MTV Hustle

MTV Hustle
GenreMusic
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)
  • Samarthh Jurel (season 5)
Judges
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes100
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. Aspiring rappers battle it out to become India's biggest hip-hop star. The show airs on MTV India.

The first season premiered on 10 August 2019, and was judged by Raftaar, Nucleya and Raja Kumari, accompanied by host Gaelyn Mendonca.

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

The third season premiered on 21 October 2023. Hosted by Wicked Sunny and Super Mannik, the show was judged by Badshah for the second time consecutively, along with four squad bosses - EPR Iyer, Dino James, Dee MC and Ikka.

The fourth season premiered on 19 October 2024. Hosted by MC Talha and MC Jizzy, the show was judged by Raftaar and Ikka, along with four squad bosses - EPR Iyer, Dino James, Dee MC and Raga.

The fifth season premiered on August 8, 2026, on MTV India and Jio Hotstar. This season also streamed on Netflix for global audience.

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

Series

As of 2026, there have been five seasons of the show.

Season 1 2 3 4 5
Premiere date 10 August 2019 3 September 2022 21 October 2023 19 October 2024 8 August 2026
Finale date 13 October 2019 6 November 2022 24 December 2023 22 December 2024 11 October 2026
Winner M-Zee Bella MC Square Uday Lashcurry Dhadkan
Runner-up EPR Paradox Bassick Naam Sujal WhysoKai
OG Hustler Shloka Gravity 100RBH Siyaahi -
Winner Squad N/a EPR Rebels Dee MC Dynamites Raga Ragers Para Troopers
Squad of the Season N/a N/a N/a N/a Para Troopers
Host(s) Gaelyn Mendonca Krissann Barretto Super Manikk MC Talha Samarth Jurel
Wicked Sunny MC Jizzy
Judge(s) Nucleya Badshah Raftaar Badshah
Raftaar Ikka Singh
Raja Kumari
Squad Bosses N/a EPR Iyer
N/a Dee MC Agsy
N/a Dino James Paraadox
N/a King Ikka Singh Raga MC Square

Season 1

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

• Judges

• Host

Contestants

Contestant Stage Name Finish Place
Deepak Singh M-Zee Bella Episode 20 Winner
Santhanam Srinivasan Iyer EPR Runner-up
Rohit Kumar Chaudhary RCR 3
Arpan Kumar Chandel King 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 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 and 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 Audience's
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 Audience's
Decision
Nucleya Raftaar Raja
1 1 M-Zee-Bella Shetty Saa Naah 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 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 Audience's
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 Audience's
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 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 Audience's
Decision
Nucleya Raftaar Raja Shekhar
1 King Safe - -
2 M-Zee-Bella - -
3 RCR Safe - -
4 Shetty Saa Bottom 2 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 Audience's
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 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 for 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 replaced the entire judge panel of season 1, along with four squad bosses Dino James, Dee MC, EPR and King, out of which, the latter two competed as contestants in the previous season. Krissann Barretto hosted the show. MC Square was declared as the winner.

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 weeks 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 six contestant compete one vs one in the Battleground. Only two moved-on to the next round.

After three battles, the two squads EPR Rebels and 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 five 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 the new squad boss. Super Manikk and Wicked Sunny were the hosts for this season. On 24 December 2023, Uday was declared as 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
Vishal Vish
Prince Singh 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
Meet Dubey 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 Vijay Dada
Week 8 Ikka Gangsters & Dino Warriors 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 two 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

Eight contestants from Top 10 competed in one-on-one Battles to move on to the Finale. Only four contestants advanced to the Finale. Mrunal Shankar and Vijay Dada did not 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.

Rapper 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, also known as MTV Hustle 4: ‘HIP HOP, DON’T STOP’, premiered on 19 October 2024.

