Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 4

Bigg Boss
Season 4
Presented by	Salman Khan
No. of days	96
No. of housemates	16
Winner	Shweta Tiwari
Runner-up	Dalip Singh Rana (Khali)
No. of episodes	98
Release
Original network	Colors TV
Original release	3 October 2010 (2010-10-03) – 8 January 2011 (2011-01-08)
Season chronology

Bigg Boss 4 is the 4th season of Indian reality TV show Bigg Boss, which aired on Colors from 3 October 2010. This season was longer than its predecessor, Bigg Boss 3 and lasted for 14 weeks (96 days) ending on 8 January 2011. Salman Khan joined the show for the first time as host and has subsequently hosted all the following seasons.

During the launch on 3 October, fourteen hand-picked housemates entered the house located in Lonavla, a hill station, about 100 kilometres east of Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Two additional wild card entries were made during the second and third weeks, taking the number of contestants to sixteen. The housemates, considered strangers to each other, spent 96 days (14 weeks) locked up together under the supervision of 32 cameras fitted around the house. Four of the housemates, Ashmit Patel, Dolly Bindra, The Great Khali and Shweta Tiwari, reached the final week, facing public vote. The show ended on 8 January 2011 with the grand finale. Shweta Tiwari emerged as the winner, going away with a prize money of ₹ 10 million, while The Great Khali was announced as the runner-up.

Salman Khan was appointed as the new host for the series.

Housemates Status

Housemates	Entered	Exited	Result
Shweta Tiwari	Day 1	Day 96	Winner
Dalip (Khali)	Day 13	Day 96	1st Runner Up
Ashmit	Day 1	Day 96	2nd Runner Up
Dolly	Day 21	Day 45	Ejected By Bigg Boss
	Day 56	Day 96	3rd Runner-up
Samir	Day 1	Day 45	Ejected By Bigg Boss
	Day 49	Day 90	Evicted
Veena	Day 1	Day 83	Evicted
Seema	Day 1	Day 76	Evicted
Sara	Day 1	Day 69	Evicted
Manoj	Day 1	Day 62	Evicted
Hrishant	Day 1	Day 55	Evicted
Aanchal	Day 1	Day 41	Evicted
Rahul	Day 1	Day 34	Evicted
Begum	Day 1	Day 20	Evicted
Sakshi	Day 1	Day 13	Evicted
Abbas	Day 1	Day 6	Evicted
Devinder	Day 1	Day 2	Ejected
Ali	Day 30	Day 41	Guest
Pamela	Day 50	Day 53	Guest

Housemates

Original entrants

• Aanchal Kumar – Model. Aanchal won the Gladrags Mega Model Contest in 1999. She has also appeared in Bollywood films like Bluffmaster and Fashion.
• Abbas Kazmi – Ajmal Kasab ‘s renowned Lawyer.
• Ashmit Patel – Bollywood actor. He is known for his role in films like Murder and Silsilay. Actress Ameesha Patel is his sister.
• Ali Saleem – Pakistani TV anchor. He cross-dresses as a woman wearing a sari and asks influential guests provocative questions in his show Late Night with Begum Nawazish Ali.
• Inder Singh ICFAI WALA (Bunty Chor) – Criminal. He has been accused of robbery and was on the most wanted list of the Delhi police. Dibakar Banerjee has made a film on him, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, where Abhay Deol played the protagonist.
• Hrishant Goswami – Model. He is the winner of the 2004 Gladrags Manhunt contest.
• Manoj Tiwari – Bhojpuri actor and politician. He has appeared in over 50 films in the industry.
• Rahul Bhatt – Actor. He is the son of Mahesh Bhatt and brother of Alia Bhatt.
• Sakshi Pradhan – Reality TV Star. She is the winner of the second season of the reality show MTV Splitsvilla.
• Samir Soni – Bollywood actor. He is known for his roles in films like Kabhie Tum Kabhie Hum and Vivah. He also appeared in the popular drama series Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin.
• Sara Khan - TV Actress. Sara is the youngest of all the contestants from this season. She rose the fame of Sadhana from the Star Plus popular show Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai.
• Seema Parihar – Indian politician. She has also acted in Wounded – a film based on her real-life story.
• Shweta Tiwari – Indian television star. Shweta is well known for playing the famous role of Prerna in the popular Ekta Kapoor longest running serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay which aired on Star Plus.
• Veena Malik – Pakistani actress and model. She has appeared in many films like Tere Pyar Mein, Pind Di Kudi and Kyun Tum Se Itna Pyar Hai in the Pakistani industry.

