''Dance India Dance'' (also called by the acronym ''DID''; tagline: ''Dance Ka Asli ID D.I.D.'') is an Indian

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series that airs on Zee TV, created and produced by

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. It premiered on 30 January 2009. Here the judges are called ''Masters'' and

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was called ''Grand Master (until season 6)''. Season 7 premiered with a different concept. 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,

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, Hip-hop,

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, Kalaripayattu,

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, 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 Mudassar Khan (born 20 October 1987) is an Indian dancer and film choreographer. He was a dance teacher in Thakur Public School Kandivali from 2001 to 2006. He is a judge in the dance reality television series ''Dance India Dance ( season 4, seas ...

Marzi Pestonji Marzi Pestonji (born 30 October 1979), fondly known as ''Udi Baba'' (a positive surprise), also popularly known as Master Marzi, is an Indian dancer and choreographer. He was one of the judges of Zee TV’s reality dance show ''Dance India Danc ...

, 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

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n 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

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and

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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 dancer 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,

, Bharat Natyam,

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). 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

has been being 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 too with Grand Master. The first three seasons were judged by 3 regular judges Master Geeta Kapoor, Master Terence Lewis & Master Remo D'Souza with Grand Master. Then the judges were changed season by season from

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. When any contestant performs a perfect act, the judges give him/her a special speech which is as respect for the contestant. List of the judges:

Adaptations

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(

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) # Dance Karnataka Dance (

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) # Dance Kerala Dance (

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) # Dance Maharashtra Dance (

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) # Dance Odisha Dance (

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) # Dance Tamizha Dance (

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) # Dance Punjab Dance (

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) # Dance India Dance Telugu (

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)

Seasons

Season 1

First season was started on 30 January 2009. This season was hosted by

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and

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. The grand finale was aired on 30 May 2009 and winner was

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. Masters: *

Remo D'Souza Remo D'Souza (born Ramesh Gopi Nair; 2 April 1974), is an Indian choreographer, actor, film director and producer, based in Mumbai. He is best known for his works in ''Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'' (2014) and ''Bajirao Mastani'' (2016). In a career ...

, his team was named ''Remo Ke Rangeelay''. * Terence Lewis, his team was named ''Terence Ki Toli''. *

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, her team was named ''Geeta Ki Gang''. Top 18 Contestants: ''Remo Ke Rangeelay'': *

*Prince R. Gupta *Khushboo Purohit *Mangesh Mondal *Bhavana Purohit *Rakhee Sharma ''Terence Ki Toli'': *

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*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: #

(from Remo Ke Rangeelay) was the winner. #

(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

Second season was started on 18 December 2009. This season was also hosted by

and

. The grand finale was aired on 23 April 2010 and winner was

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. Masters: *

, his team was named ''Remo Ke Rangeelay''. * Terence Lewis, his team was named ''Terence Ki Toli''. *

, her team was named ''Geeta Ki Gang''. Top 21 Contestants: ''Remo Ke Rangeelay'': *

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*Bhavna Khanduja *

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* Kunwar Amar *Kruti Mahesh *Parvez Rehmani *Vandana *Ameet *Jack Gill (Wildcard) ''Geeta Ki Gang'': * Dharmesh Yelande *

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*Amrita Mitra (wildcard) *Kishore Aman *Tina Pradkar *Altaf *Shruti Finalists: #

(from Terence Ki Toli) was the winner. # Dharmesh Yelande (from Geeta Ki Gang) was 1st runner-up. #

(from Remo Ke Rangeelay) was 2nd runner-up. #

(from Geeta Ki Gang) was 3rd runner-up.

