India's Best Dancer (Hindi TV series)

India's Best Dancer is an Indian Hindi-language television reality dance show of the India's Best Dancer franchise which airs on Sony Entertainment Television and also available through SonyLIV OTT platforms in India. The show was first developed by Frames Production in the India.

India's Best Dancer
India's Best Dancer
Also known asIBD
GenreDance Reality show
Presented by
Judges
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes126
Production
Producers
  • Sony Entertainment Television
  • Frames Production Company Pvt. Ltd.
Running timeApprox. 90 minutes
Production companyFrames Production Company Pvt ltd
Original release
NetworkSony Entertainment Television
Release29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) –
present

The shooting of Season 1 was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India and shooting started on 13 July 2020 and broadcasts have started from 18 July 2020. Tiger Pop was the winner of Season 1.[1] Online auditions for season 2 began on 5 May 2021 on SonyLIV.[2] The season 2 aired on 16 October 2021.

Series overview

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Season Host(s) Judges Episodes Original broadcast Contestants Prize money Winner Winning choreographer Runner-up Runner-up choreographer
Premiere Finale Network
1 Haarsh Limbachiyaa, Bharti Singh Geeta Kapoor Terence Lewis Malaika Arora 48 29 February 2020 22 November 2020 Sony Entertainment Television 13 15 lakh (US$18,000) Tiger Pop Vartika Jha Mukul Gain Pratik Utekar
2 Manish Paul 26 16 October 2021 9 January 2022 12 Saumya Kamble Vartika Jha Gaurav Sarwan Rupesh Soni
3 Jay Bhanushali Sonali Bendre 52 8 April 2023 30 September 2023 14 Samarpan Lama Bhavna Khanduja Anjali Mamgai Akash Thapa
4 Jay Bhanushali, Aniket Chauhan Karisma Kapoor TBA 13 July 2024 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

Judges and hosts

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Name's IBD (Season 1) IBD (Season 2) IBD (Season 3) IBD (Season 4)
Geeta Kapoor Judge Judge Judge Judge
Malaika Arora Judge Judge
Sonali Bendre Judge
Terence Lewis Judge Judge Judge Judge
Karishma Kapoor Judge
Bharti
Singh
Host
Haarsh Limbachiyaa Host
Jay Bhanushali Host Host
Manish
Paul
Host
Aniket
Chauhan
Contestant Host
Total No. 5 4 4 5

Note: Nora Fatehi replaced Malaika Arora as a judge for some episodes when Arora was unable to join the shoots during Season 1.

Seasons

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Season 1

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India's Best Dancer 1 first season was premiered on 29 February 2020 on Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Entertainment Television Asia. This season was judged by Geeta Kapoor, Terence Lewis and Malaika Arora and hosted by Haarsh Limbachiyaa and Bharti Singh. The Grand Finale was aired on 22 November 2020 and winner was Tiger Pop.[3]

Season 2

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India's Best Dancer 2 also known as India's Best Dancer: Best Ka Next Avatar is the second season and premiered on 16 October 2021 on Sony Entertainment Television. This season judged by Geeta Kapoor, Terence Lewis and Malaika Arora for the second time and hosted by Manish Paul. The Grand Finale was aired on 9 January 2022 and Saumya Kamble was declared as the winner.[4]

Season 3

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India's Best Dancer 3 also known as India's Best Dancer: Har Move Se Karenge Prove is the third season and premiered from 8 April 2023 on Sony Entertainment Television. This season will be judged by Geeta Kapoor, Terence Lewis and Sonali Bendre and hosted by Jay Bhanushali. The Grand Finale was aired on 30 September 2023 and Samarpan Lama was declared as the winner.

Season 4

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India's Best Dancer 4 also known as India's Best Dancer: Jab Dil Kare Dance Kar is the fourth season and premiered fon July 13 2024 on Sony Entertainment Television. This season will be judged by Geeta Kapoor, Terence Lewis and Karishma Kapoor and hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Aniket Chauhan.

