MTV Hustle | |
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Genre | Music |
Presented by |
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Judges |
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Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 80 |
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Production company | Colosseum Media |
Original release | |
Network | MTV India |
Release | 10 August 2019 – present |
MTV Hustle is an Indian rap and hip-hop reality show. [1] Aspiring rappers battle it out to become India's biggest hip-hop star. The show airs on MTV India.
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 was judged by Badshah along with four squad bosses - EPR, Dino James, Dee MC, King Rocco.
Season 3 premiered on 21 October 2023. Hosted by Wicked Sunny and Super Mannik, the show was again judged by Badshah, along with four squad bosses - EPR, Dino James, Dee MC and Ikka Singh.
Season 4 premiered on 19 October 2024. Hosted by MC Talha and MC Jizzy, the show is judged by Raftaar (second time) and ikka Singh, along with four squad bosses - EPR, Dino James, Dee MC and Raga.
On 10 December 2023, during episode 16 of season 3, Samantha Ruth Prabhu announced the Tamil edition of MTV Hustle Namma Pettai .
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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Premiere Date | 10 August 2019 | 3 September 2022 | 21 October 2023 | 19 October 2024 |
Finale Date | 13 October 2019 | 6 November 2022 | 24 December 2023 | 22 December 2024 |
Winner | M-Zee Bella | MC Square | Uday | Lashcurry |
Runner-up | EPR | Paradox | Bassick | Naam Sujal |
OG Hustler | — | Gravity | 100RBH | Siyaahi |
Winner Squad | — | EPR Rebels | Dee MC Dynamites | Raga Ragers |
Host(s) | Gaelyn Mendonca | Krissann Barretto | Super Manikk | MC Talha |
Wicked Sunny | MC Jizzy | |||
Judge(s) | Nucleya | Badshah | Raftaar | |
Raftaar | Ikka Singh | |||
Raja Kumari | ||||
Squad Bosses | — | Dino James | ||
— | Dee MC | |||
— | EPR | |||
— | King | Ikka Singh | Raga |
MTV Hustle 1 premiered on 10 August 2019. M-Zee Bella was declared winner. [2]
• Judges
Raftaar
Nucleya
Raja Kumari
• Host
Gaelyn Mendonca
Contestant | 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 |
Contestant | 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 |
Week 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 |
Key | Green Buzzer | Red Buzzer | Best Performer | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
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Face-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 | - | - |
Order | 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 |
Order | 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 |
Order | 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 | - | - |
Special Performance by the first two finalists EPR & M-Zee-Bella along with Raftaar & Brodha V in Episode 18.
Order | 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 |
Week | 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 |
Badshah 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]
Contestant | 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 |
Dee 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 |
Dee 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 |
Week | 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 |
Squad | 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 |
For 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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The 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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In 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 |
From 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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Last 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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Last 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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Theme: 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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Theme: 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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Key | "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:
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.
Key | "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 |
Order | 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 |
Week | 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 |
Badshah 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. On 24 December 2023, Uday was declared the Winner.
Contestant | 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 |
Dee 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 |
Week | 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 | |
Squad | 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 |
For 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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The 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 |
From 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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This 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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This 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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This 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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Mrunal 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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This 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.
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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Key | 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 |
The 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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1 | Dee Mc Dynamites | Uday | Top 3 |
2 | Dino Warriors | Bassick | Top 3 |
3 | Dee MC Dynamites | 100 RBH | Top 3 |
4 | Dino Warriors | Vijay Dada | Eliminated |
5 | EPR Rebels | Mrunal Shankar | Eliminated |
6 | Ikka Gangsters | Kayden Sharma | 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.
