Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 8

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 also known as Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded is the eighth season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.[1] It premiered on 11 July 2015 on Colors.[2] The series is hosted by Manish Paul yet again. Karan Johar, Shahid Kapoor, and Ganesh Hegde and Lauren Gottlieb judged the series.[3] Malaika Arora replaced Johar later. The finale took place on 10 October 2015 declaring Faisal Khan and Vaishnavi as the winners while popular actress Sanaya Irani and Jai was the first runners-up.[4][5]

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa
Season 8
Presented byManish Paul
JudgesGanesh Hegde
Lauren Gottlieb
Shahid Kapoor
Karan Johar
Malaika Arora
No. of contestants16
Celebrity winnerFaisal Khan
Professional winnerVaishnavi Patil
Winning mentorVivek Chachere
Runner-upSanaya Irani
No. of episodes27
Release
Original networkColors TV
Original release11 July (2015-07-11) –
10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
Season chronology
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Season 7
Next →
Season 9

Format

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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

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Judges for Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Series 8

The series was announced to be back in April 2015. The press conference and launch was held on 3 July. Colors TV released the first promo featuring judges Karan Johar and Shahid Kapoor in June.[6][7] The shooting started from 2 July where host, judges and contestants were spotted at the sets.[8][9]

In April 2015, it was revealed that Manish Paul will be retained as host.[10] In May 2015, it was announced that RJ and Bigg Boss 8 finalist, Pritam Singh was roped in to present the series replacing Ranvir Shorey.[11] He later walked out of the series in June due to differences with the production managers.[12]

In May 2015, it was announced that Karan Johar would not return as judge and that Farah Khan will replace him but later it was he decided to stay back.[13] Later it was also announced that Madhuri Dixit won’t be returning as judge.[14] In May 2015, it was revealed that Remo D'Souza has quit the show after judging the show for the last four years as he announced to judge Star Plus's dance show Dance Plus.[15]

In June 2015, Shahid Kapoor was announced to join as a judge.[16][17] Ganesh Hegde and season 6 runner-up Lauren Gottlieb were later added as the other two judges.[18][19]

In September 2015, Johar announced his departure from the series as a judge as he had to shoot for his film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.[20]

The grand finale shooting was held on 7 October 2015 in Mumbai where judges, finalists, host and guest celebrities were spotted at the sets.[21] Alia Bhatt and Salman Khan had attended the shoot to promote film Shaandaar and reality show Bigg Boss 9.[22] Comedy Nights Bachao cast including Krushna Abhishek, Bharti Singh, Adaa Khan, Puja Banerjee and Karan Wahi also were at the finale shoot for more entertainment.[23]

Cast

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This series features twelve celebrity contestants. In May 2015, Kavita Kaushik and Sanaya Irani were revealed as the first contestants.[24] The full line up was revealed in June 2015.[25]

In August 2015, cricketer Irfan Pathan and actor Vishal Karwal were roped in as wild card entries.[26] Irfan was selected to go ahead in the competition while Vishal was straight away eliminated.

Irfan withdrew himself from the series later due to cricket commitments.[27]

In September 2015, the series brought four new wild card entries, Anita Hassanandani, Neha Marda, Roopal Tyagi and Sukirti Kandpal.[28][29] Anita, Neha and Roopal were selected to go ahead in the competition while Sukirti was straight away eliminated.

Celebrity Notability Professional partner Result
Dipika Kakar Sasural Simar Ka actress Vaibhav Ghuge Eliminated 1st
on 25 July 2015[30]
Kavita Kaushik Actress Rajiv Dev Eliminated 2nd
on 2 August 2015[31]
Vishal Karwal Actor and MTV Splitsvilla winner Shampa Gopikrishna Not Selected
on 2 August 2015[32]
Radhika Madan Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi Actress Rishikaysh Jogdande Eliminated 3rd
on 16 August 2015[33]
Irfan Pathan Cricketer Suchitra Sawant Withdrew
on 21 August 2015[34]
Ashish Chaudhary Bollywood actor and Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 winner Vrushali Chavan
(later Falon Netto)
Eliminated 4th
on 22 August 2015[35]
Subhreet Kaur India's Got Talent star Diwakar Nayal Eliminated 5th
on 22 August 2015[35]
Vivian Dsena Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon actor Bhawna Khanduja Eliminated 6th
on 29 August 2015[36]
Raftaar Nair Rapper Sneha Kapoor Eliminated 7th
on 5 September 2015[37]
Scarlett Wilson Actress and dancer Dhiraj Bakshi Eliminated 8th
on 12 September 2015[38]
Sukirti Kandpal Actress and Bigg Boss 8 star Jack Samuel Not Selected
on 13 September 2015[39]
Roopal Tyagi Actress and dancer Rishikaysh Jogdande Eliminated 9th
on 19 September 2015[40]
Neha Marda Balika Vadhu actress Rajit Dev Eliminated 10th
on 26 September 2015[41]
Anita Hassanandani Actress Sanam Johar Eliminated 11th
on 3 October 2015[42]
Mohit Malik Actor and model Marischa Fernandes Fourth place
on 10 October 2015[43]
Shamita Shetty Bollywood actress and Bigg Boss 3 star Deepak Singh Third place
on 10 October 2015[44]
Sanaya Irani Rangrasiya actress Jai Kumar Nair Runners-up
on 10 October 2015[45]
Faisal Khan Dancer and actor Vaishnavi Patil Winners
on 10 October 2015[46]

