Dance Dance (TV series)

Dance Dance is a Kannada dance reality show aired on Star Suvarna and streams on Disney+ Hotstar. It features celebrities as contestants who are paired with professional dancers competing for a cash prize. It premiered on 20 August 2021.^[1] The judges of tha show are Prajwal Devaraj,^[2][3] Hariprriya^[4][5] and A.Harsha.^[6] The show is hosted by Shine Shetty.^[7]

Dance Dance
Genre	Dance
Developed by	Star Suvarna
Directed by	Jai Achari
Presented by	Shine Shetty
Judges	Prajwal Devraj Hariprriya Harsha (director)
Opening theme	Dance Dance
Composer	Karthik Sharma
Country of origin	India
Original language	Kannada
No. of episodes	30
Production
Producer	Jai Achari
Production location	Bengaluru
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60-75 minutes
Production company	In House Productions
Original release
Network	Star Suvarna
Release	20 August (2021-08-20) – 5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)
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Cookku with Kirikku

Production

The show is a competition wherein 12 celebrities are paired with professional dancers and compete against each other. Contestants dance to a different tune, different theme and different styles every week and scores are given by the judges. Each week one couple is eliminated based on Conestants voting and their scores.^[8]

Contestants

A total of 12 celebrities, mostly TV actors, are coupled with dancing partners for the show..

#	Celebrity	Professional partner
1 (winners)	Monisha	Shlok
2 (Runner Up)	Mahendra	Harshitha
3 (2nd Runner Up)	Vittal Kamath	Soundarya
4 (finalist)	Kavitha Gowda[9]	Prabhu
5 (finalist)	Koli Ramya	Gagan
6	Nayana Sharath[10]	Manjunath Siddi
7	Jagappa	Nidhi Suresh
8	Karthik Ramesh	Sindagi
9	Smileguru Rakshith	Aditi
10	Ashvithi Shetty[11][12][13]	Aditya
11	Vivek Simha[14]	Mandara
12	Supritha Sathyanarayan[15][16]	John Edwin

Weekly summary

Week No.	Episode No.	Original Air Date	Couple Evicted Rank	Theme	Best Jodi Of The Week
1 Grand Premiere	1	20 August 2021	—	Introduction	—
	Celebrity contestants were introduced with individual performances and were paired with professional dancers for the competition.
2	2 3	21 August 2021 22 August 2021	—	Mass Round	Monisha and Shlok
	Shlok and Monisha & Kavitha and Prabhu steals the show in the mass round
3	4 5	28 August 2021 29 August 2021	—	Single Property Round	Mahendra and Harshitha
	Contestants scorch the stage up, each pair delivering a more dazzling performance than the last.
4	6 7	4 September 2021 5 September 2021	—	Romantic Rain Round[17]	Koli Ramya and Gagan
	The romantic rain theme did induce some chemistry between the couples. Aditi Prabhudeva was invited as the guest to perform where she sizzled with her rain performance.
5	8 9 10 11	11 September 2021 12 September 2021 18 September 2021 19 September 2021	Supritha & John Edwin Rank 12	Festival Celebration Round	Kavitha and Prabhu
	The festival celebration theme had a lot of massive performances. Sriimurali was invited as the guest for the festival celebration round. Pranam Devraj was invited as a guest for the round.
6	12 13	11 September 2021 12 September 2021	Vivek Simha & Mandara[18] Rank 11	Replica Round	Vittal Kamath and Soundarya
	The replica round was mind-blowing as the contestants recreated the songs. Ace actresses Sudharani and Shruti graced the show.
7	14 15	2 October 2021 3 October 2021	—	Folk Round	Monisha and Shlok
	The folk round was filled with a lot of folklores where Shlok and Monisha stole the show. Manvita Kamath was invited as the guest to perform where she sizzled with her folk dance performance.
8	16 17	9 October 2021 10 October 2021	Ashvithi Shetty and Aditya[19] Rank 10	Blind Fold Round	Karthik and Sindagi
	The blindfold round was filled with a lot of emotional performances. Karthik and Sindagi, Vittal Kamath, and Soundarya stole the show.
9	18 19	16 October 2021 17 October 2021	Rakshith and Aditi Rank 9	Navarasa Round	Nayana and Manjunath Siddi
	The navarasa round had stiff competition between the contests. There were 7 golden performances in the round.
10	20 21	23 October 2021 24 October 2021	—	Marriage Round	Shlok and Monisha
	The marriage round was filled with a lot of celebrations. Shiva Rajkumar was invited as the guest for the round and to promote his film Bhajarangi 2.
11	22 23	30 October 2021 6 November 2021	Jagappa and Nidhi Suresh Rank 8	Creative Round	Karthik and Sindagi
	The creative round had unique performances which were a delight for the viewers to watch Manoranjan Ravichandran was invited as a guest with his Mugilpete film team to promote the film.
12	24 25	13 November 2021 14 November 2021	Karthik and Sindagi Rank 8	Battel Round	Mahendra and Harshitha
	The battle round intended the tough competition among the contestants. Jagappa had wildcard entry to the show.
13	26 27	21 November 2021 22 November 2021	—	Family Round	—
	The family round was filled with a lot of celebrations. All the performances performed had golden buzzers.
14	28 29	27 November 2021 28 November 2021	Jagappa Nayana & Manjunath Siddi Rank 7 & Rank 8	Semi Finale Round	Vittal Kamath & Soundarya
	The Semi Finale round was filled with a lot of power-packed performances and the judges kept the scores as secret. Prajwal Devraj and his wife Ragini celebrate their wedding anniversary on the stage.
15 (Grand Finale)	30	5 December 2021	—	Grand Finale	—
	Dhananjay was invited as a special guest for the grand finale. The scores were kept as a secret by thejudges.

