Padutha Theeyaga
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Release | 12 January 1996 – present |
| Related | |
| Padutha Theeyaga Youth Series | |
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. 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.
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.