Dance Plus
| Dance Plus | |
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 D+ logo | |
| Also known as | Dance + |
| Directed by | Ashim Sen |
| Presented by |
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| Judges | Remo D'Souza |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 146 |
| Production | |
| Producers |
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| Editor | Kumar Priyadarshi |
| Running time | 60 minutes (season 1-2)
90 minutes (season 3-4) 120 minutes (season 5-7) |
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| Release | 26 July 2015 – present |
Dance Plus (tagline: Ise Kehte Hain Dance) is an Indian Hindi-language reality dance competition television series produced by Frames Production house and Urban Brew Studios. The 6 consecutive seasons hosted by Raghav Juyal. From season 7 Tushar Shetty & Sushant Khatri co-host. The series features dance performers, including solo acts, Duo and larger groups, representing any style of dance, competing for a grand prize.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Finalists | Winner Team | Host | Super Judge | Captains | Original Broadcast | Network | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Runner-up | Premiere | Finale | |||||||||||
| 1 | 12 | V Company | Question Mark Crew | Dharmesh Yelande | Raghav Juyal | Remo D'Souza | Dharmesh Yelande | Shakti Mohan | Sumeet Nagdev | No 4th captain | 26 July 2015 | 11 October 2015 | Star Plus & Disney Plus Hotstar | |
| 2 | 26 | Tanay Malhara | Wild Ripperz | Dharmesh Yelande | Punit Pathak | 2 July 2016 | 25 September 2016 | |||||||
| 3 | 26 | Bir Radha Sherpa | Amardeep Singh Natt | Punit Pathak | 1 July 2017 | 24 September 2017 | ||||||||
| 4 | 34 | Chetan Salunke | Sujan and Aanchal | Punit Pathak | Sugandha Mishra | 6 October 2018 | 2 February 2019 | |||||||
| 5 | 31 | Rupesh Bane | Janam Crew | Dharmesh Yelande | Karishma Chavan | Suresh Mukund | 9 November 2019 | 22 February 2020 | ||||||
| 6 | 25 | Harsh, Sneha & Tejas | Dhananjay Joshi | Shakti Mohan | Salman Yusuff Khan | Shakti Mohan | No 4th captain | 13 September 2021 | 15 October 2021 | |||||
| 7 | 49 | Ritesh Pal | Rakesh Sahu | Shakti Mohan | Tushar Shetty | Sushant Khatri | Rahul Shetty | 11 December 2023 | 29 February 2024 | |||||
Judges and captains
| Judge | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Remo D'Souza | Super Judge | ||||||
| Dharmesh Yelande | Captain | ||||||
| Karishma Chavan | Captain | ||||||
| Punit Pathak | Captain | ||||||
| Rahul Shetty | Captain | ||||||
| Salman Yusuff Khan | Captain | ||||||
| Shakti Mohan | Captain | Captain | |||||
| Sumeet Nagdev | Captain | ||||||
| Suresh Mukund | Captain | ||||||
| Seasons captains. | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||||
Season 1
Season 1 of Dance Plus premiered on 26 July 2015. V Company from Team Dharmesh won Season 1, Question Mark Crew from Team Sumeet was first runner up and Hardik Rawat from Team Dharmesh was second runner up.[1][2] Kumar Priyadarshi is one of the editor of this season of Dance Plus.
Teams
| Team Dharmesh | Team Shakti | Team Sumeet |
| Hardik Rawat - Solo | Popin Ticko - Solo | Dharmendra - akela |
| Ravi & Bhargav - Duo | Rahul Barman - Solo | Nadeem - Solo |
| Shafad and Arafat - Duo | Piyush & Preeti - Duo | Chandni & Gaurav - Duo |
| Bindaas Faizi, replaced by Piyush - Solo | 13.13 Crew - Group | Base Crew - Group |
| V Company - Group | Banjara Girls - Group | Question Mark Crew - Group |
Season 2
Season 2 of Dance Plus started on 2 July 2016. The auditions took place across several cities of India from 3 May 2016 to 26 May 2016.Tanay Malhara from Team Dharmesh won the second season.[3][4]
There are three mentors:
- Teams
| Team Dharmesh | Team Shakti | Team Punit |
| Yo Highness | Piyush Bhagat | Shazia Samji |
| Tanay Malhara | Sushant Khatri (Nepal) | Urban Singh Crew |
| Wild Ripperz Crew (Nepali Crew) | B.A.N.D.I.T.S. Crew | F.A.M.O.U.S Crew |
| Mokshada Jail Khaani replaced by Bindaas Faizi | X1X Crew | Mingma Lepcha |
Season 3
Season 3 of Dance Plus started on 1 July 2017. Bir Radha Sherpa of Team Punit won the third season.[5][6]
Judges:
Teams
| Team Dharmesh | Team Shakti | Team Punit |
| Aryan Patra | Chow En Lai Phukan | Bir Radha Sherpa |
| Tarun & Shivani | Sri Rama Nataka Nikethan | Ayush & Mukesh |
| Amardeep Singh Natt | Nostalgia Crew | A.V.P. Crew |
| Tuttix Crew | Jeet Das | House of Suraj |
Season 4
Season 4 of Dance Plus was started from 6 October 2018 Saturday at 8 pm. The channel Star Plus released the first promo of the show. It was hosted by Raghav Juyal and Sugandha Mishra. Chetan Salunkhe of Team Punit won the fourth season.[7][8]
The Super Judge was Remo D'souza. The other judges were:
Team Raghav Juyal
An all-kids crew named S-Unity Crew made a special appearance on the show as Team Raghav. They later shifted to Team Dharmesh after getting into the top 10.
