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{{short description|Indian TV reality show}}
{{short description|Indian reality television game show}}
{{Use Indian English|date = December 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox television
{{Infobox media franchise
| name                    = India's Best Dancer
| title = India's Best Dancer
| list_episodes            =  
| tv = {{plainlist|
| first_run                = 29 Feb 2020
*[[India's Best Dancer (Hindi TV series)|India's Best Dancer Hindi]]
| picture_format          = 1080p
*[[Maharashtra's Best Dancer]]
| channel                  = [[Sony Entertainment Television]]
| network                  = [[Sony Entertainment Television]]
| company                  = Nishant Jain
| runtime                  = Approx. 90 Minutes
| director                =
| producer                =
| image                    = India's Best Dancer.png
| num_seasons              = 2
| num_episodes            = 48<!-- as of 22 November 2020--><!-- Do not uncomment the preceding text. This field is for a number only and the date should not be visible. -->
| language                = [[Hindi]]
| country                  = India
| judges                  = [[Malaika Arora]]<br>[[Nora Fatehi]]<br>[[Geeta Kapoor]]<br>[[Terence Lewis (choreographer)|Terence Lewis]]
| presenter                = [[Bharti Singh]]<br>[[Haarsh Limbachiyaa]]
| creator                  =
| genre                    = [[Dance]] [[Reality Television]]
| alt_name                = IBD
| caption                  =
| image_alt                = India's Best Dancer
| first_aired              = {{start date|2020|2|29}}
| last_aired              = {{end date|present}}
| website                  = https://www.sonyliv.com/shows/india-s-best-dancer-1700000180
| website_title            = India's Best Dancer
}}
}}
| otherlabel1 = Languages
| otherdata1 = {{hlist|[[Hindi]]|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]}}
| otherlabel2 = Produced by
| otherdata2 = [[Frames Production]]
| otherlabel3 = Show
| otherdata3 = Dance Show
| otherlabel4 = Genre
| otherdata4 = Reality
| website = [https://www.sonyliv.com/shows/india-s-best-dancer India's Best Dancer]
| otherlabel5 = No.of Versions
| otherlabel6 = No.of Seasons
| otherdata5 = 2
| otherdata6 = 3
| otherlabel7 = Original network
| otherdata7 = [[Sony Entertainment Television]] & [[SonyLIV]]<br>(Hindi)<br>
[[Sony Marathi]]<br>(Marathi)
| otherlabel8 = Original release
| otherdata8 = {{start date|2020|02|29|df=y}}– present
| years = 2020 – present
| direct-to-video =
| image = India's_Best_Dancer_logo.webp
}}
'''India's Best Dancer''' is a dance reality show. It is produced by [[Frames Production]] India. Subsequently, the show airs on [[Sony Entertainment Television]] and also available through [[SonyLIV]] OTT platforms. India's Best Dancer was originally started in [[Hindi]] language and has been extended into 2 languages spoken in the Indian sub-continent, including [[Marathi language|Marathi]].


'''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 (choreographer)|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 is winner of season 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ganatra |first1=Jigar |title=Tiger Pop becomes the winner of India's Best Dancer |url=https://mumlive.co/yZBLjP9 |website=Mumbai Live |access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref>.Online Auditions for season 2 began from 5 May 2021 on [[SonyLIV]].
The shooting of [[India's Best Dancer (Hindi season 1)|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. The spin off [[Maharashtra's Best Dancer]] airs on [[Sony Marathi]]. Tiger Pop was the winner of [[India's Best Dancer (Hindi season 1)|Season 1]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ganatra |first1=Jigar |title=Tiger Pop becomes the winner of India's Best Dancer |url=https://mumlive.co/yZBLjP9 |website=Mumbai Live |access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref> Online auditions for [[India's Best Dancer (Season 2)|season 2]] began on 5 May 2021 on [[SonyLIV]]. The season 2 aired on 16 October 2021. Ground auditions for IBD Season 3 began on 19 Jan 2023.
 
