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Bigg Boss | |
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Season 8 | |
![]() Logo for the eighth season of Bigg Boss. | |
Presented by | Salman Khan |
No. of days | 104 |
No. of housemates | 19 |
Champions |
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Release | |
Original network | Colors TV |
Original release | 21 September 2014 – 3 January 2015 |
Season chronology |
Bigg Boss 8, which merged into Bigg Boss Halla Bol! , was the eighth season of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss , which premiered on TV channel Colors from 21 September 2014 [1] [2] and concluded on 3 January 2015 with five final contestants. [3] Bigg Boss is the Indian edition of Big Brother . [4] Salman Khan returned as the host of the series for the fifth time [5] [6] [7] [8] and Snapdeal was chosen to be the new presenting sponsor after the end of Colors' five-year deal with Vodafone India for the series. [9]
After the finale of season with five champions, Bigg Boss Halla Bol! [10] a spin-off was launched on 4 January. It merged with the regular series and continued in the same house. [11] Five contestants from previous seasons entered the house to compete with five crowned regular entrants of the season finale. [12] Farah Khan became the new host [13] as Salman bid adieu due to his filming schedule of Bajrangi Bhaijaan . [14]
The series premiered in India on network Colors on 21 September 2014. [15] The series was also broadcast in Pakistan on ARY Digital beginning 28 September 2014, [16] [17] and was additionally broadcast in the United Kingdom on Colors UK beginning 21 September 2014. [18]
The house for the eighth season was in Lonavala. It resembled the interior of an aircraft.[ citation needed ] After the first eviction the house was made available to the housemates. The physical layout of the house remained mostly unchanged from the previous series, however the house theme was changed to an Alpine chalet, with wood, fur and leather furnishings. [19]
On launch night, it was revealed that there was a place adjacent to the 'Plane crash' area known as 'The Secret Society.' Later, Deepshika, Pritam and Puneet were chosen by Bigg Boss to become cult celebrities who would live in the society in secret, away from the rest of the housemates, It was then announced that they would have the power to nominate housemates of their choice to face the first public vote and have immunity from nomination. On day 3, the secret society revealed itself to the viewers as per Bigg Boss' order and introduced themselves. [20] [21] [22] [23] On Day 5 Puneet was moved to plane crash area and later on Day 8 the other two secret society members Deepshika and Pritam joined him. [24] [25]
In the fifteenth week Bigg Boss announced that show had been extended for four weeks [26] and unlike previous seasons crowned its five champions on 3 January concluding season 8 finale, where spin-off Bigg Boss Halla Bol launched and merged with the regular season. [10] [27]
