MTV Hustle
| MTV Hustle | |
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| Genre | Reality |
| Presented by | Gaelyn Mendonca |
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| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Production company | Colosceum Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | MTV India |
| Original release | 10 August – 13 October 2019 |
MTV Hustle is India's first rap reality show.[1] Judged by Raftaar, Nucleya and Raja Kumari, the show premiered on 10 August 2019 and its first season winner is M-ZEE-BELLA announced on 13 October 2019.[2] Hosted by Gaelyn Mendonca, it aired on MTV India.[3]
Auditions[]
From the online registrations 40 auditionees were selected for studio auditions, out of which only 15 rappers were selected to continue. In the auditions, the rappers were judged on the bases on their writing, rapping flow and overall performance.[citation needed]
Series[]
- Color Key
- Nucleya
- Raftaar
- Raja Kumari
| Season | Premiere Date | Finale Date | Winner | Runner-up | Host | Judges | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 10 August 2019 | 13 October 2019 | M ZEE BELLA | EPR | Gaelyn Mendonca | Nucleya | Raftaar | Raja Kumari |
Season 1[]
MTV Hustle 1 premiered on 10 August 2019 on MTV India.
• Judges
Raftaar
Nucleya
Raja Kumari
• Host
Gaelyn Mendonca.
Contestants[]
| Contestant | Stage Name | Exit | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deepak Singh | M Zee Bella | Episode 20 | Winner | |
| Santhanam Srinivasan Iyer | EPR | Runner-up | ||
| Rohit Kumar Choudhary | RCR | 2rd Runner-up | ||
| Arpan Kumar | King | 3rd Runner-up | ||
| Rahul Kumar Das(Karn) | Shloka | 4th Runner-up | ||
| Gaurav Mankoti | Void | Episode 18 | Eliminated 10th | |
| Agrita Dhawan | Agsy | Episode 18 | Eliminated 9th | |
| Riya Panchal | Raeza | Episode 18 | Eliminated 8th | |
| Lakshya Bhardwaj | Firaag | Episode 17 | Eliminated 7th | |
| Himanshu Joshi | Himan | Episode 16 | Eliminated 6th | |
| Sagar Shetty | Shetty Saa | Episode 14 | Eliminated 5th | |
| Akshay Kumar | Zack | Episode 12 | Eliminated 4th | |
| Hemant Dhyani | MC Heam | Episode 10 | Eliminated 3rd | |
| Nikita R Sharma | Star Nick | Episode 8 | Eliminated 2nd | |
| Neeru Pal | NeeRu Pal | Episode 6 | Eliminated 1st | |
- Male
- Female
Summary[]
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | |
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| Episode 1–2 | Episode 3–4 | Episode 5–6 | Episode 7–8 | Episode 9–10 | Episode 11–12 | Episode 13–14 | Episode 15–16 | Episode 17–18 | Episode 19–20 | ||
| 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 | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | Qualified | 3rd Place | |
| King | Top 15 | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | BEST | Qualified | 4th Place | |
| Shloka | Selected | HIGH | HIGH | BEST | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | BEST | Qualified | 5th Place |
| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||
Summary[]
| Key |  Green Buzzer
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 Red Buzzer
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 Best Performer
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Safe
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Bottom 2
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Eliminated
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Week 3 (Episode 5–6)[]
| Order | Rapper | Judges | Guest Judge | Judges Decision |
Public Voting | Studio Audiences' Decision | ||
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| Nucleya | Raftaar | Raja | Salim | |||||
| 1 | Agsy |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 2 | EPR |
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Safe | - | - |
| 3 | Shloka |
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Safe | - | - |
| 4 | Firaag |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 5 | King |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 6 | Himan |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 7 | Void |
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Safe | - | - |
| 8 | Star Nick |
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Unsafe | Bottom 2 | (114 dB) Advanced |
| 9 | M-Zee-Bella |
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| 10 | RCR |
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Safe | - | |
| 11 | Raeza |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 12 | Zack |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 13 | MC Heam |
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Safe | - | - |
| 14 | NeeRu Pal |
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Unsafe | Bottom 2 | (109 dB) Eliminated |
| 15 | Shetty Saa |
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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 | ||
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| 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 |
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Safe | - | - | |
| 3 | 1 | Himan | Not eligible | Kamariya | Unsafe | Bottom 2 | (107 dB) Advanced | |||
| 2 | Shloka | Himan | Jiya Tu |
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| 4 | 1 | Agsy | MC Heam | Lahore |
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Safe | - | - | |
| 2 | MC Heam | Not eligible | Shehar Ki Ladki |
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Unsafe | Safe | - | |||
| 5 | 1 | EPR | Not eligible | Suit Suit |
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Safe | - | - | |
| 2 | Void | EPR | Bekhayali |
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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 |
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Safe | - | - | |
Week 5 (Episode 9–10)[]
| Order | Rapper | Judges | Guest Judge | Judges Decision |
Public Voting | Studio Audiences' Decision | ||
