MTV Roadies season 9

MTV Roadies season 9
Genre	Reality show
Presented by	Raghu Ram Rannvijay Singh Rajiv Laxman
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
Production
Executive producer	Raghu Ram
Production location	India
Original release
Network	MTV India
Release	7 January 2012

MTV Roadies 9 : Everything or Nothing is the ninth season of MTV Roadies, a reality television show aired on MTV India . The auditions started on 16 September from Pune following with Audition in Kolkata , Delhi, Chandhigarh and Hyderabad. Part of the season will take place in United States of America. The show started airing on MTV India from 7 January 2012 and every new episode airs on Saturdays at 7 p.m. IST.

Post-Selection

Main article MTV Roadies

After the auditions, the actual format of the show will begin. The show involves various "tasks" which are generally mentally and physically difficult. As the show progresses, the "tasks" become harder for the contestants to achieve. There are 3 types of tasks: Money Tasks, Immunity Tasks & Advantage Tasks. At the end of each episode, the contestants will vote one contestant out of the show, however it is seen in previous seasons of the show have shown that a previous contestant may return to the show after being voted out. The show's mastermind is Raghu who is well known for adding twists and turns to the journey and making survival in the show very difficult which generates a lot of fights and gives the show a bad name for its murky politics & abuses exchanged.

Destination

MTV Roadies 9 : Everything or Nothing will be held halfway in India and the other half will be continued in USA. However, the series's Finale will be held in India. As happened in all the past seasons, the Finale will include all the Roadies from the season.

United States – Episode 7 - Episode Y

India – Auditions, Episode 1 - Episode 6, Finale

Roadies' Selection

Venue of Audition	Roadies
Delhi	Diyali Chauhan		Kanaka Raju		Pratima Dagar
Pune	Abhishek P. Shetty
Kolkata	Manali Banerjee
Chandigarh	Dimpy Yadav			Himani Sharma
Hyderabad	Taranjeet Kaur	Vikas	Arsh Sharif	Vinay Abhishek	Anirudh Sharma	Khushbu Patel

Overall Count:

Female Contestants = 7

Male Contestants = 6

Contestants

There were thirteen contestants overall.

Contestant	Status (as of last episode)	Finish	Total Votes
Diyali Chauhan Delhi, Uttar Pradesh	NON-IMMUNE		1
Himani Sharma Chandigarh, Punjab	NON-IMMUNE
Kanak Raju Delhi, Uttar Pradesh		2nd Voted out	8
Vinay Abhishek Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh	NON-IMMUNE
Manali Banerjee Kolkata, West Bengal	NON-IMMUNE		4
Taranjeet Kaur Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh	NON-IMMUNE	5th Voted out	7
Pratima Dagar Delhi, Haryana	NON-IMMUNE		3
Arsh Sharif Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh	NON-IMMUNE	1st Voted out	8
Vikas Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh		7th Voted out	5
Abhishek Shetty Pune, Maharashtra		7th Voted out	16
Khushbu Patel Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh		6th Voted out	5
Dimpy Yadav Chandigarh, Punjab		4th Voted out	8
Anirudh Sharma Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh		3rd Voted out	1

The Total Votes is the number of votes a roadie has received during Vote-outs where the roadie is eligible to be eliminated from the game. It does not include the votes received during the finale where the finalists are voted for the win.

The game

Key:

  Task involving both male and female roadies.

  Task where only male roadies were eligible to take part.

  Task where only female roadies were eligible to take part.

  Contestant(s) initially deprived of winning immunity (by garnering highest votes from fellow roadies) but nulled the decision by swapping it with other contestants after the winning challenge against them.

  Contestant(s) deprived of participating in immunity tasks till journey in India.

  Roadie(s) gained entry back into the game and was also awarded immunity in the next vote-out.

  Contestant eliminated.

