Padutha Theeyaga
Padutha Theeyaga is a reality-based Indian singing competition in Telugu that airs on ETV Telugu. The program seeks to discover the best singing talent in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana through a series of statewide auditions.
This is the first music based reality show in South India. The show is hosted by the one of the most popular Indian playback singers, Padma Bhushan Dr. S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, who hails from Andhra Pradesh, South India. He has sung songs in most of the Indian languages and is a recipient of National award. He was honored with Padmasri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan in 2011 by the Indian Government for his contributions to the Indian music industry.
Paadutha Teeyaga is a unique programme and first of its kind. The main objective of this programme is to bring out emerging singing talent into limelight.
Launched in the year 1996 "Padutha Theeyaga" has so far completed more than 1100 episodes. During its journey across various seasons, Padutha Theeyaga has introduced many new talents to Telugu Film Industry.
Most renowned and a towering personality in Indian Film Industry as an Ace-Singer, Music Director, versatile actor and producer Dr.S.P. Balasubrahmanyam is the Sutradahari of "Padutha Theeyaga". He is the mentor and host of the show.
The show usually airs on Sunday morning at 11:00 AM in India and is telecast worldwide through partner broadcasting networks.
It gave a platform for a lot of famous singers such as Mallikarjuna, Usha, Parthasaradhi, Sandip, Karunya, Hemachandra, Gopika Poornima, Kousalya, Venu, Geetha Madhuri etc
Several prominent personalities in the South Indian film industry have also appeared in this program. Some of them are Megastar Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh, Akknineni Nageswara Rao, M.M.Keeravani, M.M.Srileka, M.S.Viswanathan, T.M.Soundararajan, Veturi Sundararamurthy, Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Bhuvana Chandra, Chandrabose, R.P.Patnaik, Rajan - Nagendra, K.Viswanath, Bapu - Ramana, Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, J.D.Chakravarthy, Devisri Prasad, Usha, Mani Sarma, Shekar Kammula, Saluri Koteswara Rao, Saluri Vasu Rao, Saluri Rajeswara Rao, Vani Jayaram, Suseela, L. R. Eswari, C.Narayana Reddy, Gangai Amaran, Krishnudu, Kousalya, Kodandarami Reddy, K.M. Radhakrishnan, D.Ramanaidu, Vandemataram Srinivas, P.B.Srinivas, Krish, Ramoji Rao, Kodi Ramakrishna, S.V.Krishna Reddy etc
All Seasons Details
Padutha theeyaga 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 is continuing till nowOld series 1 (1996)
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)
Top 4 Contestants:-| Name | Placement |
| Malavika | Winner Girls Category |
| N. C. Karunya | Winner Boys Category |
| Pavan Sesha | Runner Boys Category |
| అంజనా సౌమ్య | Runner Girls Category |
Series 1
The program was restarted again in 2007 with new format itwas for adult contestants. They selected 3 or 2 singers from each district of combined andrapradesh 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 Sri.S.P.Balasubramanyam 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
was for the junior contestants with Lakshmi meghana, gnaesh revanth, anjani nikhila, Raghawendra as finalists.Lakshmi meghana is the winner..Series 3
was also completed and this 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.Series 4
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
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
had kids of age 6-15.The winner was Parameshwara Rao.Series 7
was held at USA. The winner was Arjun Addepalli.Series 8
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
was also in USA, and was for ages 9–13. All participants were females. The final 8 were Meghana Pothukuchi, Neha Dharmapuram, Vishnupriya Kothamasu, Sumedha Vadlapudi, Sneha Mokkala, Lasya Ravulapati, Nikhitha Pathapati, and Ananya Penugonda.2015 Paadutha Theeyaga Selections Process
- February 15, 2015: Last Date for submitting Audition Songs
- 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
- 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 11
Series 12
From series the program telecasting time was changed from 9:30PM Monday to 9:30 PM SundayTop 18 Contestants:-
| Name | Hometown | Placement |
| Sugandhini | Nellore | Winner |
| Nada priya | Nellore | Runner up |
| Ganesh | Hyderabad | Second runner up |
| Sai Harika | Kurnool | 3rd runner up |
| Haripriya | 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
Top 18 Contestants:-| Name | Hometown | Placement |
| Chodavarapu Jahnavi | Nagpur | Winner |
| Attaluri Pravasthi | Chennai | Runner up |
| Kovvuri Vaishnavi | Hyderabad | Second runner up |
| Jonnalagadda Srikar | Hyderabad | 3rd runner up |
| Sri Vaishnavi | Mangalagiri | Eliminated 14th |
| Naseeruddin | Thadepalligudem | 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
Top 18 Contestants:-| Name | Hometown | Placement |
| Sree purnima | Winner | |
| Sivakumar | Runner up | |
| Yashaswi | Second runner up | |
| Sudhanjali | 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
Top 18 Contestants:-| Name | Hometown | Placement |
| Pranathi | Winner | |
| Kaushika | Winner | |
| Dheeraj | Winner | |
| Harika | Eliminated 15th | |
| Samyuktha | Eliminated 14th | |
| Harsha Sri | Eliminated 13th | |
| Vardhan | Eliminated 12th | |
| Reshma | Eliminated 11th | |
| Munidilish | Eliminated 10th | |
| Sharvani | Eliminated 9th | |
| Ananya | Eliminated 8th | |
| Sanjana | Eliminated 7th | |
| Shravani | Eliminated 6th | |
| Bhoomika | Eliminated 5th | |
| Raghava | Eliminated 4th | |
| Karthikeya | Eliminated 3rd | |
| Pranay | Eliminated 2nd | |
| Jashwanth Naidu | Eliminated 1st |
Series 16
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
From this season the program telecasting time was changed from 9:30 PM Sunday to 11:00AM SundayTop 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
Top 18 Contestants:-| Name | Hometown | Placement |
| Harshitha PVSL | Visakhapatnam | TBA |
| Lahari Sampatthika Ainnapurapu | Hyderabad | TBA |
| Sai Sandeep Pakki | Visakhapatnam | TBA |
| Lakshmi Himasri | Nalgonda | TBA |
| Shanthi | Kurnool | TBA |
| Reddappa Chary | Tirupati | TBA |
| Vaishnavi | Hyderabad | TBA |
| Keerthi | Srikakulam | TBA |
| Dr.Yashaswini | Hyderabad | TBA |
| M.K Mounika | Machilipatnam | TBA |
| Sravya | Hyderabad | eliminated 8th |
| Balakrishnan Nair | Jangaon | Eliminated 7th |
| Kirankumar | Vijayanagaram | Eliminated 6th |
| Subbalakshmi | Vijayanagaram | Eliminated 5th |
| Sreenija | Hyderabad | Eliminated 4th |
| Veera Swami | Vijayanagaram | Eliminated 3rd |
| Uma Krishna | Hyderabad | Eliminated 2nd |
| Sai Divya | Tirupati | Eliminated 1st |