Padutha Theeyaga

Padutha Theeyaga (transl: I will sing sweetly) is an Indian Telugu-language Reality television singing show that is aired on ETV Telugu, a channel of ETV Network, a part of Ramoji Group.^[1] The program seeks to discover the best singing talent in Telugu language. The show used to be hosted by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, a legendary Playback singer from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.^[1]

Padutha Theeyaga
Title with the host S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Genre	Reality-singing
Directed by	N. B. Sasthri
Presented by	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1996 - 2000, 2007 - 2020) S. P. Charan (2021 - present)
Judges	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1996 - 2020) Chandrabose (2021 - present) Sunitha Upadrashta (2021 - present) Vijay Prakash (2021 - present)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Telugu
No. of seasons	23 (including old series)
No. of episodes	1,102 (as of 2020)
Production
Executive producer	Surabhi Shekar
Producers	Ramoji Rao S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Production locations	Andhra Pradesh, India - (Old Series - 1&2) (Series - 1-6) (series - 12-18) United States- (series - 7,8,9,11)
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Ramoji Group
Original release
Network	ETV Network
Release	12 January 1996 (1996-01-12) – present (present)
Related
Padutha Theeyaga Youth Series

It is the first of its kind in South India. The main objective of this program is to bring out emerging singing talent into spotlight. Started in the year 1996 "Padutha Theeyaga" has so far completed more than 1100 episodes.

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

Overview edit

The program was first started in 1996 and continued till 2000 with 4 successful seasons. Again in 2007 the show restarted with new format and it continued till 20 September 2020, due to the unfortunate death of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. However, from 27 September 2020, the Grand finale episodes of all seasons of the show were aired on the title of "Alanati Apurupalu". On 4 June 2021 an announcement was made, saying that the show will be hosted by S. P. Charan and will be judged by Chandrabose, Sunitha Upadrashta and Vijay Prakash. The new series debuted on ETV on 5 December 2021.^[2]

Old series 1 (1996) edit

Top 4 Contestants:-

Name	Placement
Singer Usha	Winner Women Category
Parthu	Winner Men Category
Komanduri Ramachari	Runner Men Category
Mishma	Runner Women Category

Old Series 2 (Junior 1998) edit

Top 4 Contestants:-

Name	Placement
Malavika	Winner Girls Category
N. C. Karunya	Winner Boys Category
Pavan Sesha	Runner Boys Category
Anjana Sowmya	Runner Girls Category

Series 1 (2007) edit

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 1

Presented by	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants	30
Winner	Rajesh Kumar
Runner-up	Lipsika

No. of episodes	47
Release
Original network	ETV Network
Original release	2007 (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 18 October 2007.

Series 2 (2008) edit

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 2
No. of episodes	27
Release
Original network	ETV Network
Original release	2008 (2008)

Presented by	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants	25
Winner	Laksmi Meghana
Runner-up	Anjani 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) edit

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 3
No. of episodes	27
Release
Original network	ETV Network
Original release	2008 (2008)

Presented by	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants	25
Winner	Sai Ramya
Runner-up	Damini

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.^[3]

Series 4 (2009) edit

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 4
No. of episodes	32
Release
Original network	ETV Network
Original release	2009 (2009)

Presented by	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants	28
Winner	Harini
Runner-up	Tejaswini

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) edit

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 5
No. of episodes	29
Release
Original network	ETV Network
Original release	September 2012 (2012-09) – January 2013 (2013-01)

Presented by	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants	19
Winner	Praveen Kumar
Runner-up	Charumathi Pallavi

This season had Sharath Santosh, Surya Karthik, Praveen kumar and Charumathi Pallavi as the finalists. Out of them Praveen was the first, followed by Charumathi 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) edit

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 6
No. of episodes	25
Release
Original network	ETV Network
Original release	11 February (2013-02-11) – 29 July 2013 (2013-07-29)

Presented by	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants	20
Winner	Parameswara Rao
Runner-up	Srilalitha bhamidipati

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

Series 7 (August 2013 - March 2014) edit

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 7
No. of episodes	31
Release
Original network	ETV Network
Original release	5 August 2013 (2013-08-05) – 3 March 2014 (2014-03-03)

Presented by	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants	23
Winner	Arjun Addhepally
Runner-up	Vamsi Priya

was held at USA. The winner was Arjun Addepalli.

