Country of origin India Original network Colors TV | No. of episodes 32 | |
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Original release 16 June (2012-06-16) – 30 September 2012 (2012-09-30) Celebrity winner Gurmeet Choudhary
Choreo Partner:
Shampa Sonthalia
Runner Up:
Rashami Desai
Choreo Partner:
Deepak Singh | ||
The 5th Season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa premiered on June 16, 2012 on Colors and ended on September 30, 2012. The series is hosted by Manish Paul and Ragini Khanna.
Contents
Original Contestants
Wild Cards (was not selected)
Scoring Chart
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 returning couple that finished in the bottom three. n/a indicates the couple did not get any scoresNotes
^1 In the dance-off between Karan & Mohena and Rithvik & Sneha two of the judges Remo D'souza and Madhuri Dixit voted for Rithvik while another judge, Karan Johar, voted for Karan. Thus having the minority of votes Karan and his dancing partner and choreographer Mohena were eliminated.
^2 After being announced as one of the contestants for the bottom two with Rashmi, Bharti withdrew from the competition to protest Isha's stay on the show despite her being unable to deliver any performances for the last couple of weeks. Such a progression in the game according to her was not only unjust to other contestants but also violated the premises of fair play on which the competition should actually be based on.
^3 Isha was originally announced as a finalist for the title; however, due to persistent injuries she has faced, she withdrew from the competition and Rashmi, in turn, was given a place in the Grand Finale.
Averages
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale.
Wild Card Entry Special
1st Episode of Week 7 themed 'Wild Card' Special selected 3 new contestant to current participating celebrities.
Dance chart
The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:
In Week 9, Isha's choreographer Salman sustained an injury during technical rehearsals and was thus unable to perform. Cornell, another dancing partner, performed with sustained in this episode. Cornell was the dancing partner of Neha Bhasin in the Wild Card Entry episode.
From the episode dated September 2, 2012 (Week 12) new choreographers were introduced and the celebrities and their professional partners (from Dancing with the Stars) danced one of these routines for the week 13 episode 25 (dated September 8, 2012):
Week 13 episode 26 (dated: September 9, 2012) Rithvik's choreographer Sneha could not perform since she was suffering from typhoid thus another dancing partner Marischa Fernandes (JDJ 4 Winner choreographer) was roped in to perform with Rithvik.
Week 14: Salman, Isha's choreographer, performed on a Bollywood Dance form alone as Isha could not perform due to the elbow injury sustained in Week 12. There were no scores and the voting lines for Isha-Salman were not opened either. However, as per Judges ruling, Isha shall start performing from Week 15 (Semi-Final) onwards.
Week 15 (Episode 29 dated: September 22, 2012) contestants from previous Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa seasons were invited as guest partners to perform with the remaining contestants Gurmeet, Bharti, Rashmi and Rithvik. As Isha still had not recovered, she did not perform in that episode. The performances were choreographed by the respective choreographers; however, contestants had the following guests as dancing partners:
Gurmeet performed with Gauhar Khan
Rashmi performed with Meiyang Chаng
Rithvik performed with Yana Gupta
Bharti was to perform with Mahii Vij. However, she withdrew due to medical reasons at the beginning of the episode.
Semi-Final, Finale & Grand-Finale
Highest and lowest scoring performances
The best and worst performances of each team according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows: