Dancing Champion is a Kannada dance reality show aired on Colors Kannada and streamed on Voot. It features celebrities as contestants who are paired with professional dancers competing for a cash prize and the title Dancing Champion. The judges of the show are Mayuri Upadhya, Vijay Raghavendra and Meghana Raj. The show is hosted by Akul Balaji. The show premiered on 8 January 2022.
Production The show is a competition where a 14 celebrities are paired with exceptionally talented common people, handpicked from all across Karnataka. Well-known faces & fresh ones pair-up for a phenomenal dance-off. Contestants dance to a different tune, different theme and different styles every week and scores are given by the judges. Each week one couple is eliminated based on their scores with only one pair having the chance to be finally crowned, Dancing Champion. The show is produced by actor Srujan Lokesh under his banner Lokesh Productions.
Creative Team Prakash Gopikrishna Lakshmi Sagar Prabha Ram Ravi Shankar Ramya Krishna Akshay
Technical Team Deepak Singh (Supervisor Choreographer) Elton Mascarenhas (Assistant Supervisor Choreographer) Namit (Light Jockey) Sampath Sukhine (Video jockey) Puneet (Switcher) Rajesh (Online Editor) Saish Bharadwaj (Music Producer/Programmer) Murugan Pruthvi (Art Director) Hemanth Kumar (Art Department) Manikant (MI Bar Controller) Prem (Multi Recorder) Pradeep (Sound Engineer) FMC Camera Team Manju (Electrician)
Choreographer Varadharajan Tharak Xavier Jai Ambari Raju Surya Suchin Jaggi Anil Sudhir Bala Narasimha
Costume & Make Up Rajesh Shetty (Costume Designer) Ajit (Celebrity Costume Designer) Roshan Ayyapa (Celebrity Costume Designer) Kumar (Make Up Artist) Salam (Special Make up Artist)
Production Team Shiva (Production Controller) Prasanth Harry Ramaya Bhaswaraj Nagendra Teju Bhaswaraj Suchin Kiran Gowda
Contestants A total of 14 celebrity couples, mostly TV actors are part of the show.
#CelebrityPartner 1 Chandan Bhoomika 2 Chandana Ananthakrishna Akshatha 3 Aishwarya Sindogi Shiva 4 Aradhya Niveditha 5 Anvitha Sagar Nikhil 6 Anmol Aditya 7 Saniya Iyer Nihal 8 Arjun Yogi Rani 9 Ishithavarsha Shiva 10 Vinod Karunya 11 Aarthi Sagar 12 Amrutha Murthy Ravish 13 Vasanth Kumar Prema 14 Suraj Hollu Haneesha
Weekly summary Week No.Episode No.Original Air DateCouple Evicted RankTheme1 Grand Premiere1 28 January 20229 January 2022 Introduction Celebrity couples were introduced with couple performances.23415 January 202216 January 2022 Celebration Round The theme bought the festive spirit on the stage Ace actor Sashikumar was invited as the guest for the show.35622 January 2022 23 January 2022 Self Challenge Round The contestants perform to the fullest of their capabilities in this round. Actor Sharan was invited as the guest for the round and to promote his film Avatara Purusha.4730 January 2022 Suraj Hollu & Haneesha Rank 14Costume Drama Round The contestants wear different costumes and narrate the story through their dance performances. Srujan Lokesh and Nannamma Super Star kids joined for the Mahasanchike episode as guests.58 95 February 2022 6 February 2022Vasanth Kumar & Prema Rank 13Dance Style Round The contestants performed different dance styles present across India and world. The performances were power-packed from one contestant to the other.610 1112 February 2022 13 February 2022 Romantic Round The contestants performed romantically with their partners. The round did induce some chemistry between the couple.
References
External links Colors Kannada Lokesh Productions