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| Nucleya | Raftaar | Raja | Naezy | |||||
| 1 | EPR |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 2 | Agsy |
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| 3 | Firaag |
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Safe | - | - |
| 4 | M-Zee-Bella |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 5 | Shetty Saa |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 6 | RCR |
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Safe | - | - |
| 7 | Himan |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 8 | Void |
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Safe | - | - |
| 9 | King |
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Safe | - | - |
| 10 | Shloka |
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Safe | - | - |
| 11 | Raeza |
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Safe | - | - |
| 12 | MC Heam |
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Unsafe | Bottom 2 | (101 dB) Eliminated |
| 13 | Zack |
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Unsafe | Bottom 2 | (121 dB) Advanced |
Week 6 (Episode 11–12)[]
| Order | Rapper | Judges | Guest Judge | Judges Decision |
Public Voting | Studio Audiences' Decision | ||
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| Nucleya | Raftaar | Raja | Brodha V | |||||
| 1 | RCR |
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Safe | - | - |
| 2 | Shloka |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 3 | M-Zee-Bella |
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| 4 | Raeza |
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Safe | - | - |
| 5 | Agsy |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 6 | Shetty Saa |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 7 | Firaag |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 8 | King |
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Safe | - | - |
| 9 | Himan |
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Bottom 2 [a] | N/A | (113 dB) Advanced |
| 10 | EPR |
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Safe | - | - |
| 11 | Void |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 12 | Zack |
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Unsafe | Bottom 2 | (105 dB) Eliminated |
- ^ 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 | ||
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| Nucleya | Raftaar | Raja | Shekhar | |||||
| 1 | King |
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Safe | - | - |
| 2 | M-Zee-Bella |
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| 3 | RCR |
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Safe | - | - |
| 4 | Shetty Saa |
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Bottom 2 [a] | N/A | (112 dB) Eliminated |
| 5 | Agsy |
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Safe | - | - |
| 6 | Firaag |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 7 | Void |
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Safe | - | - |
| 8 | Shloka |
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Safe | - | - |
| 9 | Himan |
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Unsafe | Safe | - |
| 10 | EPR |
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Safe | - | - |
| 11 | Raeza |
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Unsafe | Bottom 2 | (113 dB) Advanced |
- ^ 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 | ||
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| Nucleya | Raftaar | Raja | Bobby | ||||||
| 1 | King |
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- | - | Didn't make it |
| 2 | Void |
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Unsafe | Safe | - | - |
| 3 | M-Zee-Bella |
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Safe | - | - | 1st Finalist |
| 4 | Himan |
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Bottom 2 [a] | N/A | (103 dB) Eliminated | - |
| 5 | Raeza |
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Unsafe | Safe | - | - |
| 6 | EPR |
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Safe | - | - | 2nd Finalist |
| 7 | Shloka |
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Safe | - | - | Didn't make it |
| 8 | Agsy |
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Unsafe | Bottom 2 | (110 db) Advanced | - |
| 9 | RCR |
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Safe | - | - | Didn't make it |
| 10 | Firaag |
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Unsafe | Safe | - | - |
- ^ 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 | ||
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| Nucleya | Raftaar | Raja | Brodha V | |||
| 1 | Void |
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Eliminated |
| 2 | King |
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4th Finalist |
| 3 | Firaag |
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Eliminated |
| 4 | Agsy |
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Eliminated |
| 5 | RCR |
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5th Finalist |
| 6 | Shloka |
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3rd Finalist |
| 7 | Raeza |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1 | EPR | Runner-up |
| 2 | M-Zee-Bella | Winner |
Guests[]
| Week | Episode(s) | Guest Judge | Episode | Guest Appearance |
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| 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 Rapper, Big Smyle, Raiychu & Island Warrior | ||||
| 20 | Kalamkaar - Deep Kalsi, Harjas, Krsna & Karma | |||
| KKG - Sikander Kahlon, Rob C & Sady Immortal | ||||
| Sukrut & Brodha V | ||||
References[]
External links[]
- MTV Hustle on Voot
Categories:
- MTV (Indian TV channel) original programming
- 2019 Indian television series debuts
- Indian reality television series
- Indian music television series
- Hip hop television