Ek Se Badhkar Ek (Zee TV)
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Ek Se Badhkar Ek - Jalwe Sitaron Ke is a Hindi television reality show that aired on Zee TV
Zee TV
Zee TV is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South Asia, Europe, the Middle East,...

 channel, starting from June 7, 2008 to September 14, 2008. The show is a unique because it has both singing and dancing in a one platform. The show is replaced by its second season known as Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka
Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka
Ek Se Badhkar Ek - Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka is a Hindi television reality show that aired on Zee TV channel, starting from September 20, 2008 until January 3, 2009. The show is an extension of Ek Se Badhkar Ek - Jalwe Sitaron Ke, and will be based on popular Hindi television 'Kids'...

, which is based on kids.

Concept

The show has a total of 16 stars who will participate in this show in a total of 8 jodis. Each pair will comprise of one dancer and one singer. These teams will then appeal to the viewers for votes in order to win the coveted title of "Sabse Badkar Jodi". The elimination will be decided based on marks given by judges and audience voting.

Champs from the music world , Aneek Dhar, Raja Hasan, Harpreet, Emon, Amit Paul, Poonam, Sumedha and Sanchita along with television celebrities Kushal Punjabi
Kushal Punjabi
Kushal Punjabi is an Indian film and television actor, who won the TV reality game show, Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout, the Indian version of internationally popular "Wipeout" in February 2011, taking home the prize of 5 million.-Early life and family:...

, Shayantani Ghosh, Apoorva Agnihotri, Rajshri Thakur, Abhishek Awasthi, Purbi Joshi, Jasveer Kaur and Amrapali Gupta will team up to set the show on fire.

Host
  • Mandira Bedi
    Mandira Bedi
    Mandira Bedi is an Indian actress, model and television presenter who gained celebrity status playing the title role in the 1994 television serial, Shanti, shown on India's national channel, Doordarshan which was the first ever daily soap on Indian television.She followed up her career in TV...

     ... Current host (August 2 to September 14)
  • Ravi Kishan
    Ravi Kishan
    Ravi Kishan is an Indian film actor and television personality, who works in Hindi cinema and Bhojpuri cinema. In 2006, he participated in Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Big Brother.-Early life:...

     ... Ex-host (June 7 to July 27)


Judges
  • Abhijeet Bhattacharya
  • Ahmed Khan

Contestants

Originals
  • Jodi No.1: Sanchita Bhattyacharya
    Sanchita Bhattyacharya
    Sanchita Bhattyacharya is an Indian singer. On October 28, 2006, she was declared the winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, an Indian reality television show. At 15, this makes her the oldest winner in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs history as well as the first female winner with public voting...

     & Kushal Punjabi
    Kushal Punjabi
    Kushal Punjabi is an Indian film and television actor, who won the TV reality game show, Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout, the Indian version of internationally popular "Wipeout" in February 2011, taking home the prize of 5 million.-Early life and family:...

  • Jodi No.2: Emon Chatterjee & Purbi Joshi
    Purbi Joshi
    -Biography:Purbi Joshi born on 19 August 1984 is the daughter of well known television actor Sarita Joshi and sister of Ketki Joshi . In 1995, Purbi got her first break in Faasle TV serial....

  • Jodi No.3: Raja Hasan
    Raja Hasan
    Raja Hasan Sagar is an Indian playback singer. He was a finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 who achieved 1st runner up in the competition attaining 3,52,40,963 votes in the final, losing to Aneek Dhar.-Early years:...

     & Jasveer Kaur
  • Jodi No.4: Harpreet Deol
    Harpreet Deol
    Harpreet Deol was a finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007. Deol was initially eliminated on 22 June in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 but was voted back by the public along with Raja Hasan. Later, he was eliminated on 31 August attaining 8th place with public votes...

     & Amrapali Gupta
  • Jodi No.5: Aneek Dhar
    Aneek Dhar
    Aneek Dhar is an Indian singer who won the regional spin off singing competition, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Bangla, and won Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 at the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 Grand Finale on 13 October 2007.Aneek Dhar from Kolkata is a renowned Indian...

     & Shayantani Ghosh
  • Jodi No.6: Sumedha Karmahe & Abhishek Awasthi
  • Jodi No.7: Amit Paul
    Amit Paul
    Amit Paul is an Indian singer from Shillong, Meghalaya. His career started by being runner up in the Indian Idol season 3. He has become a budding Playback Singer in the Hindi Film Industry.-Early years:...

     & Rajshree Thakur
    Rajshree Thakur
    Rajshree Thakur is an Indian actress best known for her role as Saloni in the Hindi television drama Saat Phere. She was born in Mumbai. Before Saat Phere, she worked at All India Radio as a Marathi news reader and did ads for different companies. Before small screen, Rajshree acted in an...

