Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series)
Bigg Boss is an Indian television reality show of the Bigg Boss franchise which airs on Colors TV in India. It follows the format of the Dutch reality game show, Big Brother, which was first developed by Endemol in the Netherlands. Over 17 years, the show has rolled out seventeen seasons and two spin-off versions.[1]
| Bigg Boss | |
|---|---|
 Logo used for the 17th season with host Salman Khan | |
| Based on | Big Brother |
| Presented by | |
| Voices of | Atul Kapoor Vijay Vikram Singh |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 17 |
| No. of episodes | 1,708 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60–90 minutes |
| Production company | Endemol India |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sony Entertainment Television (season 1) |
| Release | 3 November 2006 – 26 January 2007 |
| Network | Colors TV (season 2–present) |
| Release | 17 August 2008 – present |
Overview
Concept
Bigg Boss is a reality show based on the original Dutch Big Brother format developed by John de Mol. A number of contestants (known as "housemates") live in a purpose-built house and are isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, housemates nominate two of their peers for eviction, and the housemates who receive the most nominations would face a public vote. Of these, one would eventually leave, having been "evicted" from the House. However, there were exceptions to this process as dictated by Bigg Boss. In the final week, there were three/four/five housemates remaining, and the public voted for whom they wanted to win. The housemates in the Indian version are primarily celebrities with the exception of one who is a non-celebrity selected via auditions. However, Season 10–12 saw the addition of commoners on a great scale, with all 3 seasons featuring commoner finalists and Manveer winning Season 10. Housemates are overseen by a mysterious person known as 'Bigg Boss', whose only presence in the house is through his voice.[2]
House
A Bigg Boss house is built for every season. The house was earlier located in the tourist-magnate hill station of Lonavla, Pune district of Maharashtra. However, the house for the fifth season was located at ND Studios in Karjat, in Maharashtra's Raigad district. The house from the thirteenth season onwards was located in Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai.[3][4] The house is well-furnished and decorated and has many modern amenities, It consists of a kitchen, living area, 1-4 bedrooms and four toilet bathrooms. There is a storeroom, garden, pool, activity area and gym in the house. There is also a Confession Room, where the housemates may be called in by Bigg Boss for any kind of conversation, and for the nomination process.[5]
The house has no TV connection, no telephones, no Internet connection, clocks, books, pen or paper.[2]
Rules
While all the rules have never been told to the audience, the most prominent ones are clearly seen. The inmates are not permitted to talk in any other language than Hindi. They are not supposed to tamper with any of the electronic equipment or any other thing in the house. They cannot leave the house premises at any time except when permitted to. Physical violence is not allowed in the house. They cannot discuss the nomination process with anyone.[6] They cannot sleep until the lights go off. They cannot talk to anyone outside the smoking area.
Sometimes, the housemates may be nominated for other reasons, such as nomination by a person who has achieved special privileges (via tasks or other things), for breaking rules or something else. If something is very serious, a contestant may be expelled from the house.[7]
Airing
The main television coverage takes the form of a daily highlights programme and the weekly eviction show on Saturday/Sunday known as Weekend Ka Vaar or Sunday/Monday (Somvaar Ka Vaar) or for 16th & 17th seasons onwards on Friday/Saturday (Shukravar Ka Vaar, Shanivar ka Vaar), that are aired on Colors TV while the first season was aired on Sony TV.[8] Everyday episodes contain the main events of the previous day. Every Saturday's episode mainly focuses on the host explaining the performance of the housemates and special tasks. Sunday's episode consists of a fun segment with guests and eviction from the list of housemates nominated in that particular week but in Season 16 & Season 17, eviction happened on Saturdays instead of Sundays. From Season 14 onwards, Bigg Boss introduced a 24x7 Live Channel for Voot select subscribers in order to enjoy the direct and deeper engagement, connection, and indulgence in the comings and goings of the house and episodes would be telecast 30 minutes before TV on Voot Select. In Season 16, a new segment, Bigg Bulletin With Shekhar Suman, aired on Sundays hosted by Shekhar Suman. Similarly in Season 17, a new segment Just Chill with Arbaaz & Sohail hosted by Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan aired on Sundays.