Weekly scores

The maximum points awarded for a couple is 30.

Danger Zone: Irrespective of scores, couples can be subject to eviction based on the contestants votes.

Week 1: The premiere week had no competition or scores.

Week 11: Marks were kept secret.

Week 14: Marks were kept secret.

Week 15: Marks were kept secret.

Dancing Star			Scoreboard
Rank	Couple	←Total →	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15
1	Monisha & Shlok	291.5	30	24.5	30	30	30	30	27	30	30	30	SM	30	SM	SM
2	Mahendra & Hrashitha	281	26	30	26.5	25.5	26.5	27.5	30	30	26	29	SM	30	SM	SM
3	Vittal Kamth & Soundarya	294.5	28.5	29	30	30	30	27	30	30	27.5	30	SM	30	SM	SM
4	Kavitha & Prabhu	280.5	30	27.5	24	30	27	27	30	30	30	25	SM	30	SM	SM
5	Koli Ramya & Gagan	293.5	23.5	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	SM	30	SM	SM
6	Nayana & Manjunath Siddi	279	28.5	30	28	24	24.5	27	30	30	26	27	SM	30	SM
7	Jagappa & Nidi Suresh	256	26	25.5	17.5	29	27.5	25	30	21	26	24.5	SM	30	SM
8	Karthik Ramesh & Sindagi	243	21.5	23.5	24.5	30	26.5	27	30	30	26	30	SM
9	Rakshith & Aditi	203.5	27.5	26	30	24	27.5	28	25.5	15.5
10	Ashwithi Shetty & Aditya	181	23.5	24	30	26	27.5	24	25.5
11	Vivek Simha & Mandara	126.5	23	26.5	27.5	25	24.5
12	Supritha & John Edwin	96.5	28.5	15.5	22.5	30

  indicates the couple in danger zone who faced eviction.

  indicates that the couple withdrew.

 NP  indicates no points.

 SM  indicates secret marks .

Guests

Name	Episode Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Puneeth Rajkumar	20 August 2021	Guest for Grand Premier	[20]
Chandan Kumar	22 August 2021	To Support Kavitha Gowda & Promote his serial Marali Mansagide
Priyanka Chicholi		To promote their serial Manasella Nene
Sameeksha
Aditi Prabhudeva	4 September 2021	Guest to perform
Sriimurali	11 September 2021 12 September 2021	Guest for the round and to promote his film Madhagaja
Pranam Devraj	18 September 2021	Guest for the festival round
Sudharani	25 September 2021	Guest for the replica round	[21]
Shruti	26 September 2021		[22]
Manvita Kamath	2 October 2021	Guest to perform	[23]
Shiva Rajkumar	23 October 2021 24 October 2021	Guest for the round and to promote his film Bhajarangi 2	[24]
Manoranjan Ravichandran	30 October 2021 6 November 2021	Guest for the round and to promote his film Mugilupete
Dhanajaya	5 December 2021	Guest for the Grand Finale

Reception

The show gained massive success in the TRP Charts and it became one of the most-watched shows in both rural and urban areas.^[25]