# India's Best Dancer (Hindi TV series)

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.
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. Online auditions for season 2 began on 5 May 2021 on SonyLIV. The season 2 aired on 16 October 2021.

## Series overview

| Season | Host(s) | Judges | Judges | Judges | Episodes | Original broadcast | Original broadcast | Original broadcast | Contestants | Prize money | Winner | Winning choreographer | Runner-up | Runner-up choreographer |
| Season | Host(s) | Judges | Judges | Judges | Episodes | Premiere | Finale | Network | Contestants | Prize money | Winner | Winning choreographer | Runner-up | Runner-up choreographer |
| 1 | Haarsh Limbachiyaa, Bharti Singh | Geeta Kapoor | Terence Lewis | Malaika Arora | 48 | 29 February 2020 | 22 November 2020 | Sony Entertainment Television | 13 | ₹15 lakh (US$17,000) | Tiger Pop | Vartika Jha | Mukul Gain | Pratik Utekar |
| 2 | Manish Paul | Geeta Kapoor | Terence Lewis | Malaika Arora | 26 | 16 October 2021 | 9 January 2022 | Sony Entertainment Television | 12 | ₹15 lakh (US$17,000) | Saumya Kamble | Vartika Jha | Gaurav Sarwan | Rupesh Soni |
| 3 | Jay Bhanushali | Geeta Kapoor | Terence Lewis | Sonali Bendre | 52 | 8 April 2023 | 30 September 2023 | Sony Entertainment Television | 14 | ₹15 lakh (US$17,000) | Samarpan Lama | Bhavna Khanduja | Anjali Mamgai | Akash Thapa |
| 4 | Jay Bhanushali, Aniket Chauhan | Geeta Kapoor | Terence Lewis | Karisma Kapoor | 36 | 13 July 2024 | 10 November 2024 | Sony Entertainment Television | 14 | ₹15 lakh (US$17,000) | Steve Jrywa | Raktim Thakuria | Nextion | Vipul Khandpal |

### Spin-off

| Season | Host(s) | Judges | Judges | Judges | Episodes | Original broadcast | Original broadcast | Original broadcast | Contestants | Prize money | Winner | Winning choreographer | Winning Team | Runner-up | Runner-up choreographer | Runner-up Team |
| Season | Host(s) | Judges | Judges | Judges | Episodes | Premiere | Finale | Network | Contestants | Prize money | Winner | Winning choreographer | Winning Team | Runner-up | Runner-up choreographer | Runner-up Team |
| Champions ka Tashan- IBD v/s SD | Haarsh Limbachiyaa | Geeta Kapoor | Remo D'Souza | Malaika Arora | | 16 November 2024 | | Sony Entertainment Television | | | | | | | |

## Judges and hosts

| Name's | IBD (Season 1) | IBD (Season 2) | IBD (Season 3) | IBD (Season 4) |
| Geeta Kapoor | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge |
| Malaika Arora | Judge | Judge | | |
| Sonali Bendre | | | Judge | |
| Terence Lewis | Judge | Judge | Judge | Judge |
| Karishma Kapoor | | | | Judge |
| Bharti Singh | Host | | | |
| Haarsh Limbachiyaa | Host | | | |
| Jay Bhanushali | | | Host | Host |
| Manish Paul | | Host | | |
| Aniket Chauhan | | | Contestant | Host |
| Total No. | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
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.

### Season 2

India's Best Dancer 2 also known as India's Best Dancer: Best Ka Next Avatar is the second season and 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.

### Season 3

India's Best Dancer 3 also known as India's Best Dancer: Har Move Se Karenge Prove is the third season and premiered 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.

### Season 4

India's Best Dancer 4 also known as India's Best Dancer: Jab Dil Kare Dance Kar is the fourth season and premiered fon July 13, 2024 on Sony Entertainment Television. This season will be judged by Geeta Kapoor, Terence Lewis and Karishma Kapoor and hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Aniket Chauhan.

### Season 5

India's Best Dancer 5 is the fifth season set to premier on 2025 on Sony Entertainment Television. This season will be judged by Geeta Kapoor, Terence Lewis and Sangeeta Bijlani and hosted by Jay Bhanushali.

