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Bigg Boss is an Indian reality show franchise based on the Dutch reality show Big Brother . It is produced by Endemol Shine India (now merged with Banijay) through Viacom18 and Disney Star Networks. Subsequently, the various versions of the show are made internationally available through the OTT platforms JioCinema, and Disney+ Hotstar with 24/7 live stream.

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Bigg Boss originally started in the Hindi language, and has since been extended into seven Indian languages, including Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Malayalam.

Overview

There have been seven versions of the show in different languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent. The first show of the franchise was Bigg Boss in Hindi, which debuted in 2006 through Sony TV, and from season two onwards it moved to and continues on Colors TV. In 2013, the franchise extended its presence in Kannada through Colors Kannada and Bengali through ETV Bangla, later rebranded as Colors Bangla. In 2017, it extended its presence in Tamil through Star Vijay and in Telugu through Star Maa. In 2018, it ventured into Marathi through Colors Marathi and into Malayalam through Asianet.

Though only celebrities were selected to be as housemates in the initial seasons, members of the general public have been chosen to be on the show in the latest seasons of Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam versions of the show. [1] [2] [3]

Synopsis

Contestants called "housemates" live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world. Housemates are voted out, usually on a weekly basis, until only one remains and wins the cash prize. During their stay in the house, contestants are continuously monitored by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones.

The program relies on techniques such as a scripted back-to-basics environment, evictions, weekly tasks, competitions set by Bigg Boss, and the “confession room” where housemates converse with Bigg Boss and nominate the housemates they wish to evict from the house. The housemates with the most nominations are then announced, and viewers are given the opportunity to vote via SMS or online through social media and smartphone applications for the nominee they wish to save from eviction. The last person standing is declared the winner.

The contestants are required to indulge in housework and are assigned tasks by the omnipresent authority figure known to them as Bigg Boss. The tasks are designed to test the teamwork abilities and community spirit of the housemates. The luxury budget is a weekly allowance to buy luxury food items other than the supplied essentials which depend on the outcome of assigned tasks.

History

Creation

Bigg Boss is a Hindi language adaptation of Big Brother created in Netherlands by John de Mol Jr., largely based on the Celebrity Big Brother model owned by the Endemol Shine Group. The show was named Bigg Boss and a house was constructed for the show at Lonavla for season one to four and six to twelve, in Karjat for season five and in Goregaon from season thirteen onwards. Bigg Boss debuted on television in 2006 through Sony TV with Arshad Warsi as the host. The show gained popularity after Shilpa Shetty emerged as the winner in Big Brother 5 and replaced Warsi as the host in the second season of Bigg Boss. [4] From the second season, the show's broadcast moved to Viacom 18's Colors TV. For third season Amitabh Bachchan hosted the show respectively and Salman Khan continued as a host from fourth season onwards, while Sanjay Dutt also hosted for fifth season along with Salman Khan. Farah Khan hosted the spin off season of eighth season in absence of main host Salman Khan.

Expansion

The show's acceptance and success among the Indian audience paved way for its expansion into other Indian languages. [5] After the sixth season wrapped in 2013, Kannada and Bengali adaptations were created by Endemol through ETV Network. [6] Sudeep hosted the Kannada version, and Mithun Chakraborty and Jeet hosted the Bengali version. [7] While the Kannada version continued with new seasons annually, similar to Hindi, the Bengali version completed only two seasons in six years and did not turn out to be as successful. [8]

In 2017, upon completion of ten seasons in Hindi, four seasons in Kannada and two seasons in Bengali, Endemol Shine India extended its presence in South India by creating Tamil and Telugu versions of the show with Star India. The Tamil version was hosted by Kamal Haasan, [9] while the Telugu version started with Jr NTR as the host, and later for the second season Nani became the host. From the third season onwards Nagarjuna became the host. [10] [11] [12] In 2018, the show was adapted into Marathi under Viacom 18 and hosted by Mahesh Manjrekar later from fifth season Riteish Deshmukh hosted show. [13] The next language adaptation was Malayalam , which was produced by Star India and hosted by Mohanlal. In 2021, another version was adopted called Bigg Boss OTT . Its episodes were shown on Voot later on JioCinema and hosted by Karan Johar, Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor. [14] [15] [16]

