India's Best Dancer (Hindi TV series)

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India's Best Dancer
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Also known asIBD
Genre Dance Reality show
Presented by
Judges
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons3
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) 
30 September 2023 (2023-09-30)

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. Over 3 years, the show has rolled out three seasons.

Contents

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

SeasonHost(s)JudgesEpisodesOriginal broadcastContestantsPrize moneyWinnerWinning choreographerRunner-upRunner-up choreographer
PremiereFinaleNetwork
1 Haarsh Limbachiyaa, Bharti Singh Geeta Kapoor Terence Lewis Malaika Arora 4829 February 202022 November 2020 Sony Entertainment Television 1315 lakh (US$19,000)Tiger Pop Vartika Jha Mukul GainPratik Utekar
2 Manish Paul 2616 October 20219 January 202212Saumya Kamble Vartika Jha Gaurav SarwanRupesh Soni
3 Jay Bhanushali Sonali Bendre 528 April 202330 September 202313Samarpan LamaBhavna KhandujaAnjali MamgaiAkash Thapa
4 [ to be determined ]

Judges and hosts

Name's IBD (Season 1) IBD (Season 2) IBD (Season 3)
Geeta Kapoor JudgeJudgeJudge
Malaika Arora JudgeJudge
Sonali Bendre Judge
Terence Lewis JudgeJudgeJudge
Bharti
Singh
Host
Haarsh Limbachiyaa Host
Jay Bhanushali Host
Manish
Paul
Host
Total No.544

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'sBest 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.

Choreographer details

Choreographer's nameContestant's name
Season 1 Season 2 Season 3
Anuradha IyengarParamdeep SinghSanket GaonkarHansvi Tonk [4]
Aishwarya RadhakrishnanSwetha Warrier [1]
Aryan PatraRaktim ThakuriaAnjali Mamgai [4]
Ashish PatilRutuja Junnarkar
Bhavna KhandujaSwetha WarrierMuskan Singh [3] Samarpan Lama
Chandani SrivastavaMilind Bhatt
Pratik UtekarMukul Gain
Kumar SharmaMuskan Singh
Rupesh SoniGourav SarwanAniket Chauhan [4]
Noel AlexanderAdnan Ahmed Khan
Pankaj ThapaSubhranil PaulDibbay DasRam Bisht
Vipul Khandpal
Arundhati GarnaikApeksha Londe
Subranil PaulAs ContestantSushmita Tamang
Akshay Pal
Sweta WarrierAs ContestantShivanshu Soni [4]
Rishabh SharmaHimanshi Gurheriya [2]
Sonali KarZamroodhShivam Wankhede [4]
Paramdeep SinghAs ContestantSamarpan Lama [4]
Sushant KhatriAdnan Ahmed Khan [2]
Amardeep Singh NattHimanshi GurheriyaAkshay Pal
Himanshu PariharSadhwi Majumdar
Saumya KambleAs ContestantBoogie LLB
Vartika Jha Tiger PopSaumya KambleAkshay Pal
Sagar BoraAman Shah
Sadhwi MajumdarAs ContestantApeksha Sukheja
Sanam JoharRoza Rana
Akash ThapaAnjali Mamgai
Paul MarshallMd.AkibKanchi Shah
Raktim ThakuriaAs ContestantVipul Khandpal [4]
Tushar ShettySonal VichareAkash TambedkarNorbu Tamang
TarunDebparna Gosami
Vaibhav GhugeRaj SharmaShivam Wankhade
Hansvi Tonk
Rutuja JunnarkarAs ContestantHansvi Tonk
VivekShivanshu Soni
Kartik RajaAniket Chauhan
Gaurav SarwanAs ContestantAniket Chauhan
  Winner  Runner-up  Finalists

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