India's Best Dancer

Template:Infobox media franchise 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. 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

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

Template:Color box Currently airing – 1

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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	Template:INRConvert	Template:Win	rowspan="2" Template:Win	Template:Runner-up
		2	India's Best Dancer: Best Ka Next Avtaar	Manish Paul				26	16 October 2021	9 January 2022			12	Template:INRConvert	Template:Win	Template:Runner-up
		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	Template:INRConvert	Template:Win	Template:Win	Template:Runner-up

Judges and hosts

	Name'	IBD (Season 1)	MBD (Season 1)	IBD (Season 2)	IBD (Season 3)
Judges	Dharmesh Yelande	colspan="1" Template:N/a	colspan="1" Template:Yes	colspan="1" Template:N/a	Template:N/a
	Geeta Kapoor	colspan="1" Template:Yes	colspan="1" Template:N/a	colspan="1" Template:Yes	Template:Yes
	Malaika Arora	colspan="1" Template:Yes	colspan="1" Template:N/a	colspan="1" Template:Yes	Template:N/a
	Pooja Sawant	colspan="1" Template:N/a	colspan="1" Template:Yes	colspan="1" Template:N/a	Template:N/a
	Sonali Bendre	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:Yes
	Terence Lewis	colspan="1" Template:Yes	colspan="1" Template:N/a	colspan="1" Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Hosts	Bharti Singh	colspan="1" Template:Yes2	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a
	Haarsh Limbachiyaa	colspan="1" Template:Yes2	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a
	Jay Bhanushali	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:Yes2
	Manish Paul	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	colspan="1" Template:Yes2	Template:N/a
	Namrata Sambherao	colspan="1" Template:N/a	colspan="1" Template:Yes2	colspan="1" Template:N/a	Template:N/a
	Sankarshan Karhade	colspan="1" Template:N/a	colspan="1" Template:Yes2	colspan="1" Template:N/a	Template:N/a
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

Template:Color box Indicates India's Best Dancer (Hindi Tv) Episodes.

Template:Color box Indicates Maharashtra's Best Dancer (Marathi Tv) Episodes.

See also

• Dance Plus
• Dance India Dance
• Dance Deewane
• Super Dancer
• India's Got Talent

External links

• India's Best Dancer on Sony Liv