Dance Premier League
Dance Premier League is an Indian dance reality show that premiered on Sony TV on 9 October 2009. The series is judged by the known Bollywood film actress Rani Mukerji, and famous Indian choreographer Shiamak Davar who guides all six teams as an 'umpire'. The series replaced Sony TV's long running dance show Boogie Woogie.
Format
- The show consists of six teams, consisting of eight dancers each, that are chosen at auditions across India. One of the six teams consists of NRIs.
- Each zonal team will play against every other zone.
- Each match will have a solo, a duo and a group round. The tally of all three rounds will decide the winner.
- The scoring is like cricket runs, e.g., duck, single, boundary, sixer, etc. The winning team gets 2 points.
- At the end of each match, awards are also given just like cricket, e.g., Man of the match, most 6's, most 4's etc.
- After the league matches the top four teams will play semifinals and then the top two will fight in the finals.
- The points are awarded by the choreographers whose teams have not performed on the day. Shiamak Davar, aworld renowned choreographer is the match umpire and he can question or raise an objection to the points awarded.
- Rani Mukerji, DPL ki Rani, will choose the man of the match and also award runs for the performances.
- Man of the match gets 6 runs and these runs are added to the Round 3 score of their team.
Teams
Slogans and points
- The Official supporters! came to the auditions merely to promote their movies which released at the time. These "official supporters" did not appear on the show.
Fixtures
| Date | Match | Score | Man of the Match |
| 23 October | Uttar Ke Puttar / Southern Sizzlers | UKP: 14+17+16 = 47 ---- SS: 10+12+18 = 40 | BinduSouthern Sizzlers |
| 24 October | Eastern Tigers / Western Yodhas | ET: 12+14+26 = 52 ---- WY: 19+20+30 = 69 | VishalWestern Yodhas |
| 30 October | Central Surmas / Desi Pardesi | CS: 18+16+30 = 64 ---- DP: 14+14+13 = 41 | TejasCentral Surmas |
| 31 October | Uttar Ke Puttar / Eastern Tigers | UKP: 16+22+12 = 50 ---- ET: 11+20+30 = 61 | |
| 6 November | Southern Sizzlers / Central Surmas | SS: 10+20+16 = 46 ---- CS: 15+20+31 = 66 | Prachi and AnkitaCentral Surmas |
| 7 November | Western Yodhas / Desi Pardesi | WY: 24+31+10+6=71 ---- DP: 21+21+26=68 | SantoshWestern Yodhas |
| 13/14 November | Uttar Ke Puttar / Central Surmas | UP: 23+30+22=81 ---- CS: 23+21+20=64 | DineshUttar Ke Puttar |
| 13/14 November | Eastern Tigers / Desi Pardesi | ET: 31+20+22=73 ---- DP: 31+17+27=75 | Ruel and PriyankaDesi Pardesi |
| 13/14 November | Southern Sizzlers / Western Yodhas | SS: 19+20+21=60 ---- WY: 15+27+37=79 | KarthikWestern Yodhas |
| 20/21 November | Uttar Ke Puttar / Desi Pardesi | UP: 21+22+26=69 ---- DP: 21+24+20+6=71 | KarenDesi Pardesi |
| 20/21 November | Southern Sizzlers / Eastern Tigers | SS: 21+22+27=70 ---- ET: 16+18+29+6=69 | AntareepaEastern Tigers |
| 20/21 November | Western Yodhas / Central Surmas | WY: 24+24+30+6=84 ---- CS: 18+26+30=74 | Karthik and VishalWestern Yodhas |
| 27/28 November | Southern Sizzlers / Desi Pardesi | SS: 30+20+28+6=84 ---- DP: 16+24+30=70 | TharakSouthern Sizzlers |
| 27/28 November | Uttar Ke Puttar / Western Yodhas | UKP: 18+14+27+6=65 ---- WY: 23+20+22=65 | DineshUttar Ke Puttar |
| 27/28 November | Eastern Tigers / Central Surmas | ET: 20+23+26+6=75 ---- CS: 24+30+24=78 | BinaishaEastern Tigers |
| 12 December | 1st Semi-final | ||
| 18 December | 2nd Semi-final | ||
| 19 December | Match for 3rd position | ||
| 25 December | Face off between choreographers | ||
| 26 December | Finals | Western Yodhas won from Central Surmas by 3 points. Karthik from Western Yodhas was declared as the Man of the series. The third place went to Southern Sizzlers. WY team won 51,00,000 INR and Coaches won 50,00,000 INR as prize money. |