Series details
| Series | Host | House Location | Episodes | Originally aired | Days | Housemates | Prize Money | Winner | Runner-up | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||||||||
| 1 | Arshad Warsi | Lonavala | 87 | 3 November 2006 | 26 January 2007 | Sony TV | 86 | 15 | ₹1 crore (US$130,000) | Rahul Roy | Carol Gracias | |
| 2 | Shilpa Shetty | 99 | 17 August 2008 | 22 November 2008 | Colors TV | 98 | 15 | ₹1 crore (US$130,000) | Ashutosh Kaushik | Raja Chaudhary | ||
| 3 | Amitabh Bachchan | 85 | 4 October 2009 | 26 December 2009 | 84 | 15 | ₹1 crore (US$130,000) | Vindu Dara Singh | Pravesh Rana | |||
| 4 | Salman Khan | 98 | 3 October 2010 | 8 January 2011 | 97 | 16 | ₹1 crore (US$130,000) | Shweta Tiwari | Dalip Singh Rana | |||
| 5 | Salman Khan
Sanjay Dutt | Karjat | 97 | 2 October 2011 | 7 January 2012 | 98 | 18 | ₹1 crore (US$130,000) | Juhi Parmar | Mahek Chahal | ||
| 6 | Salman Khan | Lonavala | 96 | 7 October 2012 | 12 January 2013 | 97 | 19 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Urvashi Dholakia | Imam Siddique | ||
| 7 | 105 | 15 September 2013 | 28 December 2013 | 105 | 20 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Gauahar Khan | Tanishaa Mukerji | ||||
| 8 | 105 | 21 September 2014 | 3 January 2015 | 105 | 19 | N/A | Declared in Bigg Boss Halla Bol | Declared in Bigg Boss Halla Bol | ||||
| 9 | 104 | 11 October 2015 | 23 January 2016 | 105 | 20 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Prince Narula | Rishabh Sinha | ||||
| 10 | 105 | 16 October 2016 | 29 January 2017 | 106 | 18 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Manveer Gurjar | Bani J | ||||
| 11 | 106 | 1 October 2017 | 14 January 2018 | 106 | 19 | ₹44 lakh (US$55,000) | Shilpa Shinde | Hina Khan | ||||
| 12 | 107 | 16 September 2018 | 30 December 2018 | 105 | 20 | ₹30 lakh (US$38,000) | Dipika Kakar | S. Sreesanth | ||||
| 13 | Mumbai | 139 | 29 September 2019 | 15 February 2020 | 140 | 21 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Sidharth Shukla | Asim Riaz | |||
| 14 | 142 | 3 October 2020 | 21 February 2021 | 140 | 23 | ₹36 lakh (US$45,000) | Rubina Dilaik | Rahul Vaidya | ||||
| 15 | 121 | 2 October 2021 | 30 January 2022 | 119 | 24 | ₹40 lakh (US$50,000) | Tejasswi Prakash | Pratik Sehajpal | ||||
| 16 | 135 | 1 October 2022 | 12 February 2023 | 133 | 17 | ₹31.8 lakh (US$40,000) | MC Stan | Shiv Thakare | ||||
| 17 | 106 | 15 October 2023 | 28 January 2024 | 106 | 21 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Munawar Faruqui | Abhishek Kumar | ||||
Bigg Boss Halla Bol
| Series | Host | House Location | Episodes | Originally aired | Days | Housemates | Prize Money | Winner | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||||||||
| 1 | Farah Khan | Lonavala | 27 | 4 January 2015 | 31 January 2015 | 28 | 10 | ₹25 lakh (US$31,000) | Gautam Gulati | Karishma Tanna | |
Bigg Boss OTT
The series also has a digital version of the show called Bigg Boss OTT . Started in 2021, the first season was hosted by Karan Johar and broadcast by Voot for 24×7 coverage. The OTT series has rolled out its second season in 2023, hosted by Salman Khan and broadcast by JioCinema for the 24x7 live feed.
