Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 is the seventh season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 7 June 2014 on Colors. The series was hosted by Ranvir Shorey^[1] and Drashti Dhami^[2] but later got replaced by Manish Paul.^[3] Madhuri Dixit, Karan Johar and Remo D'Souza were the three judges.^[4] The finale took place on 20 September 2014 and was won by Ashish Sharma and Shampa Gopikrishna.

Contestants

• Ashish Sharma and Shampa Gopikrishna, winners on 20 September 2014^[5][6]
• Karan Tacker and Elena Samodanova / Bhawna Khanduja, second place on 20 September 2014^[7][8]
• Shakti Mohan and Tushar Kalia, third place on 20 September 2014
• Mouni Roy and Punit Pathak, fourth place on 20 September 2014^[9]
• Akshat Singh and Vaishnavi Patil, eliminated on 13 September 2014
• Sophie Choudry and Deepak Singh, eliminated on 30 August 2014^[10]
• Tara Jean Popowich and Jack Samuel, eliminated on 23 August 2014^{[citation needed]}
• Kiku Sharda and Kruti Mahesh, eliminated on 16 August 2014^[11][12]
• Malishka Mendonsa and Diwakar Nayal, eliminated on 9 August 2014^[13]
• Kushal Punjabi and Mohena Singh, eliminated on 2 August 2014^[14][15][16]
• Puja Banerjee and Rajit Dev, eliminated on 27 July 2014^[17]
• Akriti Kakar and Javed Sanadi, quit on 13 July 2014
• Kainaat Arora and Cornel Rodrigues, eliminated (not selected) on 13 July 2014
• Rahul Vaidya and Syscilia D'Souza, eliminated (not selected) on 13 July 2014
• Sana Khan and Shashank Dogra, eliminated (not selected) on 13 July 2014
• Sreesanth Nair and Sneha Kapoor, eliminated on 12 July 2014^{[citation needed]}
• Sukhwinder Singh and Bhawna Khanduja, eliminated on 6 July 2014^{[citation needed]}
• Kritika Kamra and Savio Barnes, eliminated on 29 June 2014^[18]
• Purab Kohli and Mohena Singh, eliminated on 22 June 2014^[19][20]
• Andy Kumar and Bhavini Mishra, eliminated on 15 June 2014^[21]

Scoring chart

	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			Week 14		Week 15		Week 16
Performer of the Week	None	Akshat	Mouni	Ashish	None	Sophie	None		Karan	Mouni	Shakti	Akshat		Ashish			Akshat	Mouni	None
Ashish	27	35	36	30	26	27	25	24	27	25	27	27	29	Sana S	29	30	27	30	—	—	27	9	Winner
Karan	21	32	40	27	30	27	29	30	27	30	30	27	30	Krystle	27	27	28	30	—	—	29	10	1st runner-up
Shakti	29	40	40	30	30	30	30	30	29	30	30	30	30	Mukti	30	30	—	—	—	—	27	8	2nd runner-up
Mouni	27	31	30	36	22	40	40	38	30	37	30	24	27	Faisal	27	27	27	30	—	—	27	—	3rd runner-up
Akshat	28	40	40	30	30	30	30	27	29	30	25	30	30	Ali	27	30	30	30	—	Eliminated
Sophie	25	36	34	27	27	30	30	26	30	27	24	24	27	Elli	—	Eliminated
Tara	NOT IN COMPETITION					27	30	30	30	27	30	27	Eliminated
Kiku	27	27	34	27	25	21	21	26	27	24	—	Eliminated
Malishka	NOT IN COMPETITION					23	24	23	26	22	Eliminated
Kushal	NOT IN COMPETITION					25	27	29	26	Eliminated
Puja	22	27	34	26	22	25	23	25	Eliminated
Akriti	NOT IN COMPETITION					—	Quit
Kainaat	NOT IN COMPETITION					—	Not Selected
Rahul	NOT IN COMPETITION					—	Not Selected
Sana K	NOT IN COMPETITION					—	Not Selected
Sreesanth	27	32	28	27	27	20	Eliminated
Sukhwinder	18	26	31	21	22	Eliminated
Kritika	22	30	29	25	Eliminated
Purab	24	33	30	Eliminated
Andy	20	27	Eliminated
Bottom 2	None	Andy Sophie	Puja Purab	Kritika Puja	Mouni Sukhwinder	Puja Sreesanth	None	Kushal Puja	Kiku Kushal	Kiku Malishka	Kiku Tara	Akshat Tara		Akshat Sohpie			None		Akshat Shakti		Ashish Karan Mouni Shakti
Quit	None					Akriti	None
Eliminated	No Elimination	Andy	Purab	Kritika	Sukhwinder	Sreesanth	No Elimination	Puja	Kushal	Malishka	Kiku	Tara		Sophie			No Elimination		Akshat		Mouni	Shakti
																					Karan	Ashish

• In week 12, Sophie did not get any scores as she was in the face-off round before she got eliminated
• In week 10, Kiku did not get any scores as she was in the face-off round before she got eliminated
• Due to the health condition and Shakti being hospitalized, the duo Shakti and Tushar were unable to perform in week 13. Hence, no marks were given to them that week.

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

Guest appearances

Themes

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

• Grand Opening Week: Introduction
• Week 1 : International Judge Week
• Week 2 : Made in India
• Week 3 : Judges Demand
• Week 4 : Jhalak Talkes
• Week 5 : Wild Card Entries & Prop Week
• Week 6 : I Love
• Week 7 : DJ Mix & Indian Cinema
• Week 8 : Kurukshetra & Team Challenge
• Week 9 : Backstage Dancer week
• Week 10 : Independence Day week
• Week 11 : Dialogues
• Week 12 : Teen Ka Tadka & Public’s Demand
• Week 13 : Special Group Theme
• Week 14 : Semi Finals & Ganesh Hegde Special
• Week 15 : Super Finale

Week 5 was themed 'Prop week', and each of the participating celebrities dedicated their performances as follow.

1st Episode of Week 5 themed 'Wild Card' Special selected 4 new contestant to current participating celebrities.

• Note - Singer Akriti Kakkar had to quit the show as she was to enter the wild card race due to an accident.^[27][28]

Out of the 5 new Wild Card Entrance the couples which joined the current celebrities in the race of 'Jhalak' were

• Malishka & Diwakar
• Kushal & Mohena
• Tara & Jack

  Selected Dance

  Rejected Dance

Week 8 themed 'Kurukshetra is where the judges chooses their teams within the participants and the one with more scores wins.

Weak 10 themed 'Team Challenge' had two performances from the participants, where one was a team performance. Team leader was selected from the previous week's highest scorers. Team participants, dancing style and songs were finalised by these leaders.

• Mouni's team won the team challenge with getting 30 marks.

Green numbers indicates the highest score.

Week 13 was themed 'Teen Ka Tadka' special episode wherein every contestant will get a new celebrity contestant to dance with. Sana and Tushar who were paired with Mumaith Khan could not perform in the episode since they got eliminated in that week.

• Ashish & Shampa with Sana Saeed
• Shakti & Tushar with Mukti Mohan
• Karan & Bhavna with Krystle D'Souza
• Mouni & Punit with Faisal Khan
• Sophie & Deepak with Elli Avram
• Akshat & Vaishnavi with Ali Asgar