Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 8)

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 is the eighth season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 11 July 2015 on Colors. The series is hosted by Manish Paul yet again. Malaika Arora (replacing Karan Johar), Shahid Kapoor, and Ganesh Hegde and Lauren Gottlieb judged the eighth season. The finale took place on 10 October 2015 declaring Faisal Khan and Vaishnavi while popular actress Sanaya Irani and Jai was the first runners-up.

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa
Season 8
Presented by	Manish Paul
Judges	Ganesh Hegde Lauren Gottlieb Shahid Kapoor Karan Johar Malaika Arora
No. of contestants	16
Winner	Faisal Khan
Runner-up	Sanaya Irani
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	27
Release
Original network	Colors TV
Original release	11 July – 10 October 2015
Season chronology

Contestants

• Faisal Khan and Vaishnavi Patil, winners on October 10, 2015
• Sanaya Irani and Jai Kumar Nair, second place on October 10, 2015
• Shamita Shetty and Deepak Singh, third place on October 10, 2015
• Mohit Malik and Marischa Fernandes, fourth place on October 10, 2015
• Anita Hassanandani and Sanam Johar, eliminated on October 3, 2015[1][2]
• Neha Marda and Rajit Dev, eliminated on September 26, 2015[1]
• Roopal Tyagi and Rishikaysh Jogdande, eliminated on September 19, 2015[1][3]
• Scarlett Wilson and Dhiraj Bakshi, eliminated on September 12, 2015[4][5]
• Raftaar and Sneha Kapoor, eliminated on September 5, 2015[6][7]
• Vivian Dsena and Bhawna Khanduja, eliminated on August 29, 2015[8][9]
• Aashish Chaudhary and Falon Netto, eliminated on August 22, 2015[10][11]
• Subhreet Kaur Ghumman and Diwakar Nayal, eliminated on August 22, 2015[12][13]
• Irfan Pathan and Suchitra Sawant, quit on August 22, 2015 (For early schedule of 2015–16 Ranji Trophy)[14][15]
• Radhika Madan and Rishikaysh, eliminated on August 16, 2015[16][17]
• Kavita Kaushik and Rajit Dev, eliminated on August 2, 2015[18][19]
• Dipika Kakar and Vaibhav Ghuge, eliminated on July 25, 2015[20][21]

Score chart

	Grand Opening	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
Faisal	36	39	34	40	32	40	40	40	38	40	39	48	37	39	40	N/A	40	10	Winner
Sanaya	32	34	32	36	40	37	30	35	36	40	39	46	36	33	35	N/A	37	8	1st Runner-up
Shamita	34	39	32	38	40	38	28	37	40	37	37	47	36	39	40	N/A	40	9	2nd Runner-up
Mohit	32	31	39	35	37	38	27	40	36	34	40	40	40	37	37	N/A	40	N/A	3rd Runner-up
Anita											33	38	39	37	35	N/A	Eliminated
Neha											35	43	35	N/A	Eliminated
Roopal											30	37	N/A	Eliminated
Scarlett	34	38	34	34	39	40	30	30	40	N/A	36	Eliminated
Raftaar	36	34	29	40	40	35	27	35	38	Eliminated
Vivian	32	32	38	40	33	40	27	37	Eliminated
Subhreet	39	37	39	39	36	37	26	Eliminated
Ashish	32	26	31	32	33	34	23	Eliminated
Irfan				36	39	33	20	Quit
Radhika	37	31	34	36	35	37	Eliminated
Kavita	33	36	34	36	Eliminated
Dipika	29	36	26	Eliminated
Bottom 2		Dipika Kavita	Ashish Dipika	Kavita Raftaar	Irfan Scarlet	Radhika Faisal	Irfan Subhreet Ashish Vivian	Raftaar Vivian	Raftaar Scarlett		Scarlett Shamitta		Neha Roopal	Neha Anita		Anita Mohit
Quit	none						Irfan	none
Evicted		No Elimination	Dipika	Kavita	No Elimination	Radhika	Subhreet Ashish	Vivian	Raftaar		Scarlett		Roopal	Neha		Anita	Mohit	Shamita
																	Sanaya	Faisal

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

  indicates the couple eliminated that week.

  indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom three.

n/a indicates the couple did not get any scores

Themes

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

• Grand Opening Week: Introduction
• Week 1: Motion
• Week 2: Party
• Week 3: Team War
• Week 4: Dance on Favourite Superstar Song
• Week 5: Made In India
• Week 6: Andaaz Apna
• Week 7: Background Dancer
• Week 8: Costume Dhamaka
• Week 9 : Usage of Props & Wild Card Entry
• Week 10: Films Masala
• Week 11: 90's theme and Teen Ka Tadka
• Week 12: Dance with India's Got Talent contestants
• Week 13: Grand finale

Teen Ka Tadka guest partners

• Shamita & Deepak - Sanjeeda Sheikh
• Sanaya & Jai - Drashti Dhami
• Mohit & Marischa - Gautam Gulati
• Faisal & Vaishnavi - Akshat Singh
• Anita & Sanam - Vishal Singh
• Neha & Rajit - Amruta Khanvilkar

References

1. "Jhalak Wild Card entries: Neha Marda, Roopal Tyagi and Anita Hassanandani to enter?". August 28, 2015.
2. "Anita Hassanandani out of Jhalak Reloaded due to injury". September 29, 2015.
3. "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8:Roopal Tyagi eliminated!". india.com. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
4. "Scarlett Wilson to participate in Jhalak?". July 9, 2015.
5. "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded: Scarlett Wilson eliminated". September 11, 2015.
6. "Rapper and singer Raftaar will dance in 'Jhalak Dikkhala Jaa'". June 19, 2015.
7. "Rapper Raftaar eliminated from 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'". September 5, 2015.
8. "Vivian Dsena back on TV with 'Jhalak'". June 19, 2015.
9. "Vivian Dsena eliminated from Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded". August 26, 2015.
10. "Confirmed: Deepika Samson, Ashish Chaudhary, Radhika Madan, Kavita Kaushik in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8". May 25, 2015.
11. "Ashish and Subhreet eliminated from Jhalak Reloaded". August 22, 2015.
12. "IGT craze from Punjab Subhreet Kaur to participate in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8". June 16, 2015.
13. "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded shocker: Dancing wonder Subhreet Kaur eliminated". August 22, 2015.
14. "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8: Irfan Pathan makes wild card entry". July 26, 2015.
15. "Irfan Pathan quits Jhalak Dikhhla Ja Reloaded". August 21, 2015.
16. "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8: Puneet Issar, Radhika Madan & Dipika Samson to participate in dance show!". June 18, 2015.
17. "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded: Radhika Madan aka Ishani of Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi eliminated". August 13, 2015.
18. "'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8': Kavita aka Chandramukhi Chautala of 'FIR', Sargun, Sanaya Approached? RJ Pritam to Host Show". May 16, 2015.
19. "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded: Kavita Kaushik eliminated". July 31, 2015.
20. "'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' Season 8: Dipika Samson aka Simar of 'Sasural Simar Ka' and 'Roar' Actress Nora Fatehi to Participate". May 12, 2015.
21. "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 Elimination: Dipika Kakar Evicted From Show". July 27, 2015.