''Jodi Number One'' is an Indian

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-language

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reality television show broadcast on

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and from the year 2006. Its contestants are couples who are generally television stars in their own right, often from the

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industry. Over twelve years, Jodi Number One has rolled out ten seasons.

Series

Season 1

The first season aired on every Friday to Saturday at 20:00 from October 2006. The show witnessed four real life couples and 4 fictional (real) life couples engage in a 13-weeks dancing competition. The panel of judges composed of dance master

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, actor

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and Ramya Krishnan chose the two finalists. The viewers themselves chose the third finalist.

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and Aravind Akash serving as the hosts. Prem Kumar and Pooja - The winners of the Wild Card round were judged the champions of Jodi No. 1 by the audiences. They received 10 lakhs as the prize money.

Hosts

- TV actress * Aravind Akash - Film actor

Judges

- Film actor * Ramya Krishnan - Film actress *

- Choreographer

Couples

* The highlighted green rows are the Real Couples. * The highlighted pink rows are the Reel Couples.

Guests

* Dhanush - Film actor *

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- Film actress *

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- Film actress *

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- Film actress * Yogi B - Rapper * Dr Burn - Rapper

Season 2

Jodi no.1 season 2 witnessed many small screen couples, with 8 new celebrity couples. The 8 couples were Kalaiselvan Tinku, Preethi, Yugendren, Hayma Malini, Sree, Krithika, Prithviraj, Uma Riyaz, Arvind, Lakshmi, Irfan, Monisha, Venkat, Nisha, Dev and Aishwarya.

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, Sangeetha and

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were the judges. Divyadharshini and

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hosted the season.

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and Preethi were the winners of Jodi no. 1 season 2, receiving the 10 lakh prize, whereas Venkat and Nisha won the Best Performance award taking home the Chevy Spark.

Hosts

* Divyadharshini - TV actress *

- TV actor

Judges

- Film actor * Sangeetha - Film actress *

- Choreographer

Couples

* The highlighted pink rows are the Reel Couples. * The highlighted green rows are the Real Couples.

Guests

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- Film actor * Ramya Krishnan - Film actress and Season 1 Judge * Sneha - Film actress * Suchitra - Playback singer *

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- Film actress * Abbas - Film actor *

- Film actress *

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- Film actor *

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- Film actress * Jeeva - Film actor

Season 3

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, Sangeetha and

were the judges. Divyadharshini and

has once again been appointed as the host for the second time. Kiran and Priya as the winners.

Hosts

- TV actress *

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- TV actor

Judges

- Film actor * Sangeetha - Film actress *

- Choreographer

Couples

* The highlighted pink rows are the Reel Couples. * The highlighted green rows are the Real Couples.

Guests

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- Actress * Jeeva - Actor * Nila - Actress *

- Actress

Season 4

Jeeva, Sangeetha and

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were the judges. Divyadharshini and

has once again been appointed as the host for the third time. Michael Thangadurai and Hemalata as the winners.

Hosts

- TV actress *

- TV actor

Judges

* Jeeva - Film actor *

- Film director * Sangeetha - Film actress

Couples

Guests

Kamna Jethmalani Kamna Jethmalani (born 11 December 1985) is an Indian actress. She debuted in 2005 with the Telugu film '' Premikulu'' and had her first commercial success with her third feature film '' Ranam''. Subsequently, she played the lead role in a num ...

- Film Actress * Surya Sivakumar - Film Actor *

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- Film Actress *

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- Film Actress *

Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj Shanthanu Bhagyaraj (born 24 August 1986) is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil language films. The son of actors K. Bhagyaraj and Poornima Bhagyaraj, Shanthanu appeared as a child artist in his father's '' Vettiya Madichu Ka ...

- Film Actor * Srikanth - Film Actor * Jai - Film Actor * A. R. Murugadoss - Film Director

Season 5

The fifth season aired from October 2011. Prem Gopal and Premini as the winners.

Hosts

- TV anchor, actor

Judges

Raadhika Raadhika Sarathkumar is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, producer and politician who works predominantly in Tamil cinema along with Telugu cinema as well as a few Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. She is the founder and CP of the Radaan Media ...

- Film actress *

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- Film actress *

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- Film actress and a Choreographer * Sangeetha - Film actress

Couples

Guests * Sangeetha - Film actress *

- Film actor *

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- Film actor * Sandhya - Film actress *

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- Film actor *

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- Film actress *

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- Film actor * Pooja - Film actress

Season 5

Directed By

* Daniel Aloysius Xavier

Produced by

* DStudio

Hosts

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- TV Host and Actor * Bhavana Balakrishnan - TV Host *

- TV Host

Judges

* Ramya Krishnan - Film actress (Main Judge) *

-Film Actor (Intro & Mix Your Strength Round Judge) *

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-Film Actor (Group Formation Round Judge) * Sneha - Film actress (Dasavathram, Navarasam, Classics & Animals Round Judge) *

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- Film actress (Rajini Special Round Judge) *

- Film Actor(Fusion round) * Sangeetha - Film actress (Tamil Nadu Round, Devotional Round and Romance Round) * Bhanu Priya - Film actress (Remix Round) *

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- Film actress (Social Issues and Filmy Round) *

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(Semifinal, first wild card round and second wild card round) * Bharath - Actor (first final and grand final)

Rounds

* 1st Round - Mix Your Strength * 2nd Round - Group Formation * 3rd Round - Dasavathram Round * 4th Round - Rajini Special * 5th Round - Fusion * 6th Round - Navarasam * 7th Round - Tamil Nadu * 8th Round - Devotional * 9th Round - Romance * 10th Round - Classics * 11th Round - Animals * 12th Round - Remix * 13th Round - Social Issues * 14th Round - Filmy Round

Couples

Eliminated Jodi's

Season 6

The seven season aired from October 2018. This Jodi season 6 was different from the previous seasons. Each couples paired with choreographer and an actor. SOL Productions produced the seven as well.

