Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is an Indian Hindi-language reality television show and the Indian version of the British reality TV competition Strictly Come Dancing and is part of the Dancing with the Stars franchise. The first four seasons of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa were aired on Sony TV. Season fifth to tenth were aired Colors TV then again from season 11, the broadcasting network was changed back to Sony Entertainment Television.
Format
The show pairs celebrities with professional dancers. Each couple performs predetermined dances and competes against the others for judges' points and audience votes. The couple receiving the lowest combined total of judges' points and audience votes is eliminated each week until only the champion dance pair remains.The show's format is taken from the Strictly Come Dancing show on BBC One in the United Kingdom. The show is also pre-recorded, unlike Strictly Come Dancing and other spin-offs. Of the spin offs, the Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is the only one that uses recorded tracks rather than live music with an in-house band. The title derives from "Jhalak Dikhlaja", a song from the film Aksar, composed and sung by Himesh Reshammiya.
Although the show features mixed-sex couples, but the tenth season saw, for the first time, the participation of same-sex couple Dutee Chand and Raveena Choudhary.
Elimination
The show airs its elimination on a Sunday in every season. The elimination procedure varied for number of seasons. The show adopted the following elimination methods:- Judges' Pick from the bottom-two/three/four.
- Direct elimination based on combined judges' scores and public votes.
- Dance-off of bottom-two and judges' scoring.
Cast
Hosts
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Series 1 (2006)
The first season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa premiered on 7 September 2006 until 4 November 2006.The season was judged by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Shilpa Shetty and Farah Khan. The season was hosted by Parmeet Sethi and Archana Puran Singh. The winner was Mona Singh. The contestants were:
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Result |
| Pooja Bedi | Actress | Hanif Hillal | Eliminated 1st |
| Rati Agnihotri | Actress | Feroz Khan | Eliminated 2nd |
| Sanjeev Kapoor | Indian chef | Nicole Alvares | Eliminated 3rd |
| Akashdeep Saigal | Actor & Model | Bindi Khare | Eliminated 4th |
| Ajay Jadeja | Cricketer | Rhea Krishnatraye | Eliminated 5th |
| Mahesh Manjrekar | Actor & Bollywood producer | Sonia Jaffer | Eliminated 6th |
| Shweta Salve | Television actress | Longines Fernandes | Runners-up |
| Mona Singh | Television actress | Toby Fernandez | Winners |
Series 2 (2007)
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 2 is the second season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 28 September 2007 until 15 December 2007.Shiamak Davar, Urmila Matondkar and Jeetendra were the judges. Bipasha Basu appeared as a guest judge. Rohit Roy and Mona Singh were the hosts. Prachi Desai and Deepak were the winners. The contestants were:
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Result |
| Aadesh Srivastava | Music Composer | Tina Sachdeva | Eliminated 1st |
| Tapur Chatterjee | Model | Feroz Khan | Eliminated 2nd |
| Mini Mathur | Presenter | Hemu Sinha | Eliminated 3rd |
| Cyrus Broacha | Presenter | Rozita Rajput | Eliminated 4th |
| Sudha Chandran | Actress | Uma Shankar | Eliminated 5th |
| Mika Singh | Singer | Tanushree Rakshit | Eliminated 7th |
| Ronit Roy | Actor | Nicole Alvares | Eliminated 8th |
| Sonali Kulkarni | Actress | Toby Fernandez | Eliminated 9th |
| Mir Ranjan Negi | Hockey Player | Marischa Fernandes | Eliminated 10th |
| Jay Bhanushali | Actor | Bindi Khare | Third place |
| Sandhya Mridul | Actress | Javed Sanadi | Runners-up |
| Prachi Desai | Actress | Deepak Singh | Eliminated 6th |
| Prachi Desai | Actress | Deepak Singh | Winners |
Series 3 (2009)
The season began on 27 February 2009.| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Result |