==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).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ganatra |first1=Jigar |title=Tiger Pop's trophy moment as winner - pics from the Grand Finale of India's Best Dancer |url=https://mumlive.co/ev4QXtC |website=Mumbai Live |access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref>
 
== Judges ==
Judges of India's Best Dancer are:


'''Main Judges'''
==Summary==
*[[Malaika Arora]]
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. The show promises to be the toughest dance reality show on Indian television and the makers have ensured to make it challenging at every step. India's Best Dancer airs every Sat-Sun at 8:00 PM only on [[Sony Entertainment Television]].
*[[Geeta Kapoor]]
*[[Terence Lewis (choreographer)|Terence Lewis]]
'''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 ==
==Versions==
[[Bharti Singh]] and her husband writer [[Haarsh Limbachiyaa]] are the hosts for the show and Paritosh Tripathi for Ganesh Chaturthi special episode.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/news-gossip/bharti-singh-and-hubby-haarsh-limbachiyaa-all-set-turn-hosts-india-s-best-dancer-deets-inside-494544|title=India's Best Dancer: Bharti and Haarsh is all set to turn hosts for India’s Best Dancer|website=Pinkvilla|language=en}}</ref>
:{{color box|#90EE90}} Currently airing – 1
 
:{{color box|#E0B0FF}} Upcoming for airing – 0
== Top 13 Contestants ==
:{{color box|#fff2a5}} Recently concluded – 1
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size: 85%;  line-height:20px; width:80%;"  
|+India's Best Dancer Top 13
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! Contestants
! rowspan="2" |Language
! City
! rowspan="2" |Show
! Choreographers
! rowspan="2" |Season
! Status
! rowspan="2" |Official Name
! Date of Elimination
! rowspan="2" |Host(s)
! colspan="3"rowspan="2" | Judges
! rowspan="2" |Episodes
! colspan="4" |Original Broadcast
! rowspan="2" |Contestants
! rowspan="2" |Prize Money
! rowspan="2" background:gold;" align="center" | Winner
! rowspan="2" background:tan;" align="center"| Winning Choreographer
! rowspan="2" background:tan;" align="center"| Runner-up
|-
|-
| Tiger Pop (Ajay Singh)
! Premiere
| [[Gurugram]]
! Finale
| Vartika Jha
! Network
| {{won|Winner}}
! Online VOD
| -
|-
|-
| Mukul Gain
| rowspan="3" style="background:#90EE90;" |'''[[Hindi]]<br>(हिन्दी)'''
| [[Raipur]]
| rowspan="3" |'''[[India's Best Dancer (Hindi TV series)|India's Best Dancer]]'''
| Pratik Utekar
| rowspan="1" |'''[[India's Best Dancer (Hindi season 1)|1]]'''
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-Up}}
| India's Best Dancer
| -
| [[Haarsh Limbachiyaa]], [[Bharti Singh]]
| rowspan=2 style=" background:#FF6347;"|[[Malaika Arora]]
| rowspan="3" style=" background:#23F7DC;" |[[Terence Lewis (choreographer)|Terence Lewis]]
| rowspan="3" style=" background:#DE8AD5;" |[[Geeta Kapoor]]
| 48
| 29 February 2020
| 22 November 2020
| rowspan="3" |[[Sony Entertainment Television|Sony TV]]
| rowspan="3" |[[SonyLIV]]
| 13
| {{INRConvert|15|l}}
| {{Win|Tiger Pop}}
| rowspan="2" {{Win|[[Vartika Jha]]}}
| {{runner-up|Mukul Gain}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | Swetha Warrier
| [[India's Best Dancer (Hindi season 2)|'''2''']]
| rowspan="2" | [[Kerala]]
| India's Best Dancer: Best Ka Next Avtaar
| Aishwarya Radhakrishnan
| [[Manish Paul]]
| rowspan="2" style="background:#7FFFD4;"| 2nd Runner-Up
| 26
| rowspan="2" | -
| 16 October 2021
|-
| 9 January 2022
| Bhawna Khanduja
| 12
|-
| {{INRConvert|15|l}}
| [[Subhranil Paul]]
| {{win|Saumya Kamble}}
| [[Siliguri]]
| {{Runner-up|Gaurav Sarwan}}
| Pankaj Thapa
| style="background:#DDA0DD;"| 3rd Runner-Up
| -
|-
| Paramdeep Singh
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| Anuradha Iyengar
| style="background:#FF69B4; text-align:center;" | 4th Runner-Up
| -
|-
| rowspan="2" | Adnan Ahmed Khan
| rowspan="2" | [[Assam]]
| Sushant Khatri
| rowspan="2" {{Eliminated}}
| rowspan="2" | 14 November 2020
|-
| Noel Alexander
|-
|-
| Aman Shah
|'''[[India's Best Dancer (Season 3)|3]]'''
| [[Rishikesh]]
|India's Best Dancer: Har Move Se Karenge Prove
| Sagar Bora
|[[Jay Bhanushali]]
| {{Eliminated}}
|Bgcolor=orange|[[Sonali Bendre]]
| 14 November 2020
|TBA
|8 April 2023
|TBA
|13
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|-
| Rutuja Junnarkar
! colspan="17" |
| [[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
|-
| rowspan="2" | Himanshi Gurheriya
| rowspan="2" | [[Haryana]]
| Rishabh Sharma
| rowspan="2" {{Eliminated}}
| rowspan="2" | 26 July 2020
|-
| Amardeep Singh Natt
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff2a5;" |'''[[Marathi language|Marathi]]<br>(मराठी)'''
|'''[[Maharashtra's Best Dancer]]'''
| rowspan="1" |'''[[Maharashtra's Best Dancer (Season 1)|1]]'''
| Maharashtra's Best Dancer
|Sankarshan Karhade,<br>Namrata Sambherao
| colspan="2" style=" background:#7FDF44;" |[[Dharmesh Yelande]]
| style=" background:#Fffdc0;" |[[Pooja Sawant]]
| 31
| 30 November 2020
| 14 March 2021
| [[Sony Marathi]]
|[[SonyLIV]]
| 13
| {{INRConvert|7|l}}
| {{win|Prathamesh Mane}}
| {{win|Akash Shetty}}
| {{runner-up|Prachi Prajapati}}
|}
|}


