# Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 9

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 is the ninth season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 30 July 2016 on Colors. The season was hosted by Manish Paul and judged by Jacqueline Fernandez, Karan Johar, Ganesh Hegde and Farah Khan. The season ran from 30 July 2016 to 21 January 2017. This season's winner was Teriya Magar.

## Format

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa has no audience voting in this season. Eviction is based on two specific criteria: judges' scores and the live studio audience scores. In semi finale, it was announced that audience can vote for the winner. Voting lines were open only for five days. Thus, now the elimination is done right in the end of the episode, unlike the previous seasons where elimination would be done in the beginning of next week's episode.

## Production

The series was announced in March 2016. In May 2016, Manish Paul was confirmed to return as the presenter of the series. In June 2016, Jacqueline Fernandez, Karan Johar and Ganesh Hegde were confirmed as the judges.
In September 2016, Govinda replaced Johar for one episode. Farah Khan replaced Hegde in November 2016
The channel released its first promo in June 2016. Later the series released another promo introducing its first to contestants Karishma Tanna and Surveen Chawla.

## Professional dancers

In June 2016, announced that Bhavna Khanduja, Rajit Dev, Cornel Rodrigues, Jai Kumar Nair, Sanam Johar, Alisha Singh,, Diwakar Nayal and would be returning to the series. Pranalini Atul and Bhavna Purohit were also announced to be making their debut as professionals in the series.
In mid July 2016, Aishwarya Radhakrishnan was added to the list and would be making her debut as a professional where she was paired opposite participant Salman Yusuff Khan.
In August 2016, Sidhant Gupta's choreographer Pranalini injured herself and quit the series while she got replaced by Sneha Singh.

## Cast

The series features twelve celebrity contestants. On 2 June 2016, the first two celebrities were announced as participants that were Karishma Tanna and Surveen Chawla. The final line up was revealed on 23 June 2016.
In October 2016, five new entries were announced including Gracy Goswami, Siddharth Nigam and Teriya Magar.
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional Partner | Status |
| Gaurav Gera | Comedian | Diwakar Nayal | Eliminated 1st on 13 August 2016 |
| Priyanka Shah | Dancer | Poonam Shah | Eliminated 2nd on 22 August 2016 |
| Harpal Singh Sokhi | Celebrity Chef | Bhavna Purohit | Eliminated 3rd on 27 August 2016 |
| Helly Shah | Swaragini – Jodein Rishton Ke Sur actress | Jai Kunar Nair | Eliminated 4th on 3 September 2016 |
| Sidhant Gupta | Actor and model | Pranalini Atul /Sneha Singh | Eliminated 5th on 3 September 2016 |
| Arjun Bijlani | Naagin actor | Bhavna Khanduja | Eliminated 6th on 1 October 2016 |
| Surveen Chawla | Bollywood and Punjabi actress | Sanam Johar | Eliminated 7th on 1 October 2016 |
| Gracy Goswami | Balika Vadhu actress | Sachin Sharma | Eliminated 9th on 5 November 2016 |
| Nora Fatehi | Bollywood actress and Bigg Boss star | Cornel Rodrigues | Eliminated 10th on 12 November 2016 |
| Spandan Chaturvedi | Udaan actress | Hardik Bora | Eliminated 11th on 19 November 2016 |
| Shakti Arora | Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi actor | Suchitra Sawant | Eliminated 12th on 26 November 2016 |
| Karishma Tanna | Actress and Bigg Boss runner-up | Rajit Dev | Eliminated 13th on 10 December 2016 |
| Swasti Nitya | Dancer | Preetjot Dayal | Eliminated 14th on 19 December 2016 |
| Nandish Sandhu | Uttaran actor | Shampa Gopikrishna | Not Selected on 24 December 2016 |
| Rimi Sen | Bollywood actress | Dhiraj Bhakshi | Not Selected on 24 December 2016 |
| Dwayne Bravo | Cricketer | Bhavna Purohit | Withdrew on 14 January 2017 |
| Siddharth Nigam | Actor | Vaishnavi Patil | Eliminated 15th on 14 January 2016 |
| Shantanu Maheshwari | Actor & dancer | Alisha Singh | Third place on 21 January 2017 |
| Salman Yusuff Khan | Dancer | Aishwarya Radhakrishnan | 1st Runners-up on 21 January 2017 |
| Teriya Magar | Dancer | Aryan Patra | Eliminated 8th on 22 October 2016 |
| Teriya Magar | Dancer | Aryan Patra | Winners on 21 January 2017 |

