A former Sa Re Ga Ma Pa contestant Vishwas Rai from Allahabad is the first one to be eliminated on <em><a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/hussain-replaces-prajakta-indian-idol>Indian Idol 5</a></em> this Monday. Music composer Pritam was guest judge for the two episodes.

At the age of four Afsha Musani auditioned to participate in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs and ended up bagging the show as a host. Her innocent yet smart anchoring skills were appreciated by all. Now there is a strong buzz that Afsha Musani will join Manish Paul on <em><a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/sandip-soparkar-joins-did-lil-masters>DID Little Masters</a></em> soon.

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa mega challenge which is celebrating its 1000 episodes get its hosts The show which will launch on Friday 30 October will be hosted by radio jockeys RJ Archana Jani who was with Big FM and Karan Singh Rathore of Fever 104 FM.

Tellychakkar had earlier reported about the reality show Mahakumbh, which is now titled as Mega Challenge. In our last report we had mentioned that winners and the runners-up of the different seasons of <em>Sa Re Ga Ma Pa</em> will come together and compete in the show. According to sources, there will be 24 contestants and they will be divided in different teams. In addition to the names that we reported earlier, other names who have joined the challenge are <em>Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 </em> winner Vaishali Made, singer Joy Chakraborty, Parthiv Goel and Aamir Haafiz.

For the third successive week,<em> Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009</em> has witnessed a shock elimination with Rewa’s Pratibha Singh Baghel failing to make the cut.

If you thought that Asma Rafi’s elimination took you by surprise then you’re in for a real shocker in the coming episode of <em> Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009</em>. Kolkata’s Debojit Dutta, who was touted as the favourite, has been evicted from the show.

Oman’s Asma Rafi has won Indian hearts with her impish sense of humour but that wasn’t enough for her to progress in <em> Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009</em>. The bubbly Omani has been eliminated from the show. A reliable source from the sets informs, “For far too long, Asma’s theatrics has overshadowed her singing but this time the public didn’t come to her help. All the mentors too felt her performance wasn’t again to the mark.”

Renowned Yoga guru Baba Ramdev is no less than a celebrity. Often he’s chased by news channels. It’s now our Hindi GECs who want to cash in on his popularity. The Yoga guru will be making a guest appearance in the popular Zee TV show <em> Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 </em>. Confirming the news, a reliable source from the set says, “Baba Ramdev will be coming for the shoot later this evening. This episode will telecast on Saturday, 13 December. One can expect guruji to impart some Yoga to the contestants.”

Showing its solidarity with <em> Mumbaikars</em> and mainly Maharashtrians, Mi Marathi is bringing a long forgotten tradition back. Mi Marathi is inviting <em> laavni</em> groups to display their talents on one stage. Through this show Mi Marathi will provide the interested groups a platform to perform and get eliminated for the Number One Group in <em>laavni </em> performance.

Last night a mob comprising of about 20 people created havoc at Famous Studio (Mahalaxmi) during the shoot of Zee Marathi’s<em> Sa Re Ga Ma Pa</em>. Host Pallavi Joshi’s car was also damaged. Trouble started when a few guys in the audience kept murmuring continuously which irked the judges Saleel Kulkarni and Asha Khadilkar. Celebrity guest violinist Prabhakar was performing but these guys still didn’t stop. Finally, they were asked to leave.