Mentors Topic : Details Second Round

Members and contestants are requested not to post in this topic. this topic will be used by the mentors and co-ordinating team to discuss.

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Here are the current standing of the gharanas:

Gharana 1 : Bandish

Mentor : T.

Contestants :

1. Aparna Gadgil (aparnagadgil)

2. Vidhya (tina59)

3. Padmaja Krishnan (kalpa56) 4. Mamta (Mamtalokesh) 5. Moonlite (Moonlite)

Slogan :

Hamare Tumhare Beech mein.. Rahegi na koi Ranjish

Jab saath saath gayenge... milke hum Bandish

Gharana 2 : Sur Sangam

Mentor : apparaohoare

Contestants :

1. Ashish Narvekar (anarvekar)

2. Simple (simple320)

3. Lavanya (lava26)

4. Sindhu (cindu) 5. Biswita 6. Seema (Seemai)

Slogan :

Mile jo Ganga aur Jamuna to banta hai Sangam

milenge jab aap aur hum to banega suron ka sargam

Gharana 3 : Alaap

Mentor : punjini

Contestants :

1. Raju Kabi

2. Divya Pathak

3. Pawan Sharma (Pawan Sharma)

4. Sareeta (Ethnos) 5. Saara (Saara1)

Slogan :

Saath hamare ho Sur, Taal aur aap

to milke lagayenge Pt. Jasraj ka alaap

Gharana 4 : Jhankar

Mentor : s.priya

Contestants :

1. Mudit Himwan

2. Saniya Shah(Evilgenius_S.S™)

3. Nik (Coollama)

4. Suhana (Inaayat4) 5. Luvneet 6. Sunitha.V

Slogan :

Shankh ka meghnaad, Dhanush ki tankaar

Kaun lega hamse takkar jab hum karenge Jhankaar

Second round Last Date of submission : 15th Jan. 2006

Theme – Romantic / Sad – slow numbers

The contestants will submit the songs to the mentors. And mentors will post the download links here in this very topic. Mentors are requested to give the song details too like the title of the song and film.

To listen to the songs in the first round : https://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=468336&T PN=13&#8644401

Rules & Regulations of the contest : https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-singing-superstar/468332/rules-and-reg-srgmpforum-singing-contest

Results first round :
https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-singing-superstar/511220/srgmp-singing-contest-first-round-results

For any further query yu all can get in touch with either Barnali, jay1234 or ans24us1.

It would be good if the judges gave their comments about each contestant like last time. Of course I know that there are too many contestants this time, and it would be a time-consuming process for judges to give their comments (they must be already struggling to listen to the songs 😆 )

However, in order to be of some real help to the contestants, judges' qualitative comments are imperative. For instance one judge had given a rating of 4 to a contestant and another has given 9! How on earth will this contestant know where to improve? As a mentor, I can give only my inputs; the opinion of the judges will remain a mystery unless they share their views.

I agree with Sahana.

A few words from each judge will be much appreciated. 😊

Originally posted by: coollama

I have some query regarding the content:

1. Are the contestant supposed to sing a song of the same gender?

2. What if the song you have seleted is a duet song. Do a male singer sing only male part from the song? or duets are not allowed at all. But I have heard many duet songs in the past and contest rules says we need to sing the entire song?

Barnali or Jaya or Anu, could one of you please clarify this? 😊

I personally think it would be a good idea not to impose restrictions on the song in terms of the gender of the singer. Even SRGMP showed males singing originally female songs and vice versa.

I agree comments are needed but maybe in this round things went in such a manner that it was not possible. too many to listen to and then all the festival time. but i'll surely mention this to the judges from next round. with the new format of results now they will hav 15days to rate the contestants so will not face problems in doing that.

I have some query regarding the content:

1. Are the contestant supposed to sing a song of the same gender?

2. What if the song you have seleted is a duet song. Do a male singer sing only male part from the song? or duets are not allowed at all. But I have heard many duet songs in the past and contest rules says we need to sing the entire song?

anyone can sing any song. gender does not matter as per rules. duets will hav to be sung complete and not in parts as asked. but now it will be upto the mentor and the contestants to take this risk. because remember mostly u may find that male songs at bit lower scales than female numbers when sung individually. so if its a popular song the judge may find some discripensies and... 😊😛

so it is upto the mentors and the contestants to decide this. but rules does not bar them from singing thus.

And contestants of Appa's gharana please stay in touch with bhaskar. Sur_Sangam is bit busy so will not be able to giv his full time. though he will be helping out when needed. so carry on ur discussion with bhaskar as u are doing.

and tormentor please stay away from this topic now. now i hav lot of company 😉

Just need to make one more clarification. The next round is titled "Sad/Romantic - Slow numbers" so I take it to mean sad OR romantic. The oblique sign is taken to mean OR not AND. This means that a happy, romantic song should be in order as long as it is slow.

Originally posted by: punjini

Just need to make one more clarification. The next round is titled "Sad/Romantic - Slow numbers" so I take it to mean sad OR romantic. The oblique sign is taken to mean OR not AND. This means that a happy, romantic song should be in order as long as it is slow.

Yes right sahana. it is sad OR romantic but slow number.

I got a PM from kabhi with a query by Ashish.

Originally posted by: anarvekar

I want one clarification. I know that the rules of the contest say that the song should be sung in full. Some songs have only 2 stanzas while others have 3 or sometimes even more. Can the rule be modified to say something like "The song should be sung in full unless it has more than 2 stanzas in which case it is up to the participant as to whether he/she wants to sing more than 2 verses"?

Thanks.

sorry but the rule says the song will hav to be sung full and it will remain the same. there won't be any change in the rule. 😊 😛

I don't know how it is going with other gharanas, but I am not happy with the way I have to keep emailing my contestants, asking if their songs are ready. Let's all be a little more responsible. Sore throats will come and go.

I would advise that as soon as soon as a contestant feels up to it, he/she should record songs for the next two rounds in one shot. Let's finalise the songs to be sung for all future rounds and record them all in one shot. I am sure even great singers like Lata and Rafi would not delay so much in turning up for recordings.

If a mentor is expected to guide a contestant, she/he should receive the songs long before the deadline so that there is time to offer suggestions or even change the song. If the songs are sent to the mentor on the last day, all the mentor can do is to act like a rubber-stamping clerk and post it on the forum. Is that what a mentor is for?

After all, we mentors also have our jobs and careers just like the contestants, but have taken this responsibility. Please keep us informed on a regular basis about what is happening, are you recording songs or not, are there any problems etc.