Last year he walked out of the Zee's <em> Sa Re Ga…., </em> when his favourite contest Nihira Joshi was voted out. And this year too he was on the verge of doing the same, but on the inclusion of two new contestants! Apparently, the induction of Anik and Abhijeet (who won the Bangla and Marathi versions Zee's <em> Sa Re Ga...</em>) into the <em> Pratham Yudh</em> hasn't gone down to well with Ismail Drabar. The no-fuss judge was highly displeased about this inclusion which was aired last week.

With the ten finalists of L'iL Champs gaining eyeballs in just three weeks since the series has begun, every step that is taken by the director, creative team at Zee, judges, finalists and their parents comes under close scrutiny. An anguished mother from Ahmedabad returns back home heartbroken with her extremely talented daughter Aishwarya Majumdar, as all attempts to convince the judges and parents of selected finalists to allow her daughter to be part of the <em>Sa Re Ga Ma Pa</em> platform proved futile.

<em>Sa Re Ga Ma Pa</em> is constantly innovating with new methods for judging the talent hunt contest. With an aim to keep out any hint of bias which comes naturally with public voting, director Gajendrra Siingh has devised the Gradeometer for the current new series <em>L’iL Champs..</em> Two contestants – Abhrakanti and Divakar - get a wild card entry in to the finals with the introduction of the Gradeometer.

After airing the auditions of hundreds of wannabe singers in the age group 7 to 15, leading to 22 lucky kids being selected last week, <em>L'iL Champs</em> gets down to serious business. The episode to be aired at 10 pm tonight has a contestant requesting each of the three judges to sing his favourite songs, apart from the judges selecting their top 5 from eleven contestants.

As guest judge on this Friday’s episode of <em>Ek Main Aur Ek Tu</em>, singer Abhijeet voices aloud his utter disdain for faulty voting techniques adopted by talent hunt shows. “It is not right to vote because of one’s emotional attachment for the participant. Sympathy has no place to play in deciding the fate of talent that will go on to represent our country in the future. The public voting at this crucial stage must be for the best singer and the vote should be based on music alone,” says Abhijeet.