Dancing Champion

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Dancing Champion
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GenreDance
Created byParameshwar Gundkal
Presented by
Judges
Opening themeDancing Champion Dancing Champion
Country of originIndia
Original languageKannada
No. of episodes23
Production
Producer Lokesh Productions
Production location Bengaluru
CinematographyArun Bramha
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time60-75 minutes
Production company Viacom 18
Release
Original network Colors Kannada
Original release8 January 2022 (2022-01-08) –
present
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Dancing Champion is a Kannada dance reality show aired on Colors Kannada and streamed on Voot. It features celebrities as contestants who are paired with professional dancers competing for a cash prize and the title Dancing Champion. The judges of the show are Mayuri Upadhya, [1] [2] [3] [4] Vijay Raghavendra [5] [6] [7] [8] and Meghana Raj. [9] [10] [11] The show is hosted by Akul Balaji. [12] [13] The show premiered on 8 January 2022. [14]

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Production

The show is a competition where a 14 celebrities are paired with exceptionally talented common people, handpicked from all across Karnataka. Well-known faces & fresh ones pair-up for a phenomenal dance-off. Contestants dance to a different tune, different theme and different styles every week and scores are given by the judges. Each week one couple is eliminated based on their scores with only one pair having the chance to be finally crowned, Dancing Champion. The show is produced by actor Srujan Lokesh under his banner Lokesh Productions. [15]

Creative Team

Technical Team

Choregrapher

Costume & Make Up

Production Team

Contestants

A total of 14 celebrity couples, mostly TV actors are part of the show.

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1Chandan [16] Bhoomika
2Chandana Ananthakrishna [17] Akshatha
3Aishwarya SindogiShiva
4Aradhya [18] Niveditha
5Anvitha SagarNikhil
6AnmolAditya
7Saniya Iyer [19] [20] Nihal
8Arjun Yogi [21] [22] Rani
9Ishithavarsha [23] [24] Shiva
10VinodKarunya
11AarthiSagar
12Amrutha MurthyRavish
13Vasanth KumarPrema
14Suraj HolluHaneesha

Weekly summary

Week No.Episode No.Original Air DateCouple Evicted
Rank		Theme
1
Grand Premiere		1
2		8 January 2022
9 January 2022		—Introduction
  • Celebrity couples were introduced with couple performances. [25]
23
4		15 January 2022
16 January 2022		—Celebration Round
  • The theme bought the festive spirit on the stage
  • Ace actor Sashikumar was invited as the guest for the show. [26] [27]
35
6		22 January 2022
23 January 2022		—Self Challenge Round
  • The contestants perform to the fullest of their capabilities in this round.
  • Actor Sharan was invited as the guest for the round and to promote his film Avatara Purusha. [28]
4730 January 2022Suraj Hollu & Haneesha
Rank 14		Costume Drama Round [29]
  • The contestants wear different costumes and narrate the story through their dance performances.
  • Srujan Lokesh and Nannamma Super Star kids joined for the Mahasanchike episode as guests. [30]
58

9

5 February 2022

6 February 2022

Vasanth Kumar & Prema
Rank 13		Dance Style Round
  • The contestants performed different dance styles present across India and world.
  • The performances were power-packed from one contestant to the other.
610

11

12 February 2022

13 February 2022

—Romantic Round
  • The contestants performed romantically with their partners.
  • The round did induce some chemistry between the couple.

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