Get Ready for a Nail-biting Grand Finale in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa..

The much-awaited Final of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa-Dancing with the Stars is finally here after 14 grueling weeks of hard work by the contestants. The top three contestants in the finals are Sandhya Mridul and Javed, Prachi Desai and Deepak and Jay Bhanushali and Bindi and now all three are ready to prove why they should be the winner.

Friday will be the last day for the three contestants to perform and they are made to face some real acid tests to prove their dancing skills. In the first round, the judges have challenged each contestant to do what they have never done on the show before, so you have Shiamak's challenge to Sandhya to attempt a mujra while Jay turns into 'Jaya' (woman) given by the ravishing Urmila, and Jeetuji's challenge to Prachi is to dance on item numbers.

In the second round, all finalists prove their worth without their choreographers and then the three finalists perform together.

To grace the special occasion on Friday the special guest is the beautiful Katrina Kaif. She has a challenge for the finalists. They all have to perform the same two songs of her choice: they being Jhooth bole kauva kaate… and Jaane jaan you are my love… All three make sure to give full justice to the performance. The judges have given their verdict. But much depends on who will be the people's choice as the winner?

But this is not the end. There's more in store on Saturday on the Grand Finale. All the participants of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa will make a grand comeback to the stage that made them household names. It is the Day of the Judgment - Saturday, December 15, 9.00 p.m. The crowning moment will come from the special guest of the evening, Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, who will soon be seen in the film Welcome.

The dance floor is dazzling with colorful lights, there's music in the air, and anticipation and expectations take over as the curtain goes up to the Grand finale. Jeetendra, Urmila Matondkar & Shiamak Davar, the erstwhile judges’ dance their way onto the glittering stage. The three finalists each take turn to showcase their best. For the finalists, there's solo dancing, dancing with their choreographers, dancing with judges, while the other highlights will be some electrifying performances by Tapur Chaterji, Cyrus, Rohit & Mona.

If this is not grand enough, you got to watch Jeetendra rocking with the three beauties, Sudha Chandran, Mini Mathur & Sonali Kulkarni; Urmila's sizzling performance will leave the viewers breathless and icing on the cake is Shiamak Davar on stage doing what he loves best dancing with the bevy of beauties like Mini, Tapur, Sandhya. There’s more - Watch the 12 choreographers when they take the stage together to give one of the most electrifying performances of the evening. Amidst great dancing, rigorous voting and in company of glittering stars, the Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa—Dancing with the Stars winner will be declared.

Commenting on the show, Albert Almeida, Executive Vice President and Business Head, Sony Entertainment Television, said "The second season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa-Dancing with the Stars has witnessed a higher level of audience interactivity and enthusiasm from the celebrity contestants. The season also presented a 'galaxy' of Bollywood stars shaking a leg with the contestants that further raised the bar for viewer involvement. For the first time, the show introduced a 'wild card entry' on public demand. We are now reaching the peak of this successful show with our Grand Finale plans that will complete the glamour & glitter quotient of Jhalak with Akshay Kumar & Katrina Kaif crowing the winner".

So do not miss the final performances of the top three on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa – Dancing with the Stars on Friday December 14, at 9.00 p.m and the Grand Finale on Saturday December 15th, at 9p.m only on Sony Entertainment Television.

Jay Bhanushali disappointed with audience support

Jay Bhanushali, one of the 3 finalist of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is quite disappointed at the lack of audience support. "When ever I go out, people say that we love your dance and always vote for you. But unfortunately when it comes to elimination round, I always land up in the dock! In fact, once when I was in the safe zone, I complained to the creative team, that please don't get me out of the groove", says Jay..

This Guju boy admitted that most of his supporters were girls. "But I would even want guys to vote for me", he laughed. When asked what inspires him to do those great Salsa and Jive moves, he says the fear of going out makes him go berserk on the gala night! "All the good industry dancers get into my system", says the chirpy actor.

Any hints on what you will be doing for Friday's final? "A never before avatar,is all I will say at the moment", was his answer. A little birdie told us that Jay has shaved his entire body for one of the 3 performances for the Finale, where he will don a woman's avatar.

Press Meet of 'Jhalak Dikhla Jaa II'

The second season of the original reality based dance show format 'Jhalak Dikhla Jaa - Dancing With The Stars' is slated to be back on television screens every Friday and Saturday on Sony Entertainment Television. A press meet to brief the media about the show was held at the Grand Hyatt.

This season promises to be even bigger and better and presents an interesting line-up of 12 celebrities paired with professional dancers who will take on the challenge.

Celebrities including the eminent panel of judges Urmila Matondkar, Shaimak Davar and Jeetendra and all the twelve contestants graced the occasion.

Venue: Grand Hyatt, Santacruz, Mumbai, Friday morning

Celebrities present include Mini Mathur, Ronit Roy, Sudha Chandran, Sandhya Mridul, Sonali Kulkarni, Aadesh Shrivastav, Prachi Desai, Mir Ranjan Negi, Tapur Chatterjee, Jay Bhanushali, Urmila Matondkar, Siddharth Basu, Rohit Roy, Jeetendra, Shiamak Davar, Mona Singh

2nd season of celeb dance show 'Jhalak Dikhla Ja' begins Sep 28

After a gap of nearly a year, another season of television shows featuring celebrities in their new 'avataar' as dancers is all set to send audiences all over India in thrall!
Close on the heels of Star Network announcing launch of third season of its dance reality show 'Nach Baliye', the Sony Entertainment television today announced the launch of second season of its celebrity dance show 'Jhalak Dikhla Ja'.