  • Jodi No.8: Poonam Yadav
    Poonam Yadav
    Suraj Yadav was a finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 who hails from Machli Mohalla near Sadar Bazar in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Yadav was eliminated on 28 September and attained 4th place in the competition with public votes.-Early years:Poonam comes from an underprivileged family of...

     & Apurva Agnihotri
    Apurva Agnihotri
    Apurva Agnihotri is an Indian actor, best known for his role in Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi- Career :Apurva Agnihotri debuted in the film Pardes, co-starring with Shahrukh Khan and directed by Subhash Ghai...



Wildcard Entrants
  • Jodi No.1: Aishwarya Nigam
    Aishwarya Nigam
    Aishwarya Nigam is an Indian singer. He is best known as a playback singer in Hindi films, particularly for films like Dabangg.He has received several awards for the song Munni Badnaam from Dabangg.He is a known name as he is the winner of Television music talent hunt, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and has sung a...

     & Aanchal Dwivedi
  • Jodi No.2: Mussarat Abbas
    Mussarat Abbas
    Mussarat Abbas is a Pakistani singer and was a finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 in which he attained 6th place with public votes.-Early years:...

     & Sanober Kabir
  • Jodi No.3: Meenal Jain
    Meenal Jain
    Meenal Jain Meenal Jain Meenal Jain (born June 14, 1985 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India was a top 6 finalist in the on-going reality show Indian Idol 2 on Indian Television. She was voted out on February 28, 2006....

     & Abhishek Awasthi


NOTE: Contestants are listed in pairs (1 singer along with 1 India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n TV celebrity).


NOTE: Contestant Abhishek Awasthi who got eliminated on July 12 has returned through wildcard entry with a new partner Meenal Jain
Meenal Jain
Meenal Jain Meenal Jain Meenal Jain (born June 14, 1985 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India was a top 6 finalist in the on-going reality show Indian Idol 2 on Indian Television. She was voted out on February 28, 2006....

 NOT Sumedha Karmahe.


NOTE:In week 11 (August 16 & 17), both of the judges score are counted (one day the total score will was out of 20 points per contestant, and the other day it was out of 10 points per contestant), so the total score per week was out of 60 points (30 points per contestant).

NOTE:In week 12, the total score was 50 points per contestant ,40 points for the first performance individually done by both of the contestants [20 points each], and the second performance was worth 10 points. However, the elimination that took place was out of 20 points, in which Shayantani's team received 17/20 and Abhishek's team received 18/20.

NOTE:In Week 13, the total score was of 80 points per contestant (40 points for Friday & 40 points for Saturday). On Saturday, being on 'TOP' Jasveer's jodi didn't had to perform, so their total was out of 40 points, but the other two jodi's who were in danger-zone had to perform. After the performances, both Abhishek's & Kushal's jodi's had a tie, so the decision of elimination was made with the help of audiences votes.

Score Cards

{|class="wikitable"
|colspan="2" align="right"|Scores:
!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
!Finale
|-
!Place
!Jodi's
!colspan="19" align="center"|Result
|-
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|01
|bgcolor="orange"|Raja /
Jasveer

|N/A
|13/20
|13/20
|16/20
|15/20
|16/20
|17/20
|16/20
|17/20
|19/20
|45/60
|36/50
|29/40
Top/80
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|(14/20)

|bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|Winner
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|02
|bgcolor="orange"| Sanchita /
Kushal

|N/A
|11/20
|15/20
|16/20
|16/20
|18/20
|16/20
|20/20
|19/20
|18/20
|53/60
|43/50
|63/80
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|(14/20)

|bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|Runner up
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|03
|bgcolor="orange"|Meenal /
Abhishek

|colspan="6" bgcolor="666666"|
|17/20
|19/20
|14/20
|17/20
|47/60
|38/50
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|(63/80)
Elim
|colspan="2" bgcolor="666666"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|04
|bgcolor="orange"|Aneek /
Shayantani

|N/A
|14/20
|14/20
|15/20
|15/20
|18/20
|16/20
|19/20
|18/20
|18/20
|49/60
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|(17/20)
Elim
|colspan="3" bgcolor="666666"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|05
|bgcolor="orange"|Mussarat /
Sanober

|colspan="6" bgcolor="666666"|
|15/20
|15/20
|16/20
|14/20
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|(12/20)
Disqualified
|colspan="4" bgcolor="666666"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|06
|bgcolor="orange"|Amit /
Rajshree

|N/A
|9/20
|12/20
|12/20
|14/20
|12/20
|14/20
|15/20
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|(0/20)
Quit
|colspan="6" bgcolor="666666"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|07
|bgcolor="orange"|Aishwarya /
Aanchal