## Score chart

The highest score each week is indicated in bold green with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated in italic red with a double-dagger (‡).
Colour key:
   Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 9) - Weekly Scores :
   | Couple | Pl. | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
   | Couple | Pl. | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6+7+8+9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11+12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16+17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 19+20+21+22 | 23 |
   | Teriya & Aryan | 1st | | | | | | | | | | | | 21‡ | | | | | | | 30† | 30† | 60† | 30† | 25 | 26‡ | 20 | 50† | 121 | 38‡ |
   | Salman & Aishwarya | 2nd | 25† | 30† | 55† | 30† | 29† | 30† | 30† | 30† | 30† | 30† | 120† | 28† | 30† | 30† | 60† | 25 | 30† | 30† | 30† | 29 | 59 | 30† | 27† | 29 | 18† | 45 | 119 | 40† |
   | Shantanu & Alisha | 3rd | 23 | 28 | 51 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 30† | 29 | 30† | 117 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 28 | 30† | 27 | 28 | 30† | 58 | 28 | 24‡ | 30† | 17‡ | 49 | 121 | 38‡ |
   | Siddharth & Vaishnavi | 4th | | | | | | | | | | | | 30† | 27 | 25 | 51 | 25 | 30† | 25 | 27‡ | 27‡ | 54 | 27 | 23‡ | 30† | 20 | 43‡ | 116 | |
   | Dwayne & Bhavna P | 5th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | 16 | | | |
   | Swasti & Preetjot | 6th | | | | | | | | | | | | 23 | 20‡ | 26 | 46 | 26 | 29 | 30† | 29 | 26 | 55 | 22‡ | | | | | | |
   | Karishma & Rajit | 7th | 22 | 26 | 48 | 27 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 110 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 51 | 30† | 27 | 26 | 28 | 27‡ | 55 | | | | | | | |
   | Shakti & Suchitra | 8th | 24 | 27 | 51 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 27‡ | 25 | 29 | 27 | 108 | 22 | 20‡ | 26 | 46 | 22 | 26 | 23‡ | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Spandan & Hardik | 9th | | | | | | | | | | | | 23 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 27 | 25‡ | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Nora & Cornel | 10th | 23 | 25 | 48 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 27‡ | 29 | 24 | 30† | 110 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 21‡ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Gracy & Sachin | 11th | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | 23 | 21‡ | 25‡ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Arjun & Bhavna K | 13th | 21 | 21‡ | 42‡ | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 24‡ | 22‡ | 25‡ | 99‡ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Surveen & Sanam | 12th | 24 | 27 | 51 | 28 | 29† | 30† | 28 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 107 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Helly & Jai | 14th | 21 | 22 | 43 | 24 | 24 | 23‡ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Sidhant & Pranalini | 15th | 23 | 26 | 49 | 26 | 27 | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Harpal & Bhavini P | 16th | 22 | 24 | 46 | 25 | 21‡ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Priyanka & Poonam | 17th | 24 | 22 | 46 | 21‡ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Gaurav & Diwakar | 18th | 20‡ | 23 | 43 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Notes

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 This couple was eliminated.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 This couple was in the bottom two/three/four, but was not eliminated.
* ↑ This couple finished in first place.
* ↑ This couple finished in second place.
* ↑ This couple finished in third place.
* ↑ This couple withdrew from the competition.
    Red numbers indicates the lowest score.
    Green numbers indicates the highest score.
    indicates the winning couple.
    indicates the runner-up couple.
    indicates the third-place couple.
    indicates the fourth-place couple.
    indicates the couple eliminated that week.
    indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom three.
    indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

