Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa
Season 3
Hosted byShiv Panditt
Shweta Tiwari
JudgesSaroj Khan
Juhi Chawla
Vaibhavi Merchant
No. of contestants12
Celebrity winnerBhaichung Bhutia
Professional winnerSonia Jaffer
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkSony Entertainment Television
Original release27 February (2009-02-27) –
31 May 2009 (2009-05-31)
Season chronology
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Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3 is the third season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 27 February 2009 on Sony Entertainment Television. The season was hosted by Shweta Tiwari, Shiv Panditt and Rohit Roy. The series was won by Baichung Bhutia and Sonia Zaffer on 31 May 2009 winning ₹40,00,000.[1]

Cast

Couples

Celebrity Notability Professional partner Status Ref
Bhagyashree Dassani Actress Toby Fernandez Eliminated 1st [2]
Ugesh Sarcar Magician Tina Sachdeva Eliminated 2nd [3]
Anand Raaj Anand Music composer & Singer Rozita Rajput Eliminated 3rd
Mohinder Amarnath Cricketer Lillian Mendes Eliminated 4th [4]
Ram Kapoor Actor Marischa Fernandes Eliminated 5th [5]
Monica Bedi Actress Javed Sanadi Eliminated 7th [6]
Shilpa Shukla Actress Nishant Bhat Eliminated 8th [7]
Parul Chauhan Actress Deepak Singh Eliminated 9th [8]
Hard Kaur Rapper Savio Barnes Eliminated 10th [9]
Karan Singh Grover Actor Nicole Alvares Third place [10]
Gauahar Khan Model Himanshu Gadani
(earlier Hanif Hilal) 		Eliminated 6th [11]
Runners-up
Bhaichung Bhutia Footballer Sonia Jaffer Winners [12]

Scoring chart

The highest score each week is indicated in bold green with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated in italicized red with a double-dagger (‡).

Colour key:
  Winners
  Runners-up
  Third place
  Bottom two
  Eliminated
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 3)- Nightly Scores
Couple Pl. Night
1 2 3 1+3 4 2+4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14[a] 15 14+15
Bhaichung & Sonia 1st — 22 — — 23 45 22 30† 27 30† — 30† 25 25‡ 29+27=56† 37+40+36=113† 25‡ 138[b]
Gauahar & Himanshu 2nd 24 — 24 48 — — 27 26 23[c] 26[d] 30†[e] 26 28† 28[c] 22+24=46[c] 37+40+36=113† 30† 143†[f]
Karan & Nicole 3rd — 19‡ — — 29† 48 25 26 19 27 — 27 22 29 25+18=43‡ 33+36+29=98‡ 25‡ 123‡[g]
Hard & Savio 4th 27† — 27 54† — — 24 26 28 28 — 30† 29 30† 26+27=53[d]
Parul & Deepak 5th 20‡ — 22 42 — — 22 29 29 19‡[c] — 28 24[c] 26[d]
Shilpa & Nishant 6th 23 — 18‡ 41‡[c] — — 30† 20‡[c] 27 28 — 24[c] 20‡[d]
Monica & Javed 7th 24 — 22 46 — — 20‡ 30† 22 30† — 23‡[d]
Ram & Marischa 8th — 20 — — 26 46 22 26 16‡[d] 27[h]
Mohinder & Lilian 9th — 25† — — 23 48 23 23[d] 20[h]
Anand & Rozita 10th — 23 — — 21‡ 44‡[c] 21[d] 28[h]
Ugesh & Tina 11th — 25† — — 25 50†[d] 19‡[h]
Bhagyashree & Toby 12th 20‡ — 24 44[d] 24[h]
Notes
  1. ^ The couples were scored on a 40-point scale due to the presence of a guest judge.
  2. ^ This couple finished in first place.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i This couple was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j This couple was eliminated.
  5. ^ This couple was eliminated but performed as wild card again, and was selected.
  6. ^ This couple finished in second place.
  7. ^ This couple finished in third place.
  8. ^ a b c d e This couple was eliminated but performed as wild card again, but was not selected.

References

  1. ^ "Bhaichung gets his goal, wins Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa". News18. 31 May 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Bhagyashree fails on TV show".
  3. ^ "'Had I used magic tricks, we would have gone far'". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  4. ^ "'Dancing is tougher than cricket'". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Ram Kapoor on being voted out of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa". Rediff. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  6. ^ "rediff.com: 'I am sure the dance forms in Jhalak will help me in my film career'". specials.rediff.com. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Shilpa Shukla dances out of Jhalak…". Hindustan Times. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Jhalak gets its top 4..." India Forums. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Gauhar & I are not friends: Hard Kaur". The Times of India. 21 May 2009. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Karan Singh Grover looses in Jhalak Dikhlaja -3". TREATISE. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  11. ^ "A shocker eviction in Jhalak". India Forums. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Bhaichung gets his goal, wins Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa". News18. 31 May 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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