Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 12

Bigg Boss
Season 12
Presented by	Salman Khan
No. of days	105
No. of housemates	20
Winner	Dipika Kakar
Runner-up	Sreesanth Nair
No. of episodes	106
Release
Original network	Colors TV
Original release	16 September (2018-09-16) – 30 December 2018 (2018-12-30)
Season chronology

Bigg Boss 12, also known as Bigg Boss: Vichitra Jodis is the twelfth season of the Indian reality TV series Bigg Boss which is based on the Dutch series Big Brother, and premiered on 16 September 2018 on Colors. The launch episode was titled "Bigg Night". Salman Khan hosted the season for the ninth time. The grand finale of the show took place on 30 December 2018 when Dipika Kakar emerged as the winner.

Production

Background

Colors TV invited the general public to send their video clips through a streaming application called Voot on 15 April in order to audition for the show. It was later revealed by the show makers that this season of the show would feature contestants in pairs (any sort of pairs; friends, co-workers, spouses, siblings, etc.), therefore declaring the theme "Vichitra Jodis", which translates to "Strange Pairs".

Eye logo

The Bigg Boss "eye" is split, with red on one side and blue on the other; red representing fire and blue representing water.

House

House pictures were officially released on 16 September 2018; the House followed the theme of a "Beach House".

Bigg Boss: Outhouse

Four housemates entered the Bigg Boss Outhouse a day before the start of the show. The public had power to vote two housemate into the main house. Exclusive videos from the out-house were streaming on Voot from 15 September 2018. Surbhi Rana, Kriti Verma, Roshmi Banik and Mital Joshi were called into the house with a task called "Taala Khol", where one of the pairs were to be eliminated on the very first day of the show.

Housemates status

Sr	Housemate	Day entered	Day exited	Status
1	Dipika	Day 1	Day 105	Winner
2	Sreesanth	Day 1	Day 105	1st runner-up
3	Deepak	Day 1	Day 105	Walked, 2nd runner-up
4	Romil	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
		Day 15	Day 105	3rd runner-up
5	Karanvir	Day 1	Day 105	4th runner-up
6	Surbhi	Day 1		Evicted
		Day 14	Day 102	Evicted
7	Somi	Day 1	Day 98	Evicted
8	Rohit	Day 36	Day 91	Evicted
9	Jasleen	Day 1	Day 83	Evicted
10	Megha	Day 36	Day 83	Evicted
11	Srishty	Day 1	Day 70	Evicted
12	Shivashish	Day 1	Day 62	Ejected
13	Urvashi	Day 1	Day 49	Evicted by Housemates
14	Saba	Day 1	Day 42	Evicted
15	Anup	Day 1	Day 42	Evicted
16	Sourabh	Day 1	Day 35	Evicted
17	Neha	Day 1	Day 28	Evicted
18	Nirmal	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
19	Kriti	Day 1	Day 13	Evicted
20	Roshmi	Day 1	Day 13	Evicted
21	Mital	Day 1		Evicted

Housemates

Outhouse entrants

Housemates	Status
		Roshmi Banik	Entered the Main House
Kriti Verma	Entered the main house
Surbhi Rana	Evicted (Day 1)
Mital Joshi	Evicted (Day 1)

Original entrants

The participants in the order of appearance and entrance in the house are:

• Karanvir Bohra – Television and film actor. He is known for his performances in Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava?, Qubool Hai and Naagin 2. He was a contestant on Nach Baliye and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5.
• Sourabh Patel – Farmer.
• Shivashish Mishra – Businessman, model and actor. He had a role in SET show Sankat Mochan Mahabali Hanumaan.
• Dipika Kakar – Television and film actress. She is known for her portrayal of Simar Dwivedi Bhardwaj in the long-running soap opera Sasural Simar Ka on Colors TV. She participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 and Nach Baliye, before making her Bollywood debut with the patriotic drama film Paltan (2018).
• Romil Chaudhary – Lawyer from Haryana. He is also a rapper and reality television personality.
• Nirmal Singh – Policeman from Haryana.
• Neha Pendse – Television and film actress. She is known for her role of Sanjana in the Life OK comedy show May I Come In Madam?.
• Anup Jalota – Popular singer who has also sung occasionally for Hindi films.
• Jasleen Matharu – Singer. She made her singing debut with Sukhwinder Singh in the song "Naachunga Saari Raat".
• Srishty Rode – Television actress. She is known for playing Manjari in Yeh Ishq Haaye.
• Somi Khan – Actress, Sales manager.
• Saba Khan – Actress, Front office manager in Hotel.
• Deepak Thakur – Singer.
• Urvashi Vani – Singer.
• Kriti Verma – GST Inspector. She participated in the reality show MTV Roadies 15.
• Roshmi Banik – Businesswomen.
• Sreesanth Nair – Cricketer.

