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Genre | Reality |
Created by | Nikhil J Alva |
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Judges | see below |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 19 |
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Executive producers | Nikhil J Alva, Niret Alva, Raghu Ram, Rajiv Ram |
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Network | MTV India |
Release | 15 August 2003 – 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.
In this show, a group of contestants travel to different destinations and participate in various tasks that challenge their physical, social and mental strength.
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.
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]
Season Year Title Host Gang Leaders Date No.of Episodes Contestants Destinations Prize money Winning Gang Leader Winner Runner-up Launch Finale 1 2003 Roadies - Challenges Har Kadam Par Cyrus Sahukar No
Gang Leaders15 August 2003 8 November 2003 27 10 Chennai to Chail, India
Bikes to all Roadies — Rannvijay Singha Natasha Gupta 2 2004–05 Roadies Returns Rannvijay Singha 21 August 2004 12 March 2005 30 10 Kolkata to Wagah border, India
₹5,00,000 + Bikes to all Roadies Ayushmann Khurrana Candy Brar 3 2005 Roadies 3 - Triple The Danger 11 November 2005 3 November 2005 17 13 Jaisalmer to Leh, India
₹4,87,000 + Bikes to 5 (Parul, Rahul, Shubhi, Shubhendru, Sonia) Parul Shahi Rahul Sharma 4 2006–07 Roadies - Road To Fear 11 November 2006 3 March 2007 17 13 India
₹3,75,500 Anthony Yeh Gurbani Judge 5 2007–08 Roadies 5.0 28 October 2007 13 January 2008 20 15 India,
Thailand &
Malaysia
₹2,30,000 Ashutosh Kaushik Nihal Nikam 6 2008–09 Roadies Hell Down Under 29 November 2008 26 April 2009 21 20 India,
Australia
₹3,62,000 Nauman Sait Lonkiri Timung 7 2009–10 Roadies:7 Deadly Sins & 1 Wild Safari Rannvijay Singha & Bani J 8 November 2009 25 June 2010 22 15 India,
Kenya &
Egypt
₹90,000 Anwar Syed Zaid Bin Nazir 8 2011 Roadies 8: Shortcut to Hell Rannvijay Singha 19 January 2011 18 June 2011 28 13 India,
Brazil
₹4,00,000 Aanchal Khurana Mohit Saggar 9 2012 Roadies 9: Everything or Nothing 7 January 2012 30 June 2012 27 India,
United States
₹6,17,000 Vikas Khoker Himani Sharma 10 2013 Roadies X: Battle for Glory Bani J Ranvijay Singha Raghu Ram 19 January 2013 11 May 2013 17 16 India
₹4,50,000 Raghu Ram Palak Johal Ramandeep Kaur Dhillon 11 2014 Roadies X1: Ride for Respect No
Gang Leaders25 January 2014 18 May 2014 18 15 ₹3,20,000 — Nikhil Sachdeva Utkarsh Khanna 12 2015 Roadies X2: Your Road, Your Gang Ranvijay Singha Esha Deol Vijender Singh Karan Kundra 26 January 2015 27 June 2015 22 22 India,
Nepal
₹5,00,000 Rannvijay 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 Singha Neha Dhupia Sushil Kumar
Prince NarulaKaran Kundra 20 February 2016 19 June 2016 24 22 India,
Bhutan
Renault Duster Karan Kundra Balraj Singh Khehra Navdeesh Singh 14 2017 Roadies Rising Prince Narula Karan Kundra
Nikhil ChinapaHarbhajan Singh 25 February 2017 22 July 2017 26 India
Neha Dhupia Shweta Mehta Baseer Ali 15 2018 Roadies Xtreme Rannvijay Singha Raftaar Nikhil Chinapa 18 February 2018 4 August 2018 28 24 Kashish Thakur Preeti Kuntal 16 2019 Roadies: Real Heroes Sandeep Singh 10 February 2019 18 August 2019 28 27 Droom Used Super Bike Raftaar Arun Sharma Ankita Pathak 17 2020–21 Roadies: Revolution 15 February 2020 21 March 2020 6 36 25 Jawa Bike and ₹3,00,000 to Nikhil Chinapa's cause Nikhil Chinapa Hamid Barkzi Michael Ajay Raftaar
Varun Sood27 June 2020 16 January 2021 30 18 2022 Roadies: Journey in South Africa 06 Sonu Sood No
Gang Leaders8 April 2022 10 July 2022 34 20 South Africa
₹10,00,000 — Ashish Bhatia &
Nandini GJashwanth Bopanna &
Yukti Arora19 2023 Roadies: Karm Ya Kaand Gautam Gulati Rhea Chakraborty Prince Narula 3 June 2023 15 October 2023 40 33 India
₹6,00,000 Rhea Chakraborty Vashu Jain Siwet Tomar
MTV Roadies | |
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No. of contestants | 7 |
Winner | Rannvijay Singha |
Runner-up | Natasha Gulati |
No. of episodes | 27 |
Release | |
Original network | MTV India |
Original release | 15 August – 8 November 2003 |
Season chronology |
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]
MTV Roadies | |
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Season 2 | |
No. of contestants | 7 |
Winner | Ayushmann Khurrana |
Runner-up | Candy Brar |
No. of episodes | 27 |
Release | |
Original network | MTV India |
Original release | 21 August 2004 – 12 March 2005 |
Season chronology |
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]
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.
The fifth season premiered in 2007 until 2008.
The sixth season aired in 2008.
The seventh season aired in 2009.
The eighth season aired in 2011.
The ninth season aired in 2012.
The tenth season was aired 2013.
The eleventh season of MTV Roadies premiered in 2006. Nikhil Sachdeva was crowned as the winner. [11]
The twelfth season aired in 2015. Prince Narula emerged as the winner. [12]
The thirteenth season aired in 2016. The format changed after this season as they roped in gang leaders.
The fourteenth season aired in 2017.
The fifteenth season aired in 2018.
The sixteenth season aired in 2019.
The seventeenth season aired in 2020. Hamid Barzki emerged as the winner.
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.
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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