Nach Baliye
Genre	Dance Reality
Created by	Sanvari Alagh Nair, Fazila Allana, Kamna Menezes
Directed by	Deepak Ghatani: (Seasons 1–2) Ashim Sen: (Seasons 5–6) Arun Sheshkumar: (Seasons 4, 7–8)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	201
Production
Producers	Hemant Ruprell (Season 4–6) Shobha Kapoor (Season 7)
Editor	Kumar Priyadarshi (Season 8)
Production companies	SOL Productions (season 1–3) Wizcraft International (Season 4–6) Balaji Telefilms (season 7) BBC Worldwide (season 8) Salman Khan TV (season 9)
Original release
Network	Star One (seasons 1–2) Star Plus (season 3–9)
Release	17 October 2005 (2005-10-17) – 3 November 2019 (2019-11-03)

Nach Baliye (transl. 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.

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.

In 2012, when season 5 premiered the show did very well throughout the season. The grand premiere has gained 4.1 TRP.^[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.^[2] The series was produced by SOL Productions.

• Sachin Pilgaonkar and Supriya Pilgaonkar, winners
• Manish Goel and Poonam Narula, runners-up
• Varun Badola and Rajeshwari Sachdev, 3rd position
• Rajev Paul and Delnaaz Irani, 4th position
• Parmeet Sethi and Archana Puran Singh, 5th position
• Apurva Agnihotri and Shilpa Saklani, 6th position
• Amit Sadh and Neeru Bajwa, 7th position
• Shakti Anand and Sai Deodhar, 8th position
• Mihir Mishra and Manini Mishra, 9th position
• Rohit Roy and Manasi Joshi Roy, 10th position

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.^[3] SOL Productions produced the second season as well.

• Hussain Kuwajerwala and Tina Kuwajerwala, winners
• Yash Tonk and Gauri Tonk, runners-up
• Bakhtiyar Irani and Tannaz Irani, 3rd position
• Hiten Tejwani and Gauri Pradhan, 4th position
• Manav Gohil and Shweta Kawatra, 5th position
• Raja Chaudhary and Shweta Tiwari, 6th position
• Arjun Punj and Gurdeep Kohli, 7th position
• Sharad Kelkar and Keerti Kelkar, 8th position
• Gaurav Chopra and Narayani Shastri, 9th position
• Rasik Dave and Ketki Dave, 10th position

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.

• Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Shaikh, winners
• Abhishek Avasthi and Rakhi Sawant, runners-up
• Krushna Abhishek and Kashmera Shah, 3rd position
• Karan Patel and Amita Chandekar, 4th position
• Indraneil Sengupta and Barkha Sengupta, 5th position
• Alexx O'Nell and Sweta Keswani, 6th position
• Hanif Hilal and Pooja Bedi, 7th position
• Karan Grover and Kavita Kaushik, 8th position
• Vikas Sethi and Amita Sethi, 9th position
• Shakti Kapoor and Shivangi Kapoor, 10th position; quit
• Kiran Janjani and Ritu Janjani, 11th position

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.^[4]

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.

• Shalin Bhanot and Dalljiet Kaur, winners
• Naman Shaw and Megha Gupta, runners-up
• Kapil Nirmal and Anjali Abrol, semi-finalists
• Yash Tonk and Gauri Tonk, wildcards; semi-finalists
• Vineet Raina and Tanushree Kaushal, eliminated
• Amit Gupta and Reshmi Ghosh, eliminated
• Karanvir Bohra and Teejay Sidhu, quit
• Mohit Malik and Addite Shirwaikar, eliminated
• Sudeep Sahir and Anantika Sahir, eliminated
• Mazher Sayed and Mouli Ganguly, eliminated
• Jaspal Bhatti and Savita Bhatti, eliminated
• Jatin Shah and Priya Bathija, eliminated
• Abhijeet Sawant and Shilpa Sawant, eliminated
• Chetan Hansraj and Lavinia Pereira, wildcards; eliminated

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.

