Dhee Ultimate Dance Show

Dhee The Ultimate Dance Show (Changes in name can be seen over the seasons) is an Indian dance reality show telecasting in ETV (India).[1] The show is produced by Mallemalla Productions and is often referred to as South India's biggest dance show. First season of the show was presented by Prabhu Deva. Rambha was the judge of the show in Season 4.[2] The show is currently in its 12th season with the name "Dhee Champions" and is hosted by Pradeep Machiraju with Sudigali Sudheer and Rashmi Gautam as anchor and conceptual team leaders. Shekhar Master, Priyamani and Poorna as primary judges.

History

It was directed by Kennedy in the first season with Prabhu Deva as presenter, next seasons saw Benzene and Deepthi Reddy, Sanjay Nagaraju as directors. Later Sanjeev K kumar took over the Dhee season 5 who has directed other television shows like Cash and Jabardasth for ETV Telugu.[3] The creative director of the show is Naga Raju Goud.[4] The season 7 and season 8 of the show were hosted by Niharika Konidela.

The season 9 of the show with the name Dhee Jodi started in 2016 and ended in June 2017. The show although right from inception was proving to be the largest in South India, the argument became undebatable from around this season as it gained a national recognition with contestants from all across the country. Directed by Nitin and Bharath, Dhee Jodi (Dhee 9) was hosted by Pradeep Machiraju with Shekhar Master and Sadha as the judges. Sudigali Sudheer and Rashmi Gautam were the promotional team. Dhee 10 started with Shekhar Master and Priyamani as judges with four teams(Sudheer, Rashmi, Varshini,Hemanth.) Later during the progress of the season 10, the four teams were combined into two teams (Sudheer and Varshini) and (Rashmi Gautam and Hemanth) teams. Dhee 10 Winner is Raju. Lately the show has been receiving both criticism and praise from various corners for adding more comedy and gymnastic elements in addition to being a dance reality show.

Show format

BASIC INITIAL FORMAT

Participants will perform dance one by one. The participant's master will choose based on performance of individual dancer. So selection process will done on basis of dance performance of participant dancer. If there is tie i.e., when a single participant been chosen by one or more masters then decision will be in hands of judges.

Once all Masthey loseants, the competition goes between the masters as choreographers.

CHANGES OVER THE SEASONS

However, significant changes in the format have taken place at various seasons.

Seasons
Season Host Winning Master (Choreographer) Winning Contestant Team Leaders
Dhee-1 Udaya Bhanu Nobel Master Harinath Reddy Chaitanya & Harita
Dhee-2 Ganesh Master Prudvi N/A
Dhee-3 Raghu Master Satya N/A
Dhee-4 (Ladies Special) Reetu Master Bhavya N/A
Dhee-5 (Jodi Special) Sekhar Prasad & Anusha N/A
Dhee-6 Suchin Master Anshu N/A
Dhee Juniors-1 (Dhee-7) Niharika Konidela Bhushan Master Varshini Anchor Ravi, Lasya Manjunath
Dhee Juniors-2 (Dhee-8) Yashwanth Master Sivamani Anchor Ravi, Lasya Manjunath
Dhee Jodi Special (Dhee-9) Pradeep Machiraju Yashwanth Master Sanketh & Priyanka Sudigali Sudheer, Rashmi Gautham
Dhee 10 Chitti Master Raju Sudigali Sudheer, Rashmi Gautham, Varshini Sounderajan, RJ Hemanth
Dhee Jodi (Dhee 11) Prasanth master Mahesh & Ritu Sudigali Sudheer, Rashmi Gautam
Dhee champions (Dhee 12) Sudigali Sudheer, Rashmi Gautham, Varshini, Hyper Aadi

References
  1. Pillay, Dipika (27 December 2013). "Telugu dance reality shows eye TRPS". Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. Shankaran, Malini (8 June 2010). "'In Fiji they planted a tree called Rambha Tree'". Indian Express. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. Murthy, Neeraja (14 July 2013). "Making it big". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  4. Pagadala, Tejaswini (23 January 2011). "Make-believe worlds". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
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