TOI - Meet The Top 16 Boogie Woogie Contestants

The comeback season of Boogie Woogie will feature 16 children between the ages of 6 and 14 competing for the title of Kids Champion.

Sachin Sharma
Age: 13 years
Hometown: Faridabad
Dance Style: crumping and b-boying
Sachin has been performing on stage since he was a year-and-a-half. He is learning urban, crumping, b-boying and contemporary dance forms.

Sneha Chauhan
Age: 11 years
Hometown: Baroda
Dance Style: Bollywood, jazz
Sneha too wants to win the show to fulfil her mother's dream. She is also trained in contemporary, freestyle, belly dancing and lyrical dancing.

Bebechana Gurung
Age: 10 years
Hometown: Korseong, Darjeeling
Dance Style: hip-hop Impressed by Madhuri Dixit's expressions, Bebechana is learning bharatnatyam and freestyle. She wants to become a dancer, actor, singer, doctor, scientist, choreographer and a school teacher.

Mohammed Mumtaz
Age: 10 years
Hometown: Delhi
Dance Style: b-boying, lyrical hip-hop Mumtaz has been learning dance since age 2. He is trained in Bollywood, contemporary, hip-hop and b-boying. He wants to be known as the best dancer ever after attaining proper training.

Tanya Bhushan
Age: 13 years
Hometown: Ahmedabad
Dance Style: hip-hop, locking, popping Tanya started dancing when she was just three. She has done many stage shows and Michael Jackson is her favourite dancer.

Preetjot Singh
Age: 8 years
Hometown: Ranchi
Dance Style: somo tutting, hip-hop Naughty and talkative, Preetjot has been learning dance for the past three years. He hates studies and likes to play and dance.

Aryan Patra
Age: 12 years
Hometown: Ranchi
Dance Style: hip-hop, robotics, lyrical Aryan aspires to choreograph Hrithik Roshan some day. He has been learning dance since age five and gave his first performance when he was three years old.

Abhishek Sinha
Age: 11 years
Hometown: Jamshedpur
Dance style: hip-hop Abhishek has been learning Bharatnatyam since age three. He also learns hip-hop from his brother. Hrithik Roshan is his dancing Idol.

Ayush Singh
Age: 12 years
Hometown: Howrah, West Bengal
Dance Style: contemporary Ayush aspires to become a dancer and an actor. He also wishes to have a bike of his size.

Smrity Panda
Age: 12 years
Hometown: Rourkela, Orissa
Dance style: crumping, semi-classical, hip-hop A talkative girl, Smrity feels she is born to dance. She has been learning dance for nine years and is trained in Odissi and western dance (hip-hop, contemporary and salsa).

Priyanka Tapadar
Age: 12 years
Hometown: Kolkata
Dance: contemporary, Bollywood, hip-hop A drama queen, Priyanka wants to become a choreographer. She has been learning kathak since she was three years old.

Raini Patel
Age: 7 years
Hometown: Navsari, Gujarat
Dance Style: contemporary, popping The show's youngest contestant, Raini wants to become a choreographer or a pilot. She has been learning dance for two years.

Urgen Tenzing Lama
Age: 10 years
Hometown: Darjeeling
Dance style: contemporary, lyrical hip-hop. Inspired by Michael Jackson, Urgen has been learning dance since age 3. He wants to become a good dancer and his mother is his biggest support.

Harmi Patel
Age: 11 years
Hometown: Navsari Gujrat
Dance Style: All forms, but mostly hip-hop and freestyle Harmi has been learning dance since age three. She wants to become a doctor, who will treat her patients by making them dance.

Sagar Mishra
Age: 13 years
Hometown: Delhi
Dance Style: lyrical Sagar has learnt dance for four years. He is good at Bollywood, hip-Hop, lyrical, crumping, salsa, folk and semi-classical. He idolises Prabhu Dheva.

Chirasmita Rout
Age: 10 years
Hometown: Balasore, Odisha
Dance style: Bollywood To fulfil her mother's dream of watching her daughter on TV, Chirasmita started participating in shows. She wants to become a famous choreographer.

Judges' speak:
The feedback you give to the kids shouldn't demoralise them. Our advice to them is stay strong, put all your energy and never stop dancing.

Boogie Woogie launches tonight and will air every Saturday and Sunday at 8.30 pm on Sony Entertainment Television.