Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 8)

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa
Season 8
Presented by	Manish Paul
Judges	Ganesh Hegde Lauren Gottlieb Shahid Kapoor Karan Johar Malaika Arora
No. of contestants	16
Winner	Faisal Khan
Runner-up	Sanaya Irani
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	27
Release
Original network	Colors TV
Original release	11 July – 10 October 2015
Season chronology

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 also known as Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded is the eighth season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 11 July 2015 on Colors. The series is hosted by Manish Paul yet again. Malaika Arora (replacing Karan Johar), Shahid Kapoor, and Ganesh Hegde and Lauren Gottlieb judged the eighth season. The finale took place on 10 October 2015 declaring Faisal Khan and Vaishnavi as the winners while popular actress Sanaya Irani and Jai was the first runners-up.

Contestants & Choreographers

• Faisal Khan and Vaishnavi Patil, winners on 10 October 2015
• Sanaya Irani and Jai Kumar Nair, runner-ups on 10 October 2015
• Shamita Shetty and Deepak Singh, third place on 10 October 2015
• Mohit Malik and Marischa Fernandes, fourth place on 10 October 2015
• Anita Hassanandani and Sanam Johar, eliminated on 3 October 2015
• Neha Marda and Rajit Dev, eliminated on 26 September 2015
• Roopal Tyagi and Rishikaysh Jogdande, eliminated on 19 September 2015
• Scarlett Wilson and Dhiraj Bakshi, eliminated on 12 September 2015
• Raftaar Nair and Sneha Kapoor, eliminated on 5 September 2015
• Vivian Dsena and Bhawna Khanduja, eliminated on 29 August 2015
• Ashish Chaudhary and Falon Netto, eliminated on 22 August 2015
• Subhreet Kaur Ghumman and Diwakar Nayal, eliminated on 22 August 2015
• Irfan Pathan and Suchitra Sawant, quit on 22 August 2015 (For early schedule of 2015–16 Ranji Trophy)
• Radhika Madan and Rishikaysh Jogdande, eliminated on 16 August 2015
• Kavita Kaushik and Rajit Dev, eliminated on 2 August 2015
• Dipika Kakar and Vaibhav Ghuge, eliminated on 25 July 2015

Score chart

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9		Week 10		Week 11	Week 12			Week 13	Week 14
Faisal	36	39	34	40	32	40	40	40	38	40	39	48	37	Akshat	39	40	—	40	10	Winner
Sanaya	32	34	32	36	40	37	30	35	36	40	39	46	36	Drashti	33	35	—	37	8	1st runner-up
Shamita	34	39	32	38	40	38	28	37	40	37	37	47	36	Sanjeeda	39	40	—	40	9	2nd runner-up
Mohit	32	31	39	35	37	38	27	40	36	34	40	40	40	Gautam	37	37	—	40	—	3rd runner-up
Anita	NOT IN COMPETITION										33	38	39	Vishal	37	35	—	Eliminated
Neha	NOT IN COMPETITION										35	43	35	Amruta	—	Eliminated
Roopal	NOT IN COMPETITION										30	37	—	Eliminated
Scarlett	34	38	34	34	39	40	30	30	40	—	36	Eliminated
Raftaar	36	34	29	40	40	35	27	35	38	Eliminated
Vivian	32	32	38	40	33	40	27	37	Eliminated
Ashish	32	26	31	32	33	34	23	Eliminated
Subhreet	39	37	39	39	36	37	26	Eliminated
Irfan	NOT IN COMPETITION			36	39	33	20	Quit
Radhika	37	31	34	36	35	37	Eliminated
Kavita	33	36	34	36	Eliminated
Dipika	29	36	26	Eliminated
Bottom	None	Dipika Kavita	Ashish Dipika	Kavita Raftaar	Irfan Scarlet	Faisal Radhika	Ashish Irfan Subhreet Vivian	Raftaar Vivian	Raftaar Scarlett		Scarlett Shamitta		Neha Roopal	Anita Neha			Anita Mohit	Faisal Mohit Sanaya Shamita
Quit	None						Irfan	None
Eliminated	No Elimination	No Elimination	Dipika	Kavita	No Elimination	Radhika	Ashish	Vivian	Raftaar		Scarlett		Roopal	Neha			Anita	Mohit	Shamita
							Subhreet											Sanaya	Faisal

green numbers indicates the highest score.

red numbers indicates the lowest score.

  indicates the winning couple.

  indicates the runner-up couple.

  indicates the second runner-up couple

  indicates the fourth-place couple

  indicates the couple eliminated that week.

  indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom three.

n/a indicates the couple did not get any scores

Teen Ka Tadka guest partners

• Shamita & Deepak - Sanjeeda Sheikh
• Sanaya & Jai - Drashti Dhami
• Mohit & Marischa - Gautam Gulati
• Faisal & Vaishnavi - Akshat Singh
• Anita & Sanam - Vishal Singh
• Neha & Rajit - Amruta Khanvilkar