Versions

  Currently airing – 3
  Upcoming for airing – 0
  Recently concluded – 3
  No longer airing – 1
LanguageShowSeason/ YearOfficial NameHost(s)Network(s)
(Primary/OTT)
PremiereFinaleDaysHousematesPrize MoneyVoice of
Bigg Boss
House
Location
Winner(s)Runner-Up(s)
Hindi
(हिन्दी)
Bigg Boss Hindi 1
(2006–07)
Bigg Boss: Kadi Nazar, Solid Assarr Arshad Warsi Sony TV 3 November 200626 January 200786151 crore (US$120,000) Atul Kapoor Lonavala, Pune Rahul Roy Carol Gracias
2
(2008)
Bigg Boss 2 Shilpa Shetty Colors TV,
Voot
17 August 200822 November 200898 Ashutosh Kaushik Raja Chaudhary
3
(2009)
Bigg Boss 3 Amitabh Bachchan 4 October 200926 December 200985 Vindu Dara Singh Pravesh Rana
4
(2010–11)
Bigg Boss 4 Salman Khan 3 October 20108 January 20119616 Shweta Tiwari Dalip Singh Rana aka The Great Khali
5
(2011–12)
Bigg Boss 5: Five-Five! Five-Five! Five-Five! Sanjay Dutt
Salman Khan
2 October 20117 January 20129818 ND Studios, Karjat Juhi Parmar Mahek Chahal
6
(2012–13)
Bigg Boss 6: Alag Che Salman Khan 7 October 201212 January 2013971950 lakh (US$60,000) Lonavala, Pune Urvashi Dholakia Imam Siddique
7
(2013)
Bigg Boss 7: Saath Saat15 September 201328 December 201310520 Gauahar Khan Tanishaa Mukerji
8
(2014–15)
Bigg Boss 8: Sabki Lagegi Waat!21 September 20143 January 201519Season extended; Declared in Halla Bol
9
(2015–16)
Bigg Boss 9 : Double Trouble11 October 201523 January 201620 Prince Narula Rishabh Sinha
10
(2016–17)
Bigg Boss 10: India Isse Apna Hi Ghar Samjho16 October 201628 January 201718Manveer Gurjar Bani Judge
11
(2017–18)
Bigg Boss 11: Padosi Bajayenge Barah1 October 201714 January 20181944 lakh (US$53,000) [17] Shilpa Shinde Hina Khan
12
(2018)
Bigg Boss 12: Vichitra Jodis16 September 201830 December 20182130 lakh (US$36,000) Dipika Kakar S. Sreesanth
13
(2019–20)
Bigg Boss 13 : Tedah29 September 201915 February 202014050 lakh (US$60,000) Film City, Mumbai Sidharth Shukla Asim Riaz
14
(2020–21)
Bigg Boss 14 : Ab Scene Paltega Colors TV,
Voot
(24/7 Live Stream)
3 October 202021 February 20212236 lakh (US$43,000) Rubina Dilaik Rahul Vaidya
15
(2021–22)
Bigg Boss 15: Sankat In Jungle2 October 202130 January 20221192440 lakh (US$48,000) Tejasswi Prakash Pratik Sehajpal
16
(2022–23)
Bigg Boss 16: Game Badlega, Kyunki Bigg Boss Khud Khelega1 October 202212 February 20231331731.8 lakh (US$38,000)MC Stan Shiv Thakare
17
(2023–24)
Bigg Boss 17: Dil, Dimaag Aur Dum Ka Game Colors TV,
JioCinema
(24/7 Live Stream)
15 October 202328 January 20241052150 lakh (US$60,000) Munawar Faruqui Abhishek Kumar
18
(2024–25)
Bigg Boss 18: Time Ka Tandav6 October 2024TBATBA23TBATBA
Bigg Boss Halla Bol 1
(2015)
Bigg Boss Halla Bol Farah Khan Colors TV,
Voot
3 January 201531 January 20152810₹50 lakh (US$63,000) Atul Kapoor Lonavala, Pune Gautam Gulati Karishma Tanna
Bigg Boss OTT 1
(2021)
Bigg Boss Over-The-Top Karan Johar Voot
(24/7 Live Stream)
8 August 202118 September 2021421325 lakh (US$30,000) Atul Kapoor Film City, Mumbai Divya Agarwal Nishant Bhat
2
(2023)
Bigg Boss Over-The-Top 2 Salman Khan JioCinema
