Bad Salsa
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| Background information | |
| Origin | India |
| Genres | salsa |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Members | Sonali Majumdar Maroju Samanth |
Bad Salsaare an Indiansalsadancing duo that gained fame after winning thefourth seasonofIndia's Got Talent.[1]
Members
[edit]Both members of Bad Salsa have trained at The Bivash Academy of Dance inKolkatawhere the two met and started competing in national dance competitions in India under the name Bad Salsa.[2]
Sonali Majumdar
[edit]Sonali Majumdaris an Indian salsa dancer who started her career at the age of seven by participating in the fourth season ofIndia's Got Talentalongside her partner Sumanth Maroju.[3]
Majumdar hails from a farmer's family originally fromBagdah,a village in the Indian province ofWest Bengalnear the border withBangladesh.[4]
Sumanth Maroju
[edit]Sumanth Marojuis an Indian salsa dancer who started his career at the age of thirteen by taking part in the fourth season ofIndia's Got Talentalongside his partner Sonali Majumdar.[5]
Maroju is originally fromBhubaneswarin the Indian state ofOdisha.His father is a railway employee and his mother is a housewife.[6]
Career
[edit]Bad Salsa rose to prominence after competing in season 4 ofIndia's Got TalentonColors TVand winning the competition.[7]After this, the duo participated in many national and international dance competitions.
The duo then participated in thesixth seasonofJhalak Dikhhla Jaaon Colors TV and finished in third place.[8]Bad Salsa also competed in the Indian dance reality television seriesDance ChampionsonStar Plusin 2017, finishing at tenth place.[9]
Internationally, the duo has also participated inITV'sBritain's Got Talent: The Champions[10][11]and thefifteenth seasonofNBC'sAmerica's Got Talentwhere they emerged as a finalist.[12]
References
[edit]- ^Sivastava, Priyanka (25 November 2012)."India's Got Talent Season 4 found its winners in two little salsa dancers".India Today.Living Media India Limited.Retrieved15 July2020.
- ^M. Borah, Prabalika (4 June 2020)."Sumanth Maroju and Sonali Majumdar are anything but bad at Salsa".The Hindu.The Hindu Group.Retrieved15 July2020.
- ^Nambiar, Smitha (23 November 2012)."Exclusive: Sumanth, Sonali win India's Got Talent Season 4".Filmibeat.Oneindia.Retrieved15 July2020.
- ^"Sonali Majumdar Biography".Matpal.2013.Retrieved15 July2020.
- ^Kamdar, Shraddha (10 June 2020)."We want to put our Indian style of dance on the map".Femina.The Times Group.Retrieved15 July2020.
- ^Kalyanaam, Rajeshwari (29 June 2020)."Indian dancing duo on America's Got Talent".The Hans India.Hyderabad Media House.Retrieved15 July2020.
- ^"India's Got Talent crowns Bivash Academy of Dance as winners".Colors TV.Press Trust of India.6 December 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 1 May 2013.Retrieved15 July2020.
- ^"Jhalak Dikhla Jaa: Sonali and Sumanth's top 5 performances".DNA India.Essel Group.19 September 2013.Retrieved15 July2020.
- ^Agate, Samantha (11 June 2020)."10 Facts about Bad Salsa: The Energetic Indian Dance Act on AGT".Talent Recap.Fremantle Media.Retrieved15 July2020.
- ^"Susan Boyle finally confirmed for Britain's Got Talent: The Champions | Metro News".Metro.2 June 2019.Retrieved3 June2019.
- ^"Simon Cowell announces BRAND NEW Britain's Got Talent: The Champions😲".Heat.15 February 2019.Retrieved3 June2019.
- ^"Watch: Dancing Duo 'Bad Salsa' from India wow all at America's Got Talent audition".The Indian Express.Indian Express Group.31 May 2020.Retrieved15 July2020.