MTV Hustle

MTV Hustle
GenreMusic
Presented by
Judges
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes80
Production
Production companyColosseum Media
Original release
NetworkMTV India
Release10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) –
present

MTV Hustle is an Indian rap and hip-hop reality show.[1] Aspiring rappers battle it out to become India's biggest hip-hop star. The show airs on MTV India.

Season 1 premiered on 10 August 2019. Judged by Raftaar, Nucleya and Raja Kumari and hosted by Gaelyn Mendonca.

Season 2 premiered on 3 September 2022. Hosted by Krissann Barretto, the show was judged by Badshah along with four squad bosses - EPR, Dino James, Dee MC, King Rocco.

Season 3 premiered on 21 October 2023. Hosted by Wicked Sunny and Super Mannik, the show was again judged by Badshah, along with four squad bosses - EPR, Dino James, Dee MC and Ikka Singh.

Season 4 premiered on 19 October 2024. Hosted by MC Talha and MC Jizzy, the show is judged by Raftaar (second time) and ikka Singh, along with four squad bosses - EPR, Dino James, Dee MC and Raga.

On 10 December 2023, during episode 16 of season 3, Samantha Ruth Prabhu announced the Tamil edition of MTV Hustle Namma Pettai.

Series

Season 1 2 3 4
Premiere Date 10 August 2019 3 September 2022 21 October 2023 19 October 2024
Finale Date 13 October 2019 6 November 2022 24 December 2023 22 December 2024
Winner M-Zee Bella MC Square Uday Lashcurry
Runner-up EPR Paradox Bassick Naam Sujal


OG Hustler — Gravity 100RBH Siyaahi
Winner Squad — EPR Rebels Dee MC Dynamites Raga Ragers
Host(s) Gaelyn Mendonca Krissann Barretto Super Manikk MC Talha
Wicked Sunny MC Jizzy
Judge(s) Nucleya Badshah Raftaar
Raftaar Ikka Singh
Raja Kumari
Squad Bosses — Dino James
— Dee MC
— EPR
— King Ikka Singh Raga

Season 1

MTV Hustle 1 premiered on 10 August 2019. M-Zee Bella was declared winner.[2]

• Judges
Raftaar
Nucleya
Raja Kumari

• Host
Gaelyn Mendonca

Contestants

Contestant Stage Name Finish Place
Deepak Singh M-Zee Bella Episode 20 Winner
Santhanam Srinivasan Iyer EPR Runner-up
Rohit Kumar RCR 3
Arpan Kumar Chandel King Rocco 4
Rahul Kumar Das (Karn) Shloka 5
Agrita Dhawan Agsy Episode 18 6/7
Gaurav Mankoti Void
Riya Panchal Raeza Episode 18 8
Lakshya Bhardwaj Firaag Episode 17 9
Himanshu Joshi Himan Episode 16 10
Sagar Shetty Shetty Saa Episode 14 11
Akshay Kumar Zack Episode 12 12
Hemant Dhyani MC Heam Episode 10 13
Nikita R Sharma [3] Star Nick Episode 8 14
Neeru Pal NeeRu Pal Episode 6 15
  Male
  Female

Summary

Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
M-Zee-Bella Selected SAFE BEST SAFE SAFE BEST BEST HIGH Finalist Winner
EPR Top 15 BEST HIGH SAFE SAFE HIGH HIGH HIGH Finalist Runner-up
RCR Selected HIGH HIGH BEST HIGH HIGH BEST BEST Qualified TOP 5
King Top 15 HIGH SAFE HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH BEST Qualified TOP 5
Shloka Selected HIGH HIGH BEST HIGH SAFE HIGH HIGH BEST Qualified TOP 5
Agsy Top 15 SAFE SAFE SAFE BEST SAFE HIGH BTM2 ELIM Guest
Void Top 15 SAFE HIGH SAFE HIGH LOW HIGH LOW ELIM Guest
Raeza Selected SAFE SAFE HIGH HIGH HIGH BTM2 SAFE ELIM Guest
Firaag Selected SAFE LOW LOW HIGH LOW SAFE LOW ELIM Guest
Himan Selected SAFE SAFE BTM2 SAFE BTM2 SAFE ELIM Guest
Shetty Saa Selected SAFE HIGH LOW SAFE LOW ELIM
Zack Selected SAFE SAFE LOW BTM2 ELIM Guest
MC Heam Selected SAFE HIGH SAFE ELIM Guest
Star Nick Selected SAFE BTM2 ELIM Guest
NeeRu Pal Selected SAFE ELIM

Notes

Week 2   Best Performer   Safe
Week 3; 5-8   Received 4 Green Buzzers   Safe   Received 4 Red Buzzers   Bottom 2   Eliminated
Week 4   Received 3 Safe Buzzers   Received 0 Safe Buzzers
Week 9   Qualified   Finalist
Week 10   Winner   Runner-up   Finalist & Eliminated during the Final   Guest

Weekly summary

Key Green Buzzer Red Buzzer Best Performer
  Safe
  Bottom 2
  Eliminated

Week 3 (Episode 5–6)

Order Rapper Judges Guest Judge Judges
Decision 		Public Voting Studio Audiences'
Decision
Nucleya Raftaar Raja Salim
1 Agsy Unsafe Safe -
2 EPR Safe - -
3 Shloka Safe - -
4 Firaag Unsafe Safe -
5 King Unsafe Safe -
6 Himan Unsafe Safe -
7 Void Safe - -
8 Star Nick Unsafe Bottom 2 (114 dB) Advanced
9 M-Zee-Bella - -
10 RCR Safe -
11 Raeza Unsafe Safe -
12 Zack Unsafe Safe -
13 MC Heam Safe - -
14 NeeRu Pal Unsafe Bottom 2 (109 dB) Eliminated
15 Shetty Saa Safe - -

Week 4 (Episode 7–8)

Face-off
No. 		Order Rapper To Face-off
Against: 		Remix of Song Judges Judges
Decision 		Public Voting Studio Audiences'
Decision
Nucleya Raftaar Raja
1 1 M-Zee-Bella Shetty Saa Naah [a] Safe - -
2 Shetty Saa Not eligible Proper Patola Unsafe Safe -
2 1 King RCR She Move It Like Unsafe Safe -
2 RCR Not eligible Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Safe - -
3 1 Himan Not eligible Kamariya Unsafe Bottom 2 (107 dB) Advanced
2 Shloka Himan Jiya Tu - -
4 1 Agsy MC Heam Lahore Safe - -
2 MC Heam Not eligible Shehar Ki Ladki Unsafe Safe -
5 1 EPR Not eligible Suit Suit Safe - -
2 Void EPR Bekhayali

safe

Safe -
6 1 Firaag Not eligible O Saki Saki [b] Unsafe Safe -
2 Zack Firaag Tareefan Unsafe Safe -
7 1 Star Nick Not eligible Paagal Unsafe Bottom 2 (104 dB) Eliminated
2 Raeza Not eligible Chogada Safe - -
  1. ^ Shetty Saa forgot the lyrics during performance. So, M-Zee-Bella was automatically safe.
  2. ^ Both Firaag & Zack forgot the lyrics during performance. Therefore, neither of them were saved by the Judges.

Week 5 (Episode 9–10)

Order Rapper Judges Guest Judge Judges
Decision 		Public Voting Studio Audiences'
Decision
Nucleya Raftaar Raja Naezy
1 EPR Unsafe Safe -
2 Agsy - -
3 Firaag Safe - -
4 M-Zee-Bella Unsafe Safe -
5 Shetty Saa Unsafe Safe -
6 RCR Safe - -
7 Himan Unsafe Safe -
8 Void Safe - -
9 King Safe - -
10 Shloka Safe - -
11 Raeza Safe - -
12 MC Heam Unsafe Bottom 2 (101 dB) Eliminated
13 Zack Unsafe Bottom 2 (121 dB) Advanced

Week 6 (Episode 11–12)

Order Rapper Judges Guest Judge Judges
Decision 		Public Voting Studio Audiences'
Decision
Nucleya Raftaar Raja Brodha V
1 RCR Safe - -
2 Shloka Unsafe Safe -
3 M-Zee-Bella - -
4 Raeza Safe - -
5 Agsy Unsafe Safe -
6 Shetty Saa Unsafe Safe -
7 Firaag Unsafe Safe -
8 King Safe - -
9 Himan Bottom 2 [a] N/A (113 dB) Advanced
10 EPR Safe - -
11 Void Unsafe Safe -
12 Zack Unsafe Bottom 2 (105 dB) Eliminated
  1. ^ Himan was chosen by the Judges to be in the Bottom 2 with Zack, the least voted contestant by the Public.

