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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.
Format
Template:Further 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
Template:Multiple image The series was announced in February 2014. The press conference and launch was held on 2 June 2014.[5] The shooting of the series also started 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
This 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Kumar | VJ and Bigg Boss 7 star | Bhavini Mishra | Eliminated 1st Template:Small[24] |
| Purab Kohli | Bollywood actor | Mohena Singh | Eliminated 2nd Template:Small[25] |
| Kritika Kamra | Actress | Savio Barnes | Eliminated 3rd Template:Small[26] |
| Sukhwinder Singh | Singer | Bhawna Khanduja | Eliminated 4th Template:Small[27] |
| Sreesanth Nair | Cricketer | Sneha Kapoor | Eliminated 5th Template:Small[28] |
| Kainaat Arora | Grand Masti actress | Cornel Rodrigues | Not Selected Template:Small[29] |
| Rahul Vaidya | Singer | Syscilia D'Souza | Not Selected Template:Small[29] |
| Sana Khan | Actress & Bigg Boss 6 star | Shashank Dogra | Not Selected Template:Small[29] |
| Akriti Kakar | Singer | Javed Sanadi | Withdrew Template:Small[29] |
| Puja Banerjee | Actress | Rajit Dev | Eliminated 6th Template:Small[30] |
| Kushal Punjabi | Actor and model | Mohena Singh | Eliminated 7th Template:Small[31] |
| Malishka Mendonsa | RJ | Diwakar Nayal | Eliminated 8th Template:Small[32] |
| Kiku Sharda | Comedian | Kruti Mahesh | Eliminated 9th Template:Small[33] |
| Tara Jean Popowich | So You Think You Can Dance star and dancer | Jack Samuel | Eliminated 10th Template:Small[34] |
| Sophie Choudry | Actress, VJ and singer | Deepak Singh | Eliminated 11th Template:Small[35] |
| Akshat Singh | India's Got Talent star | Vaishnavi Patil | Eliminated 12th Template:Small[36] |
| Mouni Roy | Actress | Punit Pathak | Fourth place Template:Small[37] |
| Shakti Mohan | Dancer | Tushar Kalia | Third place Template:Small[38] |
| Karan Tacker | Actor and model | Elena Samodanova (later Bhawna Khanduja) |
Runners-up Template:Small[39] |
| Ashish Sharma | Rangrasiya actor | Shampa Gopikrishna | Winners Template:Small[40] |
Scoring chart
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 Template:N/a Template:N/a 27 9 Winner Karan 21 32 40 27 30 27 29 30 27 30 30 27 30 Krystle 27 27 28 30 Template:N/a Template:N/a 29 10 1st runner-up Shakti 29 40 40 30 30 30 30 30 29 30 30 30 30 Mukti 30 30 Template:N/a Template:N/a Template:N/a Template:N/a 27 8 2nd runner-up Mouni 27 31 30 36 22 40 40 38 30 37 30 24 27 Faisal 27 27 27 30 Template:N/a Template:N/a 27 Template:N/a 3rd runner-up Akshat 28 40 40 30 30 30 30 27 29 30 25 30 30 Ali 27 30 30 30 Template:N/a Eliminated Sophie 25 36 34 27 27 30 30 26 30 27 24 24 27 Elli Template:N/a Eliminated Tara NOT IN COMPETITION 27 30 30 30 27 30 27 Eliminated Kiku 27 27 34 27 25 21 21 26 27 24 Template:N/a 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 Template:N/a Quit Kainaat NOT IN COMPETITION Template:N/a Not Selected Rahul NOT IN COMPETITION Template:N/a Not Selected Sana K NOT IN COMPETITION Template:N/a 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 Template:N/a Andy
SophiePuja
PurabKritika
PujaMouni
SukhwinderPuja
SreesanthTemplate:N/a Kushal
PujaKiku
KushalKiku
MalishkaKiku
TaraAkshat
TaraAkshat
Sohpiecolspan="2" Template:N/a 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
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Dance chart
The couples performed the following each week:
- Template:Color box Highest scoring dance
- Template:Color box Lowest scoring dance
- Template:Color box 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 FreestyleTemplate:Efn FreestyleTemplate:Efn FreestyleTemplate:Efn 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 FreestyleTemplate:Efn Kalari & ChauTemplate:Efn 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 —Template:Efn FreestyleTemplate:Efn Afro & AcrobaciaTemplate:Efn 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 FreestyleTemplate:Efn FreestyleTemplate:Efn ContemporaryTemplate:Efn 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 FreestyleTemplate:Efn FreestyleTemplate:Efn 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 FreestyleTemplate:Efn Tara &
JackFreestyleTemplate:Efn Contemporary Jazz Hip-hop & House Hip-hop and Contemporary Bollywood Urban Hip-hopTemplate:Efn 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-hopTemplate:Efn Malishka & Diwakar BollywoodTemplate:Efn Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Semi Classical Samba & Freestyle Kushal & Mohena Hip-hopTemplate:Efn Freestyle Freestyle Afro Street Jazz Puja &
RajitFreestyle Cha-Cha & Tofo Tofo Tollywood Freestyle Semi Classical Freestyle Bollywood & Freestyle Freestyle Kainaat & Cornel SalsaTemplate:Efn Rahul & Syscilia BollywoodTemplate:Efn Sana & Shashank BollywoodTemplate:Efn Akriti & Javed —Template:Efn 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
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Themes
The 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. Template:Colbegin
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- Template:Color box Selected Dance
- Template:Color box 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
References
- ↑ Ranvir Shorey to co-host Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 7. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ Drashti Dhami to host Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa(15 May 2014). Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ↑ Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7: Drashti Dhami sacked, Manish Paul to rpelace her(21 June 2014). Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ↑ Catch never seen before action on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ↑ 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' Season 7: 13 Celebrity Contestants and their Choreographers Revealed [PHOTOS](3 June 2014).
