Telugu Indian Idol

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. Vagdevi was announced as the winner of the first season. Third season was premiered on 14 June 2024.

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

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. While, the judges of the first season are Nithya Menen, Karthik and Thaman S. 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.

Judges and presenters
Hemachandra was signed as the presenter of the season. Thaman S and Karthik returned as the guests for the third time, while Nithya Menen was replaced by Geetha Madhuri as the judge.

Season 3
According to reports, for season 3 there were 150,000 auditions were conducted to shortlist 12 contestants, Third season was premiered on 14 June 2024, with two episodes being released every week.

Judges and presenters
Sreerama Chandra returned as the presenter of the season for the second time, after the first season. Thaman S, Karthik and Geetha Madhuri returned as the judges of the season. Vijay Yesudas have replaced Karthik for 11th and 12th episodes.des.