Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series)
| Bigg Boss | |
|---|---|
 Logo used for the 17th season with host Salman Khan | |
| Based on | Big Brother |
| Presented by |
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| Voices of | Atul Kapoor |
| Narrated by | Vijay Vikram Singh |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 17 |
| No. of episodes | 1,864 |
| Production | |
| Production locations |
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| 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 |
| Related | |
| Bigg Boss OTT | |
Bigg Boss is an Indian Hindi-language 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 three spin-off versions.[1]
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 five toilet bathrooms. There is a storeroom, garden, pool, lounge room, activity area, medical room, smoking room, luggage area, dining area, jail 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 | |||
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| First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||||||||
| 1 | Arshad Warsi | Lonavala | 87 | 3 November 2006 | 26 January 2007 | Sony TV | 86 | 15 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | Rahul Roy | Carol Gracias | |
| 2 | Shilpa Shetty | 99 | 17 August 2008 | 22 November 2008 | Colors TV | 98 | 15 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | Ashutosh Kaushik | Raja Chaudhary | ||
| 3 | Amitabh Bachchan | 85 | 4 October 2009 | 26 December 2009 | 84 | 15 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | Vindu Dara Singh | Pravesh Rana | |||
| 4 | Salman Khan | 98 | 3 October 2010 | 8 January 2011 | 97 | 16 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | Shweta Tiwari | Dalip Singh Rana | |||
| 5 | Salman Khan
Sanjay Dutt | Karjat | 97 | 2 October 2011 | 7 January 2012 | 98 | 18 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | Juhi Parmar | Mahek Chahal | ||
| 6 | Salman Khan | Lonavala | 96 | 7 October 2012 | 12 January 2013 | 97 | 19 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Urvashi Dholakia | Imam Siddique | ||
| 7 | 105 | 15 September 2013 | 28 December 2013 | 105 | 20 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | 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$60,000) | Prince Narula | Rishabh Sinha | ||||
| 10 | 105 | 16 October 2016 | 29 January 2017 | 106 | 18 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Manveer Gurjar | Bani J | ||||
| 11 | 106 | 1 October 2017 | 14 January 2018 | 106 | 19 | ₹44 lakh (US$53,000) | Shilpa Shinde | Hina Khan | ||||
| 12 | 107 | 16 September 2018 | 30 December 2018 | 105 | 20 | ₹30 lakh (US$36,000) | Dipika Kakar | S. Sreesanth | ||||
| 13 | Film City, Mumbai | 139 | 29 September 2019 | 15 February 2020 | 141 | 21 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Sidharth Shukla | Asim Riaz | |||
| 14 | 142 | 3 October 2020 | 21 February 2021 | 142 | 23 | ₹36 lakh (US$43,000) | Rubina Dilaik | Rahul Vaidya | ||||
| 15 | 121 | 2 October 2021 | 30 January 2022 | 120 | 24 | ₹40 lakh (US$48,000) | Tejasswi Prakash | Pratik Sehajpal | ||||
| 16 | 135 | 1 October 2022 | 12 February 2023 | 134 | 17 | ₹31.8 lakh (US$38,000) | MC Stan | Shiv Thakare | ||||
| 17 | 106 | 15 October 2023 | 28 January 2024 | 106 | 21 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | 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 | ||||||||||
| HB | Farah Khan | Lonavala | 27 | 4 January 2015 | 31 January 2015 | 28 | 10 | ₹25 lakh (US$30,000) | 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 third season in 2024, hosted by Anil Kapoor and broadcast by JioCinema for the 24x7 live feed.