Week 7 (Episode 13–14)

Order Rapper Judges Guest Judge Judges
Decision 		Public Voting Studio Audiences'
Decision
Nucleya Raftaar Raja Shekhar
1 King Safe - -
2 M-Zee-Bella - -
3 RCR Safe - -
4 Shetty Saa Bottom 2 [a] N/A (112 dB) Eliminated
5 Agsy Safe - -
6 Firaag Unsafe Safe -
7 Void Safe - -
8 Shloka Safe - -
9 Himan Unsafe Safe -
10 EPR Safe - -
11 Raeza Unsafe Bottom 2 (113 dB) Advanced
  1. ^ Shetty Saa was chosen by the Judges to be in the Bottom 2 with Raeza, the least voted contestant by the Public.

Week 8 (Episode 15–16)

Order Rapper Judges Guest Judge Judges
Decision 		Public Voting Studio Audiences'
Decision 		Judges Choice to go
directly to the Finale
Nucleya Raftaar Raja Bobby
1 King - - Didn't make it
2 Void Unsafe Safe - -
3 M-Zee-Bella Safe - - 1st Finalist
4 Himan Bottom 2 [a] N/A (103 dB) Eliminated -
5 Raeza Unsafe Safe - -
6 EPR Safe - - 2nd Finalist
7 Shloka Safe - - Didn't make it
8 Agsy

Unsafe Bottom 2 (110 db) Advanced -
9 RCR Safe - - Didn't make it
10 Firaag Unsafe Safe - -
  1. ^ Right after Himan's performance, Judges decided Himan to directly be in the Bottom 2.

Week 9 (Episode 17–18)

Order Rapper Judges Guest Judge Judges
Decision
Nucleya Raftaar Raja Brodha V
1 Void Eliminated
2 King 4th Finalist
3 Firaag Eliminated
4 Agsy Eliminated
5 RCR 5th Finalist
6 Shloka 3rd Finalist
7 Raeza Eliminated
Finalist EPR Immune
Finalist M-Zee-Bella Immune

Special Performance by the first two finalists EPR & M-Zee-Bella along with Raftaar & Brodha V in Episode 18.

Week 10 (Episode 19–20)

Order Rapper Judges Decision
1 RCR Eliminated
2 M-Zee-Bella Top 2
3 King Eliminated
4 Shloka Eliminated
5 EPR Top 2

After Top 5 Finalists performed, Judges had to decide two of them to the Final Battle Round for the Title.

Order Rapper Result
1 EPR Runner-up
2 M-Zee-Bella Winner

Guests

Week Episode(s) Guest Judge Episode Guest Appearance
1 (Auditions) 1-2 Naezy none
3 5-6 Salim Merchant 6 Raga
4 7-8 Tanishk Bagchi 8 Zara Khan
5 9-10 Naezy 10 KKG (Kaala Kurta Gang)
6 11-12 Brodha V none
7 13-14 Shekhar Ravjiani 13 Rasmeet Kaur
14 Shivang Dubey
8 15-16 Bobby Friction 15 L-Fresh the Lion & MC Mirrah
16 Sourabh Acharya & Mad-Z
9 17-18 Brodha V 17 FOTTY SEVEN & Kaam Bhaari
18 Slow Cheetah & Spitfire
10 (Final) none 19 Shekhar Ravjiani
Naezy
L-Fresh the Lion & MC Mirrah
MC Altaf, Big Deal, Fejo, Big Smyle, Raiychu & Island Warrior
20 Kalamkaar - Deep Kalsi, Harjas, Krsna & Karma
KKG - Sikander Kahlon, Rob C & Sady Immortal
Sukrut & Brodha V

Season 2

Judges and host

Badshah along with four squad bosses EPR, king, Dino James and Dee MC judged and Krissann Barretto hosted the show.[4] MC Square was declared winner.[5]

Contestants

Contestant Stage Name Finish Place
Abhishek Bainsla MC Square Episode 20 Winner
Tanishq Singh Paradox Runner-up
Nihar Hodawadekar Nazz 3
Akshay Poojary Gravity 4
Shubham Pal Spectra 5
Srushti Tawade Srushti Tawade Episode 18 6-10
Vikalp Dwivedi Wicked Sunny
Mukul Monga Super Manikk
Mahendra Singh Khatri UK Rapi Boy
Aarya Jadhao QK
Anubhav Shukla Panther Episode 16 11-12
Tamojit Chatterjee MC Headshot
Gagandeep Singh GD47 Episode 14 13
Laksh Parihar LXSH Episode 10 14-15
Aditya Nirgude RHYME
Gaurav Khullar Khullar G Episode 8 16
Ugen Namgyal Bhutia UNB Episode 4 17-20
Saquib Ansari Apka Bobby
Firoza Khan Khanzaadi
Shlok Bharadwaj Shlovij
  Male
  Female

Squads

Episode 1-4

Dee MC Dynamites Dino Warriors EPR Rebels King Slayers
Spectra Super Manikk MC Headshot Paradox
QK Wicked Sunny Nazz UK Rapi Boy
GD 47 Gravity MC Square UNB
Lxsh Srushti Khanzaadi Panther
Rhyme Apka Bobby Shlovij Khullar G
Super Manikk Lxsh Panther Rhyme

Episode 5-20

Dee MC Dynamites Dino Warriors EPR Rebels King Slayers
Spectra Srushti MC Square Paradox
QK Gravity Nazz UK Rapi Boy
Super Manikk Wicked Sunny Panther RHYME
GD 47 LXSH MC Headshot Khullar G

Squad of the Week

Week Squad of the Week
Week 3 Dee MC Dynamites
Week 4 EPR Rebels
Week 5
Week 6 Dino Warriors
Week 7
Week 8 King Slayers

Summary

Squad Contestant Week 1-2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Total Final ranking
EPR Rebels MC Square SAFE 29 29 29 30 30 40 SAFE Winner 187 1
King Slayers Paradox SAFE 26 24 27 23 29 40 SAFE Runner-up 169 2
EPR Rebels Nazz SAFE 22 27 30 30 21 40 SAFE 3rd Place 170 3
Dino Warriors Gravity SAFE 29 29 27 30 30 34 SAFE TOP 5 179 4
Dee MC Dynamites Spectra SAFE 30 20 28 23 24 35 SAFE TOP 5 160 5
Dino Warriors Srushti SAFE 29 30 29 30 30 40 ELIM Guest 188 6
Dino Warriors Wicked Sunny SAFE 24 23 29 28 23 38 ELIM Guest 165 7
King Slayers UK Rapi Boy SAFE 24 19 24 29 21 39 ELIM Guest 158 10
Dee MC Dynamites Super Manikk SAFE 28 26 23 21 23 38 ELIM Guest 151 11
Dee MC Dynamites QK SAFE 22 23 21 20 24 39 ELIM Guest 149 12
EPR Rebels MC Headshot SAFE 28 26 27 25 24 34 Guest 164 8
EPR Rebels Panther BTM6 17 28 28 29 25 35 Guest 162 9
Dee MC Dynamites GD 47 SAFE 28 30 22 30 20+2=22 Guest 137 13
Dino Warriors Lxsh SAFE 23 24 18 Guest 65 14
King Slayers Rhyme BTM6 17 18 23 Guest 58 15
King Slayers Khullar G SAFE 18 18 Guest 36 16
King Slayers UNB ELIM 0 17-20
EPR Rebels Shlovij ELIM 0
EPR Rebels Khanzaadi ELIM 0
Dino Warriors Apka Bobby ELIM 0

Notes

"Bold Numbers" represent "Radio Hits" received from Badshah
  Best Performer of the week
  Received positive critics and was declared safe
  Safe
  Received negative critics and was in Danger Zone but was declared safe
  Bottom
  Eliminated
  Finalist
  Runner-up
  Winner
  Guest

Weekly summary

Week 1-2 (Episode 1–4)

For week 1 & 2, after each contestant performed Badshah decides which squad to be assigned to. But, the Squad Bosses can sound the horn and ask the contestant to join their squad.