## Spinoff

* Maharashtra's Best Dancer
* Champions Ka Tashan-IBD v/s SD

## Choreographer details

| Choreographer's name | Contestant's name | Contestant's name | Contestant's name | Contestant's name |
| Choreographer's name | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 |
| Anuradha Iyengar | Paramdeep Singh | Sanket Gaonkar | Hansvi Tonk | |
| Aishwarya Radhakrishnan | Swetha Warrier | | | |
| Aryan Patra | | Raktim Thakuria | Anjali Mamgai | |
| Ashish Patil | Rutuja Junnarkar | | | |
| Bhawna Khanduja | Swetha Warrier | Muskan Singh | Samarpan Lama | |
| Chandani Srivastava | | Milind Bhatt | | |
| Pratik Utekar | Mukul Gain | | | Harsh Keshri |
| Kumar Sharma | | Muskan Singh | | |
| Rupesh Soni | | Gourav Sarwan | Aniket Chauhan | Divyajyoti Naik |
| Noel Alexander | Adnan Ahmed Khan | | | |
| Pankaj Thapa | Subhranil Paul | Dibbay Das | Ram Bisht | |
| Pankaj Thapa | Subhranil Paul | Dibbay Das | Vipul Khandpal | Arjun Sathe |
| Arundhati Garnaik | | | Apeksha Londhe | |
| Subranil Paul | As Contestant | | Sushmita Tamang | |
| Subranil Paul | As Contestant | | Akshay Pal | Akina |
| Swetha Warrier | As Contestant | | Shivanshu Soni | |
| Rishabh Sharma | Himanshi Gurheriya | | | |
| Sonali Kar | | Zamroodh | Shivam Wankhede | |
| Paramdeep Singh | As Contestant | | Samarpan Lama | |
| Sushant Khatri | Adnan Ahmed Khan | | | |
| Amardeep Singh Natt | Himanshi Gurheriya | | Akshay Pal | |
| Himanshu Parihar | Sadhwi Majumdar | | | |
| Saumya Kamble | | As Contestant | Boogie LLB | Chitrakshi Batra |
| Vartika Jha | Tiger Pop | Saumya Kamble | Akshay Pal | Nepo |
| Sagar Bora | Aman Shah | | | |
| Sadhwi Majumdar | As Contestant | Apeksha Sukheja | | Ishani Nag |
| Sanam Johar | | Roza Rana | | |
| Akash Thapa | | | Anjali Mamgai | Rohan Choudhary |
| Paul Marshall | Md.Akib | Kanchi Shah | | |
| Raktim Thakuria | | As Contestant | Vipul Khandpal | Steve Jyrwa |
| Tushar Shetty | Sonal Vichare | Akash Tambedkar | Norbu Tamang | |
| Tarun Raj Nihalani | | | Debparna Goswami | |
| Vaibhav Ghuge | Raj Sharma | | Shivam Wankhede | Aditya Crazyy |
| Vaibhav Ghuge | Raj Sharma | Hansvi Tonk | |
| Rutuja Junnarkar | As Contestant | | Hansvi Tonk | |
| Vivek Chachere | | | Shivanshu Soni | |
| Kartik Raja | | | Aniket Chauhan | Amos Mathi |
| Gourav Sarwan | | As Contestant | Aniket Chauhan | |
| Vipul Khandpal | | | As Contestant | Nextion |
| Shivanshu Soni | | | As Contestant | Vaishnavi Shekhawat |
| Ashutosh Pawar | | | | Nikhil Patnayak |
| Winner Runner-up Finalists |||||
Notes
* ^1 : Aishwarya Radhakrishnan appeared only for Grand Premiere as Choreographer of Swetha Warrier in Season 1 and was replaced by Bhavna Khanduja for rest of the season.
* ^2 : Rishabh Sharma and Sushant Khatri were replaced by Amardeep Singh Natt and Noel Alexander respectively as choreographers of Himanshi Gurheriya and Adnan Ahmed Khan respectively in Season 1.
* ^3 : Bhavna Khanduja was replaced by Kumar Sharma as choreographer of Muskan Singh in Season 2.
* ^4 : Anuradha Iyengar, Aryan Patra, Vartika Jha, Raktim Thakuria, Rupesh Soni, Swetha Warrier, Paramdeep Singh, Sonali Kar were replaced by Rutuja Junnarkar, Akash Thapa, Subhranil Paul, Pankaj Thapa, Kartik Raja, Vivek Chachere, Bhawna Khanduja, Vaibhav Ghuge respectively in Season 3. After elimination of Sushmita Tamang, her choreographer Subhranil replaced Amardeep as choreographer of Akshay Pal.