• Jay Bhanushali and Mahhi Vij, winners
• Ravi Dubey and Sargun Mehta, first runners-up
• Arvind Kumar and Neelu Vaghela, second runners-up
• Jaisheel Dhami and Suhasi Dhami, third runners-up
• Karan Mehra and Nisha Rawal, eliminated on 16 March 2013
• Kunwar Amar and Charlie Chauhan, eliminated on 9 March 2013^[5]
• Parag Tyagi and Shefali Jariwala, eliminated on 2 March 2013^[6]
• Rahul Mahajan and Dimpy Ganguli, eliminated on 23 February 2013
• Kushal Tandon and Elena Boeva, eliminated on 3 February 2013
• Ankush Mohla and Smita Bansal, eliminated on 27 January 2013
• Keshav Arora and Deepshikha Nagpal, eliminated on 13 January 2013^[7][8]

• Drashti Dhami

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.^[9]

Gurmeet Choudhary was declared the Best Performer of the series.^[10]

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.^[11] Gurmeet Choudhary and Debina Bonnerjee were declared the runners-up.^[12]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'."^[13]

• Rithvik Dhanjani and Asha Negi, winners on 1 February 2014
• Gurmeet Choudhary and Debina Bonnerjee, first runners-up on 1 February 2014
• Ripudaman Handa and Shivangi Verma, second runners-up on 1 February 2014
• Vinod Thakur and Raksha Thakur, third runners-up on 1 February 2014
• Kiku Sharda and Priyanka Sharda (5th position), eliminated on 25 January 2014
• Raqesh Bapat and Ridhi Dogra (6th position), eliminated
• Ankur Ghai and Kanika Maheshwari (7th position), quit on 11 January 2014
• Omar Herror and Bruna Abdullah (8th position), eliminated on 8 December 2013; re-entered as wild card entrants, eliminated on 4 January 2014
• Paras Chhabra and Sara Khan (9th position), eliminated on 22 December 2013^[14]
• Raju Srivastav and Shikha Srivastav (9th position), eliminated on 15 December 2013
• Yash Sinha and Amrapali Gupta (10th position), eliminated on 1 December 2013^[15]
• Sanjeev Seth and Lata Sabharwal (11th position), eliminated on 24 November 2013^[16][17]

• Hina Khan
• Barun Sobti
• Deepika Singh
• Rucha Hasabnis
• Vishal Singh
• Ishita Dutta
• Mouni Roy
• Mahek Chahal
• Dharmesh Yelande
• Sayantani Ghosh
• Rashami Desai

Couple	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7		Week 8		Week 9		Week 10		Week 11			Week 12	Week 13
Rithvik	—	31	24	27	32	33	32		30	32	24	29	30	33	Rashami	25	31	—	—	Winner
Asha
Gurmeet	—	31	30	33	30	33	23		33	33	33	30	25	33	Mouni	22	31	—	—	1st runner-up
Debina
Ripudaman	—	33	33	27	23	22	—	33	33	24	33	25	32	32	Sayantani	33	32	—	—	2nd runner-up
Shivangi
Vinod	—	27	33	33	33	27	27		33	24	27	33	30	33	Dharmesh	26	30	—	—	3rd runner-up
Raksha
Kiku	—	22	33	27	29	31	27		33	27	27	30	18	29	Siddesh	30	28	—	Eliminated
Priyanka
Raqesh	—	24	33	26	32	32	33		31	21	27	31	28	28	Mahek	—	Eliminated
Ridhi
Ankur	—	30	30	28	33	30	24		25	23	26	23	—	Quit
Kanika
Omar	—	28	27	29	27	Eliminated		32	21	21	30	Eliminated
Bruna
Paras	Not in Competition							27	Eliminated
Sara
Raju	—	27	27	18	23	21		26	Eliminated
Shikha
Yash	—	19	30	24	Eliminated			26
Amrapali
Sanjeev	—	18	27	Eliminated
Lata
Bottom	None	None	Sanjeev-Lata Yash-Amrapali	Ankur-Kanika Yash-Amrapali	Kiku-Priyanka Omar-Bruna	Raju-Shikha Ripudaman-Shivangi	Kiku-Priyanka Ripudaman-Shivangi	Omar-Bruna Paras-Sara Raju-Shikha Ripudaman-Shivangi Yash-Amrapali	None		Ankur-Kanika Omar-Bruna		Ankur-Kanika Kiku-Priyanka		Kiku-Priyanka Raqesh-Ridhi			Gurmeet-Debina Kiku-Priyanka Ripudaman-Shivangi Rithvik-Asha Vinod-Raksha	Finalists
																			Gurmeet-Debina Ripudaman-Shivangi Rithvik-Asha Vinod-Raksha
Re-entered	None							Omar Bruna	None
								Ripudaman Shivangi
Quit	None												Ankur Kanika		None
Eliminated	No Elimination	No Elimination	Sanjeev Lata	Yash Amrapali	Omar Bruna	Raju Shikha	Ripudaman Shivani	Paras Sara	No Elimination		Omar Bruna		No Elimination		Raqesh Ridhi			Kiku Priyanka	Vinod Raksha	Ripudaman Shivani
																			Gurmeet Debina	Rithvik Asha

