India's Next Superstars is an Indian talent search reality television show which aired on Star Plus and streamed on Hotstar. It was judged by Karan Johar and Rohit Shetty. Aman Gandotra and Natasha Bharadwaj were declared as winners, while Shruti Sharma was the first runner up and awarded the special title of ‘Third Superstar’. Naina Singh, Ashish Mehrotra, and Harshvardhan Deo were the other runner ups. But till now none of the winners got any project which they were promised.
Concept Ten males and ten females live together and are judged on the basis of their performances in acting and dancing assignments, with contestants eliminated every other episode. Two males and two females join in the middle of the competition as wild-card contestants. The two winners receive a three-film deal with Dharma Productions.
Contestants
+MaleNamePlaceNotes Aman Gandotra Winner_ Aashish Mehrotra Runner-Up Harshvardhan Deo Runner-Up Ansh Bagri SemifinalistEliminated 1 April Shariq Nanda 5thEliminated 18 March Tapan Singh 6thWild CardEliminated 11 March Karan Taluja 7thEliminated 4 March Ahmed Masi Wali 8thEliminated 25 February Harshvardhan Ahlawat 9thEliminated 18 February Jash Bahl 10thEliminated 4 February Shivank Choudhary 11thEliminated 28 January Karanraj Sharma 12thEliminated 21 January +FemaleNamePlaceNotes Natasha Bharadwaj Winner_ Shruti Sharma Second Winner Naina Singh Runner-Up Lekha Prajapati SemifinalistEliminated 1 April Elisha Mayor 5thWild CardEliminated 18 March Simran Choudhary 6thWild CardEliminated 1 March Angela Krislinzki 7thEliminated 4 MarchKanikka Kapur 8thEliminated 25 February Pranati Rai Prakash 9thEliminated 18 February Heli Vyas 10thEliminated 4 February Sahiba Bhasin 11thEliminated 28 January Laveena Keswani 12thEliminated 21 January
Guests Episodes 1–2 – Priyanka Chopra Episodes 3–4 – Sidharth Malhotra Episodes 5–6 – Kangana Ranaut Episodes 9–10 – Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha and Sunny Singh Episodes 13–14 – Sonakshi Sinha and Dhvani Bhanushali Episode 18 – Urvashi Rautela Episode 19 – Shreyas Talpade Episode 22 – Tiger Shroff Finale – Badshah
Scoring Chart Status Contestant Episodes (175) 3–45–67–811–1213–1415–1617–1819–2021–2223–2425–26(Finals) rowspan="3" Aman 81214147+3=109+3=1210+3=1310+4=1410+5=1510+5=1510+4=14Winner141Natasha918141510+5=1510+5=1510+5=1510+5=158+5=1510+5=1510+5=15166Shruti918191810+5=1510+4=1410+4=1410+4=1410+5=1510+5=1510+5=15166Finalists Aashish 81618208+4=1210+4=148+4=1210+4=1410+5=158+5=1310+4=14Runner up156Naina715151810+4=147+3=108+4=1210+4=148+5=1310+5=1510+4=14147N/ADebut8+4=1210+4=1410+4=1410+4=1454Semi-FinalistsLekha 71616168+4=128+4=128+4=129+4=1310+4=1410+5=1510+4=14Eliminated147Ansh1019181710+4=147+4=118+4=128+4=1210+5=1510+5=158+4=121555Shariq 916141410+3=13 8+4=128+3=1110+4=148+5=13Eliminated116ElishaN/ADebut8+4=128+5=13256TapanDebut6+3=9Eliminated9SimranDebut8+4=12127Karan 71716166+3=98+4=126+3=9Eliminated86Angela91820168+5=136+3=96+3=9978Ahmed 81416186+3=96+4=10Eliminated75Kanikka 101916196+3=96+3=997971412136+3=9Eliminated55Pranati71317146+3=96010Jash 101412Eliminated36Heli 612123011Shivank 612Eliminated18Sahiba 7121912Karanraj 6Eliminated6Laveena66
Male Female Immune Eliminated Danger Zone Non Elimination Bottom Runner Up Winner
In episode 3–4, the contestants were judged on 10 points. In episode 11 onwards, the contestants were judged on 10 points on their acting and 5 points on their dance performance. In episode 15–16 there were 4 wild-card entries introduced: Harshvardhan Deo, Tapan Singh, Elisha Mayor, and Simran Choudhary. They made an acting performance but no dance performance, and were not scored by the judges. In episode 21–22, there was no elimination. Ashish Mehrotra and Naina Singh were to be eliminated but the judges declared it a non-elimination week.
References
External links India's Next Superstars Streaming on Hotstar