==Scoring Chart==
==Judges and hosts==
<blockquote style="padding: 0em; overflow:auto;">
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; font-size:80%; line-height:15px;"
|-
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="width:6%;" |
!
! style="width:6%; red-space:nowrap;" | Grand Opening
!Name'
! style="width:6%;red-space:nowrap;" | Week 1
![[India's Best Dancer (Hindi season 1)|'''IBD''' {{nowrap|(Season 1)]]}}
! style="width:6%; red-space:nowrap;" | Week 2
! [[Maharashtra's Best Dancer|'''MBD {{nowrap|(Season 1)]]}}'''
! style="width:6%; red-Pspace:nowrap;" | Week 3
![[India's Best Dancer (season 2)|'''IBD {{nowrap|(Season 2)]]}}'''
! style="width:6%; red-space:nowrap;" | Week 4
!IBD<br>{{nowrap| (Season 3)}}
! style="width:6%; red-space:nowrap;" | Week 5
! style="width:6%; red-space:nowrap;" | Week 6
! style="width:6%; red-space:nowrap;" | Week 7
! style="width:6%; red-space:nowrap;" | Week 8
! style="width:6%; red-space:nowrap;" | Week 9
! style="width:6%; white-space:nowrap;" | Week 10
! style="width:6%; white-space:nowrap;" | Week 11
! style="width:6%; white-space:nowrap;" | Week 12
! style="width:6%; white-space:nowrap;" | Week 13
! style="width:6%; white-space:nowrap;" | Week 14
! style="width:6%; white-Pspace:nowrap;" | Week 15
! style="width:6%; white-Pspace:nowrap;" | Week 16
! style="width:6%; white-Pspace:nowrap;" | Week 17
! style="width:6%; white-Pspace:nowrap;" | Week 18
! style="width:6%; white-Pspace:nowrap;" | Grand Finale
|-
|-
! 21-22, 28–29 March
! rowspan="6" |Judges
! 18–19 July
| '''[[Dharmesh Yelande]]'''
! 25–26 July
| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}
! 1–4 August
| colspan="1" {{yes|'''Judge'''}}
! 8–9 August
| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}
! 15–16 August
|{{n/a|}}
! 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
| '''[[Geeta Kapoor]]'''
! Vartika
| colspan="1" {{yes|'''Judge'''}}
|
| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}
|
| colspan="1" {{yes|'''Judge'''}}
| 30
|{{Yes|'''Judge'''}}
| 30
| 30
| 30
| 30
| 28
|
|
|
|
| 30
| 28
| colspan="5" style="background: yellow"  | ''Finalist''
| style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Winner
|-
|-
! Mukul
| '''[[Malaika Arora]]'''
! Pratik
| colspan="1" {{yes|'''Judge'''}}
|
| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}
|
| colspan="1" {{yes|'''Judge'''}}
| 22
|{{n/a|}}
| 29
| 30
| 30
| 23
| 29
|
|
|
|
| 30
| 29
| 30
| 28
| 30
| colspan="2" style="background: yellow"  | ''Finalist''
| style="background: #D1E8EF; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"|1st Runner-Up
|-
|-
!Swetha
| '''[[Pooja Sawant]]'''
! Bhawna
| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}
|
| colspan="1" {{yes|'''Judge'''}}
|
| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}
|30
|{{n/a|}}
|30
|24
|29
|30
|28
|
|
|
|
|30
|30
|27
|30
|30
|30
| style="background: yellow" | ''Finalist''
| style="background:#7FFFD4;"| 2nd Runner-Up
|-
|-
! Subhranil
|'''[[Sonali Bendre]]'''
! Pankaj
|{{n/a|}}
|
|{{n/a|}}
|
|{{n/a|}}
| 30
|{{Yes|'''Judge'''}}
| 30
| 30
| 30
| 23
| 27
|
|
|
|
| 30
| 30
| 28
| colspan="4" style="background: yellow"  | ''Finalist''
| style="background: #DDA0DD;"| 3rd Runner-Up
|-
|-
! Paramdeep
| '''[[Terence Lewis (choreographer)|Terence Lewis]]'''
! Anuradha
| colspan="1" {{yes|'''Judge'''}}
| colspan="2" rowspan="9" |No Points Given
| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}
| 27
| colspan="1" {{yes|'''Judge'''}}
| 30
|{{Yes|'''Judge'''}}