Housemate pattern
Clique S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 HB S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 S15 S16 S17 Reality Show Alumni — Ashutosh Kaushik — Sakshi Pradhan Sidharth Bhardwaj Mink Brar Candy Brar Renee Dhyani Dimpy Ganguli Prince Narula Bani Judge Benafsha Soonawalla Kriti Verma Paras Chhabra Shehzad Deol Pratik Sehajpal Shiv Thakare Munawar Faruqui — — — — Pooja Misrra Vishal Karwal — Dimpy Ganguli — Priya Malik — Priyank Sharma Surbhi Rana — Naina Singh Simba Nagpal Miesha Iyer Samarth Jurel — — — — — — — — — Rishabh Sinha — — — — — — — — LGBT Bobby Darling — Rohit Verma Begum Ali Laxmi Tripathi Imam Siddiqui Andy Kumar Sushant Divgikar — Kawaljit Singh — Vikas Gupta — — Vikas Gupta Rajiv Adatia — Navid Sole — — — — — — Viveik Mishra — — — — Sabyasachi Sathpathy — — — Nishant Bhat — — Pageant Winner Aryan Vaid Diana Hayden Aditi Govitrikar — Shonali Nagrani — Gauahar Khan Sushant Divgikar — Rochelle Rao Lopamudra Raut Lucinda Nicholas — — — — Manya Singh Manasvi Mamgai — — — — Vida Samadzai — — — — — — — — — — — Archana Gautam — On the Wrong Side of the Law — Monica Bedi — Davender Singh — Aseem Trivedi — — Rahul Mahajan Aman Verma Swami Om Zubair Khan — — Rahul Mahajan — — — — Rahul Mahajan — Abbas Kazmi — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Item Girl Rakhi Sawant Sambhavna Seth Sherlyn Chopra Veena Malik Mahek Chahal Sana Khan Hazel Keech Natasa Stankovic Sambhavna Seth Nora Fatehi Antara Biswas Arshi Khan — Koena Mitra Rakhi Sawant Rakhi Sawant Gori Nagori — — — — — — — Gauahar Khan — Mahek Chahal — — Sapna Chaudhary — Shefali Jariwala Arshi Khan — — — — — — — — — — — Sana Khan — — — — — — — — — International Star — Jade Goody Claudia Ciesla Begum Ali Sunny Leone — Elli Avram Natasa Stankovic — Mandana Karimi Jason Shah Lucinda Nicholas — — — — Abdu Rozik Navid Sole — — — — — — Sofia Hayat — — — — — — — — — — Aoora Park Seasoned Model Anupama Verma Zulfi Syed Pravesh Rana Anchal Kumar Shraddha Sharma Niketan Madhok Asif Azim Diandra Soares — Mandana Karimi Jason Shah Lucinda Nicholas — 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 — — — — — — — Nigaar Khan — — — — — Arhaan Khan — Umar Riaz Archana Gautam Ayesha Khan — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Sahil Shroff — — Soap star Amit Sadh Ketki Dave Bakhtiyar Irani Shweta Tiwari Juhi Parmar Urvashi Dholakia Pratyusha Banerjee Karishma Tanna Karishma Tanna Kishwer Merchant Karan Mehra Hina Khan Karanvir Bohra Sidharth Shukla Aly Goni Karan Kundrra Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia Aishwarya Sharma Rupali Ganguly Rakhi Vijan Tannaz Irani Sara Khan Amar Upadhyay Sayantani Ghosh Kamya Panjabi Sargun Mehta Gautam Gulati Ankit Gera Gaurav Chopra Hiten Tejwani Dipika Kakar Devoleena Bhattacharjee Rubina Dilaik Tejasswi Prakash Priyanka Chahar Choudhary Neil Bhatt — — — — Akashdeep Saigal Aashka Goradia Kushal Tandon Gautam Gulati — Digangana Suryavanshi Rohan Mehra Shilpa Shinde Srishty Rode Mahira Sharma Eijaz Khan Donal Bisht Ankit Gupta Ankita Lokhande — — — — — Rajev Paul Shilpa Saklani Sukirti Kandpal — Vikas Bhalla — — Neha Pendse Vishal Aditya Singh Nishant Singh Malkani Rashami Desai Gautam Vig Rinku Dhawan — — — — — — Ratan Rajput Praneet Bhat — Roopal Tyagi — — Rohit Suchanti Rashami Desai Kavita Kaushik Jay Bhanushali Shalin Bhanot Abhishek Kumar — — — — — — — Deepshikha Nagpal — — — — — Paras Chhabra Devoleena Bhattacharjee Vishal Kotian Sumbul Touqeer Isha Malviya — — — — — — — Soni Singh — — — — — Dalljiet Kaur Abhinav Shukla Vidhi Pandya Sreejita De Samarth Jurel — — — — — — — — — — — — — Arti Singh Jasmin Bhasin Simba Nagpal Tina Datta Ayesha Khan — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Pavitra Punia Raqesh Bapat Vikkas Manaktala — Film Star Ravi Kishan Payal Rohatgi Shamita Shetty Ashmit Patel Akashdeep Saigal Dinesh Lal Yadav Tanishaa Mukerji Sonali Raut Sambhavna Seth Rimi Sen Rahul Dev — Megha Dhade Khesari Lal Yadav Abhinav Shukla Jay Bhanushali Sumbul Touqeer Mannara Chopra Deepak Tijori Raja Chaudhary Poonam Dhillon Samir Soni Shakti Kapoor Delnaaz Irani Armaan Kohli Aarya