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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa The Next Singing Youth Icon

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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa The Next Singing Youth Icon
Season 16
StarringJudges
Presented bySreemukhi
No. of contestants26
Release
Original networkZee Telugu
Original release29 September 2024 (2024-09-29)
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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa The Next Singing Youth Icon is the 16th season of the Indian Telugu-language musical/singing reality television show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Telugu. It premiered on Zee Telugu from 29 September 2024.[1]

Production

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Sreemukhi returned as the presenter after the 14th season. Koti and S. P. Sailaja returned as the judges from the previous season with Kasarla Shyam debuting in the show.[2] D. Satya Sivakumar, Arun Kaundinya and Srikanth Ippili returned as the voice trainers of the show.

Auditions

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Before conducting on-ground auditions, a digital version of the auditions were held in July 2024 soon after the announcement of the show. On-ground auditions of the show were held across ten cities in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam auditions were held on 27 July 2024 and 28 July 2024 respectively. Rajahmundry and Vijayawada auditions were held on 3 August 2024 and 4 August 2024 respectively. Warangal and Karimnagar auditions were held on 10 August 2024 and 11 August 2024 respectively.[3] Nellore, Tirupati and Kurnool auditions were held on 17 August 2024, 18 August 2024 and 19 August 2024 respectively. Hyderabad auditions were held on 25 August 2024.

Judges

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Mentors

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Team Mentor
City Classics Ramya Behara
Metro Melodies Anudeep Dev
Village Vocals L. V. Revanth

Guests

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Guest Episode(s) No. Notes
Vijay Yesudas 1
Srinivas 2 Guest judge
Sadha 5 and 6
6
Kiran Abbavaram To promote their film KA
Nayan Sarika
Tanvi Ram
Sri Krishna 8 To participate in the "Singing with Superstars" round
Sahithi Chaganti
P V N S Rohit
Harini Ivaturi
Shiju Abdul Rasheed To promote their television show Vikkatakavi
Naresh Agastya
Ravi Teja Nannimala
Tarak Ponnappa
Pradeep Maddali
Prudhvi Chandra 9 To participate in the "Singing with Superstars" round
Damini Bhatla
Deepu
Roll Rida
Anantha Sriram 10 Guest judge
Priyadarshi Pulikonda 11 To promote their film Sarangapani Jathakam
Mohana Krishna Indraganti
Roopa Koduvayur
Ananya Bhaskar 12 To participate in "Maha Sangamam" round
Bharat Raj
Pavan Kalyan
Yuti Harshavardhana
Venkata Chaitanya
Sai Sri Charan 13
Daniel
Shivani
Dasari Parvathi
Sudhanshu
Nani To promote the television premiere of their film Saripodhaa Sanivaaram
Priyanka Mohan

Contestants

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Contestants who had selected in the premiere episode were placed in Top 15. The other contestants were in the "Hold" status.

Top 15

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Name Home town Team Status Position Date
Manasa Sai Hyderabad, TG Metro Melodies
Abhigna Virginia, US[a] City Classics
Sai Tushar AP City Classics
Meghana Naidu Hyderabad, TG Metro Melodies
Pratyusha Kothagudem, TG Village Vocals
A. Mohan Kumar Isakalapalem, AP Village Vocals
Sahasra Metro Melodies
Soundarya Lahari City Classics
Sri Vaishnavi Atmakuru, AP Village Vocals
Sathwik Rao Metro Melodies
Mukesh Dharmavaram, AP Village Vocals Eliminated 11th 1 December 2024
Mani Yashwanth City Classics Eliminated
Sai Manoj Reddipeta, AP Village Vocals Eliminated 12th 20 October 2024
Manikanta Hyderabad, TG Metro Melodies Eliminated
Vishnupriya City Classics Eliminated

Other contestants

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Name Status
Vishwateja Hold
Sravani
Sanjana Naidu
Shragvi
Sowmya Shubham Patra
Rajeshwar Prasad
Rammohan Rao
Srinivasa Vishnuteja
Kishore
Lakshmi Sri
Srirag

Notes

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  1. ^ Born and native of Adilabad, TG

References

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  1. ^ "Get Ready to witness the grand launch of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - The Next Singing Youth Icon, only on Zee Telugu". www.deccanchronicle.com. 26 September 2024. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 16 to kickstart this Sunday; Koti, SP Sailaja, and Kasarla Shyam to grace the judging panel". The Times of India. 28 September 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Zee Telugu announces 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Season 16' auditions in Warangal and Karimnagar". MediaBrief. 6 August 2024. Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.