Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa - Sony Entertainment Television Presented.

.

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is an Indian version of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

Sony Entertainment Television brings “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa” with new celebrities and well known faces to perform with professional dance partners on a highly competitive stage. The show is produced by Synergy (makers of Kaun Banega Crorepati), BBC worldwide and Theatre Red for SET in India.

The show whose format is taken from the 'Strictly Come Dancing' show of BBC, which has been a huge success across 27 countries like Britain, America, Australia, New Zealand, and Italy.

It also loosely based on 'Dancing with the Stars' show, and was started by Sony to compete against STAR One's already popular Nach Baliye show.

“It’s a ‘Bollywoodisation’ of salsa, jazz and cha cha for the contest,” says dance consultant for the Sony reality show and choreographer Sandip Soparrkar whose task is to ensure that the international dance forms appeal to the Indian viewer.

Seasons
The first season of the show that started on September 7, 2006 was hosted by real life couple Archana Puran Singh and Parmeet Sethi.

The second season of the show that started on September 28, 2007 and ended December 15th, 2007. The show was hosted by Mona Singh, Winner of first season, and Rohit Roy. This time there were 12 participants.

Winners

2006 - Mona Singh, television actress
2007 - Prachi Desai, television actress

Judges

2006 - Farah Khan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Shilpa Shetty
2007 - Urmila Matondkar, Shiamak Davar and Jeetendra

Participants
2006 :
Pooja Bedi - Choreographer - Hanif Hilal (Eliminated in Round 1)
Rati Agnihotri - Choreographer - Feroz Khan (Eliminated in Round 2)
Sanjeev Kapoor - Choreographer - Nicole Alvaris (Eliminated in Round 3)
Akashdeep Sehgal - Choreographer - Bindi Khare (Eliminated in Round 4)
Ajay Jadeja - Choreographer - Rhea Krishnatraye (Eliminated in Round 5)
2nd Runner Up: Mahesh Manjrekar - Choreographer - Sonia Jaffer
Runner Up: Shweta Salve - Choreographer - Loungines Fernandez
Winner: Mona Singh of 'Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin' Fame - Choreographer - Toby

2007 -
Aadesh Srivastav, Music Director of Bollywood, with Choreographer Tina - Eliminated in Round 2
Tapur Chatterjee, model, with Choreographer Feroz - Eliminated in Round 3
Mini Mathur, VJ and TV show host, with Choreographer Hemu - Eliminated in Round 4
Cyrus Broacha, VJ, with Choreographer Rozita Rajput - Eliminated in Round 5
Sudha Chandran, actress and classical dancer, with Choreographer Uma Shankar - Eliminated in Round 6
Mika Singh, singer, with Choreographer Tanushree - Eliminated in Round 8
Ronit Roy, television actor, with Choreographer Nicole Alvaris - Eliminated in Round 9
Sonali Kulkarni, actress, with Choreographer Toby - Eliminated in Round 10
Mir Ranjan Negi, former hockey player and coach, with Choreographer Marisha - Eliminated in Round 11
Jay Bhanushali, television actor, with Choreographer Bindi Khare - Finalist, 2
Sandhya Mridul, actress, with Choreographer Javed Sanadi - Finalist
Prachi Desai, television actress, with Choreographer Deepak Singh - Eliminated in Round 7 - Came back through wild card entry and won the competition

Controversies
1. Buzz is actress Mallika Sherawat has refused to be a judge in the second season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It is said, the actress was offered Rs 2 crore to judge the talent hunt show for 13 episodes, but she was forced to turn down the offer as she couldn't adjust her dates for 13 episodes according to the channel’s requirements.
So they revised the amount and offered her Rs 1.5 crore for 6 episodes. However, Mallika didn't budge from her stand. She was completely against doing a show where she couldn't be able to make it to the final round.
Mallika was said to have told the channel, “It won't be fair to the contestants if I leave the show midway. And why should I cheat my audiences for money?”

So lets wait for Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 3.