Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 is the fifth season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 16 June 2012 on Colors and concluded on 30 September 2012. The series was hosted by Manish Paul and Ragini Khanna.
indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom three.
Notes
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 on. ^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.
Wild card entry special
1st Episode of Week 7 themed 'Wild Card' Special selected 3 new contestant to current participating celebrities.
Week 10 : Famous Jodis of Bollywood [Individual Performance & Group relay]
Week 11 : Colours & Childhood
Week 12 : Kuch Hatke Dikha & Brahmastra
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
Week 13 (Episode 26 [9 September 2012]): Judges as Mentors ([Karan Johar's team: Isha and Karan], [Madhuri Dixit's Team: Rashmi and Gurmeet], [Remo's Team: Rithvik and Bharti])
Week 14 (Episode 27 [15 September 2012] & Episode 28 [16 September 2012]): Breathless [Individual performances]; Performing in a group with back-dancers
Week 15 (Episode 29 [22 September 2012]): Guest dancing partners
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 a Bollywood 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:
Stand-up Comedienne Bharti Singh who withdrew from the competition[27] due to 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.[28]
