Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 7
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 is the seventh season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 7 June 2014 on Colors. The series was hosted by Ranvir Shorey and Drashti Dhami but later got replaced by Manish Paul. Madhuri Dixit, Karan Johar and Remo D'Souza were the three judges. The finale took place on 20 September 2014 and was won by Ashish Sharma and Shampa Gopikrishna.
Format
The couples dance each week while the judges score each performance out of ten. This time as there are four judges the scores will be up to forty.With the judges scores and public votes added all together, judges them decide which two couples are in the bottom and will have to do a face off. One contestant gets eliminated each week.
Production
The series was announced in February 2014. The press conference and launch was held on 2 June 2014. The shooting of the series also started from 3 June. Colors TV had released its promos in May 2014 introducing the celebrity contestants.In May 2014, it was announced that Ranvir Shorey will be replacing Kapil Sharma as one of the presenters. Drashti Dhami also was revealed to be hosting the show alongside Ranvir. In June 2014, Dhami quit the series as a presenter weeks after the show's launch and got replaced by Manish Paul.
Madhuri Dixit, Karan Johar and Remo D'Souza returned as the judges and announced their return in March 2014.
Cast
This series features thirteen celebrity contestants. In April 2014, it was announced that Purab Kohli, Karan Tacker and Andy Kumar are the first three confirmed contestants. Puja Banerjee, Mouni Roy and Shakti Mohan was later revealed as the other celebrities as well. The final line up was revealed in May.In July 2014, seven new celebrities Sana Khan, Kushal Punjabi, Rahul Vaidya, Kainaat Arora, Akriti Kakar, Malishka Mendonsa and Tara Jean Popowich entered as wild card entries. Only three including Kushal, Malishka and Tara went ahead in the competition.
Akriti withdrew herself from the completion due to injury so could not perform as a wild card.
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Result |
| Andy Kumar | VJ and Bigg Boss 7 star | Bhavini Mishra | Eliminated 1st on 15 June 2014 |
| Purab Kohli | Bollywood actor | Mohena Singh | Eliminated 2nd on 22 June 2014 |
| Kritika Kamra | Actress | Savio Barnes | Eliminated 3rd on 29 June 2014 |
| Sukhwinder Singh | Singer | Bhawna Khanduja | Eliminated 4th on 6 July 2014 |
| Sreesanth Nair | Cricketer | Sneha Kapoor | Eliminated 5th on 12 July 2014 |
| Kainaat Arora | Grand Masti actress | Cornel Rodrigues | Not Selected on 13 July 2014 |
| Rahul Vaidya | Singer | Syscilia D'Souza | Not Selected on 13 July 2014 |
| Sana Khan | Actress & Bigg Boss 6 star | Shashank Dogra | Not Selected on 13 July 2014 |
| Akriti Kakar | Singer | Javed Sanadi | Withdrew on 13 July 2014 |
| Puja Banerjee | Actress | Rajit Dev | Eliminated 6th on 27 July 2014 |
| Kushal Punjabi | Actor and model | Mohena Singh | Eliminated 7th on 2 August 2014 |
| RJ | Diwakar Nayal | Eliminated 8th on 9 August 2014 | |
| Kiku Sharda | Comedian | Kruti Mahesh | Eliminated 9th on 16 August 2014 |
| So You Think You Can Dance star and dancer | Jack Samuel | Eliminated 10th on 23 August 2014 | |
| Sophie Choudry | Actress, VJ and singer | Deepak Singh | Eliminated 11th on 30 August 2014 |
| Akshat Singh | India's Got Talent star | Vaishnavi Patil | Eliminated 12th on 13 September 2014 |
| Mouni Roy | Actress | Punit Pathak | Fourth place on 20 September 2014 |
| Shakti Mohan | Dancer | Tushar Kalia | Third place on 20 September 2014 |
| Karan Tacker | Actor and model | Elena Samodanova | Runners-up on 20 September 2014 |
| Ashish Sharma | Rangrasiya actor | Shampa Gopikrishna | Winners on 20 September 2014 |
Scoring chart
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Dance chart
The couples performed the following each week:;Note
Themes
The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:- Grand Opening Week: Introduction
- Week 1 : International Judge Week
- Week 2 : Made in India
- Week 3 : Judges Demand
- Week 4 : Jhalak Talkes
- Week 5 : Wild Card Entries & Prop Week
- Week 6 : I Love
- Week 7 : DJ Mix & Indian Cinema
- Week 8 : Kurukshetra & Team Challenge
- Week 9 : Backstage Dancer week
- Week 10 : Independence Day week
- Week 11 : Dialogues
- Week 12 : Teen Ka Tadka & Public’s Demand
- Week 13 : Special Group Theme
- Week 14 : Semi Finals & Ganesh Hegde Special
- Week 15 : Super Finale
- Puja & Rajit - Picture frame
- Ashish & Shampa - Stretchy Jacket
- Karan & Elena - Bucket
- Mouni & Punit - Golden Shoes
- Kiku & Kruti - Glass
- Akshat & Vaishanavi - Glasses
- Shakti & Tushar - Stretchy Material
- Sophie & Deepak - Sticks
- Malishka & Diwakar - Square Box
- Kushal & Mohena - Heart
- Tara & Jack - Feather
- Note - Singer Akriti Kakkar had to quit the show as she was to enter the wild card race due to an accident.
| Couple | Dance Form | Dance Song |
| Tara & Jack | Contemporary | Gulaabi |
| Sana & Shashank | Bollywood | Radha |
| Rahul & Syscilia | Bollywood | Chingam Chabake |
| Kushal & Mohena | Freestyle | Thug Le |
| Kainaat & Cornel | Freestyle | Darling |
| Malishka & Diwakar | Freestyle | Dhinka Chika |
Out of the 6 new Wild Card Entrance the couples which joined the current celebrities in the race of 'Jhalak' were
- Malishka & Diwakar
- Kushal & Mohena
- Tara & Jack
| Category | Remo's Team | Karan's Team | Madhuri's Team |
| Remaining Participants | Kushal & Mohena, Tara & Jack, Kiku & Kruti | Karan & Elena, Shakti & Tushar, Mouni & Punit | Akshat & Vaishnavi, Ashish & Shampa, Malishka & Diwakar |
Weak 10 themed 'Team Challenge' had two performances from the participants, where one was a team performance. Team leader was selected from the previous week's highest scorers. Team participants, dancing style and songs were finalised by these leaders.
| Category | Akshat's Team | Mouni's Team |
| Team Leader | Akshat & Vaishnavi | Mouni & Punit |
| Remaining Participants | Tara & Jack, Ashish & Shampa, Karan & Bhavna | Shakti & Tushar, Sophie & Deepak, Kiku & Kruti |
| Dance Form | Bollywood & Freestyle | Broadway Jazz |
| Dance Song | Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji, All Is Well | Do You Wanna Partner & Chammak Challo |
| Marks | 29 | 30 |
- Mouni's team won the team challenge with getting 30 marks.
- Ashish & Shampa with Sana Saeed
- Shakti & Tushar with Mukti Mohan
- Karan & Bhavna with Krystle D'Souza
- Mouni & Punit with Faisal Khan
- Sophie & Deepak with Elli Avram
- Akshat & Vaishnavi with Ali Asgar