Dance Plus Pro

Dance Plus Pro
Hosted bySushant Khatri and Tushar Shetty
JudgesRemo D'Souza
CoachesRahul Shetty
Punit Pathak
Shakti Mohan[1]
No. of contestants12
WinnerRitesh Pal
Winning mentorShakti Mohan
Runner-upRakesh Sahu
Release
Original networkDisney+ Hotstar
Star Plus
Original release
  • Disney+Hotstar:
    11 December 2023 (2023-12-11) – 29 February 2024 (2024-02-29)
  • StarPlus:
    16 December 2023 (2023-12-16) – 3 March 2024 (2024-03-03)
Season chronology
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Season 6

Dance Plus Pro is the seventh season of reality show Dance Plus, which premiered on 11 December 2023 on Disney+ Hotstar (Mon-Thu). It later premiered on StarPlus on 16 December 2023 (Sat-Sun).[2] It is produced by Urban Brew Studios in association with Frames Productions.

This season is judged by Remo D'Souza. The captains are Rahul Shetty, Punit Pathak and Shakti Mohan, and it is hosted by Sushant Khatri and Tushar Shetty.

Super Judge and Captains

Remo D'Souza, the super judge, is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and film director.

The following are the three captains of this season

Teams

Contestant info
Teams color key
      Winner
      Runner-up
      Third place
      Eliminated in Race to Top 8
      Eliminated in Semi Finale
Captains Top 12
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

Hip-Hop

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

Popping

11 Akanksha Priyodarshoni Solo Freestyle
12 Aviral & Parv Duo

Lyrical

Score Chart

Captain's info
Contestant info
Position color key
      Winner
      Runner-up
      Third place
      Eliminated in Race to Top 4
      Advanced to Top 8
      Eliminated in Race to 8
      Eliminated in Semi Finale
      Advanced to Top 30 in Auditions
      Advanced to Top 12 in Mega Auditions
      Finalist
      Not Performed
  • (Punit C) Captain Punit's Challenge
  • (Shakti C) Captain Shakti's Challenge
  • (Rahul C) Captain Rahul's Challenge
  • (B) Bonus Battle
  • (RC) Remo's Challenge Round
  • (SD) Final Showdown
  • (W) Winner
  • (L) Loser
  • (NP) Not Perform
  • (K) King Song Round
  • (U) Urfi Costume Round
  • (Team Punit), (Team Shakti) and (Team Rahul) For Team Swap Challenge Round
  • (D) Dharmesh (D Factor) Jama Round
  • Captains (5*3=15) + Remo's Score (10 Plus or 15 Double Plus) = 30 (Highest Score Possible)

The Scores Were Given In The Following Manner:

1. A captain can score out of 5 and Super Judge Remo can score out of 10. Remo also had the power to give double plus to the team and the team gets an additional 5 points.

2. The first 3 rounds are the Captain's challenge round. Each captain gave a challenge: Colab round, Pro it up, etc. One artist from each team performs. The fourth round is Remo's challenge and only the winner gets 10 points from Remo.

3. Sum of all 4 rounds are calculated and the top 2 teams with the highest scores go into final showdown.

4. One artist from each of the winning teams battle in the final showdown and the winner is decided by Remo. The team whose artist win the final showdown is the winner of that week.

5. The winning captain chooses two performers from their team to advance to the Pro 8 and Remo can choose 1 amongst them.

