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rajucole

@rajucole

Inactive

Posted: 14 years ago

#51

my suggestions are:

mentors/judges should restrict to their seats

comments about singing should be meaningful & unbiased which is very difficult at this stage due to kharana system which should immediately be abolished. so that judges should not get eliminated when all their contestants are eliminated. due to this they give biased comments and unfair to other gharana contestants.

should not sing the same song sung by contestants unless they can really sing well and could describe how it should be sung.

no singing with contestants on stage.

wear proper dress.

song should be theme based viz ghazal, romantic & sad songs, sufi, folk songs etc.

zee srgmpss team should give:

equal opportunity to each contestants - no favouritism to some for whatever reasons it may be.

contestants should have right to choose their song and dress which they feel comfortable while singing.

after the contestants finished their songs, marks should be put by the judges/mentors and special guest judges in a closed containerwith their name and comments written on it, why they have given that marks and in the end of the performance on the same day the marks should be announced and comments should be read in public with judges name. the procedure should also be follow on the second day and on that basis the contestants who got the less marks should be eliminated.

even when they have selected top ten contestants then they should not have eleiminated them without public voting. top ten contestants i mean the last two female contestants should be called back to make the proportion equal 7 boys and 7 girls and then public voting should start to show the public the zee is fair.

amoung three guest judges atleast one (female) should be there with sound knowledge of music i.e. sr than the present mentors/judges.

Edited by rajucole - 14 years ago

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Ajnabee

@*Woh Ajnabee*

Stunner

Posted: 14 years ago

#52

I was procrastinating studying for two exams I have tomorrow, and the fact that so many of you guys actually care for this show this much compelled me to write this out for you guys:

Dear SRGMP team,

We write to you today in hopes that our words will express the disappointment, grief, and resentment that this season of SRGMP has filled our hearts with. We are not critics of the show, we are fans. As fans, we feel that Sa Re Ga Ma Pa has lost its credibility and its true essence this season. We care about this show, we like this show, and we want to continue watching this show provide us entertainment for many more years to come. But we also hope that the show will provide us the right form of entertainment – musical entertainment.

Asha Bhosle and other mahagurus that have been on the show in the past are probably cringing as much as we are when they see the mockery that this season's so-called mentors have made of the show. How can you possibly allow and encourage this kind of behavior on the show? Our eyes are tormented just watching Daler Mehendi's dancing on stage in every single episode and Wajid's excessively cheap, ridiculous, and sometimes clearly vulgar behavior with the female contestants and female guests on the show. Reading Vishal's message on Twitter where he claims that this job as a mentor on SRGMP is just "fun on the side" just takes the cake. Is this really what you wish to be promoting? Is the form of entertainment that you believe we as an audience enjoy and look forward to?

We put up with various changes in format throughout the years. We understand you cannot go back to the golden days of SRGMP where Sonu Nigam used to be the host, and we accepted that you are running a business here and your show needs to earn higher TRPs. We accepted all those things from Challenges 07-09, but we are putting our foot down now. In this season, music has been cast aside by the mentors onto the sidelines, and it seems to us that they are just here to have fun dancing, singing, and engaging in cheap gimmicks for the sake of their own popularity. We do not watch this show to keep tabs on upcoming Bollywood movies, and clearly the only purpose of the show that we can see now is to provide Bollywood actors and actresses a platform where they can promote their upcoming movies.

We ask that you stop this ridiculous behavior on the show, and maintain at least some form of decorum and decency. We ask that you bring back the mahagurus that have graced the show in previous seasons, and we ask that you give us more sensible, matured, and learned musicians in the form of mentors in the future. Clearly, the current mentors of the show are not qualified to be sitting in the judges' seats this season. We want you to recall what this show is actually about – discovering new talent. You clearly have discovered the talent already, we only ask that you remember to highlight and properly showcase the talented contestants, provide them with proper mentoring, and bring us judges that will give these contestants honest, unbiased, and wise feedback regarding their singing, as opposed to the million other factors that are being given more significance presently on the show.

We are willing to compromise on everything except on the very purity and essence of the show that comes in the form of music.

Sincerely,

The Disappointed Music Lovers

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Indradhanush

@Indradhanush

Inactive

Posted: 14 years ago

#53

Thanks for the input members, any more input is more than welcome, pls hurry up.

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Summer3

@Summer3

Trailblazer

+ 2

Posted: 14 years ago

#54

Originally posted by: Indradhanush
Thanks for the input members, any more input is more than welcome, pls hurry up.

All the 18 contestants should be rewarded and paid, as they sacrifice a lot.

they give up their jobs and some even incur debts.

Apart from cash also give them some gifts too, so that they will be happy.

Zee should stop being so Konjush

Pointles to keep paying too much to the Mentors who are there only to have fun.

I am sure Zee can get sponsers for more gifts and gift vouchers.

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music-a-muse

@music-a-muse

Dazzler

Posted: 14 years ago

#55

very very Nice inputs from WA, amukta, rajucole, summer etc.

would like to read one from dabulls, mind-googling, Lifeztuf, simi, anamika, sushruta etc and others, can't remember other names off hand . 😳

i remember reading a petition long back in which there was a campaign to get toshi back when he was eliminated.

It was highly emotional, accusatory against the channel, producer etc etc.

i don't think it worked very well.

