Move Over Indian Idol

It's back! Zee TV's Saregamapa started a few weeks ago and I'm a happy bunny! Admittedly, it was a slightly wobbly start and it felt very strange to see the wonderful Shaan replaced by Aditya Narayan - but the little fella is starting to come into his own as the show progresses, and his cheeky humour is hilarious.

Already I have my favourites -

* Amanat Ali - absolute marvel..once he relaxes and sings from the heart, he'll be even more amazing than he already is.

* Sunil Kumar - incredibly rich voice - you can really picture him as a playback singer.

* Junaid Shaikh - has shown some fantastic control over his high notes and sufi-type songs.

* Reecha - my fave amongst the girls for now...altho I think overall the boys are definitely stronger this year.



Ismail Darbar and Himesh Reshammiya return as mentors, with the latter carrying on where he left off with the dramatics - but he does entertain me so! We also have Bappi Lahri and the duo of Vishal and Shekhar - it's all starting to come together very nicely!