Telugu Indian Idol
The host and Karthik, Thaman and Geetha
GenreReality television
Created bySimon Fuller
Based onSimon Fuller
Directed byAdvait Shelke
Presented by
Judges
Theme music composerJulian Gingell
Barry Stone
Cathy Dennis
Country of originIndia
Original languageTelugu
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes31
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Production companyFremantle
Original release
NetworkAha
Release25 February 2022 (2022-02-25) –
present

Telugu Indian Idol is an Indian Telugu-language music competition television series and is part of Indian Idol. It is Telugu version of the Pop Idol format. First season of the show was premiered on 25 February 2022 on Aha.[1][2] BVK Vagdevi was announced as the winner of the first season.[3]

Season 1

Production

The finale episode of the season was initially scheduled to be shot on 6 June 2022, but was postponed to 7 June 2022.[4]

Judges and presenters

Sreerama Chandra was signed as the presenter of the first season after becoming the runner-up of the reality show Bigg Boss 5.[5][6] While, the judges of the first season are Nithya Menen, Karthik and Thaman S.[7] After Karthik was announced as one of the judges, the show faced criticism. Several netizens argued that he is accused of MeToo and slammed the production for choosing him.[8]

Contestants

Standing Name Hometown Result
1st BVK Vagdevi Nellore Winner
2nd Srinivas Darimisetty Kadapa 1st Runner-up
3rd Vaishnavi Kovvuri Chennai 2nd Runner-up
K Pranathi Hyderabad Finalist
Boda Jayanth Maadhur Ramagundam Finalist
Lalasa Rachapudi Hyderabad Eliminated 7th
Sake Renu Kumar Tirupati Eliminated 6th
Aditi Bhavaraju Hyderabad Eliminated 5th
Maruthi Kodimoju Rajanna Sircilla Eliminated 4th
Chitta Lakshmi Sravani Kothagudem Eliminated 3rd
A. Manya Chandran Tirupati Eliminated 2nd
Jaskiran Singh Punjab Eliminated 1st

Season 2

Contestants

Name Hometown Result
Sruthi Nanduri New Jersey
Soujanya Bhagavatula Visakhapatnam Winner
Lasya Priya Siddipet 2nd Runner-up
Karthikeya Hyderabad
Jayaram Hyderabad 1st Runner-up
Pranathi Visakhapatnam Eliminated 8th
Chakrapani Palasa Eliminated 7th
Hitesh Sai Vizag Eliminated 6th
Saketh Hyderabad Eliminated 5th
Aditya Hyderabad Eliminated 4th
Sai Vaishnavi Vijayawada Eliminated 3rd
Manasa Hyderabad Eliminated 2nd
Yuti Harshavardhana Bengaluru Eliminated 1st
Episode No Guest Name
5 - 7 Nandamuri Balakrishna
8 - 9 Koti
10 - 11 Baba Sehgal
12 - 13 S. P. Charan
13 Nani
14 - 15 Chandrabose
16 - 17 B. V. Nandini Reddy, Santosh Sobhan, Malvika Nair
20 - 21 Smita
22 - 23 K.S Chithra
24 - 25 Devi Sri Prasad
28 - 29 Allu Arjun

References

  1. ↑ Today, Telangana (19 February 2022). "Telugu 'Indian Idol' hosted by Sreerama Chandra to debut on Feb 25". Telangana Today. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Watch Telugu Indian Idol on Aha Video". Aha Video. 25 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Exclusive - Telugu Indian Idol winner BVK Vagdevi: I gave the responsibility of the prize money (Rs. 10 lakh) to my parents, wanted Rs 1 lakh for myself but got only Rs 50,000". The Times of India. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "'Telugu Indian Idol' grand finale featuring Megastar Chiranjeevi to be shot today? - Times of India". The Times of India. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Sreerama Chandra-hosted Indian Idol Telugu to premiere on TV soon? - Times of India". The Times of India. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Hymavathi, Ravali (22 June 2022). "Modern Love Hyderabad: This Tale Of Six By-Stories Is All Set To Release On This Date". The Hans India. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Nithya Menen, S Thaman, Karthik, Sreerama Chandra papped on the sets of Indian Idol Telugu; PICS". Pinkvilla. 21 March 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Netizens fume as Indian Idol Telugu ropes in singer Karthik as judge - Times of India". The Times of India. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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