Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 5

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 is the fifth season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 16 June 2012 on Colors and concluded on 30 September 2012. The series was hosted by Manish Paul and Ragini Khanna.

Scoring chart

 * green numbers indicates the highest score.
 * red numbers indicates the lowest score.
 * indicates the winning couple.
 * indicates the runner-up couple.
 * indicates the second runner-up couple
 * indicates the fourth-place couple
 * the couple eliminated that week
 * indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom three.

Dance chart

 * Highest scoring dance
 * Lowest scoring dance
 * Danced, but not scored


 * Note

Themes
The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:
 * Week 1: Introduction and premiere
 * Week 2: 100 Years of Indian Cinema
 * Week 3: Dance Attack
 * Week 4: Zodiac Signs
 * Week 5: Entertainment with Twist
 * Week 6: Judges' Challenge
 * Week 7: 'Superstar' Rajesh Khanna Special & Wild Card Entries
 * Week 8: Best Foot Forward
 * Week 9: Toofani Remix
 * Week 10: Famous Jodis of Bollywood [Individual Performance & Group relay]
 * Week 11: Colours & Childhood
 * Week 12: Kuch Hatke Dikha & Brahmastra
 * Week 13: Judges team special
 * Week 14 Individual performances, performing in a group with back-dancers
 * Week 15: Semi-Final - Guest dancing partners, Solo and Group Relay performances
 * Week 16: Finale

The first episode of Week 7 was themed 'Wild Card' Special selected three new contestants to current participating celebrities.

Out of the seven new Wild Card Entrance the couples which joined the current celebrities in the race of 'Jhalak' were
 * Rashami & Deepak
 * Rithvik & Sneha
 * Karan & Mohena
 * Selected Dance
 * Rejected Dance

In Week 9, Isha's choreographer Salman sustained an injury during technical rehearsals and was thus unable to perform. Cornell, another dancing partner, performed with Isha in this episode. Cornell was the dancing partner of Neha Bhasin in the Wild Card Entry episode.

From the episode dated 2 September 2012 (Week 12) new choreographers were introduced and the celebrities and their professional partners (from Dancing with the Stars) danced one of these routines for the week 13 episode 25 (dated 8 September 2012):

Week 13(Episode 25 [8 September 2012]): Firangi Tarka
 * Gurmeet with Iveta Lukosiute
 * Rashami with Brent Borbon
 * Rithvik with Anya Garnis
 * Isha with Jaymz Tuaileva
 * Bharti with Sasha Farber
 * Karan with Emma Slater

Week 13 episode 26 (dated: 9 September 2012) Rithvik's choreographer Sneha could not perform since she was suffering from typhoid thus another dancing partner Marischa Fernandes (JDJ 4 Winner choreographer) was roped in to perform with Rithvik.

Week 14: Salman, Isha's choreographer, performed on a Bollywood Dance form alone as Isha could not perform due to the elbow injury sustained in Week 12. There were no scores and the voting lines for Isha-Salman were not opened either. However, as per Judges ruling, Isha shall start performing from Week 15 (Semi-Final) onwards.

Week 15 (Episode 29 dated: 22 September 2012) contestants from previous Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa seasons were invited as guest partners to perform with the remaining contestants Gurmeet, Bharti, Rashami and Rithvik. As Isha still had not recovered, she did not perform in that episode. The performances were choreographed by the respective choreographers; however, contestants had the following guests as dancing partners:


 * Gurmeet performed with Gauahar Khan
 * Rashami performed with Meiyang Chang
 * Rithvik performed with Yana Gupta
 * Bharti was to perform with Mahhi Vij. However, she withdrew for medical reasons at the beginning of the episode.

Highest and lowest scoring performances
The best and worst performances of each team according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows:

Controversies

 * TV Actress Gia Manek was replaced overnight from her show Saath Nibhaana Saathiya for participating in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.
 * Stand-up comedian Bharti Singh who withdrew from the competition for medical reasons on 22 September revealed that the real reason behind her quitting the show was to protest Isha's stay on the dance contest. While standing against Rashmi in the bottom two, Bharti vehemently proclaimed that she sees her performances of no worth as she believes that the reality show has been rigged and Isha's continuous progression in the competition from week to week without delivering any performances is a visible proof that the contest is being plotted on unfair grounds.