Housemate pattern
Clique S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 Halla Bol S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 S15 S16 S17 Reality Show Alumni None Ashutosh Kaushik None Sakshi Pradhan Sidharth Bhardwaj Mink Brar Candy Brar Renee Dhyani Dimpy Ganguli Prince Narula Bani J Benafsha Soonawalla Kriti Verma Paras Chhabra Rahul Vaidya Pratik Sehajpal Shiv Thakare Munawar Faruqui Priya Malik Shehzaad Deol Miesha Iyer Pooja Misrra Vishal Karwal Dimpy Ganguli Rishabh Sinha Sahil Anand Priyank Sharma Surbhi Rana Manu Punjabi Simba Nagpal Samarth Jurel Naina Singh Shamita Shetty LGBT Bobby Darling None Rohit Verma Begum Ali Laxmi Narayan Tripathi Imam Siddique VJ Andy Sushant Divgikar None Kanwaljeet Singh None Vikas Gupta None Vikas Gupta None Navid Sole Vivek Mishra Sabyasachi Sathpathy Pageant Winner Aryan Vaid Diana Hayden Aditi Govitrikar None Shonali Nagrani None Gauahar Khan Sushant Divgikar Rochelle Rao Lopamudra Raut Lucinda Nicholas None Manya Singh Manasvi Mamgai Vida Samadzai Archana Gautam On the Wrong Side of the Law None Monica Bedi None Davender Singh None Aseem Trivedi None Rahul Mahajan Aman Verma Swami Om Zubair Khan None Rahul Mahajan None None Rahul Mahajan Abbas Kazmi Item Girl Rakhi Sawant Sambhavna Seth Sherlyn Chopra Veena Malik Mahek Chahal Sana Khan Hazel Keech Natasha Stankovic Sambhavana Seth Nora Fatehi Antara Biswas Arshi Khan None Koena Mitra Rakhi Sawant Rakhi Sawant Gori Nagori Gauahar Khan Mahek Chahal Sapna Chaudhary Shefali Zariwala Arshi Khan Sana Khan International Star None Jade Goody Claudia Ciesla Begum Ali Sunny Leone None Elli AvrRam Natasha Stankovic None Mandana Karimi Jason Shah Lucinda Nicholas None Abdu Rozik Navid Sole Sofia Hayat Aoora Seasoned Model Anupama Verma Zulfi Syed Pravesh Rana Aanchal Kumar Shraddha Sharma Niketan Madhok Asif Azim Diandra Soares Mandana Karimi Jason Shah Lucinda Nicholas None Asim Riaz Shehzaad Deol Ieshaan Sehgal Manya Singh Soniya Bansal Carol Gracias Payal Rohatgi Hrishant Goswami Karishma Kotak Sonali Raut Gizele Thakral Vishal Aditya Singh Rajiv Adatia Soundarya Sharma Manasvi Mamgai Nigar Khan Umar Riaz Archana Gautam Ayesha Khan Arhaan Khan Sahil Shroff TV Artist Amit Sadh Ketki Dave Bakhtiyaar Irani Shweta Tiwari Juhi Parmar Urvashi Dholakia Shilpa Saklani Gautam Gulati Gautam Gulati Digangana Suryavanshi Karan Mehra Hina Khan Karanvir Bohra Rashami Desai Aly Goni Karan Kundrra Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia Aishwarya Sharma Ankit Gera Shilpa Shinde Dipika Kakar Sidharth Shukla Rubina Dilaik Tejasswi Prakash Priyanka Chahar Choudhary Kamya Panjabi Roopal Tyagi Gaurav Chopra Donal Bisht Neil Bhatt Rashami Desai Devoleena Bhattacharjee Ankit Gupta Ankita Lokhande Rupali Ganguly Rakhee Tandon Tannaz Irani Sara Khan Amar Upadhyay Sayantani Ghosh Kushal Tandon Soni Singh Karishma Tanna Suyyash Rai Hiten Tejwani Srishty Rode Devoleena Bhattacharjee Eijaz Khan Jay Bhanushali Gautam Singh Vig Rinku Dhawan Sukirti Kandpal Vikas Bhalla Rohan Mehra Mahira Sharma Nishant Singh Malkani Simba Nagpal Shalin Bhanot Abhishek Kumar Aashka Goradia Pratyusha Banerjee Praneet Bhat Kishwer Merchant Neha Pendse Vishal Aditya Singh Kavita Kaushik Vidhi Pandya Sumbul Touqeer Isha Malviya Rajev Paul Ratan Rajput Deepshikha Nagpal Rishabh