Wild card entrants

• Surbhi Rana – Dentist. She was a contestant on MTV Roadies 15.
• Megha Dhade – Television and Marathi film actress. She appeared in shows like Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Pehchaan and Kasturi. In 2018, she is the winner of Bigg Boss Marathi 1.
• Rohit Suchanti – Television actor. He is known for acting in Saath Nibhaana Saathiya and Rishta Likhenge Hum Naya.

Twists

Sultani Akhada

The season brought back the segment. Two housemates have to do physical tasks during the weekend ka vaar's with Salman Khan. There are two rounds. In the first round will be a debate between the two housemates and second will be a light wrestling match. Whoever succeeds these two rounds will be the winner and will get a power. In ended after week eleven.

Weeks	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Day 7	Day 14	Day 21	Day 28	Day 35	Day 42	Day 49	Day 56	Day 63	Day 70	Day 77
Participants for Sultani Akhada	Saba-Somi Dipika Srishty	Dipika Jasleen	Deepak Karanvir	Dipika Surbhi	Romil Sreesanth	Jasleen Shivashish Sreesanth Surbhi Deepak Romil	Karanvir Shivashish	Karanvir Sreesanth	Jasleen Srishty	Romil Surbhi	N/A
Winner	Dipika Srishty	Dipika	Karanvir	Surbhi	Romil	Jasleen Shivashish	Karanvir		Jasleen	Romil

