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Dance Premier League is an Indian dance reality show that premiered on Sony TV

Sony Entertainment Television (India)

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on October 9, 2009. The series is judged by Indian choreographer Shiamak Davar

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who guides all six teams as an 'umpire', and Hindi film actress Rani Mukerji

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. The series replaced Sony TV's long running dance show Boogie Woogie

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Format

The show consists of six teams, consisting of eight dancers each, that are chosen at auditions across India. One of the six teams consists of NRI
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Each zonal team will play against every other zone.
Each match will have a solo, a duo and a group round. The tally of all three rounds will decide the winner.
The scoring is like cricket runs, e.g., duck, single, boundary, sixer, etc. The winning team gets 2 points.
At the end of each match, awards are also given just like cricket, e.g., Man of the match, most 6's, most 4's etc.
After the league matches the top four teams will play semifinals and then the top two will fight in the finals.
The points are awarded by the choreographers whose teams have not performed on the day. Shiamak Davar, aworld renowned choreographer is the match umpire and he can question or raise an objection to the points awarded.
Rani Mukerji, DPL ki Rani (Queen), will choose the man of the match and also award runs for the performances.
Man of the match gets 6 runs and these runs are added to the Round 3 score of their team.

Teams

Team	Uttar Ke Puttar [North Zone]	Southern Sizzlers [South Zone]	Eastern Tigers [East Zone]	Western Yodhas [West Zone]	Central Surmas [Central Zone]	Desi Pardesi [NRI team]
Choreographer	Pappu and Maalu	Nagendra Prasad Nagendra Prasad Nagendra Prasad is a Kollywood cine artiste who acts and choreographs for films. He is the youngest son of dance master Mugur Sundar, and younger brother to popular cine artistes Prabhu Deva and Raju Sundaram... and Swaroop	Uma and Gaiti	Harshal and Vitthal	Mini	Howard
Official Supporter*	Salman Khan Salman Khan Salman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...	Prabhu Deva	Bipasha Basu Bipasha Basu Bipasha Basu is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. A former model, she was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest in 1996.-Early life:...	Kareena Kapoor Kareena Kapoor Kareena Kapoor , often informally referred to as Bebo, is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. During her career, Kapoor has received six Filmfare Awards, among nine nominations, and has been noted for her performances in a range of film genres; these include her work from contemporary...	Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya is an Indian music director, composer, singer and actor.-Music and film career:Himesh Reshammiya was born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat to Vipin Reshammiya and Madhu Reshammiya. He had his first success as a music director of the 2003 film, Tere Naam...	Sohail Khan Sohail Khan Sohail Khan is an Indian director, writer, producer and actor working in the Hindi cinema. He is the younger brother of actors Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan...
Participants	Sadhika Sharma	Madan Kumar AV	Deepu Singh	Puneet Cheema	Rohit Thakur	Priyanka Patel
	Varun Mishra	Sneha	Bhimbahadur Gurumg	Vishal Sarvaiya	Prachi Bhosle	Ruel Dausan Varandani
	Aadi Kumar	Vijay Babu	Pratap Singh	Karthik Mohan	Upasana Madan	Kalpita Desai
	Chirag Agarwal	Kishen B.A	Vishay Singh	Prashant Mohan	Ankita Rana	Pravin
	Harish Chaudar	Bindu Prasarna	Monalisa Mandal	Rahul Khot	Tejas Patil	Serena Unadkat
	Dinesh Mudiyar	Sohan Giri	Antareepa Bora	Santosh Kapdi	Anup Bhargav	Alisha Pranjivan
	Annie	Anusha	Sharmi Bose	Shashank Malli	Neharika Soni	Parth Dani
	Sahaj Singh	Taraq Xavier	Binaisha Deshmukh	Karishma Chavan	Sanket Pathak	Karen Pereira

Slogans and points

Team	Slogan	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5	Total
Uttar Ke Puttar	Doodh Makhan Khayenge, Chakke Chudake Jayenge	2	0	2	0	1	5
[3rd Place]	Rasam Ki Kasam, Jala Denge Hum	0	0	0	2	2	4
Eastern Tigers	Apna Jalwa Hai, Baki Sab Halwa Hai	0	2	0	0	0	2
Western Yodhas [Winner]	Hamari Thaath Hai, Baki Sabki Waat Hai	2	2	2	2	1	9
Central Surmas [2nd Place]	Hum Hain Surma, Bana Denge Sabka Churma	2	2	0	0	2	6
Desi Pardesi	Hum Pardesi, Kar Denge Sabki Aisi Taisi	0	0	2	2	0	4

The Official supporters! came to the auditions merely to promote their movies which released at the time. These "official supporters" did not appear on the show.

Fixtures

Winning team names shown in bold

Date	Match	Score (R1+R2+R3)	Man of the Match
23 October	Uttar Ke Puttar / Southern Sizzlers	UKP: 14+17+16 = 47 ---- SS: 10+12+18 = 40	BinduSouthern Sizzlers
24 October	Eastern Tigers / Western Yodhas	ET: 12+14+26 = 52 ---- WY: 19+20+30 = 69	VishalWestern Yodhas
30 October	Central Surmas / Desi Pardesi	CS: 18+16+30 = 64 ---- DP: 14+14+13 = 41	TejasCentral Surmas
31 October	Uttar Ke Puttar / Eastern Tigers	UKP: 16+22+12 = 50 ---- ET: 11+20+30 = 61
6 November	Southern Sizzlers / Central Surmas	SS: 10+20+16 = 46 ---- CS: 15+20+31 = 66	Prachi and AnkitaCentral Surmas
7 November	Western Yodhas / Desi Pardesi	WY: 24+31+10+6=71 ---- DP: 21+21+26=68	SantoshWestern Yodhas
13/14 November	Uttar Ke Puttar / Central Surmas	UP: 23+30+22=81 ---- CS: 23+21+20=64	DineshUttar Ke Puttar
13/14 November	Eastern Tigers / Desi Pardesi	ET: 31+20+22=73 ---- DP: 31+17+27=75	Ruel and PriyankaDesi Pardesi
13/14 November	Southern Sizzlers / Western Yodhas	SS: 19+20+21=60 ---- WY: 15+27+37=79	KarthikWestern Yodhas
20/21 November	Uttar Ke Puttar / Desi Pardesi	UP: 21+22+26=69 ---- DP: 21+24+20+6=71	KarenDesi Pardesi
20/21 November	Southern Sizzlers / Eastern Tigers	SS: 21+22+27=70 ---- ET: 16+18+29+6=69	AntareepaEastern Tigers
20/21 November	Western Yodhas / Central Surmas	WY: 24+24+30+6=84 ---- CS: 18+26+30=74	Karthik and VishalWestern Yodhas
27/28 November	Southern Sizzlers / Desi Pardesi	SS: 30+20+28+6=84 ---- DP: 16+24+30=70	TharakSouthern Sizzlers
27/28 November	Uttar Ke Puttar / Western Yodhas	UKP: 18+14+27+6=65 ---- WY: 23+20+22=65	DineshUttar Ke Puttar
27/28 November	Eastern Tigers / Central Surmas	ET: 20+23+26+6=75 ---- CS: 24+30+24=78	BinaishaEastern Tigers
12 December	1st Semi-final
18 December	2nd Semi-final
19 December	Match for 3rd position
25 December	Face off between choreographers
26 December	Finals		Western Yodhas won from Central Surmas by 3 points. Karthik from Western Yodhas was declared as the Man of the series. The third place went to Southern Sizzlers. WY team won 51,00,000 INR and Coaches won 50,00,000 INR as price money.

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