favourite Performer of the Week – Raghav Prasad

4) Super Performer of the Week – Dharshan and Fidha

5) Stylish Performer of the Week – Praveen

6) Little Master of the Week - Sanjana

Rajhesh Vaidhya (veena artist)
Praniti (singer)
Sneha (actress)
Arun Vaidyanathan (director)
308 October 2023
3114 October 2023TOWN BUS ROUND1) Best Performance of the Week – Kilmisha

2) Strongest Performer of the Week – Sanjana

3) Favourite Performer of the Week – Nishanth Kavin

4) Super Performer of the Week – Praveen

5) Stylish Performer of the Week – Sathvik

6) Little Master of the Week - Dhakshitha Sree

Karu Palaniappan (director)

Deepa Shankar (actress)

3215 October 2023
3321 October 2023உள்ளம் கேட்குமே சுற்று1) Best Performance of the Week – Fidha

2) Strongest Performer of the Week – Nishanth Kavin

3) Favourite Performer of the Week – Kanishkar

4) Super Performer of the Week – Ruthresh Kumar

5) Stylish Performer of the Week – Sathvik and Dhakshitha Sree

6) Little Master of the Week - Praveen

Mano (judge)
Haricharan (judge)
3422 October 2023
3528 October 2023RETRO HIT ROUND1) Best Performance of the Week – Kanishkar

2) Strongest Performer of the Week – Sanjana

3) Favourite Performer of the Week – Priyan

4) Super Performer of the Week – Fidha

5) Stylish Performer of the Week – Ruthresh Kumar

6) Little Master of the Week - Sathvik

Santhosh Narayanan (composer)
Mano (judge)
Raghava Lawrence (actor)
3629 October 2023
374 November 2023TRIO CHALLENGE ROUND1) Best Performance of the Week – Rikshitha Jawahar

2) Strongest Performer of the Week – Ruthresh Kumar

3) Favourite Performer of the Week – Nishanth Kavin and Kanishka

4) Super Performer of the Week – Fidha Naaz

5) Stylish Performer of the Week – Kilmisha

6) Little Master of the Week - Sanjana

Mano (judge)

Vadivel Suresh (Sri Lankan politician)

385 November 2023
3911 November 2023FAMILY AND FRIENDS ROUND1) Best Performer of the Week – Shamala Devi, Ashaani and Boomika

2) Strongest Performer of the Week – Manikandan, Ruthresh Kumar and Dinesh Paandi

3) Favourite Performer of the Week – Naga Arjun, Kilmisha, Raagawarshini and Praveen

4) Super Performer of the Week – Bavathayini, Kanishka and Karthika Shree

5) Stylish Performer of the Week – Sharath Mathew, Kanishkar and Guruprasath

4012 November 2023தீபாவளி கொண்டாட்டம் (BOYS VS GIRLS)Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Seniors Season 3 Contestants
4118 November 2023OLD IS GOLD ROUNDFIRST FINALIST - RIKSHITHA JAWAHAR

1) Best Performance of the Week – Rikshitha Jawahar

2) Strongest Performer of the Week – Nishanth Kavin

3) Little Master of the Week - Sanjana

4) Stylish Performer of the Week – Kanishkar

5) Super Performer of the Week – Kanishka

6) Favourite Performer of the Week –

7) Versatile Singer of the Week- Ruthresh Kumar

4219 November 2023
4325 November 2023AR RAHMAN HITS ROUNDSECOND FINALIST - KILMISHA

1) Best Performance of the Week – Rikshitha Jawahar

2) Strongest Performer of the Week – Ruthresh Kumar

3) Favourite Performer of the Week – Fidha

4) Super Performer of the Week – Sanjana

5) Stylish Performer of the Week – Kanishkar

6) Little Master of the Week - Dhakshitha Sree

7) Versatile Singer of the Week- Kilmisha

Sam C. S. (composer)

Shakthisree Gopalan (singer)
Harish Kalyan (actor)
Rio Raj (actor)
Kathir (director)
Haricharan (judge)

4426 November 2023
452 December 2023காதலும் இசையும் சுற்றுTHIRD FINALIST - SANJANA

FOURTH FINALIST - RUTHRESH KUMAR

1) Best Performance of the Week – Ruthresh Kumar

2) Strongest Performer of the Week – Sanjana

3) Little Master of the Week - Sathvik

4) Stylish Performer of the Week – Kanishkar

5) Super Performer of the Week – Nishanth Kavin and Kanishka

6) Favourite Performer of the Week – Priyan

7) Versatile Singer of the Week- Rikshitha Jawahar and Kilmisha

Sathyaraj (actor)
463 December 2023
479 December 2023FINAL BATTLEFIFTH FINALIST - KANISHKAR