Wild card entries

• Dalip Singh Rana – Wrestler.
• Dolly Bindra – Actress.

Guests entrants

Throughout the series various guests may appear from time to time for a visit.

• Ali Merchant stayed in the house as a guest from day 30 to day 41.
• Pamela Anderson entered the house on 16 November 2010 and stayed for 3 days.

Weekly Summary

Week 1	Tasks	Samay Dhere Dhere Chal: Each Bigg Boss contestant has to take care of the hour glass and ensure that sand constantly flows.
	Nominations	Seema (Nominated by majority of the housemates) Abbas Sara Hrishant Bunty (Nominated by Bigg Boss for consistently breaking the rules of the house and was eventually evicted from the show on Day 2)
	Exits	On day 2, Bunty was ejected from the house due to his violent and bad behavior, abusing and cursing Bigg Boss, breaking rules of the house and trying to cover the cameras with socks. On day 6, Abbas Kazmi was evicted from the house by nominations. Abbas chose Seema and Veena for the next week's nominations.
Week 2	Tasks	Shakti De Bhakti De Mukti De: All contestants wear a white gown and hat and chant to a particular music. Once the music is over, each has to say one good and bad point about the inmate to the right.
	Nominations	Sakshi (Captain's choice) Seema Samir
	Exits	On day 13, Sakshi was evicted from the Bigg Boss house by nominations. Sakshi chose Begum Ali for next week's nomination
Week 3	Tasks	Dhan Dhana Dhan!: All housemates have to print notes. Each note is worth 1000 points. Housemates have to accumulate a total of 50,00,000 points in notes. Hrishant and Shweta have been given the task of robing 15,00,000 points. Dhan Dhana Dhan was unsuccessful with the task, but secret agents Hrishant and Shweta have been successful. Except for Rahul and Khali, all housemates have to eat from the same plate and bowl for a whole week. Housemates can only eat after Rahul and Khali. Dixcy Scot task is a wrestling match between the male inmates. The captain Manoj becomes the finalist. Great Khali is the referee and consultant. Female participants are the cheerleaders, except for Shweta, who plays anchor/host with Begum Ali.
	Nominations	Shweta (Captain's choice) Veena Begum
	Exits	On day 20, Begum was evicted from the Bigg Boss house. Begum chose Khali for next week's nomination
Week 4	Tasks	Sameer was given a diary to maintain daily logs for the captain's negative and positive aspects. Dolly and Manoj Tiwari were chosen as judge by the Bigg Boss for rhyming play. Shweta and Sameer were team A, Seema and Hrishant were team B and Veena and Ashmit were team C. Team B won Vodafone's delight and 100 points each.
	Nominations	Sara (Captain's choice) Sameer Khali
	Exits	On day 27, Bigg Boss stages a fake eviction from the house and sends Sara to a secret room. Sara chose Dolly and Sameer for the next week's nomination.
Week 5	Tasks	Aa Pappiyaan Jhappiyan Pa Le: The house is transformed into a puppy care centre. Bigg Boss asks six contestants to become puppies while five contestants are asked to work as their caretakers.
	Nominations	Manoj Hrishant Aanchal Veena Rahul Seema Shweta
	Exits	On day 34, Rahul was evicted from the house. Rahul chose Veena and Sara for the next week's nominations.
Week 6	Tasks	Arrangements for Sara-Ali wedding.
	Nominations	Aanchal (Captain's choice) Dolly Ashmit
	Exits	On day 41, Aanchal was evicted from the house. Aanchal choose Veena and Sara for the next week's nominations.
Week 7	Tasks	Wazan Ghatao Tandrusti Badhao: The housemates have to decrease their weight through exercises. Khali will act as the PT instructor.
