Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 is the ninth season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 30 July 2016 on Colors. The season was hosted by Manish Paul and judged by Jacqueline Fernandez, Karan Johar, Ganesh Hegde and Farah Khan. The season ran from 30 July 2016 to 21 January 2017. This season's winner was Teriya Magar.
Format Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa has no audience voting in this season. Eviction is based on two specific criteria: judges' scores and the live studio audience scores. In semi finale, it was announced that audience can vote for the winner. Voting lines were open only for five days. Thus, now the elimination is done right in the end of the episode, unlike the previous seasons where elimination would be done in the beginning of next week's episode.
Production
The series was announced in March 2016. In May 2016, Manish Paul was confirmed to return as the presenter of the series. In June 2016, Jacqueline Fernandez, Karan Johar and Ganesh Hegde were confirmed as the judges.
In September 2016, Govinda replaced Johar for one episode. Farah Khan replaced Hegde in November 2016
The channel released its first promo in June 2016. Later the series released another promo introducing its first to contestants Karishma Tanna and Surveen Chawla.
Professional dancers In June 2016, announced that Bhavna Khanduja, Rajit Dev, Cornel Rodrigues, Jai Kumar Nair, Sanam Johar, Alisha Singh,, Diwakar Nayal and would be returning to the series. Pranalini Atul and Bhavna Purohit were also announced to be making their debut as professionals in the series.
In mid July 2016, Aishwarya Radhakrishnan was added to the list and would be making her debut as a professional where she was paired opposite participant Salman Yusuff Khan.
In August 2016, Sidhant Gupta's choreographer Pranalini injured herself and quit the series while she got replaced by Sneha Singh.
Cast The series features twelve celebrity contestants. On 2 June 2016, the first two celebrities were announced as participants that were Karishma Tanna and Surveen Chawla. The final line up was revealed on 23 June 2016.
In October 2016, five new entries were announced including Gracy Goswami, Siddharth Nigam and Teriya Magar.
Celebrity Notability Professional PartnerStatusRef. Gaurav Gera Comedian Diwakar Nayal Eliminated 1st Priyanka Shah Dancer Poonam Shah Eliminated 2nd Harpal Singh Sokhi Celebrity Chef Bhavna PurohitEliminated 3rd Helly Shah Swaragini – Jodein Rishton Ke Sur actress Jai Kunar Nair Eliminated 4th Sidhant Gupta Actor and model Pranalini Atul /Sneha Singh Eliminated 5th Arjun Bijlani Naagin actor Bhavna Khanduja Eliminated 6th Surveen Chawla Bollywood and Punjabi actress Sanam Johar Eliminated 7th Gracy Goswami Balika Vadhu actress Sachin Sharma Eliminated 9th Nora Fatehi Bollywood actress and Bigg Boss star Cornel Rodrigues Eliminated 10th Spandan Chaturvedi Udaan actress Hardik Bora Eliminated 11th Shakti Arora Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi actor Suchitra Sawant Eliminated 12th Karishma Tanna Actress and Bigg Boss runner-up Rajit Dev Eliminated 13th Swasti Nitya Dancer Preetjot Dayal Eliminated 14th Nandish Sandhu Uttaran actor Shampa Gopikrishna Not Selected Rimi Sen Bollywood actress Dhiraj Bhakshi Not Selected Dwayne Bravo Cricketer Bhavna PurohitWithdrew Siddharth Nigam Actor Vaishnavi Patil Eliminated 15th Shantanu Maheshwari Actor & dancer Alisha SinghThird place Salman Yusuff Khan Dancer Aishwarya Radhakrishnan1st Runners-up Teriya Magar Dancer Aryan Patra Eliminated 8th Winners
Score chart
The highest score each week is indicated in with a dagger (), while the lowest score each week is indicated in with a double-dagger ().
