MTV Roadies
| MTV Roadies | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality show |
| Presented by | Cyrus Sahukar Season 1 Rannvijay Singh Season 2 onwards |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | India Season 1 to 4 India, Thailand, Malaysia Season 5 India, Australia - Season 6 Remote parts of India and Parts of Africa - Season 7 |
| Original release | |
| Network | MTV India |
MTV Roadies is a youth-based popular reality television show on MTV India.
When asked about the show, executive producer Raghu Ram said, "Roadies has travel, adventure, drama, touch of voyeurism..."[1]
Format
The selected Roadies are provided with Karizma bikes to travel on a pre-decided route. Each episode features a vote-out at the end in which the Roadies eliminate one of their fellow Roadies by an anonymous vote, thereby decreasing the number of Roadies carrying on with the journey. However there are some episodes in which the eliminated one gets immune and he gets to choose who will get eliminated. Each episode consists of number of tasks or challenges which the Roadies have to perform. These can be either "Money tasks" or "Immunity tasks". By successfully completing the "Money tasks", the Roadies add cash to their account while in "Immunity tasks", the team or roadie which wins gets Immunity. Such a team or roadie is safe from vote-out i.e its members cannot be voted-out in that particular episode. The tasks are either team-based or individual-based. The Roadie who survives till the end is declared the winner and walks away with the total cash accumulated by performing the money tasks. Pakistani show Living on the edge in on the theme of MTV Roadies.
The fifth season was the first time when an Advantage task was introduced. The winner of the Advantage task gets some advantage in the vote out, which may include multiple votes or being the only one(s) to vote.
The Indian version of the show is based on the original MTV reality show Road Rules which started in the year 1995.[2]
References
- ^ Liza George (2006-09-08). "Tough guys last the course". Hindu newspaper. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
- ^ Funenclave.com
Roadies is a reality show