Vodafone Thakadhimi - Reality Dance Show

Contestant's Performance - 25th November

2007-11-25T20:42:00.000+05:30

Jobin George: SMS Code – vt jobin
Gender :Male
Has come all the way from Chennai.
Performance: performed on a Tamil Song, good costumes and good concept. perfect movements and good enthuasim, clarity in momements.
Scored:23/30.

Veena Babu: SMS Code – vt veena
Gender: Female
Age19, has come to participate all the way from London.
Performance:Dance on a famous Madhuri Number "Mera Piya Gaya ". very lively, energatic. little bit improvement on facial expressions.
Scored:20/30.

Sunildev P S: SMS Code – vt dev
Gender: Male
Age 24, From Thrissur
Performance: Danced on a Kannada song. Dance very graceful, the song selection was not upto the mark. The costume was very bright. Have very good potential and has scope to improve. The props was not used purposedly.
Scored:16 /30

Jugalbandi (Jodi) Round

Gayathri Govind: SMS Code – vt gayathri
Gender: Female
Age 19, From Trivanthapuram
Scored: 24/30

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Priya P Bhaskar: SMS Code – vt priya
Gender:Female
Participating all the way from Delhi.
Scored:21/30
Performance: both Priya and Gayathri performed excellent. Juges were of the opinion that priya could have perfomrd still better. with regards to gayathri she was a surprise package and had some good movements. the song was choregraphed by gayathri and priya themselves, which was also appreciated.

Contestant's Performance -18th Nov

2007-11-20T16:12:00.000+05:30

Sanu T.S: SMS Code – vt sanu
Gender: Male
Age 23, From Kothamangalam.
Performance: Sanu danced to an English tune, the judges appreciated the rythm in his performance. Scored:20/30.

Neetha Manoj: SMS Code – vt neetha
Gender: Female
Age 28, mother of a child from Bangalore
Dance Acheivements: won many awards in various Dance Competition.
Performance: Yes u read it correct, she is a mother, with a very flexible body and the judges were all floored by the grace in her dance. Scored:22/30.

Bibin Baby: SMS Code – vt bibin
Gender: Male
Age 16, A Student from Ernakulam.
Performance: Danced to the tune of a fusion tamil song. the judges were impressed and has given him the title "Budding Star". Scored:22/30.

Jodi (Jugalbandi) Round

Rajeswari S: SMS Code – vt rajeshwari
Gender: Female
Age 16, A student participating from Trivanthapuram
Dance Achievements: Professional Dancer and Participated in stage shows.
Scored: 22/30.
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Varsha Narayanan: SMS Code – vt varsha
Gender: Female
Age 25 from Mumbai
Scored:15/30.

Performance: performed on a malayalam song, judges felt that there is scope of improvement in both of them especially Varsha.

Contestant's Performance - 17th November

2007-11-19T14:20:00.000+05:30

Natasha Doshi: SMS Code - vt natasha
Gender:Female
Age 15, A student from Mumbai
Dance Achievements: Best Performer and won many awards in dance competition.
Performance: Danced to the tune of Aaja Nachle. She was the wait listed contestants and the judges were very happy with her performance. Scored:23/30

Anvar Sadiq Q: SMS Code - vt anvar
Gender: Male
Age 25, From Malappuram.
Performance: danced to a tamil song, the judges were not impressed and have asked anvar to work hard.Scored:13/30.

Sneha Soman: SMS Code - vt sneha
Gender:Female
Age 21, A Graduate from Mumbai.
Performance:Danced to an old hindi hit song - Joomka gira re. the judges appreciated her performances and song selection. Scored:20/30

Jodi (Jugalbandi) Round

Dilsha: SMS Code - vt dilsha
Gender: Female
Age 15, from Koyilandy and is studying in 11th Std.
Scored:15/30

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Soumya Laxminarayanan: SMS Code - vt soumya
Gender: Female
Age 21, A student from Mumbai
Scored:20/30

Male Contestant's Profile

2007-11-13T16:50:00.000+05:30

Sajin Sait
Gender: Male
Age 22, A Professional dancer from Quilon.

