Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa
Season 5
Title screen of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 5
Presented by	Manish Paul Ragini Khanna
Judges	Remo D'Souza Madhuri Dixit Karan Johar
No. of contestants	16
Celebrity winner	Gurmeet Choudhary
Professional winner	Shampa Gopikrishna
No. of episodes	32
Release
Original network	Colors TV
Original release	16 June (2012-06-16) – 30 September 2012 (2012-09-30)
Season chronology
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Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 is thefifth season of the dance reality show,Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 16 June 2012 onColors and concluded on 30 September 2012. The series was hosted byManish Paul andRagini Khanna.

	Week
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12		13			14	15			16
Gurmeet	23	22	26	30	30	30	30	29	27	20	23	21	27	26	Evita	30	25	22+28	Gauahar	21	28+6	27	10	Winner
Rashami	NOT IN COMPETITION						—N/a	30	27	29	30	27	24	28	Brent	24	30	30+30	Meiyang	24	27+4	30	9	1st runner-up
Rithvik	NOT IN COMPETITION						—N/a	27	30	26	30	27	25	21	Anya	27	30	30+30	Yana	27	30+8	27	10	2nd runner-up
Isha	27	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	24	26	30	30	30	Jaymz	—N/a	—N/a	—	0+30+10		—N/a	Quit
Bharti	27	24	27	21	30	24	26	23	27	24	19	19	21	27	Sasha	24	24	24+24	Mahhi			Quit
Karan	NOT IN COMPETITION						—N/a	30	24	24	23	26	23	25	Emma	26	30		Eliminated
Darsheel	26	27	26	29	25	27	27	27	30	26	24	24	Eliminated
Shibani	23	23	27	30	27	30	28	30	23	27	Eliminated
Gia	22	23	24	22	28	30	22	24	26	Eliminated
Ravi	24	26	27	27	22	26	21	24	Eliminated
Avika	NOT IN COMPETITION						—N/a	Not Selected
Jay	NOT IN COMPETITION						—N/a	Not Selected
Neha	NOT IN COMPETITION						—N/a	Not Selected
Sushil	24	25	20	21	24	24	16	Eliminated
Jayati	25	27	25	28	20	19	Eliminated
Pratyusha	24	22	24	24	19	Eliminated
Archana	21	23	20	20	Eliminated
Sanath	27	24	19	Eliminated
Talat	21	22	Eliminated
Bottom	Archana Talat	Pratyusha Talat	Jayati Sanath	Archana Bharti Ravi Sushil	Pratyusha Ravi Sushil	Bharti Darsheel Jayati Sushil	Ravi Sushil	Bharti Darsheel Gia Ravi Shibani	Gia Karan	Karan Shibani	Bharti Darsheel Rashami		—N/a		Karan Rithvik				Bharti Rashami			Gurmeet Isha Rashami Rithvik
Quit	None																		Bharti2			Isha3
Eliminated	No Elimination	Talat	Sanath	Archana	Pratyusha	Jayati	Sushil	Ravi	Gia	Shibani	Darsheel		No Elimination		Karan1				No Elimination			Rithvik
																						Rashami		Gurmeet

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

  the couple eliminated that week

  indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom three.

• In Week 13, there was no elimination.
• From Week 14 onwards, those contestants in Bottom-Two would have to perform a dance-off and one would be eliminated and one saved based on Judges scoring alone.
• Week 15: In Week 14, Judges used VETO and Isha & Salman were to perform in Semi-finals directly due to injury thus that week they were not in the bottom two or bottom three.

^1 In the dance-off between Karan & Mohena and Rithvik & Sneha two of the judges Remo D'souza and Madhuri Dixit voted for Rithvik while another judge, Karan Johar, voted for Karan. Thus having the minority of votes Karan and his dancing partner and choreographer Mohena were eliminated.
^2 After being announced as one of the contestants for the bottom two with Rashmi, Bharti withdrew from the competition to protest Isha's stay on the show despite her being unable to deliver any performances for the last couple of weeks. Such a progression in the game according to her was not only unjust to other contestants but also violated the premises of fair play on which the competition should actually be based.
^3 Isha was originally announced as a finalist for the title; however, due to persistent injuries she has faced, she withdrew from the competition and Rashmi, in turn, was given a place in the Grand Finale.

