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MTV Rock On

television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ6718836 ↗
Source-derived summary

MTV Rock On, or Rock On with MTV, is a television show on MTV India. The show is a platform for musicians in India.

Hosts

The first season was hosted by VJ's Ayushmann and Anusha Dandekar, and the second season by Lisa Haydon and VJ Ayushmann.

Judges

The judges were singer and composer Kailash Kher, Ram Sampath and VJ Nikhil in season 1. Bollywood music director Pritam and Indian Ocean bassist Rahul Ram were the judges of season 2.

Results

Season 1:

Winners: Saadhak led by Nirdosh Sobti

Runners Up: Khilaugh led by Rahi Chakraborty

Season 2:

Winners: Divine Connection

Runners Up: Kaivalyaa

Format

Season one auditioned individual musicians but the second season saw more band auditions.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “MTV Rock On” as television series. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Rock, television and series.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current 117-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Rock, television and series providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6718836. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “MTV Rock On” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.