India's Best Dancer (Hindi TV series) season 4

*India's Best Dancer*
India's Best Dancer
Season 4
Hosted by	Jay Bhanushali; Aniket Chauhan;
Judges	Geeta Kapoor; Terence Lewis; Karishma Kapoor;
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 –; 10 November 2024
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 3

India's Best Dancer 4, also known as India's Best Dancer: Jab Dil Kare Dance Kar,^[1] 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,^[2] 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.^[3]

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	Vaibhav Ghuge	Contortion	Bhopal	6th Position
Ishani Nag	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

*India's Best Dancer* (season 4) - Weekly Scores
Dance Duo Contestant and Choreographer	Place	Week
		1	2	3	1+2+3	4	5	4+5	6	7	8^[a]		9	10^[b]	11	6+8+9+10+11	12
		1	2	3	1+2+3	4	5	4+5	6	7	8^[a]		9	10^[b]	11	6+8+9+10+11	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)
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)
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)
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)^[c]		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)
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)^[d]	26+30=56 (9, 9, 8)	193	26 (9, 9, 8)
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)
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	7th	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	11th	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.
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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

Group 1
Contestant	Result
Ishani	Won (Bonus 10)
Vaishnavi	Lost
Akina	Won (Bonus 10)

Group 2
Contestant	Result
Steve	Lost
Harsh	Won (Bonus 10)

Group 3
Contestant	Result
Nextion	Won (Bonus 10)
Nepo	Lost

Week 10

Group 1
Contestant	Result
Harsh	Won (Bonus 10)
Vaishnavi	Lost

Group 2
Contestant	Result
Nepo	Lost
Steve	Won (Bonus 10)

Group 3
Contestant	Result
Nextion	Lost
Ishani	Won (Bonus 10)

Group 3
Contestant	Result
Arjun	Lost
Akina	Won (Bonus 10)

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

India's Best Dancer on SonyLIV

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.

[Team-4] 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.

[Swap-5] 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

[3] Ishani and Shivanshu

[4] Vaishnavi and Pratik

[5] Arjun and Subhranil

[6] Steve and Vartika

[7] Nepo and Raktim

[8] Akina and Vipul

[9] Nextion and Pankaj

[10] Harsh and Akash

[Scores-6] 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.

[High-7] It was announced that calculating past weeks public votes, Steve was the highest voted contestant.

[1] "India's Best Dancer Returns With Season 4: 'Jab Dil Kare Dancer Kar!'". Zee News. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

[2] "Jay Bhanushali To Host India's Best Dancer 4 With Ex-Contestant Aniket Chauhan". News18. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

[3] "Karisma Kapoor To Replace Sonali Bendre As India's Best Dancer 4 Judge: Report". www.ndtv.com. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

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