Spinoff

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Maharashtra's Best Dancer

Choreographer details

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Choreographer's name Contestant's name
Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4
Anuradha Iyengar Paramdeep Singh Sanket Gaonkar Hansvi Tonk[4]
Aishwarya Radhakrishnan Swetha Warrier[1]
Aryan Patra Raktim Thakuria Anjali Mamgai[4]
Ashish Patil Rutuja Junnarkar
Bhawna Khanduja Swetha Warrier Muskan Singh[3] Samarpan Lama
Chandani Srivastava Milind Bhatt
Pratik Utekar Mukul Gain Harsh Keshri
Kumar Sharma Muskan Singh
Rupesh Soni Gourav Sarwan Aniket Chauhan[4] Divyajyoti Naik
Noel Alexander Adnan Ahmed Khan
Pankaj Thapa Subhranil Paul Dibbay Das Ram Bisht
Vipul Khandpal Arjun Sathe
Arundhati Garnaik Apeksha Londhe
Subranil Paul As Contestant Sushmita Tamang
Akshay Pal Akina
Swetha Warrier As Contestant Shivanshu Soni[4]
Rishabh Sharma Himanshi Gurheriya[2]
Sonali Kar Zamroodh Shivam Wankhede[4]
Paramdeep Singh As Contestant Samarpan Lama[4]
Sushant Khatri Adnan Ahmed Khan[2]
Amardeep Singh Natt Himanshi Gurheriya Akshay Pal
Himanshu Parihar Sadhwi Majumdar
Saumya Kamble As Contestant Boogie LLB Chitrakshi Batra
Vartika Jha Tiger Pop Saumya Kamble Akshay Pal Nepo
Sagar Bora Aman Shah
Sadhwi Majumdar As Contestant Apeksha Sukheja Ishani Nag
Sanam Johar Roza Rana
Akash Thapa Anjali Mamgai Rohan Choudhary
Paul Marshall Md.Akib Kanchi Shah
Raktim Thakuria As Contestant Vipul Khandpal[4] Steve Jyrwa
Tushar Shetty Sonal Vichare Akash Tambedkar Norbu Tamang
Tarun Raj Nihalani Debparna Goswami
Vaibhav Ghuge Raj Sharma Shivam Wankhede Aditya Crazyy
Hansvi Tonk
Rutuja Junnarkar As Contestant Hansvi Tonk
Vivek Chachere Shivanshu Soni
Kartik Raja Aniket Chauhan Amos Mathi
Gourav Sarwan As Contestant Aniket Chauhan
Vipul Khandpal As Contestant Nextion
Shivanshu Soni As Contestant Vaishnavi Shekhawat
Ashutosh Pawar Nikhil Patnayak
  Winner   Runner-up   Finalists

Notes

  • ^1 : Aishwarya Radhakrishnan appeared only for Grand Premiere as Choreographer of Swetha Warrier in Season 1 and was replaced by Bhavna Khanduja for rest of the season.
  • ^2 : Rishabh Sharma and Sushant Khatri were replaced by Amardeep Singh Natt and Noel Alexander respectively as choreographers of Himanshi Gurheriya and Adnan Ahmed Khan respectively in Season 1.
  • ^3 : Bhavna Khanduja was replaced by Kumar Sharma as choreographer of Muskan Singh in Season 2.
  • ^4 : Anuradha Iyengar, Aryan Patra, Vartika Jha, Raktim Thakuria, Rupesh Soni, Swetha Warrier, Paramdeep Singh, Sonali Kar were replaced by Rutuja Junnarkar, Akash Thapa, Subhranil Paul, Pankaj Thapa, Kartik Raja, Vivek Chachere, Bhawna Khanduja, Vaibhav Ghuge respectively in Season 3. After elimination of Sushmita Tamang, her choreographer Subhranil replaced Amardeep as choreographer of Akshay Pal.

References

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  1. ^ Ganatra, Jigar. "Tiger Pop becomes the winner of India's Best Dancer". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  2. ^ "India's Best Dancer Season 2: Launch". Times Of India. 11 October 2021.
  3. ^ "India's Best Dancer winner: Tiger Pop lifts the trophy of the first season; takes home cash prize of Rs 15 lakh". Times Of India. 22 November 2020.
  4. ^ Bhasin, Shriya (22 September 2021). "India's Best Dancer 2: Malaika Arora, Geeta Kapur, Terence Lewis return as judges. The grand finale was aired on 9 january 2022 and Saumya Kamble was declared as the winner". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
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