Padutha Theeyaga

Padutha Theeyaga is an Indian Telugu-language Reality television singing show that airs on ETV Telugu a subsidiary of ETV Network, a part of Ramoji Group.[1] The program seeks to discover the best singing talent in Telugu language.

Padutha Theeyaga
Poster shows Paadutha Theeyaga title with the host Mr.S.P.Bala Subramanyam garu
GenreReality-singing
Directed byN.B.Sasthri
Presented byS. P. Balasubrahmanyam
JudgesS. P. Balasubrahmanyam and several other judges
Country of originIndia
Original languageTelugu
No. of seasons20 (including old series)
No. of episodes1,102
Production
Executive producerSurabhi Shekar
ProducersRamoji Rao
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Production locationsAndhra Pradesh, India -
(Old Series - 1&2)
(Series - 1-6)
(series - 12-18) United States -
(series - 7,8,9,11)
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production companyRamoji Group
DistributorETV Network
Release
Original networkETV Network
Original releaseJanuary 12, 1996 (1996-01-12) 
October 18, 2020 (2020-10-18)
Chronology
Related showsPadutha Theeyaga Youth Series

It is the first of its kind in South India. The show used to be hosted by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, a renowned musician from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.[1]

The main objective of this program is to bring out emerging singing talent into spotlight. Startedd in the year 1996 "Padutha Theeyaga" has so far completed more than 1100 episodes.

It helped identify singers such as Mallikarjuna, Usha, Parthasaradhi, Sandip, Smitha, Madhavi Bhamidipati, Nitya Santhoshini, Karunya, Hemachandra, Gopika Poornima, Kousalya, Venu, Geetha Madhuri, Malavika, Anjana Soumya, Sandeep Kurapati and many more.

All Seasons Details

The program was first started in 1996 and continued till 2000 with 4 successful seasons. Again in 2007 the program restarted with new format and it continued till 20 September 2020, due to the unfortunate death of S.P. Balasubrahmanyam.

Old series 1 (1996)

Top 4 Contestants:-

Name Placement
Singer UshaWinner Women Category
ParthuWinner Men Category
Komanduri RamachariRunner Men Category
MishmaRunner Women Category

Old Series 3 (Junior 1998)

Top 4 Contestants:-

Name Placement
MalavikaWinner Girls Category
N. C. KarunyaWinner Boys Category
Pavan SeshaRunner Boys Category
Runner Girls Category

Series 1 (2007)

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 1
Presented byS. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants30
WinnersRajesh Kumar
Runner-upLipsika
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes47
Release
Original networkETV Network
Original release2007 (2007)

The program was restarted again in 2007 with new format it was for adult contestants. They selected 3 or 2 singers from each district of United Andhra Pradesh and gave voice of the district title to one among them and started the series with voice of the district title holders. Rajesh Kumar from Ananthapur and Lipsika from Khammam shared the first two places. Finals was judged by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and guest judge was Devi Sri Prasad. Megastar Chiranjeevi made a special appearance in the finals and gave prizes to the contestants. The Grand Finale was conducted in Visakhapatnam. Winner Rajesh Kumar won Cash prize of Rs.10,00,000 and runner Lipsika won Rs.5,00,000. The prize money was sponsored by Suvarna Bhoomi. Grand finals was completed on October 18, 2010.

Series 2 (2008)

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 2
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes27
Release
Original networkETV Network
Original release2008 (2008)
Presented byS. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants25
WinnerLaksmi Meghana
Runner-upAnjani Nikhila

This season was for the junior contestants with Lakshmi Meghana, Ganesh Revanth, Anjani Nikhila, Raghawendra as finalists.Lakshmi Meghana is the winner.

Series 3 (2008)

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 3
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes27
Release
Original networkETV Network
Original release2008 (2008)
Presented byS. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants25
WinnerSai Ramya
Runner-upDamini

This season was sponsored by EXO-Dishwash. In this season, Sairamya got first prize., Damini got second prize, and Sarathchandra Kalahasti and Nuthana got equal marks and the two were equally given third place.[2]

Series 4 (2009)

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 4
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes32
Release
Original networkETV Network
Original release2009 (2009)
Presented byS. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants28
WinnerHarini
Runner-upTejaswini

This season was also for the adult contestants. Ivaturi Harini, Nandibhatla Tejaswini, Rohit and Sai Charan were the finalists and these contestants stood in the first, second and the third places respectively and the third place was shared by Rohit and Sai Charan together.