Episode	Air date	Tasks			Vote-out		Outcome
		Money	Immunity	Advantage	Result	Vote
1	17 March 2012	₹ 5,000	None
2	24 March 2012	₹ 50,000	None		Arsh Pratima Vikas	8–8–7	Deprived of participating in immunity tasks till journey in India
		₹ 5,000
		₹ 10,000
3	31 March 2012	None	Not Granted	Arsh Pratima Vikas	Arsh	8–5	1st Voted out
				Abhishek Anirudh Diyali
4	7 April 2012	₹ 60,000	None		Manali Himani Vikas	None	Made Immune from elimination by Captain (Kanaka)
		₹ 1,20,000			Kanaka	8–2–1–1	2nd Voted out
5	14 April 2012	None	Pratima	None
			Vinay
6	21 April 2012	None	Vikas	None	Abhishek	6–1–1	Granted Power of Elimination
					Anirudh	1	3rd Voted out
7	28 April 2012	₹ 23,000	None	Abhishek Pratima	Manali	None	Made Immune from elimination by Abhishek and Pratima
					Pratima		Made Immune from elimination by Manali
					Dimpy	7–3	4th Voted out
8	5 May 2012	₹ 30,000	None		Taranjeet	5–2–2	5th Voted out
		₹ 0
9	12 May 2012	₹ 1,00,000	None		Abhishek Diyali	None	Made Immune from elimination by Vinay and Pratima
					Khushbu	5–2–1	6th Voted out
10	19 May 2012	None		Kanaka

Roadies Account: ₹ 3,23,000

Episode 1 (17 March)

All the thirteen contestants arrived at Jaipur and met each other. An intriguing scroll which was read by Arsh got them puzzled as they were told to dress for party.
Roadies reached the venue 'Jaipur Greens'. While they were dancing, suddenly music stopped and Agnee Band came along. Then Mohan (from Agnee) said that the venue was the place where their first immunity task shall occur. They had to sing and best singer among them would receive immunity. Later, it was revealed that he was just messing with their heads and advised them to believe only on the scrolls provided. Then Agnee performed roadies 9 theme song Manmaani. Then after performance Mohan told that his one of good friend wants to meet roadies and Rannvijay entered. He gave them cue cards with questions on them.
The results obtained were as follows:
Biggest Politician – Pratima (4 votes)
Biggest Threat – Abhishek Shetty (5 votes)
Abhishek Shetty was,in turn, made first captain.
Biggest Loser – Arsh (3 votes)
Rannvijay also said that Biggest Looser will not perform in the upcoming money task. But as Kanak wrote nobody's name under the biggest Looser, Rannvijay asked other roadies except Arsh and Kanak to decide who will not perform in next money task. Roadies chose Arsh.

Money task
For the task Rannvijay asked the 12 roadies to divide themselves in four teams of three. Each team had to move a wooden log towards end line. Ten flags between the starting line and end line were to be crossed. With each flag passed they will receive ₹5,000. Each team could win maximum ₹50,000 each but maximum amount that roadies can win in that task was ₹1,00,000 only.
Then Rannvijay said that he will add some complications to the task.
Hitesh Nagpal, winner of Roadies battleground 4 appeared on the task location and got introduced to roadies by Rannvijay. Rannvijay asked him to select one person whom he would like to switch places with and he chose Vinay Abhishek. Then Rannvijay said that Hitesh was there to increase difficulty in task and he would stop roadies from moving the log. As difficulty was increased because of Hitesh, Rannvijay said that if roadies were able to make ₹75,000 then he will give them ₹1,00,000 otherwise they'll end up having ₹0.

Teams:
Team 1 – Diyali, Anirudh, Khushbu
Team 2 – Kanaka, Taranjeet, Vinay Abhishek
Team 3 – Abhishek Shetty, Himani, Manali
Team 4 – Pratima, Vikas, Dimpy

Team 1:
Time taken – 5 min
Flag crossed – 1

Money Collected : ₹ 5,000

Episode 2 (24 March)

Team 2:
Time taken – 2 min 48 sec
Flag crossed – 10

Money Collected : ₹ 50,000

Team 3:
Time taken – 3 min
Flag crossed – 1

Money Collected : ₹ 5,000

Team 4:
Time taken – 4 min
Flag crossed – 2

Money Collected : ₹ 10,000

Then all the thirteen roadies were asked to vote out three roadies each. The three roadies voted out will not be eliminated, instead they would be deprived of getting immunity and participating in Immunity tasks in the Indian leg of the Roadies journey. Arsh(8), Pratima(8) and Vikas(7) gained the maximum number of votes. They were then given a chance by Raghu to come out of this situation by challenging a fellow roadie and winning against that roadie. Arsh challenged Abhishek Shetty, Vikas challenged Anirudh and Pratima challenged Diyali.

