Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 3

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3 is the third season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It premiered on 27 February 2009 on Sony Entertainment Television. The season was hosted by Shweta Tiwari, Shiv Panditt and Rohit Roy. The series was won by Baichung Bhutia and Sonia Zaffer on 31 May 2009 winning ₹40,00,000.^[1]

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa
Season 3
Hosted by	Shiv Panditt Shweta Tiwari
Judges	Saroj Khan Juhi Chawla Vaibhavi Merchant
No. of contestants	12
Celebrity winner	Bhaichung Bhutia
Professional winner	Sonia Jaffer
Runner-up	Gauahar Khan
No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	Sony Entertainment Television
Original release	27 February (2009-02-27) – 31 May 2009 (2009-05-31)
Season chronology

Cast

Couples

Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Status	Ref
Bhagyashree Dassani	Actress	Toby Fernandez	Eliminated 1st	[2]
Ugesh Sarcar	Magician	Tina Sachdeva	Eliminated 2nd	[3]
Anand Raaj Anand	Music composer & Singer	Rozita Rajput	Eliminated 3rd
Mohinder Amarnath	Cricketer	Lillian Mendes	Eliminated 4th	[4]
Ram Kapoor	Actor	Marischa Fernandes	Eliminated 5th	[5]
Monica Bedi	Actress	Javed Sanadi	Eliminated 7th	[6]
Shilpa Shukla	Actress	Nishant Bhat	Eliminated 8th	[7]
Parul Chauhan	Actress	Deepak Singh	Eliminated 9th	[8]
Hard Kaur	Rapper	Savio Barnes	Eliminated 10th	[9]
Karan Singh Grover	Actor	Nicole Alvares	Third place	[10]
Gauahar Khan	Model	Himanshu Gadani (earlier Hanif Hilal)	Eliminated 6th	[11]
			Runners-up
Bhaichung Bhutia	Footballer	Sonia Jaffer	Winners	[12]

Scoring chart

The highest score each week is indicated in bold green with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated in italicized red with a double-dagger (‡).

Colour key:

  Winners

  Runners-up

  Third place

  Bottom two

  Eliminated

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 3)- Nightly Scores

Couple	Pl.	Night
		1	2	3	1+3	4	2+4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14[a]	15	14+15
Bhaichung & Sonia	1st	—	22	—	—	23	45	22	30†	27	30†	—	30†	25	25‡	29+27=56†	37+40+36=113†	25‡	138[b]
Gauahar & Himanshu	2nd	24	—	24	48	—	—	27	26	23[c]	26[d]	30†[e]	26	28†	28[c]	22+24=46[c]	37+40+36=113†	30†	143†[f]
Karan & Nicole	3rd	—	19‡	—	—	29†	48	25	26	19	27	—	27	22	29	25+18=43‡	33+36+29=98‡	25‡	123‡[g]
Hard & Savio	4th	27†	—	27	54†	—	—	24	26	28	28	—	30†	29	30†	26+27=53[d]
Parul & Deepak	5th	20‡	—	22	42	—	—	22	29	29	19‡[c]	—	28	24[c]	26[d]
Shilpa & Nishant	6th	23	—	18‡	41‡[c]	—	—	30†	20‡[c]	27	28	—	24[c]	20‡[d]
Monica & Javed	7th	24	—	22	46	—	—	20‡	30†	22	30†	—	23‡[d]
Ram & Marischa	8th	—	20	—	—	26	46	22	26	16‡[d]		27[h]
Mohinder & Lilian	9th	—	25†	—	—	23	48	23	23[d]			20[h]
Anand & Rozita	10th	—	23	—	—	21‡	44‡[c]	21[d]				28[h]
Ugesh & Tina	11th	—	25†	—	—	25	50†[d]					19‡[h]
Bhagyashree & Toby	12th	20‡	—	24	44[d]							24[h]

Notes

1. The couples were scored on a 40-point scale due to the presence of a guest judge.
2. This couple finished in first place.
3. This couple was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
4. This couple was eliminated.
5. This couple was eliminated but performed as wild card again, and was selected.
6. This couple finished in second place.
7. This couple finished in third place.
8. This couple was eliminated but performed as wild card again, but was not selected.