An Indian version of the highly successful US show 'Dancing with the Stars', a unique concept which pairs big celebrities not known for their dancing abilities with professional choreographers in a dance competition, 'Jhalak Dikhla Ja', in its second season, will feature celebrities like Indian Idol host Mini Mathur, famous dancer and TV actress Sodha Chandran, Punjabi Pop Singer Mika Singh, 'Bakra Boy' Cyrus Broacha, Music Director Aadesh Srivastava and former Indian Hockey Coach Mir Ranjan Negi.

To be aired from September 28 every Friday and Saturday at 9 pm, 'Jhalak Dikhla Jaa II' will see these celebrities with ''two left feet'' swirl and master different kind of dance forms - from rumba to salsa, cha cha to waltz and jive to tango in their bid to outfit their competitors on the show.

''Keeping in view the huge audience response to the first season of 'Jhalak Dikhla Jaa', which went on to become one of the most popular shows on Indian Television, we have made the show bigger and better. For, while the first season had eight celebrities vie with one another for the title of best dancer, the second season will present a line up of 12 celebrities paired with professional dancers who will take on the challenge. Also, the second season will present three new judges who will bring a new perspective to the show,''Executive Vice President and business head of Sony Entertainment television, Albert Almeida told mediapersons at a press meet here today.

Judging the participants will be an eminent panel of judges comprising of popular Bollywood actess and electrifying dancer Urmila Matondkar, India's leading choreographer Shiamak Davar and yesteryears' Bollywood dancing star Jeetendra, also lovingly called 'Jumping jack' for his dancing skills.

Hosting the show, which will fill the slot occupied by the music reality show Indian Idol, which reaches its finale this week, will be the winner of the first season of 'Jhalak Dikhla Jaa' Mona Singh (popularly know as Jassi of the popular show 'Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin') and successful TV actor Rohit Roy.

''The uniqueness of the show lies in the fact that you see celebrities striving to excel in a discipline that is vastly different from their professional field. The show is as much about dancing as their transformation during the course of the show which is what makes the programme stand apart from the other dancing shows on television.

And, with the second season having a longer run, newer dance styles, new look sets, fresh hosts and a bigger cast of talented celebrities paired with a dynamic bunch of dancer-choreographers, the dazzle and drama of this dance show will step up to another level, adding to the charm of the original.''Sidhartha Basu of Synergy Adlabs Media, who has produced the show along with BBC worldwide, said at the press meet where six of the participants of the show - Mini Mathur, Mika Singh, Cyrus Broacha, Mir Ranjan Negi, TV actor Prachi Desai (Bani of 'Kasam Se') and film and theatre actor Sandhya Mridul - and the judges were also present along with host Mona Singh.

Speaking on the occasion, Bollywood actor and show judge Urmila Matondkar said,''what is really interesting about this show is that it will have these celebrities, who are well known and adept in their respective vocations but who have never danced in their lives, shed their inhibitions towards dancing in face of tough competition from their fellow contestants.'' Punjabi pop singer Mika Singh said the show enabled him to try his hands at something he had never done before.

''For me, the great thing about participating in the show is that I get to learn dance for free,''mika said.

TV and film actor Sandhya Mridul also saw the show as an opportunity to enjoy herself Like the previous season of the show, 'Jhalak Dikhla Jaa II will invite viewers to vote for their favourite dancing couple. The voting pattern will follow a 50:50 ratio for judges and audiences. One celebrity couple with the lowest scores will be eliminated every week. The voting lines will be open from the day of the performance to the next morning every weekend- starting September 28 at 9 pm to next morning 8 pm.

Roy brothers shake it up at Jhalak Dhikla Ja!

Ronit Roy and Rohit Roy - the two names synonymous with success when it comes to television. Handsome, sexy and gorgeous, both have carved a niche and have a huge fan base. And they will now share the same platform. While the elder brother Ronit would be trying out his luck shaking his leg as a contestant, Rohit would hold centre stage with the mike as the host in the music reality show Jhalak Dhikla Ja.

Would Rohit feel partial towards his brother while seeing him perform? ‘ I don’t think Rohit can be partial there,’ smiles Ronit. ‘ He will have to treat all the contestants the same way.’

Rohit has no such inhibitions. ‘ Of course it’s natural that I will feel a bit biased towards Ronit. Everyone is allowed to have a favourite, mine happens to be Ronit. He is a fabulous dancer, and even if he was not my brother, I would have supported him just because of his dancing,’ Rohit admits in his usual guileless manner.

Will it be a family gathering of sorts? ‘ Yes, because I get so less time to spend with Rohit,’ affirms Ronit. ’It would be lovely to have some time together with him’.

‘Of course,’ enthuses the younger brother. ‘ I would definitely be there cheering for him when I am not hosting’.

The love and affection is evident in their voice as they speak of each other. ‘ Rohit is a very kind man, and a generous brother,’ reveals the usually reticent Ronit, the love in his voice unmistakable. ‘ I am sure he will be a terrific host.’

‘Ronit is more like a father to me, and I am really scared of him,’ confides the ever effervescent Roy junior, his words in direct contrast to the pride evident whenever he speaks of his dashing older brother. ‘I really hope he wins the competition. ‘

All the Ronit Roy fans hope so too. No matter who wins the competition, it sure is a win win situation for the Roy brothers fans out their who will now get more than a Jhalak of their favourite stars.