India's Next Superstars

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India's Next Superstars
India's Next Superstars Poster.jpg
Genre Reality
Presented by
Starring
Judges
Country of origin India
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes
INS: 25 (as of 7 April 2018)

INS Pathshala: 60 (as of 6 April 2018)

Production
Running time1 hr 30 mins
Production company
Release
Original network STAR Plus
Original release13 January (2018-01-13) 
8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)

India's Next Superstars is an Indian talent search reality television show which aired on Star Plus and streamed on Hotstar. [1] It was judged by Karan Johar and Rohit Shetty. [2] Aman Gandotra and Natasha Bharadwaj were declared as winners, while Shruti Sharma was the first runner up and awarded the special title of ‘Third Superstar’. [3] Naina Singh, Ashish Mehrotra, and Harshvardhan Deo were the other runner ups. But till now none of the winners got any project which they were promised.

Contents

Concept

Ten males and ten females live together and are judged on the basis of their performances in acting and dancing assignments, with contestants eliminated every other episode. Two males and two females join in the middle of the competition as wild-card contestants. The two winners receive a three-film deal with Dharma Productions. Though they were promised main role in Dharma productions movies they never got any project and were basically cheated.

Contestants

Male
NamePlaceNotes
Aman GandotraWinner_
Aashish Mehrotra Runner-Up
Harshvardhan DeoRunner-Up
Ansh BagriSemifinalistEliminated 1 April
Shariq Nanda5thEliminated 18 March
Tapan Singh6thWild Card
Eliminated 11 March
Karan Taluja7thEliminated 4 March
Ahmed Masi Wali 8thEliminated 25 February
Harshvardhan Ahlawat9thEliminated 18 February
Jash Bahl10thEliminated 4 February
Shivank Choudhary11thEliminated 28 January
Karanraj Sharma12thEliminated 21 January
Female
NamePlaceNotes
Natasha Bharadwaj Winner_
Shruti Sharma Second Winner
Naina Singh Runner-Up
Lekha PrajapatiSemifinalistEliminated 1 April
Elisha Mayor5thWild Card
Eliminated 18 March
Simran Choudhary6thWild Card
Eliminated 1 March
Angela Krislinzki 7thEliminated 4 March
Kanikka Kapur8thEliminated 25 February
Pranati Rai Prakash 9thEliminated 18 February
Heli Vyas10thEliminated 4 February
Sahiba Bhasin11thEliminated 28 January
Laveena Keswani12thEliminated 21 January

Guests

Scoring Chart

StatusContestantEpisodesTotal score (175)
3–45–67–89–1011–1213–1415–1617–1819–2021–2223–2425–26
(Finals)
WinnersAman Gandotra81214147+3=109+3=1210+3=1310+4=1410+5=1510+5=1510+4=14Winner141
Natasha Bharadwaj 918141510+5=1510+5=1510+5=1510+5=158+5=1510+5=1510+5=15166
Shruti Sharma 918191810+5=1510+4=1410+4=1410+4=1410+5=1510+5=1510+5=15Second Winner166
FinalistsAashish Mehrotra81618208+4=1210+4=148+4=1210+4=1410+5=158+5=1310+4=14Runner up156
Naina Singh 715151810+4=147+3=108+4=1210+4=148+5=1310+5=1510+4=14147
Harshvardhan DeoN/ADebut8+4=1210+4=1410+4=1410+4=1454
Semi-FinalistsLekha Prajapati71616168+4=128+4=128+4=129+4=1310+4=1410+5=1510+4=14Eliminated147
Ansh Bagri1019181710+4=147+4=118+4=128+4=1210+5=1510+5=158+4=12155
5Shariq Nanda916141410+3=138+4=128+3=1110+4=148+5=13Eliminated116
Elisha MayorN/ADebut8+4=128+5=1325
6Tapan SinghDebut6+3=9Eliminated9
Simran ChoudharyDebut8+4=1212
7Karan Taluja71716166+3=98+4=126+3=9Eliminated86
Angela Krislinzki 91820168+5=136+3=96+3=997
8Ahmed Masih81416186+3=96+4=10Eliminated75
Kanikka Kapur101916196+3=96+3=997
9Harshvardhan Ahlawat71412136+3=9Eliminated55
Pranati Rai Prakash 71317146+3=960
10Jash Bahl101412Eliminated36
Heli Vyas6121230
11Shivank Chaudhary612Eliminated18
Sahiba Bhasin71219
12Karanraj Sharma6Eliminated6
Laveena Keswani66
  Male
  Female
  Immune
  Eliminated
  Danger Zone
  Non Elimination Bottom
  Runner Up
  Winner

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