Dance India Dance
Dance India Dance is an Indian Hindi-language dance competition reality television series that airs on Zee TV, created and produced by Essel Vision Productions. It premiered on 30 January 2009. Here the judges are called Masters and Mithun Chakraborty was called Grand Master . Season 7 premiered with a different concept. This show is a remake of the Bengali show Dance Bangla Dance which premiered on 2007. After 3 successful seasons of Dance Bangla Dance, Zee TV remade this show for all-over Indian participants.
The show features a format where dancers from a variety of styles enter open auditions held in Indian metropolitan cities to showcase their unique style and talents and, if allowed to move forward, are then put through mega-audition rounds of auditions to test their ability to adapt to different styles. At the end of mega audition, the top 18 dancers are chosen as finalists who move on to compete in the competition's main phase where they will perform solo, duet and group dance numbers in a variety of styles in competition for the votes of the broadcast viewing audience which, combined with the input of a panel of judges, determine which dancers will advance to the next stage from week to week.
The show features a variety of Indian cultural and international dance styles ranging across a broad spectrum of classical, Contemporary, Bollywood, Hip-hop, Jazz, Kalaripayattu, Salsa, and Musical theatre styles, among others, with many sub-genres within these categories represented. Competitors attempt to master these styles in an attempt to survive successive weeks of elimination and win a cash prize and often other awards, as well as the title of India's Best Dancer - CJ. The show is choreographed by Indian choreographers, such as Mudassar Khan, Marzi Pestonji, Tanuj Jaggi and Mini Pradhan. The show has won several television awards for Most Popular Dance Reality Show.
Format
Selection process
The selection process can be further broken down into two distinct stages: the Open Auditions and the second phase referred to as the Mega Auditions.The Open Auditions take place in 5–6 major Indian cities and are typically open to anyone aged 15–30 at the time of their audition. The cities in which auditions are held vary from season to season but some, such as New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata have featured in almost every season. During this stage, dancers perform a brief routine before three masters. The masters will then make an on-the-spot decision as to whether the dance demonstrated enough ability. If the dancer impressed the masters with his/her dancing abilities, masters will award a Hat called Taqdeer Ki Topi , moving them instantly one step forward in the competition.
The second stage of the selection process, the Mega Auditions, is a several-day-long process in which the 100 hopefuls are tested for overall well-rounded dance, stamina, and their ability to perform under pressure. The dancers are put through a battery of rounds which test their ability to pick up various dance styles. At the end of this process, only the top 36 competitors will be chosen. The top 36 are then again asked to give solo performances, after which 18 are chosen in the final auditions. Then, those top 18 get divided into 3 teams which are named according to the 3 masters of the show such as, Mudassar Ki Mandali, Marzi Ke Mastane and Mini Ke Masterblasters. Each team containing 6 dancers then competes in the show, learning new skills throughout the journey.
Judges
Grand Master Mithun Chakraborty has been the head judge of the series. When any contestant performs an extraordinary performance, Grand Master gives him/her a salute. It's called Grand Salute and it is the highest respect for any contestant here. Every season, 3 Indian choreographers choreograph the contestants and judge them too with Grand Master. The first three seasons were judged by 3 regular judges Master Geeta Kapoor, Master Terence Lewis & Master Remo D'Souza with Grand Master. Then the judges were changed season by season from season 4. When any contestant performs a perfect act, the judges give him/her a special speech which is as respect for the contestant.List of the judges:
