Jodi Number One is an Indian Tamil-language dance competition reality television show broadcast on Star Vijay starting in 2006. The contestants are couples who are generally television stars in their own right, often from the television industry. Over twelve years, Jodi Number One has rolled out ten seasons.
Series Season Anchors Judges Winners Runners up 1 Divyadarshini & Aravind Akash Prashanth, Ramya Krishnan, Kala Prem & Pooja Madhu Raaghav & Preetha Raaghav 2 Divyadarshini & Deepak Dinkar Silambarasan, Sangeetha, Mugur Sundar Tinku & Preethi Sanjeev Venkat & Nisha 3 S. J. Suryah, Sangeetha, Mugur Sundar Kiran & Priya Sivakarthikeyan & Aishwarya 4 Jeeva, Aishwarya Dhanush, Sangeetha Michael Thangadurai & Hemalata 5 Deepak Dinkar & Priyadharshini Radhika, Gautami, Shobana, Sangeetha Prem Gopal & Premini Sathish Krishnan & Divyadarshini 6 Deepak Dinkar, Sivakarthikeyan, Bhavana Balakrishnan Ramya Krishnan Manoj Kumar & Jayanth Prem Gopal & Vivek 7 Divyadarshini Ramya Krishnan, Kalyan (choreographer), Radha Rafiq Raxx & Gabriella Charlton Mani & Devipriya 8 Divyadarshini Kalyan (choreographer), Radha Amudhavanan & Anandhi Lokesh & Sunita Gogoi 9 Priyanka Deshpande & Erode Mahesh Rahman & Sofia Raymond Callanan & Moulika 10 Priyanka Deshpande & KPY Kuraishi T. Rajendar, Sadha, Devayani Manichandra & Felina Adi & Sonali 11: Fun UnlimitedRio Raj & BhavanaAudience Lokesh & MegnaKumaran & VJ Chitra 12: Are U ReadyRio Raj & AngelinaMeena, Sandy, Sridevi VijaykumarDhanush & JustinaVignesh & Raveena Daha
Season 1 The first season aired on every Friday to Saturday at 20:00 from October 2006. The show witnessed four real life couples and 4 fictional (real) life couples engage in a 13-weeks dancing competition. The panel of judges composed of dance master Kala, actor Prashanth and Ramya Krishnan chose the two finalists. The viewers themselves chose the third finalist. Divyadarshini and Aravind Akash serving as the hosts.
Prem Kumar and Pooja - The winners of the Wild Card round were judged the champions of Jodi No. 1 by the audiences. They received 10 lakhs as the prize money.
Hosts Divyadarshini - TV actress Aravind Akash - Film actor
Judges Prashanth - Film actor Ramya Krishnan - Film actress Kala - Choreographer
Couples OrderArtistsResults1Prem and Pooja Madhu Winners2Raaghav and Preetha Raaghav1st Runner-up3Vijay Adhiraj and Rachana Adhiraj2nd Runner-up4Deepak and Tharika5Chetan and Devadarshini6Rishi and Pooja7Raj Kamal and Latha Rao8Bharath Kalyan and Shilpa The highlighted green rows are the Real Couples. The highlighted pink rows are the Reel Couples.
Guests Dhanush - Film actor Priyamani - Film actress Lakshmi Rai - Film actress Rahasya - Film actress Yogi B - Rapper Dr Burn - Rapper
Season 2 Jodi no.1 season 2 witnessed many small screen couples, with 8 new celebrity couples. The 8 couples were Kalaiselvan Tinku, Preethi Sanjeev, Yugendren, Hayma Malini, Sree, Krithika, Prithviraj, Uma Riyaz, Arvind, Lakshmi, Irfan, Monisha, Venkat, Nisha, Dev and Aishwarya. Silambarasan, Sangeetha and Raju Sundaram were the judges. Divyadharshini and Deepak Dinkar hosted the season. Tinku and Preethi were the winners of Jodi no. 1 season 2, receiving the 10 lakh prize, whereas Venkat and Nisha won the Best Performance award taking home the Chevy Spark.
Hosts Divyadharshini - TV actress Deepak Dinkar - TV actor
Judges Silambarasan - Film actor Sangeetha - Film actress Raju Sundaram - Choreographer
Couples OrderArtistsResults1Tinku and Preethi Sanjeev1st Place2 Venkat and Nisha2nd Place3Irfan and Monisha Ravishankar3rd place4 Dev and Aishwarya5Prithviraj and Uma Riyaz6Shreekumar and Krithika7 Aravind and Lakshmi8Yugendran and Malini
The highlighted pink rows are the Reel Couples. The highlighted green rows are the Real Couples.
