Bigg Boss is an Indian television reality show of the Bigg Boss franchise which airs on Colors TV in India. It follows the format of the Dutch reality game show, Big Brother, which was first developed by Endemol in the Netherlands. Over 17 years, the show has rolled out seventeen seasons and two spin-off versions.[1]
| Bigg Boss | |
|---|---|
 Logo used for the 17th season with host Salman Khan | |
| Based on | Big Brother |
| Presented by | |
| Voices of | Atul Kapoor Vijay Vikram Singh |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 17 |
| No. of episodes | 1,708 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60–90 minutes |
| Production company | Endemol India |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sony Entertainment Television (season 1) |
| Release | 3 November 2006 – 26 January 2007 |
| Network | Colors TV (season 2–present) |
| Release | 17 August 2008 – present |
Overview
Concept
Bigg Boss is a reality show based on the original Dutch Big Brother format developed by John de Mol. A number of contestants (known as "housemates") live in a purpose-built house and are isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, housemates nominate two of their peers for eviction, and the housemates who receive the most nominations would face a public vote. Of these, one would eventually leave, having been "evicted" from the House. However, there were exceptions to this process as dictated by Bigg Boss. In the final week, there were three/four/five housemates remaining, and the public voted for whom they wanted to win. The housemates in the Indian version are primarily celebrities with the exception of one who is a non-celebrity selected via auditions. However, Season 10–12 saw the addition of commoners on a great scale, with all 3 seasons featuring commoner finalists and Manveer winning Season 10. Housemates are overseen by a mysterious person known as 'Bigg Boss', whose only presence in the house is through his voice.[2]
House
A Bigg Boss house is built for every season. The house was earlier located in the tourist-magnate hill station of Lonavla, Pune district of Maharashtra. However, the house for the fifth season was located at ND Studios in Karjat, in Maharashtra's Raigad district. The house from the thirteenth season onwards was located in Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai.[3][4] The house is well-furnished and decorated and has many modern amenities, It consists of a kitchen, living area, 1-4 bedrooms and four toilet bathrooms. There is a storeroom, garden, pool, activity area and gym in the house. There is also a Confession Room, where the housemates may be called in by Bigg Boss for any kind of conversation, and for the nomination process.[5]
The house has no TV connection, no telephones, no Internet connection, clocks, books, pen or paper.[2]
Rules
While all the rules have never been told to the audience, the most prominent ones are clearly seen. The inmates are not permitted to talk in any other language than Hindi. They are not supposed to tamper with any of the electronic equipment or any other thing in the house. They cannot leave the house premises at any time except when permitted to. Physical violence is not allowed in the house. They cannot discuss the nomination process with anyone.[6] They cannot sleep until the lights go off. They cannot talk to anyone outside the smoking area.
Sometimes, the housemates may be nominated for other reasons, such as nomination by a person who has achieved special privileges (via tasks or other things), for breaking rules or something else. If something is very serious, a contestant may be expelled from the house.[7]
Airing
The main television coverage takes the form of a daily highlights programme and the weekly eviction show on Saturday/Sunday known as Weekend Ka Vaar or Sunday/Monday (Somvaar Ka Vaar) or for 16th & 17th seasons onwards on Friday/Saturday (Shukravar Ka Vaar, Shanivar ka Vaar), that are aired on Colors TV while the first season was aired on Sony TV.[8] Everyday episodes contain the main events of the previous day. Every Saturday's episode mainly focuses on the host explaining the performance of the housemates and special tasks. Sunday's episode consists of a fun segment with guests and eviction from the list of housemates nominated in that particular week but in Season 16 & Season 17, eviction happened on Saturdays instead of Sundays. From Season 14 onwards, Bigg Boss introduced a 24x7 Live Channel for Voot select subscribers in order to enjoy the direct and deeper engagement, connection, and indulgence in the comings and goings of the house and episodes would be telecast 30 minutes before TV on Voot Select. In Season 16, a new segment, Bigg Bulletin With Shekhar Suman, aired on Sundays hosted by Shekhar Suman. Similarly in Season 17, a new segment Just Chill with Arbaaz & Sohail hosted by Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan aired on Sundays.
Series details
| Series | Host | House Location | Episodes | Originally aired | Days | Housemates | Prize Money | Winner | Runner-up | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||||||||
| 1 | Arshad Warsi | Lonavala | 87 | 3 November 2006 | 26 January 2007 | Sony TV | 86 | 15 | ₹1 crore (US$130,000) | Rahul Roy | Carol Gracias | |
| 2 | Shilpa Shetty | 99 | 17 August 2008 | 22 November 2008 | Colors TV | 98 | 15 | ₹1 crore (US$130,000) | Ashutosh Kaushik | Raja Chaudhary | ||
| 3 | Amitabh Bachchan | 85 | 4 October 2009 | 26 December 2009 | 84 | 15 | ₹1 crore (US$130,000) | Vindu Dara Singh | Pravesh Rana | |||
| 4 | Salman Khan | 98 | 3 October 2010 | 8 January 2011 | 97 | 16 | ₹1 crore (US$130,000) | Shweta Tiwari | Dalip Singh Rana | |||
| 5 | Salman Khan
Sanjay Dutt | Karjat | 97 | 2 October 2011 | 7 January 2012 | 98 | 18 | ₹1 crore (US$130,000) | Juhi Parmar | Mahek Chahal | ||
| 6 | Salman Khan | Lonavala | 96 | 7 October 2012 | 12 January 2013 | 97 | 19 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Urvashi Dholakia | Imam Siddique | ||
| 7 | 105 | 15 September 2013 | 28 December 2013 | 105 | 20 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Gauahar Khan | Tanishaa Mukerji | ||||
| 8 | 105 | 21 September 2014 | 3 January 2015 | 105 | 19 | N/A | Declared in Bigg Boss Halla Bol | Declared in Bigg Boss Halla Bol | ||||
| 9 | 104 | 11 October 2015 | 23 January 2016 | 105 | 20 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Prince Narula | Rishabh Sinha | ||||
| 10 | 105 | 16 October 2016 | 29 January 2017 | 106 | 18 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Manveer Gurjar | Bani J | ||||
| 11 | 106 | 1 October 2017 | 14 January 2018 | 106 | 19 | ₹44 lakh (US$55,000) | Shilpa Shinde | Hina Khan | ||||
| 12 | 107 | 16 September 2018 | 30 December 2018 | 105 | 20 | ₹30 lakh (US$38,000) | Dipika Kakar | S. Sreesanth | ||||
| 13 | Mumbai | 139 | 29 September 2019 | 15 February 2020 | 140 | 21 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Sidharth Shukla | Asim Riaz | |||
| 14 | 142 | 3 October 2020 | 21 February 2021 | 140 | 23 | ₹36 lakh (US$45,000) | Rubina Dilaik | Rahul Vaidya | ||||
| 15 | 121 | 2 October 2021 | 30 January 2022 | 119 | 24 | ₹40 lakh (US$50,000) | Tejasswi Prakash | Pratik Sehajpal | ||||
| 16 | 135 | 1 October 2022 | 12 February 2023 | 133 | 17 | ₹31.8 lakh (US$40,000) | MC Stan | Shiv Thakare | ||||
| 17 | 106 | 15 October 2023 | 28 January 2024 | 106 | 21 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Munawar Faruqui | Abhishek Kumar | ||||
Bigg Boss Halla Bol
| Series | Host | House Location | Episodes | Originally aired | Days | Housemates | Prize Money | Winner | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||||||||
| 1 | Farah Khan | Lonavala | 27 | 4 January 2015 | 31 January 2015 | 28 | 10 | ₹25 lakh (US$31,000) | Gautam Gulati | Karishma Tanna | |
Bigg Boss OTT
The series also has a digital version of the show called Bigg Boss OTT . Started in 2021, the first season was hosted by Karan Johar and broadcast by Voot for 24×7 coverage. The OTT series has rolled out its second season in 2023, hosted by Salman Khan and broadcast by JioCinema for the 24x7 live feed.
Housemate pattern
Controversies
Other media
References
- ^ "Bigg Boss 15 promo: Watch Salman Khan with speaking tree voiced by the evergreen actress Rekha". The Times of India. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Bigg Boss". Endemol. Archived from the original on 28 July 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ "What the Bigg Boss house is going to be like this season". Rediff.com Movies. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ "Shweta gets b'day surprise on Bigg Boss". MiD DAY. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ Rajul Hegde (8 October 2009). "What really goes on in Bigg Boss house?". Rediff. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ Malvika Nanda (9 October 2010). "Lights or not, camera, action". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ "Bigg Boss casts out violent Khan". Daily News and Analysis. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ "Next Bigg Boss on a new channel?". Hindustan Times. 25 January 2014.
- ^ "Bigg Boss 4". phoneky.com. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
External links
- "Bigg Boss" at IMDb
