Season of television series
| India's Best Dancer | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
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| Hosted by |
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| Judges | |
| No. of contestants | 14 |
| Winner | Steve Jrywa |
| Winning mentor | Raktim Thakuria |
| Runner-up | Nextion |
| No. of episodes | 36 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sony Entertainment Television |
| Original release | 13 July (2024-07-13) – 10 November 2024 (2024-11-10) |
| Season chronology | |
| ← Previous Season 3 | |
India's Best Dancer 4, also known as India's Best Dancer: Jab Dil Kare Dance Kar, is the fourth season of the popular Indian reality TV series, India's Best Dancer. It premiered on 13 July 2024 on Sony Entertainment Television. The show is hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Aniket Chauhan, with Geeta Kapoor, Terence Lewis, and Karisma Kapoor serving as the judges. Karisma Kapoor joined the judging panel this season, replacing Sonali Bendre, who was a judge in the previous season.
Top 12 contestants
| Contestant | Choreographer | Dance form | From | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Jyrwa | Raktim Thakuria | Hip-Hop | Meghalaya | Winner 10 November 2024 |
| Smruti Swarup Patra (Nextion) | Vipul Kandpal | Freestyle | Odisha | Runner-up 10 November 2024 |
| Harsh Keshri | Pratik Utekar | Contemporary | Bihar | Third place 10 November 2024 |
| Deepak Shahi (Nepo) | Vartika Jha | Hip-Hop | Uttarakhand | 4th position |
| Akansha Mishra (Akina) | Subranil Paul | Lyrical | Maharashtra | 5th position |
| Aditya Malviya
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Vaibhav Ghuge | Contortion | Bhopal | 6th Position |
Ishani Nag 
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Sadhwi Majumdar | Classical | Kolkata | Eliminated 3 November 2024 |
| Arjun Sathe | Pankaj Thapa | Freestyle | Mumbai | Eliminated 13 October 2024 |
| Vaishnavi Shekhawat | Shivanshu Soni
(Bharat Ghare till Week 2) |
Contemporary | Bengaluru | Eliminated 13 October 2024 |
| Rohan Choudhary | Akash Thapa | Freestyle | Assam | Withdrew 6 October 2024 |
| Nikhil Patnayak | Ashutosh Pawar | Contemporary | Chhattisgarh | Withdrew 29 September 2024 |
| Amos Mathi | Kartik Raja | Hip Hop | Mumbai | Eliminated 1 September 2024 |
| Chitrakshi Batra | Saumya Kamble Vartika for Week 3 |
Belly Dance | Punjab | Eliminated 1 September 2024 |
| Dibyajyoti Naik | Rupesh Soni | Popping | Odisha | Withdrew 18 August 2024, Eliminated 3 November 2024 |
Scoring chart
Colour key:
Winners Runners-up Third place Bottom two Eliminated Withdrew from competition| Dance Duo
Contestant and Choreographer |
Place | Week | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1+2+3 | 4 | 5 | 4+5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 6+8+9+10+11 | 12 | |||||
| Night 1 | Night 2 | 1+2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Akina and Subranil | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
90 | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
29 (9, 10, 9) |
No scores given | 33 (8, 8, 9, 8) |
P | 30+10=40 (10,10,10) | 28+10=38 (9, 9, 10) |
25+30=55 (8, 9, 8) |
195 | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
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| Harsh and Pratik | 24 (7, 9, 8) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
28 (9, 10, 9) |
82 | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
39+10=49 (9, 10, 10, 10) |
D | 26+10=36 (8, 9, 9) |
30+10=40 (10,10,10) | 28+26=54 (8, 10, 10) |
209 | 27 (9, 9, 9) |
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| Nextion and Vipul | 30 (10,10,10) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
90 | 28 (9, 10, 9) |
51 | 28+10=38
(9, 10, 9) |
40 (10, 10, 10, 10) |
P | 30+10=40 (10,10,10) | 29 (10, 10, 9) |
27+30=57 (8, 10, 9) |
204 | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
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| Nepo and Vartika | 27 (9, 9, 9) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
87 | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
60 | 25+10=35 (10, 10, 5) |
40 (10, 10, 10, 10) |
D | 30 (10,10,10) | 25 (8, 9, 8) |
26+30=56 (8, 9, 9) |
186 | 25 (8, 9, 8) |
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| Steve and Raktim | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
90 | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
60 | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
40 (10, 10, 10, 10) |