| Bhagyashree Dassani | Actress | Toby Fernandez | Eliminated 1st |
| Ugesh Sarcar | Magician | Tina Sachdeva | Eliminated 2nd |
| Anand Raaj Anand | Music composer & Singer | Rozita Rajput | Eliminated 3rd |
| Mohinder Amarnath | Cricketer | Lillian Mendes | Eliminated 4th |
| Ram Kapoor | Actor | Marischa Fernandes | Eliminated 5th |
| Monica Bedi | Actress | Javed Sanadi | Eliminated 7th |
| Shilpa Shukla | Actress | Nishant Bhat | Eliminated 8th |
| Parul Chauhan | Actress | Deepak Singh | Eliminated 9th |
| Hard Kaur | Rapper | Savio Barnes | Eliminated 10th |
| Karan Singh Grover | Actor | Nicole Alvares | Third place |
| Gauahar Khan | Model | Himanshu Gadani | Eliminated 6th |
| Gauahar Khan | Model | Himanshu Gadani | Runners-up |
| Bhaichung Bhutia | Footballer | Sonia Jaffer | Winners |
Series 4 (2010)
The fourth season began on 12 December 2010.| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Result |
| Anushka Manchanda | Singer | Punit Pathak | Eliminated 1st |
| Renuka Shahane | Actress | Jai Kumar Nair | Eliminated 2nd |
| Akhil Kumar | Boxer | Sneha Kapoor | Eliminated 3rd |
| Krushna Abhishek | Comedian | Robin Merchant | Eliminated 4th |
| Dayanand Shetty | CID actor | Vrushali Chawan | Eliminated 5th |
| Shekhar Suman | Actor | Priti Gupta | Eliminated 7th |
| Ragini Khanna | Actress | Neerav Bavlecha | Eliminated 8th |
| Ankita Lokhande | Actress | Nishant Bhat | Eliminated 9th |
| Mahhi Vij | Actress | Savio Barnes | Eliminated 10th |
| Yana Gupta | Actress | Salman Yusuff Khan | Third place |
| Sushant Singh Rajput | Actor | Shampa Gopikrishna | Runners-up |
| Meiyang Chang | Dentist | Marischa Fernandes | Winners |
Series 5 (2012)
The season began in June 2012. The season saw a change in its presenters and judges. Manish Paul and season 4 contestant Ragini Khanna was confirmed to host the series. Madhuri Dixit and Remo D'Souza was retained as two of the judges whilst Karan Johar joined the panel replaced Malaika Arora.| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Result |
| Talat Aziz | Singer | Ankita Maithy | Eliminated 1st |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Cricketer | Suchitra Sawant | Eliminated 2nd |
| Archana Vijaya | Actress | Sanam Johar | Eliminated 3rd |
| Pratyusha Banerjee | Balika Vadhu actress | Deepak Singh | Eliminated 4th |
| Jayati Bhatia | Sasural Simar Ka actress | Diwakar Nayal | Eliminated 5th |
| Sushil Kumar | KBC star | Alisha Singh | Eliminated 7th |
| Ravi Kishan | Actor and Bigg Boss star | Kunjan Jani | Eliminated 8th |
| Giaa Manek | Actress | Nishant Bhat | Eliminated 9th |
| Shibani Dandekar | Singer | Punit Pathak | Eliminated 10th |
| Darsheel Safary | Actor | Avneet Kaur | Eliminated 11th |
| Karan Wahi | Actor and model | Mohena Singh | Eliminated 12th |
| Bharti Singh | Comedian | Savio Barnes | Withdrew |
| Isha Sharvani | Actress | Salman Yusuff Khan | Withdrew |
| Rithvik Dhanjani | Actor and dancer | Sneha Kapoor | Third place |
| Rashami Desai | Uttaran actress | Shampa Gopikrishna | Runners-up |
| Gurmeet Choudhary | Actor | Shampa Gopikrishna | Winners |
Series 6 (2013)
The sixth season began in June 2013. Paul retained his position as the presenter whilst Kapil Sharma replaced Ragini Khanna. Dixit, D’Souza and Johar was also returned to the judging panel.| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Result |
| Eijaz Khan | Actor | Bhawna Khanduja | Withdrew |
| Suresh Menon | Comedian | Suchitra Sawant | Eliminated 1st |
| Krishnamachari Srikkanth | Cricketer | Amrita Maitra | Eliminated 2nd |
| Meghna Malik | Na Aana Is Des Laado actress | Sanam Johar | Eliminated 3rd |
| Ekta Kaul | Actress | Tushar Kalia | Eliminated 4th |
| Shweta Tiwari | Actress and Bigg Boss 4 winner | Sushant Pujari | Eliminated 5th |
| Aarti Chabria | Bollywood actress | Cornel Rodrigues | Eliminated 7th |
| Mantra Dasgupta | Actor and RJ | Ankita Maity | Eliminated 8th |
| Karan Patel | Actor | Sharmishtha Rao | Eliminated 9th |
| Karanvir Bohra | Actor | Sneha Kapoor | Eliminated 10th |
| Sidharth Shukla | Balika Vadhu actor and model | Sonia Jaffer | Eliminated 11th |
