India's Best Dancer
India's Best Dancer is a dance reality show that airs on Sony Entertainment Television channel. Actress Malaika Arora and choreographers Geeta Kapoor and Terence Lewis are the judges and Remo D'Souza and Nora Fatehi as special judges. The hosts are comedian Bharti Singh and her husband writer Haarsh Limbachiyaa. The shooting of this show 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. The spin off Maharashtra's Best Dancer airs on Sony Marathi. Tiger Pop (Ajay Singh) is winner of season 1.[1]
India's Best Dancer | |
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Also known as | IBD |
Genre | Dance Reality Television |
Presented by | Bharti Singh Haarsh Limbachiyaa |
Judges | Malaika Arora Nora Fatehi Geeta Kapoor Terence Lewis |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 48 |
Production | |
Running time | Approx. 90 Minutes |
Production company | Nishant jain |
Release | |
Original network | Sony Entertainment Television |
Picture format | 1080p |
First shown in | 29 feb 2020 |
Original release | 29 February – 22 November 2020 |
External links | |
India's Best Dancer |
Concept
After the roaring success of Super Dancer – a dance reality platform for kids, Sony Entertainment Television presents India’s Best Dancer, a platform for dancers between the age group of 15 – 30 years. India’s Best Dancer will showcase the journey of some of the best talent who, with their solo performances, will compete to win the title.Starting with the Auditions, the contestants got only 90 seconds on the clock to impress the judges with at least 3 Power Moves to head further in the competition. As the clock kept ticking, the judges, or E.N.T specialists, kept a close eye on the Entertainment, Newness, and Technique that the contestants brought forth through their dancing. The second phase of Mega Auditions saw the selected contestants battle it out in pairs and trios post a solo performance to move into the next round. In the Grand Premiere, the judges announced the Top 12 contestants as the Best Barah who will have a respective mentor in the journey ahead. Week-on-week these 12 contestants will have to impress the judges and audience alike to move closer to winning the most coveted title of India’s Best Dancer.The winner of India's Best Dancer Season 1 is Tiger Pop(Ajay Singh).[2]
Judges
Judges of India's Best Dancer are:
Main Judges
Guest Judges
- Remo D'Souza (in place of Arora in Week 3)
- Nora Fatehi (in place of Arora in Week 9, 10, 11 and 12)
Host
Bharti Singh and her husband writer Haarsh Limbachiyaa are the hosts for the show and Paritosh Tripathi for Ganesh Chaturthi special episode.[3]
Top 12 Contestants
Contestants | City | Choreographers | Status | Date of Elimination |
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Tiger Pop (Ajay Singh) | Gurugram | Vartika Jha | Winner | - |
Mukul Gain | Raipur | Pratik Utekar | 1st Runner-Up | - |
Swetha Warrier | Kerala | Aishwarya Radhakrishnan | 2nd Runner-Up | - |
Bhawna Khanduja | ||||
Subhranil Paul | Siliguri | Pankaj Thapa | 3rd Runner-Up | - |
Paramdeep Singh | Uttar Pradesh | Anuradha Iyengar | 4th Runner-Up | - |
Adnan Ahmed Khan | Assam | Sushant Khatri | Eliminated | 14 November 2020 |
Noel Alexander | ||||
Aman Shah | Rishikesh | Sagar Bora | Eliminated | 14 November 2020 |
Rutuja Junnarkar | Pune | Ashish Patil | Eliminated | 14 November 2020 |
Md.Akib | West Midnapore | Paul Marshall | Eliminated | 14 November 2020 |
Raj Sharma | Gwalior | Vaibhav Ghuge | Eliminated | 14 November 2020 |
Sonal Vichare | Mumbai | Tushar Shetty | Eliminated | 14 November 2020 |
Sadhwi Majumdar | Agartala | Himanshu Parihar | Eliminated | 23 August 2020 |
Himanshi Gurheriya | Haryana | Rishabh Sharma | Eliminated | 26 July 2020 |
Scoring Chart
Grand Opening Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 Week 17 Week 18 Grand Finale 21-22, 28–29 March 18–19 July 25–26 July 1–4 August 8–9 August 15–16 August 22–23 August 29–30 August 5–6 September 12–13 September 19–20 September 26–27 September 3–4 October 10–11 October 17–18 October 24–25 October 31 October – 1 November 7–8 November 14-15 November 21-22 November Tiger Pop Vartika 30 30 30 30 30 28 30 28 Finalist Winner Mukul Pratik 22 29 30 30 23 29 30 29 30 28 30 Finalist 1st Runner-Up Swetha Bhawna 30 30 24 29 30 28 30 30 27 30 30 30 Finalist 2nd Runner-Up Subhranil Pankaj 30 30 30 30 23 27 30 30 28 Finalist 3rd Runner-Up Paramdeep Anuradha No Points Given 27 30 22 Eliminated Wild Card Special Week. No Points Given