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	Week 14	Week 15
		Day 1	Day 2			Day 22	Day 24	Day 25				Day 43	Day 49								Day 102	Day 105
Nominees for Captaincy		No Captain		Dipika Kriti & Roshmi	Karanvir Neha	Romil & Surbhi Saba & Somi Sourabh & Shivashish			Saba Somi Srishty		Shivashish Deepak	Deepak Megha Somi		Jasleen Sreesanth	Karanvir Megha Romil Somi	Romil Shivashish	Deepak Surbhi	Deepak Dipika Romil Surbhi	Rohit Surbhi	Dipika Deepak Surbhi	No Captain
House Captain				Kriti & Roshmi	Neha	Romil & Surbhi				Surbhi	Shivashish	Deepak		Sreesanth	Karanvir	Romil	Surbhi	No Captain	Surbhi
Captain's Nominations				Deepak Urvashi (to save)	No Nominations	No Nominations	Neha (to evict)	No Nominations	Shivashish (to save) Sourabh (to evict)		Not eligible	Sreesanth (to evict)	Urvashi (to evict)	Somi Rohit Jasleen Karanvir Deepak Surbhi Romil (to evict)	Not eligible	Not eligible	Dipika Jasleen Megha Romil Deepak (to evict)		Sreesanth (to save)	38:50 Mins
Jail Nominations		Karanvir Nirmal Romil		Dipika Nirmal Romil	Karanvir Neha Sreesanth	Srishty Shivashish Sourabh			Dipika Sreesanth Surbhi		Romil Shivashish Sreesanth	Karanvir Megha Rohit		Deepak Rohit Sreesanth	No Jail Punishment	Jasleen Megha Rohit	Deepak Surbhi	Deepak Romil Sreesanth	Deepak Rohit Romil	Deepak Karanvir Surbhi	Jail Tasks Ended
Vote to:		None	Evict			None	Evict	None	Evict		Task	Save	Evict			Save	None		Save / Evict	33-Min	None	WIN
Dipika		Not In House	Kriti Roshmi Shivashish Sourabh Saba Somi	Kriti Roshmi Anup Jasleen	Anup Jasleen	No Nominations	Sreesanth	No Nominations	Karanvir Jasleen Srishty		Approved	Sreesanth Karanvir	Urvashi	Surbhi	Dipika	Sreesanth (2x)	Not eligible	No Nominations	Karanvir (to evict)	45:45 Mins	No Nominations	No Nominations		Winner (Day 105)
Sreesanth		Not In House	Kriti Roshmi Shivashish Sourabh Saba Somi	Saba Somi Kriti Roshmi	Saba Somi	No Nominations	Nominated	Secret Room (Days 24–29)			Approved	Dipika Shivashish	Megha	House Captain	Sreesanth	Dipika	Not eligible	No Nominations	Dipika (to save)	Nominated	No Nominations	No Nominations		1st runner-up (Day 105)
	Deepak	Not In House	Dipika Srishty	Dipika Neha	Not eligible	No Nominations	Neha	No Nominations	Urvashi		Approved	House Captain		Not eligible	Deepak	Surbhi	Not eligible	No Nominations	Rohit (to evict)	42:23 Mins	No Nominations	No Nominations		Walked, 2nd runner-up (Day 105)
1	Romil	Not In House	Dipika Srishty	Neha Dipika	Exempt	House Captain					Approved	Somi Surbhi	Urvashi	Not eligible	Not eligible	House Captain	Not eligible	No Nominations	Not eligible	Nominated	No Nominations	No Nominations		3rd runner-up (Day 105)
				Evicted (Day 14)
Karanvir		Not In House	Kriti Roshmi Shivashish Sourabh Saba Somi	Saba Somi Kriti Roshmi	Deepak Urvashi	No Nominations	Nominated	No Nominations	Karanvir Jasleen Srishty		Approved	Srishty Urvashi	Urvashi	Not eligible	House Captain	Not eligible	Not eligible	No Nominations	Deepak (to save)	Nominated	No Nominations	No Nominations		4th runner-up (Day 105)
2	Surbhi	Out House	Evicted (Day 1)		Exempt	House Captain					Rejected	Romil Somi	Urvashi	Not eligible	Sreesanth	Somi	House Captain	No Nominations	House Captain		No Nominations	Evicted (Day 102)
		Not Selected
	Somi	Not In House	Dipika Srishty	Dipika Sreesanth	Not eligible	No Nominations	Neha	No Nominations	Saba		Approved	Surbhi Romil	Megha	Not eligible	Deepak	Not eligible	Not eligible	No Nominations	Romil (to save)	Nominated	Evicted (Day 98)
Rohit		Not In House									Exempt	Romil Surbhi	Nominated	Not eligible	Shivashish Rohit	Not eligible	Not eligible	No Nominations	Somi (to evict)	Evicted (Day 91)
	Jasleen	Not In House	Dipika Srishty	Dipika Srishty	Not eligible	No Nominations	Neha	No Nominations	Karanvir Jasleen Srishty		Approved	Shivashish Sreesanth	Nominated	Not eligible	Jasleen Srishty	Not eligible	Not eligible	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 83)
Megha		Not In House									Anup Saba Srishty Surbhi	Somi Dipika	Nominated	Deepak	Dipika	Not eligible	Not eligible	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 83)
