December 24, 2017: Silchar boy Bir Radha Sherpa after winning the third season of Dance Plus in 2017 brings accolade to the state yet again after emerging as the winner of Dance Champions.
The dance reality show Dance Champions featured two teams - Challenger and Champion. Winners of different reality shows belonged to the Champion team while the runners-up belonged to the Challenger team.
18-year-old Bir who belonged to the Champion team defeated the other four finalists MJ 5 group, Piyush Bhagat, Sushant Khatri, Faisal Khan and Vaishnavi Patil to grab the title and added another feather to his accomplishments.
As reported in the Indian Express, Bir after winning the title stated “I want to learn as much as I can. There is a long way to go. I want to train myself hard and represent India on international platforms. I want to show the world that it doesn’t matter where you come from, talent and hard work will always show you the way.”
The show which was launched on September 30 and aired on Star Plus had aired the grand finale episode on December 23.