  Highest scoring dance

  Lowest scoring dance

  Danced, but not scored

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 5) - Dance chart

Couple	Weeks
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12		13		14		15			16
Gurmeet & Shampa	Bollywood	Bollywood	Rumba	Puli Kali	Latin Robotic	Freestyle	Indian Semi-Classical	Martial Arts	Broadway &Kathakali	Freestyle	Freestyle	Contemporary	Zouk-Lambada	Freestyle	Pasodoble	Freestyle	Hip-Hop	Contemporary	Freestyle	Tandav	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle[a]
Rashami & Deepak							Bollywood & Freestyle[a]	Afro Jazz Dance	Samba &Bollywood	Contemporary &Bollywood	Freestyle	Lindy Hop	Yakshagana Dance	Lyrical Hip-Hop	Cha-cha-cha	Bungee Freestyle	Bollywood	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle
Rithvik & Sneha							Salsa[a]	Hip-Hop &Salsa	Michael Jacksonstyle & Indian Semi-Classical	Freestyle	Aerial Silk	Lyrical Hip-Hop	Floor Contemporary	Locking & Freestyle	Samba	Hip-Hop &Stomping	Freestyle	Hip-Hop	Contemporary	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle
Isha & Salman	Rope Mallakhamb & Freestyle	Bollywood &Contemporary	Pasodoble	Freestyle (Puppet Dance)	Contemporary (Modern)	Bachata &Pole Dance	Bollywood Contemporary	Aerial Hoop	Afro &Chhau	Bollywood &Hip-Hop	Freestyle	Ballroom Dance	Argentine Tango (Street form)	Solstrom (Dance)	Hip-Hop &Contemporary[a]	—[a]				Rope Mallakhamb	Freestyle
Bharti & Savio	Bollywood	Bollywood	Lavani	Disco	Lyrical Contemporary	Bollywood	Bollywood &Cabaret	Bollywood &Hip-Hop	Mujra &Jive	Bollywood	Freestyle	Bhangra &Hip-Hop	Rumba	Bollywood & Afro Jazz Dance	Bollywood &Salsa	Freestyle	Cha-cha-cha &Bollywood	Bollywood
Karan & Mohena							Contemporary[a]	Contemporary	Flamenco &Bollywood	Bollywood &Hip-Hop	Freestyle	Freestyle	Broadway Jazz	Contemporary	Rumba	Bollywood
Darsheel & Avneet	Bollywood	Disco	Samba	Afro Jazz Dance	Lyrical Hip-Hop	Jazz Funk	Freestyle	Contemporary	Aerial &Kalaripayattu	Freestyle	Indian Semi-Classical &Kathak	Contemporary	Hip-Hop
Shibani & Puneet	Bollywood	Bollywood	Tango	Contemporary	Bollywood	Hip-Hop (theatrical)	Freestyle	Robotic	Jazz Funk & Indian Semi-Classical	Bollywood	Freestyle
Gia & Nishant	Bollywood	Bollywood	Samba	Mujra &Kathak	Tollywood Dance	Aerial Freestyle	Lyrical Hip-Hop	Indian Contemporary Dance	Bali &Bharatanatyam
Ravi & Kunjan	Bollywood &Cha-cha-cha	Freestyle	Tango	Bollywood	Freestyle	Salsa	Twist &Rock&Roll	Bhojpuri Dance
Ashmit & Sonia							Contemporary[a]
Avika & Sanam							Bollywood[a]
Jay & Bhawna							Contemporary & Bollywood[a]
Neha & Cornel							Freestyle & Jazz[a]
Sushil & Alisha	Freestyle	Bollywood	Salsa	Bollywood	Bollywood	Freestyle	Freestyle
Jayati & Diwakar	Freestyle	Contemporary	Tandava	Odissi	Tap Dance	Salsa
Pratyusha & Deepak	Freestyle	Cha-cha-cha,Salsa &Jive	Contemporary	Freestyle	Bollywood
Archana & Sanam	Samba	Freestyle	Foxtrot	Ballet (Classical)
Sanath & Suchitra	Salsa	Freestyle	Salsa
Talat & Ankita	Freestyle	Freestyle