Season 5
Season 5 of Dance Plus started airing from 9 November 2019 at 8 pm, hosted by Raghav Juyal and Sugandha mishra (as guest). Rupesh bane from team Dharmesh became the winner of season 5. Janam from team Punit became the runner-up of season 5[9][10]
The Super Judge is Remo D'Souza. The other judges are:
- Dharmesh Yelande
- Karishma Chavan
- Punit Pathak
- Suresh Mukund
- Contestant Info
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| Captains | Top 18 | ||||
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| Dharmesh | Rupesh Bane | Nritya Kala Kendra | Naitik Singhal | Dynamic Dance Crew | |
| Punit | Janam Crew | Subrato and Sanchita | Bhim Bahadur | Sameep Dhakne | |
| Karishma | Deepika and Rupesh | Candybots | Jahangir Alam | B-Fab Crew | Creative Dance Crew |
| Suresh | Monark Trivedi | Tron Brothers | The Ace | Siba Prasad | Suraj and Priyanka |
Season 6
The sixth season aired on 13 September 2021 on Disney+ Hotstar. The show hosted by Raghav Juyal with the super judge Remo D'Souza and the team captains are Punit Pathak, Shakti Mohan and Salman Yusuff Khan. Harsh, Tejas, Sneha from team Shakti won Season 6 (in all of her 5 seasons of being a captain, this is the first win of team Shakti).
- Contestant info
| Winner | |
| Runner-up | |
| Third place | |
| Eliminated in Race to Top 6 | |
| Eliminated in Semi Finale |
| Captains | Top 15 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punit | Kuldeep and Pranshu | Pratik Surve | Romsha Singh | Shivanshu Soni | Hot Indians Crew |
| Shakti | Harsh, Tejas, Sneha | Dhananjay Joshi | Shweta Sharda | PS2 | J.S Angels |
| Salman | Rohan Parkale | Ajay and Sara | Tom and Jerry | MD Hasan Raja | N House Crew |
Season 7
Dance Plus Pro features Shakti Mohan, Punit Pathak returning as captains Rahul Shetty as a new captain. Remo D'Souza returns as the super judge. The show will be newly hosted by Sushant Khatri and Tushar Shetty.
Teams
- Contestant info
| Winner | |
| Runner-up | |
| Third place | |
| Eliminated in Race to Top 8 | |
| Eliminated in Semi Finale |
| Captains | Top 12 | ||||
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| Punit | Rakesh Sahu | Brother's Bond Crew | Ritika Sharma (Replaced Sanhvi Jaiswal) | The Mystique | |
| Shakti | Ritesh Pal | Ashish & Himanshu | Aman & Kunal | The Trend | |
| Rahul | Ram, Ramesh & Kishan | Anshika Dhara (replaced ADA Trio) | Akanksha Priyodarshoni | Aviral & Parv | |
Dance Styles of Teams
| Sr. | Artists | Type | Style | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brother's Bond Crew | Group | Lyrical | Punit |
| 2 | Rakesh Sahu | Solo | Contemporary | |
| 3 | The Mystique | Group | Waacking | |
| 4 | Ritika Sharma | Solo | ||
| 5 | Ritesh Pal | Solo | Contemporary | Shakti |
| 6 | Ashish & Himanshu | Duo | Lyrical | |
| 7 | The Trend | Group | K-pop | |
| 8 | Aman & Kunal | Duo | Hip-Hop | |
| 9 | Ram, Ramesh & Kishan | Trio | B-Boying | Rahul |
| 10 | Anshika Dhara | Solo | ||
| 11 | Akanksha Priyodarshoni | Solo | Freestyle | |
| 12 | Aviral & Parv | Duo |
Season 8
Dance Plus Pro 2 Upcoming Season
TBA
See also
References
- ^ "'V company' Wins Dance + Season 1". ndtv.com. 12 October 2015.
- ^ "V Company, group of 50 dancers, wins 'Dance Plus'". indianexpress.com. 12 October 2015.
- ^ "5 things you SHOULD know about Dance Plus 2 winner Tanay Malhara". indiatoday.in. 26 September 2016.
- ^ "Tanay Malhara is Dance Plus 2 winner: The 14-year-old earns a car, Rs 25 lakh and Bollywood debut". indianexpress.com. 26 September 2016.
- ^ "Dance Plus 3 Winner Bir Radha Sherpa: 'Thank You For All The Love'". ndtv.com. 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Dance Plus 3 winner Bir Radha Sherpa: I did not know so many people out there have been supporting me". indianexpress.com. 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Chetan Salunkhe wins Dance Plus 4". indianexpress.com. 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Who is Chetan Salunkhe? All you want to know about Dance Plus 4 winner". indiatoday.in. 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Rupesh Bane wins Dance Plus 5". indianexpress.com. 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Dance Plus 5 winner is Rupesh Bane from Mumbai". indiatoday.in. 22 February 2020.