Judges and host

Raftaar returned as the judge after his absence from two seasons, accompanied by Ikka Singh on the panel. EPR, Dino James and Dee MC returned to judge and were joined by Raga as the newest addition to squad bosses. Jizzy and Talha Siddiqui hosted the season. Lashcurry was declared as the winner.

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 Bhatt Siyaahi
Sujal Shah Mad Trip Episode 18 7-10
Aakash Gopal Sense
Akriti Lal PHO
Ishmeet Atwal Ghaint Jxtt
Aditya Singh Little Bhatia Episode 16 11-12
Ajitesh Bhati Ajitesh Bhati
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
Tarun Volt
  Male
  Female

Squads

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

Squad and Performer of the week

Week Squad of the Week Performer(s) of the Week
Week 3 Dino Warriors 99side
Week 4 DeeMC Dynamites Dharmik
Week 5 Raga Ragers Lashcurry
Week 6 EPR Rebels Naam Sujal
Week 7 Raga Ragers Mad Trip
Week 8 DeeMC Dynamites Dharmik
Sense
Week 9 Raga Ragers 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 & Finalist 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 4th 149
EPR Rebels Vichaar BTM6 23 30 28 24 30 31 Finalist 5th 166
Raga Ragers Siyaahi SAFE 26 29 28 25 29 31 Finalist 6th 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 + Finalist
  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.BattlesSurvived SquadEliminated
1SensevsVoltSense Dee MC DynamitesVolt
2Devil the RhymervsManistenDevil the Rhymer Raga RagersManisten
3DOTMvsVichaarVichaar EPR RebelsDOTM

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): hustle flip

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 fewest 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

Observation

MTV Hustle season 1 winner M-Zee Bella supported Lashcurry. MTV Hustle season 2 winner MC Square supported Naam Sujal. MTV Hustle season 3 winner Uday Pandhi supported Dharmik. The results were announced and winner of Season 1 supported, occupied first position, similarly who winner of Season 2 supported, occupied second position and lastly, who winner of Season 3 supported, occupied third position. Appreciative arrangement for maintaining the winners' legacy.

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)

Season 5

The fifth season also known as MTV Hustle 5: ‘Apna Homeground’, premiered on August 8, 2026, on MTV India, Jio Hotstar and Netflix.

Judges and host

Badshah returned as the judge to replace Raftaar and Ikka from the previous season and squad boss EPR returned to judge. Agsy, MC Square, and Paradox, who were contestants in the previous seasons, joined as the new squad bosses.

Contestants

Contestant Stage Name Entered Finish Place
Daksh Dhadkan Episode 1 Episode 20 Winner
Akshay Mutha WhysoKai Runner-Up
Harmeeet Harmeeet 3
Bhaskar Mishra Dflacko 4
Ansh Sharma Ansh4sure 5
Yashraj Mishra Raaj Babu 6
Akshat Jakhar Akshat Jakhar Episode 18 7-11
Keshav Bhugra Bhaktaaa
Anand Mishra Farak
Parv Sharma Parv
Shrey Verma SickLot Episode 11
Siroyi Siroyi Episode 1 Episode 16 12
Tehran OG Tehran Episode 14 13-14
Rahul Tacho Txama
Mridul R-Mridul Episode 12 15
Shivam Singh Xeemo Episode 9 16
Anushka Baduwal Anushka Episode 5 17
Akkshay Gurjar Akkshay Gurjar Episode 11 Episode 12 18-25
Mukesh MTrill
Sumit Kumar Vyaas
Karan Verma Eddy Episode 1 Episode 2
Gargi Gargi
Hruday Hruday
Yashad Gupta Split
Vasu Kainth Vasu
  Male
  Female

Squads

Episode 1-6

Agsy Alphas EPR Rebels Para Troopers Square Lambardars
OG Tehran Raaj Babu Txama Farak
Dflacko R-Mridul Dhadkan Akshat Jakhar
Harmeeet Xeemo Siroyi Bhaktaaa
Anushka Parv WhysoKai Ansh4sure

