''D 4 Dance'' is an

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dance reality series which premiered on

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and has completed five seasons.

Cast

Judges

Hosts

Series & Awards

: Male : Female ;Awards :* Asiavision awards 2016 for Best Anchor-

Govind Padmasoorya Govind Padmasoorya (born 16 June 1987), popularly known by his initials GP, is an Indian actor who works mainly in Malayalam cinema and Telugu films. He made his debut in the movie ''Atayalangal'' directed by M. G. Sasi which won 5 Kerala Stat ...

*'' Kerala state television awards '' : :* popular TV show - D3 :* Best Anchor -

Season 1

The first season was titled as D 4 Dance. The show was first aired on 11 April 2014, and its last episode aired on 24 November 2014. It was hosted by ''

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'' and ''

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'' who was later replaced by ''

'' and Pearly Maaney (as Jewel went away for movie shots, she rejoined towards the finale)). There were total of 18 contestants in which Ramzan Muhammed was declared as the winner of the show bagging 50 lakhs Indian Rupees. followed by Aashiq Nawal (2nd place),

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(3rd place), Ajas N. (4th place), and Dilsha Prasanann (5th place).

Season 2

The second season of the series was titled as D2 - D 4 Dance. The very first episode on-air was on 5 December 2014 and its final episode was telecasted on 13 September 2015 declaring Pranav Sasidharan as the winner of the season winning 5 Million Indian Rupees followed by Fida Ashraf (2nd place),

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and

Pearle Maaney Pearle Maaney ( /maːɳi/; born 28 May 1989) is an Indian actress, lyricist, YouTuber, and television presenter who works in Malayalam shows. She is known for co-hosting three seasons of the Malayalam dance reality show '' D 4 Dance''. Pearle e ...

. Chemistry between Govind Padmasoorya and Pearle Maaney made the show more entertaining. They introduced different kinds of hosting styles to the Indian television. Their chemistry was one of the biggest reason for the high trp rating D2 received. Finale of D2 broke all the rating records of Malayalam television shows from 2014 to 2013. This was the first time a non Asianet show broke the rating records among Malayalam channels. In 2016, 18th Asianet film Award broke the record of D2 Grand finale after one year with various point difference . It was the best season among all D4 dance seasons.

Season 3

The third season of the series is titled as D3 - D 4 Dance and is hosted by ''

'' and actor ''

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''. The show was aired on 28 March 2016. The winner of the third season will be awarded 7.5 Million Indian Rupees as Rs.2.5 million to the each winner of Solo, Duet & Group performers. The show is directed by Yamuna. The contestants are selected by the auditions in Group, Solo and Duet performance. The show is judged by

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, Neerav Bavlecha and Prasanna Sujit and the series consist of three mentors/vice captains who are all finalists of the previous seasons, Ramzan Muhammed, Pranav Sasidharan and Suhaid Kukku. These judges along with the vice captains are individually leading three teams, ''Master Rockers - Prasanna Sujit & Suhaid Kukku'', ''Star Challengers - Priyamani & Pranav Sasidharan'', ''Super Heroes - Neerav Bavlecha & Ramzan Muhammed''. By the end of each episode, an achievement is given to the contestants as per the categories: ''Eastern Spicy Performance of The Day'', ''Kalyan Silks Star Dancer of The Day'', and ''Step of the Day'' The show claims to be India's first ever dance Reality

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to give a stage for the

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people of India. A few contestants for the solo and duet category were taken into D3 through a wild card entry. The main reason for this was due to the lack of solo contestants after 4th innings. The first prize for the Solo was won by Nasif Appu with a cash prize of 2.5 million rupees, followed by Anna Prasad. The first prize for the Duet category was won by Ann Mary and Vineesh also having the cash followed by Juhi and Bhavik. The first place for the Group category was won by Aliyans. The second prize was for RC Boys.

