Shweta, Manav shown the door

The couple's illustrious calling in the show came to an end this Wednesday, when they found themselves in the danger zone, along with with Hiten Tejwani and Gauri Pradhan. This episode will be aired on Monday.

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This particular round involved solo performances. The couples ended up with the same score from the judges (48 points), but Gauri-Hiten dominated the public votes once again. Eventually, Shweta and Manav got axed. Prior to this, the couple had landed in the danger zone twice.
When contacted, Manav sounded very low and would only say, "I am not supposed to talk about this."

But our sources on the sets confirmed Manav and Shweta's ouster saying, "Manav danced superbly and even got a Natraj trophy from the judges, but Shweta goofed up very badly."

The outgoing couple did not take the popularity factor too well. Our source said that they felt that they were the better dancers than Gauri-Hiten and hence should have remained.

Bad performance

But a contestant (requesting anonymity) who is still in the fray told us, "The competition has reached that stage where only the current performance matters. I don't think Manav and Shweta could have remained after Shweta's bad performance on Wednesday.

If Hiten and Gauri edged them out thanks to public votes, it's not their fault that they are so popular. It was a tie all right, but Hiten and Gauri were both on par (24 points each). On the other hand, Shweta managed to score only 18 points. Since Nach Baliye is all about jodis, they lost."

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