Dance Premier League is an Indian dance reality show that premiered on Sony Entertainment Television on 9 October 2009. The series is judged by the known Bollywood film actress Rani Mukerji, and famous Indian choreographer Shiamak Davar who guides all six teams as an 'umpire'. The series replaced Sony TV's long running dance show Boogie Woogie.
Format The show consists of six teams, consisting of eight dancers each, that are chosen at auditions across India. One of the six teams consists of NRIs. Each zonal team will play against every other zone. Each match will have a solo, a duo and a group round. The tally of all three rounds will decide the winner. The scoring is like cricket runs, e.g., duck, single, boundary, sixer, etc. The winning team gets 2 points. At the end of each match, awards are also given just like cricket, e.g., Man of the match, most 6's, most 4's etc. After the league matches the top four teams will play semifinals and then the top two will fight in the finals. The points are awarded by the choreographers whose teams have not performed on the day. Shiamak Davar, aworld renowned choreographer is the match umpire and he can question or raise an objection to the points awarded. Rani Mukerji, DPL ki Rani (Queen), will choose the man of the match and also award runs for the performances. Man of the match gets 6 runs and these runs are added to the Round 3 score of their team.
Teams TeamUttar Ke Puttar[North Zone]Southern Sizzlers[South Zone]Eastern Tigers[East Zone]Western Yodhas[West Zone]Central Surmas[Central Zone]Desi Pardesi[NRI team]ChoreographerPappu and MaaluNagendra Prasad and SwaroopUma and GaitiHarshal and VitthalMiniHoward Official Supporter*Salman KhanPrabhu DevaBipasha BasuKareena KapoorHimesh ReshammiyaSohail KhanParticipantsSadhika SharmaMadan Kumar AVDeepu SinghPuneet CheemaRohit ThakurPriyanka Varun MishraSnehaBhimbahadur GurumgVishal SarvaiyaPrachi BhosleRuel Dausan VarandaniAadi KumarVijay BabuPratap SinghKarthik MohanUpasana MadanKalpita DesaiChirag AgarwalKishen B.AVishay SinghPrashant MohanAnkita RanaPravinHarish ChaudarBindu PrasarnaMonalisa MandalRahul KhotTejas PatilSerena UnadkatDinesh MudiyarSohan GiriAntareepa BoraSantosh KapdiAnup BhargavAlisha PranjivanAnnieAnushaSharmi BoseShashank MalliNeharika SoniParth DaniSahaj SinghTaraq XavierBinaisha DeshmukhKarishma ChavanSanket PathakKaren Pereira
Slogans and points TeamSloganMatch 1Match 2 Match 3 Match 4 Match 5 Total Uttar Ke PuttarDoodh Makhan Khayenge, Chakke Chudake Jayenge202015[3rd Place]Rasam Ki Kasam, Jala Denge Hum000224 Eastern TigersApna Jalwa Hai, Baki Sab Halwa Hai020002Western Yodhas[Winner]Hamari Thaath Hai, Baki Sabki Waat Hai222219Central Surmas[2nd Place]Hum Hain Surma, Bana Denge Sabka Churma220026Desi PardesiHum Pardesi, Kar Denge Sabki Aisi Taisi002204 The Official supporters! came to the auditions merely to promote their movies which released at the time. These "official supporters" did not appear on the show.
Fixtures +style="width:15%;"style="width:30%;"style="width:20%;" style="width:35%;" 23 OctoberUttar Ke Puttar v/sSouthern SizzlersUKP: 14+17+16 = 47
SS: 10+12+18 = 40Uttar Ke PuttarBinduSouthern Sizzlers24 OctoberEastern Tigers v/sWestern YodhasET: 12+14+26 = 52
WY: 19+20+30 = 69Western YodhasVishalWestern Yodhas30 OctoberCentral Surmas v/sDesi PardesiCS: 18+16+30 = 64
DP: 14+14+13 = 41Central SurmasTejasCentral Surmas31 OctoberUttar Ke Puttar v/sEastern TigersUKP: 16+22+12 = 50
ET: 11+20+30 = 61Eastern Tigers6 NovemberSouthern Sizzlers v/sCentral SurmasSS: 10+20+16 = 46
CS: 15+20+31 = 66Central SurmasPrachi and AnkitaCentral Surmas7 NovemberWestern Yodhas v/sDesi PardesiWY: 24+31+10+6=71
DP: 21+21+26=68Western YodhasSantoshWestern Yodhas13/14 NovemberUttar Ke Puttar v/sCentral SurmasUP: 23+30+22=81
CS: 23+21+20=64Uttar Ke PuttarDineshUttar Ke Puttar13/14 NovemberEastern Tigers v/sDesi PardesiET: 31+20+22=73
DP: 31+17+27=75Desi PardesiRuel and PriyankaDesi Pardesi13/14 NovemberSouthern Sizzlers v/sWestern YodhasSS: 19+20+21=60
WY: 15+27+37=79Western YodhasKarthikWestern Yodhas20/21 NovemberUttar Ke Puttar v/sDesi PardesiUP: 21+22+26=69
DP: 21+24+20+6=71Desi PardesiKarenDesi Pardesi20/21 NovemberSouthern Sizzlers v/sEastern TigersSS: 21+22+27=70
ET: 16+18+29+6=69Southern SizzlersAntareepaEastern Tigers20/21 NovemberWestern Yodhas v/sCentral SurmasWY: 24+24+30+6=84
CS: 18+26+30=74Western YodhasKarthik and VishalWestern Yodhas27/28 NovemberSouthern Sizzlers v/sDesi PardesiSS: 30+20+28+6=84
DP: 16+24+30=70Southern SizzlersTharakSouthern Sizzlers27/28 NovemberUttar Ke Puttar v/sWestern YodhasUKP: 18+14+27+6=65
WY: 23+20+22=65Uttar Ke Puttar & Western YodhasDineshUttar Ke Puttar27/28 NovemberEastern Tigers v/sCentral SurmasET: 20+23+26+6=75
CS: 24+30+24=78Central SurmasBinaishaEastern Tigers12 December1st Semi-final18 December2nd Semi-final19 DecemberMatch for 3rd position 25 DecemberFace off between choreographers26 DecemberFinalsWestern YodhasKarthik • Western Yodhas(Man of the Series)
References
External links Dance Premier League Official Site Dance Premier League Official Blog