Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is an Indian Hindi-language reality television show and the Indian version of the British reality TV competition Strictly Come Dancing and is part of the Dancing with the Stars franchise. The first four seasons of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa were aired on Sony TV. Season fifth to tenth were aired Colors TV then again from season 11, the broadcasting network was changed back to Sony Entertainment Television.
Format The show pairs celebrities with professional dancers. Each couple performs predetermined dances and competes against the others for judges' points and audience votes. The couple receiving the lowest combined total of judges' points and audience votes is eliminated each week until only the champion dance pair remains.
The show's format is taken from the Strictly Come Dancing show on BBC One in the United Kingdom. The show is also pre-recorded, unlike Strictly Come Dancing and other spin-offs. Of the spin offs, the Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is the only one that uses recorded tracks rather than live music with an in-house band. The title derives from "Jhalak Dikhlaja" (Let Me Have a Glimpse of You), a song from the film Aksar (2006), composed and sung by Himesh Reshammiya.
Although the show features mixed-sex couples, but the tenth season saw, for the first time, the participation of same-sex couple Dutee Chand and Raveena Choudhary (considering that Gaurav Gera in ninth season performed as fictional character-Chutki).
Elimination The show airs its elimination on a Sunday in every season. The elimination procedure varied for number of seasons. The show adopted the following elimination methods:
Judges' Pick from the bottom-two/three/four. Direct elimination based on combined judges' scores and public votes. Dance-off of bottom-two and judges' scoring.
Cast
Hosts Color key Cast member Season 12006 22007 32009 42010 52012 62013 72014 82015 92016 102022 112023 122025 ● Parmeet Sethi● Rohit Roy●●● Shiv Panditt● Shweta Tiwari●●Gauahar Khan●● Mona Singh●●● Sumeet Raghavan● Ragini Khanna●● Manish Paul●●●●●●Rithvik Dhanjani●● Kapil Sharma● Drashti Dhami●● Ranvir Shorey●
Judges Color key
Cast memberSeason 12006 22007 32009 42010 52012 62013 72014 82015 92016 102022 112023 12 2025 Shilpa Shetty● ● Farah Khan●●● Urmila Matondkar● Jeetendra● Shiamak Davar● Juhi Chawla● Saroj Khan● Vaibhavi Merchant●Prabhu Deva● Remo D'Souza●●●● Madhuri Dixit●●●●● Malaika Arora●●● Lauren Gottlieb●● Ganesh Hegde●● Maksim Chmerkovskiy● Nora Fatehi●● Karan Johar●●●●●●Terrence Lewis●Arshad Warsi●
Professional dancers Professional dancerSeason1 20062 20073 20094 20105 20126 20137 20148 20159 201610 202211 2023Toby Fernandez ● ● ●Nicole Alvares ● ● ●Sonia Jaffer ● ● ●Feroz Khan ● ●Hanif Hillal ● ●Longinus Fernandes ●Bindi Khare ●Rhea Krishnatraye ●Bindi Khare ●Tanushree Rakshit ●Uma Shankar ●Hemu Sinha ●Javed Sanadi ● ●Rozita Rajput ● ●Tina Sachdeva ● ●Himanshu Gadani ●Lilian ●Nishant Bhatt ● ● ●Salman Yusuff Khan ● ● ●Deepak Singh ● ● ● ● ● ●Marischa Fernandes ● ● ● ● ●Savio ● ● ● ● ●Shampa Gopikrishna ● ● ●Neerav Bavlecha ●Priti ●Vrushali ●Robin ●Sneha Kapoor ● ● ● ● ●Jai Kumar Nair ● ● ●Punit Pathak ● ● ● ●Mohena Singh ● ● ●Avneet Kaur ●Kunjan ●Alisha Singh ● ●Diwakar Nayal ● ● ● ●Sanam Johar ● ● ● ●Suchitra Sawant ● ● ● ● ●Ankita ● ●Sumanth ●Shashank ●Tushar Kalia ● ●Sharmishtha ●Cornel Rodrigues ● ●Sushant Singh Rajput ●Amrita ●Bhavna Khanduja ● ● ● ●Elena ●Vaishnavi Patil ● ● ● ● ●Jack ●Kruti ●Rajit Dev ● ● ●Bhavini ●Rishikayash ●Dhiraj ●Falon ●Aryan Patra ●Aishwarya Radhakrishnan ●Preetjot Singh ●Hardik Rupanali ●Sachin Sharma ●Bhavna Purohit ●Pranalini Atul ●Priyanka Shah ●Raveena Choudhary ●Nischhal Sharma ●Shyam Yadav ●Shweta Sharda ●Pratik Utekar ●Tejas Verma ●Vaibhav Ghughe ● ●Lipsa Acharya ● ●Sneha Singh ● ●Tarun Raj Nilhani ● ●Akash Thapa ● ●Anuradha Iyengar ● ●Vivek Chachere ● ●Romsha Singh ● ●
