MTV Hustle is an Indian rap/hip-hop reality show.[1] Aspiring rappers battle it out to become India’s biggest hip-hop star. The show airs on MTV India.
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Genre | Music |
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Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 60 |
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Production company | Colosseum Media |
Original release | |
Network | MTV India |
Release | 10 August 2019 present | –
Season 1 premiered on 10 August 2019. Judged by Raftaar, Nucleya and Raja Kumari and hosted by Gaelyn Mendonca.
Season 2 premiered on 3 September 2022. Hosted by Krissann Barretto, the show is judged by Badshah along with four squad bosses- which were EPR, Dino James, Dee MC, King Rocco.
Season 3 premiered on 21 October 2023. Hosted by Wicked Sunny and Super Mannik, the show is judged by Badshah for the second time along with four squad bosses - EPR, Dino James, Dee MC and Ikka.
On 10 December 2023, during episode 16 of season 3, Samantha Ruth Prabhu announced the Tamil edition of MTV Hustle Namma Pettai.
Format
editIn Season 1, 40 auditionees were selected from the Voot online registrations, out of which only 15 rappers were selected to compete against each other. The rappers were judged on the basis on their writing, rapping flow and overall performance.
In Season 2, 16 contestants were chosen by online auditions on Voot. Badshah decided which contestants to be assigned to and now the four Squad Bosses will groom and judge the contestants based on their talent, performance, meter, technique, musicality and storytelling.
Series
editSeason | Premiere Date | Finale Date | Winner | Runner-up | OG Hustler Award | Winner Squad | Host(s) | Judge(s) | Squad Bosses | ||||||
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1 | 10 August 2019 | 13 October 2019 | M-Zee Bella | EPR | none | none | Gaelyn Mendonca | Nucleya | Raftaar | Raja Kumari | none | ||||
2 | 3 September 2022 | 6 November 2022 | MC Square | Paradox (jadougar) | Gravity | EPR | Krissann Barretto | Badshah | Dino James | Dee Mc | EPR | King | |||
3 | 21 October 2023 | 24 December 2023 | Uday | Bassick | 100 RBH | Dee Mc | Super Manikk | Wicked Sunny | Ikka Singh | ||||||
4 | 2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Season 1
editMTV Hustle 1 premiered on 10 August 2019. M-Zee Bella was declared winner.[2]
• Judges
Raftaar
Nucleya
Raja Kumari
• Host
Gaelyn Mendonca.
Contestants
editContestant | Stage Name | Finish | Place | |||||
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Deepak Singh | M-Zee Bella | Episode 20 | Winner | |||||
Santhanam Srinivasan Iyer | EPR | Runner-up | ||||||
Rohit Kumar | RCR | 3 | ||||||
Arpan Kumar Chandel | King Rocco | 4 | ||||||
Rahul Kumar Das (Karn) | Shloka | 5 | Agrita Dhawan | Agsy | Episode 18 | 6/7 | ||
Gaurav Mankoti | Void | |||||||
Riya Panchal | Raeza | Episode 18 | 8 | |||||
Lakshya Bhardwaj | Firaag | Episode 17 | 9 | |||||
Himanshu Joshi | Himan | Episode 16 | 10 | |||||
Sagar Shetty | Shetty Saa | Episode 14 | 11 | |||||
Akshay Kumar | Zack | Episode 12 | 12 | |||||
Hemant Dhyani | MC Heam | Episode 10 | 13 | |||||
Nikita R Sharma [3] | Star Nick | Episode 8 | 14 | |||||
Neeru Pal | NeeRu Pal | Episode 6 | 15 |
- Male
- Female
Summary
editContestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | |
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M-Zee-Bella | Selected | SAFE | BEST | SAFE | SAFE | BEST | BEST | HIGH | Finalist | Winner | |
EPR | Top 15 | BEST | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | Finalist | Runner-up | |
RCR | Selected | HIGH | HIGH | BEST | HIGH | HIGH | BEST | BEST | Qualified | TOP 5 | |
