Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 10

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10 is the tenth season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, an Indian reality and dance television series produced by BBC Worldwide Productions Company. The season was hosted by Manish Paul and judged by Karan Johar, Madhuri Dixit, Nora Fatehi, and Terence Lewis. The series premiered from 3 September 2022 to 27 November 2022 on Colors TV and digitally streamed on Voot. Gunjan Sinha emerged as the winner of the show.
Note:- Since only Winner was announced among the Top 3 and Top 3 among the Top 5, average score of the contestants determine their ranks considering the international format stated in the show.
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 (‡).
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One of the twists that featured in this season was "Jhalak Passport". The Jhalak Passport of contestants whose performances impressed the judges will receive the Golden Stamp and the recipients will become contenders for the Golden Chair.
This season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa introduced a first-of-its-kind Golden Chair system in which the contestant winning the Golden Chair will be immune from elimination for the following week.
Gashmeer Mahajani and Romsha Singh became the first participating couple to win the Golden Chair twice and became immune from elimination for the Week 3 and then again in Week 4.
Nia Sharma, Amruta Khanvilkar, Gunjan Sinha, Niti Taylor and Faisal Shaikh have won the Golden Chair since then.
The show follows its traditional elimination policy of grand total of judges' scores and audience votings for the bottom two contestants. The contestant in the bottom two with least number of combined judges' scores and audience votings is eliminated in the following week at the end of Sunday's episode.
The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:
Week 3 was themed 'Family' Special, and each of the participating celebrities dedicated their performances (Dutee gave her introductory performance this week) as follows:
Week 4 was themed "Bollywood Special" and Mahasangam (merger) with Khatron Ke Khiladi 12 finale, and each participating celebrity gave tribute to iconic actors of Bollywood by performing their iconic songs in Khatron Ke Khiladi style as follows:
Week 5 was themed "Jhalak of India" and each participating celebrity represented a state in India with that state's signature traditional dresses:
Week 6 was themed "Kapoor Special" as a tribute to the Kapoors of Bollywood where Neetu Kapoor arrived as the guest for the same. Each of the participating celebrities gave their tribute to one member of Kapoor family by performing their iconic songs as follows:
Week 7 was themed "Desh Ki Demand" where each participating celebrity performed the demand made to them:
Week 8 was themed "Diwali Special" and each participating celebrity enacted either a particular god or a mythological character:
Week 9 was themed 'Dance War' where the two judges (Nora and Karan) chose their teams within the participants and the one with more scores (average) wins. The winning team is safe from next week's eviction.
Week 10 was themed 'Adla-Badli' where all the participating celebrities were asked to perform with the dancing partner of another celebrity instead of their original ones which were as follows:
The couples performed the following each week:
Colors TV announced the comeback of series after a hiatus of five years in July 2022, with Manish Paul returning as host alongside Karan Johar, Madhuri Dixit and Nora Fatehi on the judges panel. The press conference and launch event for this season was held on 26 August 2022.
Speaking on the same, Chief Content Officer, Manisha Sharma, of Viacom18 said, "while five years is a big gap, the show has always had its audience, this is one of the most successful entertainment formats on Indian television and we are relishing our long-lasting relationship with BBC Worldwide Productions and look forward to many more such successful associations with them". The principal photography of the series commenced in August 2022 in Mumbai. Dixit, Fatehi and Johar, had been spotted shooting on Friday 5 August 2022. The shooting for the premiere week episodes started on 24 August 2022 at Film City, Mumbai. The contestants and judges were snapped shooting for the Retro Special week episodes which started on 5 September 2022. The judges and contestants were spotted shooting for the Family Special week episodes which started on 13 September 2022. The contestants and judges were snapped shooting for the Bollywood Special week episodes which started on 20 September 2022. The judges and contestants were spotted shooting for the Jhalak of India Special week episodes which started on 27 September 2022. The contestants and judges were snapped shooting for the Kapoor Special week episodes which started on 4 October 2022. The contestants and judges were spotted shooting for the Desh Ki Demand. Special week episodes which started on 11 October 2022.
The Grand Finale shooting was held on 22 November 2022 in Film City, Mumbai. On 25 July 2022, a promo revealing the season's logo was released on Colors TV official Instagram and Twitter handles.
Mid-Day called it an "entertaining ride", and particularly noted the VFX and the "glittering set [which] is high on opulence", but faulted it for its "heavy-handed dose of drama".
Rediff.com, reviewing the first two episodes, deemed them "not just high on entertainment, but also on dance".
The Times of India lauded the comeback, calling it "worth the wait", with participants who "prove their mettle" and "give a tough competition".
Pinkvilla, reviewing the Grand Finale episode, called it a "dance extravaganza and all glitz and glam", with an "entertainment quotient just kept increasing".