Dancing with the Stars, Nepal is a celebrity dance reality show licensed by BBC Studios based on the format of the British reality TV competition Strictly Come Dancing and is part of the Dancing with the Stars franchise. The show is produced by ANC Production, production house which have produced The Voice of Nepal. The show is directed by Laxman Poudyal, director of The Voice of Nepal, The Voice Kids and Nepal Idol Season 1. For the first season 12 celebrity and choreographers will compete to win the title. Second season of Dancing Stars Nepal has already been announced and will air on TV very soon.

Format The format of the show consists of a celebrity paired with a professional dancer. Each couple performs predetermined dances and competes against the others for judges' points and audience votes. In Nepal, audience can vote from IME Pay App.

Cast Host For the first season, show makers announced that participant of Nepal's first comedy reality show - Comedy Champion top 5 participant, Suman Karki and Miss Nepal World 2010, Sadichha Shrestha will be hosting this season.

Judges Actress/dancer Gauri Malla, actor/dancer Dilip Rayamajhi and film director, producer & choreographer Renasha Bantawa Rai will be judging the show.

Season 1 Participants Couple No Professional Dancer Known For Celebrity Known For 1. Yumi Balami Founder/Choreographer NYFAM Hari Khadka Former Captain of National Football Team, Nepal2. Rajiv Kumar Karn Film Choreographer Puja Thakur Actress3. Swoyatna Yonjan Host Jhankar Live Prashant Tamrakar Fashion Coach4. Pramod Kumar Bhandari Film Choreographer Umesh Rai Comedian5.Sanjaya LamaChoreographer Divanshi BaidawarChild Actress6.Laure SinghProfessional DancerJyoti MagarSinger7.Viju ParkiChoreographerSumi MoktanActress8.Kebika KhatriFinalist ChamChami Season 3 Buddha LamaWinner of Nepal Idol Season 19.Sunil BKFounder/Choreographer Nepholic Crew Deepa-DamantaTiktok Twins10. Saroj MoktanFinalist Boogie WoogieRakshya ShresthaActress11.Keshav ThapaChoreographerShristi KCDancer/Actress with special Ability12.Shubham BhujelTop 9 participant Boogie Woogie Nepal/ Choreographer Priyana Acharya Television Actress For the first season, there would be 11 couples competing for the title.

Celebrity Guests Guests Episode No. Episode Date Note Rajesh Hamal Grand Premiere 18 September 2020 Basundhara Bhusal Episode 03 2 October 2020 Basundhara Bhusal Episode 04 3 October 2020 Ramesh Upreti Episode 05 9 October 2020 Rajendra Khadgi Episode 06 10 October 2020 Krishna Malla & Sharmila Malla Episode 07 16 October 2020 Kiran KC Episode 08 17 October 2020 Bhuwan Chand & Chaite Devi sing Episode 09 23 October 2020 Namrata Shrestha Episode 10 24 October 2020 Pal Shah & Najir Hussain Episode 13 6 November 2020 Pal Shah & Najir HussainEpisode 147 November 2020Bhuwan KCEpisode 2311 December 2020 Nischal Basnet & Swastima Khadka Episode 24 12 December 2020

Scoring Chart Couple Team Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13 Sumi & Viju Suviju 3030 30 26 23 23 27 272726293029303030Winner Buddha & Kevika Buddhika 26 26 26 26 26 26 28 2627302430 293029301st Runner upPriyana & Subham Priyam 24 22262225252727262430272nd Runner up Aama & Pramod Amod 26 2529 25 28 27 25292326252929253027Eliminated Jyoti & Laure Jotila 30 25 27 23 2525 27 26252827262530Eliminated Divanshi & Siddhart Devarth 27 26 24 30 2621302723273026Eliminated Prashant & Swantyona Prayatna 30 20 27 24 26 2328232324Eliminated Shristi & Keshav Shrisav 29 27 30 26 26 233027Eliminated Deepa & Damanta Sudeemanta 24 26 29 2827 242926Eliminated Hari & Yumi Haami 26 24 25 26 2622Eliminated Puja & Rajiv Purajiv (Puroj) 24 24 2327Eliminated Rakshya & Saroj Rakroj 22 27 EliminatedBottom 3Buddhika,Amod,SuvijuPuroj,Hami,PrayatnaPrayatnaHaamiPriyamShrisav Jotila SudeemantaDevarthPrayatnaJotilaAmodDevarthBuddhikaJotilaBuddhikaSuvijuBuddhika