Episode 3 (31 March)

Rannvijay explained the next task to Arsh, Pratima, Vikas, Abhishek, Anirudh and Diyali. The task was to stand with one leg up on a pillar till five minutes while the other team would be hitting you with eggs and tomatoes. If any one from the team even touches his other leg on the pillar, the whole task is over. From team 1, Arsh lost his balance in 10 seconds and from Team 2, Abhishek Shetty lost his balance in 4 seconds. This meant that Abhishek Shetty, Diyali and Anirudh can't get Immunity in the Indian leg of the journey. Later the roadies were called for the their Immunity task. They had to make 4 teams with a boy and a girl each. Abhishek Shetty, Diyali and Anirudh were not eligible for participating and, Himani and Pratima had got no partners since there were only 4 boys left to team up with. The teams were- Arsh and Khushbu; Vikas and Dimpy; Vinay and Taranjeet; Kanaka and Manali. This was a GK task. Questions were mostly based on USA. The girls were to answer and if any answer was wrong then boys had to go through enema to keep themselves and their fellow partners in the fray of getting immunity. They could only opt for it once which meant that a second wrong answer and you are out. No one was able to get immunity. Rannvijay then told them that today there is a vote out and one roadie has got to go for sure. Arsh was the one to be voted out.

Episode 4 (7 April)

The male roadies had to wrestle Padmashree award winner and renowned Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar and the time recorded until each stood in the "Akhaaraa" against him were as follows. For every second they lasted in the field roadies' account cashed ₹ 2000.

1. Vikas : 8 sec
   
2. Vinay : 7 sec
   
3. Kanak : 15 sec
   

Total : 30 sec (x2000)

Money Collected : ₹ 60,000

Teams:

1. Dimpy , Manali
2. Himani, Taranjeet

Money Collected : ₹ 1,20,000

Voting History

		1		2	3	4	5	6		7		8	9	10	11	12
Roadies voted to:		Non-immune	Challenge	Eliminate				Immune	Eliminate	Immune	Eliminate				Win
	Diyali	Anirudh Pratima Manali	Not eligible	Arsh	Kanaka	Abhishek	Dimpy	Vikas	Taranjeet	Betrayal to Pratima	Khushbu	Anirudh
	Himani	Arsh Pratima Vikas	Not eligible	Abhishek	Kanaka	Abhishek	Vikas	Vikas	Abhishek	Loyalty to Khushbu	Pratima	Arsh
	Manali	Arsh Khushbu Pratima	Not eligible	Arsh	Kanaka	Abhishek	Dimpy	Diyali	Taranjeet	Loyalty to Vikas	Khushbu	Anirudh
	Pratima	Diyali Anirudh Vikas	Diyali	Abhishek	Kanaka	Power of Elimination	Dimpy	—	Taranjeet	Loyalty to Diyali	Khushbu	Anirudh
	Vinay	Arsh Pratima Vikas	Not eligible	Arsh	Dimpy	Power of Elimination	Dimpy	Khushbu	Manali	Loyalty to Abhishek	Manali	Anirudh
	Kanaka	Arsh Dimpy Vikas	Not eligible	Arsh	Taranjeet	Voted-Out						Anirudh
	Taranjeet	Pratima Kanaka Khushbu	Not eligible	Abhishek	Kanaka	Abhishek	Dimpy	Khushbu	Manali	Voted-Out		Abhishek Diyali
	Arsh	Abhishek Dimpy Vikas	Abhishek	Abhishek	Voted-Out							Abhishek Vikas
	Vikas	Abhishek Arsh Khushbu	Anirudh	Arsh	Pratima	Power of Elimination	Dimpy	Abhishek	Taranjeet	Loyalty to Manali	Khushbu	Anirudh	Voted-Out
	Abhishek	Arsh Vikas Pratima	Not eligible	Arsh	Pratima	Anirudh	Dimpy	Vikas	Taranjeet	Betrayal to Vinay	Khushbu	Arsh	Voted-Out
	Khushbu	Anirudh Pratima Vikas	Not eligible	Abhishek	Kanaka	Abhishek	Vikas	Vinay	Abhishek	Loyalty to Himani	Manali	Voted-Out
	Dimpy	Arsh Abhishek Pratima	Not eligible	Arsh	Kanaka	Taranjeet	Vikas	Voted-Out
	Anirudh	Arsh Dimpy Kanaka	Not eligible	Arsh	Kanaka	Abhishek	Voted-Out					Abhishek Vikas	Voted-Out
Immunity		Arsh Pratima Vikas	Abhishek Anirudh Diyali	Abhishek Anirudh Diyali	Manali Vikas Himani	Pratima Vinay Vikas	Manali Pratima	none	none	none	Abhishek Diyali	Kanaka
Withdrew		none
Eliminated		none
Voted-Out		none		Arsh 8 of 13 votes	Kanaka 8 of 12 votes	Anirudh Abhishek's choice	Dimpy 7 of 10 votes	none	Taranjeet 5 of 9 votes	none	Khushbu 5 of 8 votes	Abhishek 3 of 3 votes Vikas 2 of 3 votes