Series overview SeasonContestantsEpisodesOriginally AiredNetworkWinnersRunners-upThird placeFirst airedLast aired 1820 7 September 2006 4 November 2006SET Mona Singh & Toby Fernandez Shweta Salve & Longines FernandesMahesh Manjrekar & Sonia Jaffer 21224 28 September 2007 15 December 2007 Prachi Desai & Deepak Singh Sandhya Mridul & Javed SanadiJay Bhanushali & Bindi Khare 31229 27 February 2009 31 May 2009 Baichung Bhutia & Sonia Jaffer Gauahar Khan & Hanif HilalKaran Singh Grover & Nicole 41225 12 December 2010 6 March 2011 Meiyang Chang & Marischa Fernandez Sushant Singh Rajput & Shampa GopikrishnaYana Gupta & Salman 51632 16 June 2012 30 September 2012Colors TV Gurmeet Choudhary & Shampa Gopikrishna Rashami Desai & Deepak Singh Rithvik Dhanjani & Sneha Kapoor 61531 1 June 2013 14 September 2013 Drashti Dhami & Salman Yusuff Khan Lauren Gottlieb & Punit PathakSonali Majumdar & Sumanth Maroju 71631 7 June 2014 20 September 2014 Ashish Sharma & Shampa Gopikrishna Karan Tacker & Bhawna KhandujaShakti Mohan & Tushar Kalia 81627 11 July 2015 10 October 2015 Faisal Khan & Vaishnavi Sanaya Irani & Jai Kumar NairShamita Shetty & Deepak 91826 30 July 2016 21 January 2017 Teriya Magar & Aryan Patra Salman Yusuff Khan & Aishwarya RadhakrishnanShantanu Maheshwari & Alisha Singh 101626 3 September 2022 27 November 2022 Gunjan Sinha & Tejas Verma Rubina Dilaik & Sanam Johar Faisal Shaikh & Vaishnavi Patil11173211 November 20232 March 2024SETManisha Rani & Ashutosh Pawar Shoaib Ibrahim & Anuradha IyengarAdrija Sinha & Akash Thapa
Series 1 (2006)
The first season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa premiered on 7 September 2006 until 4 November 2006. The season was judged by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Shilpa Shetty and Farah Khan. The season was hosted by Parmeet Sethi and Archana Puran Singh. The winner was Mona Singh. The contestants were:
Celebrity Notability Professional partner ResultPooja BediActressHanif Hillal Eliminated 1stRati AgnihotriActressFeroz Khan Eliminated 2ndSanjeev KapoorIndian chefNicole Alvares Eliminated 3rdAkashdeep SaigalActor & ModelBindi Khare Eliminated 4thAjay JadejaCricketerRhea Krishnatraye Eliminated 5thMahesh ManjrekarActor & Bollywood producerSonia Jaffer Eliminated 6thShweta SalveTelevision actressLongines FernandesRunners-upMona SinghTelevision actressToby FernandezWinners
Series 2 (2007)
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 2 is the second season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 28 September 2007 until 15 December 2007.
Shiamak Davar, Urmila Matondkar and Jeetendra were the judges. Bipasha Basu appeared as a guest judge. Rohit Roy and Mona Singh were the hosts. Prachi Desai and Deepak were the winners. The contestants were:
Celebrity Notability Professional partner ResultAadesh SrivastavaMusic ComposerTina Sachdeva Eliminated 1stTapur ChatterjeeModelFeroz Khan Eliminated 2ndMini MathurPresenterHemu Sinha Eliminated 3rdCyrus BroachaPresenterRozita Rajput Eliminated 4thSudha ChandranActressUma Shankar Eliminated 5thMika SinghSingerTanushree Rakshit Eliminated 7thRonit RoyActorNicole Alvares Eliminated 8thSonali KulkarniActressToby Fernandez Eliminated 9thMir Ranjan NegiHockey PlayerMarischa Fernandes Eliminated 10thJay BhanushaliActorBindi Khare Third placeSandhya MridulActressJaved SanadiRunners-upPrachi Desai ActressDeepak Singh Eliminated 6thWinners
Series 3 (2009)
The season began on 27 February 2009.