Rameez Mohammed
Gender: Male
Age 20, A Professional dancer & Choreographer from Calicut.

Anvar Sadiq Q
Gender: Male
Age 25, From Malappuram.

Sunildev P S
Gender: Male
Age 24, From Thrissur

Sibin Benajmin
Gender: Male
Age 16, A HSC Student from Thiruvanathapuram

Male Contestant's Profile

2007-11-13T16:46:00.000+05:30

Abhilash Sreedharan
Gender:Male
Age 18, From Nashik
Dance Achievements: won awards in various competition.

Bibin Baby
Gender: Male
Age 16, A Student from Ernakulam.

Sanu T.S
Gender: Male
Age 23, From Kothamangalam.

Arun T G
Gender: Male
Age 20

Chanjith K K
Gender: Male
Age 23, From Calicut
Dance Achievements: Special Jury Award , University Level for Video Choreography.

Vishnuraj P
Gender: Male
Age 19, From Malappuram
Dance Achievements: Won several prizes in Dancing.

Male Contestant's Profile

2007-11-13T16:43:00.000+05:30

Sarath R Nair
Gender:Male
Age 16, From Thiruvanathapuram.

Nithin S
Gender: Male
Age 23, From Thiruvanathapuram.

Gireesh T.A.
Gender: Male
Age 26, From Ernakulam.

Jobin George
Gender :Male
Has come all the way from Chennai.

Xavier M.P.
Gender:Male
Age 26, From Kochi.

Sreejith T R
Gender:Male
Age 25, From Kochi
Dance Achievements : Has been awarded the best Dancer for 7 consecutive years

Female Contestant's Profile

2007-11-13T16:38:00.000+05:30

Remya Ravi
Gender: Female
Age 21, From Ernakulam.

Natasha Doshi
Gender:Female
Age 15, A student from Mumbai
Dance Achievements: Best Performer and won many awards in dance competition.

Veena Babu
Gender: Female
Age19, has come to participate all the way from London.

Hima Davis
Gender:Female
Age 18, Has come to participate all the way from Austria.

Praveena Nandu
Gender: Female
Age 22,From Chennai pursuing MA.

Shalini S
Gender: Female
Age 17, A Student from Ernakulam
Dance Achievements : Participated in different Dance Competition

Gayathri Govind
Gender: Female
Age 19, From Trivanthapuram

Neetha Manoj
Gender: Female
Age 28, From Bangalore
Dance Acheivements: won many awards in various Dance Competition

Female Contestant's Profile

2007-11-12T19:54:00.000+05:30

Jinu Joy
Gender:Female
Age 17, from Quilon

Rima kallingal Rajan
Gender:Female
Age 24, From Bangalore a choreographer by profession
Dance Achievements: Won many Awards.

Soumya Laxminarayanan
Gender: Female
Age 21, A student from Mumbai.

Vishnupriya
Gender:Female
Participating all the way from Dubai.

Sneha Soman
Gender:Female
Age 21, A Graduate from Mumbai.

Priya P Bhaskar
Gender:Female
Participating all the way from Delhi.

Female Contestant's Profile

2007-11-12T19:38:00.000+05:30

Ambili Babu
Gender : Female
Age 21, A Student who has all the way come into the competition from Kuwait.

Rajeswari S
Gender: Female
Age 16, A student participating from Trivanthapuram
Dance Achievements: Professional Dancer and Participated in stage shows.

Akhila Sasidharan P
Gender: Female
Age 18 years from Calicut and studying in 1st year BSC
Dance Achievements: Participated in various dance programme.

Dilsha
Gender: Female
Age 15, from Koyilandy and is studying in 11th Std.

Varsha Narayanan
Gender: Female
Age 25 from Mumbai

Contestant's Performance

2007-11-12T13:47:00.000+05:30

Yesterday's performance was of mixed bag. firstly the below contestant dance to their favourite number:
First Jinu Joy put up a wonderful act, but the judges felt is was more of acrobatic rather than dance. Jinu was awarded - 15 point out of 30 (15/30).

