Jjhoom India is a musical reality show that airs on Sahara One

Sahara One

Sahara One is an Indian Hindi general entertainment channel based in Mumbai. It is operated by Sahara India Pariwar, a company formed by Subrato Roy Sahara who is a managing worker and chairman of the Sahara India Pariwar....

 channel, starting from October 27, 2007. Jjhoom India is an Indian adaptation of Stars on Stage, a Swedish format from Zodiac Television.

Concept

Jjhoom India is a musical reality show wherein ten celebrities are paired with professional singers to take on specific challenges. The ten celebrities team up with singers to compete against each other for the grand prize. The singers train their celebrity partner, and the duo performs on the stage. Each week, the pairs have to perform a song based on specific themes: Disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

, Swinging Sixties, R.D. Burman special, etc. One pair is eliminated every week. Viewers get a chance to vote for the best three teams every week.

Judges

• Mahesh Bhatt
  Mahesh Bhatt
  Mahesh Bhatt , is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam, Naam and Zakhm....
  
   – Bollywood film director
• Shabana Azmi
  Shabana Azmi
  Shabana Azmi is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune, she made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, an Indian New Wave movement known for its serious content and...
  
   – Indian film actress
• Anand Shah – Bollywood music director

Contestants

• Jodi 1 - Vinod Rathod
  Vinod Rathod
  Vinod Rathod, the son of singer Pandit Chhaturbhuj Rathod, is a Bollywood playback singer. He has sung in numerous popular Bollywood films including Chal Mere Bhai, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Mission Kashmir and Baazigar....
  
   & Roshni Chopra
  Roshni Chopra
  Roshni Chopra is an Indian actress, television presenter and the winner of NDTV Imagine's reality show, Dil Jeetegi Desi Girl.She is known for playing the role of Pia, the younger sister of protagonist Bani Walia in Ekta Kapoor's Kasamh Se on Zee TV. She was also the presenter of the pre and...
  
  
• Jodi 2 - Jatin Padit & Chhavi Mittal
• Jodi 3 - Varun Badola
  Varun Badola
  Varun Badola is an Indian actor, known largely for his roles on television.His father is a known artist, Vishwa Mohan Badola. He has 2 sisters — Alka who is married and has appeared in KumKum, and Kalindi , who is a radio jockey.He did his schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in New Delhi....
  
   & Akriti Kakar
• Jodi 4 - Jolly Mukherjee
  Jolly Mukherjee
  Jolly Mukherjee is an Indian singer/songwriter. Known as India's "King of Strings", Mukherjee specializes in the music of Bollywood, or the Indian film industry. He started his career as a backup singer for commercials, then moving on to writing music for airline on-flight introductions, where he...
  
   & Shama Sikander
  Shama Sikander
  Shama Sikander is an Indian Film/TV actress. She is known mainly for playing the role of Pooja Mehta in the popular Sony TV drama Ye Meri Life Hai.- Career :...
  
  
• Jodi 5 - Sharad Kelker & Vaishali Samant
• Jodi 6 - Parthiv Gohil
  Parthiv Gohil
  Parthiv Gohil, a playback singer for Indian films, was born on 18 February 1976 in Bhavnagar, a town in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat state. Both his great grandfather and father shared a passion for music and it is they who introduced him to the world of classical music...
  
   & Apara Mehta
  Apara Mehta
  Apara Mehta is a popular television supporting actress who is best known for her role of Savita Mansukh Virani in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.-Early life:...
  
  
• Jodi 7 - Sachin Tyagi & Madhushree
  Madhushree
  Madhushree is an Indian singer, who sings in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. A familiar voice in A. R. Rahman's compositions, Madhushree hails from a musically inclined family, having previously been trained in classical music...
  
  
• Jodi 8 - Shekhar Suman
  Shekhar Suman
  Shekhar Suman is an Indian film actor and a television personality. He has also been featured as a singer on a music album. Suman married Alka Kapur on May 4, 1984, and has a son, Adhyayan Suman a Bollywood film actor.-Career:...
  
   & Sanjeevni
• Jodi 9 - Sudesh Bhosle & Mrinal Kulkarni
• Jodi 10- Suresh Wadkarr & Shweta Tiwari
  Shweta Tiwari
  Shweta Tiwari is an Indian film and television actress. She gained popularity for her role of Prerna in Balaji Telefilms's television serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay that used to be aired on an Indian television channel STAR Plus...
  
  

External links

• Jjhoom India Official Site