	Nominations	Dolly (Captain's choice) Sara Khali
	Exits	On day 45, Samir and Dolly were ejected from the house due to violation of house rules. On day 47, Pamela left the house.
Week 8	Tasks	Gaon Gaon Shahar Shahar: Samir, Shweta, Ashmit, Veena will have to live like villagers, while rest have to live like city people.
	Nominations	Ashmit (Captain's choice) Hrishant Samir Shweta Veena
	Exits	On day 55, Hrishant was evicted from the house. Hrishant choose Shweta and Samir for the next week's nominations.
Week 9	Tasks	Paathshala: Housemates are given school uniforms and have to appear like school kids. Seema is made the principal while Manoj and Ashmit are made the Hindi and English teachers respectively.
	Nominations	Ashmit Manoj
	Exits	On day 62, Manoj was evicted from the house. Manoj chose Samir and Sara for the next week's nominations.
Week 10	Tasks	Jaago Ghar Walon Warna Waat Lag Jaaegi: The housemates will be allowed to sleep between 4am and 12 noon and two contestants will be nominated to perform a certain task in the garden area. The task is to counterbalance one's weight with the corresponding weight provided by Bigg Boss. A giant weighing scale has been provided in the garden area for the task. The first pair to try the task was Sara and Shweta.
	Nominations	Sara (Captain's choice) Veena Samir
	Exits	On day 69, Sara was evicted from the house. Sara chose Ashmit to be safe from the next nominations.
Week 11	Tasks	Haath Choota Toh Kismat Phooti: The housemates will be divided into three pairs. The first pair will be Ashmit and Shweta, second pair will be Dolly and Veena and the third pair will be Samir and Seema. The housemates will be tied together with a handcuff and one member of each pair has to wear a blindfold and keep an egg on his hand all the time. Shweta and Ashmit are given secret task to hide important things belonging to Veena and Dolly, which they succeed in doing and earn 300 points each.
	Nominations	Samir (Captain's choice) Seema (Captain's choice)
	Exits	On day 76, Seema was evicted from the house. Seema chose Khali and Veena for the next week's nominations.
Week 12	Tasks	As a result of the previous week's mistakes, Bigg Boss has not provided any flour and housemates have to grind it themselves using chakki. They will also feed Khali as he has been directed not to take any food item by himself. This week housemates have to save water to promote save water campaign. Water will come in limited amounts in the morning and evening hours. Housemates have been provided buckets to store water for daily work.
	Nominations	Ashmit Veena Khali
	Exits	On day 83, Veena was evicted from the house. Veena chose Ashmit to be safe from the next nominations.
Week 13	Tasks	Bigg Boss Ki Kahani, Hamari Zabani: Housemates have to enact different past events which took place in the house. The task will continue for three days; housemates will act on three different themes namely fights, laughter and love.
	Nominations	Dolly Samir Shweta
	Exits	On day 90, Samir was evicted from the house.
Week 14	Tasks	Jee Lay Jee Jaan Sey: Each housemate will be given a specific song every day and they have to dance to it. During the task, all the housemates put together can sleep for a total of 60 hours.
	Finalists	During the final week the public voted for who they wanted to win Bigg Boss. The finalists for the title were as following: Ashmit Dolly Khali Shweta
	Winner	Shweta Tiwari
	Runner-Up	The Great Khali
	Third Place	Ashmit Patel
	Fourth Place	Dolly Bindra

