Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 is the seventh season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 7 June 2014 on Colors. The series was hosted by Ranvir Shorey and Drashti Dhami but later got replaced by Manish Paul. Madhuri Dixit, Karan Johar and Remo D'Souza were the three judges. The finale took place on 20 September 2014 and was won by Ashish Sharma and Shampa Gopikrishna.
Format
The couples dance each week while the judges score each performance out of ten. This time as there are four judges the scores will be up to forty.
With the judges scores and public votes added all together, judges them decide which two couples are in the bottom and will have to do a face off. One contestant gets eliminated each week.
Production
The series was announced in February 2014. The press conference and launch was held on 2 June 2014. The shooting of the series also started from 3 June. Colors TV had released its promos in May 2014 introducing the celebrity contestants.
In May 2014, it was announced that Ranvir Shorey will be replacing Kapil Sharma as one of the presenters. Drashti Dhami also was revealed to be hosting the show alongside Ranvir. In June 2014, Dhami quit the series as a presenter weeks after the show's launch and got replaced by Manish Paul.
Madhuri Dixit, Karan Johar and Remo D'Souza returned as the judges and announced their return in March 2014.
Cast This series features thirteen celebrity contestants. In April 2014, it was announced that Purab Kohli, Karan Tacker and Andy Kumar are the first three confirmed contestants. Puja Banerjee, Mouni Roy and Shakti Mohan was later revealed as the other celebrities as well. The final line up was revealed in May.
In July 2014, seven new celebrities Sana Khan, Kushal Punjabi, Rahul Vaidya, Kainaat Arora, Akriti Kakar, Malishka Mendonsa and Tara Jean Popowich entered as wild card entries. Only three including Kushal, Malishka and Tara went ahead in the competition.
Akriti withdrew herself from the completion due to injury so could not perform as a wild card.
Celebrity Notability Professional partner Result Andy Kumar VJ and Bigg Boss 7 star Bhavini Mishra Eliminated 1st Purab Kohli Bollywood actor Mohena Singh Eliminated 2nd Kritika Kamra Actress Savio Barnes Eliminated 3rd Sukhwinder Singh Singer Bhawna Khanduja Eliminated 4th Sreesanth Nair Cricketer Sneha Kapoor Eliminated 5th Kainaat Arora Grand Masti actress Cornel Rodrigues Not Selected Rahul Vaidya Singer Syscilia D'Souza Not Selected Sana Khan Actress & Bigg Boss 6 star Shashank Dogra Not Selected Akriti Kakar Singer Javed Sanadi Withdrew Puja Banerjee Actress Rajit Dev Eliminated 6th Kushal Punjabi Actor and model Mohena Singh Eliminated 7th RJ Diwakar Nayal Eliminated 8th Kiku Sharda Comedian Kruti Mahesh Eliminated 9th So You Think You Can Dance star and dancer Jack Samuel Eliminated 10th Sophie Choudry Actress, VJ and singer Deepak Singh Eliminated 11th Akshat Singh India's Got Talent star Vaishnavi Patil Eliminated 12th Mouni Roy Actress Punit PathakFourth place Shakti Mohan Dancer Tushar Kalia Third place Karan Tacker Actor and model Elena Samodanova(later Bhawna Khanduja)Runners-up Ashish Sharma Rangrasiya actor Shampa GopikrishnaWinners
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Dance chart The couples performed the following each week:
Highest scoring dance Lowest scoring dance Non-scoring dance +Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 7) - Dance chartCoupleWeeks12345678910111213141516 Ashish & Shampa Hip-hop Samba Bollywood, Freestyle & Thang Ta Drunk Jazz Freestyle Bollywood Stomping & Hip-hop Freestyle Paso Doble Semi Classical Physical Theatre & Mime Freestyle Bollywood & Freestyle Yakshaganan Disco & Freestyle Tango Contemporary Hip-hop & Krumping Hip-hop & FreestyleFreestyleFreestyleFreestyle Parkour & Freestyle Freestyle relay Karan & Elena Freestyle Cha-Cha & Hustle Bollywood Ballroom Freestyle Paso Doble Hip-hop Bollywood Stomping & Krumping Bollywood & Freestyle Freestyle Contemporary & Freestyle Bollywood & Freestyle Contemporary & Freestyle Freestyle Hip-hop & Bhangra Freestyle Hip-hop & Freestyle Jazz & FreestyleFreestyleKalari & Chau Paso Doble & Freestyle Shakti & Tushar Ballet Tango & Mambo Tricks Contemporary & Chau Modern Jazz Latin Freestyle Contemporary Freestyle Classical & Classical Bollywood & Freestyle Lyrical Hip-hop Lyrical Broadway Jazz Freestyle Contact Improvisation Tandav Cabaret—FreestyleAfro & Acrobacia Contemporary & Krumping Mouni & Punit Freestyle Rumba & Coban Bolero Contorted Tandav Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Classical & Robotics Bollywood & Freestyle Freestyle Afro Broadway Jazz Paso Doble Contemporary Freestyle Jazz Semi Classical Robotics & BollywoodFreestyleFreestyleContemporary