Babbar Ajaz Khan Aman Verma Antara Biswas — Jasleen Matharu Sidharth Shukla Sara Gurpal Shamita Shetty Sreejita De Ankita Lokhande Kashmira Shah Sambhavna Seth Vindu Dara Singh Dolly Bindra Pooja Bedi Sayantani Ghosh Apurva Agnihotri Upen Patel — Yuvika Chaudhary Elena Kazan — Neha Pendse Koena Mitra Kashmira Shah Sahil Shroff Tina Datta Manasvi Mamgai Rahul Roy — — Rahul Bhatt Pooja Misrra Santosh Shukla Ajaz Khan Minissha Lamba — Vikas Bhalla — — — Himanshi Khurana Nikki Tamboli Karan Kundrra Archana Gautam Ayesha Khan Deepak Parashar — — — — — — Puneet Issar — Keith Sequeira — — — Rashami Desai Sonali Phogat Raqesh Bapat Soundarya Sharma — — — — — — — — — — Puneet Vashist — — — — — Rashami Desai — — — — — — — — — — — Rishabh Sinha — — — — — — — — Singer Baba Sehgal Debojit Saha Ismail Darbar Manoj Tiwari Raageshwari Loomba — — Ali Quli Mirza Ali Quli Mirza Arvind Vegda — Pooja Jain Anup Jalota Khesari Lal Yadav Rahul Vaidya Akasa Singh Abdu Rozik Firoza Khan — — — — — — — — — — — Akash Dadlani Deepak Thakur Shehnaaz Gill Jaan Kumar Sanu Afsana Khan MC Stan Aoora Park — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Neha Bhasin — — Sportsperson Salil Ankola — Vinod Kambli Dalip Singh Sonika Kaliraman Navjot Singh Sidhu Sangram Singh — — — — — Sreesanth Nair — — — — — Comedian — Ahsaan Qureshi Raju Srivastav Veena Malik — — Vrajesh Hirjee Rajat Rawail — — — — — Arti Singh — — Sajid Khan Munawar Faruqui Politically Acclaimed Sanjay Nirupam — Seema Parihar Sampat Pal Devi — — — — — — — — — Tehseen Poonawala Sonali Phogat Abhijit Bichukale Archana Gautam — Dancer — — — — Gulabo Sapera — — — — — — Priyank Sharma Srishty Rode — — Nishant Bhat Gori Nagori — TV Presenter — — — — Mandeep Bevli — Andy Kumar Pritam Singh Pritam Singh — — Benafsha Soonawalla — Shefali Bagga Shardul Pandit Jay Bhanushali Sajid Khan Jigna Vora — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Karan Kundrra — — Fashion Designer — — — — — Sapna Bhavnani — Diandra Soares — Kawaljit Singh — — — — — — — — YouTube Sensation — — — — — — — — — — — Pooja Jain — Vikas Pathak — — — Munawar Faruqui — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Anurag Dobhal — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Sunny Arya — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Arun Srikanth Mashettey Writer — — — — — — — — — — — Vikas Gupta — Siddhartha Dey — — — — Radio Jockey — — — — — — — Pritam Singh Pritam Singh — — — — — Shardul Pandit — — — Non-Celebrity Ragini Shetty Alina Wadiwala Kamaal Rashid Khan — Nihita Biswas Kashif Qureshi Anita Advani — — — Swami Om Akash Dadlani Sourabh Patel — — Ritesh Kumar — Sana Raees Khan — — Jaya Sawant — — — — — — — Manveer Gurjar Arshi Khan Shivashish Mishra — — — — Vicky Jain — — — — — — — — — — Nitibha Kaul Bandagi Kalra Somi Khan — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Lokesh Sharma Jyoti Kumari Nirmal Singh — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Akanksha Sharma Puneesh Sharma Saba Khan — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Manu Punjabi Luv Tyagi Romil Chaudhary — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Priyanka Jagga Sabyasachi Satpahty Deepak Thakur — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Navin Prakash Sshivani Durga Urvashi Vani — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Zubair Khan Roshmi Banik — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Mehjabi Siddiqui Mital Joshi — — — — — Winner Runner-up Finalist Winner Rahul Roy Ashutosh Kaushik Vindu Dara Singh Shweta Tiwari Juhi Parmar Urvashi Dholakia Gauahar Khan Gautam Gulati Prince Narula Manveer Gurjar Shilpa Shinde Dipika Kakar Sidharth Shukla Rubina Dilaik Tejasswi Prakash MC Stan Munawar Faruqui Runner-up Carol Gracias Raja Chaudhary Pravesh Rana The Great Khali Mahek Chahal Imam Siddiqui Tanishaa Mukerji Karishma Tanna Rishabh Sinha Bani Judge Hina Khan Sreesanth Asim Riaz Rahul Vaidya Pratik Sehajpal Shiv Thakare Abhishek Kumar
Controversies
Other media
References
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External links
- "Bigg Boss" at IMDb
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