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[1] and Drashti Dhami[2] but later got replaced by Manish Paul.[3] Madhuri Dixit, Karan Johar and Remo D'Souza were the three judges.[4] The finale took place on 20 September 2014 and was won by Ashish Sharma and Shampa Gopikrishna.
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa | |
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Season 7 | |
Presented by | Manish Paul Drashti Dhami Ranvir Shorey |
Judges | Remo D'Souza Madhuri Dixit Karan Johar |
No. of contestants | 16 |
Winner | Ashish Sharma |
Runner-up | Karan Tacker |
No. of episodes | 31 |
Release | |
Original network | Colors TV |
Original release | 7 June 20 September 2014 | –
Season chronology |
Format
editThe 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
editThe series was announced in February 2014. The press conference and launch was held on 2 June 2014.[5] The shooting of the series also stated from 3 June. Colors TV had released its promos in May 2014 introducing the celebrity contestants.[6]
In May 2014, it was announced that Ranvir Shorey will be replacing Kapil Sharma as one of the presenters.[7][8] Drashti Dhami also was revealed to be hosting the show alongside Ranvir.[9] In June 2014, Dhami quit the series as a presenter weeks after the show's launch and got replaced by Manish Paul.[10][11][12]
Madhuri Dixit, Karan Johar and Remo D'Souza returned as the judges and announced their return in March 2014.[13]
Cast
editThis series features thirteen celebrity contestants.[14] In April 2014, it was announced that Purab Kohli, Karan Tacker and Andy Kumar are the first three confirmed contestants.[15][16][17] Puja Banerjee, Mouni Roy and Shakti Mohan was later revealed as the other celebrities as well.[18][19][20] 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.[21][22] 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.[23]
Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Result |
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Andy Kumar | VJ and Bigg Boss 7 star | Bhavini Mishra | Eliminated 1st on 15 June 2014[24] |
Purab Kohli | Bollywood actor | Mohena Singh | Eliminated 2nd on 22 June 2014[25] |
Kritika Kamra | Actress | Savio Barnes | Eliminated 3rd on 29 June 2014[26] |
Sukhwinder Singh | Singer | Bhawna Khanduja | Eliminated 4th on 6 July 2014[27] |
Sreesanth Nair | Cricketer | Sneha Kapoor | Eliminated 5th on 12 July 2014[28] |
Kainaat Arora | Grand Masti actress | Cornel Rodrigues | Not Selected on 13 July 2014[29] |
Rahul Vaidya | Singer | Syscilia D'Souza | Not Selected on 13 July 2014[29] |
Sana Khan | Actress & Bigg Boss 6 star | Shashank Dogra | Not Selected on 13 July 2014[29] |
Akriti Kakar | Singer | Javed Sanadi | Withdrew on 13 July 2014[29] |
Puja Banerjee | Actress | Rajit Dev | Eliminated 6th on 27 July 2014[30] |
Kushal Punjabi | Actor and model | Mohena Singh | Eliminated 7th on 2 August 2014[31] |
Malishka Mendonsa | RJ | Diwakar Nayal | Eliminated 8th on 9 August 2014[32] |
Kiku Sharda | Comedian | Kruti Mahesh | Eliminated 9th on 16 August 2014[33] |
Tara Jean Popowich | So You Think You Can Dance star and dancer | Jack Samuel | Eliminated 10th on 23 August 2014[34] |
Sophie Choudry | Actress, VJ and singer | Deepak Singh | Eliminated 11th on 30 August 2014[35] |
Akshat Singh | India's Got Talent star | Vaishnavi Patil | Eliminated 12th on 13 September 2014[36] |
Mouni Roy | Actress | Punit Pathak | Fourth place on 20 September 2014[37] |
Shakti Mohan | Dancer | Tushar Kalia | Third place on 20 September 2014[38] |
Karan Tacker | Actor and model | Elena Samodanova (later Bhawna Khanduja) |
Runners-up on 20 September 2014[39] |
Ashish Sharma | Rangrasiya actor | Shampa Gopikrishna | Winners on 20 September 2014[40] |
Scoring chart
edit
