MTV Roadies

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MTV Roadies
MTV Roadies official logo.jpg
GenreReality
Created byNikhil J Alva
Presented by
Judges see below
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons19
Production
Executive producersNikhil J Alva, Niret Alva, Raghu Ram, Rajiv Ram
Production companies
  • Miditech Studios
    (2003–2005)
  • Colosceum Media
    (2010–2021)
  • Pippip Media
    (2022)
  • Banijay Asia
    (2023–present)
Original release
Network MTV India
Release15 August 2003 (2003-08-15) –
present

MTV Roadies is a youth-based reality show of India. It was launched on 15 August 2003 and airs on MTV India. The show is digitally available on JioCinema.

Contents

In this show, a group of contestants travel to different destinations and participate in various tasks that challenge their physical, social and mental strength.

Overview

History

The Roadies format was created by Nikhil J Alva, founder of Miditech Studios. [1] [2] Miditech Studios produced the first 2 seasons of the Roadies series. In those early days, the format creator, Nikhil J Alva, had conceptualized the format as one that would unite the youth of India through social work and random acts of kindness as the contestants travelled across India.

Seeing its popularity soar, the series was taken over by MTV from Miditech, to be produced in-house after the second season. Raghu Ram and Rajiv Ram, former Miditech Studio employees, were tasked with producing and anchoring the show for MTV. Under Raghu and Rajiv's guidance, the show took a dramatic turn away from its feel-good-social-flavor, to a more crass, and in-your-face tone. [1] Raghu and Rajiv left the show in 2014. [3] They told the media that they had done enough to popularise the show and wanted to give opportunities to the new generation to carry the show forward. With a 17-year history, it is one of India's longest running reality shows. [4]

During the course of the journey there are vote outs, vote ins, eliminations and game changing twists. Eventually the contestant who manages to survive vote outs and succeed in the finale is chosen as the winner. The show has enjoyed relative success among the youth.

Format

The first two seasons had a cap on the daily budget allocated to the contestants. During the show, apart from learning about India's diversity, they were also given tasks to get to know each other. The tasks became more aggressive with over-the-top-reality sequences, from the third season onwards, when it was taken over from Miditech Studios by MTV.

Since the fourth season, Battleground (2006-2009, 2014–present) later known as Graveyard (2010-2011, 2013-2014) the show introduced the choice wild cards.

In the fifth season, The "Advantage task" was introduced. The winner of the task would get an advantage in the vote out, which could be multiple votes or being the only one(s) to vote. That was the first time the show went international. [5]

In the tenth season, a team of former contestants mentored by Raghu Ram were pitted against a team of fresh contestants mentored by Rannvijay Singha, who was the winner of the first version of the contest. [6]

In the twelfth season, during the auditions, "Gang Leaders" were introduced. Four Gang Leaders had to hit a buzzer to express their interest in a contestant. Contestants in return had the option to choose which gang they would like to be a part of. [7]

In the fourteenth season, bikes, which had been a common aspect of the show, were discontinued and the makers opted for a car. That continued into the fifteenth season as well and so on. [6]

Season nineteen was introduced with a new concept of debut roadies and ex-roadies competing against each other for the title. Bikes, which had been a common aspect of the earlier seasons, were introduced again. That was the first season without the presence of Rannvijay Singha.

Across all seasons, vote outs, vote ins, immunity, eliminations, captaincy, twists introduced by the makers, and special appearances by guests like actors, sportspersons and musicians have been regular features of the show. [8] [6]