Series 8 (March 2014 - October 2014) edit

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 8
No. of episodes	34
Release
Original network	ETV Network
Original release	10 March (2014-03-10) – 27 October 2014 (2014-10-27)

Presented by	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants	20
Winner	K.S.Abhiram
Runner-up	Sarvepalli 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.^{[citation needed]}

Series 9 (November 2014 - June 2015) edit

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 9
No. of episodes	34
Release
Original network	ETV Network
Original release	3 November 2014 (2014-11-03) – 1 June 2015 (2015-06-01)

Presented by	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants	20
Winner	Pothukuchi Meghana
Runner-up	Mokkala 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.^[4]

2015 Paadutha Theeyaga Selections Process

15 February 2015: Last Date for submitting Audition Songs(1 Classical style and 1 Fast Beat)
28 February 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
13 April 2015: Notifications to the final 21 contestants sent
15 April 2015: Requested Copy of Birth Certificate from the finalists
25 April 2015: Confirmation email sent
12 May 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.
16 May 2015: Request sent to participants for full details (Full Name, City, State)
12–17 May 2015: Lyrics requested for all the songs from participants. PT team corrected them and emailed back
29 May-6 June 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) edit

Vamsi was the winner of the season. Priya was the runner-up of the season.

Series 11 (March 2016 - October 2016) edit

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) edit

Top 18 Contestants:-

Name	Hometown	Placement
Sugandhini	Nellore	Winner
Nada priya	Nellore	1st Runner up
Ganesh	Hyderabad	2nd runner up
Sai Harika	Kurnool	3rd runner up
Haripriya	West Godavari	Eliminated 14th
Hima bindu	Hyderabad	Eliminated 13th
Lakshmi Bhavaja	Hyderabad	Eliminated 12th
Sai Madhav	Mancherial	Eliminated 11th
Swetha	East Godavari	Eliminated 10th
Saikiran	Hyderabad	Eliminated 9th
Aishwarya	Hyderabad	Eliminated 8th
Laxmi Shravani	Hyderabad	Eliminated 7th
Sudeshna	Hyderabad	Eliminated 6th
Ashwini	Hyderabad	Eliminated 5th
Babitha	Hyderabad	Eliminated 4th
Varshini	Hyderabad	Eliminated 3rd
Ramani	Vijayanagaram	Eliminated 2nd
Bhuvana kruthi	Hyderabad	Eliminated 1st

Series 13 (2017) edit

Top 18 Contestants:-

Name	Hometown	Placement
Chodavarapu Jahnavi	Nagpur	Winner
Attaluri Pravasthi	Chennai	1st Runner up
Kovvuri Vaishnavi	Hyderabad	2nd runner up
Jonnalagadda Srikar	Hyderabad	3rd runner up
Naseeruddin	Tadepalligudem	Eliminated 14th
Sri Vaishnavi	Mangalagiri	Eliminated 13th
Sandeep	Hyderabad	Eliminated 12th
Drishya Sajan	Nellore	Eliminated 11th
Lasya	Nagpur	Eliminated 10th
Srishanth	Anantapuram	Eliminated 9th
Shiva Keerthana	Vijayawada	Eliminated 8th
Karthikeya	Hyderabad	Eliminated 7th
Yogitha	Kharagpur	Eliminated 6th
Vijay kumar	Visakhapatnam	Eliminated 5th
Rohith	Visakhapatnam	Eliminated 4th
Jyothirmayi	Hyderabad	Eliminated 3rd
Naimisha sri	Visakhapatnam	Eliminated 2nd
Sri Dhruthi	Hyderabad	Eliminated 1st

Series 14 (2018) edit

Top 18 Contestants:-

Name	Hometown	Placement
Sree purnima		Winner
Sivakumar		Runner up
Yashaswi		Second runner up
Sudhanjali	Annavaram	Eliminated 15th
Srivani		Eliminated 14th
Rahul Sai		Eliminated 13th
Vaidehi		Eliminated 12th
Saika Birwal		Eliminated 11th
Renukumar		Eliminated 10th
Srivatsava		Eliminated 9th
Pranav Sai		Eliminated 8th
Snigdha		Eliminated 7th
Yashwanth		Eliminated 6th
Aishwarya		Eliminated 5th
Suhitha		Eliminated 4th
Sri Manasa		Eliminated 3rd
Sri Sahithi		Eliminated 2nd
Prathyusha		Eliminated 1st