King | Top 15 | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | BEST | Qualified | TOP 5 | |
Shloka | Selected | HIGH | HIGH | BEST | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | BEST | Qualified | TOP 5 |
Agsy | Top 15 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BEST | SAFE | HIGH | BTM2 | ELIM | Guest | |
Void | Top 15 | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW | ELIM | Guest | |
Raeza | Selected | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |
Firaag | Selected | SAFE | LOW | LOW | HIGH | LOW | SAFE | LOW | ELIM | Guest | |
Himan | Selected | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||
Shetty Saa | Selected | SAFE | HIGH | LOW | SAFE | LOW | ELIM | ||||
Zack | Selected | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | BTM2 | ELIM | Guest | ||||
MC Heam | Selected | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||
Star Nick | Selected | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | Guest | ||||||
NeeRu Pal | Selected | SAFE | ELIM |
Notes
editWeek 2 | Best Performer | Safe | ||||
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Week 3; 5-8 | Received 4 Green Buzzers | Safe | Received 4 Red Buzzers | Bottom 2 | Eliminated | |
Week 4 | Received 3 Safe Buzzers | Received 0 Safe Buzzers | ||||
Week 9 | Qualified | Finalist | ||||
Week 10 | Winner | Runner-up | Finalist & Eliminated during the Final | Guest |
Weekly Summary
editKey | Green Buzzer | Red Buzzer | Best Performer | Safe
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Bottom 2
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Eliminated
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Week 3 (Episode 5–6)
editWeek 4 (Episode 7–8)
editFace-off No. |
Order | Rapper | To Face-off Against: |
Remix of Song | Judges | Judges Decision |
Public Voting | Studio Audiences' Decision | ||
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Nucleya | Raftaar | Raja | ||||||||
1 | 1 | M-Zee-Bella | Shetty Saa | Naah | [a] | Safe | - | - | ||
2 | Shetty Saa | Not eligible | Proper Patola | Unsafe | Safe | - | ||||
2 | 1 | King | RCR | She Move It Like | Unsafe | Safe | - | |||
2 | RCR | Not eligible | Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Safe | - | - | ||||
3 | 1 | Himan | Not eligible | Kamariya | Unsafe | Bottom 2 | (107 dB) Advanced | |||
2 | Shloka | Himan | Jiya Tu | - | - | |||||
4 | 1 | Agsy | MC Heam | Lahore | Safe | - | - | |||
2 | MC Heam | Not eligible | Shehar Ki Ladki | Unsafe | Safe | - | ||||
5 | 1 | EPR | Not eligible | Suit Suit | Safe | - | - | |||
2 | Void | EPR | Bekhayali |
safe |
Safe | - | ||||
6 | 1 | Firaag | Not eligible | O Saki Saki | [b] | Unsafe | Safe | - | ||
2 | Zack | Firaag | Tareefan | Unsafe | Safe | - | ||||
7 | 1 | Star Nick | Not eligible | Paagal | Unsafe | Bottom 2 | (104 dB) Eliminated | |||
2 | Raeza | Not eligible | Chogada | Safe | - | - |
Week 5 (Episode 9–10)
editWeek 6 (Episode 11–12)
editOrder | Rapper | Judges | Guest Judge | Judges Decision |
Public Voting | Studio Audiences' Decision | ||
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Nucleya | Raftaar | Raja | Brodha V | |||||
1 | RCR | Safe | - | - | ||||
2 | Shloka | Unsafe | Safe | - | ||||
3 | M-Zee-Bella | - | - | |||||
4 | Raeza | Safe | - | - | ||||
5 | Agsy | Unsafe | Safe | - | ||||
6 | Shetty Saa | Unsafe | Safe | - | ||||
7 | Firaag | Unsafe | Safe | - | ||||
8 | King | Safe | - | - | ||||
9 | Himan | Bottom 2 [a] | N/A | (113 dB) Advanced | ||||
10 | EPR | Safe | - | - | ||||
11 | Void | Unsafe | Safe | - | ||||
12 | Zack | Unsafe | Bottom 2 | (105 dB) Eliminated |
- ^ Himan was chosen by the Judges to be in the Bottom 2 with Zack, the least voted contestant by the Public.