| 22
| colspan="3" style="background:red" | ''Eliminated''
| rowspan="7" |Wild Card Special Week.
No Points Given
| rowspan="7" |No Points Given
| rowspan="7" |No Points Given
| rowspan="7" |No Points Given
| 30
| 30
| 30
| 30
| 30
| 30
| style="background: yellow"  | ''Finalist''
| style="background:#FF69B4; text-align:center;" | 4th Runner-Up
|-
|-
!Adnan
! colspan="6" style="background:#000;" |
!Noel
|24
|30
|30
|23
|30
| -
|22
|23
|30
|24
|30
|27
| colspan="5&quot;" style="background:red" | ''Eliminated''
|-
|-
! Akib
! rowspan="6" |Hosts
! Paul
| '''[[Bharti Singh]]'''
| 30
| colspan="1" {{yes2|'''Host'''}}
| 24
| {{n/a|}}
| 25
|{{n/a|}}
| 30
|{{n/a|}}
| 21
| -
| 27
| 30
| 24
| 24
| 27
| 30
| colspan="5;" style="background:red" | ''Eliminated''
|-
|-
! Aman
| '''[[Haarsh Limbachiyaa]]'''
! Sagar
| colspan="1" {{yes2|'''Host'''}}
| colspan="6" style="background:#ccc"|Not in Competition (wild card)
| {{n/a|}}
| 29
|{{n/a|}}
| 24
|{{n/a|}}
| 25
| 30
| 30
| 27
| colspan=5" style="background:red" | ''Eliminated''
|-
|-
! Raj
|'''[[Jay Bhanushali]]'''
! Vaibhav
|{{n/a|}}
| 24
|{{n/a|}}
| 23
|{{n/a|}}
| 28
|{{Yes2|'''Host'''}}
| -
| 30
| 28
| 22
| 30
| 25
| 30
| 24
| 22
| colspan="5&quot;" style="background:red" | ''Eliminated''
|-
|-
! Rutuja
| '''[[Manish Paul|Manish<br> Paul]]'''
! Ashish
| {{n/a|}}
| 28
|{{n/a|}}
| 27
| colspan="1" {{yes2|'''Host'''}}
| 30
|{{n/a|}}
| 30
| 30
| 25
| 30
| 30
| 29
| 30
| 30
| 22
| colspan="5&quot;" style="background:red" | ''Eliminated''
|-
|-
! Sonal
| '''Namrata Sambherao'''
! Tushar
| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}
| 30
| colspan="1" {{yes2|'''Host'''}}
| 29
| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}
| 26
|{{n/a|}}
| 22
| 30
| 24
| 30
| 27
| 28
| 26
| 26
| 27
| colspan="5&quot;" style="background:red" | ''Eliminated''
|-
|-
! Sadhwi
| '''Sankarshan Karhade'''
! Himanshu
| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}
| 23
| colspan="1" {{yes2|'''Host'''}}
| 29
| colspan="1" {{n/a|}}
| 30
|{{n/a|}}
| 30
| 22
| colspan="13" style="background:red" | ''Eliminated''
|-
|-
!Himanshi
! colspan="2" |Total No.
!Rishabh
! colspan="1" |5
|23
! colspan="1" |4
| colspan="17" style="background: red" | ''Eliminated''
! colspan="1" |4
|-
!4
! colspan="2" | BTM
|}
| colspan="2" style="background:#ccc"| N/A
Note: [[Nora Fatehi]] replaced Malaika Arora as a judge for some episodes when Arora was unable to join the shoots during Season 1.
| Himanshi<br />Mukul<br />Sadhwi
| Raj<br />Akib
| Paramdeep<br />Swetha
| Sonal<br />Adnan
| Akib<br />Sadhwi
| Sonal, Rutuja,
Shweta
| colspan="12" style="background:#ccc" | N/A
|- style="background:#F08080"|
! colspan="2" | Eliminated
| colspan=2 style="background:#ccc" |'''No<br />Elimination'''
| '''Himanshi'''
| style="background:#ccc"|'''No<br />Elimination'''
|'''Paramdeep'''
| style="background:#ccc"|'''No<br />Elimination'''
|'''Sadhwi'''
| style="background:#ccc"|'''No<br />Elimination'''
| style="background:#ccc"|'''No<br />Elimination'''
| style="background:#ccc"|'''No<br />Elimination'''
| style="background:#ccc"|'''No<br />Elimination'''
| style="background:#ccc"|'''No<br />Elimination'''
| style="background:#ccc"|'''No<br />Elimination'''
| style="background:#ccc"|'''No<br />Elimination'''
| style="background:#ccc"|'''No<br />Elimination'''
| style="background:#ccc"|'''No<br />Elimination'''
| style="background:#ccc"|'''No<br />Elimination'''
| style="background:#ccc"|'''No<br />Elimination'''
|'''Adnan,'''
'''Akib,'''


