Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 5)

Original Contestants

Gurmeet Choudhary and Shampa Gopikrishna, winners on September 30, 2012

Rashmi Desai and Deepak Singh, second place on September 30, 2012

Rithvik Dhanjani and Sneha, third place on September 30, 2012

Isha Sharvani and Salman, fourth place (quit) on September 30, 2012

Bharti Singh and Savio, eliminated (quit) on September 22, 2012

Karan Wahi and Mohena Singh, eliminated on September 15, 2012

Darsheel Safary and Avneet Kaur, eliminated on September 1, 2012

Shibani Dandekar and Punit, eliminated on August 25, 2012

Giaa Manek and Nishant, eliminated on August 18, 2012

Ravi Kishan and Kunjan, eliminated on August 11, 2012

Sushil Kumar and Alisha Singh, eliminated on August 4, 2012

Jayati Bhatia and Diwakar, eliminated on July 28, 2012

Pratyusha Banerjee and Deepak, eliminated on July 21, 2012

Archana Vijaya and Sanam, elminated on July 14, 2012

Sanath Jayasuriya and Suchitra, eliminated on July 7, 2012

Talat Aziz and Ankita, eliminated on June 30, 2012

Wild Cards (was not selected)

Neha Bhasin and Cornel, Singer (did not get selected)

Avika Gor and Sanam Johar, TV Actress who is seen in Sasural Simar Ka (not selected)

Jay Soni and Bhavna, Actor who was last seen as Ishaan in Sasural Genda Phool (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 scores

Notes

In Week 13, there was no elimination.

From Week 14 onwards, those contestants in Bottom-Two would have to perform a dance-off and one would be eliminated and one saved based on Judges scoring alone.

Week 15: In Week 14, Judges used VETO and Isha & Salman were to perform in Semi-finals directly due to injury thus that week they were not in the bottom two or bottom three.

^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:

Week 1 : Introduction

Week 2 : 100 Years of Indian Cinema

Week 3 : Dance Attack

Week 4 : Zodiac Signs

Week 5 : Entertainment with Twist

Week 6 : Judges' Challenge

Week 7 : 'Superstar' Rajesh Khanna Special & Wild Card Entries

Week 8 : Best Foot Forward

Week 9 : Toofani Remix

Week 10 : Famous Jodis of Bollywood [Individual Performance & Group relay]

Week 11 : Colours & Childhood

Week 12 : Kuch Hatke Dikha & Brahmastra

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 25 [September 8, 2012]): Firangi Tarka

Week 13 (Episode 26 [September 9, 2012]): Judges as Mentors ([Karan Johar's team: Isha and Karan], [Madhuri Dixit's Team: Rashmi and Gurmeet], [Remo's Team: Rithvik and Bharti])

Week 14 (Episode 27 [September 15, 2012] & Episode 28 [September 16, 2012]): Breathless [Individual performances]; Performing in a group with back-dancers

Week 15 (Episode 29 [September 22, 2012]): Guest dancing partners

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

Week 15 (Episode 30 [September 23, 2012]): Semi-Final (Solo and Group Relay performances)

Week 16 (Episode 31 [September 29, 2012] & Episode 32 [September 30, 2012]): Finale & Grand Finale

     Highest scoring dance      Lowest scoring dance      Danced, but not scored

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances of each team according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows: