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 series was hosted by Manish Paul and judged by Jacqueline Fernandez, Karan Johar, Ganesh Hegde and Farah Khan. The series ran from 30 July 2016 to 21 January 2017.
This season's winner was Teriya Magar.
The Finale was shot before the voting lines were open. However, they declared the winner on the set of Bigg Boss 10 after the voting lines got closed.

Elimination and Voting

Jhalak Dikhlaa 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.

Contestants

The show started with 12 couples. In 8 October episode, 5 WildCard entries were introduced by Farah Khan.
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Averages

This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale.
Rank by averagePlaceCoupleTotal pointsNumber of dancesAverage
31Teriya & Aryan270827.88
12Salman & Aishwariya6632326.28
43Shantanu & Alisha7042328.63
54Siddharth & Vaishnavi3401329.43
25Swasti & Preetjot231926.33
66Karishma & Rajit4531728.13
97Shakti & Suchitra3731524.33
78Spandan & Hardik121526.18
119Nora & Cornel3321322.67
1310Gracy & Sachin66322.00
811Surveen & Sanam245924.50
1012Arjun & Bhavna222923.00
1213Helly & Jai115525.00
1414Sidhant & Pranalini125525.67
1515Harpal & Bhavna92421.00
1616Poonam & Priyanka67321.00
1717Gaurav & Diwakar43221.00

Celebrity guests