In this season, the scores per judge are out of 10 with the highest possible score of 30.

Red number indicates the lowest score.

Green number indicates the highest score.

  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.

  indicates the winning couple.

  indicates the runner-up couple.

  indicates the third-place couple.

Nach Baliye 7 is the seventh season of the dance reality show, Nach Baliye.

It premiered on 26 April 2015 on Star Plus.^[18][19] The series was produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under their banner Balaji Telefilms.^[20] 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.^[21][22]

Kunwar Amar, Karanvir Bohra, Mukti Mohan, Sargun Mehta and Salman Yusuf Khan also appeared in a special episode.^[23][24]

Couple	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10			Week 11	Week 12
Himmanshu	29	25	28	29	26	30	29	25	26	30	Karanvir	26	28	38	—	Winner
Amruta
Nandish	25	26	26	25	29	24	22	26	27	27	Sargun	26	29	40	—	''1st runner-up''
Rashami
Upen	26	28	29	26	24	25	25	27	26	30	Salman	29	25	36	—	''2nd runner-up''
Karishma
Mayuresh	Not in Competition							27	30	30	Amar	31	30	38	—	''3rd runner-up''
Ajisha
Deepesh	25	26	29	27	22	Eliminated		27	25	28	Mukti	27	27	Eliminated
Sana
Rohit	24	23	25	22	25	28	21	27	24	24	Eliminated
Aishwarya
Parag	Not in Competition							26	21	Eliminated
Shefali
Sharad	24	27	26	22	26	26	27	21	Eliminated
Mrunal
Sangram	22	25	24	26	24	28	20	Eliminated
Payal
Arpit	22	26	26	24	25	25	Eliminated
Nidhi
Jay	25	28	26	23	22	Eliminated
Pooja
Shakti	26	27	30	Quit
Neha
Vineet	24	25	Eliminated
Smilie
Bottom	None	Sangram-Payal Vineet-Smilie	Rohit-Aishwarya Sangram-Payal	None	Deepesh-Sana Jay-Pooja	Arpit-Nidhi Upen-Karishma	Sangram-Payal Rohit-Aishwarya	Himmanshu-Amruta Sharad-Mrunal	Parag-Shefali Rohit-Aishwarya	Nandish-Rashami Rohit-Aishwarya	Deepesh-Sana Upen-Karishma			Mayuresh-Ajisha Upen-Karishma	Finalists
															Himmanshu-Amruta Mayuresh-Ajisha Nandish-Rashami Upen-Karishma
Re-entered	None							Depeesh Sana	None
Quit	None		Shakti Neha	None
Eliminated		Vineet Smilie	No Elimination	No Elimination	Jay Pooja	Arpit Nidhi	Sangram Payal	Sharad Mrunal	Parag Shefali	Rohit Aishwarya	Deepesh Sana			No Elimination	Mayuresh Ajisha	Karishma Upen
															Nandish Rashami	Himmanshu Amruta
					Sana Deepesh

In this season, the scores per judge are out of 10 with the highest possible score of 30.