| Sana Saeed | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai actress | Tushar Kalia | Eliminated 12th |
| Mukti Mohan | Actress and dancer | Altaf Iqbal | Eliminated 13th |
| Shaan Mukherjee | Singer | Marischa Fernandes | Fourth place |
| Sonali Majumdar | India's Got Talent winner | Sumanth Maroju | Third place |
| Lauren Gottlieb | So You Think You Can Dance star and dancer | Punit Pathak | Runners-up |
| Drashti Dhami | Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon actress | Salman Yusuff Khan | Winners |
Series 7 (2014)
The season began in June 2014. There was a change in its presenters as Ranvir Shorey and season 6 winner Drashti Dhami were roped in as the hosts. Dhami later got replaced by Manish Paul.| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Result |
| Andy Kumar | VJ and Bigg Boss star | Bhavini Mishra | Eliminated 1st |
| Purab Kohli | Bollywood actor | Mohena Singh | Eliminated 2nd |
| Kritika Kamra | Actress | Savio Barnes | Eliminated 3rd |
| Sukhwinder Singh | Singer | Bhawna Khanduja | Eliminated 4th |
| Sreesanth Nair | Cricketer | Sneha Kapoor | Eliminated 5th |
| Puja Banerjee | Actress | Rajit Dev | Eliminated 7th |
| Kushal Punjabi | Actor and model | Mohena Singh | Eliminated 8th |
| Malishka Mendonsa | RJ | Diwakar Nayal | Eliminated 9th |
| Kiku Sharda | Comedian | Kruti Mahesh | Eliminated 10th |
| Tara Jean Popowich | So You Think You Can Dance star and dancer | Jack Samuel | Eliminated 11th |
| Sophie Choudry | Actress, VJ and singer | Deepak Singh | Eliminated 12th |
| Akshat Singh | India's Got Talent star | Vaishnavi Patil | Eliminated 13th |
| Mouni Roy | Actress | Punit Pathak | Fourth place |
| Shakti Mohan | Dancer | Tushar Kalia | Third place |
| Karan Tacker | Actor and model | Elena Samodanova | Runners-up |
| Ashish Sharma | Rangrasiya actor | Shampa Gopikrishna | Winners |
Series 8 (2015)
The season began in July 2015. Shahid Kapoor and season 6 runner-up Lauren Gottlieb replaced Dixit and D'Souza whilst Karan Johar was retained as judges. Manish Paul was retained as the presenter.| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Result |
| Dipika Kakar | Sasural Simar Ka actress | Vaibhav Ghuge | Eliminated 1st |
| Kavita Kaushik | Actress | Rajiv Dev | Eliminated 2nd |
| Radhika Madan | Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi Actress | Rishikaysh Jogdande | Eliminated 3rd |
| Irfan Pathan | Cricketer | Suchitra Sawant | Withdrew |
| Ashish Chaudhary | Bollywood actor | Falon Netto | Eliminated 4th |
| Subhreet Kaur Ghumman | India's Got Talent star | Diwakar Nayal | Eliminated 5th |
| Vivian Dsena | Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon actor | Bhawna Khanduja | Eliminated 6th |
| Raftaar Nair | Rapper | Sneha Kapoor | Eliminated 7th |
| Scarlett Wilson | Actress and dancer | Dhiraj Bakshi | Eliminated 8th |
| Roopal Tyagi | Actress and dancer | Rishikaysh Jogdande | Eliminated 9th |
| Neha Marda | Balika Vadhu actress | Rajit Dev | Eliminated 10th |
| Anita Hassanandani | Actress | Sanam Johar | Eliminated 11th |
| Mohit Malik | Actor and model | Marischa Fernandes | Fourth place |
| Shamita Shetty | Bollywood actress and Bigg Boss star | Deepak Singh | Third place |
| Sanaya Irani | Rangrasiya actress | Jai Kumar Nair | Runners-up |
| Faisal Khan | Dancer and actor | Vaishnavi Patil | Winners |
Series 9 (2016)
The ninth season began in July 2016. PManish 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.| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Result |
| Gaurav Gera | Comedian | Diwakar Nayal | Eliminated 1st |
| Priyanka Shah | Dancer | Poonam Shah | Eliminated 2nd |
| Harpal Singh Sokhi | Chef | Bhavna Purohit | Eliminated 3rd |
| Helly Shah | Swaragini – Jodein Rishton Ke Sur actress | Jai Kumar Nair | Eliminated 4th |
| Sidhant Gupta | Actor and model | Pranalini Atul /Sneha Singh | Eliminated 5th |
| Arjun Bijlani | Naagin actor | Bhawna Khanduja | Eliminated 6th |
| Surveen Chawla | Bollywood and Punjabi actress | Sanam Johar | Eliminated 7th |
| Gracy Goswami | Balika Vadhu actress | Sachin Sharma | Eliminated 9th |