Season 3

Third season was started on 24 December 2011. This season was also hosted by

and

. The grand finale was aired on 21 April 2012 and winner was

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. Masters: *

, his team was named ''Remo Ke Rangeelay''. * Terence Lewis, his team was named ''Terence Ki Toli''. *

, 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 *

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(wildcard) *Neerav Balvecha (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: #

(from Geeta Ki Gang) was the winner. #Pradeep Gurung (from Terence Ki Toli) was 1st runner-up. #

(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

Fourth season was started on 26 October 2013. This season was hosted by

and

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. The grand finale was aired on 22 February 2014 and winner was Shyam Yadav from Mudassar ki Mandli. Masters: *

, 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''. *Karan Dhar, his team was named ''Karan Ke Kekde''. 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

Fifth season was started on 27 June 2015. This season was hosted by

. The grand finale was aired on 10 October 2015 and winner was

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. Masters: *

, his team was named ''Mudassar Ki Mandali''. *

, his team was named ''Punit Ke Panthers''. *Gaiti Siddiqui, her team was named ''Gaiti Ke Gangsters''. Top 11 Contestants: ''Mudassar Ki Mandali'': *Kaushik Mandal *Saddam Hussain Sheikh *Anuradha Iyengar *Vicky Alhat ''Punit Ke Panthers'': *

*Ashish Vashistha *Sally Sheikh *Pankaj Thapa ''Gaiti Ke Gangsters'': *Nirmal Tamang *Sahil Adanaya *Anila Rajan Finalists: #

(from Punit Ke Panthers) was the winner. #Nirmal Tamang (from Gaiti Ke Gangsters) was 1st runner-up. #Sahil Adanaya (from Gaiti Ke Gangsters) was 2nd runner-up. #Kaushik Mandal (from Mudassar Ki Mandali) was 3rd runner-up. #Ashish Vashistha (from Punit Ke Panthers) was 4th runner-up.

Season 6

Sixth season is being aired from 4 November 2017. This season is being hosted by

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and Sahil Khattar. Masters: *

, his team is named ''Mudassar Ki Mandali''. *

, his team is named ''Marzi Ke Mastane''. *Mini Pradhan, her team is named ''Mini Ke Masterblasters''. Top Contestants: ''Mudassar Ki Mandali'': *Shivam Wankhede *Paramdeep Singh *Alphons Chetty *Daphisha Kharbani *Ria Chatterjee *Deepak ''Marzi Ke Mastane'': *Sachin Sharma *Kalpita Kachroo *Punyakar Upadhyay *Shweta Warrier *Shweta Sharda *Rahul Burman ''Mini Ke Masterblasters'': *Sanket Gaonkar *Piyush Gurbhele *Nainika Anasuru *Sujan Marpa *Deepak Hulsure (Wildcard Entry) *Sonal Vichare *Mitesh Roy *Sarang Roy Top 5 Finalists: *Sanket Gaonkar *Piyush Gurbhele *Nainika Anasuru (Wildcard Entry) *Sachin Sharma *Shivam Wankhede Sanket Gaonkar (from ''Mini Ke Masterblasters'') is the winner Sachin Sharma (from ''Marzi Ke Mastane'') is the first runner up Piyush Gurbhele (from ''Mini Ke Masterblasters'') is the second runner up Nainika Anasuru (from ''Mini Ke Masterblasters'') is the third runner up Shivam Wankhede (from ''Mudassar Ki Mandali) is'' fourth runner up

Season 7

Season 7 - "Battle Of The Champions" being aired from 22 June 2019. This season is being hosted by

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Judges

* Bosco Martis *

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Zones Coaches

*Paul Marshal (West Ke Singhams) Pranshu & Kuldeep ( Lyrical) (2nd Runner-Up)
Akshay Pal (

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) (4th Runner-Up)
Saakshi & Shambhavi ( Freestyle) (Eliminated on 11 August 2019)
Akash & Suraj ( Freestyle) (Eliminated on 18 August 2018)
Kings Squad ( Hip-Hop) (Eliminated on 1 September 2019)
Mansi Dhruv (

) (Eliminated on 22 September 2019) *Palden Lama Mawroh/Nirmal Tamang (East Ke Tigers) Mukul Gain (

) (3rd Runner-Up)
Nrutya Naivedya (

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) (Eliminated on 14 July 2019)
M.D. Hasan (

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) (Eliminated on 28 July 2019)
Richika Sinha (