Note

The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:

• Week 1: Introduction and premiere
• Week 2: 100 Years of Indian Cinema
• Week 3: Dance Attack
• Week 4: Zodiac Signs
• Week 5: Entertainment with Twist
• Week 6: Judges' Challenge
• Week 7: 'Superstar' Rajesh Khanna Special & Wild Card Entries
• Week 8: Best Foot Forward
• Week 9: Toofani Remix
• Week 10: Famous Jodis of Bollywood [Individual Performance & Group relay]
• Week 11: Colours & Childhood
• Week 12: Kuch Hatke Dikha & Brahmastra
• Week 13: Judges team special
• Week 14 Individual performances, performing in a group with back-dancers
• Week 15: Semi-Final - Guest dancing partners, Solo and Group Relay performances
• Week 16: Finale

The first episode of Week 7 was themed 'Wild Card' Special selected three new contestants to current participating celebrities.

In Week 9, Isha's choreographer Salman sustained an injury during technical rehearsals and was thus unable to perform. Cornell, another dancing partner, performed with Isha in this episode. Cornell was the dancing partner of Neha Bhasin in the Wild Card Entry episode.

From the episode dated 2 September 2012 (Week 12) new choreographers were introduced and the celebrities and their professional partners (from Dancing with the Stars) danced one of these routines for the week 13 episode 25 (dated 8 September 2012):

Week 13(Episode 25 [8 September 2012]): Firangi Tarka

• Gurmeet withIveta Lukosiute
• Rashami with Brent Borbon
• Rithvik with Anya Garnis
• Isha with Jaymz Tuaileva
• Bharti withSasha Farber
• Karan withEmma Slater

Week 13 episode 26 (dated: 9 September 2012) Rithvik's choreographer Sneha could not perform since she was suffering from typhoid thus another dancing partner Marischa Fernandes (JDJ 4 Winner choreographer) was roped in to perform with Rithvik.

Week 14: Salman, Isha's choreographer, performed on aBollywood Dance form alone as Isha could not perform due to the elbow injury sustained in Week 12. There were no scores and the voting lines for Isha-Salman were not opened either. However, as per Judges ruling, Isha shall start performing from Week 15 (Semi-Final) onwards.

Week 15 (Episode 29 dated: 22 September 2012) contestants from previous Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa seasons were invited as guest partners to perform with the remaining contestants Gurmeet, Bharti, Rashami and Rithvik. As Isha still had not recovered, she did not perform in that episode.The performances were choreographed by the respective choreographers; however, contestants had the following guests as dancing partners:

• Gurmeet performed withGauahar Khan
• Rashami performed withMeiyang Chang
• Rithvik performed withYana Gupta
• Bharti was to perform withMahhi Vij. However, she withdrew for medical reasons at the beginning of the episode.

The best and worst performances of each team according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows:

• TV ActressGia Manek was replaced overnight from her showSaath Nibhaana Saathiya for participating inJhalak Dikhhla Jaa.^[1]
• Stand-up comedianBharti Singh who withdrew from the competition^[2] for medical reasons on 22 September revealed that the real reason behind her quitting the show was to protest Isha's stay on the dance contest. While standing against Rashmi in the bottom two, Bharti vehemently proclaimed that she sees her performances of no worth as she believes that the reality show has been rigged and Isha's continuous progression in the competition from week to week without delivering any performances is a visible proof that the contest is being plotted on unfair grounds.^[3]

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