Week 7 (Episode 13–14)
editOrder | Rapper | Judges | Guest Judge | Judges Decision |
Public Voting | Studio Audiences' Decision | ||
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Nucleya | Raftaar | Raja | Shekhar | |||||
1 | King | Safe | - | - | ||||
2 | M-Zee-Bella | - | - | |||||
3 | RCR | Safe | - | - | ||||
4 | Shetty Saa | Bottom 2 [a] | N/A | (112 dB) Eliminated | ||||
5 | Agsy | Safe | - | - | ||||
6 | Firaag | Unsafe | Safe | - | ||||
7 | Void | Safe | - | - | ||||
8 | Shloka | Safe | - | - | ||||
9 | Himan | Unsafe | Safe | - | ||||
10 | EPR | Safe | - | - | ||||
11 | Raeza | Unsafe | Bottom 2 | (113 dB) Advanced |
- ^ Shetty Saa was chosen by the Judges to be in the Bottom 2 with Raeza, the least voted contestant by the Public.
Week 8 (Episode 15–16)
editOrder | Rapper | Judges | Guest Judge | Judges Decision |
Public Voting | Studio Audiences' Decision |
Judges Choice to go directly to the Finale | ||
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Nucleya | Raftaar | Raja | Bobby | ||||||
1 | King | - | - | Didn't make it | |||||
2 | Void | Unsafe | Safe | - | - | ||||
3 | M-Zee-Bella | Safe | - | - | 1st Finalist | ||||
4 | Himan | Bottom 2 [a] | N/A | (103 dB) Eliminated | - | ||||
5 | Raeza | Unsafe | Safe | - | - | ||||
6 | EPR | Safe | - | - | 2nd Finalist | ||||
7 | Shloka | Safe | - | - | Didn't make it | ||||
8 | Agsy | Unsafe | Bottom 2 | (110 db) Advanced | - | ||||
9 | RCR | Safe | - | - | Didn't make it | ||||
10 | Firaag | Unsafe | Safe | - | - |
- ^ Right after Himan's performance, Judges decided Himan to directly be in the Bottom 2.
Week 9 (Episode 17–18)
editSpecial Performance by the first two finalists EPR & M-Zee-Bella along with Raftaar & Brodha V in Episode 18.
Week 10 (Episode 19–20)
editOrder | Rapper | Judges Decision |
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1 | RCR | Eliminated |
2 | M-Zee-Bella | Top 2 |
3 | King | Eliminated |
4 | Shloka | Eliminated |
5 | EPR | Top 2 |
After Top 5 Finalists performed, Judges had to decide two of them to the Final Battle Round for the Title.
Order | Rapper | Result |
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1 | EPR | Runner-up |
2 | M-Zee-Bella | Winner |
Guests
editWeek | Episode(s) | Guest Judge | Episode | Guest Appearance |
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1 (Auditions) | 1-2 | Naezy | none | |
3 | 5-6 | Salim Merchant | 6 | Raga |
4 | 7-8 | Tanishk Bagchi | 8 | Zara Khan |
5 | 9-10 | Naezy | 10 | KKG (Kaala Kurta Gang) |
6 | 11-12 | Brodha V | none | |
7 | 13-14 | Shekhar Ravjiani | 13 | Rasmeet Kaur |
14 | Shivang Dubey | |||
8 | 15-16 | Bobby Friction | 15 | L-Fresh the Lion & MC Mirrah |
16 | Sourabh Acharya & Mad-Z | |||
9 | 17-18 | Brodha V | 17 | FOTTY SEVEN & Kaam Bhaari |
18 | Slow Cheetah & Spitfire | |||
10 (Final) | none | 19 | Shekhar Ravjiani | |
Naezy | ||||
L-Fresh the Lion & MC Mirrah | ||||
MC Altaf, Big Deal, Fejo, Big Smyle, Raiychu & Island Warrior | ||||
20 | Kalamkaar - Deep Kalsi, Harjas, Krsna & Karma | |||
KKG - Sikander Kahlon, Rob C & Sady Immortal | ||||
Sukrut & Brodha V |
Season 2
editJudges and host
editBadshah along with four squad bosses EPR, King, Dino James and Dee MC judged and Krissann Barretto hosted the show.[4] MC Square was declared winner.[5]
Contestants
editContestant | Stage Name | Finish | Place | |
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Abhishek Bainsla | MC Square | Episode 20 | Winner | |
Tanishq Singh | Paradox | Runner-up | ||
Nihar Hodawadekar | Nazz | 3 | ||
Akshay Poojary | Gravity | 4 | ||
Shubham Pal | Spectra | 5 | ||
Srushti Tawade | Srushti Tawade | Episode 18 | 6-10 | |
Vikalp Dwivedi | Wicked Sunny | |||
Mukul Monga | Super Manikk | |||
Mahendra Singh Khatri | UK Rapi Boy | |||