Episode 7-12

Agsy Alphas EPR Rebels Para Troopers Square Lambardars
OG Tehran Raaj Babu Txama Farak
Harmeeet R-Mridul Dhadkan Akshat Jakhar
WhysoKai Xeemo Siroyi Bhaktaaa
- Parv Dflacko Ansh4sure

Episode 13-20

Agsy Alphas EPR Rebels Para Troopers Square Lambardars
OG Tehran Raaj Babu Txama Farak
Harmeeet Parv Dhadkan Akshat Jakhar
WhysoKai SickLot Siroyi Bhaktaaa
- Dflacko Ansh4sure

Squad and Performer of the week

Week Squad of the Week Performer(s) of the Week
Week 2 EPR Rebels none
Week 3 Dhadkan
Week 4 Square Lambardars WhysoKai
Week 5 OG Tehran
Week 6 Bhaktaaa
SickLot (Wild-card Challenger)
Week 7 Para Troopers Dflacko
Siroyi
Week 8 none Parv
WhysoKai
Week 9 Harmeeet
- Squad of the Season
Week 10 Para Troopers

Summary

Squad Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Total
Para Troopers Dhadkan SAFE 27 30 30 17 SAFE 38 47 Finalist Winner 189
PT AA WhysoKai BTM 25 28 29 15 47 32 50 Finalist Runner-Up 226
Agsy Alphas Harmeeet SAFE 30 21 30 16 SAFE 30 41 Finalist 3rd Place 168
AA PT Dflacko SAFE 26 28 23 14 SAFE 40 39 Finalist 4th Place 170
Square Lambardars Ansh4sure SAFE 20 18 30 19 SAFE 35 42 Finalist 5th Place 164
EPR Rebels Raaj Babu SAFE 30 27 29 18 SAFE 36 39 Finalist 6th Place 179
Square Lambardars Akshat Jakhar SAFE 30 27 18 17 SAFE 34 41 ELIM Guest 167
Square Lambardars Bhaktaaa SAFE 27 25 29 16 50 37 47 ELIM Guest 231
Square Lambardars Farak SAFE 24 23 21 18 SAFE 32 41 ELIM Guest 159
EPR Rebels Parv SAFE 27 30 30 15 SAFE 37 50 ELIM Guest 189
EPR Rebels SickLot Not in Competition 50 37 42 ELIM Guest 129
Para Troopers Siroyi SAFE 22 25 24 14 SAFE 40 41 Guest 166
Agsy Alphas OG Tehran SAFE 26 29 24 20 SAFE 28 Guest 127
Para Troopers Txama SAFE 22 26 18 11 49 31 Guest 157
EPR Rebels R-Mridul SAFE 30 25 16 15 46 Guest 132
- Akkshay Gurjar Not in Competition 41 41
Vyaas Not in Competition 40 40
MTrill Not in Competition 33 33
EPR Rebels Xeemo SAFE 22 27 18 ELIM Guest 67
Agsy Alphas Anushka BTM 23 ELIM Guest 23
- Eddy ELIM 0
Gargi ELIM 0
Hruday ELIM 0
Split ELIM 0
Vasu ELIM 0

Notes

"Bold Numbers" represent "Playlisted" received from main judge
  Finalist
  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 (Episode 1–2): Squad Selection Week

During Week 1, each contestant performed individually in front of the Squad Bosses. During a performance, the Squad Bosses could select a contestant by giving them a Mic Drop. A contestant needed to receive at least three Mic Drop votes from the Squad Bosses to become eligible for squad selection assigned by main judge Badshah, but the contestants who gets Playlisted from Badshah, they decide which squad to be assigned to.

Once a contestant is eligible, the Squad Bosses could use their Claim button to directly claim the contestant into their squad. Each Squad Boss could use the Claim button only once, and the first Squad Boss to press it successfully claimed the contestant for their squad.