Order | Squad | Rapper | Final Result |
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1 | Dee Mc Dynamites | Uday | Winner |
2 | Dino Warriors | Bassick | Runner up |
3 | DeeMc Dynamites | 100 RBH | Third Place |
Week | 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 |
This season is also known as MTV Hustle 4: ‘HIP HOP, DON’T STOP’ and is set to premiere on 19 October 2024. [7]
Raftaar and Ikka Singh were the new judging panel and squad bosses EPR, Dino James and Dee MC returned to judge. Raga joined season 4 as new squad boss Dependent artists(Jizzy, Talha siddiqui) will host this season it's a great blend to see some raw talent even in hosts. [8]
Contestant | Stage Name | Finish | Place | |
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Vinayak Lashkari | Lashcurry | Episode 20 | Winner | |
Sujal Dupare | Naam Sujal | Runner-up | ||
Madhusudhan Sharma | Dharmik | 3rd Place | ||
Yash Dandge | 99side | 4-6 | ||
Abhin Pandita | Vichaar | |||
Aniket Bhatt | Siyaahi | |||
Sujal Shah | Mad Trip | Episode 18 | 7-10 | |
Aakash Gopal | Sense | |||
Akriti Lal | PHO | |||
Ishmeet Atwal | Ghaint Jxtt | |||
Aditya Singh | Little Bhatia | Episode 16 | 11-12 | |
Ajitesh Bhati | Ajitesh Bhati | |||
Danish Ahmad | Danish | Episode 12 | 13-14 | |
Armaan Yadav | K!LLSWITCH | |||
Ayush Rajoria | Rajjo | Episode 10 | 15 | |
Abhay Prasad | Devil The Rhymer | Episode 8 | 16 | |
Dev Pratap Singh | DOTM | Episode 4 | 17-19 | |
Manpreet Singh | Manisten | |||
N/A | Volt |
Dee MC Dynamites | Dino Warriors | EPR Rebels | Raga Ragers |
Dharmik | 99side | Ghaint Jxtt | Mad Trip |
Rajjo | Ajitesh Bhati | Naam Sujal | Lashcurry |
PHO | Danish | K!LLSWITCH | Devil the rhymer |
Sense | Little Bhatia | Vichaar | Siyaahi |
Week | Squad of the Week | Performer(s) of the Week |
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Week 3 | Dino Warriorz | 99side |
Week 4 | DeeMC Dynamites | Dharmik |
Week 5 | Raga Ragers | Lashcurry |
Week 6 | EPR Rebels | Naam Sujal |
Week 7 | Raga Ragers | Mad Trip |
Week 8 | DeeMC Dynamites | Dharmik Sense |
Week 9 | None | Lashcurry |
Squad | Contestant | Week 1-2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Total |
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Raga Ragers | Lashcurry | SAFE | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 31 | BEST & Finalist | Winner | 174 |
EPR Rebels | Naam Sujal | SAFE | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | Finalist | Runner-Up | 181 |
Dee MC Dynamites | Dharmik | SAFE | 26 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 40 | Finalist | 3rd Place | 181 |
Dino Warriors | 99side | SAFE | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | Finalist | 4th | 149 | |
EPR Rebels | Vichaar | BTM6 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 30 | 31 | Finalist | 5th | 166 |
Raga Ragers | Siyaahi | SAFE | 26 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 31 | Finalist | 6th | 168 |
Dee MC Dynamites | Sense | BTM6 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 40 | ELIM | Guest | 168 |
EPR Rebels | Ghaint Jxtt | SAFE | 29 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 27 | ELIM | Guest | 158 |
Dee MC Dynamites | PHO | SAFE | 26 | 30 | 23 | 15 | 27 | 31 | ELIM | Guest | 152 |
Raga Ragers | Mad Trip | SAFE | 25 | 15 | 14 | 30 | 30 | 28 | ELIM | Guest | 142 |
Dino Warriors | Little Bhatia | SAFE | 29 | 26 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 28 | Guest | 159 | |
Dino Warriors | Ajitesh Bhati | SAFE | 18 | 28 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 27 | Guest | 154 | |
EPR Rebels | K!LLSWITCH | SAFE | 20 | 24 | 26 | 22 | Guest | 92 | |||
Dino Warriors | Danish | SAFE | 15 | 27 | 21 | 21 | Guest | 84 | |||
Dee MC Dynamites | Rajjo | SAFE | 22 | 19 | 19 | Guest | 60 | ||||
Raga Ragers | Devil The Rhymer | BTM6 | 18 | 22 | Guest | 40 | |||||
- | DOTM | ELIM | 0 | ||||||||
Manisten | ELIM | 0 | |||||||||
Volt | ELIM | 0 |
For week 1 & 2, during each contestant's performance squad bosses had 90 seconds to add them to their playlist, each contestant required at least three squad bosses vote to be assign to a squad. But the contestants who gets Radio Ready from either Raftaar or Ikka, they decide which squad to be assigned to.
Key | Add to playlist from squad boss | Radio Ready Performer | Bottom 6 | Advanced |
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Six contestants from Huddle Room battled it out in the Battleground, with only three making it to the next round.