Aarya Jadhao | QK | |||
Anubhav Shukla | Panther | Episode 16 | 11-12 | |
Tamojit Chatterjee | MC Headshot | |||
Gagandeep Singh | GD47 | Episode 14 | 13 | |
Laksh Parihar | LXSH | Episode 10 | 14-15 | |
Aditya Nirgude | RHYME | |||
Gaurav Khullar | Khullar G | Episode 8 | 16 | |
Ugen Namgyal Bhutia | UNB | Episode 4 | 17-20 | |
Saquib Ansari | Apka Bobby | |||
Firoza Khan | Khanzaadi | |||
Shlok Bharadwaj | Shlovij |
- Male
- Female
Squads
editEpisode 1-4
editDee MC Dynamites | Dino Warriors | EPR Rebels | King Slayers |
Spectra | MC Headshot | Paradox | |
QK | Wicked Sunny | Nazz | UK Rapi Boy |
GD 47 | Gravity | MC Square | |
Srushti | |||
Khullar G | |||
Super Manikk | Lxsh | Panther | Rhyme |
Episode 5-20
editDee MC Dynamites | Dino Warriors | EPR Rebels | King Slayers |
Spectra | Srushti | MC Square | Paradox |
QK | Gravity | Nazz | UK Rapi Boy |
Super Manikk | Wicked Sunny | Panther | RHYME |
GD 47 | LXSH | MC Headshot | Khullar G |
Squad of the Week
editWeek | Squad of the Week |
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Week 3 | Dee MC Dynamites |
Week 4 | EPR Rebels |
Week 5 | |
Week 6 | Dino Warriors |
Week 7 | |
Week 8 | King Slayers |
Summary
editSquad | Contestant | Week 1-2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Total | Final ranking |
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EPR Rebels | MC Square | SAFE | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 40 | SAFE | Winner | 187 | 1 |
King Slayers | Paradox | SAFE | 26 | 24 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 40 | SAFE | Runner-up | 169 | 2 |
EPR Rebels | Nazz | SAFE | 22 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 40 | SAFE | 3rd Place | 170 | 3 |
Dino Warriors | Gravity | SAFE | 29 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 34 | SAFE | TOP 5 | 179 | 4 |
Dee MC Dynamites | Spectra | SAFE | 30 | 20 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 35 | SAFE | TOP 5 | 160 | 5 |
Dino Warriors | Srushti | SAFE | 29 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 40 | ELIM | Guest | 188 | 6 |
Dino Warriors | Wicked Sunny | SAFE | 24 | 23 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 38 | ELIM | Guest | 165 | 7 |
King Slayers | UK Rapi Boy | SAFE | 24 | 19 | 24 | 29 | 21 | 39 | ELIM | Guest | 158 | 10 |
Dee MC Dynamites | Super Manikk | SAFE | 28 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 38 | ELIM | Guest | 151 | 11 |
Dee MC Dynamites | QK | SAFE | 22 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 39 | ELIM | Guest | 149 | 12 |
EPR Rebels | MC Headshot | SAFE | 28 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 34 | Guest | 164 | 8 | |
EPR Rebels | Panther | BTM6 | 17 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 35 | Guest | 162 | 9 | |
Dee MC Dynamites | GD 47 | SAFE | 28 | 30 | 22 | 30 | 20+2=22 | Guest | 137 | 13 | ||
Dino Warriors | Lxsh | SAFE | 23 | 24 | 18 | Guest | 65 | 14 | ||||
King Slayers | Rhyme | BTM6 | 17 | 18 | 23 | Guest | 58 | 15 | ||||
King Slayers | Khullar G | SAFE | 18 | 18 | Guest | 36 | 16 | |||||
King Slayers | UNB | ELIM | 0 | 17-20 | ||||||||
EPR Rebels | Shlovij | ELIM | 0 | |||||||||
EPR Rebels | Khanzaadi | ELIM | 0 | |||||||||
Dino Warriors | Apka Bobby | ELIM | 0 |
Notes
edit- "Bold Numbers" represent "Radio Hits" received from Badshah
- Best Performer of the week
- Received positive critics and was declared safe
- Safe
- Received negative critics and was in Danger Zone but was declared safe
- Bottom
- Eliminated
- Finalist
- Runner-up
- Winner
- Guest
Weekly Summary
editWeek 1-2 (Episode 1–4)
editFor week 1 & 2, after each contestant performed Badshah decides which squad to be assigned to. But, the Squad Bosses can sound the horn and ask the contestant to join their squad.