Key Mic Drop from squad boss   Claimed from squad boss Playlisted Performer   Bottom 7   Advanced   Eliminated
Order Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Result Squad
Badshah Agsy EPR MC Square Paradox
1 OG Tehran Advanced Agsy Alphas
2 Raaj Babu Advanced EPR Rebels
3 Farak Advanced Square Lambardars
4 Gargi 32-bar Round -
5 R-Mridul Advanced EPR Rebels
6 Anushka 32-bar Round -
7 Txama Advanced Para Troopers
8 Vasu 32-bar Round -
9 Hruday 32-bar Round -
10 Dflacko Advanced Agsy Alphas
11 Dhadkan Advanced Para Troopers
12 Akshat Jakhar Advanced Square Lambardars
13 Xeemo Advanced EPR Rebels
14 Harmeeet Advanced Agsy Alphas
15 Parv Advanced EPR Rebels
16 Eddy 32-bar Round -
17 Bhaktaaa Advanced Square Lambardars
18 Split 32-bar Round -
19 Siroyi Advanced Para Troopers
20 Ansh4sure Advanced Square Lambardars
21 WhysoKai 32-bar Round -
32-bar Challenge

Seven contestants from 32-bars round battled it out in the Battleground, with only two making it to the next round.

Order Rapper Result Squad
1 Eddy Eliminated -
2 Split Eliminated -
3 Gargi Eliminated -
4 Anushka Advanced Agsy Alphas
5 Vasu Eliminated -
6 Hruday Eliminated -
7 WhysoKai Advanced Para Troopers

Week 2 (Episode 3–4): Squad Wars

From this week, the squad bosses & judge Badshah scored out of 10 after each performance. The squad with the highest score will be the Squad of the Week and get a Power Card. This week's squad of the week, EPR received Power Card of Immunity, which can be used on one of the Rappers next week.

The 2 winning squads' four rappers were immune and the contestants who gets Playlisted from Badshah will also be immune. The bottom two rappers from two losing squads were in the bottom and faced the public vote, with the votes effecting the next week's elimination. No elimination this week.

Key Playlisted by Badshah   Immune   Safe   Bottom
Squad War Round Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score		 Result
Badshah Agsy EPR MC Square Paradox
Agsy Alphas
vs.
EPR Rebels		 1 EPR Rebels Parv 8 - - 9 9 27 Immune
(Winning Squad)
Agsy Alphas OG Tehran 8 - - 8 9 25 Bottom
2 EPR Rebels Raaj Babu 10 - - 10 10 30 Immune
(Winning Squad)
Agsy Alphas Anushka 7 - - 9 7 23 Bottom
3 Agsy Alphas Dflacko 9 - - 8 9 26 Immune
(Playlisted)
EPR Rebels R-Mridul 10 - - 10 10 30 Immune
(Winning Squad)
4 EPR Rebels Xeemo 8 - - 7 7 22 Immune
(Winning Squad)
Agsy Alphas Harmeeet 10 - - 10 10 30 Immune
(Playlisted)
Para Troopers
vs.
Square Lambardars		 5 Para Troopers Txama 8 7 7 - - 22 Immune
(Winning Squad)
Square Lambardars Akshat Jakhar 10 10 10 - - 30 Immune
(Playlisted)
6 Square Lambardars Farak 8 8 8 - - 24 Bottom
Para Troopers WhysoKai 8 9 8 - - 25 Immune
(Winning Squad)
7 Square Lambardars Bhaktaaa 9 9 9 - - 27 Safe
Para Troopers Dhadkan 9 9 9 - - 27 Immune
(Winning Squad)
8 Para Troopers Siroyi 8 7 7 - - 22 Immune
(Winning Squad)
Square Lambardars Ansh4sure 7 6 7 - - 20 Bottom

Week 3 (Episode 5–6): Squad Wars - Bangers

32-bar Challenge

Ansh4sure, Anushka, Farak and OG Tehran faced the public vote. Farak received the most votes and was saved from 32-bar Challenge.

