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{{Short description|Indian salsa dancing duo}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Bad Salsa
| image = File:Bad Salsa.jpg
| caption = Bad Salsa in 2019
| origin = [[India]]
| genre = [[Salsa dance|salsa]]
| years_active = 2012–present
| label =
| website =
| current_members = '''Sonali Majumdar'''<br>'''Maroju Samanth'''
| past_members =
}}
'''Bad Salsa''' are an Indian [[Salsa dance|salsa]] dancing duo that gained fame after winning the [[India's Got Talent season 4|fourth season]] of ''[[India's Got Talent]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/buzztop/buzztop-local/story/indias-got-talent-salsa-dancers-maraju-sumanth-sonali-majumdar-india-today-122448-2012-11-25 |title=India's Got Talent Season 4 found its winners in two little salsa dancers |last=Sivastava|first=Priyanka|date= November 25, 2012|website=[[India Today]] |publisher=[[Living Media India Limited]] |access-date=July 15, 2020 }}</ref>

==Members==

Both members of Bad Salsa have trained at The Bivash Academy of Dance in [[Kolkata]] where the two met and started competing in national dance competitions in India under the name Bad Salsa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/sumanth-maroju-and-sonali-majumdar-of-bad-salsa-impressed-judges-and-audience-on-americas-got-talent/article31747997.ece |title=Sumanth Maroju and Sonali Majumdar are anything but bad at Salsa|last=M. Borah|first=Prabalika|date= June 4, 2020|website=[[The Hindu]] |publisher=[[The Hindu Group]] |access-date=July 15, 2020 }}</ref>

===Sonali Majumdar===
'''Sonali Majumdar''' is an Indian salsa dancer who started her career at the age of seven by participating in the fourth season of [[India's Got Talent]] alongside her partner Sumanth Maroju.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/television/news/2012/indias-got-talent-winners-sumanth-sonali-101407.html |title=Exclusive: Sumanth, Sonali win India's Got Talent Season 4|last=Nambiar|first=Smitha|date= November 23, 2012|website=[[Filmibeat]] |publisher=[[Oneindia]]|access-date=July 15, 2020 }}</ref>

Majumdar hails from a farmer's family originally from [[Bagdah, North 24 Parganas|Bagdah]], a village in the Indian province of [[West Bengal]] near the border with [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://matpal.com/2013/07/sonali-majumdar-biography.html|title=Sonali Majumdar Biography|date= 2013|website=Matpal |access-date=July 15, 2020 }}</ref>

===Sumanth Maroju===

'''Sumanth Maroju''' is an Indian salsa dancer who started his career at the age of thirteen by taking part in the fourth season of [[India's Got Talent]] alongside his partner Sonali Majumdar.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/we-want-to-put-our-indian-style-of-dance-on-the-world-map-bad-salsa-160312.html|title=We want to put our Indian style of dance on the map|last=Kamdar|first=Shraddha|date= June 10, 2020|website=[[Femina (India)|Femina]] |publisher=[[The Times Group]] |access-date=July 15, 2020 }}</ref>

Maroju is originally from [[Bhubaneswar]] in the Indian state of [[Odisha]]. His father is a railway employee and his mother is a housewife.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/life-style/indian-dancing-duo-on-americas-got-talent-630710 |title= Indian dancing duo on America's Got Talent|last=Kalyanaam|first=Rajeshwari|date= June 29, 2020|website=[[The Hans India]] |publisher=[[HMTV|Hyderabad Media House]] |access-date=July 15, 2020 }}</ref>

==Career==

Bad Salsa rose to prominence after competing in season 4 of ''[[India's Got Talent]]'' on [[Colors TV]] and winning the competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://colors.in.com/in/indias-got-talent/news-indias-got-talent-crowns-bivash-academy-of-dance-as-winners-377.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501160730/http://colors.in.com/in/indias-got-talent/news-indias-got-talent-crowns-bivash-academy-of-dance-as-winners-377.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 1, 2013|title=India's Got Talent crowns Bivash Academy of Dance as winners|date= December 6, 2012|website=[[Colors TV]]|publisher=[[Press Trust of India]] |access-date=July 15, 2020 }}</ref> After this, the duo participated in many national and international dance competitions.

The duo then participated in the [[Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 6|sixth season]] of ''[[Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa]]'' on Colors TV and finished in third place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-jhalak-dikhhla-jaa-sonali-and-sumanth-s-top-5-performances-1886458|title=Jhalak Dikhla Jaa: Sonali and Sumanth's top 5 performances |date= September 19, 2013|website=[[DNA India]]|publisher=[[Essel Group]] |access-date=July 15, 2020 }}</ref> Bad Salsa also competed in the Indian dance reality television series ''[[Dance Champions]]'' on [[Star Plus]] in 2017, finishing at tenth place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://talentrecap.com/10-facts-about-bad-salsa-the-energetic-indian-dance-act-on-agt/|title=10 Facts about Bad Salsa: The Energetic Indian Dance Act on AGT |last=Agate|first=Samantha|date= June 11, 2020|website=Talent Recap|publisher=[[Fremantle Media]] |access-date=July 15, 2020 }}</ref>

Internationally, the duo has also participated in [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]]'s ''[[Britain's Got Talent: The Champions]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/02/susan-boyle-finally-confirmed-britains-got-talent-champions-emotional-finale-return-9776401/ |title=Susan Boyle finally confirmed for Britain's Got Talent: The Champions | Metro News |date=2 June 2019 |publisher=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |access-date=2019-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://heatworld.com/entertainment/tv-movies/simon-cowell-bgt-champions-announcement/ |title=Simon Cowell announces BRAND NEW Britain's Got Talent: The Champions😲 |publisher=[[Heat (magazine)|Heat]] |date=2019-02-15 |access-date=2019-06-03}}</ref> and the [[America's Got Talent season 15|fifteenth season]] of [[NBC]]'s ''[[America's Got Talent]]'' where they emerged as a finalist.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/viral-videos-trending/bad-salsa-duo-wows-all-at-latest-edition-of-americas-got-talent-6431567/|title=Watch: Dancing Duo 'Bad Salsa' from India wow all at America's Got Talent audition |date= May 31, 2020|website=[[The Indian Express]]|publisher=[[Indian Express Group]] |access-date=July 15, 2020 }}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/badsalsagroup/ Bad Salsa] on [[Facebook]]
*[https://www.instagram.com/badsalsagroup/ Bad Salsa] on [[Instagram]]

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VirginiaOxenham at 22:13, 2 March 2026