Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 9

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 is the ninth season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 30 July 2016 on Colors. The season was hosted by Manish Paul and judged by Jacqueline Fernandez, Karan Johar, Ganesh Hegde and Farah Khan. The season ran from 30 July 2016 to 21 January 2017. This season's winner was Teriya Magar.

Format
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa has no audience voting in this season. Eviction is based on two specific criteria: judges' scores and the live studio audience scores. In semi finale, it was announced that audience can vote for the winner. Voting lines were open only for five days. Thus, now the elimination is done right in the end of the episode, unlike the previous seasons where elimination would be done in the beginning of next week's episode.

Production
The series was announced in March 2016. In May 2016, Manish Paul was confirmed to return as the presenter of the series. In June 2016, Jacqueline Fernandez, Karan Johar and Ganesh Hegde were confirmed as the judges.

In September 2016, Govinda replaced Johar for one episode. Farah Khan replaced Hegde in November 2016

The channel released its first promo in June 2016. Later the series released another promo introducing its first to contestants Karishma Tanna and Surveen Chawla.

Professional dancers
In June 2016, announced that Bhavna Khanduja, Rajit Dev, Cornel Rodrigues, Jai Kumar Nair, Sanam Johar, Alisha Singh,, Diwakar Nayal and would be returning to the series. Pranalini Atul and Bhavna Purohit were also announced to be making their debut as professionals in the series.

In mid July 2016, Aishwarya Radhakrishnan was added to the list and would be making her debut as a professional where she was paired opposite participant Salman Yusuff Khan.

In August 2016, Sidhant Gupta's choreographer Pranalini injured herself and quit the series while she got replaced by Sneha Singh.

Cast
The series features twelve celebrity contestants. On 2 June 2016, the first two celebrities were announced as participants that were Karishma Tanna and Surveen Chawla. The final line up was revealed on 23 June 2016.

In October 2016, five new entries were announced including Gracy Goswami, Siddharth Nigam and Teriya Magar.

Score chart
The highest score each week is indicated in  with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated in with a double-dagger (‡). Colour key:• {{legend|gold|Winners}}

• {{legend|silver|Runners-up}}

• {{legend|tan|Third place}}

• {{legend|#d1c571|Fourth place}}

• {{legend|lightblue|Bottom two/three/four}}

• {{legend|#f4c7b8|Eliminated}}

• {{legend|lightgreen|Withdrew from competition}} 
 * Notes


 * Red numbers indicates the lowest score.
 * Green numbers indicates the highest score.
 * indicates the winning couple.
 * indicates the runner-up couple.
 * indicates the third-place couple.
 * indicates the fourth-place couple.
 * indicates the couple eliminated that week.
 * indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom three.
 * indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

Dance chart
The couples performed the following each week:


 * Highest scoring dance
 * Lowest scoring dance
 * Non-scoring dance


 * Note