The spin-off series officially launched on 4 January, [28] with the five Halla Bol Challengers from previous seasons which includes Ajaz Khan, Sambhavna Seth, Mahek Chahal, Rahul Mahajan and Sana Khan. Sana Khan's entrance was disclosed later as a fifth challenger by production team. [29] Before the official announcement only Ajaz Khan entered the house on Day 99. The new spin-off format of Champions and Challengers with ten contestants hosted by Farah Khan as contractually Salman Khan leaves the series after season finale. [30]
Sr | Housemate | Day entered | Day exited | Status |
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1 | Karishma | Day 1 | Day 104 | Champion |
2 | Dimpy | Day 47 | Day 104 | Champion |
3 | Ali | Day 24 | Day 104 | Champion |
4 | Gautam | Day 1 | Day 104 | Champion |
5 | Pritam | Day 1 | Day 104 | Champion |
6 | Puneet | Day 1 | Day 44 | Ejected |
Day 46 | Day 104 | Evicted | ||
7 | Sonali | Day 1 | Day 7 | Evicted |
Day 11 | Day 104 | Evicted | ||
8 | Upen | Day 1 | Day 101 | Evicted |
9 | Praneet | Day 1 | Day 90 | Evicted |
10 | Diandra | Day 1 | Day 84 | Evicted |
11 | Renee | Day 47 | Day 70 | Evicted |
12 | Nigaar | Day 50 | Day 63 | Evicted |
13 | Aarya | Day 1 | Day 56 | Evicted |
14 | Sushant | Day 1 | Day 49 | Evicted |
15 | Minissha | Day 1 | Day 42 | Evicted |
16 | Soni | Day 1 | Day 35 | Evicted |
17 | Natasa | Day 1 | Day 28 | Evicted |
18 | Deepshikha | Day 1 | Day 21 | Evicted |
19 | Sukirti | Day 1 | Day 14 | Evicted |
20 | Sargun | Day 1 | Evicted |
The participants in the order of appearance and entered in house are:
Housemates | Status |
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Sargun Mehta | Not Selected |
Sukriti Kandpal | Selected |
Housemate | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | |||
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Day 1 | Day 5 | Day 7 | Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 | |
[1] | [2] | [3] | [4] | [5] | [6] | |
Aarya | Plane Crash | Main House | Plane crash theme ended | |||
Deepshikha | Secret Society | Plane Crash | Main House | |||
Diandra | Plane Crash | Main House | ||||
Gautam | Plane Crash | Main House | ||||
Karishma | Plane Crash | Main House | ||||
Minissha | Plane Crash | Main House | ||||
Natasa | Plane Crash | Main House | ||||
Praneet | Plane Crash | Main House | ||||
Pritam | Secret Society | Plane Crash | Main House | |||
Puneet | Secret Society | Plane Crash | Main House | |||
Soni | Plane Crash | Main House | ||||
Sonali | Plane Crash | Main House | ||||
Sushant | Plane Crash | Main House | ||||
Upen | Plane Crash | Main House | ||||
Sukirti | Plane Crash | Main House |
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 102 Day 104 Nominees for Captaincy No
Captain— — Gautam
UpenDiandra
PritamDimpy
Gautam
Praneet
PritamKarishma
Puneet
UpenDimpy
Karishma
Pritam
Praneet
Renee
SonaliKarishma
PritamAli
Diandra
Dimpy
Gautam
Karishma
Praneet
Pritam
Puneet
Sonali
UpenDimpy
Praneet
SonaliAli
SonaliNo
CaptainHouse Captain Ali Upen Diandra Gautam Puneet Renee
PritamKarishma Dimpy Praneet
SonaliAli Captain's
NominationsSushant Sonali
PraneetPraneet
Gautam
Sonali
Pritam
PuneetPuneet
GautamPuneet
Ali
(to save)Praneet
(to evict)Ali
Diandra
Dimpy
Karishma
PuneetNot
eligibleUpen Karishma Not
eligibleSecret Society Deepshikha Secret Society Ended Pritam Puneet Society's Nomination Sonali