| Nora Fatehi | Bollywood actress and Bigg Boss star | Cornel Rodrigues | Eliminated 10th |
| Spandan Chaturvedi | Udaan actress | Hardik Bora | Eliminated 11th |
| Shakti Arora | Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi actor | Suchitra Sawant | Eliminated 12th |
| Karishma Tanna | Actress and Bigg Boss runner-up | Rajit Dev | Eliminated 13th |
| Swasti Nitya | Dancer | Preetjot Dayal | Eliminated 14th |
| Dwayne Bravo | Cricketer | Bhavna Purohit | Withdrew |
| Siddharth Nigam | Actor | Vaishnavi Patil | Eliminated 15th |
| Shantanu Maheshwari | Actor and dancer | Alisha Singh | Third place |
| Salman Yusuff Khan | Dancer | Aishwarya Radhakrishnan | Runners-up |
| Teriya Magar | Dancer | Aryan Patra | Eliminated 8th |
| Teriya Magar | Dancer | Aryan Patra | Winners |
Series 10 (2022)
The tenth season began in September 2022, making its comeback after a hiatus of five years. Madhuri Dixit and Karan Johar retained their positions as judges, whilst season 9 contestant Nora Fatehi came on board as well. Terence Lewis came as a guest judge for two weeks. Manish Paul also returned as the presenter. Arjun Bijlani came as a guest anchor for a week.| Celebrity | Occupation | Professional partner | Result |
| Ali Asgar | Comedian | Lipsa Acharya | Eliminated 1st |
| Dheeraj Dhoopar | Sasural Simar Ka actor | Sneha Singh | Withdrew |
| Dutee Chand | Sprinter | Raveena Choudhary | Withdrew |
| Zorawar Kalra | Chef | Suchitra Sawant | Eliminated 2th |
| Shilpa Shinde | Actress | Nischhal Sharma | Eliminated 3rd |
| Ada Malik | Designer | Shyam Yadav | Eliminated 4th |
| Paras Kalnawat | Actor | Shweta Sharda | Eliminated 5th |
| Amruta Khanvilkar | Actress | Pratik Utekar | Eliminated 6th |
| Nia Sharma | Ishq Mein Marjawan actress | Tarun Raj Nihalini | Eliminated 7th |
| Niti Taylor | Actress | Akash Thapa | Eliminated 8th |
| Nishant Bhat | Dancer and Bigg Boss runner-up | Anuradha Iyengar | Eliminated 9th |
| Sriti Jha | Actress | Vivek Chachere | Eliminated 10th |
| Gashmeer Mahajani | Actor | Romsha Singh | Fourth place |
| Faisal Sheikh | Model | Vaishnavi Patil | Third place |
| Rubina Dilaik | Actress and Bigg Boss winner | Sanam Johar | Runners-up |
| Gunjan Sinha | Dancer | Tejas Verma | Winners |
Series 11 (2023)
The eleventh season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa airs on Sony Entertainment Television after 12 years after the change in broadcasting network. The judging panel includes Arshad Warsi, Farah Khan and Malaika Arora. Season 5 2nd runner-up Rithvik Dhanjani and Season 3 runner-up Gauahar Khan joined as hosts.| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Result |
| Aamir Ali | Bollywood and television actor | Sneha Singh | Eliminated 1st |
| Urvashi Dholakia | Bigg Boss winner and television actress | Vaibhav Ghuge | Eliminated 2nd |
| Rajiv Thakur | Actor and comedian | Suchitra Sawant | Eliminated 3rd |
| Vivek Dahiya | Bollywood and television actor | Lipsa Acharya | Eliminated 4th |
| Tanishaa Mukerji | Bollywood actress and Bigg Boss runner-up | Tarun Raj Nihalini | Eliminated 5th |
| Awez Darbar | Social media personality | Vaishnavi Patil | Withdrew |
| Glenn Saldanha | Radio jockey | Arundhati Garnaik | Eliminated 6th |
| Anjali Anand | Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani actress | Danny Fernandez | Eliminated 7th |
| Sangeeta Phogat | Wrestler | Bharat Ghare | Eliminated 8th |
| Karuna Pandey | Pushpa Impossible actress | Vivek Chachere | Eliminated 9th |
| Sagar Parekh | Anupamaa actor | Shivani Patel | Eliminated 10th |
| Shiv Thakare | Bigg Boss runner-up | Romsha Singh | Eliminated 11th |
| Sreerama Chandra | Indian Idol winner and playback singer | Sonali Kar | Finalists |
| Dhanashree Verma | Social media personality and Yuzvendra Chahal's wife | Sagar Bora | Finalists |
| Adrija Sinha | Bollywood actress | Akash Thapa | Runners-up |
| Shoaib Ibrahim | Social Media personality and television actor | Anuradha Iyenagar | Runners-up |
| Manisha Rani | Social media personality and Bigg Boss OTT 2 2nd runner-up | Ashutosh Pawar | Winners |