Music & Masti Marks Melbourne’s Telstra Bollywood Dance Competition 2018!
Malaika Arora and Nikkhil Advani judge the Australia’s most loved Bollywood event, the 6th Annual Telstra Bollywood Dance Competition (TBDC), part of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM).
Australia's
most
loved
Bollywood
event,
the
6th
Annual
Telstra
Bollywood
Dance
Competition
(TBDC),
part
of
Indian
Film
Festival
of
Melbourne
(IFFM),
drew
thousands
to
Melbourne's
Federation
Square
on
Saturday,
11
August
2018
with
returning
judge
Bollywood
superstar
Malaika
Arora,
joined
by
Bollywood
heavyweights
Nikkhil
Advani
and
Avtar
Panesar
to
judge
all
the
Bollywood
dancing
action
from
31
dance
groups.
The
Telstra
Bollywood
Dance
Competition
immediately
followed
the
emotional
Indian
Independence
Day
Flag
Hoisting
Ceremony,
with
India's
most
celebrated
actress
and
queen
of
Bollywood,
Rani
Mukerji
hoisting
the
flag
in
front
of
thousands
of
Indian
Australians
and
people
from
the
subcontinent
diaspora.
Winning
acts
LAKS
Dance
Crew,
C
Walk
and
Fusion
Beats
wowed
judges
with
their
slick,
polished
performances
and
crowd
engagement
and
each
won
$1,000
prize
courtesy
of
Telstra.
Celebrity
judge
Malaika
Arora
said,
"I'd
like
to
thank
Telstra
for
inviting
me
and
my
co-judges
here
today
to
judge
the
Telstra
Bollywood
Dance
Competition.
It
is
wonderful
to
see
such
large
numbers
of
people
coming
to
support
their
favourite
group."
Celebrity
judge
Avtar
Panesar
said,
"As
someone
who
grew
up
outside
of
India,
it
is
heartening
to
see
Indian
culture
alive
here
in
Australia.
I
see
a
lot
of
myself
in
these
kids
as
they
are
embracing
the
language
and
culture."
Jeremy
Nicholas,
Executive
Director,
Brand,
Consumer,
Business
Marketing,
Telstra
said,
"Telstra
is
excited
and
proud
to
connect
with
the
South
Asian
community
for
the
sixth
year
by
supporting
Australia's
most
loved
Bollywood
event
-
the
iconic
Telstra
Bollywood
Dance
Competition.
As
always,
we
were
extremely
impressed
by
the
calibre
of
performances
-
every
year
the
bar
is
set
even
higher."
Fans
in
Australia
and
around
the
world
who
could
not
attend
tuned
in
to
watch
the
action
streamed
live
and
free
on
the
IFFM
Facebook
page
and
attracted
over
17,000
viewers
over
the
day.
"Telstra
is
delighted
that
so
many
fans
in
Australia
and
around
the
world
were
able
to
use
the
nation's
largest
and
fastest
mobile
network
to
livestream
the
event
as
if
they
were
really
there."
"We
know
how
important
data
is
for
Bollywood
and
dance
fans
wanting
to
stream
their
favourite
content
online.
This
is
why
we
have
said
alvida
to
excess
data
charges
on
a
number
of
our
new
mobile
plans
for
use
in
Australia."
Now
on
Australia's
best
mobile
network,
customers
can
get
30GB
for
$69/mth
with
no
excess
data
charges
in
Australia
when
you
bring
your
own
compatible
phone.
Min
cost
$828
on
a
12
month
BYO
plan.
Visit
telstra.com/alvida
During
this
year's
TBDC,
fans
could
also
participate
by
sending
an
SMS
for
their
favourite
acts
and
had
the
opportunity
to
ask
our
celebrity
Bollywood
judges
questions
throughout
the
competition.
Over
4100
SMS
votes
were
cast
by
fans
and
the
winners
on
the
day
were:
Adult
-
LAKS
Dance
Crew
Pre-Teen
-
C
Walk
People's
Choice
-
Fusion
Beats
The
Telstra
Bollywood
Dance
Competition
features
dance
performers
wearing
vibrant
colours
and
traditional
South
Asian
and
Bollywood
inspired
costumes,
captivating
the
audience.
Competitors
were
judged
on
choreography,
technique,
costumes,
music
and
props.