Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 5)

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 is the fifth season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on June 16, 2012 on Colors and concluded on September 30, 2012. The series was hosted by Manish Paul and Ragini Khanna.

Judges for Season 5
Left-right: Remo D'Souza, Madhuri Dixit and Karan Johar

Presenters Manish & Ragini

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa
Season 5
Title screen of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 5
Presented by	Manish Paul Ragini Khanna
Judges	Remo D'Souza Madhuri Dixit Karan Johar
No. of contestants	16
Winner	Gurmeet Choudhary
Runner-up	Rashami Desai
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	32
Release
Original network	Colors TV
Original release	16 June (2012-06-16) – 30 September 2012 (2012-09-30)
Season chronology

Contestants

Original Contestants

• Gurmeet Choudhary and Shampa Gopikrishna, winners on September 30, 2012[1][2]
• Rashami Desai and Deepak Singh, second place on September 30, 2012[3]
• Rithvik Dhanjani and Sneha, third place on September 30, 2012[4][5][6]
• Isha Sharvani and Salman, fourth place (quit) on September 30, 2012[7]
• Bharti Singh and Savio, eliminated (quit) on September 22, 2012[8]
• Karan Wahi and Mohena Singh, eliminated on September 15, 2012[9][10][11]
• Darsheel Safary and Avneet Kaur, eliminated on September 1, 2012[12]
• Shibani Dandekar and Punit, eliminated on August 25, 2012[13][14]
• Giaa Manek and Nishant, eliminated on August 18, 2012[15][16]
• Ravi Kishan and Kunjan, eliminated on August 11, 2012[17][18]
• Sushil Kumar and Alisha Singh, eliminated on August 4, 2012[19]
• Jayati Bhatia and Diwakar, eliminated on July 28, 2012[20]
• Pratyusha Banerjee and Deepak, eliminated on July 21, 2012[21][22]
• Archana Vijaya and Sanam, eliminated on July 14, 2012[23]
• Sanath Jayasuriya and Suchitra, eliminated on July 7, 2012[24]
• Talat Aziz and Ankita, eliminated on June 30, 2012[25]

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)

Celebrity Guests

Actor	Note
Rupal Patel	To introduce her Gopi Bahu, Gia
Ayushmann Khurrana	To introduce Shibani & Archana
Sonu Sood	To introduce Isha
Harbhajan Singh	To introduce Sanath
Malaika Arora Khan	Malaika introduced & performed with Bharti Singh
Priyanka Chopra	To promote her film Teri Meri Kahaani and introduce Darsheel
Abhishek Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Asin, Prachi Desai & Rohit Shetty	To promote their film Bol Bachchan
Tusshar Kapoor & Ritesh Deshmukh	To promote their film Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum
Karanvir Bohra & Neeraj Shridhar	Guest Performers in the Judges Challenge Week
Boman Irani & Farah Khan	To promote their film Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi
Salman Khan & Katrina Kaif	To promote their film Ek Tha Tiger
Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra & Ileana D'Cruz	To promote their film Barfi!
Kareena Kapoor	To promote her film Heroine
Rani Mukherjee	To promote her film Aiyyaa
Siddharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan, & Alia Bhatt	To promote their film Student of the Year
Sridevi	To promote her film English Vinglish

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
Gurmeet	23	22	26	30	30	30	30	29	27	20	23	21	27	26	30	25	22	28	27	10	Winner
Rashami								30	27	29	30	27	24	28	24	30	30	30	30	9	1st Runner-up
Rithvik								27	30	26	30	27	25	21	27	30	30	30	27	10	2nd Runner-up
Isha	27	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	24	26	30	30	30	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3rd Runner-up
Bharti	27	24	27	21	30	24	26	23	27	24	19	19	21	27	24	24	24	24	Eliminated
Karan								30	24	24	23	26	23	25	26	30	Eliminated
Darsheel	26	27	26	29	25	27	27	27	30	26	24	24	Eliminated
Shibani	23	23	27	30	27	30	28	30	23	27	Eliminated
Gia	22	23	24	22	28	30	22	24	26	Eliminated
Ravi	24	26	27	27	22	26	21	24	Eliminated
Sushil	24	25	20	21	24	24	16	Eliminated
Jayati	25	27	25	28	20	19	Eliminated
Pratyusha	24	22	24	24	19	Eliminated
Archana	21	23	20	20	Eliminated
Sanath	27	24	19	Eliminated
Talat	21	22	Eliminated
Bottom 2	Archana, Talat	Pratyusha, Talat	Jayati, Sanath	Archana, Bharti, Ravi, Sushil	Pratyusha, Ravi, Sushil	Bharti, Darsheel, Jayati, Sushil	Ravi, Sushil	Bharti, Darsheel, Giaa, Ravi, Shibani	Giaa, Karan	Karan, Shibani	Bharti, Darsheel, Rashami		N/A		Karan, Rithvik		Bharti, Rashami
Evicted	No Elimination	Talat	Sanath	Archana	Pratyusha	Jayati	Sushil	Ravi	Gia	Shibani	Darsheel		No Elimination		Karan^1		Bharti^2		Isha^3		Rithvik
																			Rashami		Gurmeet

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.

