SRGMP Middle East Muqabala

Hi friends !

I am currently in Dubai for holidays and was catching up with Middle East Muqabala, finals are being aired today.. I was hoping to discuss Middle East Muqabala here, since its almost over and we all know who the winners as it was shot much much earlier !! What did you think of other contestants ?!

I really liked Rashmi Vijayan ! Her voice is really good.. I felt that Mrudala just won because of her age and experience showed. Rashmi was in my school and I've seen her sing in so many competitions, her voice has so much of power !!

Siddharth is an interesting guy !! His Tera Suroor was fantastic !!

So SRGMP fans in the Middle East, what are your views on Middle East Muqabala 2006 ?!

Here is an article on it :

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Dubai, March 26: It was an eleven-hour non-stop music fest in the Shaikh Rashed Auditorium of Indian High School of Dubai on March 24 Friday where over 2000 audience remained glued to their seats right until the end of the show to encourage new talents of the Middle East who had reached the final round, to win the coveted 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Middle East Muqabala' contest.

Mridula

A well-diciplined audience witnessed not only the best of talents who were qualified from Bahrain, Oman and Qatar apart from UAE, but also saw singing sensation Shaan compering the show with his superb skills and singing talent.

Ismail Darbar and Jatin Pandit were the judges for the final.

Section of audience, Siddarth and Shan

The event started at 3.00 pm on Friday and went on until 2.00 am (early hours of Saturday).

Mridula from Dubai and Siddarth from Dubai have won the finals.

The runners-up were Rashmi of Dubai and Rayan of the Sultanate of Oman.

The Judges

The finalists were chosen after a gruelling audition of 5000 people in a show that travelled to Bahrain, Doha and Oman as well.

Zee TV will telecast the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Middle East Muqabala - 2006 from March 26 Sunday 8.00pm.

Another article on MEM

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Dubai: Preeth Noronha Shines at Zee Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Contest


by Viju Mangalore - Daijiworld News Network

Dubai, May 18: His roots are in Mangalore, but has made name worldwide. That's bubbling Preeth Noronha for you.

The third child of the late Roman Ignatius Noronha from Falnir (later settled in Mumbai), Preeth's got something which keeps him above the rest of his age.

According to his parents, Preeth started humming when he was as little as 18 months. From then on his singing never ceased. He reached the crescendo with his debut entry into the prestigious 'Zee Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' contest which was aired on Zee TV on May 14, 2006'


Preeth with Shaan

"It came my way through sheer luck," admits young Preeth who accidentally stumbled upon an e-mail from Zee TV to the company he is working for, seeking sponsorship for their Middle East Muqabala 2006 programme.

"I casually wrote to them asking whether I could take part and what are the procedures. I registered and give my audition." Out of a strength of around 1,000 contenders from the UAE alone, I was one of the 20 selected for the finals of Zee Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Middle East Muqabala 2006.

Preeth's initial training in music was from his father who also was a singer.
"My brother Prem was a late starter with singing competitions as he was a little shy. My sister Preema, (who is a nun in Hubli) and I have been competing in singing competitions right from the time we started school and have been consistently winning prizes. Apart from my Dad, I was trained in school by Brother Bruno a Jesuit who used to encourage singing in my school and who accompanied me to all the inter-school English and Hindi singing competitions."

A feather in his cap, Preeth bagged the Golden Voice award for the highest marks among all age groups in the English singing competition organized by 'La Octet' Bombay in the late 80's. The All Bombay Campa Cola singing Competition organized by Pure Drinks won him wide recognition where he appeared in Doordarshan channel collecting his award.

Following his roots, Preeth has fond memories of his annual visits to Mangalore where he was asked to sing at roce ceremonies, weddings and plays (nataks). "Singing English songs well in Mangalore those days and even now is considered stylish with most people looking at you with awe!" says Preeth.

Preeth who left his motherland India in 1993 for better prospects in the Gulf and started working in Sharjah. Being a bachelor at that time he used to eat in the restaurants and one afternoon during lunch heard on radio Hum FM a programme called 'Gaiye Aur Suniye'. What followed was a song sung by the great Mohammed Rafi. Preeth took part in the contest and ended up winning the competition. His first recognition in Gulf led the rest. He later took part in numerous singing competitions organized in Dubai and won prizes in solo and duet singing.

Currently working for Damac Holding, Dubai, Preeth wants to make a career out of his singing. Singing Mangalorean Konkani Ballads, slow sentimental English numbers and pop and semi-classical Hindi songs drives Preeth crazy. His all-time-favorites are Wilfy's Mog Tuzo Kitlo Asehlon', Kishore Kumar's Hame Tumse Pyaar Kitna and George Benson's 'Nothing's gonna change my love for you'

At 'Zee Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' he sang the title track of the Hindi film "Tere Naam" which fetched him appreciation from the famous Hindi music director Aadesh Srivastav. "Bhai, you are the man who sings with a sincere heart and I liked it very much," said Srivastav.

His determination is what moves him forward. Preeth has his goals spelled out and works towards it.

More about Middle East Muqabala on

http://www.realmediacorp.com/saregamapa.htm

Oh God!!! Finals was held on March 24th and Zee was asking for SMS votes when started airing the show after that....that means Zee was cheating the audience or am i missing something??...not that i have voted for anyone..i hardly watched one or two episodes...after watching C-2005, i felt the quality of singers was not upto the mark...

Originally posted by: pramm

Oh God!!! Finals was held on March 24th and Zee was asking for SMS votes when started airing the show after that....that means Zee was cheating the audience or am i missing something??...not that i have voted for anyone..i hardly watched one or two episodes...after watching C-2005, i felt the quality of singers was not upto the mark...

Zee was asking votes not to decide the winner, but to find out who was the most popular contestant ! The winners were decided by ID and Jatin ji..

Yes, quality of singers were no owhere upto the mark, but soem of them were good..

March 26 mujhe pata bhi nahin chala

do u have the videos availabel with u?

Sadly no !

I am yet to understand how topranger does it !!!!

I would love to post the videos here though..and get some expert feedback on some of the singers...

the singers were not upto the mark,the quality was very much missing.
but there also GG played well.

this time, from 4 of the finalists 3 were from south india 1 female and 2 boys.

rasmi (South indian) got all the praises from the judges (ID& JP)for first 2 rounds and not much for the last round. but when result declared the other singer mridula won the competion with a lead of 6 points. even the judges dint mention good about her singing in 3 rounds..
in guys GG couldn't do much b'cose both were from south india then let the better be win.