(24/7 Live Stream)
17 June 202314 August 20235715 Elvish Yadav Abhishek Malhan
3
(2024)
Bigg Boss Over-The-Top 3 Anil Kapoor 21 June 20242 August 20244217 Sana Makbul Naezy
Kannada
(ಕನ್ನಡ)
Bigg Boss
Kannada
1
(2013)
Bigg Boss Sudeep ETV Kannada 24 March 201330 June 2013981550 lakh (US$60,000) Amit Bhargav Lonavala, Pune Vijay Raghavendra Arun Sagar
2
(2014)
Bigg Boss 2 Asianet Suvarna 29 June 20145 October 2014 Akul Balaji Srujan Lokesh
3
(2015–16)
Bigg Boss 3 Colors Kannada ,
Voot
25 October 201531 January 201618B M VenkateshInnovative Film City, Bangalore Shruti Chandan Kumar
4
(2016–17)
Bigg Boss 49 October 201629 January 2017112Srinivas PrasadPrathamKeerthi Kumar
5
(2017–18)
Bigg Boss 5 Colors Super,
Voot
15 October 201728 January 201810519 Chandan Shetty Diwakar
6
(2018–19)
Bigg Boss 621 October 201827 January 20199820Shashi KumarNaveen Sajju
7
(2019–20)
Bigg Boss 7 Colors Kannada,
Voot
13 October 20192 February 2020112Shine Shetty Kuri Prathap
8
(2021)
Bigg Boss 8 Colors Kannada,
Voot
(24/7 Live Stream)
28 February 20219 May 202170Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [18]
Bigg Boss 8 Second Innings23 June 20218 August 20214712Manju Pavagada Aravind KP
9
(2022)
Bigg Boss 924 September 202231 December 20229818 Roopesh Shetty Rakesh Adiga
10
(2023–24)
Bigg Boss 10: Happy Bigg Boss Colors Kannada,
JioCinema
(24/7 Live Stream)
8 October 202328 January 202411221Ramohalli, Bangalore Karthik MaheshDrone Prathap
11
(2024–25)
Bigg Boss 11: Svarga - Naraka Colors Kannada,
JioCinema
29 September 2024TBATBA18TBATBA
Bigg Boss Mini Season1
(2021)
Bigg Boss Mini Season Sudeep Colors Kannada,
Voot
14 August 20215 September 2021615₹50 lakh (US$63,000)Srinivas PrasadInnovative Film City, Bangalore This season contains No Winners
Bigg Boss OTT 1
(2022)
Bigg Boss OTT Sudeep Voot
(24/7 Live Stream)
6 August 202216 September 202242165 lakh (US$6,000)Srinivas PrasadInnovative Film City, Bangalore Roopesh Shetty
Bengali
(বাংলা)
Bigg Boss
Bangla
1
(2013)
Bigg Boss Mithun Chakraborty ETV Bangla 17 June 201314 September 2013901520 lakh (US$24,000)N/A Lonavala, Pune Aneek Dhar Rudranil Ghosh
2
(2016)
Bigg Boss 2 Jeet Colors Bangla,
Voot
4 April 201615 July 2016981635 lakh (US$42,000)Joyjit BanerjeePriya Paul
Tamil
(தமிழ்)
Bigg Boss
Tamil
1
(2017)
Bigg Boss Kamal Haasan Star Vijay,
Disney+ Hotstar
25 June 201730 September 2017981950 lakh (US$60,000)Satiiysh SaarathyEVP Film City, Chennai Arav Nafeez Snehan
2
(2018)
Bigg Boss 217 June 201830 September 201810517 Riythvika Aishwarya Dutta
3
(2019)
Bigg Boss 323 June 20196
October 2019
Mugen Rao Sandy
4
(2020–21)
Bigg Boss 44 October 202017 January 202118 Aari Arujunan Balaji Murugadoss
5
(2021–22)
Bigg Boss 53 October 202116 January 202220 Raju Jeyamohan Priyanka Deshpande
6
(2022–23)
Bigg Boss 6 Star Vijay,
Disney+ Hotstar
(24/7 Live Stream)
9 October 202222 January 202321 Mohammed Azeem Vikraman Radhakrishnan
7
(2023–24)
Bigg Boss 71 October 202314 January 202423 Archana Ravichandran Manichandra
8
(2024–25)
