/> All hell broke loose during the recording of Thursday night's episode of Zee's immensely popular kiddies talent-hunt show Little Champ when 12-year old Aishwarya Mazumdar came on suddenly.

The judges Alka Yagnik, Bappi Lahiri and Abhijeet went ga-ga over Aishwarya's singing.

But the parents of the other participants had another story to tell....or yell. Says a spectator. "The minute Aishwarya sang and was praised to the skies the parents of other contestanrs lost their cool.

Voices gradually rose across the studio challenging Aishwarya's impromptu participation. They wanted to know how she suddenly appeared on the show.

When Gaj-ji (Gajendra Singh) pacified them saying Aishwarya was a contestant who had fallen ill in-between and had to drop out, the parents of eliminated contestants sarcastically reasoned that their progenies too should be brought back because they were not in the best of health when they got eliminated."

On camera we saw the above drama unfold in Thursday's episode. Producer-director Gajendra Singh was very upset by the turn of events.

"What happened was very upsetting. It shows how selfish parents get in protecting their own children's interests. Aishwarya Mazumdar is one of the most outstanding discoveries on Little Champs. Everyone agrees she was destined to be in the Top 5.

The girl unfortunately fell ill and had to return home to Baroda. But as the finals approached I felt she deserved another chance. When we brought her back this week we were proven right. The girl sang like an angel.

Sadly the parents of other children protested and we had to reluctantly as Aishwarya to withdraw from the contest. I sent her off with a heavy heart saying she'll definitely be a part of our next innings."

Singh feels it's a national loss. "At times like this one wonders what's the right thing to do. I was doing what I thought was the morally right thing to do. But my intentions were not only cut down, but also doubted."