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PriyamEvictedRakroj Puroj Haami Shrisav SudeemantaPrayatnaDevarthJotilaAmod

Rakshya was injured while practising dance so due to health condition doctor advice to take at least 2 months bed rest Rakshya & Saroj Team Rakroj quit the show. However Saroj dance beat appreciated by all judges and there are not in bottom three in week 2 Puja Thakurs choreographer change Saroj team name is Puroj in week 4 Priyana Acharya and Saroj wild card entry in week 5 indicate the highest score for each week indicate the lowest score for each week indicates profomance of the week. the couple eliminated that week the returning couple that was in the bottom two the couple withdrew from the competition the couple won immunity and did not dance off the winning couple the runner-up couple the third place couple

Season 2 Soon, Season 2 of Dancing with the stars will be aired on Himalaya TV HD . The star participants and choreographer will be announced soon .

Participants Couple No Professional Dancer Known For Celebrity Known For 1. JD Tamu Renowned Choreographer Paramita RL Rana Actress2.Anuja AgrawalChoreographerDhiraj RaiSinger3.Dilip OkhedaChoreographerSonica RokayaYoutube Content Creator4.Swoyatna YonjanHost Jhankar LivePardeep Bastola Actor5.Sunita DarnalChoreographerDr. Santosh Upadhyaya/Santosh upadhyaya Mr. Nepal 2019/Politician/Doctor6.Sunil B.KFounder/Choreographer Nepholic CrewBhagwati Khadka First Women Wrestler of Nepal7.Kebika KhatriFinalist Chamchami Season 3Amar & Amrit Dahal Tiktok Twins8.Ravi PatelChoreographer Neelam Dhungana One Leg Dancer9.Laure Singh Professional DancerKajal KarnHeart of Maithili Cinemas10.Saroj Rana PrajaProfessional DancerChhiring SherpaFirst Sherpa Actress11.Sanjay LamaChoreographer Samaira ShresthaTheatre Artist / Voice of LGBTQ12.Shekhar Gharti MagarChoreographer Preeti AleSinger

Scoring Chart Couple Team Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13 Sumi & Viju Suviju 3030 30 26 23 23 27 272726293029303030Winner Buddha & Kevika Buddhika 26 26 26 26 26 26 28 2627302430 293029301st Runner upPriyana & Subham Priyam 24 22262225252727262430272nd Runner up Aama & Pramod Amod 26 2529 25 28 27 25292326252929253027Eliminated Jyoti & Laure Jotila 30 25 27 23 2525 27 26252827262530Eliminated Divanshi & Siddhart Devarth 27 26 24 30 2621302723273026Eliminated Prashant & Swantyona Prayatna 30 20 27 24 26 2328232324Eliminated Shristi & Keshav Shrisav 29 27 30 26 26 233027Eliminated Deepa & Damanta Sudeemanta 24 26 29 2827 242926Eliminated Hari & Yumi Haami 26 24 25 26 2622Eliminated Puja & Rajiv Purajiv (Puroj) 24 24 2327Eliminated Kajal & Laure Rakroj 22 27 EliminatedBottom 3Buddhika,Amod,SuvijuPuroj,Hami,PrayatnaPrayatnaHaamiPriyamShrisav Jotila SudeemantaDevarthPrayatnaJotilaAmodDevarthBuddhikaJotilaBuddhikaSuvijuBuddhika

Amod

PriyamEvictedRakroj Puroj Haami Shrisav SudeemantaPrayatnaDevarthJotilaAmod

Rakshya was injured while practicing dance so due to health condition with doctor advice to take at least 2 months bed rest. Rakshya & Saroj Team Rakroj quit the show. However Saroj dance beat was appreciated by all judges and there are not in bottom three in week 2 Puja Thakurs choreographer change Saroj team name is Puroj in week 4 Priyana Acharya and Saroj wild card entry in week 5 indicate the highest score for each week indicate the lowest score for each week indicates profomance of the week. the couple eliminated that week the returning couple that was in the bottom two the couple withdrew from the competition the couple won immunity and did not dance off the winning couple the runner-up couple the third place couple

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