- ↑ Jhalak Dikh Laja 7: Mouni Roy shoots for promo video(23 May 2014).
- ↑ Ranvir Shorey to host Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7(10 May 2014).
- ↑ Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7: Former VJ Ranvir Shorey returns back to TV(10 May 2014).
- ↑ Drashti Dhami to co-host Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 with Ranvir Shorey?(15 May 2014).
- ↑ Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7: Drashti Dhami quits the show(22 June 2014).
- ↑ Manish Paul replaces Drashti Dhami on Jhalak Dhikhhla Jaa(20 June 2014).
- ↑ No problem with Drashti after Jhalak reshuffle: Manish Paul(26 June 2014).
- ↑ Madhuri, Karan, Remo glam up for ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7’(3 June 2014).
- ↑ Presenting The 13 Contestants Of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa – Season 7(20 May 2014).
- ↑ Purab Kohli to participate in 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7'(10 April 2014).
- ↑ Karan Tacker in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa(18 April 2014).
- ↑ VJ Andy, young Akshat to compete in 'Jhalak...'?(22 April 2014).
- ↑ Krystle Dsouza and Puja Banerjee in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7(15 April 2014).
- ↑ Kiku, Rajneesh Duggal, Mouni Roy to participate in 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7'?(16 April 2014).
- ↑ Shakti Mohan in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7(16 April 2014).
- ↑ Sana Khan, Akriti Kakkar to shake a leg in JDJ. Daily News and Analysis(2 July 2014).
- ↑ Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7: Confirmed Wild Card Entrants(9 July 2014).
- ↑ 'Jhalak Dikhhlaa Jaa' Season 7: Singer Akriti Kakkar Quits Show due to Injury(9 July 2014).
- ↑ Never expected such a short innings on 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa': VJ Andy after eviction(16 June 2014). Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ↑ I was shocked by my elimination from 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa': Purab Kohli(23 June 2014). Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ↑ Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa elimination was shocking for me: Kritika Kamra. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ↑ Sukhwinder Singh voted out of ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’(7 July 2014).
- ↑ Sreesanth Nair eliminated from Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7(13 July 2014).
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7: Kainaat, Sana, Rahul eliminated(9 July 2014).
- ↑ Puja Banerjee eliminated from Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa(29 July 2014).
- ↑ Kushal Punjabi eliminated from Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ RJ Malishka gets eliminated from Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, wants to host next season. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ↑ Kiku Sharda: Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Journey was Fantastic. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ Tara eliminated from Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7(24 August 2014).
- ↑ Sophie Choudry: 'Jhalak' Elimination Doesn't Make Sense to Me. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ 'Making an impression is equal to winning Jhalak trophy' says Akshat Singh(15 September 2014).
- ↑ Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa: VJ Andy, Karan Tacker, Mouni to battle it out. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ↑ Parineeti Chopra is a fan of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa contestant Shakti Mohan(27 August 2014).
- ↑ Karan Tacker on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa(2 May 2014).
- ↑ Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 winner: Rangrasiya fame Ashish Sharma beats Karan Tacker, Mouni Roy and Shakti Mohan(21 September 2014).
- ↑ Singer Akriti Kakar in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. Times of India(2 July 2014). Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ↑ Akriti Kakkar to shake a leg in JDJ. Daily News and Analysis(2 July 2014).
- ↑ Ishani And Rajiv Spread Aashiqui On Jhalak: Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Ep-5, Seg 12.Template:Dead link
- ↑ Zain-Aaliya Dance With Their Favorites: Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Ep-7, Seg 4.Template:Dead link
- ↑ In Pics: Toral Rasputra, Preetika Rao, Harshad Arora and Deepika Samson on Jhalak Dikhla Jaa-7.
- ↑ Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7: Teen ka tadka special; Krystle, Bigg Boss fame Elli Avram and Daadi (Ali) to perform. timesofindia. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ↑ Shaan and Mika to appear on Jhalak Dikhhlaa Jaa Season 7 for finale!. Desitellybox(19 September 2014).