  Initially deprived of winning immunity (by garnering highest votes from fellow roadies) but nulled the decision by swapping it with other contestants after winning a challenge against them.

  Deprived of participating in immunity tasks till the part of journey that'll take place in India.

  Challenged to swap rights of participating in Immunity tasks.

  Immune from elimination.

  Granted power of elimination.

Roadies' Presence

Key	The Contestant won the Competition	Contestant eliminated as a result of losing a task	Contestant returned as a wild card entry	Contestant was voted out of the competition by other roadies	Contestant returned as a wild card entry but could not qualify for a place

Roadie	ep 1	ep 2	ep 3	ep 4	ep 5	ep 6	ep 7	ep 8	ep 9	ep 10	ep 11	ep 12	ep 13	ep 14	ep 15
Diyali Chauhan	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Himani Sharma	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Manali Banerjee	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Pratima Dagar	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Vinay Abhishek	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Kanaka Raju	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	Y
Arsh Sharif	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y
Taranjeet Kaur	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
Vikas	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Abhishek Shetty	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Khusbu Patel	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Dimpy Yadav	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
Anirudh Sharma	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y

Y indicates that the Roadie was present in the episode.

N indicates that the Roadie was absent in the episode.

indicates that the roadies was present in the episode but as a part of the audience for watching the Finale rather than as a contestant for the title.

Controversy

• The ninth season opened with the tagline "Everything or Nothing" portraying to the audiences that the season was to go beyond limits. Raghu and Ranvijay were frequently seen stressing on the fact that the show will test roadies to the extent that they'll crumble down to pieces. Subsequently, this proved to be authentic in every way possible. Apart from the verbal abuses that flew in the auditions the first episode witnessed Raghu bashing almost all the roadies for their performance in the money task. Kanaka Raju was held up by his collar in an attempt to give him a lesson to stop controversial talks regarding the format of the show. This not only depicted bullying but also showed a clear sense of desperation telling that the producers want actual drama on the show rather than a review on the concept they created. Journey episode 2 involved an immunity task that required the male roadies to be injected with enema, a method that was not only painful for the participants but also embarrassing to be shown on national television. Indian articles about the show credited it as "a way for Raghu and Rajiv to take their frustration out, that is, via torturing [contestants]." Furthermore, Raghu was seen beating male contestants with a wooden stick as a punishment for losing a money task against an unofficial roadie Hitesh Nagpal. Apart from the mental pressure inflicted upon the contestants to perform well on challenges, tasks which gave the impression of an "Army training camp" were a usual sight in the competition. These were not only tough to bear but also tiring to the extent of dehydration. Female roadies who were made to race across a field carrying loads on their back frequently fell to the ground in screams with muscle spasms. On the other hand male roadies were asked to lay down on a bed of nails and simultaneously do crunches which resulted in blood oozing out of their back.

External links

• MTV Roadies Official Website