GautamVote to: Evict Save Evict Save Evict None Evict None Championship Karishma Natasa
SukirtiGautam
Praneet
PritamGautam
SonaliSushant Sonali
PraneetPuneet
GautamSonali
PuneetPuneet
GautamDimpy
SonaliDiandra Not
eligibleHouse
CaptainPritam Pritam
AliNo
NominationsNo
NominationsChampion
(Day 104)Dimpy Not In House Aarya
KarishmaSonali
Karishma
NigaarGautam Not
eligibleNo
NominationsHouse
CaptainAli
PritamNo
NominationsNo
NominationsChampion
(Day 104)Ali Not In House House
CaptainSonali
PraneetKarishma
AaryaSonali
Karishma
NigaarDiandra Not
eligibleNo
NominationsKarishma Dimpy
UpenHouse
CaptainNo
NominationsChampion
(Day 104)Gautam Sukirti
PraneetBanned Karishma
AaryaPraneet Soni
MinisshaAarya
DiandraSonali
PraneetKarishma
UpenHouse
CaptainPritam Not
eligibleNo
NominationsAli Upen
KarishmaNo
NominationsNo
NominationsChampion
(Day 104)Pritam Secret
SocietyGautam
Puneet
PraneetDeepshikha
DiandraSushant Aarya
MinisshaKarishma
UpenPuneet
SonaliKarishma
AaryaDimpy
Sonali
Karishma
NigaarPraneet House
CaptainNo
NominationsKarishma Dimpy
KarishmaNo
NominationsNo
NominationsChampion
(Day 104)Puneet Secret
SocietyGautam
Karishma
PritamDeepshikha
MinnishaPraneet Minissha
SoniAarya
MinisshaPraneet
SonaliBanned Sonali
KarishmaHouse
CaptainNot
eligibleNo
NominationsPritam Dimpy
UpenNo
NominationsNo
NominationsEvicted
(Day 104)Ejected
(Day 44)Sonali Diandra
AaryaEvicted
(Day 7)
SukirtiAarya
DeepshikhaPraneet Soni
AaryaMinissha
KarishmaPuneet
GautamKarishma
AaryaKarishma
NigaarPraneet Not
eligibleNo
NominationsKarishma House
CaptainNo
NominationsNo
NominationsEvicted
(Day 104)Upen Sukirti
NatasaGautam
Praneet
PritamPritam
SonaliSoni Minissha
SonaliPuneet
GautamHouse
CaptainPuneet
AaryaDimpy Karishma Not
eligibleNo
NominationsAli Ali
PritamNo
NominationsEvicted
(Day 101)Praneet Diandra
SukirtiGautam
Diandra
KarishmaMinnisha
DeepshikhaPuneet Soni
MinisshaAarya
MinisshaGautam
PritamUpen
AaryaDimpy
Karishma
NigaarDimpy Not
eligibleNo
NominationsKarishma Evicted
(Day 90)Diandra Sonali
PraneetGautam
Praneet
PritamGautam
PritamUpen Sonali
GautamGautam
PuneetGautam
PritamHouse
CaptainDimpy
SonaliKarishma Not
eligibleNo
NominationsEvicted
(Day 84)Renee Not In House Karishma
AaryaDimpy
SonaliPritam Evicted
(Day 70)Nigaar Not In House Dimpy Upen
(to evict)Evicted
(Day 63)Aarya Sonali
NatasaGautam
Praneet
SoniSonali
GautamBanned Sonali
PuneetPuneet
GautamSonali
PraneetPuneet
GautamEvicted
(Day 56)Sushant Aarya
GautamGautam
Pritam
PraneetGautam
PritamUpen Gautam
PraneetMinissha
GautamGautam
PuneetEvicted
(Day 49)Minissha Natasa
SonaliGautam
Pritam
PraneetAarya
KarishmaNatasa Gautam
PraneetPuneet
GautamEvicted
(Day 42)Soni Natasa
SonaliDiandra
Gautam
AaryaGautam
AaryaUpen Gautam
SonaliEvicted
(Day 35)Natasa Sukirti
KarishmaGautam
Pritam
DiandraSonali
PritamSushant Evicted
(Day 28)Deepshikha Secret
SocietyGautam
Soni
PraneetSonali
GautamEvicted
(Day 21)Sukirti Natasa
PraneetGautam
Praneet
PritamEvicted
(Day 14)Notes 1 , 2 3 , 4 None 5 6 , 7 , 8 8 9 , 10 , 11 8 , 12 , 13 14 , 15 8 , 16 17 , 18 , 19 17 , 20 17 , 21 22 , 23 24 , 25 26 Against
public voteGautam
Natasa
Sonali
SukirtiGautam
Praneet
SukirtiAarya
Deepshikha
Gautam
Pritam
SonaliAarya
Diandra
Gautam
Karishma
Minissha
Natasa
Pritam
Puneet
SoniDiandra
Gautam
Minissha
Pritam
Sonali
Soni
