Item queen Rakhi Sawant is all set to hit the floor again on 9X’s dance based reality show Yeh Hai Jalwa. Rakhi is the ninth celebrity participant on the show. The other eight participants are Prachi Desai , Hussain Kuwajerwala , Shweta Tiwari , Rozza Catalano, Sharad Malhotra , Ronit Roy, Rohit Roy and Sachin Pilgaonkar.

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Rakhi had decided to never participate in any reality show after her spat with Star Plus over the result of her dance based reality show Nach Baliye-3. But Rakhi is gung-ho about Yeh Hai Jalwa. An animated Rakhi says, “This is a massive show with nine popular celebrities whom no channel can even think of roping in. It will be a real shocker to all Rakhi fans. One can never imagine me in such an avatar.”

“I had decided against all reality shows but this one is different. Moreover I am doing the show for somebody else and not for me. So I decided to let bygones be bygones. I followed my heart and took the plunge,” adds the item queen.

The concept and the celebrities who are participating in the show motivated her to participate despite having a bad experience on a reality show earlier. Rakhi remains tightlipped about the common participants she will be coaching. She says, “This will be a surprise and I am instructed by the channel not to reveal anything. The channel will reveal it in the coming days.”

Rakhi will be performing on the show sans her boyfriend Abhishek Awasthi. She says, “Abhishek is not helping me with the steps for the show. I will do the choreography for all the numbers I will perform on.”

Rakhi will surely show her jalwa on this one.