Dance Jodi Dance

Dance Jodi Dance
Genre	Dance show Reality
Screenplay by	Kaushik.R
Presented by	Deepak Dinkar (Season 1-3) Pearle Maaney (Season 3) Anjana Rangan (Season 3)
Judges	Sneha (Season 1-3)
Opening theme	"Dance Jodi Dance Jodi"
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	3
Production
Producer	S. Sabreesh Kumar
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 55-60 minutes per episode
Production company	Monk Studios
Original release
Network	Zee Tamil
Release	17 September 2016 (2016-9-17) – present
Related
Dance Jodi Dance season 2

Dance Jodi Dance (transl. Dance Pair Dance) is a Indian Tamil-language dance competition reality television show broadcast on Zee Tamil ^[1] and from the year 2016 and also available to watch on digital platform ZEE5. This show was being judge by actress Sneha for all the seasons. The show was one of the most successful dance reality show which premiered on 17 September 2016.

As of COVID-19 pandemic, this show was comes to the end with 3 seasons and hence started with the fresh reboot version as Dance Jodi Dance Reloaded . Thus the show follows this title in upcoming seasons from the first. ^[2]

Seasons overview

Season		Episodes	Original Broadcast		Winner	1st Runner up
			First Aired	Last Aired
	1	40	2 May 2021 (2021-5-2)	21 September 2021 (2021-9-21)	Meesha & Jeevan	Yuthan & Nancy
	2	51	2 December 2017 (2017-12-2)	26 May 2018 (2018-5-26)	Ruth & Rinish Raj	Krishnamoorthy & Raveena Daha
	3	41	16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)	29 March 2020 (2020-3-29)	The grand finale didn't take place due to COVID-19

Season 1

Season 1 was premiered on 17 September 2016. ^[3] The Show is hosted by Deepak Dinkar while Actress Sneha, Gautami and Accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer Sudha Chandran are the judges of the show. ^{[4] [5]}

The Grand finale event was held at Nehru stadium chennai on 27 January 2017. The winners are listed below ^{[6] [7]}

• Title Winners of Dance Jodi Dance 1:0 : Meesha and Jeevan
• 1st Runner-up : Yuthan and Nancy
• 2nd Runner-up : Raaghav and Reshma
• 3rd Runner-up : Priyanka and Arun
• Finalist : Myna Nandhini and Yogesh

Contestants

A Tamil celebrities, mostly TV actors are paired with new dancers handpicked through auditions will go head to head in their quest to be best performers.

#	Contestants	Celebrity partner
1	Arun Jackson	Sai Priyanka Ruth
2	Reshma Muralidharan	Raaghav [8]
3	Naveen	Anuya Bhagvath
4	VJ Kathir	Abhirami Venkatachalam Swetha (from episode 7)
5	Yogesh	Myna Nandhini
6	Jeevan	Misha Ghoshal
7	Arivalagan	V. J. Chitra
8	Nash	Sandra Amy
9	Vikas	Sanjana Singh
10	Ashwini	Madhan Pandian
11	Archana	Siddarth Kumar
12	Nancy	Yuthan Balaji

Season 2

Main article: Dance Jodi Dance season 2

The second season aired on every Saturday and Sunday at 20:00 from 2 December 2017 to 26 May 2018 and ended with 49 Episodes. Actress Sneha has officially once again been appointed as the judge with new judge Gautami and Priyamani. Deepak Dinkar as the hosts. The season title winner is Ruth and Rinish Raj.

• Title Winners of Dance Jodi Dance 2:0 : Ruth & Rinish Raj (₹5,00,000)
• 1st Runner-up : Krishnamoorthy & Raveena Daha (₹3,30,000)
• 2nd Runner-up : Deva & Deeshika (₹2,25,000)
• 3rd Runner-up : Kaali & Meghna Vincent

Contestants

A total of twelve celebrities, mostly TV actors, are paired with dancers handpicked through auditions and will go head to head in their quest to be best performers.

#	Contestants	Celebrity partner
1	Pavithra	Puvi Arasu
2	Kaali	Meghna Vincent
3	Jerome	Reshma Muralidharan
4	Keerthana	Shyam
5	Avinash	Meghna
6	Ruth	Renish
7	Krishnamoorthy	Raveena Daha
8	(HipHop) Karthik	Abhinaya Shree
9	Deva	Ramya Deeshika (replaced Ramya)
10	Jessie	Vinoth Kishan
11	Karthik	Lassiya
12	Renisha	Karthick Ashokan

Season 3

The third season aired on every Saturday and Sunday at 18:30 from 2 December 2017 and which has been halted due to COVID-19 pandemic situation on 29 March 2020 with 41 episodes. ^[9] Sneha, Priya Raman, Pooja and Namitha as the judges, Deepak Dinkar, Pearle Maaney and Anjana Rangan as the hosts.