) (Eliminated on 8 September 2019) *Bhawna Khanduja (North Ke Nawabs) Unreal Crew (Tuttmation - Tutting and Animation) (winner)
Malka Praveen ( Hip-Hop and Freestyle) (Eliminated on 21 July 2019)
Hardik Rawat (

and Hip-Hop) (withdrew Due to Injury on 28 July 2019)
N-House Crew ( Freestyle) (Eliminated on 22 September 2019) *Sneha Kapoor (South Ke Thalaiwa) I Am Hip-Hop ( Hip-Hop) (runner-up)
Ramya & Bhaskar ( Freestyle) (Eliminated on 7 July 2019)
Loyala Dream Team ( Hip-Hop and Urban Choreography) (Eliminated on 14 July 2019)
Anil & Tejas ( Freestyle) (Eliminated on 21 July 2019)
The Soul Queens (

and Hip-Hop) (Eliminated on 25 August 2019)

Li'l Masters

''li'l Master season 1''

The first season of ''DID L'il Masters'' was judged by

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and Sandip Soparrkar. It was hosted by

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. The four skippers were Jai (DID 1), Vrushali and Mayuresh (DID 1), Amrutha (DID 2), and Dharmesh (DID 2). Their teams were: ''Dharmesh ke Dhinchak'': Jeetumoni Kalita, Vaishnavi Patil, Ruturaj Mahalim, Khyati Patel ''Jai ke Jhatang-Fatang:'' Vatsal Vithlani, Papiya Sarkar, Atul Banmoria, Divyam Viajyvergia ''Vrushali aur Mayuresh ke Dhum-Dhadake:'' Manoj Rathod, Hansika Singh, Avneet Kaur, Neel Shah ''Amritha ke Aflatoon:'' Anurag Sarmah, Khushabu Kargutkar, Shubham Maheshwari, Shivani Baranwal

Top 4 Finalists

* Jeetumoni Kalita (winner) * Atul Banmoria (1st Runner Up) * Vaishnavi Patil (2nd Runner Up) * Manoj Rathod (3rd Runner Up)

''li'l Master season 2''

''DID L'il Masters 2'' was judged by

and

. It was hosted by

. The four skippers were Prince (DID 1), Raghav (DID 3), Kruti (DID 2), Neerav (DID 3) ''Prince ke Paltan'': Faisal, Shalini, Deep, Shreya ''Raghav ke Rockstars'': Saummya, Rohan, Yash, Susanket ''Kruti ke Kracters'': Om, Uday, Rimsha, Jnana ''Neerav ke Ninjas'': Shreya, Tanay (WC), Jeet (WC), Rishi, Shivam

Top Finalists

* Faisal Khan (winner) * Om Chetry (1st Runner Up) * Rohan Parkale (2nd Runner Up) * Saumya Rai (3rd Runner Up)

''li'l Master season 3''

The third season began broadcasting on 1 March 2014.

, Ahmad Khan, and

were judges, along with Sanam Johar (did3), Raghav Crockroaz Juyal(did3),(Lil M2)/ Omkar Shinde, Rahul Shetty and Paul Marshal Cardoz(did3) and Swarali Karulkar(did1), as skippers. The teams were Raghav/Omkar ke Rockstar, Sanam ke Superheroes, Rahul and Paul ke Rapchik Punters and Swarali ke Sparklers. Teriya Magar from Nepal was declared the winner, and Anushka Chetry became the 1st runner-up. Sadhwin Shetty was the 2nd runner-up. Hardik Ruparel was declared the 3rd runner-up

''li'l Master season 4''

DID Li'l Masters returned with its 4th season after 4 years. It began broadcasting on 3 March 2018. Marzi Pestonji, Chitrangnda Singh and Siddharth Anand are the judges along with Vaishnavi Patil (li'l M1),(JDJ5),(JDJ6),(JDJ7),(JDJ8),(JDJ9),(DC1),(DD3) Jitumoni Kalita (li'l M1),

Tanay Malhara Season 2 of Dance Plus premiered on 2 July 2016 on Star Plus. It was created and produced by Varun Trikha Productions, Urban Brew Studios and Frames Production and aired for 25 episodes. This time there were two talents from Nepal who progre ...

(Li'l M2),(D+2,) and Bir Radha Sherpa (li'l M2),(D+3),(DC1) as the skippers. The teams are Vaishnavi Ke Veer, Jitumoni ke Janbaaz, Tanay ke Tigers and Bir ke Baahubali. Jiya Thakur from Vaishnavi ke Veer wins the title. Urva Bhavsar from Jitumoni ke Janbaaz is the first runner up followed by Tamman Gamnu from Bir ke Baahubali. The season was hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Vighnesh Pande.

