Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 also known as Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded is the eighth season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 11 July 2015 on Colors. The series is hosted by Manish Paul yet again. Karan Johar, Shahid Kapoor, and Ganesh Hegde and Lauren Gottlieb judged the series. Malaika Arora replaced Johar later. The finale took place on 10 October 2015 declaring Faisal Khan and Vaishnavi as the winners while popular actress Sanaya Irani and Jai was the first runners-up.
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 to be back in April 2015. The press conference and launch was held on 3 July. Colors TV released the first promo featuring judges Karan Johar and Shahid Kapoor in June. The shooting started from 2 July where host, judges and contestants were spotted at the sets.
In April 2015, it was revealed that Manish Paul will be retained as host. In May 2015, it was announced that RJ and Bigg Boss 8 finalist, Pritam Singh was roped in to present the series replacing Ranvir Shorey. He later walked out of the series in June due to differences with the production managers.
In May 2015, it was announced that Karan Johar would not return as judge and that Farah Khan will replace him but later it was he decided to stay back. Later it was also announced that Madhuri Dixit won’t be returning as judge. In May 2015, it was revealed that Remo D'Souza has quit the show after judging the show for the last four years as he announced to judge Star Plus's dance show Dance Plus.
In June 2015, Shahid Kapoor was announced to join as a judge. Ganesh Hegde and season 6 runner-up Lauren Gottlieb were later added as the other two judges.
In September 2015, Johar announced his departure from the series as a judge as he had to shoot for his film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
The grand finale shooting was held on 7 October 2015 in Mumbai where judges, finalists, host and guest celebrities were spotted at the sets. Alia Bhatt and Salman Khan had attended the shoot to promote film Shaandaar and reality show Bigg Boss 9. Comedy Nights Bachao cast including Krushna Abhishek, Bharti Singh, Adaa Khan, Puja Banerjee and Karan Wahi also were at the finale shoot for more entertainment.
Cast This series features twelve celebrity contestants. In May 2015, Kavita Kaushik and Sanaya Irani were revealed as the first contestants. The full line up was revealed in June 2015.
In August 2015, cricketer Irfan Pathan and actor Vishal Karwal were roped in as wild card entries. Irfan was selected to go ahead in the competition while Vishal was straight away eliminated.
Irfan withdrew himself from the series later due to cricket commitments.
In September 2015, the series brought four new wild card entries, Anita Hassanandani, Neha Marda, Roopal Tyagi and Sukirti Kandpal. Anita, Neha and Roopal were selected to go ahead in the competition while Sukirti was straight away eliminated.
Celebrity Notability Professional partner Result Dipika Kakar Sasural Simar Ka actress Vaibhav Ghuge Eliminated 1st Kavita Kaushik Actress Rajiv Dev Eliminated 2nd Vishal Karwal Actor and MTV Splitsvilla winner Shampa Gopikrishna Not Selected Radhika Madan Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi Actress Rishikaysh Jogdande Eliminated 3rd Irfan Pathan Cricketer Suchitra SawantWithdrew Ashish Chaudhary Bollywood actor and Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 winner Vrushali Chavan(later Falon Netto) Eliminated 4th Subhreet Kaur India's Got Talent star Diwakar Nayal Eliminated 5th Vivian Dsena Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon actor Bhawna Khanduja Eliminated 6th Raftaar Rapper Sneha Kapoor Eliminated 7th Scarlett Wilson Actress and dancer Dhiraj Bakshi Eliminated 8th Sukirti Kandpal Actress and Bigg Boss 8 star Jack Samuel Not Selected Roopal Tyagi Actress and dancer Rishikaysh Jogdande Eliminated 9th Neha Marda Balika Vadhu actress Rajit Dev Eliminated 10th Actress Sanam Johar Eliminated 11th Mohit Malik Actor and model Marischa FernandesFourth place Shamita Shetty Bollywood actress and Bigg Boss 3 star Deepak Singh Third place Sanaya Irani Rangrasiya actress Jai Kumar NairRunners-up Faisal Khan Dancer and actor Vaishnavi PatilWinners