No Points Given No Points Given No Points Given 30 30 30 30 30 30 Finalist 4th Runner-Up Adnan Noel 24 30 30 23 30 - 22 23 30 24 30 27 Eliminated Akib Paul 30 24 25 30 21 - 27 30 24 24 27 30 Eliminated Aman Sagar Not in Competition (wild card) 29 24 25 30 30 27 Eliminated Raj Vaibhav 24 23 28 - 30 28 22 30 25 30 24 22 Eliminated Rutuja Ashish 28 27 30 30 30 25 30 30 29 30 30 22 Eliminated Sonal Tushar 30 29 26 22 30 24 30 27 28 26 26 27 Eliminated Sadhwi Himanshu 23 29 30 30 22 Eliminated Himanshi Rishabh 23 Eliminated BTM N/A Himanshi
Mukul
SadhwiRaj
AkibParamdeep
SwethaSonal
AdnanAkib
SadhwiSonal, Rutuja, Shweta
N/A Eliminated No
EliminationHimanshi No
EliminationParamdeep No
EliminationSadhwi No
EliminationNo
EliminationNo
EliminationNo
EliminationNo
EliminationNo
EliminationNo
EliminationNo
EliminationNo
EliminationNo
EliminationNo
EliminationAdnan, Akib,
Raj,
Rutuja,
Sonal,
Aman
No
Elimination
Notes
- In Week 5, Raj and choreographer Vaibhav were absent from the show due to personal issues.
- In Week 3, 5 and from 7 onwards, there was no elimination of the contestants.
- In Week 7 and 8, Adnan (with choreographer Sushant) and Akib (with choreographer Paul) were absent from the show due to injuries and some personal issues.
- Aishwarya Radhakrishnan was replaced by Bhawna Khanduja as Choreographer of Shweta Warrior.
- Sushant Khatri was replaced by Noel Alexander as Choreographer of Adnan Ahmed Khan.
Guests
Date | Guest | Featured |
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18–19 July | Remo D'Souza | Special Appearance |
8–9 August | Dharmesh Yelande | Special Appearance |
15–16 August | Sonu Sood | Azaadi Special |
22–23 August | Sachin Pilgaonkar and Supriya Pilgaonkar | Ganesh Chaturthi Special |
29–30 August | Nora Fatehi | Promotion Of Song Pachtaoge (Female Version) |
5–6 September | Raghav Juyal and Shakti Mohan | Choreographer Swap Week (Adla Badli) Special + Wild Card Special |
12 September | Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Sinha | Thank You Special |
13 September | Varun Badola, Shweta Tiwari, Anjali Tatrari, Salman Yusuff Khan and Zaara Yesmin | Shaadi Special |
19 September | Arun Govil and Dipika Chikhlia | Mythology Special |
20 September | Neha Kakkar and Sunny Kaushal | Retro Special + Promotion Of Song Taaron Ke Shehar |
26 September | Shakti Kapoor and Chunky Pandey | Comedy Special |
27 September | Gulshan Grover and Shakti Kapoor | Villain Special |
3–4 October | Ex-contestants of Super Dancer | India's Best Dancer × Super Dancer Special |
10 October | Guru Randhawa and Dhvani Bhanushali | Promotion of song Baby Girl + Folk Fusion Special |
11 October | Ila Arun | Folk Fusion Special |
17 October | Farah Khan | Romance Special |
18 October | Farah Khan, Divya Khosla Kumar and Darshan Raval | Singers came for the promotion of the song Teri Aankhon Mein + Romance Special |
24 October | Rajkumar Rao and Nushrat Bharucha | Promotion of film Chhalaang |
25 October | Nora Fatehi | Promotion of song Naach Meri Rani |
31 October-1 November | Cast of the show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah | IBD × TMKOC Special + Celebrating 3000 episodes of TMKOC |
7 November | Remo D'Souza, Punit Pathak, Sushant Pujari, Rahul Shetty, Salman Yusuff Khan and Abhinav Shekhar | Judges Challenge Special-I and to promote Log Kya Kahenge song. |
8 November | Sudha Chandran and Tulsi Kumar | Judges Challenge Special-II |
15 November | Himesh Reshamiya,Vishal Dadlani and Aditya Narayan | To promote Indian Idol 12 + Diwali Special |
22 November | Raghav Juyal, Dharmesh Yelande, Krushna Abhishek and Pooja Sawant | Grand Finale |
- Special Appearance states that the guest didn't come for any promotion or the episode didn't have any theme.
References
- Ganatra, Jigar. "Tiger Pop becomes the winner of India's Best Dancer". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- Ganatra, Jigar. "Tiger Pop's trophy moment as winner - pics from the Grand Finale of India's Best Dancer". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- "India's Best Dancer: Bharti and Haarsh is all set to turn hosts for India's Best Dancer". Pinkvilla.