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 7)- Weekly Scores Couple Pl. Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6+7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13+14 15 16 Night 1 Night 2 1+2 Ashish 27 35 36 30† 26 27 25 52 24 27 25 27 27+29=56 29+30=59 27+30=57 116 — 27 9 36[a] Karan 21 32 40† 27 30† 27 29 56 30† 27 30† 30† 27+30=57 27+27=54 28+30=58 112 29 10 39[b] Shakti 29† 40† 40† 30† 30† 30† 30† 60† 30† 29 30† 30† 30+30=60 30+30=60 00+00=00 60[c] 27 8 36[d] Mouni 27 31 30 36[c] 22 30† 30† 60† 38 30† 27 30† 24+27=51 27+27=54 27+30=57 111 27[e] Akshat 28 40† 40† 30† 30† 30† 30† 60† 27 29 30† 25‡[c] 30+30=60[c] 27+30=57 30+30=60 117[f] Sophie 25[c] 36 34 27 27 30† 30† 60† 26 30† 27 24 24+27=51[f] Tara 27 30† 57 30† 30† 27[c] 30†[f] Kiku 27 27 34 27 25 21‡ 21‡ 42‡ 26[c] 27[c] 24[f] Malishka 23 24 47 23 26[f] Kushal 25 27 52[c] 29[f] Puja 22 27[c] 34[c] 26 22[c] 25 23 48[f] Sreesanth 27 32 28 27 27[f] Sukhwinder 18‡ 26 31 21[f] Kritika 22 30 29[f] Purab 24 33[f] Andy 20[f]
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 Week 15 Week 16 Performer of
the WeekNone Akshat Mouni Ashish None Sophie None Karan Mouni Shakti Akshat Ashish Akshat Mouni None Ashish 27 35 36 30 26 27 25 24 27 25 27 27 29 Sana S 29 30 27 30 — — 27 9 Winner Karan 21 32 40 27 30 27 29 30 27 30 30 27 30 Krystle 27 27 28 30 — — 29 10 1st runner-up Shakti 29 40 40 30 30 30 30 30 29 30 30 30 30 Mukti 30 30 — — — — 27 8 2nd runner-up Mouni 27 31 30 36 22 40 40 38 30 37 30 24 27 Faisal 27 27 27 30 — — 27 — 3rd runner-up Akshat 28 40 40 30 30 30 30 27 29 30 25 30 30 Ali 27 30 30 30 — Eliminated Sophie 25 36 34 27 27 30 30 26 30 27 24 24 27 Elli — Eliminated Tara NOT IN COMPETITION 27 30 30 30 27 30 27 Eliminated Kiku 27 27 34 27 25 21 21 26 27 24 — Eliminated Malishka NOT IN COMPETITION 23 24 23 26 22 Eliminated Kushal NOT IN COMPETITION 25 27 29 26 Eliminated Puja 22 27 34 26 22 25 23 25 Eliminated Akriti NOT IN COMPETITION — Quit Kainaat NOT IN COMPETITION — Not Selected Rahul NOT IN COMPETITION — Not Selected Sana K NOT IN COMPETITION — Not Selected Sreesanth 27 32 28 27 27 20 Eliminated Sukhwinder 18 26 31 21 22 Eliminated Kritika 22 30 29 25 Eliminated Purab 24 33 30 Eliminated Andy 20 27 Eliminated Bottom 2 None Andy
SophiePuja
PurabKritika
PujaMouni
SukhwinderPuja
SreesanthNone Kushal
PujaKiku
KushalKiku
MalishkaKiku
TaraAkshat
TaraAkshat
SohpieNone Akshat
ShaktiAshish
Karan
Mouni
ShaktiQuit None Akriti None Eliminated No
EliminationAndy Purab Kritika Sukhwinder Sreesanth No
EliminationPuja Kushal Malishka Kiku Tara Sophie No
EliminationAkshat Mouni Shakti Karan Ashish
- notes
Dance chart
editThe couples performed the following each week:
- Highest scoring dance
- Lowest scoring dance
- Non-scoring dance
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 7) - Dance chart Couple Weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ashish & Shampa Hip-hop Samba Bollywood, Freestyle & Thang Ta Drunk Jazz Freestyle Bollywood Stomping & Hip-hop Freestyle Paso Doble Semi Classical Physical Theatre & Mime Freestyle Bollywood & Freestyle Yakshaganan Disco & Freestyle Tango Contemporary Hip-hop & Krumping Hip-hop & Freestyle Freestyle[a] Freestyle[a] Freestyle[a] Parkour & Freestyle Freestyle relay Karan & Elena Freestyle Cha-Cha & Hustle Bollywood Ballroom Freestyle Paso Doble Hip-hop Bollywood Stomping & Krumping Bollywood & Freestyle Freestyle Contemporary & Freestyle Bollywood & Freestyle Contemporary & Freestyle Freestyle Hip-hop & Bhangra Freestyle Hip-hop & Freestyle Jazz & Freestyle Freestyle[a] Kalari & Chau[a] Paso Doble & Freestyle Shakti & Tushar Ballet Tango & Mambo Tricks Contemporary & Chau Modern Jazz Latin Freestyle Contemporary Freestyle Classical & Classical Bollywood & Freestyle Lyrical Hip-hop Lyrical Broadway Jazz Freestyle Contact Improvisation Tandav Cabaret —[a] Freestyle[a] Afro & Acrobacia[a] Contemporary & Krumping Mouni & Punit Freestyle