''li'l Master season 5''

DID Li'l Masters returned with its 5th season. It began broadcasting on 12 March 2022 with

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and

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as the judges with

as the host. The skippers for the season are Paul Marshal (DID3),(DID7),(Li'l M2),(SD1),(SD2),(SD3),(SD4),(IBD1),(IBD2), Vartika Jha (DD1),(D+4),(IBD1), (SD4), (IBD2) and Vaibhav Ghuge (DID3),(SD1),(SD2),(SD3),(SD4),(IBD1),(IBD2)

Contestant Status

Guest

Jackie Shroff, Shahid Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Tiger Shroff, Akshay Kumar, Kartik Aryan, Ranveer Singh, Geeta Kapoor, Terence Lewis, Dharmesh Sir, Salman Yusuff khan, Shilpa Shetty, Bosco Martis, Varun Dhawan, Anil Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Maneish Paul, Ajay Devgn Rakul Preet Singh Bharti Singh for finale episode

Dancing with the stars

Dipali with adheshry, Rupesh, Sumya with sadia, Rupesh bane, Rohan, Sanket, Pankaj thapa, Rutuja, Shayam yadav, Sadwi

''Dance India Dance L'il Masters North America Edition''

Auditions were conducted in April 2014 with over 10,000 contestants auditioning from all across the US, Canada and Europe. Out of them 10 contestants were chosen and were flown to Mumbai, India to compete in the finals. The winner was Akhil and the second winner was

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''Doubles''

The shows consisted of 12 finalist couples. The Grand Finale was scheduled for filming 7 April 2011 at the Andheri Sports Complex for broadcast on 9 April 2011. Amit and Falon were voted the winners of the season.

Super Moms

''Super Moms Season 1''

The first season started on 1 June 2013, where, Mithu Chowdhury from

was declared the winner of ''Dance India Dance Super Moms'' 2013 Season, and Cecille Rodrigues from

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was the 1st runner-up, and Shraddha Shah Raj from Surat was the 2nd runner-up. Skiper raguv (DID3), (Lil M1), (Li'l M2), skiper jay (DID1), Farah khan and master marzi judge

''Super Moms Season 2''

The second season started on 28 March 2015. Harpreet Khatri who hails from

was announced the winner of ''Dance India Dance Super Moms Season 2'' in 2015. Season 2 was anchored by popular TV actor

. Skiper sanam johar (DID3), skiper sidesh (DID2),skiper mayuresh (DID1). Season 2 was judged by

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, and Terence Lewis.

''Super Moms Season 3''

Season 3 will be judged by

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and hosted by

.It started on 2 July 2022. This season was won Varsha Bumra and her choreographer Vartika Jha.

Special shows

''Dance Ke Superstars''

''Dance Ke Superstars'' featured contestants from the first two seasons to compete against each other. The show was judged by choreographers

and

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and

and hosted by

and Shreya Acharya.These kids will put us elders to shame: Dance 'guru' Geeta Kapur
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and choreographers: Kruti Mahesh and Prince Gupta. They won the competition with Faisal Khan, Soumya Rai, Rohan Parkale, Om Chetri, Jeet Das, Shalini Moitra and

dancing their way to victory. Team Wakao, also known as ''DID L'il Masters Season 1'', was led by Captain Dharmesh Yelande and choreographers: Mayuresh Vadkar and Vrushali Chavan; with dancing contestants: Jeetumoni Kalita, Vatsal Vithlani, Ruturaj Mahalim, Vaishnavi Patil, Atul Banmoria, Anurag Sarmah and Khyati Patel. The team fell just short of victory but thoroughly celebrated their time on the show all the same.

''Dance Ka Tashan''

''DID Dance Ka Tashan'' featured contestants from ''Dance India Dance Super Moms'' competing against contestants from ''Dance India Dance L'il Masters 2''. The show aired in November 2013 and was judged by choreographer Ahmed Khan and

and hosted by TV actor

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and India's Best Dramebaaz, Nihar. The show was won by Team Todu, the ''DID L'il Masters Season 2'' contestants, Faisal, Soumya, Rohan, Om, Shalini, Deep, Tanay, Jeet and Shreya.

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