Informs a source, “Aditya is busy shooting for his film thus he will not be able to host the upcoming season of Little Champs. The channel has approached Sumit Kumar and Javed Ali to replace Aditya. Out of the two, Sumit seems to be the favourite and has an edge over Javed Ali.”

Format of Saregamapa Lil champs

The show this time will be different from its earlier seasons. This season the competition will be between girls and boys. Hence, the two finalists will be a girl and a boy. This season we will have two judges Alka Yagnik and Abhijeet Bhattacharya and a celebrity judge will be invited every episode.

Saregamapa Little champs 2009 is starting from 5th June.

Zee TV programming head Ajay Bhalwankar and Aditya Narayan remained unavailable for comment.

Sara confirms the news and says, “Ammijaan was a nervous wreck and was not very keen to send me to Mumbai, particularly because of the kind of clothes the women need to wear in front of the camera.”

Says an insider from Zee TV, “It’s true that girls are made to wear sexy outfits on shows. The glamour quotient is important. Today’s girls have no problems, but there was an issue when we finished with the audition of Sara. She is a fine singer and we selected her, but she said that she will not indulge in body exposure.”

Sara adds, “I am not going to wear any sleeveless outfits or short dresses. And I will never drop the dupatta while doing the show. I must add that the scene is different in Pakistan; there people don’t appreciate someone singing in reality shows. Though gradually they are coming around.”

Another bone of contention was the fact that time and again Sara has to say, ‘Har har Mahadev’, which is the slogan of her mentor (in the show) Shankar Mahadevan’s lakshya gharana. Santosh Shende, project head of the show, says, “Yes, Sara didn’t want to say, ‘Har har Mahadev’. But I guess she didn’t know the meaning of the words. And yes, we did explain to her that it simply means ‘God is one’.”

This season, however, there are some changes in judges panel. Himesh Reshammiya is the only known face from the last season, but this time you will see Himesh Reshammiya in his Karzzzz style (why 4 z?) without cap and with implanted hairs!

Adesh Shrivastava who was part of first season, is now back to Zee. The sad news is that Vishal shekhar are no longer with Zee and they are replaced with Shankar Mahadevan and Pritam. Aditya Narayan, the heart throb of millions, who debuted in last season, is going to host the show.

Aditya writes in his facebook account

“im going to have to cut short the world tour for various reasons.. so more than a couple of concerts might not happen.. but there is a plus to it of course.. your favourite Musical Reality Show SaReGaMaPa Challenge is very very likely to be back on the same Fri-Sat 10 pm slot from JULY 2008.. so i hope i’m compensating
love always,
Aditya Narayan”
 

Here are details of Amanat Ali’s world tour

May 24 – LA
May 25 – Houston
May 26 – Orlando
May 31 – New Jersey
June 01 – Toronta
June 07 – San Francisco
June 08 – Atlanta
June 13 – Edmonton
June 14 – Dallas
June 15 – Boston (this is a new city just added to the tour)
June 20 – Detriot
June 22 – Vancouver

Here are videos of Amanat Ali’s performances in LA

Saregamapa Challenge 2008 Auditions in India

Kolkata Auditions
-Wednesday, 7th May, 08
Yuva Bharati Kridangan (Salt Lake Stadium)
VIP Gate, Salt Lake, Kol-98
Ludhiana Auditions
- Friday, 9th May, 08
Guru Nanak Public School,Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana – 141001
Lucknow Auditions
- Saturday, 10th May, 08
Mini stadium, E block, Rajaji Puram, Lucknow
Delhi Auditions
- Sunday, 11th May, 08
ASN Sr. Sec. School, Mayur Vihar, Phase – I, Delhi – 110091
Jaipur Auditions
- Tuesday, 13th May, 08
St. Wilfred’s P.G. College, Meera Marg, Mansarovar, Jaipur
Indore Auditions
- Wednesday, 14th May, 08
The Emerald Heights International School opp. Akashwani, A. B. road,Rau, Indore
Ahmedabad Auditions
- Saturday, 17th May, 08
Dinesh Hall, Income Tax Circle, Ashram rd.,Ahmedabad
Mumbai Auditions
- Sunday, 25th May, 08
Andheri Sports Complex, J.P. Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai – 53
Guwahati Auditions
- Wednesday, 7th May 08 Tiny Tots
Kid Zee (Beltola Center) H.No 43, Chandan nagar, Beltola Survey, Guwahati.