Dance India Dance (also called by the acronym DID; tagline: Dance Ka Asli ID D.I.D.) 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 (until season 6). 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 (typically individually) 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 (Hat of Destiny), 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 (typically some of the more well-represented genres that will later be prominent in the competition phase, such as hip-hop, Bollywood, jazz, Bharat Natyam, Kathak, Mohiniyattam, Odissi and Contemporary). 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 (who are called Coaches) choreograph the contestants and judge them with the Grand Master. The first three seasons were judged by Master Geeta Kapoor, Master Terence Lewis & Master Remo D'Souza with the Grand Master. When any contestant performs a perfect act, the judges give a special speech as a token of respect for the contestant.
List of the judges: Rank Name Team Duration Seasons Special speech Bestachievement Grand Master(head judge) Mithun Chakraborty - 2009–18 1 - 6 Kya baat, kya baat, kya baat. - Master(judge) Geeta Kapoor Geeta Ki Gang 2009–12 1, 2, 3 Stupendo-fabulously-fantastic-phantasmogorically magical. 1st in season 3 Terence Lewis Terence Ki Toli Chummeshwari performance. 1st in season 2 Remo D'Souza Remo Ke Rangeelay That's what I call a performance. 1st in season 1 Mudassar Khan Mudassar Ki Mandali 2013–18 4, 5, 6 Chik chik boom fire. 1st in season 4 Feroz Khan Feroz Ki Fauz 2013–14 4 Ferocious performance. 3rd in season 4 Shruti Merchant Shruti Ke Shandar Jumbari jiri jiri jam jatak performance. 2nd in season 4 Punit Pathak Punit Ke Panthers 2015 5 Chamu performance. 1st in season 5 Gaiti Siddiqui Gaiti Ke Gangsters K.I.L.L.E.R performance. 2nd in season 5 Marzi Pestonji Marzi Ke Mastane 2017–18 6 Stand on Table 2nd in season 6 Mini Pradhan Mini Ke Masterblasters Tod diya, phod diya. 1st in season 6 JudgeKareena Kapoor -20197Wow performance and brings Dhool -Bosco MartisZattak wala attack performance + confetti standing on the table.RaftaarDab
Adaptations Dance Bangla Dance (Zee Bangla) Dance Maharashtra Dance (Zee Marathi) Dance Karnataka Dance (Zee Kannada) Dance Kerala Dance (Zee Keralam) Dance Odisha Dance (Zee Sarthak) Dance Tamizha Dance (Zee Tamil) Dance Punjab Dance (Zee Punjabi) Dance India Dance Telugu (Zee Telugu)
Seasons Season Duration No. ofweeks No. ofepisodes Finalists Presenters JudgeFirst placeSecond placeThird placeFourth place5th place 1 30 January –30 May 2009 18 35 Salman Yusuff Khan Alisha SinghSiddhesh Pai Jai Kumar Nair Jay Bhanushali Saumya Tandon Mithun Chakraborty 2 18 December 2009 –23 April 2010 19 37 Shakti MohanDharmesh Yelande Punit PathakBinny Sharma Kunwar Amarjeet Singh 3 24 December 2011 –21 April 2012 18 35Rajasmita Kar Pradeep Gurung Raghav Juyal Sanam JoharMohena Singh 4 26 October 2013 –22 February 2014 18 34Shyam YadavManan SachdevaBiki DasSumedh Mudgalkar Ishita Sharma 5 27 June –10 October 2015 16 31 Proneeta SwargiaryNirmal TamangSahil AdanayaKaushik MandalAshish Vashistha N/A 6 4 November 2017 –18 February 2018 16 31Sanket GaonkarSachin SharmaPiyush GurbheleNainika AnasuruShivam Wankhede Sahil Khattar Amruta Khanvilkar 7 22 June 2019 – 29 September 2019 15 30 Unreal CrewI Am Hip-Hop Pranshu & KuldeepMukul Gain Akshay Pal Karan Wahi Dheeraj Dhoopar (First Episode) Kareena Kapoor, Bosco Martis & Raftaar indicates Geeta ki Gang 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 Judges Season 6Season 7Dance Ke SuperstarsDance Ke SuperkidsDance Ka Tashan Ahmed KhanBhagyashreeBosco MartisChitrangada Singh Geeta KapoorFarah KhanSandip SoparrkarSiddharth AnandSonali BendreShiamak Davar Mudassar KhanTerence LewisGovinda Remo D'SouzaFeroz KhanMarzi PestonjiPunit PathakGaiti SiddiquiMouni RoyRaftaarUrmila MatondkarShruti MerchantMini PradhanKareena KapoorJay BhanushaliRithvik DhanjaniVighnesh PandeKaran WahiSahil KhattarAmruta KhanvilkarSaumya TandonShreya AcharyaIshita SharmaManish Paul Grand Judge Judge Host Contestant
Season 1
The 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.