Guests Prabhu Deva - Film actor Ramya Krishnan - Film actress and Season 1 Judge Sneha - Film actress Suchitra - Playback singer Ragasya - Film actress Abbas - Film actor Priyamani - Film actress Shaam - Film actor Madhumitha - Film actress Jeeva - Film actor
Season 3 S. J. Suryah, Sangeetha and Raju Sundaram were the judges. Divyadharshini and Deepak Dinkar has once again been appointed as the host for the second time. Kiran and Priya as the winners.
Hosts Divyadarshini - TV actress Deepak - TV actor
Judges S. J. Suryah - Film actor Sangeetha - Film actress Raju Sundaram - Choreographer
Couples OrderArtistsResults1 Kiran and PriyaWinners [Kiran Best male dancer]2Lollu Sabha Jeeva / Sivakarthikeyan and Iswarya Runner-Up3Rishi and Charmila4 Uday and Gayathri5 Iyyappan and Suhasini(best female dancer6Badava and Haritha Gopi7Dinesh and Haritha8Pandi and Poornima9Prajin and Chandra Lakshman10 Madhu and Hemalatha The highlighted pink rows are the Reel Couples. The highlighted green rows are the Real Couples.
Guests Simran - Actress Jeeva - Actor Nila - Actress Lakshmi Rai - Actress
Season 4 Jeeva, Sangeetha and Aishwarya Rajinikanth were the judges. Divyadharshini and Deepak Dinkar has once again been appointed as the host for the third time. Michael Thangadurai and Hemalata as the winners.
Hosts Divyadarshini - TV actress Deepak - TV actor
Judges Jiiva - Film actor Aishwarya Rajinikanth - Film director Sangeetha - Film actress
Couples OrderArtistsResults1Mahendran(Walked out)/Michael Thangadurai and HemalataWinners2 Rajesh and Suhasini3Sarath Chandran and Preethi4Sanjay Jayaraman and PoojaBest Individual Performer (Sanjay)5 Nethran and Aruna Devi6 Venkat and Nisha 7Tinku and Santhoshi8 Ravindran and Pooja
Guests Kamna Jethmalani - Film Actress Surya Sivakumar - Film Actor Sameera Reddy - Film Actress Divya Spandana - Film Actress Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj - Film Actor Srikanth - Film Actor Jai - Film Actor A. R. Murugadoss - Film Director
Season 5 The fifth season aired from October 2011. Prem Gopal and Premini as the winners.
Hosts Deepak - TV anchor Priyadharshini - actress
Judges Radhika - Film actress Gautami - Film actress Shobana - Film actress and a Choreographer Sangeetha - Film actress
Couples OrderArtistsResults1Prem Gopal and Premini Winners (1st Place)2Sathish Krishnan and Divyadarshini 1st Runners Up (2nd Place)3Manikandan and Rajni 2nd runner-up (3rd place)4Wong and Sunita Gogoi Top 4 Finalist (4th Place)5Sri Kar and Priya6Suresh and Jaya Lakshmi 7Sheriff and Sai Pramoditha
Guests Sangeetha - Film actress Shaam - Film actor Raghava Lawrence - Film actor Sandhya - Film actress Karthik Sivakumar - Film actor Tamannaah Bhatia - Film actress Arya - Film actor Pooja - Film actress
Season 6 Directed By Daniel Aloysius Xavier
Produced by DStudio
Hosts Sivakarthikeyan - TV Host and Actor Bhavana Balakrishnan - TV Host Deepak Dinkar - TV Host
Judges Ramya Krishnan - Film actress (Main Judge) Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj -Film Actor (Intro & Mix Your Strength Round Judge) Prasanna (actor) -Film Actor (Group Formation Round Judge) Sneha - Film actress (Dasavathram, Navarasam, Classics & Animals Round Judge) Meena - Film actress (Rajini Special Round Judge) Shaam - Film Actor(Fusion round) Sangeetha - Film actress (Tamil Nadu Round, Devotional Round and Romance Round) Bhanu Priya - Film actress (Remix Round) Khushbu - Film actress (Social Issues and Filmy Round) Kalyan (choreographer) (Semifinal, first wild card round and second wild card round) Bharath - Actor (first final and grand final)
Rounds 1st Round - Mix Your Strength 2nd Round - Group Formation 3rd Round - Dasavathram Round 4th Round - Rajini Special 5th Round - Fusion 6th Round - Navarasam 7th Round - Tamil Nadu 8th Round - Devotional 9th Round - Romance 10th Round - Classics 11th Round - Animals 12th Round - Remix 13th Round - Social Issues 14th Round - Filmy Round