Order Squad Rapper Result
1 Square Lambardars Ansh4sure Safe
2 Agsy Alphas Anushka Eliminated
3 Agsy Alphas OG Tehran Safe

The Squad of the Week, EPR, received the Shuffle Power Card. This power allows EPR to swap one rapper from any squad with another rapper from a different squad, with the shuffle taking effect the following week. The claimed rappers cannot be shuffled. Additionally, Badshah used his special power to save the bottom two rappers, resulting in no elimination this week.

Key Playlisted by Badshah Best Performer of the Week Saved by Badshah   Immune   Safe   Bottom
Squad War Round Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score		 Result
Badshah Agsy EPR MC Square Paradox
EPR Rebels
vs.
Square Lambardars		 1 Square Lambardars Ansh4sure 6 6 - - 6 18 Bottom
EPR Rebels R-Mridul 9 8 - - 8 25 Immune
(Winning Squad)
2 Square Lambardars Bhaktaaa 8 8 - - 9 25 Safe
EPR Rebels Parv 10 10 - - 10 30 Immune
(Playlisted)
3 Square Lambardars Akshat Jakhar 9 10 - - 8 27 Immune
(Winning Squad)
EPR Rebels Raaj Babu 9 9 - - 9 27 Immune
(Winning Squad)
4 Square Lambardars Farak 8 7 - - 8 23 Bottom
EPR Rebels Xeemo 9 9 - - 9 27 Immune
(Winning Squad)
Agsy Alphas
vs.
Para Troopers		 5 Para Troopers Dhadkan 10 - 10 10 - 30 Immune
(Playlisted)
Agsy Alphas Harmeeet 7 - 7 7 - 21 Immune
(Winning Squad)
6 Para Troopers Txama 9 - 9 9 - 26 Immune
(Playlisted)
Agsy Alphas Dflacko 9 - 10 9 - 28 Immune
(Winning Squad)
7 Para Troopers WhysoKai 9 - 9 10 - 28 Immune
(Playlisted)
Agsy Alphas OG Tehran 9 - 10 10 - 29 Immune
(Winning Squad)
- 8 Para Troopers Siroyi 8 - 9 8 - 25 Immune
(Playlisted)

Week 4 (Episode 7–8): Squad Wars - Imagery week

EPR used the Shuffle Power Card to swap WhySoKai from Para Troopers with Dflacko from Agsy Alphas, with the swap taking effect immediately.

The Squad of the Week, MC Square, received the Shield Card. EPR used the Power Card of Immunity to save R-Mridul from the bottom.

Key Playlisted by Badshah Best Performer of the Week Saved by Squad boss with Power Card   Immune   Safe   Originally in bottom, but was saved   Bottom
Squad War Round Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score		 Result
Badshah Agsy EPR MC Square Paradox
Agsy Alphas
vs.
Square Lambardars		 1 Agsy Alphas OG Tehran 8 - 8 - 8 24 Bottom
Square Lambardars Bhaktaaa 9 - 10 - 10 29 Immune
(Winning Squad)
2 Agsy Alphas WhysoKai 10 - 10 - 9 29 Immune
(Playlisted)
Square Lambardars Ansh4sure 10 - 10 - 10 30 Immune
(Winning Squad)
3 Agsy Alphas Harmeeet 10 - 10 - 10 30 Immune
(Playlisted)
Square Lambardars Akshat Jakhar 7 - 6 - 5 18 Immune
(Winning Squad)
- 4 Square Lambardars Farak 7 - 7 - 7 21 Immune
(Winning Squad)
EPR Rebels
vs.
Para Troopers		 5 Para Troopers Dhadkan 10 10 - 10 - 30 Immune
(Winning Squad)
EPR Rebels Raaj Babu 9 10 - 10 - 29 Safe
6 Para Troopers Siroyi 8 8 - 8 - 24 Immune
(Winning Squad)
EPR Rebels Parv 10 10 - 10 - 30 Safe
7 Para Troopers Txama 6 6 - 6 - 18 Immune
(Winning Squad)
EPR Rebels Xeemo 6 6 - 6 - 18 Bottom
8 Para Troopers Dflacko 8 8 - 7 - 23 Immune
(Winning Squad)
EPR Rebels R-Mridul 5 6 - 5 - 16 Saved

Week 5 (Episode 9–10): Internal Squad Wars

32-bar Challenge

As there were only two rappers in the bottom, no public vote was held, and both were directly in the 32-Bar Challenge.

