Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 9


Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 is the ninth season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 30 July 2016 on Colors. The season was hosted by Manish Paul and judged by Jacqueline Fernandez, Karan Johar, Ganesh Hegde and Farah Khan. The season ran from 30 July 2016 to 21 January 2017. This season's winner was Teriya Magar.

Format

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa has no audience voting in this season. Eviction is based on two specific criteria: judges' scores and the live studio audience scores. In semi finale, it was announced that audience can vote for the winner. Voting lines were open only for five days. Thus, now the elimination is done right in the end of the episode, unlike the previous seasons where elimination would be done in the beginning of next week's episode.

Production

The series was announced in March 2016. In May 2016, Manish Paul was confirmed to return as the presenter of the series. In June 2016, Jacqueline Fernandez, Karan Johar and Ganesh Hegde were confirmed as the judges.
In September 2016, Govinda replaced Johar for one episode. Farah Khan replaced Hegde in November 2016
The channel released its first promo in June 2016. Later the series released another promo introducing its first to contestants Karishma Tanna and Surveen Chawla.

Professional dancers

In June 2016, announced that Bhavna Khanduja, Rajit Dev, Cornel Rodrigues, Jai Kumar Nair, Sanam Johar, Alisha Singh,, Diwakar Nayal and would be returning to the series. Pranalini Atul and Bhavna Purohit were also announced to be making their debut as professionals in the series.
In mid July 2016, Aishwarya Radhakrishnan was added to the list and would be making her debut as a professional where she was paired opposite participant Salman Yusuff Khan.
In August 2016, Sidhant Gupta's choreographer Pranalini injured herself and quit the series while she got replaced by Sneha Singh.

Cast

The series features twelve celebrity contestants. On 2 June 2016, the first two celebrities were announced as participants that were Karishma Tanna and Surveen Chawla. The final line up was revealed on 23 June 2016.
In October 2016, five new entries were announced including Gracy Goswami, Siddharth Nigam and Teriya Magar.
CelebrityNotabilityProfessional PartnerStatusRef.
Gaurav GeraComedianDiwakar NayalEliminated 1st
on 13 August 2016
Priyanka ShahDancerPoonam ShahEliminated 2nd
on 22 August 2016
Harpal Singh SokhiCelebrity ChefBhavna PurohitEliminated 3rd
on 27 August 2016
Helly ShahSwaragini – Jodein Rishton Ke Sur actressJai Kunar NairEliminated 4th
on 3 September 2016
Sidhant GuptaActor and modelPranalini Atul /Sneha SinghEliminated 5th
on 3 September 2016
Arjun BijlaniNaagin actorBhavna KhandujaEliminated 6th
on 1 October 2016
Surveen ChawlaBollywood and Punjabi actressSanam JoharEliminated 7th
on 1 October 2016
Gracy GoswamiBalika Vadhu actressSachin SharmaEliminated 9th
on 5 November 2016
Nora FatehiBollywood actress and Bigg Boss starCornel RodriguesEliminated 10th
on 12 November 2016
Spandan ChaturvediUdaan actressHardik BoraEliminated 11th
on 19 November 2016
Shakti AroraMeri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi actorSuchitra SawantEliminated 12th
on 26 November 2016
Karishma TannaActress and Bigg Boss runner-upRajit DevEliminated 13th
on 10 December 2016
Swasti NityaDancerPreetjot DayalEliminated 14th
on 19 December 2016
Nandish SandhuUttaran actorShampa GopikrishnaNot Selected
on 24 December 2016
Rimi SenBollywood actressDhiraj BhakshiNot Selected
on 24 December 2016
Dwayne BravoCricketerBhavna PurohitWithdrew
on 14 January 2017
Siddharth NigamActorVaishnavi PatilEliminated 15th
on 14 January 2016
Shantanu MaheshwariActor & dancerAlisha SinghThird place
on 21 January 2017
Salman Yusuff KhanDancerAishwarya Radhakrishnan1st Runners-up
on 21 January 2017
Teriya MagarDancerAryan PatraEliminated 8th
on 22 October 2016
Teriya MagarDancerAryan PatraWinners
on 21 January 2017

Score chart

The highest score each week is indicated in with a dagger, while the lowest score each week is indicated in with a double-dagger.
Colour key:


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Dance chart

The couples performed the following each week:


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