Results By Week Scores Out Of 5/10/20/30/40/
Contestants Audition (Studio round) Audition (Studio round) Grand Opening Top 12 Race to Pro 8 Race to Pro 4 Pro Finale Results
Episodes 1–4 5–8 9–12 13–16 17–20 21–24 25–28 29–32 33–36 37–40 41–45 46–49
Total Score for Remo Plus (+) 45 Finale Performance Pro Battle
Ritesh Pal Advanced to Studio Round Advanced to Studio Round + 21+0+0+10 (31)(Rahul C) (W) (FS) pro8 25+0+0 (25) (Rahul C) (0) Remo C 25+0+0 (25) (Shakti C) (10) (Remo C) 25+5+0 (30) (Punit C) NP Ashish&Himanshu p 22+0+0 (22) (Rahul C) 25+0+10 (35) Pro 4 Secret scores given by Plus Panel Remo D'Souza, Geeta Kapoor & Terence Lewis       Winner
Rakesh Sahu + 25+5+0 (30)(Rahul C) (L) (FS) 25+5+0 (30) (Punit C) 25+0+0 (35) (Rahul C) (D) (W) (FS) pro8 25+0+0 (25) (Shakti C) NP (0) (Remo C) 25+5+0 (30) (Rahul C) 25+0+0 (25) (Shakti C) L (FS) 25+5+10 (40) Pro 4       1st Runner-up
Aman & Kunal + (10) (Remo C) 20+0+0 (20) (Shakti C) (U) 25+0+0 (25) (Rahul C) (D) 22+0+0 (22) (Rahul C) 22+0+0 (22) (Rahul C) (W) (FS) Pro 8 25+5+0 (30) (Rahul C) 25+5+0 (30) + Vartika Jha (Punit C) 25+0+10 (35) Pro 4       2nd Runner-up
ADA Trio (Weeks 1–6), Anshika Dhara (Week 7 Onwards) + 22+0+0 (22) (Shakti c) (0) (Remo C) 22+0+0 (22) (Shakti C) (Team Shakti) 25+0+0 (25) (Rahul C) 25+0+0 (25) (Rahul C) 25+5+0 (30) (Rahul C) 25+5+0 (30) + Saumya Kamble (Punit C) W (FS) Pro 8 25+0+10 (35) Pro 4 Eliminate for Pro finale Battle (4th position)
Ashish & Himanshu + 25+0+10 (35) (Shakti C) 21+0+0+10 (21) (Punit C) (W) (FS)

Pro 8

24+0+0 (24) (Punit C) (0) (Remo C) 25+0+0 (25) (Shakti C) (0) (Remo C) 23+0+0 (Shakti C) 25+0+0 (25) Eliminated
Sahnvi Jaiswal (Weeks 1–3), Ritika Sharma (Week 4 Onwards) Not In Show (0) (Remo C) 21+0+0 (21) (Rahul C) 24+0+0 (24) (Punit C) 23+0+0 (23) (Punit C) (W) (FS) 25+0+0 (25) (Rahul C) 25+0+0 (25) (Shakti C) (W) (FS) 25+5+0 (30) + Tejas Varma (Punit C) 25+0+0 (25) Eliminated
Brother's Bond Crew + 25+5+10 (40) (Punit C) (K) (0) (Remo C) (L) (FS) (0) (Remo C) (W) (FS) 23+0+0 (23) (Rahul C) Pro 8 25+5+0 (30) (Shakti C) (10) (Remo C) 25+0+0 (25) (Rahul C) 24+0+0 (24) Eliminated
Ram, Ramesh & Kishan + 25+5+0 (30) (Punit C) (K) 25+0+0 (25) (Punit C) 10 (Remo C) (W) (FS) Pro 8 25+0+0 (25) (Punit C) 19+0+0 (19) (Punit C) (0) (Remo C) (10) (Remo C) 25+5+0 (35) Eliminated
Akanksha Priyodarshoni + (0) (Remo C) 21+0+0 (21) (Shakti C) (U) 25+0+0 (25) (Punit C) 22+0+0 (22) (Shakti C) (L) (SD) 25+0+0 (25) (Shakti C) 25+0+0 (25) (Punit C) 22+0+0 (22) (Shakti C) Eliminated
The Trend No 22+0+0 (22) (Punit C) (K) (10) (Remo C) 22+0+0 (22) (Shakti C) (Team Punit) 24+0+0 (24) (Punit C) (L) (FS) 21+0+0 (21) (Punit C) 21+0+0 (21) (Shakti C) (L) (FS) (0) (Remo C) Eliminated
Aviral & Parv + 25+0+0 (35) (Rahul C) 22+0+0 (25) (Rahul C) 23+0+0 (23) (Rahul C)(D) (10) (Remo C) (0) (Remo C) 22+0+0 (22) (Shakti C) 25+5+0 (30) (Rahul C) Eliminated
The Mystique + 21+0+0 (21) (Shakti C) 35+0+0 (35) (Shakti C) (U) 22+0+0 (22) (Shakti C) (Team Rahul) (0) (Remo C) 25+0+0 (25) (Punit C) (L) (FS) 25+0+0 (25) (Punit C) (0) (Remo C) Eliminated
Final Showdown Race To Pro 8 (Team Score)
Week. Team Shakti Team Punit Team Rahul
4 87+10=97 Battle W 91 Battle L 77 NP
5 67+10=77 Battle W 76 Battle L 68 NP
6 Tie 71 NP 76 Battle Tie W 70+10=80 Battle Tie W
7 71 Battle L 71 Battle W 72+10=82 Battle L
8 68+10=78 Battle W 80 Battle L 69 NP
9 81 Battle L 80+10=90 Battle W 77 NP
10 75 NP 80 Battle L 82+10=92 Battle W
Final Showdown Race To Pro 4 (Contestant Score)
Date Contestant 1 Contestant 2 Result
19th Feb Ram, Ramesh & Kishan (Team Rahul)