Order Squad Rapper Result
1 Agsy Alphas OG Tehran Safe
2 EPR Rebels Xeemo Eliminated

This week featured the Internal Squad Wars. The lowest-scoring rapper from each squad was placed in the bottom and battle against a Wild Card rapper. Squad Bosses were not eligible to score, only Badshah and guest judge Ikka scored each performance out of 10.

MC Square used the Shield Card to protect Farak from the bottom.

Key Playlisted by Badshah Best Performer of the Week Saved by Squad boss with Power Card   Immune   Safe   Bottom
Order Squad Rapper Judge Guest Judge Total
Score		 Result
Badshah Ikka
1 Square Lambardars Ansh4sure 9 10 19 Safe
2 Akshat Jakhar 9 8 17 Safe
3 Bhaktaaa 9 7 16 Bottom
4 Farak 9 9 18 Immune
5 Para Troopers Txama 6 5 11 Bottom
6 Dhadkan 8 9 17 Safe
7 Siroyi 7 7 14 Safe
8 Dflacko 7 7 14 Safe
9 EPR Rebels Parv 8 7 15 Safe
10 R-Mridul 8 7 15 Bottom
11 Raaj Babu 9 9 18 Safe
12 Agsy Alphas WhysoKai 8 7 15 Bottom
13 OG Tehran 10 10 20 Safe
14 Harmeeet 8 8 16 Safe

Week 6 (Episode 11–12): Wild-card Challengers

Last week's bottom four rappers competed against four wild-card rappers. The performances were judged by the four Squad Bosses and Badshah, with each awarding a score out of 10. The four rappers with the lowest total scores were eliminated from the competition.

SickLot was selected and joined EPR Rebels Squad.

Key Playlisted by Badshah Best Performer of the Week Saved by Squad boss with Power Card   Immune   Safe   Bottom
Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score		 Result
Badshah Agsy EPR MC Square Paradox
1 Square Lambardars Bhaktaaa 10 10 10 10 10 50 Safe
2 Wild-card Challenger Vyaas 7 8 8 8 9 40 Eliminated
3 Para Troopers Txama 9 10 10 10 10 49 Safe
4 Wild-card Challenger Akkshay Gurjar 8 8 8 8 9 41 Eliminated
5 EPR Rebels R-Mridul 9 9 9 9 10 46 Eliminated
6 Wild-card Challenger MTrill 6 7 6 7 7 33 Eliminated
7 Agsy Alphas WhysoKai 10 9 10 9 9 47 Safe
8 Wild-card Challenger SickLot 10 10 10 10 10 50 Safe

Week 7 (Episode 13–14): Industry Ready!

From this week onward, public voting was open throughout the week, affecting the rappers in the bottom.