The basic idea i guess is to be unemotional, precise, well spaced lines, not paragraphs, which are easily read.

best not to point fingers or accuse them of their actions. they are wrong, i agree.

we can couch them in a better, not bitter language which is palatable for them without them shutting down the petition half way through their reading it.

is it also possible to point out specific examples which made us feel frustrated?

anyone has any idea? or does it have to be a general one.?

let me also try to find out about that. if anyone knows better , please put it up.

Is it ok to give them an ultimatum in the end? what kind?

more inputs will be nice.

I have sent my ideas to ID, much before people posted.

ID, you can post it here,if necessary. i don't have a copy of it😳

Edited by musicmuse - 14 years ago

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akanna

@akanna

Rocker

+ 2

Posted: 14 years ago

#56

God, I logged in after ages today and then came across this thread on page one!! The old members know me here, but looks like there are several new ones.. Anyway, I have lost enthusiasm to watch this show, while I was head over heels in love with this show in C07 and C09!! How much I miss the level of this show, though I am relieved that Himesh's drama and Aadesh's shrewd politics are not included this time! :) I wish Shankar was a mentor too - the only mentors I like are Shankar and Vishal-Shekhar... Anyway that apart, what's the geek guy doing on the show as a host?? Oh please, either keep Manish on a consistent basis, or bring Aditya or someone!!!

Then there are a few good singers, though no one comes anywhere near the talents we had on C07 and C09!! But anyway, I cannot stand certain things, along with the idiotic hype given to some contestants... One, Sugandha is a full package - got the looks, good voice, great performer, okay okay, but what on earth is with her clown jokes and mimicry?? Then dress her up as a clown too!! Yikes!! Then Snithi - I loved her audition performance, because her voice matched that song and her diction problems werent noticed much in it!!! But now she is murdering songs with her poor diction!! OMG, I feel like crying when I hear the beautiful songs sung by her!! I agree Shreyasi is a good singer too, but put her in some decent clothes!

The only judge who gives constructive feedback is Vishal. Shekhar is a man of few words, but I like him..

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Indradhanush

@Indradhanush

Inactive

Posted: 14 years ago

#57

@mm; I think you have sufficient points by now, I request you to start writting. So many things to enclose and there aren't many words to use, it is said the best petitiion is short, precise which hits the nail.

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malaysiangirl

@Malaysian_Girl

Dazzler

+ 2

Posted: 14 years ago

#58

Good effort ID

good to see relevant inputs here about srgmp current show....

I dont have much to say because 2010 srgmp show already lost the actual essence and looks like 2010 srgmp show will face major problem since it does not look like a musical show anymore or concern about singing.It has become celebrity guest show now and added with more unnecessary drama.The whole creativity idea of srgmp 2010 is really not doing good at all for singers.The singers will face the major consequences due to a flop show and srgmp already lost the creadibility.Sorry to say I only enjoyed srgmp in 2005 and 2007 and of course the old saregama use to be the best singing show which only concentrate on singers singing only.I hope zee creative team will buck up and do something or else the show will become a circus and no longer a singing show.I always have fast forward all the extra drama in every episode and only listen to singing only.Viewers are smarter and hope the channel will bring back the old srgmp essence and keep the standard higher.

God bless.

with best wishes,

Malaysiangirl

Edited by Malaysian_Girl - 14 years ago

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return_to_hades

@return_to_hades

Stunner

+ 6

Posted: 14 years ago

#59

I'm glad I've never been a regular fan of the show. I'm not a music connoisseur, I watch television for entertainment. But this cheap kind is actually a major turn off. It is excruciatingly painful to take time away on the weekend for this.

Anyway, a note on petitions –

There is a high chance that they can fall on deaf ears. It is a bitter truth "we the audience" are not a number one priority for most channels. Their big priority is "bottom line". However, petitions do work at times. In US television several flailing shows were resurrected for one last hurrah season due to petitions. The Indian audience has never had such high impact rates though.

Considering that "bottom line" is a priority for the channel, you don't want to focus your petition only from a "we the audience" perspective. You actually want to show how dissatisfying "we the audience" is actually eroding the "bottom line" and that there is no "other audience" that is feeding their "bottom line" despite all the crap. You want to paint a "win-win" for both the channel, show and you. These people are egotistical and will risk dismissing a "win-lose" scenario. That is why despite fan following several shows fail because writers, creative heads, production houses are highly egotistical and have a hard time admitting they are doing something wrong. As much as you will hate doing it, stoke their ego, don't just deflate it.

Finally whoever is in charge of creating the petition has to make a serious commitment to research into who are the decision makers and make sure the petition gets to them. That does not mean emailing or posting links. Email is checked and responded by hired assistants, not by real decision makers. What it means is that whenever the petition reaches a set goal like 10,000 or 100,000 signatures – the owner prints the petition with signatures and sends the petition to the decision makers via registered post (delivery confirmation and insurance preferred, shows you are serious and mean business). Also perhaps get media outlets involved and let them know of this "fan movement". You need to make your petition important and buzzed about, otherwise it just becomes an ambiguous part of the flotsam and jetsam of the internet – there is a lot of that out there lost in cyberspace.

Good Luck and I hope that the class is returned to your beloved show, and good music plus wholesome entertainment takes the forefront.

If the serious approach does not work you can always inundate Zee with Justin Bieber songs and merchandise. Make them sick and suffer Bieber Fever. If you have a hacker, hack the site and replace all links and videos with Bieber links, pics and vids. Bieber fever is the rickrolling of the next century. If they don't give in, they will suffer Bieber fever for eternity.