Padutha Theeyaga

Padutha theeyaga
Directed by	N.B.Sasthri
Presented by	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Judges	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and several other judges
Country of origin	India
No. of seasons	6
Production
Executive producer(s)	Surabhi Shekar
Production location(s)	Andhra Pradesh
Running time	1 hour
Release
Original network	Etv Telugu
Original release	Present
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

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 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, PadmaBhushan 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 PadmaBhushan in 2011 by the Indian Government for his contributions to the Indian music industry.

The show usually airs on Monday night at 9:30 PM in India and is telecast worldwide through partner broadcasting networks.

The program first started in the90s, and it gave a platform for a lot of now 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...

Series 1 was for adult contestants. 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. Anjani Nikhila, Ganesh Revanth, Lakshmi Meghana and Raghavendra were the final contestants. Lakshmi Meghana was the winner and Anjani Nikhila was the runner-up with very small difference in marks. Finals was judged by Sri .S.P.Balasubramanyam and guest judge was Smt.Vani Jayaram. Finals of this program was conducted in Guntur. Winner Lakshmi Meghana won cash prize of Rs.3,00,000 and runner Anjani Nikhila won Rs.1,00,000.Prize money sponsored by Etv. Ganesh Revanth who was in third place won Rs.50,000 and S.P. Balu gave him Rs.25,000 for his excellent talent. Raghavendra, who was in fourth place, won Rs.50,000. Grand Finals was completed on April 25, 2011.

The 3rd Series 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 has kids 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 (the winner), Neha Dharmapuram, Vishnupriya Kothamasu (finalist), Sumedha Vidavalapati, Sneha Mokkala (finalist), Lasya Ravulapati, Nikhitha Pathapati (finalist), and Ananya Penugonda.

Series 11 was in the USA, and was for ages 13-16. Participants consisted of 15 females and 2 males. The final four were Akhila Mamandur (the winner, cash prize $10,000); Abhijith Vemulapati (runner up, cash prize $5,000); Bhavana Ravichandran (finalist, cash prize $2,500) and Supraja Kadagandla (finalist, cash prize $2,500).

Selections

• 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.

                             Training for remaining songs provided before each recording.