Rithvik and Asha WIN
RITHVIK-ASHA TAKE HOME THE TROPHY OF NACH BALIYE 6
The temperature was soaring high, the stage was set and celebrity couples were ready to come forward and take home the Trophy of Nach Baliye-6. After three months of nonstop dancing and entertaining the viewers, RITHVIK-ASHA took the golden trophy home. The couple that was pitted against three other strong contenders, Gurmeet-Debina, Vinod-Raksha and - Ripu-Shivangi won the finale with majority votes. The duo had tirelessly worked on their chemistry, performances & grooming through the Nach journey to impress the judges’ trio of Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Sajid Khan, Terence Lewis and the viewers week after week.
The Grand Finale saw some outstanding performances from the celebrity couples and never seen before acts by judges - Terrence Lewis put on a saucy act on Lahu Mu Lag Gaya while Shilpa Shetty Kundra for the first time performed an aerial act and grooved to Ram Leela. The stage also marked the first ever television performance of the successful director - Sajid Khan on an amalgam of songs from his movies. Cheering the finalists onstage was none other than the judge of the first season on NachBaliye –Farhan Akhtar with his co-star Vidya Balan! Taking a cue from their soon-to-be released movie and of course sharing personal experiences, the two talked to the couples about shaadi ke side effects creating a laugh-riot! The finale proved to be an extremely entertaining evening with romance, dance & comedy all in one Grand episode!
The winners, RITHVIK-ASHA took home a cash price of Rs Thirty Fifty lakhs along with a new Renault Duster and a trip to Australia. An elated Rithvik said, “We had put in our best in every performance and had a clear goal of winning right from day one. However the competition was very tough and it only pushed us to try harder with every episode. Needless to say, this would have not been possible without my Baliye. The sweat and tears shed was all worth it!”
The winning Choreographers Vibhav and Bhavana too were awarded Rs five lakhs.
In its 6th season, NachBaliye kick-started its three month journey with 11 sizzling couples Raju-Shikha Shrivastava, Raqesh Vashisht-Ridhi Dogra, Kanicka Maheshwari Ghai –Ankur Ghai, Gurmeet Choudhary-Debina Bonnerjee, Ripu Daman Handa-Shivangi Verma, Yash Sinha-Amrapali Gupta, Kiku-Priyanka Sharda, Bruna Abdalah- Omar Farooque, Sanjeev-Lataa Seth, Rithvik Dhanjani-Asha Negi and Vinod-Raksha Thakur.