Score 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 14Faisal 36393440324040403840394837Akshat39404010WinnerSanaya32343236403730353640394636Drashti3335378Shamita34393238403828374037374736Sanjeeda 39 40 409Mohit32313935373827403634404040Gautam373740Anita NOT IN COMPETITION333839Vishal 3735 EliminatedNeha NOT IN COMPETITION354335Amruta EliminatedRoopal NOT IN COMPETITION3037EliminatedSukirti NOT IN COMPETITION 29Not SelectedScarlett34383434394030304036EliminatedRaftaar363429404035273538EliminatedVivian3232384033402737EliminatedAshish32263132333423EliminatedSubhreet39373939363726EliminatedIrfan NOT IN COMPETITION363933 QuitRadhika 373134363537EliminatedVishal NOT IN COMPETITION 32Not SelectedKavita33363436EliminatedDipika2936—Eliminated Bottom DipikaKavitaAshishDipika KavitaRaftaar IrfanScarletFaisalRadhika AshishIrfanSubhreetVivian RaftaarVivian RaftaarScarlettScarlettShamittaNehaRoopalAnitaNeha AnitaMohit FaisalMohitSanayaShamitaQuit NoneIrfanNone EliminatedNoEliminationNoEliminationDipikaKavitaNoEliminationRadhikaAshishVivian RaftaarScarlettSukirtiRoopalNehaAnitaMohitShamitaVishalSubhreetSanayaFaisal 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 contestant was not selected. indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom three. n/a indicates the couple did not get any scores
Dance chart The couples performed the following each week:
Highest scoring dance Lowest scoring dance Non-scoring dance +Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 8) - Dance chart Couple Weeks1234567891011121314 Faisal & Vishnavi Hip-hop Rock and Roll & Lindy Pop Freestyle Robotics Freestyle Lavani Lyrical Hip-hop Freestyle Kalaripayattu & Freestyle Contemporary Freestyle Freestyle Classical BollywoodKrumpingFreestyle Freestyle Freestyle relay Sanaya & Jai Bollywood Waltz Freestyle Freestyle & Afro Bollywood Bollywood & Mujra Freestyle Rock and Roll & Jazz Freestyle Contemporary Freestyle Contemporary Freestyle FreestyleLyrical Hip-hopFreestyle Freestyle Shamita & Deepak FreestyleFreestyle Broadway Jazz Waltz Cabaret & Samba Bollywood & Tollywood Bollywood Freestyle Bollywood Afro Jazz Contemporary Semi Classical Hip-hop LatinBollywoodFreestyle Freestyle Mohit & Marischa Afro & Krumping Street Jazz & Freestyle Freestye Kalaripayattu Freestyle Freestyle Hip-hop & Bhangra Paso Doble FreestyleFreestyle Freestyle Freestyle Bollywood FreestyleHip-hop & KrumpingFreestyle Freestyle Anita & Sanam Bachata Contemporary Freestyle Freestyle— Neha & Rajit Semi ClassicalAfro Freestyle—Freestyle Roopal & Rishikaysh BollywoodFreestyle Sukirti & Jack Freestyle— Scarlett & Dhiraj Jazz Hip-hop & Salsa Bollywood Paso Doble Freestyle Freestyle & Krumping Contemporary Freestyle Bollywood Freestyle Urban Hip-hop Raftaar & Sneha Hip-hop Jive Bollywood Lyrical Hip-hop Rhumba Tandav Hip-hop & Tollywood Hip-hop Kalaripayattu & Freestyle Kathak Vivian & Bhawna Freestyle Robotics Freestyle Freestyle Jazz Contemporary Freestyle & Tango Bollywood Ashish & Falon Freestyle Bollywood Bollywood Freestyle Rock and Roll Freestyle Freestyle & Aerial Freestyle Freestyle & Bhangra Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle & Waltz Irfan & Suchitra Freestyle Bollywood Garba & BollywoodFreestyle Radhika & Rishikaysh Lyrical Contemporary Contourtion & Hip-hop Tango Street Jazz Bollywood Bharatnatyam Vishal & Shampa Contemporary Kavita & Rajit Freestyle Bollywood Freestyle Freestyle Dipika & VaibhavCabaret Freestyle— Note
Themes The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week: Grand Opening Week: Introduction Week 1: Motion Week 2: Party Week 3: Team War Week 4: Dance on Favourite Superstar Song Week 5: Made In India Week 6: Andaaz Apna Week 7: Background Dancer Week 8: Costume Dhamaka Week 9 : Usage of Props & Wild Card Entry Week 10: Films Masala Week 11: 90's theme and Teen Ka Tadka Week 12: Dance with India's Got Talent contestants Week 13: Grand finale
Teen Ka Tadka guest partners Shamita & Deepak - Sanjeeda Sheikh Sanaya & Jai - Drashti Dhami Mohit & Marischa - Gautam Gulati Faisal & Vaishnavi - Akshat Singh Anita & Sanam - Vishal Singh Neha & Rajit - Amruta Khanvilkar
References
External links Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 at Colors TV