Score chart

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Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14
Faisal 36 39 34 40 32 40 40 40 38 40 39 48 37 Akshat 39 40 40 10 Winner
Sanaya 32 34 32 36 40 37 30 35 36 40 39 46 36 Drashti 33 35 37 8 1st runner-up
Shamita 34 39 32 38 40 38 28 37 40 37 37 47 36 Sanjeeda 39 40 40 9 2nd runner-up
Mohit 32 31 39 35 37 38 27 40 36 34 40 40 40 Gautam 37 37 40 3rd runner-up
Anita NOT IN COMPETITION 33 38 39 Vishal 37 35 Eliminated
Neha NOT IN COMPETITION 35 43 35 Amruta Eliminated
Roopal NOT IN COMPETITION 30 37 Eliminated
Sukirti NOT IN COMPETITION 29 Not Selected
Scarlett 34 38 34 34 39 40 30 30 40 36 Eliminated
Raftaar 36 34 29 40 40 35 27 35 38 Eliminated
Vivian 32 32 38 40 33 40 27 37 Eliminated
Ashish 32 26 31 32 33 34 23 Eliminated
Subhreet 39 37 39 39 36 37 26 Eliminated
Irfan NOT IN COMPETITION 36 39 33 Quit
Radhika 37 31 34 36 35 37 Eliminated
Vishal NOT IN COMPETITION 32 Not Selected
Kavita 33 36 34 36 Eliminated
Dipika 29 36 Eliminated
Bottom None Dipika
Kavita
Ashish
Dipika
Kavita
Raftaar
Irfan
Scarlet
Faisal
Radhika
Ashish
Irfan
Subhreet
Vivian
Raftaar
Vivian
Raftaar
Scarlett
Scarlett
Shamitta
Neha
Roopal
Anita
Neha
Anita
Mohit
Faisal
Mohit
Sanaya
Shamita
Quit None Irfan None
Eliminated No
Elimination
No
Elimination
Dipika Kavita No
Elimination
Radhika Ashish Vivian Raftaar Scarlett Sukirti Roopal Neha Anita Mohit Shamita
Vishal Subhreet Sanaya Faisal
green numbers indicates the highest score.
red numbers indicates the lowest score.
  indicates the winning couple.
  indicates the runner-up couple.
  indicates the second runner-up couple
  indicates the fourth-place couple
  indicates the couple eliminated that week.
  indicates the contestant was not selected.
  indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom three.
n/a indicates the couple did not get any scores

Dance chart

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The couples performed the following each week:

  Highest scoring dance
  Lowest scoring dance
  Non-scoring dance
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 8) - Dance chart
Couple Weeks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Faisal & Vishnavi Hip-hop Rock and Roll & Lindy Pop Freestyle Robotics Freestyle Lavani Lyrical Hip-hop Freestyle Kalaripayattu & Freestyle Contemporary Freestyle Freestyle Classical Bollywood Krumping[a] Freestyle[a] Freestyle Freestyle relay
Sanaya & Jai Bollywood Waltz Freestyle Freestyle & Afro Bollywood Bollywood & Mujra Freestyle Rock and Roll & Jazz Freestyle Contemporary Freestyle Contemporary Freestyle Freestyle Lyrical Hip-hop[a] Freestyle[a] Freestyle
Shamita & Deepak Freestyle Freestyle Broadway Jazz Waltz Cabaret & Samba Bollywood & Tollywood Bollywood Freestyle Bollywood Afro Jazz Contemporary Semi Classical Hip-hop Latin Bollywood[a] Freestyle[a] Freestyle
Mohit & Marischa Afro & Krumping Street Jazz & Freestyle Freestye Kalaripayattu Freestyle Freestyle Hip-hop & Bhangra Paso Doble Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Bollywood Freestyle Hip-hop & Krumping[a] Freestyle[a] Freestyle
Anita & Sanam Bachata Contemporary Freestyle Freestyle [b]
Neha & Rajit Semi Classical Afro[a] Freestyle [b] Freestyle[b]
Roopal & Rishikaysh Bollywood Freestyle[b]
Sukirti & Jack Freestyle [b]
Scarlett & Dhiraj Jazz Hip-hop & Salsa Bollywood Paso Doble Freestyle Freestyle & Krumping Contemporary Freestyle Bollywood Freestyle Urban Hip-hop
Raftaar & Sneha Hip-hop Jive Bollywood Lyrical Hip-hop Rhumba Tandav Hip-hop & Tollywood Hip-hop Kalaripayattu & Freestyle Kathak
Vivian & Bhawna Freestyle Robotics Freestyle Freestyle Jazz Contemporary Freestyle & Tango Bollywood
Ashish & Falon Freestyle Bollywood Bollywood Freestyle Rock and Roll Freestyle Freestyle & Aerial
Subhreet &
Diwakar
Freestyle Freestyle & Bhangra Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle & Waltz
Irfan & Suchitra Freestyle Bollywood Garba & Bollywood Freestyle[b]
Radhika & Rishikaysh Lyrical Contemporary Contourtion & Hip-hop Tango Street Jazz Bollywood Bharatnatyam
Vishal & Shampa Contemporary
Kavita & Rajit Freestyle Bollywood Freestyle Freestyle
Dipika & Vaibhav Cabaret Freestyle [b]
Note
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i No scores were given for this dance.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g No scores were given for this dance as contestant was eliminated.

Themes

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The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:

  • Grand Opening Week: Introduction
  • Week 1: Motion
  • Week 2: Party
  • Week 3: Team War
  • Week 4: Dance on Favourite Superstar Song
  • Week 5: Made In India
  • Week 6: Andaaz Apna
  • Week 7: Background Dancer
  • Week 8: Costume Dhamaka
  • Week 9 : Usage of Props & Wild Card Entry
  • Week 10: Films Masala
  • Week 11: 90's theme and Teen Ka Tadka
  • Week 12: Dance with India's Got Talent contestants
  • Week 13: Grand finale

Teen Ka Tadka guest partners

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References

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