Couples OrderArtistsRemarksNo Of Best Performances1Jeya Lakshmi and Moulika Best Jodi (Group Formation & Navarasam Round) / Jaya Lakshmi Best Performer in (Classic Round, Filmy Round and Semifinal)Jodi - 2 / Individual - 3 2Swetha and Leelavathi Best Jodi (Rajini Round) / Leelavathi Best Performer in Devotional RoundJodi - 1 / Individual - 1 (Eliminated)3Jacqueline and ShivashankariBest Jodi in Social Issues Round / Jacqueline Best Performer in (Animals Round and Social Issues Round) / Shivashankari Best Performer in Remix RoundJodi - 1 / Individual - 3 (Eliminated in semifinal)4Abhinaya and Nethran Abhinaya Best Performer in (Dasavatharam Round / Wild card round 1). Individual - 2 (Eliminated)5Issac and Logan Quit from competition6Prem Gopal and Vivek Best Jodi (Romance Round, Animals Round, Filmy Round and Semifinal) / Vivek Best Performer in (Fusion Round and Semifinal) / Prem Gopal Best Performer in Remix roundJodi - 4/ Individual - 3/ 2nd Place7"Rinson" and "Rafiq"Best Jodi (Fusion Round & Devotional Round) / Best Performer Henna (Guest Performer) in Tamil Nadu round / Rafiq (Romance Round and Filmy Round) / Rinson (Classic Round and finals 1)Jodi - 2 / Individual - 4 (Eliminated)(Qualified to final)/3rd Place8Prabhu and TysonPrabhu Best Performer in Navarasam RoundIndividual - 1(Eliminated)9Ajeesh Rahman and Aneesh Rahman Best Jodi (Dasavatharam, Tamil Nadu Round, Classic Round & Remix Round) / Aneesh Best Performer in (Rajini Special Round, Social Issues & Romance Round) / Ajeesh Best Performer in Animals Round)Jodi - 4 / Individual - 4/ 3rd Place10Manoj Kumar and Nirmal / Jayanth Manoj Best Performer in (Wild card round 1)/ Jayanth Best Performer in (Wild card round 2)Individual -2 (Eliminated)(Qualified to final) winner in Jodi season 5 title
Eliminated Jodi's OrderArtistsReasons 1st Abhinaya and Nethran Not in sync. Needed a lot of improvement. 2nd Manoj Kumar and Nirmal Nirmal not giving his best. But Manoj was given a 2nd chance to dance with another pair in wild card round. 3rd Swetha and Leelavathi Swetha injury. Leela was given 2 choices either to dance with another pair or dance with Swetha if she recovers by wild card round. 4th Prabhu and Tyson Not in sync. Performance wasn't consistent. 5th Issac and Logan Quit from competition as the Singapore boys have to go back to Singapore for their National Service: ARMY. 6th Jayalakshmi and Moulika Eliminated in first final
Season 7 The seventh season aired from October 2014. This Jodi season 6 was different from the previous seasons. Each couples paired with choreographer and an actor. SOL Productions produced the seven as well.
Directed By Daniel Aloysius Xavier
Creative Team Sithara Rahul Vijay Manivannan Rajesh Narayanan
Hosts Divyadarshini - TV actress
Judges Ramya Krishnan - Film actress B. Saroja Devi - Veteran actress - episode 2 (Classical round) Radha - Film actress Ambika - Film actress Poornima Jayaram - Film actress - episode 4 (90s round) Bharath - Film actor - episode 5 (2000 round) Kalyan (choreographer)
Winners First Place: Rafiq Raxx and Gabriella Second Place: Mani and Devipriya Third Place: Robo Shankar and Sandhya Fourth Place: Sathya and Shilpa
Couples OrderArtistsResults1Pooja (TV actress) and Anwar (Choreographer)Eliminated in Short Film Round2 Nagendra Prasad (Choreographer) and Anandhi (TV actress)Eliminated in Semi Finals3Rafiq Raxx (Choreographer) and Gabriella (TV actress)Pre-Finalist, Finalist and Winners4Raja (Choreographer) and shivani (TV actress)Left the competition for medical reasons5Sathya (Choreographer) and Shilpa (TV actress)Eliminated in Devotional Round but re-entered in Wild Card Round to Pre-Finals6 Manoj / Chandru (Choreographer) and Swetha (TV actress)First to be eliminated but reentered in Wild Card Round to Pre-Finals. Eliminated in Pre-Finals.7Dev (TV actor) and Monika (Choreographer)Eliminated8Robo Shankar (Mimicry Artist) and Sandhya (Choreographer)Pre-finalist and Finalist9Abinay (Model) and Jacqueline (Choreographer)Eliminated10Mani (Choreographer) and Devipriya (TV actress)Pre-finalist and Finalist
Season 8