Ek Se Badhkar Ek (Zee TV)

Infobox Television
show_name = Ek Se Badhkar Ek - Jalwe Sitaron Ke


caption = The "Ek Se Badhkar Ek" logo.
format = Reality, Musical, Dance
picture_format = 480i (SDTV)
runtime = 52 minutes
creator = UTV Software Communications
director =
presenter = Ravi Kishan (June 7 - July 27);
Mandira Bedi (August 2 - September 14)
opentheme = "Ek Se Badhkar Ek"
country = IND
network = Zee TV
first_aired = June 7, 2008
last_aired = September 14, 2008
num_episodes = Total 28
preceded_by = Rock-N-Roll Family
website = http://www.zeetv.com/Zee_Serial.aspx?zsid=97

"Ek Se Badhkar Ek - Jalwe Sitaron Ke" is a Hindi television reality show that aired on Zee TV channel, starting from June 7,2008 to September 14,2008. The show is a unique because it has both singing and dancing in a one platform. The show is replaced by its second season known as Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka, which is based on kids.

Concept

The show has a total of 16 stars who will participate in this show in a total of 8 jodis. Each pair will comprise of one dancer and one singer. These teams will then appeal to the viewers for votes in order to win the coveted title of "Sabse Badkar Jodi". The elimination will be decided based on marks given by judges and audience voting.

Champs from the music world , Aneek Dhar, Raja Hasan, Harpreet, Emon, Amit Paul, Poonam, Sumedha and Sanchita along with television celebrities Kushal Punjabi, Shayantani Ghosh, Apoorva Agnihotri, Rajshri Thakur, Abhishek Awasthi, Purbi Joshi, Jasveer Kaur and Amrapali Gupta will team up to set the show on fire.

Host
*Mandira Bedi ... Current host (August 2 to September 14)
*Ravi Kishan ... Ex-host (June 7 to July 27)

Judges
*Abhijeet Bhattacharya
*Ahmed Khan

Contestants

Originals
*Jodi No.1: Sanchita Bhattyacharya & Kushal Punjabi
*Jodi No.2: Emon Chatterjee & Purbi Joshi
*Jodi No.3: Raja Hasan & Jasveer Kaur
*Jodi No.4: Harpreet Deol & Amrapali Gupta
*Jodi No.5: Aneek Dhar & Shayantani Ghosh
*Jodi No.6: Sumedha Karmahe & Abhishek Awasthi
*Jodi No.7: Amit Paul & Rajshree Thakur
*Jodi No.8: Poonam Yadav & Apurva Agnihotri

Wildcard Entrants
*Jodi No.1: Aishwarya Nigam & Aanchal Dwivedi
*Jodi No.2: Mussarat Abbas & Sanober Kabir
*Jodi No.3: Meenal Jain & Abhishek Awasthi

NOTE: Contestants are listed in pairs (1 singer along with 1 Indian TV celebrity).
NOTE: Contestant Abhishek Awasthi who got eliminated on July 12 has returned back through wildcard entry with a new partner Meenal Jain NOT Sumedha Karmahe.
NOTE:In week 11 (August 16 & 17), both of the judges score are counted (one day the total score will was out of 20 points per contestant, and the other day it was out of 10 points per contestant), so the total score per week was out of 60 points (30 points per contestant).
NOTE:In week 12, the total score was 50 points per contestant (40 points for the first performance individually done by both of the contestants [20 points each] , and the second performance was worth 10 points. However, the elimination that took place was out of 20 points, in which Shayantani's team received 17/20 and Abhishek's team received 18/20.
NOTE:In Week 13, the total score was of 80 points per contestant (40 points for Friday & 40 points for Saturday). On Saturday, being on 'TOP' Jasveer's jodi didn't had to perform, so their total was out of 40 points, but the other two jodi's who were in danger-zone had to perform. After the performances, both Abhishek's & Kushal's jodi's had a tie, so the decision of elimination was made with the help of audiences votes.

Score Cards

*Note:The elimination is based on the performances on Saturday (last week) and Friday (the following week); the 2 Jodi's that are in danger zone than perform on Friday and the elimination takes place. The judges' votes, combined with the viewers' votes determine elimination.
*Note:There was no elimination in week 10 because of the "tie" between the two bottom jodi's (Aneek & Shyantani AND Sanchita & Kushal).
*Note::: In week 11, Sanober & Mussarat's jodi was disqualified because Sanober didn't show up to perform on the show. Though Mussarat gave a solo performance and received a total of 12 points out of 20 on Saturday (August 16), but since Sanober didn't show up the the jodi was eliminated.

Guests appearance

*Week 4: Jackie Shroff & Salil Chadda to promote the movie Thodi Life Thoda Magic.
*Week 5: Priyanka Chopra & Harman Baweja to promote the movie Love Story 2050.
*Week 6: Vivek Oberoi to promote the movie Mission Istanbul.
*Week 7: Manoj Bajpai, Ganesh Acharya, & Hansika Motwani to promote the movie Money Hai Toh Honey Hai.
*Week 10: Katrina Kaif & Vipul Shah to promote the movie Singh Is Kinng.
*Week 11: Tusshar Kapoor to promote the movie C Kkompany.
*Week 12: Sunny Deol & Bobby Deol to promote the movie Chamku. (Saturday: August 23)
*Week 12: Shiney Ahuja to promote the movie Hijack. (Sunday: August 24)
*Week 14: Khushi Dubey & Tanmay Chaturvedi (kids star) came and performed as they will be the contestants' of the next season of Ek Se Badhkar Ek known as 'Chota Packet Bada Dhamaal'.
*Week 15:Grand-Fianle
1. Shoaib Akhtar & Esha Deol
2. Laxmi & Rohan of Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann
3. Ranbir & Rano of Ranbir Rano (new Zee TV show)
4. Participants (kids) of next season of Ek Se Badhkar Ek known as Chota Packet Bada Dhamaal

Other information

* Abhishek Awasthi was presented the best dancer award among other nominees, such as Rajshree Thakur & Shayantani Ghosh.
* Jasveer Kaur was the winner of Ek Se Badhkar Ek and won Rs.25 Lakhs.

External links

* [http://ekse.mypopkorn.com/ Fan Site on Mypopkorn.com]
* [http://www.zeetv.com/Zee_Serial.aspx?zsid=97 Official Site]
* [http://www.zeeuk.com/zee/zeetv/program/zeetv_abtshow.php?serial_name=eksebadker Ek Se Badhkar Ek on Zee TV UK]

References

* [http://ekse.mypopkorn.com/ Ek Se Bhadkar Ek fansite containing up to date information]
* [http://www.tellychakkar.com/y2k8/may/19may/news_ravi.php Article on Ek Se Badhkar Ek]
* [http://www.tellychakkar.com/y2k8/may/14may/news_sing.php News Article]
* [http://www.glutv.com/Shows/Glu%20Youth/Zee%20TV/Ek%20Se%20Badhkar%20Ek Online Ek Se Badhkar Ek videos.]