Rumba & Coban Bolero Contorted Tandav Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Classical & Robotics Bollywood & Freestyle Freestyle Afro Broadway Jazz Paso Doble Contemporary Freestyle Jazz Semi Classical Robotics & Bollywood Freestyle[a] Freestyle[a] Contemporary[a] Indian Folk Akshat & Vaishnavi Bollywood Paso Doble Bollywood Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Robotics Freestyle Semi Classical Contemporary & Freestyle Semi Classical Bollywood & Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Animation Hip-hop & Freestyle Freestyle[a] Freestyle[b] Sophie & Deepak Freestyle Bollywood Bollywood, Freestyle & Paso Doble Samba & Freestyle Aerial & Freestyle Freestyle Bollywood Jive & Freestyle Contemporary & Freestyle Acrobacia & Freestyle Lyrical Broadway Jazz Freestyle Hip-hop Freestyle[c] Tara &
JackFreestyle[a] Contemporary Jazz Hip-hop & House Hip-hop and Contemporary Bollywood Urban Hip-hop[a] Paso Doble Bollywood & Freestyle Contemporary & Freestyle Kiku & Kruti Electro Flamenco & Bomba Lavani Bollywood & Freestyle Robotics Freestyle Freestyle Hip-hop Popping & Locking Tandav & Krumping Lyrical Hip-hop[c] Malishka & Diwakar Bollywood[a] Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Semi Classical Samba & Freestyle Kushal & Mohena Hip-hop[a] Freestyle Freestyle Afro Street Jazz Puja &
RajitFreestyle Cha-Cha & Tofo Tofo Tollywood Freestyle Semi Classical Freestyle Bollywood & Freestyle Freestyle Kainaat & Cornel Salsa[a] Rahul & Syscilia Bollywood[a] Sana & Shashank Bollywood[a] Akriti & Javed —[d] Sreesanth & Sneha Hip-hop Lindy Hop & Chamberlian Bollywood & Rajasthani Folk Hip-hop & Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Sukhwinder & Bhawna Freestyle Rumba & Contact Improvisation Bollywood & Bhangra Hip-hop & Freestyle Freestyle Kritika & Savio Freestyle Jive & Jitterbug Bollywood & Garba Cha Cha & Freestyle Purab & Mohena Freestyle Salsa & Lambada Bollywood Andy & Bhavini Contemporary Zouk & Reggaeton
- Note
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s No scores were given for this dance.
- ^ No scores were given for Akshat this dance as he was originally eliminated but on public demand he was brought back for a last performance.
- ^ a b No scores were given for this dance as contestant was eliminated.
- ^ No scores were given for this dance as the contestant quit the series before performing.
Themes
editThe 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
Week 5 was themed 'Prop week', and each of the participating celebrities dedicated their performances as follow.
- 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
1st Episode of Week 5 themed 'Wild Card' Special selected 4 new contestant to current participating celebrities.
- Note - Singer Akriti Kakkar had to quit the show as she was to enter the wild card race due to an accident.[41][42]
Couple | Dance Form | Dance Song |
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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
- Selected Dance
- Rejected Dance
Week 8 themed 'Kurukshetra is where the judges chooses their teams within the participants and the one with more scores wins.
Category | Remo's Team | Karan's Team | Madhuri's Team |
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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 |
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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.
- Green numbers indicates the highest score.
Week 13 was themed 'Teen Ka Tadka' special episode wherein every contestant will get a new celebrity contestant to dance with. Sana and Tushar who were paired with Mumaith Khan could not perform in the episode since they got eliminated in that week.
- 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
Guest appearances
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