Bad Salsa are an Indian

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dancing duo that gained fame after winning the fourth season of ''

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''.

Members

Both members of Bad Salsa have trained at The Bivash Academy of Dance in

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where the two met and started competing in national dance competitions in India under the name Bad Salsa.

Sonali Majumdar

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alongside her partner Sumanth Maroju. Majumdar hails from a farmer's family originally from

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, a village in the Indian province of

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near the border with

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Sumanth Maroju

Sumanth Maroju is an Indian salsa dancer who started his career at the age of thirteen by taking part in the fourth season of

alongside his partner Sonali Majumdar. Maroju is originally from

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in the Indian state of

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. His father is a railway employee and his mother is a housewife.

Career

Bad Salsa rose to prominence after competing in season 4 of ''

'' on Colors TV and winning the competition. After this, the duo participated in many national and international dance competitions. The duo then participated in the sixth season of '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'' on Colors TV and finished in third place. Bad Salsa also competed in the Indian dance reality television series ''

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'' on Star Plus in 2017, finishing at tenth place. Internationally, the duo has also participated in ITV's '' Britain's Got Talent: The Champions'' and the fifteenth season of

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's '' America's Got Talent'' where they emerged as a finalist.

References

External links

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