Directed By

* Daniel Aloysius Xavier

Creative Team

* Sithara * Rahul Vijay * Manivannan * Rajesh Narayanan

Hosts

- TV actress

Judges

* Ramya Krishnan - Film actress *

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- Veteran actress - episode 2 (Classical round) * Radha - Film actress *

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- Film actress *

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- Film actress - episode 4 (90s round) * Bharath - Film actor - episode 5 (2000 round) *

Winners

* First Place: Rafiq Raxx and Gabriella * Second Place: Mani and Devi Priya * Third Place:

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and Sandhya * Fourth Place: Sathya and Shilpa

Couples

Season 7

This Jodi season 7 was different from the previous seasons. All couples are actors with a few exceptions. Also for the first time, elimination is as individuals rather as a pair. One male and female contestants each with the lowest cumulative scores are eliminated each week. The first contestants to be eliminated this way are Vetri and Shalini.

Creative Team

* Sithara * Rahul Vijay * Manivannan * Sugenthiren

Hosts

- TV actor

Judges

* Radha - Film actress *

- Film actress - episode 4 (Folk Round) *

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* Sreedhar - Choreographer (Old Songs Round) *

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- Choreographer (Old Songs Round)

Winners

* First Place: Amudhavanan and Anandhi * Second Place: Lokesh and Sunita Gogoi * Third Place: Siddarth and Priya * Fourth Place: Yuvraj and Jennifer

Couples

Season 8

The eight season aired from 25 October 2014 to 12 September 2015 and ended with 46 Episodes. Radha and

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were the judges.

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and

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hosted the season. Rahman and Sofia as the winners.

Hosts

Judges

* Radha *

Couples

Season 9

It started on 12 November 2016 and ended on 16 April 2017 with 44 Episodes.

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and Devayani were the Main judges.

and KPY Kuraishi hosted the season. The show Directed by Daniel Aloysius Xavier. DStudio produced the nine season as well. Mani and Felina as the winners.

Creative Team

* Sithara * Rahul Vijay * Manivannan * Prabhu * Sugenthiren * Vimal * Dipshi Blessy * Grace Veronica

Host

- TV Anchor * KPY Kuraishi

Judges

* Devayani * Radha (Special Judge) * Namitha (Special judge)

Rounds

* Old Memories Round * Tentkotta Round * Celebration Round * Thannila Gandam Round (only for Real Jodis) * Ponggal Special * Fusion Round * Kid's Special Round * Masala Mix (Reel) / Folk (Real) * Solli Adi Round * Horror Round * 80s Club Mix Round * Mass Hero Round * Group Formation Round * Semifinal Round

Winners

* First Place: Mani and Felina * Second Place: Adi and Sonali * Third Place: Sunita and Priya * Fourth Place: Alena and Shajid

Couples

Season 10

The ten season aired from 4 November 2018 to 13 January and ended with 20 Episodes.

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and

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hosted the season. The show Directed by Daniel Aloysius Xavier. DStudio produced the ten season as well. Lokesh and Megna as the winners.

Host

(former contestant) *

Judges

* Audiences (For the first time audiences will cast their votes and judge every performance.)

Team Captains

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* Divyadharshini *

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Creative team

* Rahul Vijay * Sugenthiran * Lakshman Kumar * Sridharan * Martin * Jerome * Durgadhasan * Sandra * Mukund * Arun

Rounds

* Introduction Round (non-competitive) * Jodi-Patti Thiruvizha Round (non-competitive) * Blockbusters Round * Old Songs Round * Romance Round * Festival/Celebration Round * Re-creation Round * Horror Round * Ticket to Finale (rankings based on average score by audiences and team captains) * Grand Semi Finale (rankings based on average score by audiences and team captains)

Couples

''All Ranking and Marking will be added here'' = Danger Zone : Since Week 3 had no elimination, the marks will be added with Week 4 and the team with the lowest marks will be eliminated. : Since Week 5 had no elimination, the marks will be added with Week 6 and the team with the lowest marks will be eliminated. : There will be no elimination on Week 7. But there will be two tickets directly to finale ( and ) based on marks given by Judges and Leaders. : Guest performance by Kumaran and Divyadharshini for

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song.

Guests

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- Grand Opening * Aishwarya Dutta - Re-creation Round * Aishwarya Dutta - Grand Finale

Grand Finale

* Winner - Lokesh & Megna * 1st runner-up - Kumaran & Chitra * 2nd runner-up - Vishal & Sreethu and Ramar & Rhema (points tied) *3rd runner-up - Atheesh & Uthra *4th runner-up - Britton & Anila *5th runner-up - Azeem & Shivani :

also celebrated "20 years of

Dhivyadharshini Dhivyadharshini "DD" Neelakandan is an Indian television host and actress who prominently works in Tamil film and television industry. Initially making her debut as an actress, she featured in supporting roles in films including Kamal Haasan ...

" illustrating her career as an anchor in Vijay Television for the past 20 years during the Jodi Fun Unlimited Grand Finale. Dhivyadharshini was presented with a family portrait depicting her late father whom she lost at a young age in addition to a memorabilia award with illustration of all the shows that she hosted.

References

External links

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