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Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 8

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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
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Season 9

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]

Format

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Further information: Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa § 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

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Judges for Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Series 8
Shahid
Kapoor
Karan
Johar
Lauren
Gottlieb
Ganesh Hegde

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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  1. ^ "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded starts tonight". 11 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Sneak Peek: Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded Grand Premiere: Subhreet's Performance Brings Tears To Shahid Kapoor's Eyes". 13 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Meet the judges of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 8". 2 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 grand finale: Mohit Malik, Sanaya Irani, Shamita Shetty or Faisal- Who deserves the Jhalak trophy?". 8 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Faisal Wins Jhalak + 11 Facts About The Boy Who Danced His Way Into The Hearts Of A Bn Indians". IndiaTimes. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  6. ^ "From 'bheed ka hissa' to 'Jhalak' judge: Shahid Kapoor is on a roll". 1 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Watch: Karan Johar introduces Shahid Kapoor in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa promo". 28 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Shahid Kapoor starts shooting for Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa". 2 July 2015.
  9. ^ "'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8': Ashish Chowdhry, Vivian Dsena, Radhika Madan, Dipika Samson and Others Start Shooting". 2 July 2015.
  10. ^ "'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8': Manish Paul Offered ₹1.5 Crore to Host the Dance Show?". 21 April 2015.
  11. ^ "'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8': Kavita aka Chandramukhi Chautala of 'FIR', Sargun, Sanaya Approached? RJ Pritam to Host Show". 16 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8: RJ Pritam Pyare walks out of the show". 25 June 2015.
  13. ^ "Is Farah Khan replacing Karan Johar on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded?". 27 April 2015.
  14. ^ "'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8': Madhuri Dixit Nene Not to Judge Reality Show?". 27 April 2015.
  15. ^ "Remo D'Souza quits 'Jhalak' for Star Plus?". 27 May 2015.
  16. ^ "Shahid Kapoor to judge Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 8?". 5 June 2015.
  17. ^ "Shahid Kapoor approached to judge 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8'?". 6 June 2015.
  18. ^ "Ganesh Hegde roped in as judge on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 8?". 12 June 2015.
  19. ^ "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8: Madhuri Dixit out, Shahid Kapoor, Lauren Gottlieb in". 22 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Malaika Arora Khan to replace Karan Johar on 'Jhalak Reloaded'". 28 August 2015.
  21. ^ "Catch Pics & Videos : Shahid – Alia's Shaandaar Night At Grand Finale Of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Reloaded". 8 October 2015.
  22. ^ "Alia Bhatt to light up 'Jhalak Reloaded' finale". 3 October 2015.
  23. ^ "In Pics: Highlights of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa finale". 11 October 2015.
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  25. ^ "Meet the final contestants of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8". 15 June 2015.
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  27. ^ "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded: Irrfan Pathan Quits The Show; Ashish Chowdhry & Shubreet Kaur EVICTED". 22 August 2015.
  28. ^ "Jhalak Wild Card entries: Sukirti Kandpal, Neha Marda, Roopal Tyagi and Anita Hassanandani to enter?". The Times of India. 28 August 2015.
  29. ^ "Neha to join reel hubby Mohit on Jhalak". The Times of India. 31 August 2015.
  30. ^ "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded: Dipika Kakar Gets Eliminated From The Show". 25 July 2015.
  31. ^ "Kavita Kaushik eliminated from Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8". 31 July 2015.
  32. ^ "Irfan Pathan enters Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 as wild card, Vishal Karwal does not get selected". 4 August 2015.
  33. ^ "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8: Radhika Madan aka Ishani of Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi eliminated". India Today. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  34. ^ "Irfan Pathan quits Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8". 21 August 2015.
  35. ^ a b "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 shocker: Dancing wonder Subhreet Kaur eliminated". 22 August 2015.
  36. ^ Rajani, Snehal (29 August 2015). "Vivian DSena's journey comes to an end on Jhalak!". india.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  37. ^ "Raftaar Nair eliminated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8". 1 September 2015.
  38. ^ "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8: Scarlett Wilson eliminated". 11 September 2015.
  39. ^ "Roopal, Anita, Neha selected while Sukirti gets eliminated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8". 21 August 2015.
  40. ^ "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8: Roopal Tyagi eliminated!". india.com. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  41. ^ "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8: Neha Marda eliminated". India Today. 24 September 2015.
  42. ^ "Anita Hassanandani out of Jhalak Reloaded due to injury". India Today. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  43. ^ "Mohit Malik dances away to judges' heart". 28 August 2015.
  44. ^ "Shamita Shetty to Participate in 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8'; Actress to be Judged by Sister Shilpa Shetty?". 2 May 2015.
  45. ^ "I don't act for fame: Jhalak participant Sanaya Irani". 13 July 2015.
  46. ^ "Faisal Khan wins 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8'". 11 October 2015.
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