Red number indicates the lowest score.

Green number indicates the highest score.

  Eliminated

  Bottom three

  Bottom two

  Winning couple

  Runner-up couple

  Second runner-up couple

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.^[27]

• Salman Khan and Sohail Khan
• Ranbir Kapoor
• Arjun Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor
• Arjun Kapoor and Anil Kapoor
• Sridevi
• Hrithik Roshan
• Diljit Dosanjh
• Sonam Bajwa
• Parineeti Chopra
• Remo D'souza
• Karan Patel

Couple	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8		Week 9	Week 10		Week 11	Week 12
Vivek	24	24	29	24	26	29	30	Vaibhav	28	37/40	26	30	25	—	Winner
Divyanka
Sanam	25	26	26	30	30	30	30	Khushboo	30	33/40	30	30	29	—	1st runner-up
Abigail
Mohit	22	25	28	29	29	30	24	Nishant	30	39/40	30	30	29	—	2nd runner-up
Sanaya
Shoaib	24	25	27	26	27	26	30	Yash	24	38/40	25	30	24	Eliminated
Dipika
Siddhartha	24	26	30	Eliminated			19	Omkar	28	35/40	26	Eliminated
Trupti
Brent	25	26	28	26	29	25	17	Sneha	27	40/40	Eliminated
Aashka
Haarsh	25	27	25	27	29	25	16
Bharti
Vikrant	24	26	27	25	21	Eliminated	16
Antara
Pritam	28	30	22	25	Eliminated		15
Amanjot
Manoj	23	23	Eliminated				15
Utkarsha
Notes	—		1	2	—					—			—
Bottom	None	Manoj-Utkarsha Vikrant-Antara	Brent-Aashka Siddhartha-Trupti	Vikrant-Antara Priam-Amanjot	Brent-Aashka Vikrant-Antara	Brent-Aashka Shoaib-Dipika	Haarsh-Bharti Mohit-Sanaya	None		Brent-Aashka Siddhartha-Trupti	Mohit-Sanaya Siddhartha-Trupti		Sanam-Abigail Shoaib-Dipika	Finalists
														Mohit-Sanaya Sanam-Abigail Vivek-Divyanka
Re-entered	None						Brent Aashka	None
							Siddhartha Trupti
Eliminated	No Elimination	Manoj Utkarsha	Siddhartha Trupti	Pritam Amanjot	Vikrant Antara	Brent Aashka	Haarsh Bharti	No Elimination		Brent Aashka	Siddhartha Trupti		Shoaib Dipika	Mohit Sanaya
														Sanam Abigail	Vivek Divyanka

Red number Lowest score

Green number Highest score

  Eliminated

  Bottom two

  Winning couple

  Runner-up couple

  Second runner-up

• The scores per judge were out of 10 with the highest possible score of 30.
• The elimination was based on public votes plus the score given by judges in the previous week.

Nach Baliye
Season 9
Presented by	Manish Paul Waluscha De Sousa
Judges	Ahmed Khan Raveena Tandon
No. of contestants	28
Winners	Prince Narula Yuvika Chaudhary
Runners-up	Rohit Reddy Anita Hassanandani
No. of episodes	33
Release
Original network	Star Plus
Original release	19 July (2019-07-19) – 3 November 2019 (2019-11-03)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 8 Next → Season 10

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.^[37]