Solo

* Nasif Appu (1st) * Anna Prasad (2nd) * Nakul Thampi (3rd) * Remya (4th)

Duet

* Ann Mary and Vineesh (1st) * Juhi and Bhavik (2nd) * Akhil and Ashwin (3rd) * Raees and Roshan (4th)

Group

* Aliyans (1st) * RC Boys (2nd) * Maramkothees (3rd) * DR Crew (4th)

Cast

;Vice Captains * Suhaid Kukku * Ramzan Muhammed * Pranav Sasidharan ;Season 3 Guest Appearance * Abhirami Suresh * Amrutha Suresh * Arthana Binu * M G Rajamanickam IAS * Manu Nair * Master Chethan * Nishanthini IPS * Raj Zachariah * Sabareesh Prabhakar * Sruthi Menon * Sujith Vaassudev * Sumesh Anand * Sumesh krishnan * Vinay Fort *

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* Neha Saxena *

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* S. Sreesanth *

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Innings

;1st innings *Dhamaka Group of series - Aliyans *Jodi No 1 - Raees and Roshan *Super Solo - Abhishek Anand ;2nd innings *Dhamaka Group of series - RC Boys *Jodi No 1 - Raees and Roshan *Super Solo - Nakul Thampi ;3rd innings *Dhamaka Group of series - RC Boys *Jodi No 1 - Raees and Roshan *Super Solo - Nasif Appu ;4th innings *Dhamaka Group of series - Maramkkothees *Jodi No 1 - Ann- Mary and Vineesh *Super Solo - Nasif Appu ;5th innings *Dhamaka Group of series - DR crew *Jodi No 1 - Ann Mary and Vineesh *Super Solo - Nasif Appu ;6th innings *Dhamaka Group of series - Aliyans *Jodi No 1 - Juhi & Bhavik / Raees & Roshan *Super Solo - Nasif and Nakul ;7th innings *Dhamaka Group of series - Aliyans *Jodi No 1 - Ann Mary and Vineesh *Super Solo - Nasif Appu ;Semi-finals *Dhamaka Group of series - RC boys *Jodi No 1 -Juhi and Bhavik *Super Solo - Nasif Appu ;D3 Season entry to final *Dhamaka Group of season - DR crew *Jodi No 1 - Ann Mary and Vineesh *Super Solo - Anna Prasad

D4 Dance Reloaded

Titled as D4 Dance Reloaded, is a show consisting of only 15 episodes. Judged by Neerav Bavlecha and

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and hosted by

and

. This is the fourth instalment in the D4 dance series and the show was aired on 21 November 2016. The super finale of the show was telecast on 20 and 21 December. This will be the shortest reality show in Malayalam Television which will get over in 15 episodes. Popular contestants of all the 3 seasons of the show will team up as a pair and compete for the title.10 pairs are competing in the show (total 20 contestants) and will be performing for 6 stages and the pair with the highest score at the end of 6 performances will win the title in the Grand Finale which will happen in late 2016. All 10 pairs are trained by 10 different choreographer's who had taken part in earlier seasons.

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film actress and playback singer Mamta Mohandas and Neerav Bavlecha will judge the show. The show is sponsored by Kajaria Tiles and co-sponsored by Q7 Thinner, Sleepwell My Mattress and Bharthi TMT. Title winners Dilsha Prasanann and Rinosh Surendren (Choreographer Dileep Kumar) were awarded 1 million rupees by F2 Fashion to You casuals.

Guest appearance

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* Rahman *

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Participants

* Ajith and Swathi * Arjun and Sanjal * Bhavik and Shamaz * Dilsha and Rinosh * Jerry and Vysakh * Nakul Thampi and

Saniya Iyappan Saniya Iyappan (born 20 April 2002)Prasanna Master joined the jury replacing

and

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. The final was held on 3 December 2017. The juniors won the series with Saniya receiving the fourth place with a cash prize of 1 lakh from Kajaria tiles, Sajin in third with 5 lakhs from I & u icecreams, second place was for Vaigha bagging 10 lakhs from Q7 thinner and the Winner- Surya with 25 lakhs from Bismi.

Top 4

* Suriya * Vaigha * Sajin * Saniya

Season 5

The official fifth season of D 4 Dance is launching on the channel from 6 April 2019 on every Saturday-Sunday at 8:00 PM. The show was hosted by RJ Arjun and

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later replaced by Malavika Krishnadas ; Judges * Prasanna Sujit *

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;Winners * Winner: Chaithik * First runner-up: Anamika * Second runner-up: Lakshmi Shaji

References

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