Indian Folk Akshat & Vaishnavi Bollywood Paso Doble Bollywood Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Robotics Freestyle Semi Classical Contemporary & Freestyle Semi Classical Bollywood & Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Animation Hip-hop & FreestyleFreestyleFreestyle Sophie & Deepak Freestyle Bollywood Bollywood, Freestyle & Paso Doble Samba & Freestyle Aerial & Freestyle Freestyle Bollywood Jive & Freestyle Contemporary & Freestyle Acrobacia & Freestyle Lyrical Broadway Jazz Freestyle Hip-hopFreestyle Tara &JackFreestyle Contemporary Jazz Hip-hop & House Hip-hop and Contemporary BollywoodUrban Hip-hop Paso Doble Bollywood & Freestyle Contemporary & Freestyle Kiku & Kruti Electro Flamenco & Bomba Lavani Bollywood & Freestyle Robotics Freestyle Freestyle Hip-hop Popping & Locking Tandav & KrumpingLyrical Hip-hop Malishka & DiwakarBollywood Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Semi Classical Samba & Freestyle Kushal & MohenaHip-hop Freestyle Freestyle Afro Street Jazz Puja &Rajit Freestyle Cha-Cha & Tofo Tofo Tollywood Freestyle Semi Classical Freestyle Bollywood & Freestyle Freestyle Kainaat & Cornel Salsa Rahul & SysciliaBollywood Sana & ShashankBollywood Akriti & Javed— Sreesanth & Sneha Hip-hop Lindy Hop & Chamberlian Bollywood & Rajasthani Folk Hip-hop & Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Sukhwinder & Bhawna Freestyle Rumba & Contact Improvisation Bollywood & Bhangra Hip-hop & Freestyle Freestyle Kritika & Savio Freestyle Jive & Jitterbug Bollywood & Garba Cha Cha & Freestyle Purab & Mohena Freestyle Salsa & Lambada Bollywood Andy & Bhavini Contemporary Zouk & Reggaeton Note
Themes The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week: Grand Opening Week: Introduction Week 1 : International Judge Week Week 2 : Made in India Week 3 : Judges Demand Week 4 : Jhalak Talkes Week 5 : Wild Card Entries & Prop Week Week 6 : I Love Week 7 : DJ Mix & Indian Cinema Week 8 : Kurukshetra & Team Challenge Week 9 : Backstage Dancer week Week 10 : Independence Day week Week 11 : Dialogues Week 12 : Teen Ka Tadka & Public’s Demand Week 13 : Special Group Theme Week 14 : Semi Finals & Ganesh Hegde Special Week 15 : Super Finale
Week 5 was themed 'Prop week', and each of the participating celebrities dedicated their performances as follow.
Puja & Rajit - Picture frame Ashish & Shampa - Stretchy Jacket Karan & Elena - Bucket Mouni & Punit - Golden Shoes Kiku & Kruti - Glass Akshat & Vaishanavi - Glasses Shakti & Tushar - Stretchy Material Sophie & Deepak - Sticks Malishka & Diwakar - Square Box Kushal & Mohena - Heart Tara & Jack - Feather
1st Episode of Week 5 themed 'Wild Card' Special selected 4 new contestant to current participating celebrities. Note - Singer Akriti Kakkar had to quit the show as she was to enter the wild card race due to an accident.
Couple Dance Form Dance SongTara & JackContemporaryGulaabiSana & ShashankBollywoodRadhaRahul & SysciliaBollywoodChingam ChabakeKushal & MohenaFreestyleThug LeKainaat & CornelFreestyleDarlingMalishka & DiwakarFreestyleDhinka Chika Out of the 6 new Wild Card Entrance the couples which joined the current celebrities in the race of 'Jhalak' were Malishka & Diwakar Kushal & Mohena Tara & Jack Selected Dance Rejected Dance
Week 8 themed 'Kurukshetra is where the judges chooses their teams within the participants and the one with more scores wins. CategoryRemo's Team Karan's Team Madhuri's Team Remaining ParticipantsKushal & Mohena, Tara & Jack, Kiku & KrutiKaran & Elena, Shakti & Tushar, Mouni & PunitAkshat & Vaishnavi, Ashish & Shampa, Malishka & Diwakar
Weak 10 themed 'Team Challenge' had two performances from the participants, where one was a team performance. Team leader was selected from the previous week's highest scorers. Team participants, dancing style and songs were finalised by these leaders.
Category Akshat's Team Mouni's Team Team LeaderAkshat & VaishnaviMouni & Punit Remaining ParticipantsTara & Jack, Ashish & Shampa, Karan & BhavnaShakti & Tushar, Sophie & Deepak, Kiku & Kruti Dance FormBollywood & FreestyleBroadway Jazz Dance SongDil Toh Baccha Hai Ji, All Is WellDo You Wanna Partner & Chammak Challo Marks2930 Mouni's team won the team challenge with getting 30 marks. Green numbers indicates the highest score.
Week 13 was themed 'Teen Ka Tadka' special episode wherein every contestant will get a new celebrity contestant to dance with. Sana and Tushar who were paired with Mumaith Khan could not perform in the episode since they got eliminated in that week. Ashish & Shampa with Sana Saeed Shakti & Tushar with Mukti Mohan Karan & Bhavna with Krystle D'Souza Mouni & Punit with Faisal Khan Sophie & Deepak with Elli Avram Akshat & Vaishnavi with Ali Asgar
Guest appearances