| Rank | Name | Team | Duration | Seasons | Special speech | Best achievement |
| Grand Master | Mithun Chakraborty | - | 2009–18 | 1 - 6 | Kya baat, kya baat, kya baat. | - |
| Master | Geeta Kapoor | Geeta Ki Gang | 2009–12 | 1, 2, 3 | Stupendo-fabulously-fantastic-phantasmogorically magical. | 1st in season 3 |
| Master | Terence Lewis | Terence Ki Toli | 2009–12 | 1, 2, 3 | Chummeshwari performance. | 1st in season 2 |
| Master | Remo D'Souza | Remo Ke Rangeelay | 2009–12 | 1, 2, 3 | That's what I call a performance. | 1st in season 1 |
| Master | Mudassar Khan | Mudassar Ki Mandali | 2013–18 | 4, 5, 6 | Chik chik boom fire. | 1st in season 4 |
| Master | Feroz Khan | Feroz Ki Fauz | 2013–14 | 4 | Ferocious performance. | 3rd in season 4 |
| Master | Shruti Merchant | Shruti Ke Shandar | 2013–14 | 4 | Jumbari jiri jiri jam jatak performance. | 2nd in season 4 |
| Master | Punit Pathak | Punit Ke Panthers | 2015 | 5 | Chamu performance. | 1st in season 5 |
| Master | Gaiti Siddiqui | Gaiti Ke Gangsters | 2015 | 5 | K.I.L.L.E.R performance. | 2nd in season 5 |
| Master | Marzi Pestonji | Marzi Ke Mastane | 2017–18 | 6 | Stand on Table | 2nd in season 6 |
| Master | Mini Pradhan | Mini Ke Masterblasters | 2017–18 | 6 | Tod diya, phod diya. | 1st in season 6 |
| head/Judge | Kareena Kapoor | - | 2019 | 7 | Wow performance and brings Dhool | - |
| head/Judge | Bosco Martis | - | 2019 | 7 | Zattak wala attack performance + confetti standing on the table. | - |
| head/Judge | Raftaar | - | 2019 | 7 | Dab | - |
Adaptations
- Dance Naija Dance
- Dance Africa Dance
- Dance Bangla Dance
- Dance Maharashtra Dance
- Dance Karnataka Dance
- Dance Kerala Dance
- Dance Odisha Dance
- Dance Tamizha Dance
- Dance Punjab Dance
- Dance India Dance Telugu
Seasons
indicates Remo ke Rangeelay
indicates Terrence ki Toli
indicates Shruti ke Shandaar
indicates Mudassar ki Mandali
indicates Feroz ki Fauz
indicates Gaiti ke Gangsters
indicates Punit ke Panthers
indicates Mini ke Masterblasters
indicates Marzi ke Mastane
indicates North ke Nawabs
indicates East ke Tigers
indicates South ke Thalaivas
indicates West ke Singhams
Hosts and judges
Season 1
First season started on 30 January 2009. This season was hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Saumya Tandon. The grand finale was aired on 30 May 2009 and winner was Salman Yusuff Khan.Masters:
- Remo D'Souza, his team was named Remo Ke Rangeelay.
- Terence Lewis, his team was named Terence Ki Toli.
- Geeta Kapoor, her team was named Geeta Ki Gang.
Remo Ke Rangeelay:
- Salman Yusuff Khan
- Prince R. Gupta
- Khushboo Purohit
- Mangesh Mondal
- Bhavana Purohit
- Rakhee Sharma
- Alisha Singh
- Jai Kumar Nair
- Mayuresh Wadkar
- Vrushali Chavan
- Kiran Sutavne
- Shubho Das
- Siddhesh Pai
- Sunita Gogoi
- Paulson
- Mandakini Jena
- Nonie Sachdeva
- Jigar Ghatge
- Salman Yusuff Khan was the winner.
- Alisha Singh was 1st runner-up.
- Siddhesh Pai was 2nd runner-up.
- Jai Kumar Nair was 3rd runner-up.
Season 2
Masters:
- Remo D'Souza, his team was named Remo Ke Rangeelay.
- Terence Lewis, his team was named Terence Ki Toli.
- Geeta Kapoor, her team was named Geeta Ki Gang.
Remo Ke Rangeelay:
- Punit Pathak
- Bhavna Khanduja
- Nikkitasha Marwaha
- Shashank Dogra
- Meenu Panchal
- Naresh Mondal
- Shakti Mohan
- Kunwar Amar
- Kruti Mahesh
- Parvez Rehmani
- Vandana
- Ameet
- Jack Gill
- Dharmesh Yelande
- Binny Sharma
- Amrita Mitra
- Kishore Aman
- Tina Pradkar
- Altaf
- Shruti
- Shakti Mohan was the winner.
- Dharmesh Yelande was 1st runner-up.
- Punit Pathak was 2nd runner-up.
- Binny Sharma was 3rd runner-up.
Season 3
Masters:
- Remo D'Souza, his team was named Remo Ke Rangeelay.
- Terence Lewis, his team was named Terence Ki Toli.
