Just Dance (Indian TV series)
Just Dance | |
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Genre | Reality, Dance |
Created by | Anil Jha |
Directed by | Ashim Sen |
Creative director | Tania Bath |
Presented by | StarPlus |
Release | 18 June 1 October 2011 | –
Just Dance is an Indian television dance-reality series on
Judges
Host
Contestants
The 52 dancers were selected from India and outside of India. They were invited to Mumbai for further competition to select the top 12 dancers for the show. The top 12 contestants were decided for the show but due to some reasons, 13 dancers were selected.
Top Dancers
- Ankan Sen from Kolkata Winner
- Surjeet Bansal from Delhi 1st Runner-up
- Karan Khanna from Mumbai - 2nd Runner-up
- Rajit Dev from Mumbai - [eliminated]
- Soumita Roy from Kolkata - [eliminated]
- Abhash Mukherjee from Ranchi - [eliminated]
- Swarali Karulkar from Mumbai - [eliminated]
- Meher Malik from Delhi - [eliminated]
- Kruti Shah from Marlboro, New Jersey- [eliminated]
- Karan Pangali from London - [eliminated]
- Irfan Shaikh from Baroda- [eliminated]
- Hitesh Patil from Mumbai - [eliminated]
- Preeti Chafale from Nagpur - [eliminated]
On the day of every elimination Hrithik Roshan gave a check of three Lakh rupees to the eliminated contestant from his personal account (without contribution of TV channel).
Winner
The Season 1 of the competition was won by
Production
The show was produced by
Format
Produced by SOL Productions, the show had 30 episodes. It was start with auditions, and then proceeded through eliminations, as the participants vied to be the apple of Hrithik's eye. Contestants were called through registration process to participate in the audition. In London, the first stage auditions were judged by Samir Bhamra, the best dancers were chosen by Vaibhavi Merchant and Farah Khan and given JDS certificate. Selected contestants waited for the HR Bracelet which allowed them to perform before Hrithik Roshan in Mumbai.
Reception
The show got the highest opening (a cumulative TRP of 4.7) for a reality show for 2011. Hrithik Roshan was voted as the best TV host by a poll conducted by Ormax Media.[3] Besides the show won the award for best reality show at the Indian Television Academy. Ayushmann Khurrana also won award as the best host.[4] As per TAM data, the grand finale held on 1 October 2011 was watched by an unprecedented 97 million viewers in the country. It featured some of Bollywood's well-known actors like Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Sonakshi Sinha and Deepika Padukone.[5]
References
- ^ "Farah Khan & Vaibhavi as judges on 'Just Dance'". BizAsia UK. 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012.
- Tribune India: Chatterbox. 31 March 2011.
- ^ "Hrithik Roshan voted as the best TV host". The Times of India. 1 October 2011. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ "The ITA Awards » The Indian Television Academy Awards". Indian Television Academy. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "97 million viewers tune into Star Plus for Just Dance finale". bestmediainfo.com. Retrieved 10 October 2011.