MTV Hustle

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.

MTV Hustle
Genre	Music
Presented by	Gaelyn Mendonca (season 1) Krissann Barretto (season 2) Wicked Sunny (season 3) Super Mannik (season 3) Jasmeet Singh Bhatia (season 4) Talha Siddiqui (Season 4)
Judges	Raftaar (season 1 and 4) Nucleya (season 1) Raja Kumari (season 1) Badshah (season 2–3) Ikka Singh (season 4)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	60
Production
Production company	Colosseum Media
Original release
Network	MTV India
Release	10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) – present

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 is judged by Badshah along with four squad bosses- which were EPR, Dino James, Dee MC, King Rocco.

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

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	TBA
Winner	M-Zee Bella	MC Square	Uday
Runner-up	EPR	Paradox	Bassick
OG Hustler Award	none	Gravity	100 RBH
Winner Squad	none	EPR	Dee Mc
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	none	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	Winner
2	Dino Warriors	Bassick	Runner Up
3	Dee MC Dynamites	100 RBH	Third Place
4	EPR Rebels	Mrunal Shankar	Eliminated
5	Dino Warriors	Vijay Dada	Eliminated
6	Ikka Gangstars	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	DeeMc 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.^[8]

Contestants

Contestant		Stage Name	Finish	Place
	Yash Dandge	99side	TBA	Top 15
	Ajitesh Bhati	Ajitesh Bhati
	Dharmik	Dharmik
	Ishmeet Atwal	Ghaint Jxtt
	Vinayak Lashkari	Lashcurry
	Sujal Dupare	Naam Sujal
	Sujal Shah	Mad Trip
	N/A	PHO
	Ayush Rajoria	Rajjo
	N/A	Sense
	Abhin Pandita	Vichaar
	Danish Ahmad	Danish
	N/A	Siyaahi
	N/A	K!LLSWITCH
	Aditya Singh	Little Bhatia
	Abhay Prasad	Devil The Rhymer	Episode 8	16
	Dev Pratap Singh	DOTM	Episode 4	17-19
	N/A	Manisten
	N/A	Volt

  Male

  Female

Squads

Dee MC Dynamites	Dino Warriors	EPR Rebels	Raga Ragers
Dharmik	99side	Ghaint Jxxt	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

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
Dino Warriors	99side	SAFE	30	29
Dino Warriors	Ajitesh Bhati	SAFE	18	28
Dino Warriors	Danish	SAFE	15	27
Dino Warriors	Little Bhatia	SAFE	29	26
Raga Ragers	Lashcurry	SAFE	29	30
Raga Ragers	Mad Trip	SAFE	25	15
Raga Ragers	Siyaahi	SAFE	26	29
EPR Rebels	Ghaint Jxtt	SAFE	29	30
EPR Rebels	K!LLSWITCH	SAFE	20	24
EPR Rebels	Naam Sujal	SAFE	30	30
EPR Rebels	Vichaar	BTM6	23	30
Dee MC Dynamites	Dharmik	SAFE	26	30
Dee MC Dynamites	PHO	SAFE	26	30
Dee MC Dynamites	Rajjo	SAFE	22	19
Dee MC Dynamites	Sense	BTM6	19	23
Raga Ragers	Devil The Rhymer	BTM6	18	22							40	16
-	DOTM	ELIM									0	17-19
	Manisten	ELIM									0
	Volt	ELIM									0

Notes

"Bold Numbers" represent "Radio Hits" received from Judges

  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, 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): Imaginary

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

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	Immune	-	-
2	Dee MC Dynamites	Sense			-	8	10	10	28	Immune	-	-
3	EPR Rebels	Ghaint Jxtt			7	7	-	8	22	TBA	-	-
4	Dee MC Dynamites	Dharmik			-	10	10	10	30	Immune	-	-
5	Dino Warriors	Danish			7	-	7	7	21	TBA	-	-
6	Dino Warriors	Ajitesh Bhati			8	-	6	9	23	Immune	-	-
7	EPR Rebels	Vichaar			10	9	-	9	28	TBA	-	-
8	Dee MC Dynamites	Rajjo			-	6	7	6	19	TBA	-	-
	EPR Rebels	Naam Sujal					-				-	-
	Dee MC Dynamites	PHO			-						-	-
	EPR Rebels	K!LLSWITCH					-				-	-
	Raga Ragers	Mad Trip						-			-	-
	Dino Warriors	99side				-					-	-
	Raga Ragers	Siyaahi						-
	Dino Warriors	Little Bhatia				-					-	-

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)	5-6	none
4	7-8	Encore ABJ & Calm (Seedhe Maut)	7-8
5	9-10	none	9	Kayden Sharma (Season 3 - Finalist)

References

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External links

• MTV Hustle on Jio Cinema