MTV Hustle

MTV Hustle is an Indian rap/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
GenreMusic
Presented byGaelyn Mendonca (season 1)
Krissann Barretto (season 2)
Wicked Sunny And Super Mannik (season 3)
Judges
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes41
Production
Production companyColosseum Media
Release
Original networkMTV India
Original release10 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.

Format

In Season 1, 40 auditionees were selected from the Voot online registrations, out of which only 15 rappers were selected to compete against each other. The rappers were judged on the basis on their writing, rapping flow and overall performance.

In Season 2, 16 contestants were chosen by online auditions on Voot. Badshah decided which contestants to be assigned to and now the four Squad Bosses will groom and judge the contestants based on their talent, performance, meter, technique, musicality and storytelling.

Series
Season Premiere Date Finale Date Winner Runner-up Host(s) Judge(s) Squad Bosses
1 10 August 2019 13 October 2019 M-Zee Bella EPR Gaelyn Mendonca Nucleya Raftaar Raja Kumari none
2 3 September 2022 6 November 2022 MC Square Paradox Krissann Barretto Badshah Dino James Dee Mc EPR King
3 21 October 2023 TBA TBA TBA Super Manikk Wicked Sunny Ikka Singh

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 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 [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
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 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 [lower-alpha 1] 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 [lower-alpha 2] 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 [lower-alpha 1] 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 [lower-alpha 1] 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 [lower-alpha 1] 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

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
Episode 1-4 Episode 5-6 Episode 7-8 Episode 9-10 Episode 11-12 Episode 13-14 Episode 15-16 Episode 17-18 Episode 19-20
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

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.

Contestants
Contestant Stage Name Finish Place
Sahil Badal Badal
Bobby Randhawa Bob B Randhawa
Gaush Gaush
Jaya Rohillaa Jaya
Kayden Sharma Kayden Sharma
Meetoride
Mrunal Shankar Mrunal Shankar
Poet Shaf
Prince The Artist Singh
Rap ID
Shady Mellow
Uday Pandhi Uday
Vijay Kumar Vijay Dada
Jasdeep Singh Burrah
Saurabh Abhyankar 100rbh
  Male
  Female

Episode 1-4
Dee MC Dynamites Dino Warriors EPR Rebels Ikka Gangstars
Uday Vijay Dada Mrunal Shankar Badal
Poet Shaf Gaush Kayden Sharma
Shady Mellow Bob B Randhawa
Rap ID

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
9 Rap ID - Ikka Gangstars TOP 16
10 Jaya Bottom
11 Shady Mellow EPR Rebels - TOP 16
12 Prince Bottom
13 Uday Dee MC Dynamites - TOP 16
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References
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  2. "MTV Hustle winner is Deepak Singh aka M-Zee Bella from Ludhiana". India Today. 13 October 2019.
  3. "Seen it yet? MTV Hustle contestant Nikita Sharma's message for feminists has the internet buzzing". DNA India. 24 August 2019.
  4. "MTV Hustle 2.0 | Bringing rap home again". India Today.
  5. "MC Square wins MTV Hustle 2.0, Badshah calls him next voice of rap in India". Hindustan Times. 7 November 2022.
  6. "MTV's Hustle Squad bosses are all prepared!". JioCinema.
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