25+5+0 (30)

Rakesh Sahu (Team Punit)

25+5+10 (40)

Rakesh Sahu
20th Feb Ritesh Pal (Team Shakti)

25+0+10 (35)

Brother's Bond Crew (Team Punit)

24+0+0 (24)

Ritesh Pal
21st Feb Aman & Kunal (Team Shakti)

25+0+10 (35)

Ritika Sharma (Team Punit)

25+0+0 (25)

Aman & Kunal
22nd feb Anshika Dhara (Team Rahul)

25+0+10 (35)

Ashish & Himanshu (Team Shakti)

25+0+0 (25)

Anshika Dhara

Finale Showdown Ultimate Pro Battle

Date Contestant 1 Contestant 2 Contestant 3 Pro Winner
29th Feb Ritesh Pal Rakesh Sahu Aman & Kunal Ritesh Pal

Winners of Weekly Final Showdowns

Week Team
4th Shakti
5th
6th Punit
Rahul
7th Punit
8th Shakti
9th Punit
10th Rahul

Pro 8

Top Artists Type Style Team
1 Ritesh Pal Solo Contemporary Shakti
2 Ashish & Himanshu Duo Lyrical
3 Aman & Kunal Duo Hip-Hop
4 Ram, Ramesh & Kishan Trio B-Boying Rahul
5 Anshika Dhara Solo Popping
6 Rakesh Sahu Solo Contemporary Punit
7 Brother's Bond Crew Group Lyrical
8 Ritika Sharma Solo Hip-Hop

Pro 4

Top Artists Type Style Team Position
1 Ritesh Pal Solo Contemporary Shakti Winner
2 Rakesh Sahu Solo Contemporary Punit 1st Runner Up (also Fanzone Winner)
3 Aman & Kunal Duo Hip-Hop Shakti 2nd Runner Up
4 Anshika Dhara Solo Popping Rahul 4th

Special Guests

Sr. Guest(s) Episode Reason
1 King 1 January For Captain Punit Challenge Artist Performing On King Songs
2 Urfi Javed 8 January For Captain Shakti Challenge Artist Performing In Urfi's Costumes
3 Dharmesh Yelande 16 - 18 January For Captain Rahul Challenge Artists Performing On D Jama
4 D-Cypher 16 January Beat Boxing For Captain Rahul Challenge D Jama Collaborative Performance With Aman & Kunal From Team Shakti
5 Dino James 22 January For Captain Shakti Challenge Artists Performing On Dino James songs
5 GD 47 22 January Promoting New Song With Dino James
6 Nora Fatehi 29 - 31 January For Captain Rahul Challenge Artists Performing On Nora's Songs In Her Style
7 Guru Randhawa 5 - 6 February For Captain Punit Challenge Artist Performing In Torda Desi Torda Yo In Guru's Songs
8 Quick Style 12 - 13 February For Captain Shakti Challenge Artists Performing On Quick Style's Favourite Bollywood Songs
9 Vartika Jha, Saumya Kamble & Tejas Varma 14 - 15 February For Captain Punit Challenge Artists Performing With The Dance Icons
10 Jonita Gandhi 15 February Promoting Her New Video Song
11 Orry 19 - 21 February To Support The Artists
12 Geeta Kapoor, Terence Lewis, Dharmesh Yelande, Vartika Jha, Yo Highness & Gang 13 26 - 29 February For Pro Finale

References

  1. ^ "Shakti Mohan, Punit Pathak and Rahul Shetty to judge Dance Plus pro". The Times of India. 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Star plus dance reality show Dance Plus Pro". Filmibeat. 3 December 2023.