Rank by average	Place	Couple	Total points	Number of dances	Average
4	1	Gurmeet & Shampa	541	21	25.76
1	2	Rashami & Deepak	411	14	29.36
7	3	Rithvik & Sneha	412	17	24.24
2	4	Isha & Salman	436	15	29.0
12	5	Bharti & Savio	441	19	23.21
5	6	Karan & Mohena	231	9	25.6
6	7	Darsheel & Avneet	328	13	25.23
3	8	Shibani & Punit	268	10	26.8
5	9	Gia & Nishant	221	9	24.56
4	10	Ravi & Kunjan	197	8	24.63
14	11	Sushil & Alisha	154	7	22.00
8	12	Jayati & Diwakar	144	6	24.00
13	13	Pratyusha & Deepak	113	5	22.60
16	14	Archana & Sanam	84	4	21.00
10	15	Sanath & Suchitra	70	3	23.33
15	16	Talat & Ankita	43	2	21.50

Wild Card Entry Special

1st Episode of Week 7 themed 'Wild Card' Special selected 3 new contestant to current participating celebrities.

Couple Dance Form Dance Song Rashami & Deepak Bollywood & Freestyle Khallas Jay & Bhawana Contemporary & Bollywood Tum Ho Paas Mere Avika & Sanam Bollywood Jali Toh Kasam Se Rithvik & Sneha Salsa Aadat Se Majboor Neha & Cornel Freestyle & Jazz Dhunki Karan & Mohena Contemporary Ishaqzaade

Out of the 6 new Wild Card Entrance the couples which joined the current celebrities in the race of 'Jhalak' were Rashami & Deepak Rithvik & Sneha Karan & Mohena      Selected Dance      Rejected Dance

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 Isha in this episode. Cornell was the dancing partner of Neha Bhasin in the Wild Card Entry episode.

Couple	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11		Week 12
Gurmeet & Shampa	Bollywood	Bollywood	Rumba	Puli Kali	Latin Robotic	Freestyle	Indian Semi-Classical	Martial Arts	Broadway & Kathakali	Freestyle	Freestyle	Contemporary	Zouk-Lambada	Freestyle
Rashmi & Deepak								Afro Jazz Dance	Samba & Bollywood	Contemporary & Bollywood	Freestyle	Lindy Hop	Yakshagana Dance	Lyrical Hip-Hop
Rithvik & Sneha								Hip-Hop & Salsa	Michael Jackson style & Indian Semi-Classical	Freestyle	Aerial Silk	Lyrical Hip-Hop	Floor Contemporary	Locking & Freestyle
Isha & Salman	Rope Mallakhamb & Freestyle	Bollywood & Contemporary	Pasodoble	Freestyle (Puppet Dance)	Contemporary (Modern)	Bachata & Pole Dance	Bollywood Contemporary	Aerial Hoop	Afro & Chhau	Bollywood & Hip-Hop	Freestyle	Ballroom Dance	Argentine Tango (Street form)	Solstrom (Dance)
Bharti & Savio	Bollywood	Bollywood	Lavani	Disco	Lyrical Contemporary	Bollywood	Bollywood & Cabaret	Bollywood & Hip-Hop	Mujra & Jive	Bollywood	Freestyle	Bhangra & Hip-Hop	Rumba	Bollywood & Afro Jazz Dance
Karan & Mohena								Contemporary	Flamenco & Bollywood	Bollywood & Hip-Hop	Freestyle	Freestyle	Broadway Jazz	Contemporary
Darsheel & Avneet	Bollywood	Disco	Samba	Afro Jazz Dance	Lyrical Hip-Hop	Jazz Funk	Freestyle	Contemporary	Aerial & Kalaripayattu	Freestyle	Indian Semi-Classical & Kathak	Contemporary	Hip-Hop
Shibani & Puneet	Bollywood	Bollywood	Tango	Contemporary	Bollywood	Hip-Hop (theatrical)	Freestyle	Robotic	Jazz Funk & Indian Semi-Classical	Bollywood	Freestyle
Gia & Nishant	Bollywood	Bollywood	Samba	Mujra & Kathak	Tollywood Dance	Aerial Freestyle	Lyrical Hip-Hop	Indian Contemporary Dance	Bali & Bharatanatyam
Ravi & Kunjan	Bollywood & Cha-cha-cha	Freestyle	Tango	Bollywood	Freestyle	Salsa	Twist & Rock&Roll	Bhojpuri Dance
Sushil & Alisha	Freestyle	Bollywood	Salsa	Bollywood	Bollywood	Freestyle	Freestyle
Jayati & Diwakar	Freestyle	Contemporary	Tandava	Odissi	Tap Dance	Salsa
Pratyusha & Deepak	Freestyle	Cha-cha-cha, Salsa & Jive	Contemporary	Freestyle	Bollywood
Archana & Sanam	Samba	Freestyle	Foxtrot	Ballet (Classical)
Sanath & Suchitra	Salsa	Freestyle	Salsa
Talat & Ankita	Freestyle	Freestyle