Series 5 (August 2012 - January 2013)

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 5
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes29
Release
Original networkETV Network
Original releaseSeptember 2012 - January 2013
Presented byS. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants19
WinnerPraveen Kumar
Runner-upPallavi

This season had Sharath Santosh, Surya Karthik, Praveen kumar and Charumathi Pallavi as the finalists. Out of them Praveen was the first, followed by Pallavi, Sharath and Karthik in that order. The season 5 finale had the great drummer Sivamani as the chief guest. Even this season was for adults.

Series 6 (February 2013 - July 2013)

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 6
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes25
Release
Original networkETV Network
Original release11 February (2013-02-11) 
29 July 2013 (2013-07-29)
Presented byS. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants20
WinnerParameswara Rao
Runner-upSri Lalitha

had kids of age 6-15.The winner was Parameshwara Rao.

Series 7 (August 2013 - March 2014)

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 7
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes31
Release
Original networkETV Network
Original release5 August 2013 (2013-08-05) 
3 March 2014 (2014-03-03)
Presented byS. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants23
WinnerArjun Addhepally
Runner-upVamsi Priya

was held at USA. The winner was Arjun Addepalli.

Series 8 (March 2014 - October 2014)

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 8
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes34
Release
Original networkETV Network
Original release10 March (2014-03-10) 
27 October 2014 (2014-10-27)
Presented byS. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants20
WinnerK.S.Abhiram
Runner-upSarvepalli Shreya

was for children of age 9-14. The winner was K.S.Abhiram. The second position was occupied by Sarvepalli Sreya, the third Geethika and fourth Maanya Chandran. Abhiram was good at his tone, while Sarvepalli was the one who was versatile and expressive in her singing. Geethika had a good voice and Maanya, a good range. This was a very good batch with a tough competition among the participants.

Series 9 (November 2014 - June 2015)

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 9
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes34
Release
Original networkETV Network
Original release3 November 2014 (2014-11-03) 
1 June 2015 (2015-06-01)
Presented byS. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants20
WinnerPothukuchi Meghana
Runner-upMokkala Sneha

It was also in USA, and was for ages 9–13. All participants were females. The final 8 were Meghana Pothukuchi (the winner), Neha Dharmapuram, Vishnupriya Kothamasu (finalist), Sumedha Vadlapudi (pre-finalist), Sneha Mokkala (finalist), Lasya Ravulapati, Nikhitha Pathapati (finalist), and Ananya Penugonda.[3]

2015 Paadutha Theeyaga Selections Process

  • February 15, 2015: Last Date for submitting Audition Songs(1 Classical style and 1 Fast Beat)
  • February 28, 2015: An email sent from PT team stating that the entries had been received and sent to Balu garu for finalizing the list of 21 contestants
  • April 13, 2015: Notifications to the final 21 contestants sent
  • April 15, 2015: Requested Copy of Birth Certificate from the finalists
  • April 25, 2015: Confirmation email sent
  • May 12, 2015: Sent a list of 13 songs which would cover 24 episodes to each participant. Next batch of 6-7 songs will be given in the second week of July.
  • May 16, 2015: Request sent to participants for full details (Full Name, City, State)
  • May 12–17, 2015: Lyrics requested for all the songs from participants. PT team corrected them and emailed back
  • May 29-June 6, 2015: Half-hour Skype training sessions offered by PT team for the first four songs in the list. Training involves only fine tuning and pitch setting.

Series 10 (June 2015 - March 2016)

Vamsi was the winner of the season. Priya was the winner of the season.

Series 11 (March 2016 - October 2016)

was in the US, and was for ages 13–16. Participants consisted of 15 females and 2 males. The final five were Akhila Mamandur (Winner, $10,000) from Houston, TX; Abhijith Vemulapati (Runner-up, $5,000) from Woodland, CA; Bhavna Ravichandran (Finalist, $2,500) from Greensboro, NC; Supraja Kadagandla (Finalist, $2,500) from Olympia, WA; and Priya Kanajam (Pre-Finalist, $1300) from Minneapolis, MN.

Series 12 (2017)

Top 18 Contestants:-

Name Hometown Placement
SugandhiniNelloreWinner
Nada priyaNellore1st Runner up
GaneshHyderabad2nd runner up
Sai HarikaKurnool3rd runner up
HaripriyaEliminated 14th
Hima binduHyderabadEliminated 13th
Lakshmi BhavajaHyderabadEliminated 12th
Sai MadhavMancherialEliminated 11th
SwethaEast GodavariEliminated 10th
SaikiranHyderabadEliminated 9th
AishwaryaHyderabadEliminated 8th
Laxmi ShravaniHyderabadEliminated 7th
SudeshnaHyderabadEliminated 6th
AshwiniHyderabadEliminated 5th
BabithaHyderabadEliminated 4th
VarshiniHyderabadEliminated 3rd
RamaniVijayanagaramEliminated 2nd
Bhuvana kruthiHyderabadEliminated 1st

Series 13 (2017)

Top 18 Contestants:-

Name Hometown Placement
Chodavarapu JahnaviNagpurWinner
Attaluri PravasthiChennai1st Runner up
Kovvuri VaishnaviHyderabad2nd runner up
Jonnalagadda SrikarHyderabad3rd runner up
Sri VaishnaviMangalagiriEliminated 14th
NaseeruddinThadepalligudemEliminated 13th
SandeepHyderabadEliminated 12th
Drishya SajanNelloreEliminated 11th
LasyaNagpurEliminated 10th
SrishanthAnantapuramEliminated 9th
Shiva KeerthanaVijayawadaEliminated 8th
KarthikeyaHyderabadEliminated 7th
YogithaKharagpurEliminated 6th
Vijay kumarVisakhapatnamEliminated 5th
RohithVisakhapatnamEliminated 4th
JyothirmayiHyderabadEliminated 3rd
Naimisha sriVisakhapatnamEliminated 2nd
Sri DhruthiHyderabadEliminated 1st

Series 14 (2018)

Top 18 Contestants:-

Name Hometown Placement
Sree purnimaWinner
SivakumarRunner up
YashaswiSecond runner up
SudhanjaliEliminated 15th
SrivaniEliminated 14th
Rahul SaiEliminated 13th
VaidehiEliminated 12th
Saika BirwalEliminated 11th
RenukumarEliminated 10th
SrivatsavaEliminated 9th
Pranav SaiEliminated 8th
SnigdhaEliminated 7th
YashwanthEliminated 6th
AishwaryaEliminated 5th
SuhithaEliminated 4th
Sri ManasaEliminated 3rd
Sri SahithiEliminated 2nd
PrathyushaEliminated 1st

Series 15 (2018)

Top 18 Contestants:-

Name Hometown Placement
KaushikaHyderabadWinner
Ayyan PranathiVisakhapatnam1st Runner up
DheerajVisakhapatnam2nd Runner up
HarikaHyderabadEliminated 15th
SamyukthaHyderabadEliminated 14th
Harsha SriHyderabadEliminated 13th
VardhanEliminated 12th
ReshmaEliminated 11th
MunidilishEliminated 10th
SharvaniEliminated 9th
AnanyaEliminated 8th
SanjanaEliminated 7th
ShravaniEliminated 6th
BhoomikaEliminated 5th
RaghavaEliminated 4th
KarthikeyaEliminated 3rd
PranayEliminated 2nd
Jashwanth NaiduEliminated 1st

Series 16 (2019)

Top 18 Contestants:-

Name Hometown Placement
Akshya SaiWinner
JahnaviRunner up
CharanSecond runner up
HimajaEliminated 15th
SwarajaEliminated 14th
AkhileshwarEliminated 13th
Ravi KumarEliminated 12th
Sai PrasadEliminated 11th
HarishEliminated 10th
DhanasriEliminated 9th
ShanmukhaEliminated 8th
SrivalliEliminated 7th
SrivaniEliminated 6th
PragnyaEliminated 5th
AbhishekEliminated 4th
RashmiEliminated 3rd
Supradeep ReddyEliminated 2nd
Uday ShankarEliminated 1st

Series 17 (2019)

From this season the program telecasting time was changed from 9:30 PM Sunday to 11:00AM Sunday

Top 13 Contestants:-

Name Hometown Placement
Laxmi srivalliBheemavaramWinner
LekhyaHyderabadRunner-up
Nagaram SruthiHyderabad2nd Runner-up
Harshitha kancharanaPalasa3rd Runner-up
Sai shreyaPuneEliminated 9th
Indu madhuriNelloreEliminated 8th
Geetha mahathiHyderabadEliminated 7th
poluri NehaHyderabadEliminated 6th
KoushikVijayawadaEliminated 5th
Nithin maniHyderabadEliminated 4th
Rudraksh tigullaHyderabadEliminated 3rd
Prudvi manoj kumarGunturEliminated 2nd
SrinidhiVijayawadaEliminated 1st

Series 18 (2020)

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 18
Presented byS. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants20
WinnerHarshita PVSL
Runner-upM.K. Mounika
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes34
Release
Original networkETV Network
Original release1 March (2020-03-01) 
18 September 2020 (2020-09-18)

Top 18 Contestants:-

Name Hometown Placement
Harshita PVSLVisakhapatnamWinner
M.K MounikaMachilipatnam1st Runner up
ShanthiKurnool2nd runner up
VaishnaviHyderabad3rd runner up
Lakshmi HimasriNalgondaEliminated 14th
Lahari Sampatthika AinnapurapuHyderabadEliminated 13th
Sai Sandeep PakkiVisakhapatnamEliminated 12th
KeerthiSrikakulamEliminated 11th
Dr.YashaswiniHyderabadEliminated 10th
Reddappa CharyTirupatiEliminated 9th
SravyaHyderabadeliminated 8th
Balakrishnan NairJangaonEliminated 7th
KirankumarVijayanagaramEliminated 6th
SubbalakshmiVijayanagaramEliminated 5th
SrinijaHyderabadEliminated 4th
Veera SwamiVijayanagaramEliminated 3rd
Uma KrishnaHyderabadEliminated 2nd
Sai DivyaTirupatiEliminated 1st

Padutha Theeyaga Finalists

Seasons Winner Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Prefinalist
Season 1 Rajesh Kumar Lipsika Mallika Sabiha N/A
Season 2 Lakshmi Meghana Anjani Nikhila Ganesh Revanth Ragavendhra N/A
Season 3 Sai Ramya Damini Nuthana Sharath Chandra Lahari
Season 4 Harini Tejaswini Sai Charan Rohit N/A
Season 5 Praveen Kumar Pallavi Sharath Santosh Surya Karthik N/A
Season 6 Parameswara Rao SriLalitha Bhamidipati Sudheep Shanmukha Priya Sahiti
Season 7 (USA) Arjun Addhepally Vamsi Priya Udaya Bindu Manisha Eerabathini N/A
Season 8 K.S. Abhiram Sarvepalli Shreya Bhavyasree Geethika Maanya Chandran Sriram Charan
Season 9 (USA) Meghana Pothukuchi Sneha Mokkala Sri Vishnu Priya Kothamasu Nikitha Pathapati Sumedha Vadlapudi
Season 10 Priya Swathi Sai Jagadhathri Vamsidhar Shivani N/A
Season 11 (USA) Akhila Mamandur Abhijit Vemulapati Bhavna Ravichandran Supraja Kadagandla Priya Kanajam
Season 12 Sugandhini Nadapriya Ganesh Sai Harika N/A
Season 13 Chodavarapu Jahnavi Attaluri Pravasthi Kovvuri Vaishnavi Jonnalagadda Srikar N/A
Season 14 Sri Poornima Siva Kumar Yashaswy N/A N/A
Season 15 Dheeraj Pranathi Kaushika Harika Samyuktha
Season 16 Akshaya Sai Jahnavi Charan N/A N/A
Season 17 Lakshmi Srivalli Lekhya Nagaram Sruthi Kancharana Harshitha Sai Shreya
Season 18 Harshitha Mounika Shanthi Vaishnavi Lakshmi Himasri

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