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 Indian 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 New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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, Bollywood, Jazz, Bharat Natyam, Kathak, Mohiniyattam, Odissi and Contemporary). 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.^[5]

Judges

Grand Master Mithun Chakraborty 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 season 4. 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:

Judges

• Bosco Martis
• Kareena Kapoor Khan
• Raftaar

Zones Coaches

• Paul Marshal (West Ke Singhams)

Pranshu & Kuldeep (Lyrical) (2nd Runner-Up)
Akshay Pal (Popping) (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 (Bollywood) (Eliminated on 22 September 2019)

• Palden Lama Mawroh/Nirmal Tamang (East Ke Tigers)

Mukul Gain (Contemporary) (3rd Runner-Up)
Nrutya Naivedya (Odissi) (Eliminated on 7 July 2019)
Pop & Flex (Popping) (Eliminated on 14 July 2019)
M.D. Hasan (B-Boying) (Eliminated on 28 July 2019)
Richika Sinha (Contemporary) (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 (Contemporary 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 (Bollywood and Hip-Hop) (Eliminated on 25 August 2019)

Li'l Master season 1

The first season of DID L'il Masters was judged by Farah Khan and Sandip Soparrkar. It was hosted by Manish Paul.

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

Li'l Master season 2

DID L'il Masters 2 was judged by Geeta Kapoor and Marzi Pestonji. It was hosted by Jay Bhanushali.

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

Li'l Master season 3

The third season began broadcasting on 1 March 2014.^[11][12] Geeta Kapoor, Ahmad Khan, and Mudassar Khan 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.^{[13][14][15][16]} 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,^[17] 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 (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 Remo D'Souza, Sonali Bendre and Mouni Roy as the judges with Jay Bhanushali 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

Super Moms Season 1

The first season started on 1 June 2013, where, Mithu Chowdhury from Kolkata was declared the winner of Dance India Dance Super Moms 2013 Season, and Cecille Rodrigues from Goa 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 ^[19] Shows Photography Coverage by Ashvin Borad^[20] Surat, The Biggest finale in Gujarat, India.

Super Moms Season 2

The second season started on 28 March 2015.^[21] Harpreet Khatri who hails from Mumbai was announced the winner of Dance India Dance Super Moms Season 2 in 2015. Season 2 was anchored by popular TV actor Karan Wahi. Skiper sanam johar (DID3), skiper sidesh (DID2), skiper mayuresh (DID1). Season 2 was judged by Geeta Kapoor, Govinda, and Terence Lewis.

Super Moms Season 3

Season 3 will be judged by Remo D'Souza, Bhagyashree & Urmila Matondkar and hosted by Jay Bhanushali.It started on 2 July 2022. This season was won Varsha Bumra and her choreographer Vartika Jha.

Dance Ke Superstars

Dance Ke Superstars featured contestants from the first two seasons to compete against each other. The show was judged by choreographers Remo D'Souza and Shiamak Davar, and featured a guest judge every week. Team Jalwa, the Season 2 DID contestants, won the series.

Dance Ke Superkids

Dance ke Superkids- Battle of the Baaps! featured contestants from the first two seasons of DID L'iL Masters. It was judged by Geeta Kapoor, Farah Khan and Marzi Pestonji and hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Shreya Acharya.^[22][23] Team Yahoo, also known as DID L'il Masters Season 2, was led by Captain Raghav Juyal 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 Tanay Malhara 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 Geeta Kapoor and hosted by TV actor Rithvik Dhanjani 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.