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Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 is the ninth season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 30 July 2016 on Colors.[1] 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.
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.
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.[2]
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.[3] Later the series released another promo introducing its first to contestants Karishma Tanna and Surveen Chawla.
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.[4]
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.[5]
In August 2016, Sidhant Gupta's choreographer Pranalini injured herself and quit the series while she got replaced by Sneha Singh.
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.[6] 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.[7]
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional Partner | Status | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaurav Gera | Comedian | Diwakar Nayal | Eliminated 1st | [8] |
| Priyanka Shah | Dancer | Poonam Shah | Eliminated 2nd | [9] |
| Harpal Singh Sokhi | Celebrity Chef | Bhavna Purohit | Eliminated 3rd | [10] |
| Helly Shah | Swaragini – Jodein Rishton Ke Sur actress | Jai Kunar Nair | Eliminated 4th | [11] |
| Sidhant Gupta | Actor and model | Pranalini Atul /Sneha Singh | Eliminated 5th | [12] |
| Arjun Bijlani | Naagin actor | Bhavna Khanduja | Eliminated 6th | [13] |
| Surveen Chawla | Bollywood and Punjabi actress | Sanam Johar | Eliminated 7th | [14] |
| Gracy Goswami | Balika Vadhu actress | Sachin Sharma | Eliminated 9th | [15] |
| Nora Fatehi | Bollywood actress and Bigg Boss star | Cornel Rodrigues | Eliminated 10th | [16] |
| Spandan Chaturvedi | Udaan actress | Hardik Bora | Eliminated 11th | [17] |
| Shakti Arora | Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi actor | Suchitra Sawant | Eliminated 12th | [18] |
| Karishma Tanna | Actress and Bigg Boss runner-up | Rajit Dev | Eliminated 13th | [19] |
| Swasti Nitya | Dancer | Preetjot Dayal | Eliminated 14th | [20] |
| Nandish Sandhu | Uttaran actor | Shampa Gopikrishna | Not Selected | [21] |
| Rimi Sen | Bollywood actress | Dhiraj Bhakshi | Not Selected | [22] |
| Dwayne Bravo | Cricketer | Bhavna Purohit | Withdrew | [23] |
| Siddharth Nigam | Actor | Vaishnavi Patil | Eliminated 15th | [24] |
| Shantanu Maheshwari | Actor & dancer | Alisha Singh | Third place | [25] |
| Salman Yusuff Khan | Dancer | Aishwarya Radhakrishnan | 1st Runners-up | [26] |
| Teriya Magar | Dancer | Aryan Patra | Eliminated 8th | [27] |
| Winners |
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:
Couple! rowspan="2" Week 1 2 1+2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 6+7+8+9 10 11 12 11+12 13 14 15 16 17 16+17 18 19 20 21 22 19+20+21+22 23 Teriya & Aryan 1st 25 20 bgcolor=lightblue 121 2nd 25 29 59 29 bgcolor=lightblue 45 119 Shantanu & Alisha 3rd 23 28 51 26 26 26 28 29 117 27 27 26 53 28 27 28 58 28 bgcolor=lightblue 49 121 4th 27 bgcolor=lightblue 25 51 25 bgcolor=lightblue 25 54 27 20 116 Dwayne & Bhavna P 5th bgcolor=lightblue 25 bgcolor=lightblue 16 Bgcolor=lightgreen Swasti & Preetjot 6th 23 26 46 26 29 29 26 55 Karishma & Rajit 7th 22 26 48 27 bgcolor=lightblue 24 28 28 27 26 29 110 26 25 27 51 27 bgcolor=lightblue 26 28 55 Shakti & Suchitra 8th 24 27 51 23 27 bgcolor=lightblue 25 25 29 27 108 22 26 46 22 bgcolor=lightblue 26 Spandan & Hardik 9th 23 22 24 46 27 Nora & Cornel 10th 23 25 48 28 26 27 29 24 bgcolor=lightblue 110 25 24 bgcolor=lightblue 23 47 Gracy & Sachin 11th bgcolor=lightblue 22 23 Arjun & Bhavna K 13th 21 27 27 27 28 Surveen & Sanam 12th 24 27 51 28 28 25 27 27 107 Helly & Jai 14th 21 22 43 24 24 Sidhant & Pranalini 15th 23 26 49 26 27 24 Harpal & Bhavini P 16th 22 24 46 25 17th 24 22 46 Gaurav & Diwakar 18th 23 43
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.
The couples performed the following each week:
Highest scoring dance
Lowest scoring dance
Non-scoring dance
Couple! colspan="22" Weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Freestyle Freestyle Krumping 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 bgcolor=darkgrey Dwayne & Bhavna Bollywood Bollywood Bollywood bgcolor=darkgrey Swasti & Preetjot Bollywood 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 & Hardik Bollywood Freestyle Bollywood Bollywood Bollywood Bollywood Bollywood Gracy & Sachin Bollywood Paso Doble Semi-classical Bollywood Bollywood 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 &<br />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
| Week 2 | Episode 2 | ||||
| Week 3 | Episode 3 | ||||
| To promote 24 (Season 2) | |||||
| Week 4 | Episode 4 | To promote A Flying Jatt | [28] | ||
| Week 5 | Episode 5 | To promote Akira | |||
| Week 6 | Episode 6 | In place of Karan Johar as judge | |||
| Week 7 | Episode 7 | To promote Baar Baar Dekho | |||
| Week 8 | Episode 8 | ||||
| Week 9 | Episode 9 | ||||
| Week 12 | Episode 10 | To Promote | |||
| Week 13 | Episode 12 | To Promote Tutak Tutak Tutiya | |||
| Week 14 | Episode 13 | To Promote Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | |||
| Week 15 | Episode 14 | To support Shakti Arora | |||
| Week 17 | Episode 16 | To promote his NGO for cancer patients | |||
| Week 18 | Episode 17 | To promote Dear Zindagi | |||
| Week 19 | Episode 18 | To promote Kahaani 2 | |||
| Week 20 | Episode 21 | Special appearance | |||
| Week 21 | Episode 24 | To dance with Shantanu Maheshwari in Teen ka Tadka special | |||
| To dance with Teriya Magar in Teen ka Tadka special | |||||
| To dance with Dwayne Bravo in Teen ka Tadka special | |||||
| To dance with Salman Yusuff Khan in Teen ka Tadka special | |||||
| To dance with Siddharth Nigam in Teen ka Tadka special | |||||
| Week 22 | Episode 26 | To promote Kaabil |