Key Squad Boss horn to join their squad Badshah choice to assign squad Radio Ready Performer   Bottom 6
Order Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Squad Result
Badshah Dee MC Dino James EPR King Assigned by Badshah Chosen by Contestant
1 Super Manikk Dino Warriors - Radio Ready
2 Spectra - Dee MC Dynamites Sealed by Squad Boss
3 Paradox King Slayers - Sealed by Squad Boss
4 MC Headshot - EPR Rebels Sealed by Squad Boss
5 QK - Dee MC Dynamites Sealed by Squad Boss
6 Wicked Sunny - Dino Warriors Sealed by Squad Boss
7 Nazz EPR Rebels - Radio Ready
8 MC Square - EPR Rebels Sealed by Squad Boss
9 Gravity - Dino Warriors Sealed by Squad Boss
10 UK Rapi Boy King Slayers - Radio Ready
11 GD 47 Dee MC Dynamites - Radio Ready
12 UNB King Slayers - Bottom 6
13 Khanzaadi EPR Rebels - Bottom 6
14 Panther King Slayers - Bottom 6
15 Khullar G - King Slayers Sealed by Squad Boss
16 Lxsh Dee MC Dynamites - Radio Ready
17 Srushti Dino Warriors - Radio Ready
18 Apka Bobby Dino Warriors - Bottom 6
19 Shlovij EPR Rebels - Bottom 6
20 Rhyme Dee MC Dynamites - Bottom 6
Battleground 2.0

The bottom 6 contestant compete one vs one in the Battleground. Only 2 moved-on to the next round.

After 3 battles, the two squads EPR Rebels & King Slayers had to choose one contestant to join their squad. UNB was not chosen and was eliminated.

Key Chosen to join their Squad Not chosen by Squad Boss   Survived
  Eliminated
Battle No. Rapper
(Squad) 		Squad Bosses Survived Eliminated
Dee MC Dino James EPR King
1 Apka Bobby
(Dino Warriors) 		vs. Panther
(King Slayers) 		Panther Apka Bobby
2 Khanzaadi
(EPR Rebels) 		vs. UNB
(King Slayers) 		UNB Khanzaadi
3 Shlovij
(EPR Rebels) 		vs. Rhyme
(Dee MC Dynamites) 		Rhyme Shlovij
Snatch Battle

In this battle the squad bosses compete against each other for a contestant.

Battle No. Squad Boss Rapper to snatch Votes Winner Result
1 Dino James GD 47
(Dee MC Dynamites) 		1 Dee MC Super Manikk moved to Dee MC Dynamites.
And Lxsh moved to Dino Warriors.
vs.
Dee MC Super Manikk
(Dino Warriors) 		2

Week 3 (Episode 5–6)

From this week, the squad bosses scored after each performance.

Also the public voting were open, with the votes effecting the next week's elimination.

Key "Radio Hit" from Bashah Best Performer   Safe
Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision
Badshah Dee MC Dino James EPR King
1 King Slayers Paradox 8 8 10 - 26 Safe
2 Dino Warriors Wicked Sunny 7 - 7 10 24 Safe
3 EPR Rebels MC Square 10 9 - 10 29 Safe
4 Dee MC Dynamites Super Manikk - 9 9 10 28 Safe
5 Dee MC Dynamites Spectra - 10 10 10 30
6 Dino Warriors Lxsh 8 - 7 8 23 Safe
7 King Slayers Khullar G 4 8 6 - 18 Safe
8 EPR Rebels Panther 7 6 - 4 17 Safe
9 EPR Rebels MC Headshot 9 9 - 10 28 Safe
10 Dino Warriors Srushti 9 - 10 10 29 Safe
11 Dee MC Dynamites GD 47 - 10 9 9 28 Safe
12 Dino Warriors Gravity 10 - 9 10 29 Safe
13 Dee MC Dynamites QK - 8 7 7 22 Safe
14 King Slayers UK Rapi Boy 8 8 8 - 24 Safe
15 EPR Rebels Nazz 8 7 - 7 22 Safe
16 King Slayers Rhyme 5 7 5 - 17 Safe

Week 4 (Episode 7–8)

Last week's squad of the week, Dee MC had to choose one of the two random cards (Immunity Card: to save one Rapper from elimination & Danger Card: to put one Rapper up for elimination from other squad). She got the Danger Zone and chose Lxsh.

Key "Radio Hit" from Bashah Best Performer Immunity Card Danger Card   Immune   Safe   Danger Zone   Bottom 2   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision 		Public
Voting 		Battle
Result
Badshah Dee MC Dino James EPR King
1 EPR Rebels Nazz 9 9 - 9 27 Immune - -
2 Dino Warriors Srushti 10 - 10 10 30 Safe - -
3 EPR Rebels Panther 8 10 - 10 28 Immune - -
4 King Slayers Paradox 9 9 6 - 24 Safe - -
5 Dee MC Dynamites GD 47 - 10 10 10 30 - -
6 EPR Rebels MC Square 10 9 - 10 29 Immune - -
7 Dee MC Dynamites Spectra - 7 6 8 20 Safe - -
8 Dino Warriors Wicked Sunny 8 - 7 8 23 Safe - -
9 King Slayers Rhyme 5 8 5 - 18 Danger Zone Bottom 2 Safe
10 EPR Rebels MC Headshot 9 8 - 9 26 Safe - -
11 Dino Warriors Gravity 10 - 9 10 29 Immune - -
12 Dee MC Dynamites QK - 8 6 9 23 Safe - -
13 Dino Warriors Lxsh 7 - 8 9 24 Safe -
14 King Slayers Khullar G 6 6 6 - 18 Danger Zone Bottom 2 Eliminated
15 Dee MC Dynamites Super Manikk - 9 8 9 26 Safe - -
16 King Slayers UK Rapi Boy 6 8 5 - 19 Safe - -

Week 5 (Episode 9–10)

Last week's squad of the week, EPR had to choose one of the two random envelops (Power to eliminate & Power to save). He got Power to save and chose GD 47.

Key "Radio Hit" from Bashah Best Performer Power to save Power to eliminate   Immune   Safe   Danger Zone   Bottom 2   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision 		Public
Voting 		Battle
Result
Badshah Dee MC Dino James EPR King
1 Dino Warriors Srushti 10 - 9 10 29 Immune - -
2 EPR Rebels MC Square 10 9 - 10 29 Immune - -
3 Dino Warriors Wicked Sunny 10 - 9 10 29 Immune - -
4 EPR Rebels Panther 10 10 - 8 28 Immune - -
5 King Slayers Paradox 9 9 9 - 27 Safe - -
6 Dee MC Dynamites Spectra - 9 9 10 28 Immune - -
7 Dee MC Dynamites GD 47 - 7 7 8 22 Danger Zone Bottom 3
8 EPR Rebels Nazz 10 10 - 10 30 - -
9 Dino Warriors Gravity 9 - 10 8 27 Safe - -
10 Dee MC Dynamites Super Manikk - 7 7 9 23 Immune - -
11 EPR Rebels MC Headshot 10 8 - 9 27 Safe - -
12 Dino Warriors Lxsh 7 - 6 5 18 Danger Zone Bottom 3 Eliminated
13 King Slayers UK Rapi Boy 9 7 8 - 24 Safe - -
14 Dee MC Dynamites QK - 6 8 7 21 Danger Zone Safe -
15 King Slayers Rhyme 8 8 7 - 23 Danger Zone Bottom 3 Eliminated

Week 6 (Episode 11–12)

Theme: Lyrical

Last week's squad of the week, EPR had a special power "Judge 2.0", to judge the elimination battles. But he decided not to eliminate anyone.

Key "Radio Hit" from Bashah Best Performer Power to save Power to eliminate   Immune   Safe   Danger Zone   Bottom 2   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision 		Battle
Result
Badshah Dee MC Dino James EPR King
1 King Slayers UK Rapi Boy 10 10 9 - 29 Immune -
2 Dino Warriors Srushti 10 - 10 10 30 Safe -
3 Dino Warriors Gravity 10 - 10 10 30 -
4 EPR Rebels Nazz 10 10 - 10 30 Immune -
5 Dee MC Dynamites GD 47 - 10 10 10 30 Immune -
6 EPR Rebels Panther 10 9 - 10 29 Safe -
7 Dee MC Dynamites Super Manikk - 7 7 7 21 Danger Zone
8 Dino Warriors Wicked Sunny 10 - 8 10 28 Immune -
9 EPR Rebels MC Square 10 10 - 10 30 Immune -
10 EPR Rebels MC Headshot 9 7 - 9 25 Safe -
11 Dee MC Dynamites Spectra - 8 7 8 23 Danger Zone
12 King Slayers Paradox 8 7 8 - 23 Danger Zone
13 Dee MC Dynamites QK - 6 6 8 20 Danger Zone

Week 7 (Episode 13–14)

Theme: Shout-out

Last week's squad of the week, Dino James had a special power "Score + 2.0", where he could add 2 points to any rapper. He choose GD 47 to add 2 points.

Key "Radio Hit" from Bashah Best Performer   Immune   Safe   Danger Zone   Bottom 2   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision 		Public
Voting 		Battle Result
Badshah Dee MC Dino James EPR King
1 King Slayers Paradox 9 10 10 - 29 Immune - -
2 Dino Warriors Wicked Sunny 8 - 7 8 23 Safe - -
3 EPR Rebels MC Square 10 10 - 10 30 Immune - -
4 Dino Warriors Srushti 10 - 10 10 30 Immune - -
5 Dee MC Dynamites GD 47 - 8 6 6 20+2=22 Danger Zone Bottom 2 + Eliminated
6 EPR Rebels Panther 9 8 - 8 25 Safe - -
7 EPR Rebels Nazz 7 8 - 6 21 Danger Zone Bottom 2 + Safe
8 King Slayers UK Rapi Boy 7 7 7 - 21 Danger Zone Safe -
9 Dee MC Dynamites Super Manikk - 8 7 8 23 Safe - -
10 Dee MC Dynamites QK - 7 8 9 24 Immune - -
11 Dee MC Dynamites Spectra - 8 8 8 24 Immune - -
12 Dino Warriors Gravity 10 - 10 10 30 - -
13 EPR Rebels MC Headshot 8 7 - 9 24 Safe - -

Week 8 (Episode 15-16)

Key "Radio Hit" from Bashah Best Performer Power to save Power to eliminate   Immune   Safe   Danger Zone   Bottom 2   Eliminated

Theme #1: Collaboration - Squad Bosses' paired-up the rappers.

Theme #2: Badshah's Industry Ready Challenges:

  • Dee MC Dynamites: Ad Jingle to Hip Hop (Classic range)
  • Dino Warriors: Use Key Words in Rap (Muscle, Freak, Fitness, Weightlifting)
  • EPR Rebels: Brand Anthem Rendition (Yamaha - the call of the blue)
  • King Slayers: Bollywood to Hip Hop (Tujhko jo paya)

Last week's squad of the week, Dino James had a special power "Danger Zone 2.0", where he could another Collab pair in Danger Zone. He choose Spectra and Panther.

Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision 		Public
Voting 		Battle Result
Badshah Dee MC Dino James EPR King
1 Dee MC Dynamites Super Manikk 10 9 9 10 38 Immune - -
Dino Warriors Wicked Sunny Immune - -
2 EPR Rebels Nazz 10 10 10 10 40 - -
Dino Warriors Srushti - -
3 Dino Warriors Gravity 9 8 8 9 34 Danger Zone Safe -
EPR Rebels MC Headshot Danger Zone Bottom 3 + Eliminated
4 King Slayers Paradox 10 10 10 10 40 Immune - -
EPR Rebels MC Square Immune - -
5 EPR Rebels Panther 9 8 10 8 35 Bottom 3 + Eliminated
Dee MC Dynamites Spectra Bottom 3 + Safe
6 King Slayers UK Rapi Boy 10 10 9 10 39 Safe - -
Dee MC Dynamites QK Safe - -

Week 9 Semi Final (Episode 17-18)

Key "Radio Hit" from Badshah Best Performer   Top 5   Eliminated

Theme: Battleground 2.0

Top 10 contestants competed in one-on-one Battles to earn the Ticket to Finale. Only 5 contestants advanced to the Finale.

Battle No. Order Squad Rapper Battle Result
1 1 Dino Warriors Wicked Sunny Eliminated
2 EPR Rebels Nazz Top 5
2 1 Dee MC Dynamites Super Manikk Eliminated
2 Spectra Top 5
3 1 Dino Warriors Gravity Top 5
2 King Slayers Paradox Top 5
4 1 Dee MC Dynamites QK Eliminated
2 King Slayers UK Rapi Boy Eliminated
5 1 Dino Warriors Srushti Eliminated
2 EPR Rebels MC Square Top 5 +

Top 5 Finalists performed for the public and the public voting were open for final time, with the votes deciding the winner next week.

Order Squad Rapper Judge
Badshah
1 EPR Rebels MC Square
2 Dino Warriors Gravity
3 EPR Rebels Nazz
4 Dee MC Dynamites Spectra
5 King Slayers Paradox

Week 10 Final (Episode 19-20)

Order Squad Rapper Result
1 King Slayers Paradox Top 3
2 EPR Rebels Nazz Top 3
3 Dee MC Dynamites Spectra Eliminated
4 Dino Warriors Gravity Eliminated
5 EPR Rebels MC Square Top 3

After Top 5 Finalists performed, based on Public Votes three moved-on to TOP 3.

Squad Rapper Final Result
EPR Rebels MC Square Winner
King Slayers Paradox Runner-up
EPR Rebels Nazz 3rd Place

Guests

Week Episode(s) Guest Judge Episode Guest Appearance
3 5-6 Ikka none
4 7-8 Brodha V
5 none 10 J Trix
7 13-14 Encore Abj & Calm (Seedhe Maut) none
8 15-16 Fotty Seven & Bali 16 Bombay Local
10 19-20 Ikka none

Season 3

Judges and host

Badshah and squad bosses EPR, Dino James and Dee MC returned to judge. Ikka Singh joined season 3 as new squad boss.[6] Super Manikk and Wicked Sunny were the hosts for this season. On 24 December 2023, Uday was declared the Winner.

Contestants

Contestant Stage Name Finish Place
Uday Pandhi Uday Episode 20 Winner
Shlok Verma Bassick Runner-up
Saurabh Abhyankar 100 RBH 3rd Place
Mrunal Shankar Dhole Mrunal Shankar 4-6
Vijay Kumar Vijay Dada
Kayden Sharma Kayden Sharma
Jasdeep Singh Burrah Episode 18 7-10
Gauresh Kale Gaush
Mayank Rawat Rap ID
Shayaan Bhat Shen B
Bobby Randhawa Bob B. Randhawa Episode 16 11
Shaheer Faisal Poet Shaf Episode 14 12-13
N/A Vish
N/A Prince The Artist Singh Episode 12 14
Swagat Yein Shady Mellow Episode 10 15
Sahil Badal Badal Episode 8 16
Jaya Rohillaa Jaya Episode 4 17-20
N/A Lekhak
N/A Meetoride
Mandeep Singh MNDP
  Male
  Female

Squads

Dee MC Dynamites Dino Warriors EPR Rebels Ikka Gangstars
Uday Vijay Dada Mrunal Shankar Badal
100 RBH Poet Shaf Gaush Kayden Sharma
Shen B Bassick Shady Mellow Bob B Randhawa
Prince Burrah Vish Rap ID

Squad and Performer of the week

Week Squad of the Week Performer(s) of the Week
Week 3 EPR Rebels Mrunal Shankar
Week 4 Dee MC Dynamites Uday
Week 5 Shen B
Week 6 Dino Warriors Burrah
Week 7 Ikka Gangstars Vijay Dada
Week 8 Dee MC Dynamites Kayden Sharma Vijay Dada
Week 9 Dee MC Dynamites 100 RBH

Summary

Squad Contestant Week 1-2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Total Final ranking
Dee MC Dynamites Uday SAFE 9 9 7 9 7 12 SAFE Winner 53 1
Dino Warriors Bassick SAFE 5 8 5 9 7 12 SAFE Runner-up 43 2
Dee MC Dynamites 100 RBH SAFE 9 9 5 9 9 5 SAFE 3rd Place 46 3
EPR Rebels Mrunal Shankar SAFE 9 9 4 8 5 Finalist TOP 6 35 5
Dino Warriors Vijay Dada SAFE 7 9 9 9 9 12 Finalist TOP 6 55 4
Ikka Gangstars Kayden Sharma SAFE 8 9 7 5 5 12 SAFE TOP 6 46 6
EPR Rebels Gaush SAFE 9 8 7 7 9 12 ELIM Guest 52 7
Dee MC Dynamites Shen B BTM6 7 9 9 6 9 12 ELIM Guest 52 8
Dino Warriors Burrah SAFE 8 8 9 7 9 10 ELIM Guest 51 9
Ikka Gangstars Rap ID SAFE 8 9 6 7 8 10 ELIM Guest 48 10
Ikka Gangstars Bob B SAFE 7 9 9 9 6 5 Guest 45 11
Dino Warriors Poet Shaf SAFE 6 8 9 3 5 Guest 31 12-13
EPR Rebels Vish SAFE 8 6 4 7 6 Guest 31
Dee MC Dynamites Prince BTM6 7 9 5 5 Guest 26 14
EPR Rebels Shady Mellow SAFE 9 6 3 Guest 18 15
Ikka Gangstars Badal SAFE 9 6 Guest 15 16
- Jaya ELIM 0 17-20
Lekhak ELIM 0
Meetoride ELIM 0
MNDP ELIM 0

Notes

"Bold Numbers" represent "Radio Hits" received from Badshah
  Best Performer of the week
  Received positive critics and was declared safe
  Safe
  Received negative critics and was in Danger Zone but was declared safe
  Bottom
  winner
  Finalist
  Runner-up
  eliminated
  Guest

Weekly summary

Week 1-2 (Episode 1–4)

For week 1 & 2, after each contestant performed Badshah decides which squad to be assigned to. But, the Squad Bosses can mic drop and ask the contestant to join their squad.

Key Mic drop from squad boss Radio Ready Performer   Bottom 6   Advanced to Top 16
Order Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Squad chosen by Result
Badshah Dee MC Dino James EPR Ikka Badshah Contestant
1 Badal - Ikka Gangstars Top 16
2 Kayden - Ikka Gangstars Top 16
3 Mrunal Shankar - EPR Rebels Top 16
4 Vijay Dada Dino Warriors - Top 16
5 Gaush - EPR Rebels Top 16
6 Poet Shaf Dino Warriors - Top 16
7 Bob B - Ikka Gangstars Top 16
8 Meetoride Bottom 6
9 Rap ID - Ikka Gangstars Top 16
10 Jaya Bottom 6
11 Shady Mellow EPR Rebels - Top 16
12 Prince The Artist Singh Bottom 6
13 Uday Dee MC Dynamites - Top 16
14 100 RBH Dee MC Dynamites - Top 16
15 Vish EPR Rebels - Top 16
16 Bassick Dino Warriors - Top 16
17 Shen B Bottom 6
18 Burrah - Dino Warriors Top 16
19 Lekhak Bottom 6
20 MNDP Bottom 6
Battleground: Ground Shunya

The bottom 6 contestant compete three-way battle in the Battleground. Only 2 moved-on to the next round.

After 2 battles, Badshah had to choose two contestant to join Dee MC Dynamites squad.

Battle No. Rapper Survived Eliminated
1 Jaya vs. Shen B vs. MNDP Shen B Jaya MNDP
2 Meetoride vs. Lekhak vs. Prince Prince Lekhak Meetoride

Week 3 (Episode 5–6): Showcase Week

From this week, the squad bosses scored out of 3 after each performance.

Also the public voting were open, with the votes effecting the next week's elimination.

Key "Radio Hit" from Bashah Best Performer of the Week   Safe
Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision
Badshah Dee MC Dino
James 		EPR Ikka
1 Dee MC Dynamites 100 RBH - 3 3 3 9 Safe
2 EPR Rebels Mrunal Shankar 3 3 - 3 9
3 EPR Rebels Gaush 3 3 - 3 9 Safe
4 Ikka Gangstars Kayden Sharma 3 3 2 - 8 Safe
5 Ikka Gangstars Rap ID 3 2 3 - 8 Safe
6 Dee MC Dynamites Prince - 2 2 3 7 Safe
7 Ikka Gangstars Badal 3 3 3 - 9 Safe
8 Dino Warriors Vijay Dada 2 - 2 3 7 Safe
9 Dee MC Dynamites Uday - 3 3 3 9 Safe
10 EPR Rebels Shady Mellow 3 3 - 3 9 Safe
11 Ikka Gangstars Bob B 2 3 2 - 7 Safe
12 Dee MC Dynamites Shen B - 2 2 3 7 Safe
13 Dino Warriors Burrah 2 - 3 3 8 Safe
14 Dino Warriors Poet Shaf 2 - 2 2 6 Safe
15 EPR Rebels Vish 2 3 - 3 8 Safe
16 Dino Warriors Bassick 2 - 1 2 5 Safe

Week 4 (Episode 7–8): BYOB Week - Bring Your Own Bars, Bring Your Own Beats, Bring Your Own Bangers

This week's squad of the week, Dee MC had to choose to save one of the four Rappers in Danger Zone. She chose Shen B.

Key "Radio Hit" from Bashah Best Performer of the Week   Immune   Safe   Originally in Danger Zone, but was saved from Squad Boss of the week   Danger Zone   Bottom 2   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision 		Public
Voting 		Battle
Result
Badshah Dee MC Dino
James 		EPR Ikka
1 Dee MC Dynamites Prince - 3 3 3 9 Immune - -
2 Ikka Gangstars Kayden Sharma 3 3 3 - 9 Immune - -
3 Dino Warriors Bassick 2 - 3 3 8 Safe - -
4 Dino Warriors Vijay Dada 3 - 3 3 9 Immune - -
5 Ikka Gangstars Bob B 3 3 3 - 9 Immune - -
6 Dee MC Dynamites Shen B - 3 3 3 9 Saved - -
7 EPR Rebels Vish 2 2 - 2 6 Safe - -
8 Ikka Gangstars Badal 2 2 2 - 6 Danger Zone Bottom 2 Eliminated
9 EPR Rebels Gaush 2 3 - 3 8 Safe - -
10 Dee MC Dynamites 100 RBH - 3 3 3 9 Immune - -
11 Dee MC Dynamites Uday - 3 3 3 9 - -
12 EPR Rebels Mrunal Shankar 3 3 - 3 9 Safe - -
13 Ikka Gangstars Rap ID 3 3 3 - 9 Immune - -
14 Dino Warriors Poet Shaf 3 - 3 2 8 Danger Zone Bottom 2 Safe
15 Dino Warriors Burrah 2 - 3 3 8 Safe - -
16 EPR Rebels Shady Mellow 2 2 - 2 6 Danger Zone Safe -

Week 5 (Episode 9–10): Zone Flip

This week's squad of the week, Dee MC had to choose to save one of the four Rappers in Danger Zone. She chose 100 RBH.

Key "Radio Hit" from Bashah Best Performer of the Week   Immune   Safe   Originally in Danger Zone, but was saved from Squad Boss of the week   Danger Zone   Bottom 2   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision 		Public
Voting 		Battle
Result
Badshah Dee MC Dino
James 		EPR Ikka
1 Ikka Gangstars Rap ID 2 2 2 - 6 Immune - -
2 Dino Warriors Burrah 3 - 3 3 9 Immune - -
3 Ikka Gangstars Kayden Sharma 3 2 2 - 7 Danger Zone Safe -
4 Dee MC Dynamites Shen B - 3 3 3 9 - -
5 Dino Warriors Bassick 2 - 2 1 5 Danger Zone Bottom 2 Safe
6 EPR Rebels Gaush 3 2 - 2 7 Safe - -
7 EPR Rebels Vish 1 2 - 1 4 Safe - -
8 Dee MC Dynamites Prince - 1 2 2 5 Safe - -
9 Dino Warriors Vijay Dada 3 - 3 3 9 Safe - -
10 Dee MC Dynamites Uday - 2 2 3 7 Immune - -
11 Ikka Gangstars Bob B 3 3 3 - 9 Safe - -
12 Dee MC Dynamites 100 RBH - 2 1 2 5 Saved - -
13 Dino Warriors Poet Shaf 3 - 3 3 9 Safe - -
14 EPR Rebels Shady Mellow 1 1 - 1 3 Danger Zone Bottom 2 Eliminated
15 EPR Rebels Mrunal Shankar 1 1 - 2 4 Safe - -

Week 6 (Episode 11–12): Level Up

This week's squad of the week, Dino had to choose to save one of the three Rappers in Danger Zone. He chose Poet Shaf.