Sinha Rohit Suchanti Paras Chhabra Abhinav Shukla Vishal Kotian Sreejita De Samarth Jurel Akashdeep Saigal Karishma Tanna Jasmin Bhasin Ieshaan Sehgal Tina Datta Dalljiet Kaur Pavitra Punia Raqesh Bapat Vikkas Manaktala Ayesha Khan Film Star Ravi Kishan Payal Rohatgi Shamita Shetty Ashmit Patel Akashdeep Saigal Dinesh Lal Yadav Tanishaa Mukerji Sonali Raut Sambhavana Seth Rimi Sen Rahul Dev None Megha Dhade Khesari Lal Yadav Abhinav Shukla Jay Bhanushali Sumbul Touqeer Mannara Chopra Aarya Babbar Aman Verma Shamita Shetty Sreejita De Deepak Tijori Raja Chaudhary Poonam Dhillon Samir Soni Shakti Kapoor Delnaaz Irani Armaan Kohli Upen Patel Yuvika Chaudhary Antara Biswas Koena Mitra Sara Gurpal Sahil Shroff Tina Datta Ankita Lokhande Kashmira Shah Sambhavna Seth Vindu Dara Singh Dolly Bindra Pooja Bedi Sayantani Ghosh Apurva Agnihotri Minissha Lamba Vikas Bhalla Himanshi Khurana Kashmira Shah Karan Kundrra Archana Gautam Manasvi Mamgai Rahul Roy Santosh Shukla Ajaz Khan Puneet Issar Ajaz Khan Keith Sequeira Elena Kazan Rashami Desai Nikki Tamboli Raqesh Bapat Deepak Parashar Rahul Bhatt Puneet Vashist Rashami Desai Soundarya Sharma Ayesha Khan Rishabh Sinha Sonali Phogat Singer Baba Sehgal Debojit Saha Ismail Darbar Manoj Tiwari Raageshwari Loomba None Ali Quli Mirza Ali Quli Mirza Arvind Vegda None Pooja Jain Anup Jalota Khesari Lal Yadav Rahul Vaidya Akasa Singh Abdu Rozik Khanzaadi Akash Dadlani Deepak Thakur Shehnaaz Gill Jaan Kumar Sanu Afsana Khan MC Stan Aoora Neha Bhasin Sportsperson Salil Ankola None Vinod Kambli Dalip Singh Sonika Kaliraman Navjot Singh Sidhu Sangram Singh None Shanthakumaran Sreesanth None Comedian None Ahsaan Qureshi Raju Srivastav Veena Malik None Vrajesh Hirjee Rajat Rawail Pritam Singh Pritam Singh None Arti Singh None Sajid Khan Munawar Faruqui Politically Acclaimed Sanjay Nirupam None Seema Parihar Sampat Pal Devi None Tehseen Poonawala Sonali Phogat Abhijit Bichukale Archana Gautam None Dancer None Gulabo Sapera None Priyank Sharma Srishty Rode None Nishant Bhat Gori Nagori TV Presenter Mandeep Bevli None Vj Andy Pritam Singh Pritam Singh None Benafsha Soonawalla None Shefali Bagga Shardul Pandit Jay Bhanushali Sajid Khan Jigna Vora Karan Kundrra Fashion Designer None Sapna Bhavnani None Diandra Soares None Kanwaljeet Singh None YouTube Sensation None Pooja Jain None Hindustani Bhau None MC Stan Munawar Faruqui Anurag Dobhal Sunny Arya Arun Srikanth Mashettey Writer None Vikas Gupta None Siddharth Dey None Radio Jockey None Pritam Singh Pritam Singh None Shardul Pandit None Non-Celebrity Ragini Shetty Elina Wadiwala Kamaal R. Khan None Nihita Biswas Kashif Qureshi Anita Advani None Swami Om Akash Dadlani Sourabh Patel None Ritesh Kumar None Sana Raees Khan Manveer Gurjar Arshi Khan Shivashish Mishra Nitibha Kaul Bandgi Kalra Somi Khan Lokesh Sharma Jyoti Kumari Nirmal Singh Jaya Sawant Akanksha Sharma Luv Tyagi Saba Khan Manu Punjabi Puneesh Sharma Romil Chaudhary Vicky Jain Deepak Thakur Priyanka Jagga Sabyasachi Satpahty Urvashi Vani Sshivani Durga Roshmi Banik Navin Prakash Zubair Khan Jasleen Matharu Mehjabi Siddiqui Mital Joshi Winner Runner-up Finalist
Other media
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External links
- "Bigg Boss" at IMDb
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