Srishty		Not In House	Kriti Roshmi Shivashish Sourabh Saba Somi	Anup Jasleen Shivashish Sourabh	Not eligible	No Nominations	Neha	No Nominations	Karanvir Jasleen Srishty		Rejected	Karanvir Urvashi	Urvashi	Romil	Jasleen Srishty	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 70)
	Shivashish	Not In House	Dipika Srishty	Srishty Neha	Not eligible	No Nominations	Sreesanth	No Nominations	Shivashish		House Captain	Sreesanth Jasleen	Nominated	Somi	Shivashish Rohit	Ejected (Day 62)
	Urvashi	Not In House	Dipika Srishty	Dipika Neha	Not eligible	No Nominations	Neha	No Nominations	Urvashi		Approved	Srishty Sreesanth	Nominated	Evicted by Housemates (Day 49)
	Saba	Not In House	Dipika Srishty	Dipika Sreesanth	Not eligible	No Nominations	Neha	No Nominations	Saba		Rejected	Evicted (Day 42)
	Anup	Not In House	Dipika, Srishty	Dipika Srishty	Not eligible	Secret Room (Days 21–29)					Rejected	Evicted (Day 42)
	Sourabh	Not In House	Dipika Srishty	Srishty Neha	Not eligible	No Nominations	Sreesanth	No Nominations	Shivashish		Evicted (Day 35)
Neha		Not In House	Kriti Roshmi Shivashish Sourabh Saba Somi	Shivashish Sourabh Kriti Roshmi	House Captain	No Nominations	Nominated	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 28)
1	Nirmal	Not In House	Dipika Srishty	Neha Dipika	Evicted (Day 14)
	Kriti	Out House	Dipika Srishty	House Captain	Evicted (Day 13)
		Selected
	Roshmi	Out House	Dipika Srishty	House Captain	Evicted (Day 13)
		Selected
Mital		Out House	Evicted (Day 1)
		Not Selected
Notes		None	1	2, 3, 4	5	None
Against public votes		Kriti Mital Roshmi Surbhi	Dipika Srishty Kriti Roshmi Shivashish Sourabh Saba Somi	Dipika Karanvir Kriti Roshmi Nirmal Romil	Anup Jasleen Karanvir Sreesanth Srishty	Karanvir Neha Sreesanth		Karanvir Neha	Jasleen Karanvir Saba Sourabh Srishty Urvashi		Anup Saba Srishty Surbhi	Dipika Jasleen Karanvir Megha Rohit Sreesanth Shivashish Srishty Urvashi	Jasleen Megha Rohit Shivashish Urvashi	Deepak Romil Somi Surbhi	Deepak Dipika Jasleen Shivashish Sreesanth Srishty Rohit	Deepak Dipika Jasleen Karanvir Megha Rohit Srishty	Deepak Dipika Jasleen Megha Romil		Karanvir Somi Rohit	Deepak Dipika Karanvir Somi Sreesanth Romil	Deepak Dipika Karanvir Sreesanth Surbhi Romil	Deepak Dipika Karanvir Sreesanth Romil
Re-entered		none			Romil	none
					Surbhi
Secret Room		none				Anup				none
						Sreesanth
Ejected		none													Shivashish	none
Evicted		Mital	No Eviction	Kriti	No Eviction	Neha			Sourabh		Anup	Urvashi		No Eviction		Srishty	No Eviction	Jasleen	Rohit	Somi	Surbhi	Karanvir		Romil
				Roshmi																		Deepak
		Surbhi		Nirmal							Saba							Megha				Sreesanth			Dipika
				Romil

  indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction.

  indicates that the Housemate was immune prior to nominations.

  indicates the winner.

  indicates the first runner up.

  indicates the second runner up.

  indicates the third runner up.

  indicates the fourth runner up.

  indicates the contestant has been evicted.

  indicates the contestant walked out due to emergency.

  indicates the contestant has been ejected.

  house captain.

  indicates the contestant is nominated.

Nomination notes

• ^Note 1 : The single housemates had to nominate three pairs of the duo housemates and duo housemates had to nominate two of the single housemates. Single housemates chose Dipika and Srishty. Duo housemates chose Kriti, Roshmi; Shivashish, Sourabh and Saba, Somi.
• ^Note 2 : Kriti, Roshmi were not given immunity even after they were captains, due to not following house rules.
• ^Note 3 : Prior to nominations, Kriti, Roshmi had special power to immune a pair or a single from nominations.
• ^Note 4 : Singles were only allowed to nominate pairs and pairs were only allowed to nominate singles.
• ^Note 5 : Singles had to demand for something from the Jodi given by Bigg Boss, if the demand was satisfied Jodi was safe & single was nominated, but if not satisfied Jodi was nominated & signal was safe.

External links

• Official Website