Colour key: +Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 9) - Weekly ScoresCoupleWeek121+234567896+7+8+910111211+12131415161716+17181920212219+20+21+2223Teriya & Aryan1st25201212nd2529592945119Shantanu & Alisha3rd2328512626262829117272726532827285828491214th2725512525542720 116Dwayne & Bhavna P5th2516Swasti & Preetjot6th2326462629292655Karishma & Rajit7th222648272428282726291102625275127262855Shakti & Suchitra 8th2427512327252529271082226462226Spandan & Hardik9th2322244627Nora & Cornel10th232548282627292411025242347Gracy & Sachin11th2223Arjun & Bhavna K13th2127272728Surveen & Sanam12th2427512828252727107Helly & Jai14th2122432424 Sidhant & Pranalini 15th232649262724Harpal & Bhavini P16th2224462517th242246Gaurav & Diwakar 18th2343 Notes
Red numbers indicates the lowest score. Green numbers indicates the highest score. indicates the winning couple. indicates the runner-up couple. indicates the third-place couple. indicates the fourth-place couple. indicates the couple eliminated that week. indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom three. indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
Dance chart The couples performed the following each week:
Highest scoring dance Lowest scoring dance Non-scoring dance +Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 9) - Dance chartCoupleWeeks12345678910111213141516171819202122 Freestyle FreestyleKrumping Freestyle Contemporary Freestyle Aerial Robotics & Classical Lyrical Bollywood Freestyle Salman & Aishwarya Salsa Kizomba Freestyle Tango & Krumping Swing Waltz Acro gymnastics Tandav Freestyle Bollywood Bollywood Aerial Freestyle Freestyle Flamenco & Bellydance Bollywood Bollywood Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Salsa Bollywood Shantanu & Alisha Freestyle Hip-hop Freestyle Tango & Krumping Bollywood Bollywood Freestyle Bollywood Street style hip-hop Contemporary Bollywood Broadway jazz Freestyle Hip-hop Freestyle Robotics Freestyle Freestyle Hip-hop Bollywood Freestyle Purulia Chhau Hip-hop Freestyle Hip-hop Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Bollywood Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Contemporary Freestyle Freestyle Contemporary Freestyle Dwayne & Bhavna Bollywood BollywoodBollywood Swasti & PreetjotBollywood Bollywood Freestyle Odissi Bollywood Bollywood Bollywood Bollywood Bollywood Bollywood Karishma & Rajit Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Bollywood Bollywood Freestyle Hip-hop Bollywood Bharatnatyam Bollywood Semi-classical Waltz Bollywood Cabaret Freestyle Mujra & Salsa Tandav Shakti & Suchitra Freestyle Freestyle Tango Freestyle Freestyle Broadway Bollywood Contortion & Bollywood Lavni Garba Freestyle Freestyle Samba Freestyle Tollywood Freestyle Spandan & HardikBollywood Freestyle Bollywood Bollywood Bollywood BollywoodBollywood Gracy & SachinBollywood Paso Doble Semi-classical BollywoodBollywood Nora & Cornel Freestyle Freestyle Reggae Bollywood Bollywood Freestyle Belly Dance Contemporary Aerial Bollywood Tango Freestyle Bollywood Bachata Freestyle Arjun & Bhawna Freestyle Paso Doble Tollywood Freestyle Freestyle Bollywood Bollywood Freestyle Robotics Surveen & Sanam Freestyle & Bhangra Freestyle Kathak Bollywood Freestyle Contemporary Cabaret Hip-hop Afro Helly &Jai Bollywood Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle Bollywood & Salsa Bollywood Sidhant & Pranalini Freestyle Krumping Samba Bollywood Bollywood Harpal & Bhavini Freestyle & Bhangra Rock & Roll Cha Cha Bollywood & Salsa Priyanka & Poonam Bharatnatyam & Popping Jazz & Bollywood Bollywood & Hip-hop Gaurav & Diwakar Salsa Cabaret Note
Guest appearances Week(s) Episode(s) Guest(s) Note(s) Ref. Week 2 Episode 2 Mouni Roy To support Arjun Bijlani Week 3 Episode 3 Mona Singh To support Gaurav Gera Anil Kapoor To promote 24 (Season 2) Week 4 Episode 4 Tiger Shroff To promote A Flying Jatt Week 5 Episode 5 Sonakshi Sinha To promote Akira Gaurav Gera To support Salman Yusuff Khan Week 6 Episode 6 Govinda In place of Karan Johar as judge Week 7 Episode 7 Katrina Kaif & Sidharth Malhotra To promote Baar Baar Dekho Week 8 Episode 8 Amitabh Bachchan & Taapsee Pannu To promote Pink Week 9 Episode 9 Riteish Deshmukh To promote Banjo Week 12 Episode 10 Sushant Singh Rajput To Promote M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Week 13 Episode 12 Sonu Sood & Prabhu Deva To Promote Tutak Tutak Tutiya Week 14 Episode 13 Ranbir Kapoor To Promote Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Week 15 Episode 14 Neha Saxena To support Shakti Arora Week 17 Episode 16 Yuvraj Singh To promote his NGO for cancer patients Week 18 Episode 17 Alia Bhatt To promote Dear Zindagi Week 19 Episode 18 Vidya Balan To promote Kahaani 2 Week 20 Episode 21 Badshah Special appearance Week 21 Episode 24 Kunwar Amar To dance with Shantanu Maheshwari in Teen ka Tadka special Faisal Khan To dance with Teriya Magar in Teen ka Tadka special Puja Banerjee To dance with Dwayne Bravo in Teen ka Tadka special Sana Saeed To dance with Salman Yusuff Khan in Teen ka Tadka special Sumedh Mudgalkar To dance with Siddharth Nigam in Teen ka Tadka special Week 22 Episode 26 Hrithik Roshan To promote Kaabil
References
External links Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 at Colors TV