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Hello earthlings! Yes, that is most definitely how I normally address people. Anywho... I've been watching Jhalak for a while now, and by that I mean before Manish Paul began his hosting journey on this very show. Yeah, long time, Way back in Season 4. Moving on... I tried to participate in this forum during Season 7, and I was out after three posts. It was too much my weak little 14 year-old heart to handle. After that, I've kind of just observed the stuff that goes on around here... Honestly, it is the greatest source of entertainment I have, which is kind of sad when you think about it, but whatever!
Now, about this shitstorm that is Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Season 9... First of all, I was promised four child contestants on this show. Second of all, I don't understand why Ravi Dubey or Parth Samthan weren't approached for this show. Ravi Dubey is an amazing dancer with a huge fan following. I don't even like Parth Samthan, but the guy's gotten a lot fans from KY2, which itself was a pretty popular show.
Those two little factoids aside, can someone please tell me whose bright idea it was to have half the contestants perform on one Saturday, and the other half perform on the next Saturday? Does that make sense to any of you? At all? Like, whatsoever?! In what galaxy or messed up parallel universe do you think this would make sense to anyone? That's one thing I'm pissed about.
Another thing that I'm super pissed about is Jaqueline Fernandez being the judge. I love Jaqueline, she's a sweetheart! But I personally feel as though that she's not suitable enough to be a judge because she's very childish and immature a lot of the time. She literally fangirls over each and every single contestant, not to mention she's up on stage after every single performance. I mean, it's sweet, but is it really necessary? She's excited, it's adorable, but not something a judge should be doing. As a judge, I think she should act a little more composed. If Rangeela really wanted some eye candy, then why not go with Malaika Arora or Karishma Kapoor. Not only do they both have judging experience, as well as dance experience, they'd be a lot more bearable to watch onscreen. I can't wait till Farah Khan shows up...
Now about these contestants... I don't know who more than half of them are!
Shantanu: I love Shantanu Maheshwari so much, and I am so very happy to see him on Jhalak. I can't wait to see his journey, I can't wait to see him do multiple dance forms and grow even more as a dancer and performer... I am so excited!!! I'm not so sure about Alisha di as his choreographer. I mean, I've seen some of her work, but a lot of it is just super fun Bollywood numbers. I would've loved to see Mohena as his choreographer because I've seen her choreography on Jhalak before, and she's amazing! But I guess we'll just have to see.
Sidhant: I have no idea who he is, and I'm not sure I've seen choreographer around before either, but he seems like an okay dancer with some wort of potential so we'll just have to see how they do...
Suvreen: Absolutely no clue who this girl is, but she has Sanam as a choreographer so I'm sure she'll do fine. I think she'll at least make it into the top 7 or 6.
Shakti: I definitely know who Shakti is! I'm not a huge fan of him or anything, love his acting, but he seems like a really good dancer! I'm still shocked that was in the bottom three, like, who is this live audience they have?! Anyways, I do remember seeing Suchitra's choreography before, although I can't remember if it was JDJ or Nach Baliye, but I have seen her stuff before, and she's pretty good.
Poonam and Priyanka: They were so good during the first episode! I loved their first performance, the hoods were genius. Their second performance was definitely not as good as their first one. I don't understand why they were wearing such high heels in the first place, like, what was the point? To make them look bad? I'll definitely be sad to see them go, but I'm also glad because they deserve so much better than Jhalak and Rangeela with their weirdass politics.
Harpal: Aw... He's sweet... He'll be gone within the first three rounds. And he is the third person to be evicted, so I was right. It's sad because he actually put a smile on my face, but he was way too over scored in last episode so, bye!
Gaurav/Chutki: Honestly, when I saw the article for the evictions and it said Gaurav Gera, I was like, "who?!" Then I found out he was Chutki so... bye! Seriously though, I don't understand why he has to participate as his character. You don't see Helly participating as Swara! Even when Palak/Kiku was on the show, he only stayed in character halfway through. But I really feel bad Diwakar. Poor guy always gets a challenging contestant.
Arjun: He'll be in the top 5 or 4. He's got a huge fanfollwing, he's a Rangeela child, and he has Bhavna as his choreographer, so he's safe! If only they'd stop with the Naagin 2 promotions... Like, Bhavna's not an idiot! She would not give Ajrun such a hard dance so early on in the season, especially if she knows that there's no way he can pull it off. The only reason she probably even did that was for this Naagin concept. Like, yeah Rangeela, really subtle with the Naagin concept, and Mouni Roy, and the theme music playing... Well done! We had absolutely no idea this was a Naagin 2 promotion, y'all are so smart...
Nora: I'm sorry, who is this? I mean, she seems like a good dancer... Has a bit of an ego, and she's super fake, so don't know if I like her personality wise, but she's a good dancer. Um, I haven't seen Cornel's choreography in a while, but I do remember that it lacks a lot of variety. Don't know if this is the Cornel I'm thinking of or some different guy, but he better up his game choreography wise...
Karishma: Was she on Bigg Boss at some point in her life? Is that where I remember her from? I don't know about her dance wise yet, but personality wise I already don't like her. I probably would've liked her if she hadn't started off with a sob story. Like, honey, everyone has their struggles. I mean, at least you're finding work! And she seems like someone who'd start drama. Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but when she and Salman were going back and forth, I feel like she was trying to get him riled up. Is that just me being weird, or did anyone else notice that too? And coming to her choreographer... I have never heard of Rajit before, which is strange because he's actually the only choreographer on this show with a Wikipedia page, which makes him sound very impressive. And he's been on Jhalak before, so why the hell can't I remember who he is?
Now, everyone's two most "favorite" contestants... Salman and Helly! Please note the sarcasm. I've seen at least three posts get warning notes because of all "hate" they're getting.
Helly: I have no clue who she is, but from what I gather, she's a Rangeela bachi, her fans would go to hell and back for her, and she has the worst luck ever because she's been paired up with Jai. The nicest thing I can say about her is that... she has potential. Nope, that's a lie. Um, the nicest thing I can say about her is that she'll make it into the top 4 for sure. Rangeela won't let her get evicted until the very last moment. Something I wonder about her is whether or not she's actually this immature and childish in real life, or is Rangeela making her act like this because they have no children on this show, so the most "logical" thing for them to do is to make their youngest contestant, who's in her early twenties mind you, behave like a schoolgirl. To sum this up, I don't like her. I don't like her personality, I don't like her choreographer, and I'm not going to like her dance because there is no way she's going to improve with Jai as her choreographer. Honestly, I feel bad for the poor girl.
Salman: Why? Just, why? He knows how Jhalak works, he has Ganesh as his lawyer and Karan as his spokesperson. Not to mention Jaqueline as his own personal cheerleader. And let's not forget that he hides the fact that he's choreographing his own routines about as well as Rangeela hid their Naagin 2 promotions. I thought I'd have more to say about him, but I don't. Plus, my fingers hurt, so no thank you.
Bottom line is, I don't like this show one bit, but I'm going to watch it anyway. You know, just for laughs... And tears... And as an excuse to slam my head against the wall.
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