Series 15 (2018) edit

Top 18 Contestants:-

Name	Hometown	Placement
Kaushika	Hyderabad	Winner
Ayyan Pranathi	Visakhapatnam	1st Runner up
Dheeraj	Visakhapatnam	2nd Runner up
Harika	Hyderabad	Eliminated 15th
Samyuktha	Hyderabad	Eliminated 14th
Harsha Sri	Hyderabad	Eliminated 13th
Vardhan	Visakhapatnam	Eliminated 12th
Reshma	Vijayanagaram	Eliminated 11th
Munidilish Sai Kumar	Srikalahasti	Eliminated 10th
Shravani	Visakhapatnam	Eliminated 9th
Ananya	Hyderabad	Eliminated 8th
Sanjana	Visakhapatnam	Eliminated 7th
Sharvani	Peddapurram	Eliminated 6th
Bhoomika	Visakhapatnam	Eliminated 5th
Raghava Sharma	Warangal	Eliminated 4th
Karthikeya	Hyderabad	Eliminated 3rd
Pranay	Nellore	Eliminated 2nd
Jashwanth Naidu	Hyderabad	Eliminated 1st

Series 16 (2019) edit

Top 18 Contestants:-

Name	Hometown	Placement
Akshya Sai		Winner
Jahnavi		Runner up
Charan		Second runner up
Himaja		Eliminated 15th
Swaraja		Eliminated 14th
Akhileshwar		Eliminated 13th
Ravi Kumar		Eliminated 12th
Sai Prasad		Eliminated 11th
Harish		Eliminated 10th
Dhanasri		Eliminated 9th
Shanmukha		Eliminated 8th
Srivalli		Eliminated 7th
Srivani		Eliminated 6th
Pragnya		Eliminated 5th
Abhishek		Eliminated 4th
Rashmi		Eliminated 3rd
Supradeep Reddy		Eliminated 2nd
Uday Shankar		Eliminated 1st

Series 17 (2019) edit

From this season the program telecasting time was changed from 9:30 PM Sunday to 11:00AM Sunday.^{[citation needed]}

Top 13 Contestants:-

Name	Hometown	Placement
Laxmi Srivalli	Bheemavaram	Winner
Lekhya	Hyderabad	Runner-up
Nagaram Sruthi	Hyderabad	2nd Runner-up
Harshitha Kancharana	Palasa	3rd Runner-up
Sai shreya	Pune	Eliminated 9th
Indu madhuri	Nellore	Eliminated 8th
Geetha mahathi	Hyderabad	Eliminated 7th
Poluri Neha	Hyderabad	Eliminated 6th
Koushik	Vijayawada	Eliminated 5th
Nithin Mani	Hyderabad	Eliminated 4th
Rudraksh Tigulla	Hyderabad	Eliminated 3rd
Prudvi Manoj Kumar	Guntur	Eliminated 2nd
Srinidhi	Vijayawada	Eliminated 1st

Series 18 (2020) edit

Padutha Theeyaga
Season 18

Presented by	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
No. of contestants	20
Winner	Harshita PVSL
Runner-up	M.K. Mounika

No. of episodes	34
Release
Original network	ETV Network
Original release	1 March (2020-03-01) – 18 September 2020 (2020-09-18)

Top 18 Contestants:-

Name	Hometown	Placement
Harshita PVSL	Visakhapatnam	Winner
M.K Mounika	Machilipatnam	1st Runner up
Shanthi	Kurnool	2nd runner up
Vaishnavi	Hyderabad	3rd runner up
Lakshmi Himasri	Nalgonda	Eliminated 14th
Lahari Sampatthika Ainnapurapu	Hyderabad	Eliminated 13th
Sai Sandeep Pakki	Visakhapatnam	Eliminated 12th
Keerthi	Srikakulam	Eliminated 11th
Dr.Yashaswini	Hyderabad	Eliminated 10th
Reddappa Chary	Tirupati	Eliminated 9th
Sravya	Hyderabad	Eliminated 8th
Balakrishnan Nair	Jangaon	Eliminated 7th
Kirankumar	Vijayanagaram	Eliminated 6th
Subbalakshmi	Vijayanagaram	Eliminated 5th
Srinija	Hyderabad	Eliminated 4th
Veera Swami	Vijayanagaram	Eliminated 3rd
Uma Krishna	Hyderabad	Eliminated 2nd
Sai Divya	Tirupati	Eliminated 1st