The next performer was the best of yesterday's lot - Shalini danced to the tune of westen fusion. she top scored with - 18 / 30

Next was Nithin S, who danced to the tune of SRK's songs (Don and Om Shanti Om) and scored 16/30

Finally in the Jodi / Jugalbandi round Veena and Ramya performed to a malayalam hit number. and Veena scored - 13 / 30 & Ramya 16 / 30.

The contestants are pulling up their socks and we can definetely expect more wonderful performances from these participants.

Next Round - Format

2007-11-11T20:47:00.000+05:30

As you are aware that 36 contestant have bee finalised to compete this round.

In this round the contestant has to perform :

The song of their choice
Jodi round (Jugalbandi)

This sound intertesting. Let sit back and enjoy.

Contestants Selected

2007-11-06T19:17:00.000+05:30

The Contestants that are selected are :

Ambili Babu
Rajeswary
Akhila
Dilsha
Varsha
Jinu Joy
Sharath
Nithin
Gireesh
Jobin
Rima
Soumya
Vishnupriya
Sneha
Priya
Xavier
Sreejith
Abhilash
Bipin
Sanu
Veena Babu
Hima
Praveena
Shalini
Gayathri
Neetha Manoj
Arun
Chanjith
Vishnu Raj
Sajin
Rameez
Anvar
Sunil Dev
Sibin
Ramya Ravi
Natasha

All The best to each and everyone. give your best shot and i am sure the audience is matured enough to see your performance and bless you with their valuable votes.

Final 36 Contestants Selected

2007-11-05T14:39:00.000+05:30

Finally the jugdes have selected the Top 36 Contestants. It was really a tough task for the judges whom to be judged in and who should be out.

There were also few contestant who were kept on standby included into the main competition.

From next saturday onwards would the real competition will start.

All the best to all the contestants.

Watch Asianet - Sat & Sun from 8.30 Pm to 9.30 pm

2007-10-19T10:45:00.001+05:30

Get ready to watch another exciting episode. i am sure that it would be as interesting as the initial 2 episode.

all the best to the participants and greetings to the Judges.

Judge's Profile

2007-10-17T11:19:00.000+05:30

Vineeth:

A well know south Indian actor, who is also trained classical dancer and also performs both western and eastern styles with multiple fusions and equal ease. He has done many stage shows in India and Abroad. State youth Festivals of Kerala has awarded him the Kala Prathiba for his overall performance.

Lakshmi Gopalaswamy:

A very versatile actor who on her very first movie 'Arayannagalude Veedu' won the Keral State Award for the best supporting actress. She has also acted in Tamil and Kannada Movies.
Apart from acting, she is also a well know model (Best Model of Kerala award in 2002.)

Gopika Varma:

It’s really a great feeling one gets whenever Gopika perform. Dance form Mohiniyattam - she is very expressive and perfect in communication ‘abhinaya’ through her eyes. Married into the Travancore royal family,she has performed at various art festivals, temples all over India and won accolades abroad.
Presently she is running a Mohiniyattam school named "Dasyam" at Adyar, Chennai.

USP of the Show:

2007-10-16T17:57:00.000+05:30

The War of the Genders will be the main USP of this programme. Here the male and female candidates are grouped and set to compete.

The show will have different styles of dancing like solo, group, folk, traditional, classical and many more.

A Great Reality Dance Show

2007-10-15T13:05:00.000+05:30

Another great show from Asianet. During the initial stage thousands and thousands of Malayalee participants from all over world tried their luck,out of which 70 were selected. The first episode starts with these 70 contestants performing and based on their performance they would further be shortlisted to go to the next round.

Time schedule: The programme would be aired twice i.e Saturday and Sunday between 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm.

Anchor: Male anchor is Govind Krishna, and the female anchor is Sowmya.

Judges: Vineth, Lakshmi Gopalaswami and Gopika Varma.

The Format:

There would be 3 performances round where each participant would be given approx one minute each to put their best foot forward. Their aim should be able to display their versatility in dancing. Their grace and energy level would also be taken into the account.