<em>Sa Re Ga Ma Pa</em> is constantly innovating with new methods for judging the talent hunt contest. With an aim to keep out any hint of bias which comes naturally with public voting, director Gajendrra Siingh has devised the Gradeometer for the current new series <em>L’iL Champs..</em> Two contestants – Abhrakanti and Divakar - get a wild card entry in to the finals with the introduction of the Gradeometer.

After the mega success of <em>Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005</em> and <em>Ek Main Aur Ek Tu</em>, Zee TV has announced a completely new series - L'il Champs, with twenty-two new young contestants. New judges - Alka Yagnik, Bappi Lahiri and Abhijeet, all established professionals from the music industry, have been roped in to judge the little participants.

Bappi Lahiri will be the celeb judge on <em>Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Ek main aur ek tu</em> on 28 April. The Zee show has had an array of celeb judges who have come on the show not only to encourage the contestants, but also to promote their own films. Last week it was Viveik Oberoi and Amrita Singh, who had come to promote their film, <em>Pyare Mohan</em>. But the appearance of Lahiri was a very intersting one for the contestants as each jodi received personal advice from the maestro himself.

Himesh Reshammiya's tryst with Zee's <em>Sa Re Ga Ma Pa</em> seems to have extended to the show's latest version as well - he will soon be seen on <em>Ek Main aur Ek Tu</em> as a celeb judge! The composer, who lately seems to be making more news as a singer than as a music composer, had been one of the four magical mentors in the recently concluded reality show, <em>Sa Re Ga Pa Ma Challenge 2005</em>.

A month before he became the cynosure of all eyes on 20 October 2005 as part of Sony's Fame Jodi, Qazi Tauqeer appeared to be someone who was there just to have a good time, not caring much for the final prize on offer. Three months since, it's a different Qazi - mellowed, more mature and....a trifle morose too. What started as a simple chat with Tellychakkar.com's Ananya Sengupta, turned out to be the most moving tete-a-tete thus far, of the young man who made history by claiming the most number of public votes on Indian television. <strong> "I will never do television"</strong>