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Dancing with the Stars Nepal
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Fenia Vardanis Richard Hopkins Karen Smith
Based on	Dancing With The Stars
Directed by	Laxman Paudyal
Presented by	Suman Karki Sadichha Shrestha
Country of origin	Nepal
Original language	Nepali
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	90 minutes
Original release
Network	Himalaya Television
Release	18 September 2020 (2020-09-18)

Dancing with the Stars Nepal

Judges	Gauri Malla Dilip Rayamajhi Renasha Bantawa Rai

Release
Original network	Himalaya Television

Dancing with the Stars, Nepal is a celebrity dance reality show licensed by BBC Studios based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing.^[1] The show is produced by ANC Production, production house which have produced The Voice of Nepal. The show is directed by Laxman Poudyal, director of The Voice of Nepal, The Voice Kids and Nepal Idol Season 1. For the first season 12 celebrity and choreographers will compete to win the title. Second season of Dancing Stars Nepal has already been announced and will air on TV very soon.

Format

The format of the show consists of a celebrity paired with a professional dancer. Each couple performs predetermined dances and competes against the others for judges' points and audience votes. In Nepal, audience can vote from IME Pay App.

Cast

Host

For the first season, show makers announced that participant of Nepal's first comedy reality show - Comedy Champion top 5 participant, Suman Karki and Miss Nepal World 2010, Sadichha Shrestha will be hosting this season.^[2]

Judges

Actress/dancer Gauri Malla, actor/dancer Dilip Rayamajhi and film director, producer & choreographer Renasha Bantawa Rai will be judging the show.

Season 1

Participants

Couple No	Professional Dancer	Known For	Celebrity	Known For
1.	Yumi Balami	Founder/Choreographer NYFAM	Hari Khadka	Former Captain of National Football Team, Nepal
2.	Rajiv Kumar Karn	Film Choreographer	Puja Thakur	Actress
3.	Swoyatna Yonjan	Host Jhankar Live	Prashant Tamrakar	Fashion Coach
4.	Pramod Kumar Bhandari	Film Choreographer	Umesh Rai	Comedian
5.	Sanjaya Lama	Choreographer	Divanshi Baidawar	Child Actress
6.	Laure Singh	Professional Dancer	Jyoti Magar	Singer
7.	Viju Parki	Choreographer	Sumi Moktan	Actress
8.	Kebika Khatri	Finalist ChamChami Season 3	Buddha Lama	Winner of Nepal Idol Season 1
9.	Sunil BK	Founder/Choreographer Nepholic Crew	Deepa-Damanta	Tiktok Twins
10.	Saroj Moktan	Finalist Boogie Woogie	Rakshya Shrestha	Actress
11.	Keshav Thapa	Choreographer	Shristi KC	Dancer/Actress with special Ability
12.	Shubham Bhujel	Top 9 participant Boogie Woogie Nepal/ Choreographer	Priyana Acharya	Television Actress

For the first season, there would be 11 couples competing for the title.

Celebrity Guests

Guests	Episode No.	Episode Date
Rajesh Hamal	Grand Premiere	18 September 2020
Basundhara Bhusal	Episode 03	2 October 2020
Basundhara Bhusal	Episode 04	3 October 2020
Ramesh Upreti	Episode 05	9 October 2020
Rajendra Khadgi	Episode 06	10 October 2020
Krishna Malla & Sharmila Malla	Episode 07	16 October 2020
Kiran KC	Episode 08	17 October 2020
Bhuwan Chand & Chaite Devi sing	Episode 09	23 October 2020
Namrata Shrestha	Episode 10	24 October 2020
Pal Shah & Najir Hussain	Episode 13	6 November 2020
Pal Shah & Najir Hussain	Episode 14	7 November 2020
Bhuwan KC	Episode 23	11 December 2020
Nischal Basnet & Swastima Khadka	Episode 24	12 December 2020

Scoring Chart

Couple	Team	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
Sumi & Viju^[3]	Suviju	30	30	30	26	23	23	27	27	27	26	29	30	29	30	30	30	Winner
Buddha & Kevika	Buddhika	26	26	26	26	26	26	28	26	27	30	24	30	29	30	29	30	1st Runner up
Priyana & Subham	Priyam					24	22	26	22	25	25	27	27	26	24	30	27	2nd Runner up
Aama & Pramod	Amod	26	25	29	25	28	27	25	29	23	26	25	29	29	25	30	27	Eliminated
Jyoti & Laure	Jotila	30	25	27	23	25	25	27	26	25	28	27	26	25	30	Eliminated
Divanshi & Siddhart	Devarth	27	26	24	30	26	21	30	27	23	27	30	26	Eliminated
Prashant & Swantyona	Prayatna	30	20	27	24	26	23	28	23	23	24	Eliminated
Shristi & Keshav	Shrisav	29	27	30	26	26	23	30	27	Eliminated
Deepa & Damanta	Sudeemanta	24	26	29	28	27	24	29	26	Eliminated
Hari & Yumi	Haami	26	24	25	26	26	22	Eliminated
Puja & Rajiv	Purajiv (Puroj)	24	24	23	27	Eliminated
Rakshya & Saroj	Rakroj	22	27	Eliminated
Bottom 3			Buddhika, Amod, Suviju		Puroj, Hami, Prayatna		Prayatna Haami Priyam		Shrisav Jotila Sudeemanta	Devarth Prayatna Jotila		Amod Devarth Buddhika		Jotila Buddhika Suviju		Buddhika Amod Priyam
Evicted			Rakroj		Puroj		Haami		Shrisav Sudeemanta	Prayatna		Devarth		Jotila		Amod

Rakshya was injured while practising dance so due to health condition doctor advice to take at least 2 months bed rest Rakshya & Saroj Team Rakroj quit the show. However Saroj dance beat appreciated by all judges and there are not in bottom three in week 2
Puja Thakurs choreographer change Saroj team name is Puroj in week 4
Priyana Acharya and Saroj wild card entry in week 5

Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week

Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week

indicates profomance of the week.

the couple eliminated that week

the returning couple that was in the bottom two

the couple withdrew from the competition

the couple won immunity and did not dance off

the winning couple

the runner-up couple

the third place couple

Season 2

Soon, Season 2 of Dancing with the stars will be aired on Himalaya TV HD . The star participants and choreographer will be announced soon .