## Dance chart

The couples performed the following each week:
    Highest scoring dance
    Lowest scoring dance
    Non-scoring dance
   Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 9) - Dance chart :
   | Couple | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks |
   | Couple | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
   | Teriya & Aryan | | | | | | | | | Freestyle | Freestyle | | | | | Krumping | Freestyle | Contemporary Freestyle | Aerial | Robotics & Classical | Lyrical | Bollywood | Freestyle |
   | Salman & Aishwarya | Salsa | Kizomba | Freestyle | Tango & Krumping | Swing | Waltz | Acro gymnastics | Tandav | Freestyle | Bollywood | Bollywood | Aerial Freestyle | Freestyle | Flamenco & Bellydance | Bollywood | Bollywood | Freestyle | Freestyle | Freestyle | Freestyle | Salsa | Bollywood |
   | Shantanu & Alisha | Freestyle | Hip-hop | Freestyle | Tango & Krumping | Bollywood | Bollywood | Freestyle | Bollywood | Street style hip-hop | Contemporary | Bollywood | Broadway jazz | Freestyle Hip-hop | Freestyle Robotics | Freestyle | Freestyle Hip-hop | Bollywood | Freestyle | Purulia Chhau | Hip-hop | Freestyle | Hip-hop |
   | Siddharth & Vaishnavi | | | | | | | | | Freestyle | Freestyle | Freestyle | Freestyle | Bollywood | Freestyle | Freestyle | Freestyle | Contemporary | Freestyle | Freestyle | Contemporary | Freestyle | |
   | Dwayne & Bhavna | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Bollywood | Bollywood | Bollywood | |
   | Swasti & Preetjot | | | | | | | | | Bollywood | Bollywood | Freestyle | Odissi | Bollywood | Bollywood | Bollywood | Bollywood | Bollywood | Bollywood | | | | |
   | Karishma & Rajit | Freestyle | Freestyle | Freestyle | Bollywood | Bollywood | Freestyle | Hip-hop | Bollywood | Bharatnatyam | Bollywood | Semi-classical | Waltz | Bollywood | Cabaret | Freestyle | Mujra & Salsa | Tandav | | | | | |
   | Shakti & Suchitra | Freestyle | Freestyle | Tango | Freestyle | Freestyle Broadway | Bollywood | Contortion & Bollywood | Lavni | Garba | Freestyle | Freestyle | Samba | Freestyle | Tollywood | Freestyle | | | | | | | |
   | Spandan & Hardik | | | | | | | | | Bollywood | Freestyle | Bollywood | Bollywood | Bollywood | Bollywood | Bollywood | | | | | | | |
   | Gracy & Sachin | | | | | | | | | Bollywood | Paso Doble | Semi-classical | Bollywood | | | Bollywood | | | | | | | |
   | Nora & Cornel | Freestyle | Freestyle Reggae | Bollywood | Bollywood | Freestyle Belly Dance | Contemporary | Aerial | Bollywood | Tango | Freestyle | Bollywood | Bachata | Freestyle | | | | | | | | | |
   | Arjun & Bhawna | Freestyle | Paso Doble | Tollywood | Freestyle | Freestyle | Bollywood | Bollywood | Freestyle | Robotics | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Surveen & Sanam | Freestyle & Bhangra | Freestyle | Kathak | Bollywood | Freestyle | Contemporary | Cabaret | Hip-hop | Afro | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Helly & Jai | Bollywood Freestyle | Freestyle | Freestyle | Bollywood & Salsa | Bollywood | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Sidhant & Pranalini | Freestyle | Krumping | Samba | Bollywood | Bollywood | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Harpal & Bhavini | Freestyle & Bhangra | Rock & Roll | Cha Cha | Bollywood & Salsa | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Priyanka & Poonam | Bharatnatyam & Popping | Jazz & Bollywood | Bollywood & Hip-hop | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Gaurav & Diwakar | Salsa | Cabaret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Note

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 No scores were received for this dance.

## Guest appearances

| Week(s) | Episode(s) | Guest(s) | Note(s) |
| Week 2 | Episode 2 | Mouni Roy | To support Arjun Bijlani |
| Week 3 | Episode 3 | Mona Singh | To support Gaurav Gera |
| Week 3 | Episode 3 | Anil Kapoor | To promote 24 (Season 2) |
| Week 4 | Episode 4 | Tiger Shroff | To promote A Flying Jatt |
| Week 5 | Episode 5 | Sonakshi Sinha | To promote Akira |
| Week 5 | Episode 5 | Gaurav Gera | To support Salman Yusuff Khan |
| Week 6 | Episode 6 | Govinda | In place of Karan Johar as judge |
| Week 7 | Episode 7 | Katrina Kaif & Sidharth Malhotra | To promote Baar Baar Dekho |
| Week 8 | Episode 8 | Amitabh Bachchan & Taapsee Pannu | To promote Pink |
| Week 9 | Episode 9 | Riteish Deshmukh | To promote Banjo |
| Week 12 | Episode 10 | Sushant Singh Rajput | To Promote M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story |
| Week 13 | Episode 12 | Sonu Sood & Prabhu Deva | To Promote Tutak Tutak Tutiya |
| Week 14 | Episode 13 | Ranbir Kapoor | To Promote Ae Dil Hai Mushkil |
| Week 15 | Episode 14 | Neha Saxena | To support Shakti Arora |
| Week 17 | Episode 16 | Yuvraj Singh | To promote his NGO for cancer patients |
| Week 18 | Episode 17 | Alia Bhatt | To promote Dear Zindagi |
| Week 19 | Episode 18 | Vidya Balan | To promote Kahaani 2 |
| Week 20 | Episode 21 | Badshah | Special appearance |
| Week 21 | Episode 24 | Kunwar Amar | To dance with Shantanu Maheshwari in Teen ka Tadka special |
| Week 21 | Episode 24 | Faisal Khan | To dance with Teriya Magar in Teen ka Tadka special |
| Week 21 | Episode 24 | Puja Banerjee | To dance with Dwayne Bravo in Teen ka Tadka special |
| Week 21 | Episode 24 | Sana Saeed | To dance with Salman Yusuff Khan in Teen ka Tadka special |
| Week 21 | Episode 24 | Sumedh Mudgalkar | To dance with Siddharth Nigam in Teen ka Tadka special |
| Week 22 | Episode 26 | Hrithik Roshan | To promote Kaabil |