Battle No. | Battles | Survived | Squad | Eliminated | ||
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1 | Sense | vs | Volt | Sense | Dee MC Dynamites | Volt |
2 | Devil the Rhymer | vs | Manisten | Devil the Rhymer | Raga Ragers | Manisten |
3 | DOTM | vs | Vichaar | Vichaar | EPR Rebels | DOTM |
From this week, the squad bosses scored out of 10 after each performance. Also the public voting were open, with the votes effecting the next week's elimination. No elimination this week.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Judges | Best Performer of the Week | Immune | Safe | Danger Zone |
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From this week, based on public votes and squad bosses scores elimination begins. This week's squad of the week, EPR had to choose to save one of the three Rappers in Danger Zone. He chose Rajjo.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Judges | Best Performer of the Week | Immune | Safe | Danger Zone | Originally in Danger Zone, but was saved from Squad Boss of the week | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
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This week's squad of the week, Raga had to choose to save one of the four Rappers in Danger Zone. He chose Mad Trip.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Judges | Best Performer of the Week | Immune | Safe | Danger Zone | Originally in Danger Zone, but was saved from Squad Boss of the week | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
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This week's squad of the week, Dee MC had to choose to save one of the six Rappers in Danger Zone. She chose Pho. There was no Battle this week, two rappers with the least votes were eliminated.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Judges | Best Performer of the Week | Immune | Danger Zone | Originally in Danger Zone, but was saved from Squad Boss of the week | Eliminated |
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99side was the Rap Royalty and moved directly to the Finale. No elimination this week, this week's public votes and score were moved forward to next week.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Judges | Best Performer of the Week | Rap Royalty | Immune | Safe |
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This week rappers had to collab with other rappers and perform a number. As last week's Rap Royalty, 99side collabed with former contestant Gravity.
Also each squad performed a group Ad collab for the sponsors of the show.
Dharmik was the Rap Royalty and moved directly to the Finale.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Judges | Best Performers of the Week | Rap Royalty | Finalist | Immune | Safe | Danger Zone | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
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Eight rappers battled it out in the Ultimate BattleVerse, with only four making it to the Finale.
Key | "Radio Hit" from Judges | Best Performers of the Week | Rap Royalty | Eliminated |
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Battle No. | Rappers (Squad) | Battle Result | |||
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1 | Siyaahi (Raga Ragers) | vs | Vichaar (EPR Rebels) | Siyaahi | Vichaar |
2 | PHO (Dee MC Dynamites) | vs | Mad Trip (Raga Ragers) | PHO | Mad Trip |
3 | Naam Sujal (EPR Rebels) | vs | Lashcurry (Raga Ragers) | Naam Sujal | Lashcurry |
4 | Ghaint Jxtt (EPR Rebels) | vs | Sense (Dee MC Dynamites) | Ghaint Jxtt | Sense |
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 | Judges Decision |
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1 | Dino Warriors | 99side | |
2 | Raga Ragers | Lashcurry | |
3 | Dee MC Dynamites | Dharmik | |
4 | Raga Ragers | Siyaahi | |
5 | EPR Rebels | Naam Sujal | |
6 | EPR Rebels | Vichaar |
Week | Episode(s) | Guest Judge(s) | Episode(s) | Guest Appearance |
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2 | 3-4 | none | 4 | M Zee Bella (Season 1 - Winner) |
3 | 5-6 | King (Season 1 - Contestant & Season 2 - Squad Boss) | none | |
4 | 7-8 | Encore ABJ & Calm (Seedhe Maut) | ||
5 | 9-10 | none | 9 | Kayden Sharma (Season 3 - Finalist) |
10 | Panther (Season 2 - Contestant) | |||
6 | 11-12 | Badshah | none | |
7 | 13-14 | Raja Kumari | ||
8 | 15 | Naezy | 15 | Gravity (Season 2 - Finalist) |
16 | Riar Saab & Sambata | |||
9 | 17-18 | none | 18 | Shah Rule |
10 | 19-20 | Sunidhi Chauhan | 19-20 | Srushti Tawade (Season 2 - Contestant) |
M Zee Bella (Season 1 - Winner) | ||||
Paradox (Season 2 - Runner-up) | ||||
20 | MC Square (Season 2 - Winner) | |||
Uday Pandhi (Season 3 - Winner) |
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