Key "Radio Hit" from Bashah Best Performer of the Week   Immune   Safe   Originally in Danger Zone, but was saved from Squad Boss of the week   Danger Zone   Bottom 2   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision 		Public
Voting 		Battle
Result
Badshah Dee MC Dino
James 		EPR Ikka
1 Dino Warriors Bassick 3 - 3 3 9 Immune - -
2 Dee MC Dynamites Uday - 3 3 3 9 Immune - -
3 Ikka Gangstars Bob B 3 3 3 - 9 Immune - -
4 EPR Rebels Mrunal Shankar 3 2 - 3 8 Safe - -
5 Ikka Gangstars Kayden Sharma 2 2 1 - 5 Danger Zone Safe -
6 Dee MC Dynamites Shen B - 2 2 2 6 Danger Zone Bottom 2 Safe
7 Dino Warriors Poet Shaf 1 - 1 1 3 Saved - -
8 Dee MC Dynamites 100 RBH - 3 3 3 9 Immune - -
9 Dino Warriors Burrah 2 - 2 3 7 - -
10 EPR Rebels Gaush 2 3 - 2 7 Safe - -
11 Dino Warriors Vijay Dada 3 - 3 3 9 Immune - -
12 EPR Rebels Vish 2 2 - 3 7 Safe - -
13 Dee MC Dynamites Prince - 2 1 2 5 Danger Zone Bottom 2 Eliminated
14 Ikka Gangstars Rap ID 2 2 3 - 7 Safe - -

Week 7 (Episode 13–14): Go Bass the Boss

Mrunal Shankar won the ticket to Finale. This week's squad of the week, Ikka Gangstar had to choose to save one of the five Rappers in Danger Zone. He chose Kayden.

Key "Radio Hit" from Bashah Best Performer of the Week   Immune   Safe   Originally in Danger Zone, but was saved from Squad Boss of the week   Danger Zone   Bottom 2   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision 		Public
Voting 		Battle
Result
Badshah Dee MC Dino
James 		EPR Ikka
1 Dino Warriors Vijay Dada 3 - 3 3 9 - -
2 EPR Rebels Gaush 3 3 - 3 9 Safe - -
3 EPR Rebels Mrunal Shankar 2 1 - 2 5 Immune - -
4 Dino Warriors Bassick 2 - 2 3 7 Danger Zone Safe -
5 Dee MC Dynamites 100 RBH - 3 3 3 9 Safe - -
6 Dino Warriors Burrah 3 - 3 3 9 Safe - -
7 Dee MC Dynamites Uday - 3 1 3 7 Danger Zone Bottom 3 Safe
8 EPR Rebels Vish 2 2 - 2 6 Danger Zone Bottom 3 Eliminated
9 Ikka Gangstars Rap ID 3 3 2 - 8 Immune - -
10 Dee MC Dynamites Shen B - 3 3 3 9 Safe - -
11 Ikka Gangstars Bob B 2 3 1 - 6 Immune - -
12 Dino Warriors Poet Shaf 2 - 1 2 5 Danger Zone Bottom 3 Eliminated
13 Ikka Gangstars Kayden Sharma 2 2 1 - 5 Saved - -

Week 8 (Episode 15–16): Collab Week

This week contestants collaborated and performed in pairs. As Mrunal Shankar won the Ticket to Finale, she collabed with her Squad Boss EPR.

Also each squad performed a group Ad Jingle for the sponsors of the show.

  • EPR Rebels: POCO
  • Dee MC Dynamites: Appy Fizz
  • Ikka Gangsters: Big muscle nutrition
  • Dino Warriors: MTV

Vijay Dada won the ticket to Finale. This week's squad of the week was Dee MC Dynamites. This week there was only bottom 2, no-one was saved by squad boss power or public vote.

Key "Radio Hit" from Bashah Best Performer of the Week   Ticket to Finale   Immune   Bottom 2   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision 		Battle
Result
Badshah Dee MC Dino
James 		EPR Ikka
1 Ikka Gangstars Kayden Sharma 3 3 3 3 12 -
Dino Warriors Vijay Dada -
2 Dino Warriors Bassick 3 3 3 3 12 Immune -
Dee MC Dynamites Uday Immune -
3 EPR Rebels Mrunal Shankar Finalist
4 Dino Warriors Burrah 2 3 3 2 10 Immune -
Ikka Gangstars Rap ID Immune -
5 Dee MC Dynamites 100 RBH 1 2 1 1 5 Bottom 2 Safe
Ikka Gangstars Bob B Bottom 2 Eliminated
6 EPR Rebels Gaush 3 3 3 3 12 Immune -
Dee MC Dynamites Shen B Immune -

Week 9 (Episode 17-18): Semi Final - Mega Ground Shunya

Key Best Performer   Advanced to Top 6   Eliminated

8 contestants from Top 10 competed in one-on-one Battles to move on to the Finale. Only 4 contestants advanced to the Finale. Mrunal Shankar and Vijay Dada didn't compete as they had ticket to Finale

Battle No. Order Squad Rapper Battle Result
1 1 Dee MC Dynamites Shen B Eliminated
2 Dino Warriors Bassick Advanced to Top 6
2 1 Dee MC Dynamites 100 RBH Advanced to Top 6
2 Ikka Gangstars Rap ID Eliminated
3 1 Ikka Gangstars Kayden Sharma Advanced to Top 6
2 Dino Warriors Burrah Eliminated
4 1 EPR Rebels Gaush Eliminated
2 Dee MC Dynamites Uday Advanced to Top 6

Top 6 Finalists performed for the public and the public voting were open for final time, with the votes deciding the winner next week.

Order Squad Rapper Judge
Badshah
1 Dino Warriors Bassick
2 Dee MC Dynamites Uday
3 Ikka Gangstars Kayden Sharma
4 Dee MC Dynamites 100 RBH
5 EPR Rebels Mrunal Shankar
6 Dino Warriors Vijay Dada

Week 10 (Episode 19–20): Grand Finale

The winner wins ₹10,00,000 cash prize, POCO Made of Mad gifts worth ₹2.5 lakhs and GOVO soundbar.

100 RBH won the OG Hustler Award and received a cash prize of ₹5,00,000.

Order Squad Rapper Result
1 Dee Mc Dynamites Uday Top 3
2 Dino Warriors Bassick Top 3
3 Dee MC Dynamites 100 RBH Top 3
4 Dino Warriors Vijay Dada Eliminated
5 EPR Rebels Mrunal Shankar Eliminated
6 Ikka Gangsters Kayden Sharma Eliminated

After Top 6 Finalists performed, based on Judges choice three moved-on to TOP 3. And the winner was crowned based on Public Votes.

Order Squad Rapper Final Result
1 Dee Mc Dynamites Uday Winner
2 Dino Warriors Bassick Runner up
3 DeeMc Dynamites 100 RBH Third Place

Guests

Week Episode(s) Guest Judge(s) Episode Guest Appearance
2 none 3 MC Square (Season 2 - Winner)
3 5-6 Sikander Kahlon & RAGA none
5 9-10 Salim Merchant
6 11-12 Encore ABJ & Calm (Seedhe Maut)
7 none 13 Riar Saab & Abhijay Sharma
8 15-16 Samantha Ruth Prabhu 15 Gravity (Season 2 - Finalist)
16 GD47 (Season 2 - Contestant)
9 none 18 Paradox (Season 2 - Runner Up)
10 19-20 Guru Randhawa 20 Uchana Amit
King (Season 1 - Contestant & Season 2 - Squad Boss) Vishal Mishra

Season 4

This season is also known as MTV Hustle 4: ‘HIP HOP, DON’T STOP’ and is set to premiere on 19 October 2024.[7]

Judges and host

Raftaar and Ikka Singh were the new judging panel and squad bosses EPR, Dino James and Dee MC returned to judge. Raga joined season 4 as new squad boss Dependent artists(Jizzy, Talha siddiqui) will host this season it's a great blend to see some raw talent even in hosts.[8]

Contestants

Contestant Stage Name Finish Place
Vinayak Lashkari Lashcurry Episode 20 Winner
Sujal Dupare Naam Sujal Runner-up
Madhusudhan Sharma Dharmik 3rd Place
Yash Dandge 99side 4-6
Abhin Pandita Vichaar
Aniket Bhat Siyaahi
Sujal Shah Mad Trip Episode 18 7-10
Akash Gopal Sense
Akriti Lal PHO
Ismeet Atwal Ghaint Jxtt
Ajitesh Bhati Ajitesh Bhati Episode 16 11-12
Aditya Singh Little Bhatia
Danish Ahmad Danish Episode 12 13-14
Armaan Yadav K!LLSWITCH
Ayush Rajoria Rajjo Episode 10 15
Abhay Prasad Devil The Rhymer Episode 8 16
Dev Pratap Singh DOTM Episode 4 17-19
Manpreet Singh Manisten
N/A Volt
  Male
  Female