Key | Squad Boss horn to join their squad | Badshah choice to assign squad | Radio Ready Performer | Bottom 6 |
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Battleground 2.0
editThe bottom 6 contestant compete one vs one in the Battleground. Only 2 moved-on to the next round.
After 3 battles, the two squads EPR Rebels & King Slayers had to choose one contestant to join their squad. UNB was not chosen and was eliminated.
Key | Chosen to join their Squad | Not chosen by Squad Boss | Survived | Eliminated
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Snatch Battle
editIn this battle the squad bosses compete against each other for a contestant.
Battle No. | Squad Boss | Rapper to snatch | Votes | Winner | Result |
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1 | Dino James | GD 47 (Dee MC Dynamites) |
1 | Dee MC | Super Manikk moved to Dee MC Dynamites. And Lxsh moved to Dino Warriors. |
vs. | |||||
Dee MC | Super Manikk (Dino Warriors) |
2 |
Week 3 (Episode 5–6)
editFrom this week, the squad bosses scored after each performance.
Also the public voting were open, with the votes effecting the next week's elimination.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Bashah | Best Performer | Safe |
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Week 4 (Episode 7–8)
editLast week's squad of the week, Dee MC had to choose one of the two random cards (Immunity Card: to save one Rapper from elimination & Danger Card: to put one Rapper up for elimination from other squad). She got the Danger Zone and chose Lxsh.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Bashah | Best Performer | Immunity Card | Danger Card | Immune | Safe | Danger Zone | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
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Week 5 (Episode 9–10)
editLast week's squad of the week, EPR had to choose one of the two random envelops (Power to eliminate & Power to save). He got Power to save and chose GD 47.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Bashah | Best Performer | Power to save | Power to eliminate | Immune | Safe | Danger Zone | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
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Week 6 (Episode 11–12)
editTheme: Lyrical
Last week's squad of the week, EPR had a special power "Judge 2.0", to judge the elimination battles. But he decided not to eliminate anyone.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Bashah | Best Performer | Power to save | Power to eliminate | Immune | Safe | Danger Zone | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
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Week 7 (Episode 13–14)
editTheme: Shout-out
Last week's squad of the week, Dino James had a special power "Score + 2.0", where he could add 2 points to any rapper. He choose GD 47 to add 2 points.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Bashah | Best Performer | Immune | Safe | Danger Zone | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
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Week 8 (Episode 15-16)
editKey | "Radio Hit" from Bashah | Best Performer | Power to save | Power to eliminate | Immune | Safe | Danger Zone | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
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Theme #1: Collaboration - Squad Bosses' paired-up the rappers.
Theme #2: Badshah's Industry Ready Challenges:
- Dee MC Dynamites: Ad Jingle to Hip Hop (Classic range)
- Dino Warriors: Use Key Words in Rap (Muscle, Freak, Fitness, Weightlifting)
- EPR Rebels: Brand Anthem Rendition (Yamaha - the call of the blue)
- King Slayers: Bollywood to Hip Hop (Tujhko jo paya)
Last week's squad of the week, Dino James had a special power "Danger Zone 2.0", where he could another Collab pair in Danger Zone. He choose Spectra and Panther.
Week 9 Semi Final (Episode 17-18)
editKey | "Radio Hit" from Badshah | Best Performer | Top 5 | Eliminated |
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Theme: Battleground 2.0
Top 10 contestants competed in one-on-one Battles to earn the Ticket to Finale. Only 5 contestants advanced to the Finale.
Top 5 Finalists performed for the public and the public voting were open for final time, with the votes deciding the winner next week.
Order | Squad | Rapper | Judge |
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Badshah | |||
1 | EPR Rebels | MC Square | |
2 | Dino Warriors | Gravity | |
3 | EPR Rebels | Nazz | |
4 | Dee MC Dynamites | Spectra | |
5 | King Slayers | Paradox |
Week 10 Final (Episode 19-20)
editOrder | Squad | Rapper | Result |
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1 | King Slayers | Paradox | Top 3 |
2 | EPR Rebels | Nazz | Top 3 |
3 | Dee MC Dynamites | Spectra | Eliminated |
4 | Dino Warriors | Gravity | Eliminated |
5 | EPR Rebels | MC Square | Top 3 |
After Top 5 Finalists performed, based on Public Votes three moved-on to TOP 3.
Squad | Rapper | Final Result |
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EPR Rebels | MC Square | Winner |
King Slayers | Paradox | Runner-up |
EPR Rebels | Nazz | 3rd Place |
Guests
editWeek | Episode(s) | Guest Judge | Episode | Guest Appearance |
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3 | 5-6 | Ikka | none | |
4 | 7-8 | Brodha V | ||
5 | none | 10 | J Trix | |
7 | 13-14 | Encore Abj & Calm (Seedhe Maut) | none | |
8 | 15-16 | Fotty Seven & Bali | 16 | Bombay Local |
10 | 19-20 | Ikka | none |
Season 3
editJudges and host
editBadshah and squad bosses EPR, Dino James and Dee MC returned to judge. Ikka Singh joined season 3 as new squad boss.[6] Super Manikk and Wicked Sunny were the hosts for this season. Uday was declared the Winner.
Contestants
editContestant | Stage Name | Finish | Place | |
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Uday pandhi | Uday | Episode 20 | Winner | |
Shlok Verma | Bassick | Runner-up | ||
Saurabh Abhyankar | 100 RBH | 3rd Place | ||
Mrunal Shankar Dhole | Mrunal Shankar | 4-6 | ||
Vijay Kumar | Vijay Dada | |||
Kayden Sharma | Kayden Sharma | |||
Jasdeep Singh | Burrah | Episode 18 | 7-10 | |
Gauresh Kale | Gaush | |||
Mayank Rawat | Rap ID | |||
Shayaan Bhat | Shen B | |||
Bobby Randhawa | Bob B. Randhawa | Episode 16 | 11 | |
Shaheer Faisal | Poet Shaf | Episode 14 | 12-13 | |
N/A | Vish | |||
N/A | Prince The Artist Singh | Episode 12 | 14 | |
Swagat Yein | Shady Mellow | Episode 10 | 15 | |
Sahil Badal | Badal | Episode 8 | 16 | |
Jaya Rohillaa | Jaya | Episode 4 | 17-20 | |
N/A | Lekhak | |||
N/A | Meetoride | |||
Mandeep Singh | MNDP |
- Male
- Female
Squads
editDee MC Dynamites | Dino Warriors | EPR Rebels | Ikka Gangstars |
Uday | Vijay Dada | Mrunal Shankar | Badal |
100 RBH | Poet Shaf | Gaush | Kayden Sharma |
Shen B | Bassick | Shady Mellow | Bob B Randhawa |
Prince | Burrah | Vish | Rap ID |
Squad and Performer of the week
editWeek | Squad of the Week | Performer(s) of the Week | |
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Week 3 | EPR Rebels | Mrunal Shankar | |
Week 4 | Dee MC Dynamites | Uday | |
Week 5 | Shen B | ||
Week 6 | Dino Warriors | Burrah | |
Week 7 | Ikka Gangstars | Vijay Dada | |
Week 8 | Dee MC Dynamites | Kayden Sharma | Vijay Dada |
Week 9 | Dee MC Dynamites | 100 RBH |
- Winner & Winning squad
Summary
editSquad | Contestant | Week 1-2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Total | Final ranking |
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Dee MC Dynamites | Uday | SAFE | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 12 | SAFE | Winner | 53 | 1 |
Dino Warriors | Bassick | SAFE | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 12 | SAFE | Runner-up | 43 | 2 |
Dee MC Dynamites | 100 RBH | SAFE | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | SAFE | 3rd Place | 46 | 3 |
EPR Rebels | Mrunal Shankar | SAFE | 9 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 | Finalist | TOP 6 | 35 | 5 | |
Dino Warriors | Vijay Dada | SAFE | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | Finalist | TOP 6 | 55 | 4 |
Ikka Gangstars | Kayden Sharma | SAFE | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 12 | SAFE | TOP 6 | 46 | 6 |
EPR Rebels | Gaush | SAFE | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | ELIM | Guest | 52 | 7 |
Dee MC Dynamites | Shen B | BTM6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 12 | ELIM | Guest | 52 | 8 |
Dino Warriors | Burrah | SAFE | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | ELIM | Guest | 51 | 9 |
Ikka Gangstars | Rap ID | SAFE | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | ELIM | Guest | 48 | 10 |