Top 18 Contestants:
Remo Ke Rangeelay: Salman Yusuff Khan Prince R. Gupta Khushboo Purohit Mangesh Mondal Bhavana Purohit Rakhee Sharma
Terence Ki Toli: Alisha Singh Jai Kumar Nair Mayuresh Wadkar Vrushali Chavan Kiran Sutavne Shubho Das
Geeta Ki Gang:
Siddhesh Pai Sunita Gogoi Paulson Mandakini Jena Nonie Sachdeva Jigar Ghatge
Finalists: Salman Yusuff Khan (from Remo Ke Rangeelay) was the winner. Alisha Singh (from Terence Ki Toli) was 1st runner-up. Siddhesh Pai (from Geeta Ki Gang) was 2nd runner-up. Jai Kumar Nair (from Terence Ki Toli) was 3rd runner-up.
Season 2
The second season started on 18 December 2009. This season was also hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Saumya Tandon. The grand finale was aired on 23 April 2010 and winner was Shakti Mohan.
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.
Top 21 Contestants:
Remo Ke Rangeelay: Punit Pathak Bhavna Khanduja Nikkitasha Marwaha Shashank Dogra Meenu Panchal Naresh Mondal
Terence Ki Toli: Shakti Mohan Kunwar Amar Kruti Mahesh Parvez Rehmani Vandana Ameet Jack Gill (Wildcard)
Geeta Ki Gang: Dharmesh Yelande Binny Sharma Amrita Mitra (wildcard) Kishore Aman Tina Pradkar Altaf Shruti
Finalists: Shakti Mohan (from Terence Ki Toli) was the winner. Dharmesh Yelande (from Geeta Ki Gang) was 1st runner-up. Punit Pathak (from Remo Ke Rangeelay) was 2nd runner-up. Binny Sharma (from Geeta Ki Gang) was 3rd runner-up.
Season 3
The third season started on 24 December 2011. This season was also hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Saumya Tandon. The grand finale was aired on 21 April 2012 and winner was Rajasmita Kar.
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.
Top 18 Contestants:
Remo Ke Rangeelay: Sanam Johar Mohena Singh Vaibhav Ghuge Lipsa Acharya Hardik Raval Manju Sharma
Terence Ki Toli: Pradeep Gurung Raghav Juyal (wildcard) Neerav Bavlecha (wildcard) Sneha Gupta Piyali Saha Varoon Kumar Sneha Kapoor Chotu Lohar
Geeta Ki Gang: Rajasmita Kar Abheek Banerjee Paul Marshal Urvashi Gandhi Riddhika Singh Shafeer
Finalists: Rajasmita Kar (from Geeta Ki Gang) was the winner. Pradeep Gurung (from Terence Ki Toli) was 1st runner-up. Raghav Juyal (from Terence Ki Toli) was 2nd runner-up. Sanam Johar (from Remo Ke Rangeelay) was 3rd runner-up. Mohena Singh (from Remo Ke Rangeelay) was 4th runner-up.
Season 4
The fourth season started on 26 October 2013. This season was hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Ishita Sharma. The grand finale was aired on 22 February 2014 and winner was Shyam Yadav from Mudassar ki Mandli.
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.
Top 11 Contestants:
Mudassar Ki Mandali: Shyam Yadav Swarali Karulkar Dhiraj Bakshi
Shruti Ke Shandar: Manan Sachdeva Sumedh Mudgalkar Shrishti Jain Suniketa Bore
Feroz Ki Fauj: Biki Das Arundhati Garnaik Ashutosh Pawar Sapna Suryawanshi
Finalists: Shyam Yadav (from Mudassar Ki Mandali) was the winner. Manan Sachdeva (from Shruti Ke Shandar) was 1st runner-up. Biki Das (from Firoz Ki Fauj) was 2nd runner-up. Sumedh Mudgalkar (from Shruti Ke Shandar) was 3rd runner-up.
Season 5
The fifth season started on 27 June 2015. This season was hosted by Jay Bhanushali. The grand finale was aired on 10 October 2015 and winner was Proneeta Swargiary.
Masters: Mudassar Khan, his team was named Mudassar Ki Mandali. Punit Pathak, his team was named Punit Ke Panthers.