Zee Telugu Saregamapa Little Champs 2011 Press Meet

A press meet was organised at Sarathi Studios to brief about the ‘Kissan Sarigamapa Little Champs 2011’ programme to be telecast in Zee Telugu.

Singer Mano, who is hosting the show said in the press meet, “Zee Telugu has become successful with the programme ‘Sarigamapa Little Champs’. The credit of making a successful show with kids goes to Zee channel only. In this 9th series, we have selected 16 children from ‘Vijayanagaram, Vishakapatnam, Nellore, Hyderabad, Warangal, etc. A few thousands of children have participated in this selection round. We are happy to get good singers team. It’s me, Thaman’s wife Sri Vardhini and singer Murali are the judges of this show. The programme will begin from the coming week and I hope it will entertain the viewers.”

Smt Sri Vardhini said, “I’m Mrs Thaman. I’ve sung in many films. I’m going to be seen in a Telugu channel for the first time. I’m very happy to participate in this show alongside a great singer like Mano. The children are singing very well. We never had the opportunity to sing like this during our childhood. I’m sure that the viewers will enjoy this programme.”

Singer Murali said, “I toured entire Andhra Pradesh as selection judge from 2007 onwards. We felt a little difficult to select the children as many were talented. I’m going to be the judge for the first time in this series. I thank Anuradha garu and Bharathi Krishna garu for giving me this opportunity.”

Bharathi Krishna said, “Before doing this show, we have done a programme titled ‘Brathuku Jatkabandi’ which became successful. Hence the Zee network has offered this programme to us. Taking this as a challenge, I along with my wife Anuradha is working hard. We are happy for working with Mano garu.”