Bigg Boss 8 Vijay Sethupathi 6 October 202419 January 202524TBATBA
Bigg Boss Ultimate 1
(2022)
Bigg Boss Ultimate Silambarasan Disney+ Hotstar
(24/7 Live Stream)
30 January 202210 April 2022701635 lakh (US$42,000)Satiiysh SaarathyEVP Film City, Chennai Balaji MurugadossNiroop Nandakumar
Telugu
(తెలుగు)
Bigg Boss
Telugu
1
(2017)
Bigg Boss Jr NTR Star Maa,
Disney+ Hotstar
16 July 201724 September 2017701650 lakh (US$60,000)Radha Krishna Lonavala, Pune Siva Balaji Aadarsh Balakrishna
2
(2018)
Bigg Boss 2 Nani 10 June 201830 September 201811218 Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad Kaushal Manda Geetha Madhuri
3
(2019)
Bigg Boss 3 Nagarjuna 21 July 20193 November 201910517 Rahul Sipligunj Sreemukhi
4
(2020)
Bigg Boss 46 September 202020 December 20201925 lakh (US$30,000) [19] Abijeet Akhil Sarthak
5
(2021)
Bigg Boss 55 September 202119 December 202150 lakh (US$60,000) [20] VJ Sunny Shanmukh Jaswanth
6
(2022)
Bigg Boss 6 Star Maa,
Disney+ Hotstar
(24/7 Live Stream)
4 September 202218 December 20222110 lakh (US$12,000) [21] L. V. Revanth Shrihan
7
(2023)
Bigg Boss 7: Ulta Pulta3 September 202317 December 20231935 lakh (US$42,000)Pallavi PrasanthAmardeep Chowdary
8
(2024)
Bigg Boss 8: Limitless1 September 202415 December 20242255 lakh (US$66,000)Nikhil MaliyakkalGautham Krishna
Bigg Boss Non-Stop 1
(2022)
Bigg Boss Non-Stop Nagarjuna Disney+ Hotstar
(24/7 Live Stream)
26 February 202221 May 2022841840 lakh (US$48,000)Radha Krishna Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad Bindu Madhavi Akhil Sarthak
Marathi
(मराठी)
Bigg Boss
Marathi
1
(2018)
Bigg Boss मराठी Mahesh Manjrekar Colors Marathi,
Voot
15 April 201822 July 2018981875 lakh (US$90,000)Ratnakar Tardalkar Lonavala, Pune Megha Dhade Pushkar Jog
2
(2019)
Bigg Boss मराठी 226 May 20191 September 201917 Film City, Mumbai Shiv Thakare Neha Shitole
3
(2021)
Bigg Boss मराठी 3 Colors Marathi,
Voot
(24/7 Live Stream)
19 September 202126 December 202140 lakh (US$48,000) Vishal Nikam Jay Dudhane
4
(2022–23)
Bigg Boss मराठी 42 October 20228 January 20231950 lakh (US$60,000) Akshay Kelkar Apurva Nemlekar
5
(2024)
Bigg Boss मराठी 5 Riteish Deshmukh Colors Marathi,
JioCinema
28 July 20246 October 2024701614.6 lakh (US$17,000)Suraj Chavan Abhijeet Sawant
Malayalam
(മലയാളം)
Bigg Boss
Malayalam
1
(2018)
Bigg Boss Mohanlal Asianet,
Disney+ Hotstar
24 June 201830 September 201898181 crore (US$120,000)Raghu Raj Lonavala, Pune Sabumon Abdusamad Pearle Maaney
2
(2020)
Bigg Boss 25 January 202020 March 20207423EVP Film City, Chennai Cancelled due to rise of COVID-19 pandemic in India [22]
3
(2021)
Bigg Boss 314 February 202120 May 2021 [23] 951875 lakh (US$90,000) Manikuttan Sai Vishnu
1 August 2021 [24]
4
(2022)
Bigg Boss 4 Asianet,
Disney+ Hotstar
(24/7 Live Stream)
27 March 20223 July 2022982050 lakh (US$60,000) Film City, Mumbai Dilsha Prasannan Blesslee
5
(2023)
Bigg Boss 526 March 20232 July 202321Akhil MararReneesha Rehman
6
(2024)
Bigg Boss 610 March 202416 June 202425EVP Film City, Chennai Jinto BodycraftArjun Syam Gopan