Contestants

#	Contestants	Celebrity partner
1	Santhosh Arockiraj	Ragasya
2	Sathish Kumar	Tejashree
3	Vinu	Koli Ramya
4	Venkat	Nachathira
4	Mohan	Iraa Agarwal
6	Sharath	Anandhi
7	Sujith Kumar	Gayatri Rema
8	Nayana Joshan	Vinoth Kishan
9	Pavithra	Wong
10	Deepika	Vivek Rajgopal
11	Preetha Suresh	Venkatesh
12	Anitha	Shivaji
13	Arunima Sudhakar	Kishore DS

Spin-off

Dance Jodi Dance Reloaded

Main article: Dance Jodi Dance Reloaded

Dance Jodi Dance was ended with Season 3 and started with the reboot / Spin-off version as DJD Reloaded which was premiered on 30 July 2022. ^[10] The show was hosted by RJ Vijay while Actress Sneha, Sangeetha and Choreographer Baba Bhaskar are the judges of the show. ^{[11] [12]}

• Title Winners of Dance Jodi Dance Reloaded : Vaishnavi & Avinash (₹5,00,000) ^[13]
• 1st Runner-up : Dominic & Preetha (₹3,00,000)
• 2nd Runner-up : Kenny & Niharika (₹2,00,000)

Contestants

#	Contestants	Celebrity partner
1	Dominic	Preetha Suresh
2	Janmoni Doley	Anand Pandi
3	Akila	Britto Mano
4	Vaishnavi	Puvi Arasu / Avinash
5	Pasupathi	Rhema Ashok
6	Saravana	Sree Nidhi
7	Nagaraj	Pranika Dhakshu / Akshitha
8	Sahana	Yokesh
9	Saravana Muthu	VJ Sangeetha/ Dheeshika
10	Kenny	Saai Gayathri / Niharika
11	Namrytha	Sugi Vijay
12	Manikandan	Vaishali Thaniga

COVID-19 outbreak in India

Dance Jodi Dance 3.0, the third season of the show was premiered on 16 November 2019, which has been halted due to COVID-19 pandemic situation on 29 March 2020 with 41 episodes. ^{[14] [15]} Later the channel decided to launch the third season again with the revamp as Dance Jodi Dance Reloaded with different contestants on 2022. ^[16]

References

1. "Zee Tamil to get a new dance show". The Times of India .
2. "New reality show 'Dance Jodi Dance Reloaded 2' to premiere soon". The Times of India .
3. "Zee Tamil to get a new dance show". The Times of India .
4. "சினேகா தலைமையில் டான்ஸ் ஜோடி டான்ஸ்". Dinamalar .
5. "Dance as a jodi in this new reality show". The Times of India .
6. "Dance O Jodi Dance gets a fitting finale". The Times of India .
7. "A fitting finale to this dance show". The Times of India .
8. "I wanted a break from my film projects: Raaghav". The Times of India .
9. "Coronavirus | Film and TV shooting activities to be suspended till May 31, says FEFSI". The Hindu.
10. "நடுவர்களாக சினேகா, பாபா பாஸ்கர் … ஜீ தமிழின் டான்ஸ் ஜோடி டான்ஸ் சீசன் 4 அறிவிப்பு". The Indian Express .
11. "Dance Jodi Dance Reloaded On Zee Tamil Channel Contestants List". Indiantvinfo.com.
12. "ஓவியா, சினேகா, சங்கீதா, பாபா பாஸ்கர்... பிரபல சேனலில் கோலாகலமாக தொடங்கிய நடன நிகழ்ச்சி.!". tamil.behindwoods.com.
13. "Zee Tamil Dance Jodi Dance Reloaded 2022 Grand Finale Winner, Runner Up Name And Prize Money". thesportsgrail.com.
14. "'Great Impact on Mental, Physical Health': Tamil TV Host Anjana Rangan Covid Positive". News18 Tamil Nadu .
15. "Dance Jodi Dance Season 3.0 to premiere on November 16". The Times of India .
16. "Zee tamil: டான்ஸ் ஜோடி டான்ஸ் Reloaded - போட்டியாளர்களோடு சேர்ந்து டான்ஸ் ஆடப்போகும் 12 பிரபலங்கள் இவங்க தான்.!!". Tamil.samayam.com.

External links

• Dance Jodi Dance (season 1) on ZEE5
• Dance Jodi Dance (season 2) on ZEE5
• Dance Jodi Dance (season 3) on ZEE5
• Dance Jodi Dance at IMDb