P | 27 (9, 9, 9) |
30+10=40 (10,10,10) | 26+30=56 (9, 9, 8) |
193 | 26 (9, 9, 8) |
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| Ishani and Sadhwi | 27 (9, 9, 9) |
35 (9, 9, 9, 8) |
D | 30+10=40 (10,10,10) | 29+10=39 (10, 10, 9) |
25+30=55 (8, 9, 8) |
196 | 26 (8, 9, 9) |
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| Vaishnavi and Shivanshu | 7th | 22 (7, 8, 7) |
23 (7, 8, 8) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
75 | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
40 (10, 10, 10, 10) |
D | 27 (9, 9, 9) |
30 (10,10,10) | 30+26=56 (10,10,10) | 183 | ||||||
| Arjun and Pankaj | 29 (9, 10, 10) |
24 (8, 8, 8) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
83 | 29 (10, 10, 9) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
34 (8, 9, 9, 8) |
D | 0 (0, 0, 0) |
30 (10,10,10) | 28+30=58 (9, 9, 10) |
152 | |||||||
| Rohan and Akash | 9th | 25 (8, 9, 8) |
27 (9, 9, 9) |
24 (8, 8, 8) |
76 | 26 (8, 9, 9) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
40 (10, 10, 10, 10) |
P | 0 (0, 0, 0) |
— | ||||||||
| Nikhil and Ashutosh | 10th | 26 (8, 9, 9) |
27 (8, 10, 9) |
22 (7, 8, 7) |
75 | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
0 (0, 0, 0) |
36+10=46 (9, 9, 9, 9) |
P | — | |||||||||
| Amos and Kartik | 11th | 26 (8, 9, 9) |
27 (9, 9, 9) |
24 (8, 8, 8) |
77 | 26 (9, 8, 9) |
51 | ||||||||||||
| Chitrakshi and Saumya | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
24 (8, 8, 8) |
26 (8, 9, 9) |
80 | 22 (7, 8, 7) |
52 | |||||||||||||
| Dibyajyoti and Rupesh | 13th | 23 (7, 8, 8) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
— | |||||||||||||||
- This week was team based, with 2 guest judges, Dharmesh & Punit. Scores were given out of 40, with the team captain (Dharmesh or Punit), not giving scores to their team members.
- The choreographers were swapped this week, they are listed as follows:
- Ishani and Shivanshu
- Vaishnavi and Pratik
- Arjun and Subhranil
- Steve and Vartika
- Nepo and Raktim
- Akina and Vipul
- Nextion and Pankaj
- Harsh and Akash
- The special guests for the day, Chunky Pandey and Neelam pressed the 10 score buzzer for Geeta and Karishma respectively, so Terence gave 5 points to balance it out.
- It was announced that calculating past weeks public votes, Steve was the highest voted contestant.
Impromptu Battle (Immunity Power)
This battle was announced by Sajid Khan in the week 10, where the top scorers from the weeks 6, 8, 9 and 10 competed in this battle for the immunity power, which the winner of this battle could use in any week to be safe from the elimination. Prior to the battle, no rehearsals were allowed.
| Contestant | Result |
|---|---|
| Nextion | Lost |
| Harsh | Won the immunity power |
| Ishani | Lost |
Bonus Relay Round
This concept was started in Week 6, where a set of contestants whose performance aired that day, perform again in a relay round against others to get a bonus 10 score added to this week's total.
Week 6
| Contestant | Result |
|---|---|
| Nepo | Won (Bonus 10) |
| Nextion | Won (Bonus 10) |
| Arjun Sathe | Lost |
| Steve Jyrwa | Lost |
| Ishani Nag | Lost |
| Harsh Keshri | Lost |
| Vaishnavi Shekhawat | Lost |
| Akina | Lost |
| Rohan Choudhary | Lost |
Week 8
| Contestant | Result |
|---|---|
| Harsh Keshri | Won (Bonus 10) |
| Nikhil Patnayak | Won (Bonus 10) |
| Arjun Sathe | Lost |
| Steve Jyrwa | Lost |
| Ishani Nag | Lost |
| Nepo | Lost |
| Vaishnavi Shekhawat | Lost |
| Akina | Lost |
| Rohan Choudhary | Lost |
| Nextion | Lost |
Week 9
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Week 10
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Bonus 30 Round
This round was started in week 11, where wo contestants had to perform as a pair, and the judges' score the performance out of 30 and it gets added to the total scores of that week.
Week 11
| Contestant Pair | Scores |
|---|---|
| Arjun and Ishani | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
| Akina and Nextion | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
| Nepo and Steve | 30 (10, 10, 10) |
| Harsh and Vaishnavi | 26 (8, 9, 9) |
External links
References
- "India's Best Dancer Returns With Season 4: 'Jab Dil Kare Dancer Kar!'". Zee News. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- "Jay Bhanushali To Host India's Best Dancer 4 With Ex-Contestant Aniket Chauhan". News18. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- "Karisma Kapoor To Replace Sonali Bendre As India's Best Dancer 4 Judge: Report". www.ndtv.com. Retrieved 7 September 2024.