Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa
Intertitle of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, season 3.
Genre	Dance, Factual Entertainment, Reality
Created by	Synergy Communications
Country of origin	India
No. of seasons	3
Broadcast
Original channel	Sony Entertainment Television India
Picture format	480i (SDTV),
Original run	September 7, 2006 – May 31, 2009
External links
Official website

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is an Indian version of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

Contents 1 Concept 2 Season 1 2.1 The Hosts 2.2 The Judges 2.3 The Contestants 3 Season 2 3.1 The Hosts 3.2 The Judges 3.3 The Contestants 4 Season 3 4.1 The Hosts 4.2 The Judges 4.3 The Contestants 4.4 Judges' Fury over Public Voting 5 External links

Concept

Sony Entertainment Television brings "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa" with new celebrities and well known faces to perform with professional dance partners on a highly competitive stage. The show is produced by BBC Worldwide Productions in India.

The show's format is taken from the Strictly Come Dancing show on BBC One in UK. It has been a huge success in over 30 countries like America, Australia, New Zealand, and Italy where it is known as Dancing with the Stars.

Season 1

The first season of the show started on September 8, 2006 and ended November 4, 2006.

The Hosts

• Archana Puran Singh

• Parmeet Sethi

The Judges

• Farah Khan

• Sanjay Leela Bhansali

• Shilpa Shetty

The Contestants

• Pooja Bedi(former film actress & Talk show host) and Hanif - Eliminated in Round 1

• Rati Agnihotri(former Film actress) and Feroz - Eliminated in Round 2

• Sanjeev Kapoor(Professional Chef & Cookery show Host) and Nicole - Eliminated in Round 3

• Akashdeep Saighal(TV Actor) and Bindi - Eliminated in Round 4

• Ajay Jadeja(former cricketer) and Rhea - Eliminated in Round 5

• 2nd Runner Up: Mahesh Manjrekar(film actor & director) and Sonia

• Runner Up: Shweta Salve(TV Actress) and (Loungines)

• Winner: Mona Singh(TV Actress) and Toby

Season 2

The second season of the show started on September 28, 2007 and ended December 15, 2007.

The Hosts

• Mona Singh

• Rohit Roy

The Judges

• Urmila Matondkar
• Jeetendra
• Shiamak Davar

The Contestants

• Aadesh Shrivastava(Music Director) and (Tina Sachdev) - Eliminated in Round 2

• Tapur Chatterjee(Model) and (Feroz) - Eliminated in Round 3

• Mini Mathur(MTV VJ) and (Hemu) - Eliminated in Round 4

• Cyrus Broacha(MTV VJ & Comedian) and (Rozita Rajput) - Eliminated in Round 5

• Sudha Chandran(films and TV Actress) and (Uma Shankar) - Eliminated in Round 6

• Mika Singh(Singer) and (Tanushree) - Eliminated in Round 8

• Ronit Roy(Soapstar) and (Nicole Alvares) - Eliminated in Round 9

• Sonali Kulkarni(Film Actress) and (Toby Fernandes) - Eliminated in Round 10

• Mir Ranjan Negi(Former hockey player & coach) and (Marischa Fernandes) - Eliminated in Round 11

• 2nd Runner Up: Jay Bhanushali(TV Actor) and (Bindi Khare)

• Runner Up: Sandhya Mridul(Films & Tv actress) and (Javed Sanadi)

• Winner: Prachi Desai(TV actress) and (Deepak Singh) (were eliminated but made a comeback with wildcard)

Season 3

The third season started on February 27, 2009 and ended on May 31, 2009.

The Hosts

• Shweta Tiwari

• Rohit Roy

• Shiv Pandit (Ex-host)

The Judges

• Saroj Khan

• Vaibhavi Merchant

• Juhi Chawla

The Contestants

• Bhagyashree(former film actress) and Toby Fernandes- Eliminated in Round 1

• Ugesh Sarkar(Magician and Street Performer) and Tina Sachedva- Eliminated in Round 2

• Anand Raj Anand(Music director & Singer) and Rozita Rajput- Eliminated in Round 3

• Mohinder Amarnath(Former Cricketer) and Lilian Mendes- Eliminated in Round 4

• Ram Kapoor(TV actor) and Marischa Fernandes- Eliminated in Round 5

• Monica Bedi(Defamed Film actress) and Javed Sanadi- Eliminated in Round 6

• Shilpa Shukla(Film & Theatre Actress) and Nishant Bhatt- Eliminated in Round 7

• Parul Chauhan(TV Actress) and Deepak Singh- Eliminated in Round 8

• Hard Kaur(Singer & India's 1st female HipHop artist) and Savio - Eliminated in Round 9

• 2nd Runner Up: Karan Singh Grover(TV Actor) and Nicole Alvares

• Runner Up: Gauhar Khan(B4U VJ & Model) and Himanshu (Was first out but then got in by wildcard)

• Winner: Baichung Bhutia(Captain Of Indian Football Team) and Sonia Zaffer

Judges' Fury over Public Voting

The public voting for the Semi-finals had resulted in duo Karan Singh Grover and Nicole Alvares, the lowest scorer of the round, being sent into the Finale and Gauhar Khan and Hard Kaur for the face off. After a unanimous decision in favour of Gauhar Khan, Hard Kaur was set to leave the show after her performance, prepared for the finale. Her performance made the judges display their resentment over the biased voting of the public in the form of a 'strike' till Hard Kaur is brought back. The judges returned the very next episode with Hard Kaur's elimination being inevitable.

External links

• Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3 Official Partner
• Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3 Weekly Updates
• Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3 Weekly Scores
• shweta tiwari and shiv pandit to host jhalak 3
• Saroj Khan to judge Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 3
• Videos clips of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa, contest profiles, photo galleries http://www.jhalak.sify.com
• Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 2 Scores
• Official Website
• Mallika Sehrawat Controversy
• Judges and Anchors
• Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3 Mock Polls - Forums at Jeetega Kaun
• Interview with Sonia Jaffer-Fraser on JDJ3 and Bhutia

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