Key Playlisted by Badshah Best Performer of the Week   Safe   Bottom   Saved by Public Votes   Bottom 4   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score		 Result Public
Voting		 32-bar
Challenge
Badshah Agsy EPR MC Square Paradox
1 Agsy Alphas WhysoKai 8 - 8 8 8 32 Bottom Saved -
2 Square Lambardars Bhaktaaa 9 9 10 - 9 37 Safe - -
3 Para Troopers Dhadkan 10 9 9 10 - 38 Safe - -
4 EPR Rebels SickLot 9 9 - 9 10 37 Safe - -
5 Square Lambardars Akshat Jakhar 8 9 8 - 9 34 Safe - -
6 EPR Rebels Raaj Babu 8 9 - 9 10 36 Safe - -
7 Agsy Alphas Harmeeet 7 - 7 8 8 30 Bottom Bottom 4 Safe
8 Para Troopers Siroyi 10 10 10 10 - 40 Safe - -
9 EPR Rebels Parv 9 9 - 9 10 37 Safe - -
10 Square Lambardars Ansh4sure 8 9 9 - 9 35 Safe - -
11 Para Troopers Txama 8 7 8 8 - 31 Bottom Bottom 4 Eliminated
12 Agsy Alphas OG Tehran 7 - 7 7 7 28 Bottom Bottom 4 Eliminated
13 Square Lambardars Farak 8 8 8 - 8 32 Bottom Bottom 4 Safe
14 Para Troopers Dflacko 10 10 10 10 - 40 Safe - -

Week 8 (Episode 15–16): Collab Week

This week contestants collaborated and performed in pairs.

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

  • EPR Rebels: Gulf Pride
  • Para Troopers: Tic Tac
  • Square Lambardars: Wild Stone
  • Agsy Alphas: Hmd Vibe 2

Dhadkan won the ticket to Finale.

Key Playlisted by Badshah Best Performer of the Week   Ticket to Finale   Safe   Bottom   Saved by Public Votes   Bottom 5   Eliminated
Order Squad Rapper Judge Squad Bosses Total
Score		 Result Public
Voting		 32-bar
Challenge
Badshah Agsy EPR MC Square Paradox
1 Square Lambardars Ansh4sure 9 8 8 8 9 42 Safe - -
EPR Rebels SickLot Safe - -
2 Square Lambardars Akshat Jakhar 8 8 8 9 8 41 Bottom Bottom 5 Safe
Agsy Alphas Harmeeet Bottom Saved -
3 EPR Rebels Parv 10 10 10 10 10 50 Safe - -
Agsy Alphas WhysoKai Safe - -
4 Square Lambardars Bhaktaaa 10 9 9 9 10 47 Safe - -
Para Troopers Dhadkan Ticket to Finale - -
5 Square Lambardars Farak 8 7 8 9 9 41 Bottom Bottom 5 Safe
Para Troopers Siroyi Bottom Bottom 5 Eliminated
6 EPR Rebels Raaj Babu 8 7 8 7 9 39 Bottom Bottom 5 Safe
Para Troopers Dflacko Bottom Bottom 5 Safe

Week 9 (Episode 17–18): Semi-Final Week - Battleground

Ten rappers battled it out in the Battleground, with only five making it to the Finale. Top 6 finalists public voting were open for final time, with the votes deciding the winner next week.

Key Best Performer of the Week   Finalist   Eliminated
Battle No. Battle TopicRappers
(Squad)		 Battle Result
1 Battle of
Representation		 Raaj Babu
(EPR Rebels)		 vs Akshat Jakhar
(Square Lambardars)		 Raaj Babu
(EPR Rebels)		 Akshat Jakhar
(Square Lambardars)
2 Battle of Flows SickLot
(EPR Rebels)		 vs Parv
(EPR Rebels)		 Parv
(EPR Rebels)		 SickLot
(EPR Rebels)
3 Battle of Poetry Farak
(Square Lambardars)		 vs Harmeeet
(Agsy Alphas)		 Harmeeet
(Agsy Alphas)		 Farak
(Square Lambardars)
4 Battle of Flex WhysoKai
(Agsy Alphas)		 vs Dflacko
(Para Troopers)		 Dflacko
(Para Troopers)		 WhysoKai
(Agsy Alphas)
5 Battle of Two Gs Ansh4sure
(Square Lambardars)		 vs Bhaktaaa
(Square Lambardars)		 Ansh4sure
(Square Lambardars)		 Bhaktaaa
(Square Lambardars)

Week 10 (Episode 19–20): Grand Finale

The winner received a cash prize of ₹1,00,00,000, a gift hamper from HMD Vibe 2 Pro and a Rare'z by Rare Rabbit voucher worth ₹1,00,000. The runner-up received a cash prize of ₹10,00,000, while each finalist received ₹1,00,000.