|colspan="6" bgcolor="666666"|
|12/20
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|(16/20)
Elim
|colspan="7" bgcolor="666666"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|08
|bgcolor="orange"|Sumedha /
Abhishek

|N/A
|11/20
|12/20
|15/20
|14/20
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|(17/20)
Elim
|colspan="9" bgcolor="666666"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|09
|bgcolor="orange"|Harpreet /
Amrapali

|N/A
|10/20
|13/20
|11/20
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|(14/20)
Elim
|colspan="10" bgcolor="666666"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|10
|bgcolor="orange"|Emon /
Purbi

|N/A
|12/20
|11/20
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|(15/20)
Elim
|colspan="11" bgcolor="666666"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|11
|bgcolor="orange"|Poonam /
Apurva

|N/A
|10/20
|bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|(14/20)
Elim
|colspan="12" bgcolor="666666"|
|-
|}


*Note:The elimination is based on the performances on Saturday (last week) and Friday (the following week); the 2 Jodi's that are in danger zone than perform on Friday and the elimination takes place. The judges' votes, combined with the viewers' votes determine elimination.

*Note:There was no elimination in week 10 because of the "tie" between the two bottom jodi's (Aneek & Shyantani AND Sanchita & Kushal).

*Note::: In week 11, Sanober & Mussarat's jodi was disqualified because Sanober didn't show up to perform on the show. Though Mussarat gave a solo performance and received a total of 12 points out of 20 on Saturday (August 16), but since Sanober didn't show up the jodi was eliminated.

Guests appearance

  • Week 4: Jackie Shroff
    Jackie Shroff
    Jackie Shroff is an Indian actor. He has been in the industry for more than 28 years and has appeared in over 150 films.-Personal life:...

     & Salil Chadda to promote the movie Thodi Life Thoda Magic
    Thodi Life Thoda Magic
    Thodi Life Thoda Magic is a 2008 Hindi film directed by Anand L. Rai, and produced by Saahil Chhada. The movie stars Jackie Shroff, Parmeet Sethi, Paresh Rawal and Arbaaz Khan in pivotal roles. The film's music is by Vinay Tiwari....

    .
  • Week 5: Priyanka Chopra
    Priyanka Chopra
    Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...

     & Harman Baweja
    Harman Baweja
    Harman Baweja is an Indian actor. He debuted in Bollywood with Love Story 2050. His next films were Victory and What's Your Raashee? in which he performed opposite his Love Story 2050 co-star Priyanka Chopra....

     to promote the movie Love Story 2050
    Love Story 2050
    Love Story 2050 is a 2008 Bollywood science fiction film starring producer Pammi Baweja and director Harry Baweja's son Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra. Some parts of the movie were filmed in Adelaide, Australia. Initially the film was supposed to release on 21 December 2007 but got postponed to...

    .
  • Week 6: Vivek Oberoi
    Vivek Oberoi
    Vivek Oberoi is an Indian actor. He is the son of Bollywood actor Suresh Oberoi and Yashodhara Oberoi.- Early life :Vivek attended Mayo college in Ajmer. At an actors' workshop in London he was spotted by the director of New York University who took Vivek off to New York, where he completed his...

     to promote the movie Mission Istanbul
    Mission Istanbul
    Mission Istaanbul is a 2008 action film starring Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan and Shriya Saran. The film, directed by Apoorva Lakhia, features Abhishek Bachchan in a special appearance.-Plot:...

    .
  • Week 7: Manoj Bajpai
    Manoj Bajpai
    Manoj Bajpai , also credited as Manoj Bajpayee, is an Indian film actor, known for playing offbeat and unconventional roles. He first shot into fame with his breakthrough role in Ram Gopal Varma's 1998 film Satya.-Early life:...

    , Ganesh Acharya, & Hansika Motwani
    Hansika Motwani
    Hansika Motwani is an Indian actress and a former child actress. She has worked in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films.-Early life:Hansika Motwani was born in Mangalore, India. Her father Pradeep Motwani is a businessman, and her mother is Seema Motwani, a dermatologist...

     to promote the movie Money Hai Toh Honey Hai
    Money Hai Toh Honey Hai
    Money Hai Toh Honey Hai is a Bollywood comedy film directed by Ganesh Acharya and produced by Kumar Mangat. It features a cast of stars including Govinda, Aftab Shivdasani, Upen Patel, Hansika Motwani, Celina Jaitley and Manoj Bajpai in the lead roles with Ravi Kissen and Prem Chopra in supporting...

    .
  • Week 10: Katrina Kaif
    Katrina Kaif
    Katrina Kaif is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry. She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011...

