''Ek Se Badhkar Ek - Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka sibi'' is a Hindi television reality show that aired on
Zee TV
Zee TV (stylised as ZEE TV) is a Hindi general entertainment pay television channel in India. It was launched on 2 October 1992, as the first privately owned TV channel in the country. It is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Zee TV also ...
channel, starting from 20 September 2008 until 3 January 2009. The show is an extension of
Ek Se Badhkar Ek - Jalwe Sitaron Ke, and will be based on popular Hindi television 'Kids'. The show is a unique because it has both singing and dancing in a one platform.
Concept
The show features popular Kids from Indian television industry who are best dancers & best singers. As its first season, this season also features 8 pairs – a singer and a dancer who are divided into teams to participate and earn points with their individual / respective skills. The finale took place on 3 January 2009. The winning jodi (team) was the team of Vasundhara and Ayush, votes being counted as 50% by the audience and 50% by the judges. The scholarship of 25 Lakh Rupees was the grand prize for the winning team. Amir/Ehsaas achieved 2nd place and Rohanpreet/Chinky achieved 3rd place. The best singer from the eliminated teams was awarded to Smita whereas the best dancer was awarded to Adrita; this decision was evaluated by the judges.
Host
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Swapnil Joshi
Swapnil Joshi (Marathi pronunciation: ʋəpniːl d͡ʒoʃiː is an Indian film and television actor, in Hindi and Marathi languages. At nine years old, he appeared in the Ramanand Sagar show '' Uttar Ramayan''. He has done some of the most su ...
(Indian comedian)
Judges
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Kunal Kohli
Kunal Kohli is an Indian film director, producer, actor and writer in Bollywood. He is best known as the director of '' Hum Tum'' (2004) and '' Fanaa'' (2006). He also owns the production house Kunal Kohli Productions, whose first was his ''T ...
(Bollywood director/producer)
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Annu Kapoor
Annu Kapoor (born Anil Kapoor; 20 February 1956) is an Indian actor, singer, director, radio disc jockey, and television presenter who has appeared in over a hundred films, as well as television series. His career has spanned over 40 years as a ...
(Indian television presenter)
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Rakhi Sawant
Rakhi Sawant (born Neeru Bheda; 25 November 1978) is an Indian dancer, model, actress and television talk show host, who has appeared in many Hindi and a few Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Telugu and Tamil films and was a contestant on the first se ...
(Bollywood dancer)
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vinay ramani
Contestants
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Ayush Tandon /
Vasundhara Raturi - Winners
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Anamika Choudhari
Anamika Choudhari is an Indian singer. She was the winner in Zee TV's children's singing competition Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International. Later, she participated in Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka, where she secured fourth place. She then par ...
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Adrita Das
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Rohanpreet Singh
Neha Kakkar Singh (; née Kakkar; born 6 June 1988), is an Indian playback singer. She is the younger sister of playback singer Sonu Kakkar. She began performing at a very early age at religious events. In 2005, she participated in the second s ...
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Chinky
In the United Kingdom, ''chinky'' (or ''chinky chonky'',) is a slur for a Chinese takeaway restaurant or Chinese food and Chinese people.
In 2002, the Broadcasting Standards Commission, after a complaint about the BBC One programme ''The Vicar o ...
- 2nd Runner Up
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Tanmay Chaturvedi / Khushi Dubey
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Smita Nandi /
Dhairya
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Vaishali Raikwar /
Dwij
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Aamir Hafeez /
Apurva
''Apurva'', also spelled as ''Apoorv'', in Vedanta philosophy is the performative element of an injunction that justifies ritualistic acts and their results. As an explanatory concept it serves as a mediator.
Meaning
The Sanskrit word in its ...
- 1st Runner Up
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Vibhor Parashar /
Ahsaas Channa
Ahsaas Channa (born 5 August 1999) is an Indian actress who appeared as a child actor in Hindi films such as '' Vaastu Shastra'', ''Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna'', '' My Friend Ganesha'', ''Phoonk'', etc. As a teenager, she has been mostly active in t ...
Wildcard Entries
* Armaan / Ananya
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Amir Hafeez / Ehsaas Channa - 1st Runner Up
Eliminated
* Vaishali Raikwar / Dwij
* Aamir Hafeez / Apoorva
* Vibhor Parashar / Ehsaas Channa
* Smita Nandi / Dhairya
* Armaan / Ananya
* Tanmay Chaturvedi / Khushi Dubey
* Anamika Choudhari / Adrita Das
* VINAY RAMANI / KRUPA SENGHANI
External links
Chota Packet Fan SiteOfficial Site on Zee TV
Zee TV original programming
Indian reality television series
2008 Indian television series debuts
2009 Indian television series endings
UTV Television
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