Dance India Dance Doubles

Dance India Dance Doubles
Created by	UTV Software Communications
Directed by	Mr. Ashim Sen
Presented by	Jay Bhanushali and Shweta Salve
Opening theme	Dance India Dance title song composed by Adil Prashant
Country of origin	India
Production
Running time	90 min (approximately)
Broadcast
Original channel	Zee TV
Picture format	480i and 720i (SDTV)
Original airing	December 31, 2010
External links
Website

LUX Dance India Dance Doubles or DID Doubles is the third season of the reality dance show Dance India Dance (for ages 15 to 25) that airs on the Indian satellite television channel Zee TV. The show has been produced by UTV Software Communications and has become India's largest dance-based reality show. The show is choreographed by some of the most popular Indian choreographers, such as Marzi Pestonji, Rajeev Surti and Geeta Kapoor. Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty is the grandmaster of the show. The show's title track was composed by Adil and Prashant. In India the show airs every Friday and Saturday.^[1] Outside India it airs every Saturday and Sunday.

Concept

The show gathers talented couples from all over India. Once the contestants are trained by professional Bollywood choreographers, the participants compete against each other. For the first few weeks of the competition, contestants are nominated to be eliminated by the three masters and are put in the bottom or "Dance Ki Kausauti". One couple is then eliminated by Grandmaster Mithun Chakraborty. Starting February 26, 2011 the general public will be able to vote for their favorite contestants. Voting starts on every Friday 9.30 pm and ends on Monday 8.00 am IST. The two pairs of Cornell & Sonali and Vikram & Niharika were created by the Grandmaster Mithun Chakraborty. The Grand Finale will not be live so, it will be filmed on April 7, 2011 at the Andheri Sports Complex and will be aired on April 9, 2011.^[2] Amit and Falon of Marzi Ke Mastaney won the "Sunehri Takdeer Ki Topi". Cornell and Sonali of Geeta Ki Gang became the first runners-up , Sourabh and Vivek of Marzi Ke Mastaney became the second runners-up and Vikram and Niharika from Rajeev Ke Rockers became the third runners-up. Following the end of Dance India Dance Doubles, Zee TV will air a new dancing show titled, Dance Ke Superstars.^[3]

Judges & Hosts

• Grand Master Mithun Chakraborty
• Master Geeta Kapoor (Geeta Ki Gang)
• Master Marzi Pestonji (Marzi Ke Mastaney)
• Master Rajeev Surti (Rajeev Ke Rockers)

• Jai Bhanushali - Host
• Shweta Salve - Host

Guests

• March 26, 2011: Remo D'Souza and the cast of F.A.L.T.U
• March 5, 2011: Shiamak Davar
• February 11, 2011: Sandip Soparrkar (Ballroom Dance Master)

Contestants

Geeta Ki Gang:

• Cornell Octavia Rodrigues and Sonali Kar (Mangalore and Kolkata) FIRST RUNNER-UP
• Tarupudi Pruthvi Raj (aka Prithvi) and Vivek Wamanrao Chachere (Hyderabad and Nagpur) Eliminated March 26, 2011
• Omkar Vivek Shinde and Akshata Tikhe (Pune) Eliminated on March 4, 2011 / [NEW ENTRY 02/26]
• Hardik Rana and Nidhi Patel (Vadodara) Disqualified on February 11, 2011 (See Note in Contestant Progress)
• Abhinav Gusain and Sangeeta Mandal (Mumbai) Eliminated on February 5, 2011

Marzi Ke Mastaney:

• Amit Malvankar and Falon Netto (Mumbai) WINNER
• Saurabh Bangani and Vivek Jaiswal (Kolkata) SECOND RUNNER-UP
• Sneha Thapa and Surya Narayana (Hyderabad) Eliminated on March 11, 2011
• Rahul Shetty and Roza Rana (Mumbai and Rourkela) Eliminated on February 19, 2011

Rajeev Ke Rockers:

• Vikram Singh Gill and Niharika Soni (Pune and Jaipur) THIRD RUNNER-UP / Entry through Wild Card on February 26, 2011 / Eliminated on February 12, 2011
• Karan Kumar and Carling Cooke (Delhi) Eliminated on April 1, 2011
• Dilin Nair (aka Max) and Manik Bhatheja (Delhi) Eliminated on January 29, 2011
• Poonambalam and Maulica (Coimbatore) Eliminated on January 22, 2011

Eliminations

• April 1, 2011 - Karan and Carling (Rajeev Ke Rockers)
• March 26, 2011 - Prithvi and Vivek (Geeta Ki Gang)
• March 18, 2011 - No Elimination [Both bottom couples were saved by veto]
• March 11, 2011 - Sneha and Surya (Marzi Ke Mastaney)
• March 4, 2011 - Omkar and Akshata (Geeta Ki Gang)
• February 19, 2011 - Rahul and Roza (Marzi Ke Mastaney)
• February 12, 2011 - Vikram and Niharika (Rajeev Ke Rockers) [Re-entry through Wild Card on February 26, 2011]
• February 11, 2011 - Hardik and Nidhi (Geeta Ki Gang)
• February 5, 2011 - Abhinav and Sangeeta (Geeta Ki Gang)
• January 29, 2011 - Dilin (aka Max) and Manik (Rajeev Ke Rockers)
• January 22, 2011 - Poonambalam and Maulica (Rajeev Ke Rockers)

Contestant Progress

Date	01/22	01/29	02/05	02/12	02/19	02/26	03/04	03/11	03/18	03/25	04/01	04/09
Geeta Ki Gang
Cornell & Sonali	LOW	IN	LOW	LOW	LOW	IN	IN	IN	IN	TOP	TOP	2ND
Prithvi & Vivek	IN	IN	IN	LOW	LOW	IN	IN	IN	LOW	OUT
Omkar & Akshata	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	IN	OUT
Hardik & Nidhi	LOW	LOW	NP	OUT
Abhinav & Sangeeta	IN	LOW	OUT
Marzi Ke Mastaney
Saurabh & Vivek	LOW	LOW	LOW	LOW	LOW	IN	TOP	IN	IN	IN	LOW	3RD
Amit & Falon	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	LOW	IN	TOP	IN	IN	WIN
Sneha & Surya	LOW	LOW	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	OUT
Rahul & Roza	IN	IN	LOW	LOW	OUT
Rajeev Ke Rockers
Vikram & Niharika	IN	LOW	LOW	OUT	NP	IN	IN	TOP	IN	LOW	IN	4TH
Karan & Carling	IN	IN	LOW	LOW	LOW	IN	IN	LOW	LOW	IN	OUT
Dilin (aka Max) & Manik	LOW	OUT
Poonambalam & Maulica	OUT

Notes:

• Hardik and Nidhi were eliminated on February 11, 2011. They did not perform on February 5, 2011. They were not able to perform because Hardik had a fractured arm. They will, however, be included in the Top 12 on the next season of Dance India Dance.
• Omkar and Akshata are new additions to the competition starting February 26, 2011 through the wild card entry.
• On March 18, 2011, both couples, Prithvi & Vivek and Karan & Carling were saved by veto by the Grandmaster, Mithun Chakraborty.

•      - Indicates the couples that have been eliminated
•      - Indicates the couples that were in the bottom or Dance Ki Kasauti
•      - Indicates the couples that are safe for that week
•      - Indicates the couples that have entered the competition through the wild card entry
•      - Indicates the couples that did not perform that day
•      - Indicates the couples that received the most votes that week
•      - Indicates the winner of the competition
•      - Indicates the runner-ups of the competition

References

1. ^ http://diddoubles.zeetv.com/
2. ^ http://www.hindustantimes.com/DID-Doubles-finale-not-live/Article1-680419.aspx
3. ^ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/tv-guide/did-be-relaunched-753