The Kings, a hip-hop dance crew from Mumbai, has found international glory with their victory on American reality television show "World of Dance", taking home a cash prize of $1 million. "The Kings are officially 'World of Dance' royalty. Sending big love to our champions," read a post from the official Twitter handle of "World Of Dance".


Judges Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo and Derek Hough stood up in awe of the finale performance of the NBC show by the all-men group The Kings, which performed a high-octane sequence involving stunts in slow-motion.

Take a look at their winning moment below:


The 14-member Bolly-Hop squad, involving males aged 17-27, was consistently getting ace scores during its run on the show.

Among their competitors were Canadian contemporary dancer Briar Nolet, the sister duo of Ellie and Ava, VPeepz, a hip-hop group from the Philippines, and Unity LA, a 10-person squad from Southern California.

 'The Kings' dance group (Photo: Instagram)

'The Kings' also known as 'Kings United' is a hip-hop dance troupe who were second runners-up at the 'World Hip Hop Championship' in 2015 and has also appeared on Star Plus' 'Dance Champions' as 'Challengers'.

In 2009, Suresh Mukund along with Vernon Monteiro formed the hip hop dance group 'Fictitious Dance Group' which participated in various dance reality shows like 'Boogie Woogie', 'India's Got Talent' among others. Varun Dhawan & Shraddha Kapoor starrer 'ABCD 2' was based on their life journey. After the film's release, Suresh Mukund and Vernon parted ways causing split in the group. Dance group 'The Kings', also known as 'Kings United', was then founded by Suresh Mukund with new additions.

 'The Kings' with Remo D'souza on 'Dance Champions' (Photo: Web)

Last year, 'World of Dance' was left smitten by Shantanu Maheshwari's team 'Desi Hoppers' performance. Whereas, this year 'The Kings' has now become the first ever Indian team to win 'World of Dance'.

Watch their final dance performance below:



Congratulations to 'The Kings'!

(With inputs from IANS)