'''Raj,'''
==Episodes==
:{{color box|#515357}} Indicates India's Best Dancer (Hindi Tv) Episodes.
:{{color box|#BCC9D2}} Indicates Maharashtra's Best Dancer (Marathi Tv) Episodes.
{{Series overview
| width      = 75%
| infoA      = Winner
| infoB      = Winning Choreographer
| infoC      = Network
| multiseries =
{{Series overview/part|c=#ccf|subtitle=Reality Show series}}
{{Series overview
| series      = '' India's Best Dancer''
| infoA      = y
| infoB      = y
| infoC      = y
| color1      = #515357
| link1      = #India's Best Dancer (Hindi season 1)
| episodes1  = 48
| start1      = 29 February 2020
| end1        = 22 November 2020
| infoA1      = Tiger Pop
| infoB1      = [[Vartika Jha]]
| infoC1      = [[Sony Entertainment Television|Sony TV]]


'''Rutuja,'''
| color2      = #515357
| link2      = #India's Best Dancer (Hindi season 2)
| episodes2  = 26
| start2      = 16 October 2021
| end2        = 9 January 2022
| infoA2      = Soumya Kamble
}}
{{Series overview
| series      = ''Maharashtra's Best Dancer''
| infoA      = y
| infoB      = y
| infoC      = y


'''Sonal,'''
| color1      = #BCC9D2
 
| link1      = #Maharashtra's Best Dancer
'''Aman'''
| episodes1  = 31
| style="background:#ccc"|'''No<br />Elimination'''
| start1      = 30 November 2020
|}
| end1        = 14 March 2021
</blockquote>
| infoA1      = Prathamesh Mane
| infoB1      = Akash Shetty
| infoC1      = [[Sony Marathi]]
}}
}}


==Notes==
==See also==
* In Week 5, Raj and choreographer Vaibhav were absent from the show due to personal issues.
*[[Dance Plus]]
* In Week 3, 5 and from 7 onwards, there was no elimination of the contestants.
*[[Dance India Dance]]
* 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.
*[[Dance Deewane]]
* Aishwarya Radhakrishnan was replaced by Bhawna Khanduja as Choreographer of Shweta Warrior.
*[[Super Dancer]]
* Sushant Khatri was replaced by Noel Alexander as Choreographer of Adnan Ahmed Khan.
*[[India's Got Talent]]


==Guests==
== References ==
{| class="wikitable sorta"
!Date
!Guest
!Featured
|-
|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|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==
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==External links==
== External links ==
 