SIXTH FINALIST - NISHANTH KAVIN

1) Best Performance of the Week – Kanishkar

2) Strongest Performer of the Week – Nishanth Kavin

3) Little Master of the Week - Sathvik and Dakshitha Shree

4) Stylish Performer of the Week – Rikshitha Jawahar and Sanjana

5) Super Performer of the Week – Ruthresh Kumar and Kilmisha

6) Favourite Performer of the Week – Fidha Naaz and Ashaani

P. Unnikrishnan (singer)
4810 December 2023
4916 December 2023FINAL CELEBRATIONNaresh Iyer (singer)

Vijay Yesudas (singer/actor)

Uthara Unnikrishnan (singer)

Sunitha Sarathy (singer)

17 December 2023GRAND FINALE - LIVETitle Winner - KILMISHA

First Runner Up - RUTHRESH KUMAR

Second Runner Up- SANJANA

Third Runner Up - RIKSHITHA JAWAHAR

Yuvan Shankar Raja (composer)

Karthik (singer)

Unni Menon (singer)

T. L. Maharajan (singer)

Chinnaponnu (singer)

Sharanya Srinivas (singer)

Competition table

The weekly Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs Season 3 competition outlines the names of all the contestants, including the name of the weekly round, with all elimination status. It would be very evident to compare whether the young kids have showcase their hidden talents and summarise whether they were able to score a golden or diamond performance tag. The competitive rounds and the process of elimination commenced during the Mannvaasanai Round.

MEGA AUDITIONSINTRODUCTION ROUNDMANNVAASANAI ROUNDSENIORS VS JUNIORS ROUNDDEVOTIONAL ROUND

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GOLDEN PERFORMER(S)RikshithaKarunya
Kilmisha
Kanishkar
Raghav
Fidha
Praveen
Ruthresh

Nandha

Sathvik

Fidha

Dhakshitha

Kanishkar

Nandha

Rikshitha

Praveen

Kavina

Fidha

Rikshitha

Dharshan

Nishanth

Kavina

Nishanth

Praveen

Kanishkar

Dhakshitha

Sathvik

Karunya

Mirthika

Ruthresh

AvanthikaSelectedSafeSafe
DhakshithaSelectedSafeGolden Performer
Safe
DharshanSelectedSafeSafeGolden Performer
Safe
FidhaSelectedGolden Performer
Safe
Golden Performer
Safe
Golden Performer
Safe
KanishkhaSelectedSafeSafe
KarunyaSelectedGolden Performer
Safe
Safe
KilmishaSelectedGolden Performer
Safe
Golden Performer SafeSafe
Ashaani
KanishkarSelectedGolden Performer
Safe
Golden Performer
Safe
KarthikaSelectedSafeSafe
KavinaSelectedSafeGolden Performer
Safe
Golden Performer
Safe
MirthikaSelectedSafeSafe
SathvikSelectedSafeGolden Performer
Safe
NandhaSelectedGolden Performer
Safe
Golden Performer
Safe
NishanthSelectedSafeGolden Performer
Safe
Golden Performer
Safe
PraveenSelectedGolden Performer
Safe
Golden Performer
Safe
Golden Performer
Safe
PriyanSelectedSafeSafe
RuthreshSelectedGolden Performer
safe
SafeGolden Performer
Safe
RikshithaSelected
Golden Performer
SafeGolden Performer
Safe
Golden Performer
Safe
RaghavSelectedGolden Performer
Safe
Safe
SanjanaSelectedSafeSafe
SwethaSelectedSafeSafeSafe
MahithaSelectedSafeSafeEliminated
SiddharthSelectedSafeSafeEliminated
KavinayaSelectedSafeSafeEliminated
ShanmithaSelectedSafeEliminated
SabareeshwaranSelectedSafeEliminated
JanavSelectedSafeEliminated
AksathaSelectedSafeEliminated
AadhiraSelectedSafeEliminated
Notes1234v
EliminatedNo
Elimination
No
Elimination
ShanmithaMahitha
Aksatha
AadhiraSiddharth
Janav
SabareeshwaranKavinaya

Color Keys

  Indicates the contestant is given Golden Performer and received a golden shower on stage.
  Indicates the contestant is safe from elimination.
  Indicates the contestant is "Selected" to compete in the main competition after being selected in the Mega Auditions.
  Indicates the title winner.
  Indicates the first runner up.
  Indicates the second runner up.
  Indicates the third runner up.
  Indicates the fourth runner up.
  Indicates that the contestant is facing public vote and being nominated for elimination for insufficient performance.
  Indicates that the contestant was eliminated.
  Indicates that the contestant did not perform in the round or was absent in the round.

Competition notes

  • ^1 : Rikshitha Jawahar was the only golden performer of the week during the "Mega Audition" round.
  • ^2 : Introduction Round is a non-competitive round, although golden performances were just awarded as a causal tradition of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.
  • ^3 : The first set of elimination that has taken place in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs Season 3 because of insufficient performance are to the following contestants: Shanmitha, Aksatha, Aadihira, Janav and Sabareeshwaran. These contestants would return back to the wildcard round.
  • ^4: A new contestant Aashani , who delayed her return from Sri Lanka had been brought to audition during the episode, from the permission with the judges. After her performance, the judges decided that she could perform for at least 2 weeks.

References