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But with the really meritorious contestants getting eliminated and other contestants rising in arms against Debojit's Assam connections, what next? Gajendra Singh is in a fix. "We're definitely in a crisis situation. Thursday's episode was viewed like reality TV… walk-outs, temper tantrums, protests, tears, screams… This isn't what we want on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa."

If you think the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa team is amused and entertained by all the publicity and if you think the walkouts and show-downs on the show are being orchestrated by the popular show's architects, then think again.

Sa Re Ga Ma producer-director Gajendra Singh is a very distressed man. "I haven't slept for more than forty-eight hours. My show is being reduced to one of those cheap reality-TV type of programmes on the other channels where contestants pretend to faint and then they are 'revived' with sprinkles of water. Please, Sa Re Ga Ma doesn't need all this publicity. We don't want to be written about. Please don't call the tragic happenings on the show a publicity stunt. Don't write about us. But don't belittle our efforts. I've been doing the show for more than decade. I don't need to prove my credibility or the show's credibility."

Singh breaks down. And then reveals that the most recent scandal on the show-namely the threat by three contestants Vinit, Hemachandra and Himani to quit-and all the effort to malign and descredit Debojit, have been orchestrated by one of the show's judges.

"It was he who instigated those poor innocent kids into behaving this way. He couldn't bear to see another judge steal all the limelight by staging a walk-out. So he decided to be a star-judge in his own right. His conspiracy back-fired. And my show has suffered immensely in terms of credibility and face-value. I plan to expose this man who has abused the guru-shishya relationship after the finals. Right now I need to salvage the show, boost the finalists' morale."

In a startling revelation, Singh defends the controversial contestant Debojit's alleged ULFA links. "What ULFA links? I agree one of the Sa Re Ga Ma assistants did receive a call from someone claiming to be part of the ULFA. But has anyone verified if Debojit had anything to do with the call? Why are we hounding him just because he has so much support from his home- state Assam? In fact all these ugly happenings on the show, including the three contestants' collective threat to quit-are nothing but one judge's efforts to discredit disqualify and dismiss Debojit from the show. I've Vinit's mother on tape accusing this particular judge of dubious intentions. I agree, Himani's elimination from Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is a tragedy. But the show must go on, and it will."