CelebrityNotabilityProfessional partnerResultBhagyashree DassaniActressToby FernandezEliminated 1stUgesh SarcarMagicianTina SachdevaEliminated 2ndAnand Raaj AnandMusic composer & SingerRozita RajputEliminated 3rdMohinder AmarnathCricketerLillian MendesEliminated 4thRam KapoorActorMarischa FernandesEliminated 5thMonica BediActressJaved SanadiEliminated 7thShilpa ShuklaActressNishant BhatEliminated 8thParul ChauhanActressDeepak SinghEliminated 9thHard KaurRapperSavio BarnesEliminated 10thKaran Singh GroverActorNicole AlvaresThird placeGauahar Khan ModelHimanshu GadaniEliminated 6thRunners-upBhaichung BhutiaFootballerSonia JafferWinners
Series 4 (2010)
The fourth season began on 12 December 2010. Celebrity Notability Professional partner ResultAnushka ManchandaSingerPunit Pathak Eliminated 1stRenuka ShahaneActressJai Kumar Nair Eliminated 2ndAkhil KumarBoxerSneha Kapoor Eliminated 3rdKrushna AbhishekComedianRobin Merchant Eliminated 4thDayanand ShettyCID actorVrushali Chawan Eliminated 5thShekhar SumanActorPriti Gupta Eliminated 7thRagini KhannaActressNeerav Bavlecha Eliminated 8thAnkita LokhandeActressNishant Bhat Eliminated 9thMahhi VijActressSavio Barnes Eliminated 10thYana GuptaActressSalman Yusuff Khan Third placeSushant Singh RajputActorShampa GopikrishnaRunners-upMeiyang ChangDentistMarischa FernandesWinners
Series 5 (2012)
The season began in June 2012. The season saw a change in its presenters and judges. Manish Paul and season 4 contestant Ragini Khanna was confirmed to host the series. Madhuri Dixit and Remo D'Souza was retained as two of the judges whilst Karan Johar joined the panel replaced Malaika Arora.
Celebrity Notability Professional partner ResultTalat AzizSingerAnkita Maithy Eliminated 1stSanath JayasuriyaCricketerSuchitra Sawant Eliminated 2ndArchana VijayaActressSanam Johar Eliminated 3rdPratyusha BanerjeeBalika Vadhu actressDeepak Singh Eliminated 4thJayati BhatiaSasural Simar Ka actressDiwakar Nayal Eliminated 5thSushil KumarKBC starAlisha Singh Eliminated 7thRavi KishanActor and Bigg Boss starKunjan Jani Eliminated 8thGiaa ManekActressNishant Bhat Eliminated 9thShibani DandekarSingerPunit Pathak Eliminated 10thDarsheel SafaryActorAvneet Kaur Eliminated 11thKaran WahiActor and modelMohena Singh Eliminated 12thBharti SinghComedianSavio BarnesWithdrewIsha SharvaniActressSalman Yusuff KhanWithdrewRithvik DhanjaniActor and dancerSneha Kapoor Third placeRashami DesaiUttaran actressShampa GopikrishnaRunners-upGurmeet ChoudharyActorShampa GopikrishnaWinners
Series 6 (2013)
The sixth season began in June 2013. Paul retained his position as the presenter whilst Kapil Sharma replaced Ragini Khanna. Dixit, D’Souza and Johar was also returned to the judging panel. Celebrity Notability Professional partner ResultEijaz KhanActorBhawna KhandujaWithdrewSuresh MenonComedianSuchitra Sawant Eliminated 1stKrishnamachari SrikkanthCricketerAmrita Maitra Eliminated 2ndMeghna MalikNa Aana Is Des Laado actressSanam Johar Eliminated 3rdEkta KaulActressTushar Kalia Eliminated 4thShweta TiwariActress and Bigg Boss 4 winnerSushant Pujari (later Savio Barnes) Eliminated 5thAarti ChabriaBollywood actressCornel Rodrigues Eliminated 7thMantra DasguptaActor and RJAnkita Maity Eliminated 8thKaran PatelActorSharmishtha Rao Eliminated 9thKaranvir BohraActorSneha Kapoor Eliminated 10thSidharth ShuklaBalika Vadhu actor and modelSonia Jaffer (later Mohena Singh) Eliminated 11thSana SaeedKuch Kuch Hota Hai actressTushar Kalia Eliminated 12thMukti MohanActress and dancerAltaf Iqbal (later Shashank Dogra) Eliminated 13thShaan MukherjeeSingerMarischa FernandesFourth placeSonali MajumdarIndia's Got Talent winnerSumanth Maroju Third placeLauren GottliebSo You Think You Can Dance star and dancerPunit PathakRunners-upDrashti DhamiMadhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon actressSalman Yusuff KhanWinners
Series 7 (2014)
The season began in June 2014. There was a change in its presenters as Ranvir Shorey and season 6 winner Drashti Dhami were roped in as the hosts. Dhami later got replaced by Manish Paul.