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Summary

Bigg Boss Hindi

Bigg Boss is the Hindi-language and the first version of the franchise. [25] The first season premiered in 2006 on Sony TV [26] It was hosted by Arshad Warsi. [27] The prize money was 1 crore (US$120,000) [28] The license for Bigg Boss was acquired by Viacom 18 and the next season was aired on Colors TV with Shilpa Shetty as the host. [29] Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan was roped in to play host for the third season while Salman Khan appeared as the host in the fourth season. [30] [31] The fifth season was jointly hosted by Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan while Khan alone continues to host the show consecutively since sixth season until present. [32] [33] [34] [35] A lavish purpose-built house, with annual modifications was built in Lonavala, Mumbai for the show. [36] A new house was built at ND Studios in Karjat, Pune for the fifth season. [37] The house at Lonavala was rebuilt and used again from the sixth season. [38] The prize was reduced to 50 lakh (US$60,000) since the fifth season. [39] A spin off series, Bigg Boss: Halla Bol was launched and merged into the eighth season with five finalists from the eighth season and five previous runner ups which was hosted by Farah Khan. [40] All subsequent seasons were then hosted by Salman Khan.

Bigg Boss OTT (or Bigg Boss: Over-The-Top), a spin-off Indian Hindi-language reality digital series of the show Bigg Boss that aired exclusively on Viacom 18's streaming service platform Voot (Season 1) and JioCinema (Season 2 and 3). The digital edition's Season 1 was hosted by Karan Johar and the show premiered its first season on 8 August 2021, Season 2 was hosted by Salman Khan which premiered on 17 June 2023 and Season 3 was hosted by Anil Kapoor which premiered on 21 June 2024.

Atul Kapoor has been the voice of Bigg Boss since the first season for both versions. [41]

Bigg Boss Kannada

Bigg Boss Kannada is the Kannada version of the Bigg Boss reality TV show [42] and it was the first south Indian adaptation [43] [44] of Bigg Boss. Actor Sudeep was roped in by ETV Kannada [6] to play the host [45] of the show for the first season in 2013 and for second season Star India acquired the license of the show and aired on Suvarna [46] with Sudeep continuing his role as the host of the show. The Bigg Boss house at Lonavala which was used for the Hindi version was also used for the first two seasons of Bigg Boss Kannada . A new and bigger house was constructed at Innovative Film City in Bidadi, Bengaluru and is being used since the third season. [47] Sudeep's contract to host the show was extended [48] to five seasons starting with the third season which returned [49] to Viacom 18's Colors Kannada. The fifth season moved [50] to Colors Super, a sister channel of Colors Kannada. It is notable that the Kannada version is the only adaptation where the host, Sudeep alone would be hosting the show for nine consecutive seasons. All the seasons so far have had 50 lakh (US$60,000) [51] as the prize money. Commoners were allowed to be a part of the show from the fifth season through auditions. [52] Three artists have been the 'voice' of Bigg Boss as of fifth season - Amit Bhargav for the first two, B M Venkatesh for the third and Srinivas Prasad since the fourth season.

Bigg Boss OTT (or Bigg Boss: Over-The-Top), a spin-off Indian Kannada-language reality digital series of the show Bigg Boss that aired exclusively on Viacom 18's streaming service platform Voot. The digital edition hosted by Sudeepa and the show premiered its first season on 6 August 2022.

Bigg Boss Bangla

Bigg Boss Bangla is the Bengali version of the show [53] which was produced by ETV Bangla with Mithun Chakraborty as the host [54] while the first season of the Kannada version was wrapping up in 2013. The second season was aired on Colors Bangla in 2016 and was hosted by Bengali actor Jeet. [55] The Lonavala house used for Hindi version was used [56] in both seasons and the prize money for the show has been lesser than the other adaptations with 20 lakh (US$24,000) [57] and 35 lakh (US$42,000) [58] respectively for the first and second seasons. This is the only adaptation of the show that does not follow the annual format and the seasons have been produced once in 3 years. The reality show however has been discontinued after season 2 but a leading Bengali TV channel is planning to launch its new season and discussion about copyright issues is still on and show makers are yet to finalise it. [59]

Bigg Boss Tamil

Bigg Boss Tamil is the Tamil version [60] of the show and the second south Indian adaptation of Bigg Boss. Star India produced the show in 2017 with Kamal Haasan as the host [61] on Star Vijay. [62] This has been the only version to have none of its seasons shot at Lonavala. The house was constructed at EVP Film City, Chennai and is being used since the first season. [63] All the three seasons so far have had 50 lakh (US$60,000) [64] as the prize money. Halfway through season 5, the main host actor Kamal Haasan fell ill and was replaced by actress Ramya Krishnan to host the show until he recovered. [65]

Bigg Boss Ultimate , a spin-off Indian Tamil-language reality digital series of the show Bigg Boss that aired exclusively on Disney Star's streaming service platform Disney+ Hotstar. The digital edition hosted by Kamal Haasan but later he replaced by Silambarasan and the show premiered its first season on 30 January 2022.