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

Couple	Week 13 (a)
Gurmeet & Evita	Pasodoble
Rashmi & Brent	Cha-cha-cha
Rithvik & Anya	Samba
(Isha) Salman & Jaymz	Hip-Hop & Contemporary
Bharti & Sasha	Bollywood & Salsa
Karan & Emma	Rumba

• 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 Chang

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.

Couple	Week 13 (b)	Week 14		Week 15 (a)
Gurmeet & Shampa	Freestyle	Hip-Hop	Contemporary	Freestyle
Rashmi & Deepak	Bungee Freestyle	Bollywood	Freestyle	Freestyle
Rithvik & Sneha	Hip-Hop & Stomping	Freestyle	Hip-Hop	Contemporary
Isha & Salman	(did not perform)	(did not perform)	(did not perform)	(did not perform)
Bharti & Savio	Freestyle	Cha-cha-cha & Bollywood	Bollywood
Karan & Mohena	Bollywood

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

Couple	Week 15 (Semi-Final)		Week 16 (Finale)		Week 16 (Grand Finale)
Gurmeet & Shampa	Tandav	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle
Rashmi & Deepak	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle
Rithvik & Sneha	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle
Isha & Salman	Rope Mallakhamb	Freestyle

     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:

Dance Form (best)	Highest score	Team	Lowest score	Dance Form (worst)
Puli Kali; Latin Robotic; Freestyle; Indian Semi-Classical; Pasodoble	30(5)	Gurmeet & Shampa	20	Freestyle
Afro Jazz Dance; Freestyle; Bungee Freestyle; Bollywood	30(6)	Rashmi & Deepak	24	Yakshagana Dance; Cha-cha-cha
Michael Jackson style & Indian Semi-Classical; Aerial Silk; Hip-Hop & Stomping; Freestyle	30(5)	Rithvik & Sneha	21	Locking & Freestyle
Bollywood; Pasodoble; Freestyle; Contemporary; Bachata & Pole Dance;Bollywood Contemporary; Aerial Hoop; Ballroom Dance; Argentine Tango; Solstrom; Rope Mallakhamb	30(11)	Isha & Salman	0(5)	(did not perform)
Lyrical Contemporary	30	Bharti & Savio	19	Freestyle; Bhangra & Hip-Hop
Contemporary; Bollywood	30(2)	Karan & Mohena	23	Freestyle; Contemporary
Aerial & Kalaripayattu	30	Darsheel & Avneet	25	Lyrical Hip-Hop
Contemporary; Hip-Hop (theatrical); Robotic	30(3)	Shibani & Punit	23	Bollywood; Jazz Funk & Indian Semi-Classical
Aerial Freestyle	30	Gia & Nishant	22	Bollywood; Mujra & Kathak; Lyrical Hip-Hop
Tango; Bollywood	27	Ravi & Kunjan	21	Twist & Rock&Roll
Bollywood	25	Sushil & Alisha	16	Freestyle
Odissi	28	Jayati & Diwakar	19	Salsa
Freestyle; Cha-cha-cha, Salsa & Jive	24	Pratyusha & Deepak	19	Bollywood
Freestyle	23	Archana & Sanam	20	Foxtrot; Ballet
Salsa	27	Sanath & Suchitra	19	Salsa
Freestyle	22	Talat & Ankita	21	Freestyle

Controversy

• Stand-up Comedienne Bharti Singh who withdrew from the competition[26] due to medical reasons on September 22 revealed that the real reason behind her quitting the show was to protest Isha's unfair stay on the dance contest. While standing against Rashmi in the bottom two, Bharti vehemently proclaimed that she sees her performances of no worth as she believes that the reality show has been rigged and Isha's continuous progression in the competition from week to week without delivering any performances is a visible proof that the contest is being plotted on unfair grounds.[27]

Awards

Year	Awards	Category	Winner
2012	Indian Television Academy Awards	Best Anchor-Music & Film-based Show	Manish Paul
	Colors Golden Petal Awards	Most Lokpriya Non-Fiction Anchor
		Best Non Fiction Judge	Madhuri Dixit Nene
		Most Verstile TV Personality	Karan Johar
		Most Lokpriya Dharavahik - Non Fiction	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5
2013	Indian Telly Awards	Best Anchor	Manish Paul

References

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External links

• Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Official website