India's Best Dancer (Hindi TV series)

*India's Best Dancer*
India's Best Dancer
Also known as	IBD
Genre	Dance Reality show
Presented by	Bharti Singh; (Season 1); Haarsh Limbachiyaa; (Season 1); Manish Paul; (Season 2); Jay Bhanushali; (Season 3, 4); Aniket Chauhan; (Season 4);
Judges	Malaika Arora; (Season 1-2); Nora Fatehi; (Guest Judge); (Season 1-2); Geeta Kapoor; (Season 1-present); Terence Lewis; (Season 1-present); Sonali Bendre; (Season 3); Karishma Kapoor; (Season 4-present);
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	126
Production
Producers	Sony Entertainment Television; Frames Production Company Pvt. Ltd.;
Running time	Approx. 90 minutes
Production company	Frames Production Company Pvt ltd
Original release
Network	Sony Entertainment Television
Release	29 February 2020 –; present

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.

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

Season	Host(s)	Judges			Episodes	Original broadcast			Contestants	Prize money	Winner	Winning choreographer	Runner-up	Runner-up choreographer
Season	Host(s)	Judges			Episodes	Premiere	Finale	Network	Contestants	Prize money	Winner	Winning choreographer	Runner-up	Runner-up choreographer
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			Malaika Arora	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

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

Season 1

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

India's Best Dancer 2 also known as India's Best Dancer: Best Ka Next Avatar is the second season and It 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

India's Best Dancer 3 also known as India's Best Dancer: Har Move Se Karenge Prove is the third season and will premier 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.

Spinoff

Maharashtra's Best Dancer

Choreographer details

Choreographer's name	Contestant's name
Choreographer's name	Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Season 4
Anuradha Iyengar	Paramdeep Singh	Sanket Gaonkar	~~Hansvi Tonk~~^[4]	Vaishnavi
Aishwarya Radhakrishnan	~~Swetha Warrier~~^[1]			Nepo
Aryan Patra		Raktim Thakuria	~~Anjali Mamgai~~^[4]	Nextion
Ashish Patil	Rutuja Junnarkar
Bhavna Khanduja	Swetha Warrier	~~Muskan Singh~~^[3]	Samarpan Lama	.
Chandani Srivastava		Milind Bhatt
Pratik Utekar	Mukul Gain			Harsh
Kumar Sharma		Muskan Singh
Rupesh Soni		Gourav Sarwan	~~Aniket Chauhan~~^[4]
Noel Alexander	Adnan Ahmed Khan
Pankaj Thapa	Subhranil Paul	Dibbay Das	Ram Bisht
Pankaj Thapa	Subhranil Paul	Dibbay Das	Vipul Khandpal
Arundhati Garnaik			Apeksha Londe
Subranil Paul	As Contestant		Sushmita Tamang
Subranil Paul	As Contestant		Akshay Pal
Sweta 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
Vartika Jha	Tiger Pop	Saumya Kamble	~~Akshay Pal~~	Chitrakshi
Sagar Bora	Aman Shah
Sadhwi Majumdar	As Contestant	Apeksha Sukheja
Sanam Johar		Roza Rana
Akash Thapa			Anjali Mamgai
Paul Marshall	Md.Akib	Kanchi Shah
Raktim Thakuria		As Contestant	~~Vipul Khandpal~~^[4]
Tushar Shetty	Sonal Vichare	Akash Tambedkar	Norbu Tamang
Tarun			Debparna Goswami
Vaibhav Ghuge	Raj Sharma		Shivam Wankhade
Vaibhav Ghuge	Raj Sharma	Hansvi Tonk
Rutuja Junnarkar	As Contestant		~~Hansvi Tonk~~
Vivek			Shivanshu Soni
Kartik Raja			Aniket Chauhan
Gaurav Sarwan		As Contestant	~~Aniket Chauhan~~
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, Shubhranil Paul, Pankaj Thapa, Kartik Raja, Vivek, Bhavna Khanduja, Vaibhav Ghuge respectively in Season 3. After elimination of Sushmita Tamang, her choreographer Subhranil replaced Amardeep as choreographer of Akshay Pal.

References

^ Ganatra, Jigar. "Tiger Pop becomes the winner of India's Best Dancer". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "India's Best Dancer Season 2: Launch". Times Of India. 11 October 2021.
^ "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.
^ 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.

External links

India's Best Dancer Archived 7 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine on Sony Liv

[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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