Squads

Dee MC Dynamites Dino Warriors EPR Rebels Raga Ragers
Dharmik 99side Chaint Jxtt Lashcurry
Rajjo Ajitesh Bhati Naam Sujal Mad Trip
PHO Danish K!LLSWITCH Siyaahi
Sense Little Bhatia Vichaar Devil The Rhymer

Squad and Performer of the week

Week Squad of the Week Performer(s) of the Week
Week 3 Dino Warriors 99side
Week 4 EPR Rebels Dharmik
Week 5 Raga Ragers Lashcurry
Week 6 Dee MC Dynamites Naam Sujal
Week 7 EPR Rebels Mad Trip
Week 8 Raga Ragers Dharmik
Sense
Week 9 None Lashcurry

Summary

Squad Contestant Week 1-2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Total
Raga Ragers Lashcurry SAFE 29 30 30 29 25 31 BEST Winner 174
EPR Rebels Naam Sujal SAFE 30 30 30 30 30 31 Finalist Runner-Up 181
Dee MC Dynamites Dharmik SAFE 26 30 30 26 29 40 Finalist 3rd Place 181
Dino Warriors 99side SAFE 30 29 30 30 30 Finalist TOP 6 149
EPR Rebels Vichaar BTM6 23 30 28 24 30 31 Finalist TOP 6 166
Raga Ragers Siyaahi SAFE 26 29 28 25 29 31 Finalist TOP 6 168
Dee MC Dynamites Sense BTM6 19 23 28 30 28 40 ELIM Guest 168
EPR Rebels Ghaint Jxtt SAFE 29 30 22 22 28 27 ELIM Guest 158
Dee MC Dynamites PHO SAFE 26 30 23 15 27 31 ELIM Guest 152
Raga Ragers Mad Trip SAFE 25 15 14 30 30 28 ELIM Guest 142
Dino Warriors Little Bhatia SAFE 29 26 21 26 29 28 Guest 159
Dino Warriors Ajitesh Bhati SAFE 18 28 23 29 29 27 Guest 154
EPR Rebels K!LLSWITCH SAFE 20 24 26 22 Guest 92
Dino Warriors Danish SAFE 15 27 21 21 Guest 84
Dee MC Dynamites Rajjo SAFE 22 19 19 Guest 60
Raga Ragers Devil The Rhymer BTM6 18 22 Guest 40
- DOTM ELIM 0
Manisten ELIM 0
Volt ELIM 0

Notes

"Bold Numbers" represent "Radio Hits" received from Judges
  Best Performer of the week
  Received positive critics (Radio Hit) and was declared safe
  Safe
  Received negative critics and was in Danger Zone but was declared safe
  Bottom
  Eliminated
  Finalist
  Runner-up
  Winner
  Guest

Weekly summary

Week 1-2 (Episode 1–4)

For week 1 & 2, during each contestant's performance squad bosses had 90 seconds to add them to their playlist, each contestant required at least three squad bosses vote to be assign to a squad. But the contestants who gets Radio Ready from either Raftaar or Ikka, they decide which squad to be assigned to.

Key Add to playlist from squad boss Radio Ready Performer   Bottom 6   Advanced
Order Rapper Judges Squad Bosses Result Squad
Raftaar Ikka Dee MC Dino James EPR Raga
1 Dharmik Advanced Dee MC Dynamites
2 99Side Advanced Dino Warriors
3 Rajjo Advanced Dee MC Dynamites
4 Ghaint Jxtt Advanced EPR Rebels
5 Lashcurry Advanced Raga Ragers
6 Vichaar Huddle Room -
7 Naam Sujal Advanced EPR Rebels
8 Ajitesh Bhati Advanced Dino Warriors
9 PHO Advanced Dee MC Dynamites
10 Sense Huddle Room -
11 Mad Trip Advanced Raga Ragers
12 DOTM Huddle Room -
13 Danish Advanced Dino Warriors
14 Siyaahi Advanced Raga Ragers
15 Devil The Rhymer Huddle Room -
16 K!LLSWITCH Advanced EPR Rebels
17 Manisten Huddle Room -
18 Volt Huddle Room -
19 Little Bhatia Advanced Dino Warriors
BattleVerse: Huddle Room

Six contestants from Huddle Room battled it out in the Battleground, with only three making it to the next round.

Battle No. Battles Survived Squad Eliminated
1 Sense vs Volt Sense Dee MC Dynamites Volt
2 Devil the Rhymer vs Manisten Devil the Rhymer Raga Ragers Manisten
3 DOTM vs Vichaar Vichaar EPR Rebels DOTM

Week 3 (Episode 5–6): Hustle Pro Max

From this week, the squad bosses scored out of 10 after each performance. Also the public voting were open, with the votes effecting the next week's elimination. No elimination this week.

Key "Radio Hit" from Judges Best Performer of the Week   Immune   Safe   Danger Zone
Order Squad Rapper Judges Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision
Raftaar Ikka Dee MC Dino James EPR Raga
1 Raga Ragers Lashcurry 9 10 10 - 29 Immune
2 EPR Rebels Ghaint Jxtt 9 10 - 10 29 Immune
3 Dee MC Dynamites PHO - 9 7 10 26 Safe
4 Dino Warriors 99side 10 - 10 10 30
5 EPR Rebels Vichaar 7 9 - 7 23 Safe
6 Dee MC Dynamites Sense - 6 4 9 19 Danger Zone
7 Dino Warriors Little Bhatia 9 - 10 10 29 Immune
8 Raga Ragers Devil The Rhymer 6 6 6 - 18 Danger Zone
9 EPR Rebels Naam Sujal 10 10 - 10 30 Immune
10 Raga Ragers Mad Trip 8 10 7 - 25 Immune
11 Raga Ragers Siyaahi 9 9 8 - 26 Safe
12 Dee MC Dynamites Dharmik - 8 10 8 26 Immune
13 EPR Rebels K!LLSWITCH 7 7 - 6 20 Danger Zone
14 Dino Warriors Ajitesh Bhati 5 - 6 7 18 Immune
15 Dee MC Dynamites Rajjo - 8 6 8 22 Safe
16 Dino Warriors Danish 5 - 4 6 15 Danger Zone

Week 4 (Episode 7–8): Flex Week

From this week, based on public votes and squad bosses scores elimination begins. This week's squad of the week, EPR had to choose to save one of the three Rappers in Danger Zone. He chose Rajjo.

Key "Radio Hit" from Judges Best Performer of the Week   Immune   Safe   Danger Zone   Originally in Danger Zone, but was saved from Squad Boss of the week   Bottom 2   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judges Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision 		Public
Voting 		Battle
Result
Raftaar Ikka Dee MC Dino James EPR Raga
1 EPR Rebels Naam Sujal 10 10 - 10 30 Immune - -
2 Raga Ragers Lashcurry 10 10 10 - 30 Safe - -
3 Dee MC Dynamites Dharmik - 10 10 10 30 - -
4 Dino Warriors Ajitesh Bhati 8 - 10 10 28 Immune - -
5 Dee MC Dynamites PHO - 10 10 10 30 Immune - -
6 EPR Rebels K!LLSWITCH 7 7 - 10 24 Immune - -
7 Dino Warriors Danish 9 - 9 9 27 Immune - -
8 Dee MC Dynamites Sense - 9 7 7 23 Danger Zone Bottom 2 Safe
9 Raga Ragers Devil The Rhymer 7 7 8 - 22 Danger Zone Bottom 2 Eliminated
10 EPR Rebels Ghaint Jxtt 10 10 - 10 30 Immune - -
11 Raga Ragers Mad Trip 5 5 5 - 15 Danger Zone Safe -
12 Dino Warriors 99side 9 - 10 10 29 Immune - -
13 Raga Ragers Siyaahi 9 10 10 - 29 Immune - -
14 Dino Warriors Little Bhatia 9 - 9 8 26 Safe - -
15 EPR Rebels Vichaar 10 10 - 10 30 Immune - -
16 Dee MC Dynamites Rajjo - 6 6 7 19 Danger Zone Saved -

Week 5 (Episode 9–10): Imagery

This week's squad of the week, Raga had to choose to save one of the four Rappers in Danger Zone. He chose Mad Trip.

