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.
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.
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.
Contestants StandingNameHometownResult1stKumara Vagdevi Nellore2ndSrinivas DarimisettyKadapa3rdVaishnavi KovvuriChennai2nd Runner-upK Pranathi HyderabadBoda Jayanth Maadhur RamagundamLalasa Rachapudi HyderabadSake Renu Kumar TirupatiAditi Bhavaraju HyderabadMaruthi KodimojuRajanna SircillaA. Manya Chandran TirupatiChitta Lakshmi Sravani KothagudemJaskiran Singh Punjab
Season 2
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.
Contestants StandingNameHometownResult1stSoujanya Bhagavatula Visakhapatnam2ndJayaramHyderabad3rdLasya PriyaSiddipet2nd Runner-upSruthi NanduriNew JerseyKarthikeyaHyderabadPranathiVisakhapatnamChakrapaniPalasaHitesh Sai (wildcard)VizagSaketh HyderabadAdityaHyderabad Sai VaishnaviVijayawadaManasaHyderabadYuti HarshavardhanaBengaluru
Celebrity guests Episode NoGuest Name5 - 7Nandamuri Balakrishna8 - 9 Koti10 - 11Baba Sehgal12 - 13S. P. Charan13 Nani14 - 15 Chandrabose16 - 17 B. V. Nandini Reddy, Santosh Sobhan, Malvika Nair20 - 21Smita22 - 23K.S Chithra 24 - 25Devi Sri Prasad28 - 29Allu Arjun
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.
Contestants StandingNameHometownStatus 1stNazeeruddinTadepalligudem2ndAnirudh SuswaramKurnool3rdSri KeerthiVizag2nd Runner-upKeerthanaKakinadaSkanda VeluvaliHyderabadBharat RajNizamabad Keshav RamMelbourneSai VallabhaNandyalAbhigna (Wildcard Entry)VirginiaSri DhruthiHyderabadRajani Sree PoornimaaHyderabadHari PriyaHyderabadKushal SharmaJagtial
Celebrity guests Episode NoGuest Name56Vijay Deverakonda1112Vijay Yesudas12Ankith Koyya, Narne Nithin,Ram Miriyala1516Rashmika Mandanna1920 Nani2122Naveen Polishetty Thaman had promised to give talented singers from the season a chance, and he kept his word by letting Nazeer and Bharat Raj sing the track “Firestorm” from OG.
Season 4 Season 4 premiered on 29 August 2025, with the theme “Gully to Global – Manamera Idol”. The producers described the theme as a celebration of grassroots musical talent rising to international recognition. The season continued the show’s mission of discovering musical talent from across Telugu-speaking regions and abroad. Auditions were held on August 3rd in Kukatpally, Hyderabad. The event took place near the JNTU Metro station and was promoted by the official aha.
Judges and Presenters Singer and actor Sreerama Chandra returned as the main host for his third time, joined by Sameera Bharadwaj as the new co-host.
The judging panel remained consistent with the previous season, featuring S. S. Thaman, Geetha Madhuri, and Karthik.
Contestants Below is the list of contestants for Season 4 (Top 12)
StandingNameHometownBrindaHyderabadPavan KalyanHyderabadD. DheerajVizag2nd Runner-upSnigdha EleswarapuDallasSristi ChillaMichigan & WarangalKurma SahasraHyderabad DarshanBangalore, KarnatakaSai SashankHyderabadShwetha SomasundaramKeralaNihal BandaHyderabadManojnaLos AngelesHemant MadduriHyderabad
Episodes Episode No. TitleDate Description 1 Launch Episode – Part 129 August 2025 Grand launch, theme introduction, new co-host joins, auditions begin 2 Launch Episode – Part 230 August 2025 More audition glimpses, guest appearances by Sridevi & Nara Rohit 3 Gully to Global – Journey Begins Part 15 September 2025 Auditions, decision week to choose theatre round participants 4 Gully to Global – Journey Begins Part 26 September 2025 Final selection of Top 12 contestants 5 Grand Premiere with Genelia Part 112 September 2025 Genelia Deshmukh presents the Top 12 contestants 6 Grand Premiere with Genelia Part 213 September 2025 Continuation of the premiere celebrations 7 OG Idol Party Part 119 September 2025 Judges host “OG’s party”; guest of honor: Kanmani, Priyanka Mohan 8 OG Idol Party Part 220 September 2025 Party continues, elimination occurs 9 Panduga Special Part 126 September 2025 Festive special episode, featuring Telusu Kada team 10 Panduga Special Part 227 September 2025 Continuation of festive celebrations 11 Prema O Prema Part 13 October 2025 Romantic themed performances, love secrets from judges 12 Prema O Prema Part 24 October 2025 Double elimination, surprises, emotional performances
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