India's Next Superstars

India's Next Superstars
Genre	Reality
Presented by	Rithvik Dhanjani Karan Wahi
Starring	Karan Wahi Naina Singh
Judges	INS Rohit Shetty Karan Johar Pathshala Mukesh Chhabra Mahesh Bhatt
Country of origin	India
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	INS: 25 INS Pathshala: 60
Production
Running time	1 hr 30 mins
Production company	Endemol Shine India
Original release
Network	STAR Plus
Release	13 January (2018-01-13) – 8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)

India's Next Superstars is an Indian talent search reality television show which aired on Star Plus and streamed on Hotstar.^[1] It was judged by Karan Johar and Rohit Shetty.^[2] Aman Gandotra and Natasha Bharadwaj were declared as winners, while Shruti Sharma was the first runner up and awarded the special title of ‘Third Superstar’.^[3] Naina Singh, Ashish Mehrotra, and Harshvardhan Deo were the other runner ups. But till now none of the winners got any project which they were promised.

Concept

Ten males and ten females live together and are judged on the basis of their performances in acting and dancing assignments, with contestants eliminated every other episode. Two males and two females join in the middle of the competition as wild-card contestants. The two winners receive a three-film deal with Dharma Productions.

Contestants

Male

Name	Place	Notes
Aman Gandotra	Winner	_
Aashish Mehrotra	Runner-Up
Harshvardhan Deo	Runner-Up
Ansh Bagri	Semifinalist	Eliminated 1 April
Shariq Nanda	5th	Eliminated 18 March
Tapan Singh	6th	Wild Card Eliminated 11 March
Karan Taluja	7th	Eliminated 4 March
Ahmed Masi Wali	8th	Eliminated 25 February
Harshvardhan Ahlawat	9th	Eliminated 18 February
Jash Bahl	10th	Eliminated 4 February
Shivank Choudhary	11th	Eliminated 28 January
Karanraj Sharma	12th	Eliminated 21 January

Female

Name	Place	Notes
Natasha Bharadwaj	Winner	_
Shruti Sharma	Second Winner
Naina Singh	Runner-Up
Lekha Prajapati	Semifinalist	Eliminated 1 April
Elisha Mayor	5th	Wild Card Eliminated 18 March
Simran Choudhary	6th	Wild Card Eliminated 1 March
Angela Krislinzki	7th	Eliminated 4 March
Kanikka Kapur	8th	Eliminated 25 February
Pranati Rai Prakash	9th	Eliminated 18 February
Heli Vyas	10th	Eliminated 4 February
Sahiba Bhasin	11th	Eliminated 28 January
Laveena Keswani	12th	Eliminated 21 January

Guests

• Episodes 1–2 – Priyanka Chopra
• Episodes 3–4 – Sidharth Malhotra
• Episodes 5–6 – Kangana Ranaut
• Episodes 9–10 – Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha and Sunny Singh
• Episodes 13–14 – Sonakshi Sinha and Dhvani Bhanushali
• Episode 18 – Urvashi Rautela
• Episode 19 – Shreyas Talpade
• Episode 22 – Tiger Shroff
• Finale – Badshah

Scoring Chart

Status	Contestant	Episodes												Total score (175)
		3–4	5–6	7–8	9–10	11–12	13–14	15–16	17–18	19–20	21–22	23–24	25–26 (Finals)
Winners	Aman Gandotra	8	12	14	14	7+3=10	9+3=12	10+3=13	10+4=14	10+5=15	10+5=15	10+4=14	Winner	141
	Natasha Bharadwaj	9	18	14	15	10+5=15	10+5=15	10+5=15	10+5=15	8+5=15	10+5=15	10+5=15		166
	Shruti Sharma	9	18	19	18	10+5=15	10+4=14	10+4=14	10+4=14	10+5=15	10+5=15	10+5=15	Second Winner	166
Finalists	Aashish Mehrotra	8	16	18	20	8+4=12	10+4=14	8+4=12	10+4=14	10+5=15	8+5=13	10+4=14	Runner up	156
	Naina Singh	7	15	15	18	10+4=14	7+3=10	8+4=12	10+4=14	8+5=13	10+5=15	10+4=14		147
	Harshvardhan Deo	N/A						Debut	8+4=12	10+4=14	10+4=14	10+4=14		54
Semi-Finalists	Lekha Prajapati	7	16	16	16	8+4=12	8+4=12	8+4=12	9+4=13	10+4=14	10+5=15	10+4=14	Eliminated	147
	Ansh Bagri	10	19	18	17	10+4=14	7+4=11	8+4=12	8+4=12	10+5=15	10+5=15	8+4=12		155
5	Shariq Nanda	9	16	14	14	10+3=13	8+4=12	8+3=11	10+4=14	8+5=13	Eliminated			116
	Elisha Mayor	N/A						Debut	8+4=12	8+5=13				25
6	Tapan Singh							Debut	6+3=9	Eliminated				9
	Simran Choudhary							Debut	8+4=12					12
7	Karan Taluja	7	17	16	16	6+3=9	8+4=12	6+3=9	Eliminated					86
	Angela Krislinzki	9	18	20	16	8+5=13	6+3=9	6+3=9						97
8	Ahmed Masih	8	14	16	18	6+3=9	6+4=10	Eliminated						75
	Kanikka Kapur	10	19	16	19	6+3=9	6+3=9							97
9	Harshvardhan Ahlawat	7	14	12	13	6+3=9	Eliminated							55
	Pranati Rai Prakash	7	13	17	14	6+3=9								60
10	Jash Bahl	10	14	12	Eliminated									36
	Heli Vyas	6	12	12										30
11	Shivank Chaudhary	6	12	Eliminated										18
	Sahiba Bhasin	7	12											19
12	Karanraj Sharma	6	Eliminated											6
	Laveena Keswani	6												6

  Male

  Female

  Immune

  Eliminated

  Danger Zone

  Non Elimination Bottom

  Runner Up

  Winner

• In episode 3–4, the contestants were judged on 10 points.
• In episode 11 onwards, the contestants were judged on 10 points on their acting and 5 points on their dance performance.
• In episode 15–16 there were 4 wild-card entries introduced: Harshvardhan Deo, Tapan Singh, Elisha Mayor, and Simran Choudhary. They made an acting performance but no dance performance, and were not scored by the judges.
• In episode 21–22, there was no elimination. Ashish Mehrotra and Naina Singh were to be eliminated but the judges declared it a non-elimination week.

References

1. "Karan Johar, Rohit Shetty to judge a new talent show". DNA. Chaya Unnikrishnan. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
2. "Karan Johar, Rohit Shetty search for fresh acting talents in India's Next Superstar". Firstpost. IANS. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
3. "Exclusive| Aman Gandotra, Natasha Bharadwaj and Shruti Sharma were declared winners of India's Next Superstars". The Indian Express. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

External links

• India's Next Superstars Archived 12 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine Streaming on Hotstar