Telugu Indian Idol

*Telugu Indian Idol*
Telugu Indian Idol
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Simon Fuller
Based on	Simon Fuller
Directed by	Advait Shelke
Presented by	Sreerama Chandra; (Season 1); Hemachandra; (Season 2);
Judges	Thaman S; (Season 1 & 2); Karthik; (Season 1 & 2); Nithya Menen; (Season 1); Geetha Madhuri; (Season 2);
Theme music composer	Julian Gingell; Barry Stone; Cathy Dennis
Country of origin	India
Original language	Telugu
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	31
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	Fremantle
Original release
Network	Aha
Release	25 February 2022 –; 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] Vagdevi was announced as the winner of the first season.^[3]

Season 1[edit]

Production[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Standing	Name	Hometown	Result
1st	Kumara 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[edit]

Contestants[edit]

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[edit]

^ Today, Telangana (19 February 2022). "Telugu 'Indian Idol' hosted by Sreerama Chandra to debut on Feb 25". Telangana Today. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ "Watch Telugu Indian Idol on Aha Video". Aha Video. 25 February 2022.
^ "Exclusive - Telugu Indian Idol winner 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.
^ "'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.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "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.

External links[edit]

Telugu Indian Idol at IMDb

[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 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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