Nominations table

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Final Week 14
House Captain	Bunty	Begum	Rahul	Manoj	Ashmit	Hrishant	Shweta	Seema	Khali	Dolly	Khali	Shweta
Captain's Nomination	Refused to vote	Sakshi	Shweta	Sara	No Nominations	Aanchal	Dolly	Ashmit	Veena	Sara	Samir Seema	Ashmit Veena
Shweta	Seema Abbas	Rahul Manoj	Aanchal	Sara, Ashmit	Nominated	Dolly Ashmit	House Captain	Ashmit Veena	Ashmit Sara	Veena Khali	No Nominations	House Captain	Dolly	Winner (Day 96)
Khali	Not in house		Exempt	Samir Sara	No Nominations	Veena Samir	Sara Hrishant	Ashmit Hrishant	House Captain	Shweta Seema	House Captain	Ashmit Veena	Samir	Runner-up (Day 96)
Ashmit	Sakshi Seema	Samir Shweta	Veena	Samir Seema	House Captain	Dolly Manoj	Khali Manoj	Shweta Manoj	Shweta Manoj	Samir Seema	Exempt	Dolly Khali	Dolly	Third Place (Day 96)
Dolly	Not in house			Aanchal Veena	No Nominations	Veena Ashmit	Hrishant Sara	Ejected (Day 45)	Veena to save	House Captain	No Nominations	Ashmit, Samir	Shweta	Fourth Place (Day 96)
Samir	Hrishant Rahul	Hrishant Ashmit	Veena	Ashmit Sara	No Nominations	Dolly Ashmit	Sara Veena	Ashmit Veena	Sara Ashmit	Ashmit Veena	No Nominations	Ashmit Veena	Dolly	Evicted (Day 90)
Veena	Seema Sara	Samir Rahul	Sara	Rahul Seema	Nominated	Shweta Samir	Khali Seema	Samir Shweta	Manoj, Seema	Shweta Samir	No Nominations	Khali Dolly	Ashmit to save	Evicted (Day 83)
Seema	Begum Sara	Aanchal Manoj	Hrishant	Samir Sara	Nominated	Dolly Ashmit	Ashmit Hrishant	House Captain	Ashmit Manoj	Veena Ashmit	No Nominations	Khali Veena	Evicted (Day 76)
Sara	Hrishant Aanchal	Rahul Seema	Veena	Samir Seema	Dolly, Samir	Veena Manoj	Khali Seema	Khali Veena	Manoj Ashmit	Khali Veena	Ashmit to save	Evicted (Day 69)
Manoj	Seema Abbas	Shweta Seema	Sara	House Captain	Nominated	Khali Ashmit	Sara Ashmit	Ashmit Hrishant	Ashmit Sara	Samir Sara	Evicted (Day 62)
Hrishant	Seema Abbas	Seema Samir	Veena	Samir Sara	Nominated	House Captain	Samir Khali	Shweta Samir	Shweta Samir	Evicted (Day 55)
Aanchal	Sakshi Sara	Samir Seema	Shweta	Sara Samir	Nominated	Dolly Shweta	Veena Sara	Evicted (Day 41)
Rahul	Veena Shweta	Veena Sara	House Captain	Veena Sara	Nominated	Veena Sara	Evicted (Day 34)
Begum	Seema Manoj	House Captain	Samir	Khali	Evicted (Day 20)
Sakshi	Seema, Hrishant	Hrishant Aanchal	Begum	Evicted (Day 13)
Abbas	Seema Begum	Seema, Veena	Evicted (Day 6)
Devinder	Nominated	Ejected (Day 2)
Against public vote	Abbas Devinder Hrishant Sara Seema	Sakshi Samir Seema	Begum Shweta Veena	Khali Samir Sara	Aanchal Hrishant Manoj Rahul Seema Shweta Veena	Aanchal Ashmit Dolly	Dolly Khali Sara	Ashmit Hrishant Samir Shweta Veena	Ashmit Manoj Veena	Samir Sara Veena	Samir Seema	Ashmit Khali Veena	Dolly Samir Shweta	Ashmit Dolly Khali Shweta
Ejected	Devinder	none					Dolly, Samir	none
Evicted	Abbas	Sakshi	Begum	Sara1	Rahul	Aanchal	Eviction Cancelled	Hrishant	Manoj	Sara	Seema	Veena	Samir	Dolly	Ashmit
														Khali	Shweta

  indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nominations process.

  indicates that the Housemate was granted immunity from nominations.

^1 Sara was fake evicted and sent to the secret room.

Ratings, reception and viewership

• According to data available with aMap, a television viewership monitoring agency, the opening episode of Bigg Boss 4 on Colors got a rating of 3.6. Season 3 had average rating of 2.43 while Bigg Boss 1 and Bigg Boss 2 had average ratings of 1.96 and 2.03. While Bigg Boss 1 was anchored by Arshad Warsi, Shilpa Shetty hosted Bigg Boss 2 and Amitabh Bachchan for Bigg Boss 3.
• This season was the highest rated season of Bigg Boss due to contestants like Dolly Bindra, Shweta Tiwari, Ashmit Patel, Veena Malik, Sara Khan adding a lot of entertainment and drama to the show. During the Sara-Ali wedding episode, the show received a TRP of 4.4 and when Dolly-Shweta-Sameer fight took place and Pamela Anderson entered the house, the show received a TRP of 4.8.
• The Grand Finale episode on 8 January 2011, received a TRP of 6.7, which was the highest among the finale of other Indian reality shows such as Kaun Banega Crorepati, Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega, MasterChef and DID –Li'l Masters.

Controversies

During the first week of the show's airing, activists of Shiv Sena, a political party, started protesting against the inclusion of Pakistani housemates in the show. After being evicted from the house, Rahul Bhatt claimed that Bigg Boss is scripted. In November 2010, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry served a notice on Colors, due to complaints of indecent exposure aired on national television, asking the channel to change the timings of the show from 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm. The channel later got a stay order from Bombay High Court allowing them to continue the telecast of the show during prime time.

External links

• Bigg Boss Season 4 Official Website