     & Vipul Shah
    Vipul Amrutlal Shah
    Vipul Amrutlal Shah is a film producer and director of Hindi films. As of 2010, he has directed five Hindi films, four of which have starred Akshay Kumar.-Career:...

     to promote the movie Singh Is Kinng
    Singh Is Kinng
    Singh is Kinng is a 2008 Bollywood comedy film. The film is directed by Anees Bazmee and stars Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, the film also featured a music video with Snoop Dogg. About 75% of the movie was shot in Australia, around the Gold Coast region and Brisbane using an Australian production...

    .
  • Week 11: Tusshar Kapoor
    Tusshar Kapoor
    Tusshar Kapoor is an Indian actor. He is the son of Bollywood actor Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor and brother of Ekta Kapoor. He studied at the University of Michigan and graduated with a BBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business.Tushar made his debut with Mujhe kuch kehna hai alongside...

     to promote the movie C Kkompany
    C Kkompany
    C Kkompany is a 2008 Hindi comedy film directed by debutant Sachin Yardi, and starring Tusshar Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Rajpal Yadav and Raima Sen. It also features Mithun Chakraborty, Mahesh Bhatt, Sakshi Tanwar, producer Ekta Kapoor and Karan Johar in special appearances. Sanjay Dutt has an extended...

    .
  • Week 12: Sunny Deol
    Sunny Deol
    Sunny Deol often credited as "Action King of Bollywood" is an Indian film actor, producer and director. Deol was born to Bollywood actor Dharmendra. He has won two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. He went to England to study acting...

     & Bobby Deol
    Bobby Deol
    Bobby Deol is a Bollywood actor. Deol is the son of the acclaimed Bollywood actor Dharmendra and the brother of Sunny Deol, also a successful actor in the Mumbai based Indian film industry....

     to promote the movie Chamku. (Saturday: August 23)
  • Week 12: Shiney Ahuja
    Shiney Ahuja
    Shiney Ahuja is an Indian actor who won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi in 2006.- Early life :...

     to promote the movie Hijack. (Sunday: August 24)
  • Week 14: Khushi Dubey
    Khushi Dubey
    Khushi Dubey has several Hindi serials to her credit. She plays the little daughter Angad & Kripa in Kaisa Yeh Pyar Hai. of She was in Ba, Bahu or Baby. She also played Nandini as a child in the Zee TV serial Rakhi, Atoot Rishtey Ki Dor...

     & Tanmay Chaturvedi (kids star) came and performed as they will be the contestants' of the next season of Ek Se Badhkar Ek known as 'Chota Packet Bada Dhamaal'.
  • Week 15:Grand-Fianle
    1. Shoaib Akhtar
    Shoaib Akhtar
    Shoaib Akhtar is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket, who is regarded as the fastest bowler in the history of cricket. He set an official world record by achieving the fastest delivery, when he clocked in at 161.3 km/h in his bowling speed, twice at a cricket match against...

     & Esha Deol
    Esha Deol
    Esha Deol is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is the elder daughter of Bollywood actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini.-Personal life:...


    2. Laxmi & Rohan of Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann
    Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann
    Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann is a Hindi language television drama-series that aired on Zee TV. The series premiered on September 26, 2006, and is directed by the famous television director, Rajan Shahi. The serial ended on 27 August 2009- Plot :Suryakant Garodia is married to Savitri...


    3. Ranbir & Rano of Ranbir Rano
    Ranbir Rano
    Ranbir Rano is a Hindi television series that aired on Zee TV channel between September 22, 2008 - May 28, 2009. The story summary is: two young souls in search of love, as and a natural view of the Punjab and an unconditional belief in the power of destiny....

     (new Zee TV show)
    4. Participants (kids) of next season of Ek Se Badhkar Ek known as Chota Packet Bada Dhamaal

Controversy

Abhijeet bhattacharya made bad comments of Pakistani sensation Atif Aslam and asked the contestants not to sing his songs on stage. He remarked that he (Atif Aslam) used software for his songs. This made Abhijeet Bhattacharya's popularity to go to an all-time low.

Other information

  • Abhishek Awasthi was presented the best dancer award among other nominees, such as Rajshree Thakur
    Rajshree Thakur
    Rajshree Thakur is an Indian actress best known for her role as Saloni in the Hindi television drama Saat Phere. She was born in Mumbai. Before Saat Phere, she worked at All India Radio as a Marathi news reader and did ads for different companies. Before small screen, Rajshree acted in an...

     & Shayantani Ghosh.
  • Jasveer Kaur and Raja Hasan were the winner of Ek Se Badhkar Ek and won Rs.25 Lakhs.

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