* [https://www.sonyliv.com/shows/india-s-best-dancer-1700000180 India's Best Dancer] on [[Sony Liv]]
* [https://www.sonyliv.com/shows/india-s-best-dancer-1700000180 India's Best Dancer] on [[Sony_Liv]]
* [https://dancetv.in/videos/vishwakarma-institute-of-technology-student-dance-for-hindi-songs India's Best student Dancers] on DanceTV


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Latest revision as of 18:59, 3 July 2023


India's Best Dancer
File:India's Best Dancer logo.webp
Years2020 – present
Films and television
Television series
Miscellaneous
Languages
Produced byFrames Production
ShowDance Show
GenreReality
No.of Versions2
No.of Seasons3
Original networkSony Entertainment Television & SonyLIV
(Hindi)
Sony Marathi
(Marathi)
Original release29 February 2020 (2020-02-29)– present
Official website
India's Best Dancer

India's Best Dancer is a dance reality show. It is produced by Frames Production India. Subsequently, the show airs on Sony Entertainment Television and also available through SonyLIV OTT platforms. India's Best Dancer was originally started in Hindi language and has been extended into 2 languages spoken in the Indian sub-continent, including Marathi.

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. The spin off Maharashtra's Best Dancer airs on Sony Marathi. Tiger Pop was the winner of Season 1.[1] Online auditions for season 2 began on 5 May 2021 on SonyLIV. The season 2 aired on 16 October 2021. Ground auditions for IBD Season 3 began on 19 Jan 2023.

Summary[edit | edit source]

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. The show promises to be the toughest dance reality show on Indian television and the makers have ensured to make it challenging at every step. India's Best Dancer airs every Sat-Sun at 8:00 PM only on Sony Entertainment Television.

Versions[edit | edit source]

  Currently airing – 1
  Upcoming for airing – 0
  Recently concluded – 1
Language Show Season Official Name Host(s) Judges Episodes Original Broadcast Contestants Prize Money Winner Winning Choreographer Runner-up
Premiere Finale Network Online VOD
Hindi
(हिन्दी)
India's Best Dancer 1 India's Best Dancer Haarsh Limbachiyaa, Bharti Singh Malaika Arora Terence Lewis Geeta Kapoor 48 29 February 2020 22 November 2020 Sony TV SonyLIV 13 15 lakh (US$21,000) Tiger Pop Vartika Jha Mukul Gain
2 India's Best Dancer: Best Ka Next Avtaar Manish Paul 26 16 October 2021 9 January 2022 12 15 lakh (US$21,000) Saumya Kamble Gaurav Sarwan
3 India's Best Dancer: Har Move Se Karenge Prove Jay Bhanushali Sonali Bendre TBA 8 April 2023 TBA 13 TBA TBA TBA TBA
Marathi
(मराठी)
Maharashtra's Best Dancer 1 Maharashtra's Best Dancer Sankarshan Karhade,
Namrata Sambherao
Dharmesh Yelande Pooja Sawant 31 30 November 2020 14 March 2021 Sony Marathi SonyLIV 13 7 lakh (US$9,800) Prathamesh Mane Akash Shetty Prachi Prajapati

Judges and hosts[edit | edit source]

Name' IBD (Season 1) MBD (Season 1) IBD (Season 2) IBD
(Season 3)
Judges Dharmesh Yelande Judge
Geeta Kapoor Judge Judge Judge
Malaika Arora Judge Judge
Pooja Sawant Judge
Sonali Bendre Judge
Terence Lewis Judge Judge Judge
Hosts Bharti Singh Host
Haarsh Limbachiyaa Host
Jay Bhanushali Host
Manish
Paul
Host
Namrata Sambherao Host
Sankarshan Karhade Host
Total No. 5 4 4 4

Note: Nora Fatehi replaced Malaika Arora as a judge for some episodes when Arora was unable to join the shoots during Season 1.

Episodes[edit | edit source]

  Indicates India's Best Dancer (Hindi Tv) Episodes.
  Indicates Maharashtra's Best Dancer (Marathi Tv) Episodes.
Template:Series overview/part
SeriesSeasonEpisodesOriginally airedWinnerWinning ChoreographerNetwork
First airedLast aired
India's Best Dancer14829 February 202022 November 2020Tiger PopVartika JhaSony TV
22616 October 20219 January 2022Soumya Kamble
Maharashtra's Best Dancer13130 November 202014 March 2021Prathamesh ManeAkash ShettySony Marathi

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Ganatra, Jigar. "Tiger Pop becomes the winner of India's Best Dancer". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

External links[edit | edit source]