Sa re ga ma started on a good note - to bring to the world the talented singers of India. And I think to an extent it was successful , because of this show we were able to listen to the new great voices of Hemachandra, Nihira, Himani, Vinit,Debojit etc.
But towards the end of the show I dont think ne one can argue that singing was not made the top priority.
With regional voting and hyping I think that the mentors forgot to acknowledge the contestants for their voices and concentrated more on selling them to the public. This show took contestants and fans on a long emotional journey.
I can say that I am looking forward to saregama 2006 beacuse I look forward to hera new original voices, however I hope that saregama 2006 is a singing contest rather than a soap opera.