Key "Radio Hit" from Judges Best Performer of the Week   Immune   Safe   Danger Zone   Originally in Danger Zone, but was saved from Squad Boss of the week   Bottom 2   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judges Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision 		Public
Voting 		Battle
Result
Raftaar & Ikka Dee MC Dino James EPR Raga
1 Raga Ragers Lashcurry 10 10 10 - 30 - -
2 Dee MC Dynamites Sense - 8 10 10 28 Immune - -
3 EPR Rebels Ghaint Jxtt 7 7 - 8 22 Safe - -
4 Dee MC Dynamites Dharmik - 10 10 10 30 Immune - -
5 Dino Warriors Danish 7 - 7 7 21 Danger Zone Bottom 2 Safe
6 Dino Warriors Ajitesh Bhati 8 - 6 9 23 Immune - -
7 EPR Rebels Vichaar 10 9 - 9 28 Safe - -
8 Dee MC Dynamites Rajjo - 6 7 6 19 Danger Zone Bottom 2 Eliminated
9 Dino Warriors Little Bhatia 7 - 7 7 21 Danger Zone Safe -
10 Raga Ragers Siyaahi 10 10 8 - 28 Immune - -
11 Dino Warriors 99side 10 - 10 10 30 Immune - -
12 Dee MC Dynamites PHO - 8 8 7 23 Safe - -
13 EPR Rebels Naam Sujal 10 10 - 10 30 Immune - -
14 EPR Rebels K!LLSWITCH 9 9 - 8 26 Safe - -
15 Raga Ragers Mad Trip 4 5 5 - 14 Danger Zone Saved -

Week 6 (Episode 11–12): Rap Royalty Phase

This week's squad of the week, Dee MC had to choose to save one of the six Rappers in Danger Zone. She chose Pho. There was no Battle this week, two rappers with the least votes were eliminated.

Key "Radio Hit" from Judges Best Performer of the Week   Immune   Danger Zone   Originally in Danger Zone, but was saved from Squad Boss of the week   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judges Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision 		Public
Voting
Raftaar & Ikka Dee MC Dino James EPR Raga
1 Dino Warriors 99side 10 - 10 10 30 Immune -
2 Raga Ragers Mad Trip 10 10 10 - 30 Immune -
3 Raga Ragers Siyaahi 7 10 8 - 25 Danger Zone Safe
4 EPR Rebels Naam Sujal 10 10 - 10 30 -
5 Dino Warriors Little Bhatia 9 - 9 8 26 Danger Zone Safe
6 Dee MC Dynamites Dharmik - 8 9 9 26 Immune -
7 EPR Rebels Ghaint Jxtt 8 7 - 7 22 Danger Zone Safe
8 Raga Ragers Lashcurry 10 10 9 - 29 Immune -
9 Dee MC Dynamites Sense - 10 10 10 30 Immune
10 Dee MC Dynamites Pho - 5 5 5 15 Danger Zone Saved
11 Dino Warriors Ajitesh Bhati 9 - 10 10 29 Immune -
12 Dino Warriors Danish 8 - 7 6 21 Danger Zone Eliminated
13 EPR Rebels Vichaar 8 8 - 8 24 Immune -
14 EPR Rebels K!LLSWITCH 9 7 - 6 22 Danger Zone Eliminated

Week 7 (Episode 13–14): Power Move

99side was the Rap Royalty and moved directly to the Finale. No elimination this week, this week's public votes and score were moved forward to next week.

Key "Radio Hit" from Judges Best Performer of the Week   Rap Royalty   Immune   Safe
Order Squad Rapper Judges Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision
Raftaar & Ikka Dee MC Dino James EPR Raga
1 Dino Warriors Little Bhatia 10 - 10 9 29 Immune
2 Raga Ragers Mad Trip 10 10 10 - 30
3 Dee MC Dynamites Dharmik - 10 10 9 29 Immune
4 Dino Warriors 99side 10 - 10 10 30 Rap Royalty
5 EPR Rebels Vichaar 10 10 - 10 30 Immune
6 Dee MC Dynamites PHO - 8 10 9 27 Safe
7 EPR Rebels Ghaint Jxtt 9 9 - 10 28 Immune
8 EPR Rebels Naam Sujal 10 10 - 10 30 Immune
9 Raga Ragers Lashcurry 8 9 8 - 25 Safe
10 Dino Warriors Ajitesh Bhati 9 - 10 10 29 Immune
11 Raga Ragers Siyaahi 9 10 10 - 29 Safe
12 Dee MC Dynamites Sense - 10 10 8 28 Immune

Week 8 (Episode 15–16): Collab week

This week rappers had to collab with other rappers and perform a number. As last week's Rap Royalty, 99side collabed with former contestant Gravity.

Also each squad performed a group Ad collab for the sponsors of the show.

Dharmik was the Rap Royalty and moved directly to the Finale.

Key "Radio Hit" from Judges Best Performers of the Week   Rap Royalty   Finalist   Immune   Safe   Danger Zone   Bottom 2   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judges Squad Bosses Total
Score 		Judges
Decision 		Public
Voting 		Battle
Result
Raftaar & Ikka Dee MC Dino James EPR Raga
1 EPR Rebels Naam Sujal 7 8 8 8 31 Safe - -
EPR Rebels Vichaar Safe - -
2 Raga Ragers Lashcurry 7 9 7 8 31 Immune - -
Dee MC Dynamites PHO Immune - -
Raga Ragers Siyaahi Immune - -
3 Dino Warriors 99side Finalist
4 Dino Warriors Little Bhatia 8 7 6 7 28 Danger Zone Bottom 3 Eliminated
Raga Ragers Mad Trip Danger Zone Safe -
5 Dee MC Dynamites Dharmik 10 10 10 10 40 + Rap Royalty - -
Dee MC Dynamites Sense - -
6 Dino Warriors Ajitesh Bhati 7 7 6 7 27 Danger Zone Bottom 3 Eliminated
EPR Rebels Ghaint Jxtt Danger Zone Bottom 3 Safe

Week 9 (Episode 17–18): The Ultimate BattleVerse

Eight rappers battled it out in the Ultimate BattleVerse, with only four making it to the Finale.

Key "Radio Hit" from Judges Best Performers of the Week   Rap Royalty   Eliminated
Battle No. Rappers
(Squad)		 Battle Result
1 Siyaahi
(Raga Ragers) 		vs Vichaar
(EPR Rebels) 		Siyaahi Vichaar
2 PHO
(Dee MC Dynamites) 		vs Mad Trip
(Raga Ragers) 		PHO Mad Trip
3 Naam Sujal
(EPR Rebels) 		vs Lashcurry
(Raga Ragers) 		Naam Sujal Lashcurry
4 Ghaint Jxtt
(EPR Rebels) 		vs Sense
(Dee MC Dynamites) 		Ghaint Jxtt Sense

Top 6 Finalists performed for the public and the public voting were open for final time, with the votes deciding the winner next week.

Order Squad Rapper Judges
Decision
1 Dino Warriors 99side
2 Raga Ragers Lashcurry
3 Dee MC Dynamites Dharmik
4 Raga Ragers Siyaahi
5 EPR Rebels Naam Sujal
6 EPR Rebels Vichaar

Winners

  • Lashcurry – Winner of Hustle 4
  • Naam Sujal -- Runner up

Guests

Week Episode(s) Guest Judge(s) Episode(s) Guest Appearance
2 3-4 none 4 M Zee Bella (Season 1 - Winner)
3 5-6 King (Season 1 - Contestant & Season 2 - Squad Boss) none
4 7-8 Encore ABJ & Calm (Seedhe Maut)
5 9-10 none 9 Kayden Sharma (Season 3 - Finalist)
10 Panther (Season 2 - Contestant)
6 11-12 Badshah none
7 13-14 Raja Kumari
8 15 Naezy 15 Gravity (Season 2 - Finalist)
16 Riar Saab & Sambata
9 17-18 none 18 Shah Rule
10 19-20 Sunidhi Chauhan 19-20 Srushti Tawade (Season 2 - Contestant)
M Zee Bella (Season 1 - Winner)
Paradox (Season 2 - Runner-up)
20 MC Square (Season 2 - Winner)
Uday Pandhi (Season 3 - Winner)

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