''Boogie Woogie'' was an Indian

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television series created and directed by

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, Ashu Jain and

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for

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. Debuting in 1996, the show was judged by Indian film actor and television host

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, who was the permanent judge. It is the oldest dance reality and it has become the longest running show in India. In the earlier seasons, the judges assigned various themes to episodes, including

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, Horror, Friendship among others. It was also co-hosted by Kadambari Shantshri Desai from season 1 to 2.

Background

The popularity of the dance show has led to the creation of special championship shows, such as Kids' Championships, Teen Championships, Mothers Championships and Celebrity Championships, in which various Indian celebrities, such as

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and

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have participated.

Seasons

Season 1

The series' first season premiered in 1996 and ended in 2001.

Season 2

After a long gap of 5–6 years, the show was relaunched by Sony Entertainment Television in 2003 for its 2^nd season. After the end of season 2, Boogie Woogie was off air for sometime in 2006, before it came back in a new avatar in 2008. During this period, Sony Entertainment Television Asia in London launched the International Boogie Woogie championships. The judging format of this show was created by

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Season 3

The show held auditions for its new season contestants from 16 to 20 February 2008 in

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. The new season began on Sony Entertainment Television Asia in mid-March. In the end of February or in the beginning of March 2008, the name of series was prefixed with "

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" under a sponsorship deal and was titled ''Boogie Woogie Little Champs''.

Season 4

After the end of the third season, its fourth season was launched in the last week of November 2008.

Season 5

After the end of its fourth season, Sony Entertainment Television again launched the series for its fifth season on 29 May 2009, named ''Boogie Woogie Mummy's Championship''. The series was continuously telecast from February or March 2008 to 3 October 2009, and was replaced by the new dance series ''

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'' from 9 October 2009. However, the series was said to be return after ''Dance Premier League'' ends.

Season 6: 2010

And the series really returned from 19 May 2010 as its sixth season. This season was telecast bi-weekly . Its Grand Finale was telecast on 13 August 2010.

Season 7: 2013-2014

Franchise

After completion of seventh season of the show, the show was franchised to

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. The rights and necessary requirements was done by

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of Nepal to import the show. Boogie Woogie Nepal is Nepal's first international franchised dance reality show.

Winners

*Renu Rana (Inaugural season - Mother’s Championship) *Sabah Bari (season 5) *Sachi Sharma Utah dance group (season 3) *

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(Fast Forward Round) *

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* David Furtado & Sharon Noronha (

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) *Priya Adivarekar (season 1 and 2) *Phulwa Khamkar (season 1) *Fictitious Dance Group (season 1) *Jaykumar Nair (season 3) *Nikhil Mishra and Sachin Dawle (season 3 - Teen Championship) *Mini and Group (season 1 and 2) *Kritika Rohira (season 2) *Yogesh Pathak and company (season 1 and 2) *Jayshree and group (season 1 and 2) *Keshav Rathi (season 2) *pradnya autade (season 7) *Vaishnavi Patil (season 4 and 5) *Bodyrock Dance Academy, Baroda *Damini Karmerkar *Ruju Parekh (season 1) *

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References

External links

Official website''Boogie Woogie'' on SET India
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