Nach Baliye ( Dance Partner) is an Indian Hindi-language celebrity dance reality television series that airs on Star Plus. It is loosely based on Dancing With The Stars.

Production

Concept

The show is a competition where 10 television celebrity couples compete against each other. Contestants dance to a different tune, different theme and different styles every week and their performance are evaluated and scored by the judges. Each week one couple is eliminated based on public voting and their scores. In Season 9, the contestant ratings were changed to be on a scale from 1 to 100.

Reception

In 2012, when season 5 premiered the show did very well throughout the season. The grand premiere has gained 4.1 TRP.

Series

Season 1

Nach Baliye 1 is the first season of the dance reality show, Nach Baliye. It started on 17 October 2005 and ended on 19 December 2005 with Sachin Pilgaonkar and Supriya Pilgaonkar as the winners. The judges were Saroj Khan, Malaika Arora Khan and Farhan Akhtar with Sangeeta Ghosh and Shabbir Ahluwalia serving as the hosts. The series was produced by SOL Productions.

Contestants

Season 2

Nach Baliye 2 is the second season of the dance reality show, Nach Baliye. It started on 25 September 2006 and ended on 18 December 2006 with Hussain Kuwajerwala and Tina Kuwajerwala as the winners. Saroj Khan, Malaika Arora Khan and Kunal Kohli were the judges. Sangeeta Ghosh and Shabbir Ahluwalia hosted the season. SOL Productions produced the second season as well.

Contestants

Season 3

Nach Baliye 3 is the third season of the dance reality show, Nach Baliye. It started on 21 September 2007 and ended on 22 December 2007 with Sanjeeda Sheikh and Aamir Ali as the winners. The judges were Vaibhavi Merchant, Isha Koppikar and David Dhawan. The winners of the second season, Hussain Kuwajerwala and Tina Kuwajerwala, hosted the show. It was produced by Diamond Pictures and moved from Star One to Star Plus. It was created by Anil Jha who was also the Showrunner for Season 3,4, and later 9.

Contestants

Season 4

Nach Baliye 4 is the fourth season of the dance reality show, Nach Baliye. It started on 17 October 2008 and ended on 1 February 2009 with Shalin Bhanot and Dalljiet Kaur as the winners. Sanjeeda Sheikh and Aamir Ali were the initial hosts but Sara Khan and Ali Merchant hosted in Week 5 and Hiten Tejwani and Gauri Pradhan Tejwani hosted in Week 8. Farah Khan, Karisma Kapoor, and Arjun Rampal were the judges.

Contestants

Season 5

Nach Baliye 5 is the fifth season of the dance reality show - Nach Baliye. It started on 29 December 2012 and ended on 23 March 2013 with Mahhi Vij and Jay Bhanushali as the winners. Karan Wahi and Gautam Rode hosted the season. The judges were Shilpa Shetty, Sajid Khan and Terrence Lewis.

Contestants

Guests

Shriman V/s Shrimati

Nach Baliye Shriman V/s Shrimati is an extension of the Nach Baliye series, and ran in April 2013. In Shriman V/s Shrimati, the celebrity couples did not dance together but instead competed against each other. The series ended in a tie. Gurmeet Choudhary was declared the Best Performer of the series.

Season 6

Nach Baliye 6 is the sixth season of the dance reality show, Nach Baliye. It premiered on 9 November 2013 on Star Plus. Shilpa Shetty, Sajid Khan and Terrence Lewis were the judges and Gautam Rode and Karan Wahi hosted the season. Rithvik Dhanjani and Asha Negi were declared as the winners of Nach Baliye Season 6 on 1 February 2014. Gurmeet Choudhary and Debina Bonnerjee were declared the runners-up. Sara Khan did a cameo dance performance in the wild card special episode along with Paras Chhabra. Writing for Rediff.com, Paloma Sharma gave the show 2.5 stars out of 5 in its first week, stating "perhaps the hosts and the judges could keep their clothes on and refrain from excessive flirting since Nach Baliye does happen to be a 'family show'."

Contestants

Guests

Scoring chart

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Season 7

Nach Baliye 7 is the seventh season of the dance reality show, Nach Baliye. It premiered on 26 April 2015 on Star Plus. The series was produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under their banner Balaji Telefilms. The series aired from Monday to Saturday nights and on Sunday evenings. The season ended on 19 July 2015. It was hosted by Rithvik Dhanjani and Karan Patel. Marzi Pestonji, Preity Zinta and Chetan Bhagat were the judges. Kunwar Amar, Karanvir Bohra, Mukti Mohan, Sargun Mehta and Salman Yusuf Khan also appeared in a special episode.

Contestants

Scoring chart

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Season 8

Nach Baliye 8 is the eighth season of the dance reality show, Nach Baliye. It premiered on 2 April 2017 on Star Plus. The show was produced by BBC Worldwide. Sonakshi Sinha, Terence Lewis and Mohit Suri were the judges. Karan Tacker and Upasana Singh were the hosts for the show. Vivek Dahiya and Divyanka Tripathi were declared as the winners.

Contestants

Guests

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Season 9

Nach Baliye 9 is the ninth season of the dance reality show, Nach Baliye. It premiered on 19 July 2019. Produced by Salman Khan, it was judged by Raveena Tandon & Ahmed Khan and hosted by Manish Paul & Waluscha De Sousa. Vighnesh Pande and his puppet character 'Anna' appeared as a comic relief for episodes featuring South Indian Megastar Prabhas and another with the Bollywood celebrity Sanjay Dutt. The season was won by Prince Narula and Yuvika Chaudhary on 3 November 2019.

Contestants

Scoring chart

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