- Geeta Kapoor, her team was named Geeta Ki Gang.
Remo Ke Rangeelay:
- Sanam Johar
- Mohena Singh
- Vaibhav Ghuge
- Lipsa Acharya
- Hardik Raval
- Manju Sharma
- Pradeep Gurung
- Raghav Juyal
- Neerav Bavlecha
- Sneha Gupta
- Piyali Saha
- Varoon Kumar
- Sneha Kapoor
- Chotu Lohar
- Rajasmita Kar
- Abheek Banerjee
- Paul Marshal
- Urvashi Gandhi
- Riddhika Singh
- Shafeer
- Rajasmita Kar was the winner.
- Pradeep Gurung was 1st runner-up.
- Raghav Juyal was 2nd runner-up.
- Sanam Johar was 3rd runner-up.
- Mohena Singh was 4th runner-up.
Season 4
Masters:
- Mudassar Khan, his team was named Mudassar Ki Mandali.
- Shruti Merchant, her team was named Shruti Ke Shandar.
- Feroz Khan, his team was named Feroz Ki Fauj.
Mudassar Ki Mandali:
- Shyam Yadav
- Swarali Karulkar
- Dhiraj Bakshi
- Manan Sachdeva
- Sumedh Mudgalkar
- Shrishti Jain
- Suniketa Bore
- Biki Das
- Arundhati Garnaik
- Ashutosh Pawar
- Sapna Suryawanshi
- Shyam Yadav was the winner.
- Manan Sachdeva was 1st runner-up.
- Biki Das was 2nd runner-up.
- Sumedh Mudgalkar was 3rd runner-up.
Season 5
Masters:
- Mudassar Khan, his team was named Mudassar Ki Mandali.
- Punit Pathak, his team was named Punit Ke Panthers.
- Gaiti Siddiqui, her team was named Gaiti Ke Gangsters.
Mudassar Ki Mandali:
- Kaushik Mandal
- Saddam Hussain Sheikh
- Anuradha Iyengar
- Vicky Alhat
- Shruti Sinha
- Proneeta Swargiary
- Ashish Vashistha
- Sally Sheikh
- Pankaj Thapa
- Haroon Rao
- Nirmal Tamang
- Sahil Adanaya
- Anila Rajan
- Shweta Poojari
- Priya Varunesh Kumar
- Proneeta Swargiary was the winner.
- Nirmal Tamang was 1st runner-up.
- Sahil Adanaya was 2nd runner-up.
- Kaushik Mandal was 3rd runner-up.
- Ashish Vashistha was 4th runner-up.
Season 6
Masters:
- Mudassar Khan, his team is named Mudassar Ki Mandali.
- Marzi Pestonji, his team is named Marzi Ke Mastane.
- Mini Pradhan, her team is named Mini Ke Masterblasters.
Mudassar Ki Mandali:
- Shivam Wankhede
- Paramdeep Singh
- Alphons Chetty
- Daphisha Kharbani
- Ria Chatterjee
- Deepak
- Sachin Sharma
- Kalpita Kachroo
- Punyakar Upadhyay
- Shweta Warrier
- Shweta Sharda
- Rahul Burman
- Sanket Gaonkar
- Piyush Gurbhele
- Nainika Anasuru
- Sujan Marpa
- Deepak Hulsure
- Sonal Vichare
- Mitesh Roy
- Sarang Roy
1.Sanket Gaonkar is the winner
2.Sachin Sharma is the first runner up
3.Piyush Gurbhele is the second runner up
4.Nainika Anasuru is the third runner up
5.Shivam Wankhede is'' fourth runner up
Season 7
Season 7 - "Battle Of The Champions" being aired from 22 June 2019. This season is being hosted by Karan Wahi.Judges
- Bosco Martis
- Kareena Kapoor Khan
- Raftaar
Zones Coaches
- Paul Marshal
Akshay Pal
Saakshi & Shambhavi
Akash & Suraj
Kings Squad
Mansi Dhruv
- Palden Lama Mawroh/Nirmal Tamang
Nrutya Naivedya
Pop & Flex
M.D. Hasan
Richika Sinha
- Bhawna Khanduja
Malka Praveen
Hardik Rawat
N-House Crew
- Sneha Kapoor
Ramya & Bhaskar
Loyala Dream Team
Anil & Tejas
The Soul Queens
Li'l Masters
''Li'l Master season 1''
The first season of DID L'il Masters was judged by Farah Khan and Sandip Soparrkar. It was hosted by Manish Paul.The four skippers were Jai, Vrushali and Mayuresh, Amrutha, and Dharmesh. Their teams were:
Dharmesh ke Dhinchak: Jeetumoni Kalita, Vaishnavi Patil, Ruturaj Mahalim, Khyati Patel
Jai ke Jhatang-Fatang: Vatsal Vithlani, Papiya Sarkar, Atul Banmoria, Divyam Viajyvergia
Vrushali aur Mayuresh ke Dhum-Dhadake: Manoj Rathod, Hansika Singh, Avneet Kaur, Neel Shah
Amritha ke Aflatoon: Anurag Sarmah, Khushabu Kargutkar, Shubham Maheshwari, Shivani Baranwal
Top 4 Finalists
- Jeetumoni Kalita
- Atul Banmoria
- Vaishnavi Patil
- Manoj Rathod
''Li'l Master season 2''
The four skippers were Prince, Raghav, Kruti, Neerav
Prince ke Paltan: Faisal, Shalini, Deep, Shreya
Raghav ke Rockstars: Saummya, Rohan, Yash, Susanket
Kruti ke Kracters: Om, Uday, Rimsha, Jnana
Neerav ke Ninjas: Shreya, Tanay, Jeet, Rishi, Shivam
Top Finalists
- Faisal Khan
- Om Chetry
- Rohan Parkale
- Saumya Rai
''Li'l Master season 3''
''Li'l Master season 4''
DID Li'l Masters returned with its 4th season after 4 years. It began broadcasting on 3 March 2018. Marzi Pestonji, Chitrangnda Singh and Siddharth Anand are the judges along with Vaishnavi Patil,,,,,,, Jitumoni Kalita, Tanay Malhara, and Bir Radha Sherpa,, as the skippers. The teams are Vaishnavi Ke Veer, Jitumoni ke Janbaaz, Tanay ke Tigers and Bir ke Baahubali. Jiya Thakur from Vaishnavi ke Veer wins the title. Urva Bhavsar from Jitumoni ke Janbaaz is the first runner up followed by Tamman Gamnu from Bir ke Baahubali. The season was hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Vighnesh Pande.''Li'l Master season 5''
DID Li'l Masters returned with its 5th season. It began broadcasting on 12 March 2022 with Remo D'Souza, Sonali Bendre and Mouni Roy as the judges with Jay Bhanushali as the host. The skippers for the season are Paul Marshal,,,,,,,,, Vartika Jha,,,, and Vaibhav Ghuge,,,,,,Contestant Status
''Dance India Dance L'il Masters North America Edition''
Auditions were conducted in April 2014 with over 10,000 contestants auditioning from all across the US, Canada and Europe. Out of them 10 contestants were chosen and were flown to Mumbai, India to compete in the finals. The winner was Akhil and the second winner was Avantika Vandanapu.''Doubles''
The shows consisted of 12 finalist couples. The Grand Finale was scheduled for filming 7 April 2011 at the Andheri Sports Complex for broadcast on 9 April 2011. Amit and Falon from marzi k mastany were voted the winners of the season.Super Moms
''Super Moms Season 1''
The first season started on 1 June 2013, where, Mithu Chakravarty from Kolkata was declared the winner of Dance India Dance Super Moms 2013 Season, and Cecille Rodrigues from Goa was the 1st runner-up, and Shraddha Shah Raj from Surat was the 2nd runner-up. Skiper raguv,,, skiper jay,Farah khan and master marzi judge Shows Photography Coverage by Ashvin Borad Surat, The Biggest finale in Gujarat, India.
''Super Moms Season 2''
The second season started on 28 March 2015.Harpreet Khatri who hails from Mumbai was announced the winner of Dance India Dance Super Moms Season 2 in 2015. Season 2 was anchored by popular TV actor Karan Wahi. Skiper sanam johar, skiper sidesh, skiper mayuresh. Season 2 was judged by Geeta Kapoor, Govinda, and Terence Lewis.