The show used to be hosted by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, a legendary Playback singer from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

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.

Again in 2007 the show restarted with new format and it continued till 20 September 2020; due to the unfortunate death of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, it was discontinued.

However, from 27 September 2020, the Grand finale episodes of all seasons of the show were aired on the title of "Alanati Apurupalu".

On 4 June 2021 an announcement was made, saying that the show will be hosted by S. P. Charan and will be judged by Chandrabose, Sunitha Upadrashta and Vijay Prakash.

Megastar Chiranjeevi made a special appearance in the finals and gave prizes to the contestants.

This season had Sharath Santosh, Surya Karthik, Praveen kumar and Charumathi Pallavi as the finalists.

[4] 2015 Paadutha Theeyaga Selections Process Vamsi, Priya, Sai Jagadhatri, Shivani and Swathi are all winners.

The final five were Akhila Mamandur (Winner, $10,000) from Houston, TX; Abhijith Vemulapati (Runner-up, $5,000) from Woodland, CA; Bhavna Ravichandran (Finalist, $2,500) from Greensboro, NC; Supraja Kadagandla (Finalist, $2,500) from Olympia, WA; and Priya Kanajam (Pre-Finalist, $1300) from Minneapolis, MN.