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Dance Premier League (DPL) 
Title card of "Dance Premier League".Genre Dance reality show Presented by Hussain Kuwajerwala,
Eijaz Khan, &
Sara KhanJudges Shiamak Davar
Rani MukerjiCountry of origin India Language(s) Hindi No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 24 Production Location(s) Mumbai, India Camera setup Multi-camera Running time Approx. 52 minutes Broadcast Original channel Sony TV Picture format 720i (SDTV) Original run October 9, 2009 – December 26, 2009 External links Website Dance Premier League is an Indian dance reality show that premiered on Sony TV on October 9, 2009. The series is judged by Indian choreographer Shiamak Davar who guides all six teams as an 'umpire', and Hindi film actress Rani Mukerji.[1] The series replaced Sony TV's long running dance show Boogie Woogie..[2]
Contents
Format
- The show consists of six teams, consisting of eight dancers each, that are chosen at auditions across India. One of the six teams consists of NRIs.
- Each zonal team will play against every other zone.
- Each match will have a solo, a duo and a group round. The tally of all three rounds will decide the winner.
- The scoring is like cricket runs, e.g., duck, single, boundary, sixer, etc. The winning team gets 2 points.
- At the end of each match, awards are also given just like cricket, e.g., Man of the match, most 6's, most 4's etc.
- After the league matches the top four teams will play semifinals and then the top two will fight in the finals.
- The points are awarded by the choreographers whose teams have not performed on the day. Shiamak Davar, aworld renowned choreographer is the match umpire and he can question or raise an objection to the points awarded.
- Rani Mukerji, DPL ki Rani (Queen), will choose the man of the match and also award runs for the performances.
- Man of the match gets 6 runs and these runs are added to the Round 3 score of their team.
Teams
Team Uttar Ke Puttar
[North Zone]Southern Sizzlers
[South Zone]Eastern Tigers
[East Zone]Western Yodhas
[West Zone]Central Surmas
[Central Zone]Desi Pardesi
[NRI team]Choreographer Pappu and Maalu Nagendra Prasad and Swaroop Uma and Gaiti Harshal and Vitthal Mini Howard Official Supporter* Salman Khan Prabhu Deva Bipasha Basu Kareena Kapoor Himesh Reshammiya Sohail Khan Participants Sadhika Sharma Madan Kumar AV Deepu Singh Puneet Cheema Rohit Thakur Priyanka Patel Varun Mishra Sneha Bhimbahadur Gurumg Vishal Sarvaiya Prachi Bhosle Ruel Dausan Varandani Aadi Kumar Vijay Babu Pratap Singh Karthik Mohan Upasana Madan Kalpita Desai Chirag Agarwal Kishen B.A Vishay Singh Prashant Mohan Ankita Rana Pravin Harish Chaudar Bindu Prasarna Monalisa Mandal Rahul Khot Tejas Patil Serena Unadkat Dinesh Mudiyar Sohan Giri Antareepa Bora Santosh Kapdi Anup Bhargav Alisha Pranjivan Annie Anusha Sharmi Bose Shashank Malli Neharika Soni Parth Dani Sahaj Singh Taraq Xavier Binaisha Deshmukh Karishma Chavan Sanket Pathak Karen Pereira Slogans and points
Team Slogan Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Match 4 Match 5 Total Uttar Ke Puttar Doodh Makhan Khayenge, Chakke Chudake Jayenge 2 0 2 0 1 5 Southern Sizzlers
[3rd Place]Rasam Ki Kasam, Jala Denge Hum 0 0 0 2 2 4 Eastern Tigers Apna Jalwa Hai, Baki Sab Halwa Hai 0 2 0 0 0 2 Western Yodhas
[Winner]Hamari Thaath Hai, Baki Sabki Waat Hai 2 2 2 2 1 9 Central Surmas
[2nd Place]Hum Hain Surma, Bana Denge Sabka Churma 2 2 0 0 2 6 Desi Pardesi Hum Pardesi, Kar Denge Sabki Aisi Taisi 0 0 2 2 0 4 - The Official supporters! came to the auditions merely to promote their movies which released at the time. These "official supporters" did not appear on the show.
Fixtures
Winning team names shown in bold
Date Match Score (R1+R2+R3) Man of the Match 23 October Uttar Ke Puttar /
Southern SizzlersUKP: 14+17+16 = 47
SS: 10+12+18 = 40
Bindu • Southern Sizzlers 24 October Eastern Tigers /
Western YodhasET: 12+14+26 = 52
WY: 19+20+30 = 69
Vishal • Western Yodhas 30 October Central Surmas /
Desi PardesiCS: 18+16+30 = 64
DP: 14+14+13 = 41
Tejas • Central Surmas 31 October Uttar Ke Puttar /
Eastern TigersUKP: 16+22+12 = 50
ET: 11+20+30 = 61
Bhimbahadur and Binaisha • Eastern Tigers 6 November Southern Sizzlers /
Central SurmasSS: 10+20+16 = 46
CS: 15+20+31 = 66
Prachi and Ankita • Central Surmas 7 November Western Yodhas /
Desi PardesiWY: 24+31+10+6=71
DP: 21+21+26=68
Santosh • Western Yodhas 13/14 November Uttar Ke Puttar /
Central SurmasUP: 23+30+22=81
CS: 23+21+20=64
Dinesh • Uttar Ke Puttar 13/14 November Eastern Tigers /
Desi PardesiET: 31+20+22=73
DP: 31+17+27=75
Ruel and Priyanka • Desi Pardesi 13/14 November Southern Sizzlers /
Western YodhasSS: 19+20+21=60
WY: 15+27+37=79
Karthik • Western Yodhas 20/21 November Uttar Ke Puttar /
Desi PardesiUP: 21+22+26=69
DP: 21+24+20+6=71
Karen • Desi Pardesi 20/21 November Southern Sizzlers /
Eastern TigersSS: 21+22+27=70
ET: 16+18+29+6=69
Antareepa • Eastern Tigers 20/21 November Western Yodhas /
Central SurmasWY: 24+24+30+6=84
CS: 18+26+30=74
Karthik and Vishal • Western Yodhas 27/28 November Southern Sizzlers /
Desi PardesiSS: 30+20+28+6=84
DP: 16+24+30=70
Tharak • Southern Sizzlers 27/28 November Uttar Ke Puttar /
Western YodhasUKP: 18+14+27+6=65
WY: 23+20+22=65
Dinesh • Uttar Ke Puttar 27/28 November Eastern Tigers /
Central SurmasET: 20+23+26+6=75
CS: 24+30+24=78
Binaisha • Eastern Tigers 12 December 1st Semi-final 18 December 2nd Semi-final 19 December Match for 3rd position 25 December Face off between choreographers 26 December Finals Western Yodhas won from Central Surmas by 3 points. Karthik from Western Yodhas was declared as the Man of the series. The third place went to Southern Sizzlers.
WY team won 51,00,000 INR and Coaches won 50,00,000 INR as price money.References
- ^ "Shiamak Davar to umpire Sony's 'Dance Premier League'". Indiantelevision.com. September 22, 2009. http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k9/sept/sept236.php.
- ^ "Sony rides on IPL buzz; to replace Boogie Woogie with DPL". Indiantelevision.com. September 15, 2009. http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k9/sept/sept162.php.
External links
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