Ikka Gangstars | Bob B | SAFE | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | Guest | 45 | 11 | |
Dino Warriors | Poet Shaf | SAFE | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | Guest | 31 | 12-13 | ||
EPR Rebels | Vish | SAFE | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | Guest | 31 | |||
Dee MC Dynamites | Prince | BTM6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | Guest | 26 | 14 | |||
EPR Rebels | Shady Mellow | SAFE | 9 | 6 | 3 | Guest | 18 | 15 | ||||
Ikka Gangstars | Badal | SAFE | 9 | 6 | Guest | 15 | 16 | |||||
- | Jaya | ELIM | 0 | 17-20 | ||||||||
Lekhak | ELIM | 0 | ||||||||||
Meetoride | ELIM | 0 | ||||||||||
MNDP | ELIM | 0 |
Notes
edit- "Bold Numbers" represent "Radio Hits" received from Badshah
- Best Performer of the week
- Received positive critics and was declared safe
- Safe
- Received negative critics and was in Danger Zone but was declared safe
- Bottom
- winner
- Finalist
- Runner-up
- eliminated
- Guest
Weekly Summary
editWeek 1-2 (Episode 1–4)
editFor week 1 & 2, after each contestant performed Badshah decides which squad to be assigned to. But, the Squad Bosses can mic drop and ask the contestant to join their squad.
Key | Mic drop from squad boss | Radio Ready Performer | Bottom 6 | Advanced to Top 16 |
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Battleground: Ground Shunya
editThe bottom 6 contestant compete three way battle in the Battleground. Only 2 moved-on to the next round.
After 2 battles, Badshah had to choose two contestant to join Dee MC Dynamites squad.
Battle No. | Rapper | Survived | Eliminated | |||||
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1 | Jaya | vs. | Shen B | vs. | MNDP | Shen B | Jaya | MNDP |
2 | Meetoride | vs. | Lekhak | vs. | Prince | Prince | Lekhak | Meetoride |
Week 3 (Episode 5–6): Showcase Week
editFrom this week, the squad bosses scored out of 3 after each performance.
Also the public voting were open, with the votes effecting the next week's elimination.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Bashah | Best Performer of the Week | Safe |
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Week 4 (Episode 7–8): BYOB Week - Bring Your Own Bars, Bring Your Own Beats, Bring Your Own Bangers
editThis week's squad of the week, Dee MC had to choose to save one of the four Rappers in Danger Zone. She chose Shen B.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Bashah | Best Performer of the Week | Immune | Safe | Originally in Danger Zone, but was saved from Squad Boss of the week | Danger Zone | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
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Week 5 (Episode 9–10): Zone Flip
editThis week's squad of the week, Dee MC had to choose to save one of the four Rappers in Danger Zone. She chose 100 RBH.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Bashah | Best Performer of the Week | Immune | Safe | Originally in Danger Zone, but was saved from Squad Boss of the week | Danger Zone | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
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Week 6 (Episode 11–12): Level Up
editThis week's squad of the week, Dino had to choose to save one of the three Rappers in Danger Zone. He chose Poet Shaf.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Bashah | Best Performer of the Week | Immune | Safe | Originally in Danger Zone, but was saved from Squad Boss of the week | Danger Zone | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
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Week 7 (Episode 13–14): Go Bass the Boss
editMrunal Shankar won the ticket to Finale. This week's squad of the week, Ikka Gangstar had to choose to save one of the five Rappers in Danger Zone. He chose Kayden.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Bashah | Best Performer of the Week | Immune | Safe | Originally in Danger Zone, but was saved from Squad Boss of the week | Danger Zone | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
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Week 8 (Episode 15–16): Collab Week
editThis week contestants collaborated and performed in pairs. As Mrunal Shankar won the Ticket to Finale, she collabed with her Squad Boss EPR.
