[3][4] Rituraj Mohanty won the first season on 30 November 2014 with Darshan Raval and Mohit Gaur finishing second and third respectively.

The finalists sang the final face off song composed by Sachin and Jigar on the occasion, while Arjun Kapoor, promoted his film Tevar.

Darshan Raval, Mohit Gaur and Rituraj Mohanty reached the finale of India's Raw Star.

[7] Vinod Talreja of Bollywoodlife.com rated the series 3.5/5 and wrote "The first episode of India's Raw Star definitely impressed us.

"[8] Prathamesh Jadhav from India.com said "The show is a fresh concept indeed, but it ultimately resorts to the gimmicky efforts ( for instance, back story for every contender) that stretches the duration unnecessarily.