 The contestants of the gharanas have been chosen by the mentors themselves.Two of the four previous gharanas that were featured on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 have been replaced – Aadesh Shrivastava's Jai Ho and Jatin-Lalit's Dum have now been replaced with "Josh" and "Hit Squad".The following list represents the initial 32 contestants who were chosen by the mentors and in the order they were introduced.