''Dancing Champion'' is a

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

dance reality show aired on

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and streamed on

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. It features celebrities as contestants who are paired with professional dancers competing for a cash prize and the title Dancing Champion. The judges of the show are

Mayuri Upadhya Mayuri Upadhya (born 30 December 1979) is an Indian choreographer, dancer, entrepreneur and TV personality based in Bengaluru, India. She is also the Artistic Director of the Bengaluru-based dance organisation, Nritarutya. In January 2018, May ...

Vijay Raghavendra Vijay Raghavendra is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Kannada films. Referred to popularly as " Chinnari Mutha", Vijay is the son of producer S. A. Chinne Gowda and nephew of actor Dr.Rajkumar. Vijay started his career as a child a ...

and

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. The show is hosted by

Akul Balaji Akul Balaji (born Akula Balaji on 23 February 1979) is an Indian actor, television host and dancer who has worked in both Kannada and Telugu languages. He started his career by acting and hosting television shows and has participated in the Kan ...

. The show premiered on 8 January 2022.

Production

The show is a competition where a 14 celebrities are paired with exceptionally talented common people, handpicked from all across Karnataka. Well-known faces & fresh ones pair-up for a phenomenal dance-off. 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 their scores with only one pair having the chance to be finally crowned, Dancing Champion. The show is produced by actor

Srujan Lokesh Srujan Lokesh (born 28 June 1980) is an Indian actor, television presenter, radio presenter and producer who mainly works in the Kannada film industry. Production house Lokesh Productions was founded by Srujan Lokesh and his mother Girija Lo ...

under his banner

Lokesh Productions Lokesh Productions, based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, is an Indian production company best known for making non-fiction shows in the Kannada language. It was founded in 2013 by Girija Lokesh and Srujan Lokesh, wife and son of veteran Kannada acto ...

Creative Team

* Prakash Gopikrishna * Lakshmi Sagar * Prabha Ram * Ravi Shankar * Ramya Krishna * Akshay

Technical Team

* Deepak Singh (Supervisor Choregrapher) * Elton Mascarenhas (Assistant Supervisor Choregrapher) * Namit (Light Jockey) * Sampath Sukhine (Video jockey) * Puneet (Switcher) * Rajesh (Online Editor) * Saish Bharadwaj (Music Producer/Programmer) * Murugan * Pruthvi (Art Director) * Hemanth Kumar (Art Department) * Manikant (MI Bar Controller) * Prem (Multi Recorder) * Pradeep (Sound Engineer) * FMC Camera Team * Manju (Electrician)

Choregrapher

* Varadharajan * Tharak Xavier * Jai * Ambari Raju * Surya * Suchin * Jaggi * Anil * Sudhir * Bala Narasimha

Costume & Make Up

* Rajesh Shetty (Costume Designer) * Ajit (Celebrity Costume Designer) * Roshan Ayyapa (Celebrity Costume Designer) * Kumar (Make Up Artist) * Salam (Special Make up Artist)

Production Team

* Shiva (Production Controller) * Prasanth Harry * Ramaya Bhaswaraj * Nagendra * Teju * Bhaswaraj * Suchin * Kiran Gowda

Contestants

A total of 14 celebrity couples, mostly TV actors are part of the show.

Weekly summary

References

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External links

Colors Kannada

Lokesh Productions
2022 Indian television series debuts Kannada-language television shows Colors Kannada original programming Indian television series based on non-Indian television series Indian dance television shows Celebrity reality television series