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Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5
Country of origin India
No. of episodes 32
Release
Original network Colors TV
Original release 16 June (2012-06-16) – 30 September 2012 (2012-09-30)
Additional information
Celebrity winner Gurmeet Choudhary
Choreo Partner:
Shampa Sonthalia

Runner Up:
Rashami Desai
Choreo Partner:
Deepak Singh
Season chronology
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The 5th Season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa premiered on June 16, 2012 on Colors and ended on September 30, 2012. The series is hosted by Manish Paul and Ragini Khanna.

^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.

This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale.

1st Episode of Week 7 themed 'Wild Card' Special selected 3 new contestant to current participating celebrities.

Out of the 6 new Wild Card Entrance the couples which joined the current celebrities in the race of 'Jhalak' were

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

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 sustained in this episode. Cornell was the dancing partner of Neha Bhasin in the Wild Card Entry episode.

From the episode dated September 2, 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 September 8, 2012):

Week 13 episode 26 (dated: September 9, 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.


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