Couple			Week 1	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
	Prince	#PriVika	100	89	82.5	85	100	100	87	98	100	89	95.5	74	89	95	Winner
	Yuvika
	Rohit	#RoNita	87.5	Unwell	100	94	100	100	87.5	88.5	97	100	94	81	99.25	96.3	1st runner-up
	Anita
	Vishal	#ViRima	100	92	100	85	93.5	80	Eliminated	100	89	0	97	90	89.75	95	2nd runner-up
	Madhurima
	Aly	#AlyNa	85	100	100	75	100	100	27.5	97	100	90	96.5	85.5	90.5	95	3rd runner-up
	Natasa
	Shantanu	#NiShan	96	65	100	92	100	89	100	100	100	91.5	89.5	100	96.5	97.3	4th runner-up
	Nityaami
	Alam	#ShAlam	77.5	100	84	97	87.5	91.5	100	100	89	93	90	96	96	92.5	Eliminated
	Shraddha
	Anuj	#UrUj	81.5	85.5	90.5	91.5	92.5	Eliminated		89.5	89	97.5	99	77	Eliminated
	Urvashi
	Sourabh	#SouRidhi	66	70.5	86.5	93.5	100	82.5	90	90	100	100	94.5	81.5	Eliminated
	Ridhima
	Avinash	#PaNash	Not in the Show							89.5	87	83	Eliminated
	Palak
	Sandeep	#PooSa	Not in the Show							80	1
	Pooja
	Faisal	#FaiSaan	100	100	88	100	100	100	100	Quit; Injury
	Muskaan
	Vivek	#BaVek	100	100	90.5	85	Eliminated
	Babita
	Vindu	#ViNa	100	77.5	80	Eliminated
	Dina
	Keith	#KeRo	65.5	80.5	Eliminated
	Rochelle
Bottom			None	Anuj-Urvashi Keith-Rochelle	Anuj-Urvashi Vindu-Dina	Anuj-Urvashi Vivek-Babita	Anuj-Urvashi Vishal-Madhurima	Alam-Shraddha Vishal-Madhurima	None	None	Anuj-Urvashi Avinash-Palak	None	Alam-Shraddha Anuj-Urvashi Sourabh-Ridhima	None	Alam-Shraddha Vishal-Madhurima	Finalists
																Aly-Natasa Prince-Yuvika Rohit-Anita Shantanu-Nityaami Vishal-Madhurima
Re-entered			None							Anuj Urvashi	None
										Vishal Madhurima
Quit			None						Faisal Muskaan	Sandeep Pooja	None
Eliminated			No Elimination	Keith Rochelle	Vindu Dina	Vivek Babita	Anuj Urvashi	Vishal Madhurima	No Elimination		Avinash Palak	No Elimination	Anuj Urvashi	No Elimination	Alam Shraddha	Shantanu Nityaami	Aly Natasa	Vishal Madhurima
													Sourabh Ridhima			Rohit Anita	Prince Yuvika

  Current Couple

  Former Couple

Red number Lowest score

Green number Highest score

  Eliminated

  Bottom Two

  Winners

  Runner-ups

  Second runner-ups

  Hi5

  Unwell

• The scores per judge were out of 100. Then the average score is calculated from the scores of both judges.
• The elimination was based on public votes and the score given by judges.
• In Week 2, Rohit and Anita did not perform as Rohit was down with Jaundice so the doctor had advised rest to him. Ahmed and Raveena saved them and they advanced to the next week without nomination.
• In Week 7, Faisal & Muskaan had to quit the show as Faisal got injured.
• In Week 9, Pooja & Sandeep had to quit the show as Pooja got injured.
• In Week 11, The couples had to perform solo. Ridhima, Prince, Anuj, Shraddha and Vishal got a High 5, however both the partners had to score 50/50 to receive a High 5.
• In week 12, every couple has to perform twice. In the first round they are getting marks out of 90. And the second round is battle between two couple. Whoever wins will get 10 marks & other get zero.
• In Quarter Finale (Week 13) also, the couples had to perform twice. In first round, they performed with different dance groups and got marks out of 100. The couples who received a High 5 were RoNita, NiShaan and ShAlam. In second round, they performed their usual performances (Theme-Retro )and got marks out of 100.The average of both the rounds was taken as their final score.
• In Semi Finale (Week 14) also, the couples had to perform twice.

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