Para Troopers won the Squad of the Season award and Dflacko won the Most Stylish Performer award presented by Rare'z by Rare Rabbit.

The following special awards were also presented:

Order Award Nominees Winner
1 Bar of the Season Akshat Jakhar
Dhadkan
Harmeeet
Bhaktaaa
R-Mridul		 Harmeeet
2 Quotable of the Season Dhadkan
Dflacko
WhysoKai
Farak
Bhaktaaa		 Dflacko
3 Flow of the Season Dhadkan
Parv & WhysoKai
OG Tehran
SickLot
WhysoKai		 SickLot
4 Hook of the Season Dhadkan
OG Tehran
Ansh4sure
Raaj Babu
WhysoKai		 Ansh4sure
5 Most Replayable Track Harmeeet
Farak
Siroyi
Dhadkan
Bhaktaaa		 Dhadkan

After Top 6 finalists performed, based on public votes and judges' decision the winner was crowned.

Performance Order Squad Rapper Final Result
1 Square Lambardars Ansh4sure Fifth Place
2 Para Troopers Dflacko Fourth Place
3 Agsy Alphas Harmeeet Third Place
4 Agsy Alphas WhysoKai Runner up
5 EPR Rebels Raaj Babu Sixth Place
6 Para Troopers Dhadkan Winner

Guests

Week Episode(s) Guest Judge(s) Episode(s) Guest Appearance
3 5-6 King (Season 1 - Contestant & Season 2 - Squad Boss) none
4 7-8 none 7 Vichaar (Season 4 - Contestant)
5 9-10 Ikka Singh (Season 3 - Squad Boss & Season 4 - Judge) none
6 11-12 Dino James (Season 2 to 4 - Squad Boss)
7 13 Kunal Khemu 13 Khillari, Kanfuzion and Irfana
8 15-16 none 15 Fatima Sana Shaikh
16 Bob B. Randhawa
9 17 Raja Kumari (Season 1 - Judge) 17 Gravity (Season 2 - Finalist) and Nazz (Season 2 - Contestant)
18 Prince Narula 18 Spectra (Season 2 - Finalist) and Siyaahi (Season 4 - Finalist)
10 19-20 Ikka Singh (Season 3 - Squad Boss & Season 4 - Judge)
and Dino James (Season 2 to Season 4 - Squad Boss)		 19 Nikhita Gandhi
M-Zee Bella (Season 1 - Winner)
MC Heam (Season 1 - Contestant)
20 Reet Talwar

Controversy

During the fourth season of MTV Hustle, internet personality Rohan Cariappa, who rose to fame for his content covering the Indian hip-hop scene, shared a video on November 30, 2025, on his YouTube channel, which pointed out that judge Ikka, was wearing a Harley-Davidson jacket on the Royal Enfield sponsored show. Cariappa was soon met with at least fifty copyright strikes on his videos covering the show, which led to YouTube issuing a warning of his channel being shut down on December 7. Soon, the show was met with widespread backlash by netizens and the hashtag #ShameOnMTVHUSTLE started trending on Twitter to support Cariappa. Indian rappers like Yashraj, Encore ABJ, Badshah, Raja Kumari, and YouTubers like Samay Raina, Arpit Bala, RAPBOT, Prakhar Gupta spoke out against the injustice. Raftaar, who was a judge on the show, told the audience to be patient and requested the show makers, to "meet in the middle and let’s make it happen", while boAt, one of the sponsors of the show, also expressed their dissent regarding the action. Cariappa eventually issued a written apology on Twitter, on December 6 and shared an apology video, a day after, where he thanked the audience, content creators and rappers who supported him.

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