Bigg Boss Telugu

Bigg Boss Telugu is the Telugu version of the Bigg Boss reality TV show and telecasted by Star Maa in 2017. The first season Jr NTR is being hosted the show and the Lonavala house was used for the show. The second season was hosted by Nani. From third season onwards Nagarjuna continued as a host for the show. Ramya Krishnan and Samantha Akkineni appeared as a guest host in Season 3 and Season 4 respectively in the absence of main host. From second season onwards a newly built house was constructed at Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad is being used for the show. All the Seasons so far have had 50 lakh (US$60,000) as the prize money.

Bigg Boss Non-Stop , a spin-off Indian Telugu-language reality digital series of the show Bigg Boss that aired exclusively on Disney Star's streaming service platform Disney+ Hotstar. The digital edition hosted by Nagarjuna and the show premiered its first season on 26 February 2022.

Bigg Boss Marathi

Bigg Boss Marathi is the Marathi version of the show and the first season is being aired on Viacom 18's Colors Marathi. [66] The Lonavala house is being used [67] for this version and Mahesh Manjrekar is playing the host. [68] [69] From the 2nd season onwards house is made in Goregaon film city, Mumbai. This is the first and only adaptation of Bigg Boss so far to have its language affiliation in the show's official name. The prize money is announced to be 50 lakh (US$60,000).

Bigg Boss Malayalam

Bigg Boss Malayalam is the Malayalam adaptation of Bigg Boss, produced by Star India and broadcast on Asianet. [70] Veteran actor Mohanlal has been roped to host the show and the Lonavala house was used for the first season. The prize money for the first season was announced to be ₹ 1 crore (US$140,000). All episodes of the show are available on the ott Disney+ Hotstar digital platform. [71] For second, third and sixth seasons, house shifted to EVP Film City in Chennai. The fourth and fifth seasons, the house being in Film City, Mumbai.

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<i>Bigg Boss</i> (Telugu TV series) season 1 Season of television series

Bigg Boss 1 is the first season of the Telugu-language version of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss. was premiered on 16 July 2017 on Star Maa. Jr NTR hosted the show. For this season of Bigg Boss, a lavish house set was constructed in Lonavala. Siva Balaji was the winner. The prize money for the winner was Rs. 50 lakhs.

<i>Bigg Boss</i> (Telugu TV series) season 4 Telugu reality television series

Bigg Boss 4 is the fourth season of the Telugu version of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss based on Dutch series Big Brother. The show premiered on 6 September 2020 on Star Maa and Disney+ Hotstar with Nagarjuna hosting the season for the second time, while Samantha appeared as a guest host for a week.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nikki Tamboli</span> Indian actress (born 1996)

Nikki Tamboli is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu, Tamil cinema and Hindi television. She participated in reality shows such as Bigg Boss 14 where she emerged as 2nd-runner up and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11. She was the 2nd-runner up in the Bigg Boss Marathi Season 5 in 2024.

MasterChef India is an Indian competitive cooking game show franchise based on the Australian show MasterChef Australia, which itself is based on the original British television show MasterChef. MasterChef India – Hindi and Junior Masterchef Swaad Ke Ustaad were produced by Colosceum Media. Endemol Shine India has been producing MasterChef India – Hindi since season 5 onwards through Star India and Sun TV Network with Innovative Film Academy co-producing it for other language versions. Sony Pictures Networks have purchased the rights of the franchise and has been producing the show in all the three languages since then. The show has since been premiered on SonyLIV.

<i>Bigg Boss OTT</i> (Hindi Digital series) Indian Hindi-language digital reality series

Bigg Boss OTT is a digital spin-off of the popular Indian Hindi-language reality show Bigg Boss franchise, streamed first on Voot for its initial season and later on JioCinema for the second season and JioCinema Premium for the third. Following the format of the Dutch reality game show Big Brother, developed by Endemol, Bigg Boss OTT has launched three seasons to date. The first season premiered on August 8, 2021, and was hosted by Karan Johar. The second season saw Salman Khan take over as the host, while Anil Kapoor hosted the recently concluded third season. As of now, 45 contestants have participated in Bigg Boss OTT, with 5 of them having also appeared in the main Bigg Boss seasons.

Bigg Boss 1 is the first season of various versions of Bigg Boss :

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