Also each squad performed a group Ad Jingle for the sponsors of the show.
- EPR Rebels: POCO
- Dee MC Dynamites: Appy Fizz
- Ikka Gangsters: Big muscle nutrition
- Dino Warriors: MTV
Vijay Dada won the ticket to Finale. This week's squad of the week was Dee MC Dynamites. This week there was only bottom 2, no-one was saved by squad boss power or public vote.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Bashah | Best Performer of the Week | Ticket to Finale | Immune | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
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Week 9 (Episode 17-18): Semi Final - Mega Ground Shunya
editKey | Best Performer | Advanced to Top 6 | Eliminated |
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8 contestants from Top 10 competed in one-on-one Battles to move on to the Finale. Only 4 contestants advanced to the Finale. Mrunal Shankar and Vijay Dada didn't compete as they had ticket to Finale
Battle No. | Order | Squad | Rapper | Battle Result |
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1 | 1 | Dee MC Dynamites | Shen B | Eliminated |
2 | Dino Warriors | Bassick | Advanced to Top 6 | |
2 | 1 | Dee MC Dynamites | 100 RBH | Advanced to Top 6 |
2 | Ikka Gangstars | Rap ID | Eliminated | |
3 | 1 | Ikka Gangstars | Kayden Sharma | Advanced to Top 6 |
2 | Dino Warriors | Burrah | Eliminated | |
4 | 1 | EPR Rebels | Gaush | Eliminated |
2 | Dee MC Dynamites | Uday | Advanced to Top 6 |
Top 6 Finalists performed for the public and the public voting were open for final time, with the votes deciding the winner next week.
Order | Squad | Rapper | Judge |
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Badshah | |||
1 | Dino Warriors | Bassick | |
2 | Dee MC Dynamites | Uday | |
3 | Ikka Gangstars | Kayden Sharma | |
4 | Dee MC Dynamites | 100 RBH | |
5 | EPR Rebels | Mrunal Shankar | |
6 | Dino Warriors | Vijay Dada |
Week 10 (Episode 19–20): Grand Finale
editThe winner wins ₹10,00,000 cash prize, POCO Made of Mad gifts worth ₹2.5 lakhs and GOVO soundbar.
100 RBH won the OG Hustler Award and received a cash prize of ₹5,00,000.
Order | Squad | Rapper | Result |
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3 | Dee MC Dynamites | 100 RBH | 2nd Runner Up |
1 | Dee MC Dynamites | Uday | Winner |
4 | EPR Rebels | Mrunal Shankar | Eliminated |
6 | Ikka Gangstars | Kayden Sharma | Eliminated |
2 | Dino Warriors | Bassick | Runner Up |
5 | Dino Warriors | Vijay Dada | Eliminated |
After Top 6 Finalists performed, based on Judges choice three moved-on to TOP 3. And the winner was crowned based on Public Votes.
Squad | Rapper | Final Result |
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DeeMc Dynamites | Uday | Winner |
Dino Warriors | Bassick | Runner-up |
DeeMc Dynamites | 100 RBH | 3rd Place |
Guests
editWeek | Episode(s) | Guest Judge(s) | Episode | Guest Appearance |
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2 | none | 3 | MC Square (Season 2 - Winner) | |
3 | 5-6 | Sikander Kahlon & RAGA | none | |
5 | 9-10 | Salim Merchant | ||
6 | 11-12 | Encore ABJ & Calm (Seedhe Maut) | ||
7 | none | 13 | Riar Saab & Abhijay Sharma | |
8 | 15-16 | Samantha Ruth Prabhu | 15 | Gravity (Season 2 - Finalist) |
16 | GD47 (Season 2 - Contestant) | |||
9 | none | 18 | Paradox (Season 2 - Runner Up) | |
10 | 19-20 | Guru Randhawa | 20 | Uchana Amit |
King (Season 1 - Contestant & Season 2 - Squad Boss) | Vishal Mishra |
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