Series synopses

SeasonYearTitleHostGang LeadersDateNo.of EpisodesContestantsDestinationsPrize moneyWinning Gang LeaderWinnerRunner-up
LaunchFinale
12003Roadies - Challenges Har Kadam Par Cyrus Sahukar No
Gang Leaders		15 August 20038 November 20032710Chennai to Chail, Flag of India.svg  India Bikes to all Roadies— Rannvijay Singha Natasha Gupta
22004–05Roadies Returns Rannvijay Singha 21 August 200412 March 20053010Kolkata to Wagah border, Flag of India.svg  India ₹5,00,000 + Bikes to all Roadies Ayushmann Khurrana Candy Brar
32005Roadies 3 - Triple The Danger11 November 20053 November 20051713Jaisalmer to Leh, Flag of India.svg  India ₹4,87,000 + Bikes to 5 (Parul, Rahul, Shubhi, Shubhendru, Sonia)Parul ShahiRahul Sharma
4 2006–07Roadies - Road To Fear11 November 20063 March 20071713Flag of India.svg  India ₹3,75,500Anthony Yeh Gurbani Judge
5 2007–08 Roadies 5.0 28 October 200713 January 20082015Flag of India.svg  India, Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand & Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia ₹2,30,000 Ashutosh Kaushik Nihal Nikam
6 2008–09 Roadies Hell Down Under 29 November 200826 April 20092120Flag of India.svg  India, Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia ₹3,62,000Nauman SaitLonkiri Timung
7 2009–10 Roadies:7 Deadly Sins & 1 Wild Safari Rannvijay Singha & Bani J 8 November 200925 June 20102215Flag of India.svg  India, Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya & Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt ₹90,000Anwar SyedZaid Bin Nazir
8 2011 Roadies 8: Shortcut to Hell Rannvijay Singha 19 January 201118 June 20112813Flag of India.svg  India, Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil ₹4,00,000 Aanchal Khurana Mohit Saggar
9 2012 Roadies 9: Everything or Nothing 7 January 201230 June 201227Flag of India.svg  India, Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ₹6,17,000Vikas KhokerHimani Sharma
10 2013 Roadies X: Battle for Glory Bani J Ranvijay SinghaRaghu Ram19 January 201311 May 20131716Flag of India.svg  India ₹4,50,000Raghu RamPalak JohalRamandeep Kaur Dhillon
11 2014 Roadies X1: Ride for Respect No
Gang Leaders		25 January 201418 May 20141815₹3,20,000—Nikhil SachdevaUtkarsh Khanna
12 2015 Roadies X2: Your Road, Your Gang Ranvijay SinghaEsha DeolVijender SinghKaran Kundra26 January 201527 June 20152222Flag of India.svg  India, Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal ₹5,00,000Rannvijay Singha Prince Narula Gurmeet Singh Rehal
The Producers skipped X3 for the season's title and went for X4
13 2016 Roadies X4: Your Gang, Your Glory Gaelyn Mendonca Ranvijay SinghaNeha DhupiaSushil Kumar
Prince Narula		Karan Kundra20 February 201619 June 20162422Flag of India.svg  India, Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan Renault Duster Karan KundraBalraj Singh KhehraNavdeesh Singh
14 2017 Roadies Rising Prince NarulaKaran Kundra
Nikhil Chinapa		Harbhajan Singh25 February 201722 July 201726Flag of India.svg  India Neha DhupiaShweta MehtaBaseer Ali
15 2018 Roadies Xtreme Rannvijay Singha RaftaarNikhil Chinapa18 February 20184 August 20182824Kashish ThakurPreeti Kuntal
16 2019 Roadies: Real Heroes Sandeep Singh10 February 201918 August 20192827Droom Used Super Bike RaftaarArun SharmaAnkita Pathak
17 2020–21 Roadies: Revolution 15 February 202021 March 202063625 Jawa Bike and ₹3,00,000 to Nikhil Chinapa's causeNikhil ChinapaHamid BarkziMichael Ajay
Raftaar
Varun Sood		27 June 202016 January 202130
18 2022 Roadies: Journey in South Africa 06 Sonu Sood No
Gang Leaders		8 April 202210 July 20223420Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa ₹10,00,000—Ashish Bhatia &
Nandini G		Jashwanth Bopanna &
Yukti Arora
19 2023 Roadies: Karm Ya Kaand Gautam GulatiRhea ChakrabortyPrince Narula3 June 202315 October 20234033Flag of India.svg  India ₹6,00,000Rhea ChakrabortyVashu JainSiwet Tomar
Notes
  1. ^ Prince Narula replaced Sushil Kumar for journey due to Kumar leaving the show for his wrestling training.
  2. ^ Nikhil Chinapa replaced Karan Kundra for journey after Kundra left the show due to work commitments.
  3. ^ Gurmeet Singh Rehal returns as guest gang leader for Gang Nikhil as he wasn't available for a day during journey.
  4. ^ Harbhajan Singh was introduced as a judge present during auditions and occasionally during journey who holds powers.
  5. ^ Varun Sood substitute Raftaar as gang leader during journey after he leaves for few days due to work commitments.
    Later he replaced him due to Raftaar being medically unfit.
  6. ^ Roadies: Journey in South Africa was played in the format of buddy pairs. Hence there were two winners and runner-ups.

Season 1

MTV Roadies
No. of contestants7
Winner Rannvijay Singha
Runner-upNatasha Gulati
No. of episodes27
Release
Original network MTV India
Original release15 August (2003-08-15) –
8 November 2003 (2003-11-08)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2

MTV Roadies 1 is the first season of the reality series. It premiered on 15 August 2003 and ended on 8 November 2003 with Rannvijay Singha emerging as the winner. [9]

Season 2

MTV Roadies
Season 2
No. of contestants7
Winner Ayushmann Khurrana
Runner-upCandy Brar
No. of episodes27
Release
Original network MTV India
Original release21 August 2004 (2004-08-21) –
12 March 2005 (2005-03-12)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 3

MTV Roadies 2 is the second season of the reality series. It premiered on 21 August 2004 and ended on 12 March 2005 with Ayushmann Khurrana emerging as the winner. [10]

Season 3

MTV Roadies 3 is the third season of the reality series. It premiered on 11 November 2005 and ended on 3 March 2006 with Parul Shahi emerging as the winner.

Season 5

The fifth season premiered in 2007 until 2008.

Season 6

The sixth season aired in 2008.

Season 7

The seventh season aired in 2009.

Season 8

The eighth season aired in 2011.

Season 9

The ninth season aired in 2012.

Season 10

The tenth season was aired 2013.

Season 11

The eleventh season of MTV Roadies premiered in 2006. Nikhil Sachdeva was crowned as the winner. [11]

Season 12

The twelfth season aired in 2015. Prince Narula emerged as the winner. [12]

Season 13

The thirteenth season aired in 2016. The format changed after this season as they roped in gang leaders.

Season 14

The fourteenth season aired in 2017.

Season 15

The fifteenth season aired in 2018.

Season 16

The sixteenth season aired in 2019.

Season 17

The seventeenth season aired in 2020. Hamid Barzki emerged as the winner.

Season 18

The eighteenth season aired in 2022. It saw a change in its casting as Sonu Sood joined as the main host. While half of the contestants were new, half of them came from previous seasons. Season 18 had Ex-Roadies and Debutant Roadies competing against each other in Buddy Pairs. Ashish Bhatia. (MTV Roadies: Real Heroes) and Nandini G emerged as winners of the season.

Season 19

The nineteenth season aired in 2023. With Vashu Jain from gang Rhea emerging as the winner and Siwet from gang Prince as the first runner up.

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