| Runtime: | 52 minutes |
| Creator: | UTV Software Communications |
| Presenter: | Ravi Kishan (7 June – 27 July); Mandira Bedi (2 August – 14 September) |
| Opentheme: | "Ek Se Badhkar Ek" |
| Country: | India |
| Network: | Zee TV |
| Num Episodes: | Total 28 |
Ek Se Badhkar Ek – Jalwe Sitaron Ke is a Hindi television reality show that aired on Zee TV channel, starting from 7 June 2008 to 14 September 2008. The show is a unique because it has both singing and dancing in a one platform.[1] The show is replaced by its second season known as Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka, which is based on kids.
The show has a total of 16 stars who will participate in this show in a total of 8 jodis. Each pair will comprise one dancer and one singer. These teams will then appeal to the viewers for votes in order to win the coveted title of "Sabse Badkar Jodi". The elimination will be decided based on marks given by judges and audience voting.
Champs from the music world, Aneek Dhar, Raja Hasan, Harpreet, Emon, Amit Paul, Poonam, Sumedha and Sanchita along with television celebrities Kushal Punjabi, Shayantani Ghosh, Apoorva Agnihotri, Rajshri Thakur, Abhishek Awasthi, Purbi Joshi, Jasveer Kaur and Amrapali Gupta will team up to set the show on fire.
Host
Judges
Originals
Wildcard Entrants
NOTE: Contestants are listed in pairs (1 singer along with 1 Indian TV celebrity).
NOTE: Contestant Abhishek Awasthi who got eliminated on 12 July has returned through wildcard entry with a new partner Meenal Jain NOT Sumedha Karmahe.
NOTE:In week 11 (16 & 17 August), both of the judges score are counted (one day the total score will was out of 20 points per contestant, and the other day it was out of 10 points per contestant), so the total score per week was out of 60 points (30 points per contestant).
NOTE:In week 12, the total score was 50 points per contestant, 40 points for the first performance individually done by both of the contestants [20 points each], and the second performance was worth 10 points. However, the elimination that took place was out of 20 points, in which Shayantani's team received 17/20 and Abhishek's team received 18/20.
NOTE:In Week 13, the total score was of 80 points per contestant (40 points for Friday & 40 points for Saturday). On Saturday, being on 'TOP' Jasveer's jodi didn't have to perform, so their total was out of 40 points, but the other two jodi's who were in danger-zone had to perform. After the performances, both Abhishek's & Kushal's jodi's had a tie, so the decision of elimination was made with the help of audiences votes.
Score Cards
| Scores: | 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 14 | Finale | - !Place | Jodi's !colspan="19" align="center" | Result | - | - | 01 | Raja / Jasveer | N/A | 13/20 | 13/20 | 16/20 | 15/20 | 16/20 | 17/20 | 16/20 | 17/20 | 19/20 | 45/60 | 36/50 | 29/40 Top/80 | (14/20) | Winner | - | 02 | Sanchita / Kushal | N/A | 11/20 | 15/20 | 16/20 | 16/20 | 18/20 | 16/20 | 20/20 | 19/20 | 18/20 | 53/60 | 43/50 | 63/80 | (14/20) | Runner up | - | 03 | Meenal / Abhishek | 17/20 | 19/20 | 14/20 | 17/20 | 47/60 | 38/50 | (63/80) Elim | - | 04 | Aneek / Shayantani | N/A | 14/20 | 14/20 | 15/20 | 15/20 | 18/20 | 16/20 | 19/20 | 18/20 | 18/20 | 49/60 | (17/20) Elim | - | 05 | Mussarat / Sanober | 15/20 | 15/20 | 16/20 | 14/20 | (12/20) Disqualified | - | 06 | Amit / Rajshree | N/A | 9/20 | 12/20 | 12/20 | 14/20 | 12/20 | 14/20 | 15/20 | (0/20) Quit | - | 07 | Aishwarya / Aanchal | 12/20 | (16/20) Elim | - | 08 | Sumedha / Abhishek | N/A | 11/20 | 12/20 | 15/20 | 14/20 | (17/20) Elim | - | 09 | Harpreet / Amrapali | N/A | 10/20 | 13/20 | 11/20 | (14/20) Elim | - | 10 | Emon / Purbi | N/A | 12/20 | 11/20 | (15/20) Elim | - | 11 | Poonam / Apurva | N/A | 10/20 | (14/20) Elim | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Abhijeet bhattacharya made bad comments of Pakistani sensation Atif Aslam and asked the contestants not to sing his songs on stage. He remarked that he (Atif Aslam) used software for his songs. This made Abhijeet Bhattacharya's popularity to go to an all-time low.