SushantGautam
Minissha
Praneet
Puneet
SonaliAli
Gautam
Praneet
Puneet
Sonali
SushantAarya
Gautam
Karishma
PuneetDimpy
Karishma
Nigaar
SonaliAli
Praneet
Renee
Sonali
UpenAli
Diandra
Dimpy
Karishma
Puneet
SonaliAli
Diandra
Dimpy
Gautam
Praneet
Pritam
Puneet
Sonali
UpenKarishma
Praneet
Sonali
UpenAli
Dimpy
Karishma
Pritam
Sonali
UpenAli
Dimpy
Karishma
Pritam
Sonali
UpenAli
Dimpy
Gautam
Karishma
Pritam
Puneet
SonaliEjected None Puneet None Re-entered None Sonali None Puneet None Evicted Sonali Sukirti Deepshikha Natasa Soni Minissha Sushant Aarya Nigaar Renee No
EvictionDiandra Praneet Eviction
postponedUpen Sonali Karishma Dimpy Puneet Gautam Pritam Ali
This season featured a 'Special Panel', where a team of past housemates or their acquaintances would share their and public's views and opinions of the current housemates before the eviction. The panel would rotate every week.
Week(s) | Guest(s) | Notes |
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Grand premiere | Elli Avram | Special appearances to introduce contestants Upen and Aarya |
Armaan Kohli | ||
Nadira Babbar, Juhi Babbar and Prateik Babbar | To support Aarya | |
Sunil Grover | To introduce contestant Diandra | |
Sargun Mehta | To introduce Gautam and Sukirti | |
1 | Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor | Appeared on the show to promote their film Haider [46] |
2 | Kamya Punjabi and Andy Kumar | Special appearance [47] [48] |
3 | Hrithik Roshan | To promote his film Bang Bang! [49] [50] |
Rekha | To promote her film Super Nani [51] | |
4 | Gauahar Khan and Sargun Mehta | Special appearance |
5 | Sunil Grover and Kiku Sharda (as Gutthi and Palak) | Special appearances for Diwali celebrations [52] [53] |
Mouni Roy and Punit Pathak | ||
Harshad Arora, Preetika Rao, Mrunal Jain, Tina Datta, Sumit Bhardwaj, Sonal Vengurlekar and Radhika Madan | ||
Sajid-Wajid | Special appearances [54] | |
Urvashi Dholakia | ||
6 | Ali Zafar, Govinda, Parineeti Chopra and Ranveer Singh | To promote their film Kill Dil [55] |
7 | Lisa Haydon | To promote her film The Shaukeens [56] |
Satyajit Padhye | Special appearances [57] | |
Sophie Choudry | ||
8 | Arjun Kapoor | To promote his film Tevar [58] |
9 | Arpita Khan and Aayush Sharma | To meet Salman Khan [59] |
10 | Ujjwala Raut | To interact with her sister Sonali via phone call |
Anurag Gulati | To meet her son Gautam | |
Amanjot Kaur | To meet her husband Pritam | |
Gauri Sandhu | To meet her boyfriend Ali | |
Sonakshi Sinha | To promote her film Action Jackson [60] [61] | |
11 | Varun Dhawan | To promote his film Badlapur [62] [63] |
12 | Sonam Kapoor and Arbaaz Khan | To promote their film Dolly Ki Doli [64] [65] |
13 | Shilpa Saklani | Special appearance [66] |
14 | Kapil Sharma, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Ali Asgar, Upasana Singh, Sunil Grover and Kiku Sharda (in-house guest only) | Comedy Nights with Kapil's cast members [67] [68] |
15 | Deepali Issar | To meet her husband Puneet |
Diandra Soares | Special appearance | |
Mohit Gulati | To meet his brother Gautam | |
Jasmina Tanna | To meet her daughter Karishma | |
Arjun Rampal and Jacqueline Fernandez | To promote their film Roy |
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