Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series)
Bigg Boss is the Indian Hindi-language television reality show broadcast on Colors channel in India. It follows the format of the Dutch reality game show Big Brother, which was first developed by Endemol in the Netherlands. Over 14 years, the show has rolled out thirteen seasons and two spin-off versions.[1]
| Bigg Boss Hindi | |
|---|---|
 Logo used for the fourteenth season with host Salman Khan | |
| Based on | Big Brother |
| Presented by |
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| Voices of | Atul Kapoor |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 14 |
| No. of episodes | 1357 (as of 15 February 2020) |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Lonavala (1-4&6-12) Karjat (5) Goregaon Film City (13&14) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60-90 minutes |
| Production company | Endemol India |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sony TV (Season 1) Colors TV (Seasons 2-present) |
| Original release | 3 November 2006 – 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 receives 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 housemates remaining, and the public voted for who 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. 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 place of Lonavla, Pune district of Maharashtra, however the house for the fifth season was located ND Studios in Karjat.[3][4] The house is well-furnished and decorated and has many modern amenities, but just one or two bedrooms and four toilet bath rooms. There is a 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, 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. They cannot discuss the nomination process with anyone.[6] They cannot sleep in day time.
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 evicted directly.[7]
Airing
The main television coverage takes the form of a daily highlights programme and the weekly eviction show on Fridays and that are aired on Colors TV while the first season was aired on Sony TV.[8] Everyday's episodes contain a main happenings of the previous day. Every Saturday episode mainly focuses on an interview of the evicted contestant by the host. The episode on Sunday named differently across seasons and contains extra footage of the week, which was not included in any episode.
| Season | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - 4 | 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm | ||||||
| 5 | 9:00 pm - 10:00 (Week 1 - 7), 11:00 pm – 12:00 am (Week 8 - 15) | 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm | |||||
| 6 - 8 | 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm | ||||||
| 9 - 10 | 10:30 pm – 11:30 pm | 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm | |||||
| 11 | 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm | ||||||
| 12 | 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm | ||||||
| 13 | 10:30 pm – 11:30 pm/11:45 pm | ||||||
| 14 | 10:30 pm – 12:00 am | ||||||
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$140,000) | Rahul Roy | Carol Gracias | ||
| 2 | Shilpa Shetty | 99 | 17 August 2008 | 22 November 2008 | Colors TV | 98 | 15 | ₹1 crore (US$140,000) | Ashutosh Kaushik | Raja Chaudhary | |||
| 3 | Amitabh Bachchan | 85 | 4 October 2009 | 26 December 2009 | 84 | 15 | ₹1 crore (US$140,000) | Vindu Dara Singh | Pravesh Rana | ||||
| 4 | Salman Khan | 99 | 3 October 2010 | 8 January 2011 | 96 | 16 | ₹1 crore (US$140,000) | Shweta Tiwari | Dalip Singh Rana | ||||
| 5 | Salman Khan
Sanjay Dutt | Karjat | 99 | 2 October 2011 | 7 January 2012 | 98 | 18 | ₹1 crore (US$140,000) | Juhi Parmar | Mahek Chahal | |||
| 6 | Salman Khan | Lonavala | 99 | 7 October 2012 | 12 January 2013 | 98 | 19 | ₹50 lakh (US$70,000) | Urvashi Dholakia | Imam Siddique | |||
| 7 | 106 | 15 September 2013 | 28 December 2013 | 105 | 20 | ₹50 lakh (US$70,000) | Gauahar Khan | Tanishaa Mukerji | |||||
| 8 | 106 | 21 September 2014 | 3 January 2015 | 105 | 19 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Halla Bol | Farah Khan | 29 | 4 January 2015 | 31 January 2015 | 28 | 10 | ₹50 lakh (US$70,000) | Gautam Gulati | Karishma Tanna | ||||
| 9 | Salman Khan | 106 | 11 October 2015 | 23 January 2016 | 105 | 20 | ₹50 lakh (US$70,000) | Prince Narula | Rishabh Sinha | ||||
| 10 | 106 | 16 October 2016 | 29 January 2017 | 105 | 18 | ₹50 lakh (US$70,000) | Manveer Gujjar | Bani J | |||||
| 11 | 106 | 1 October 2017 | 14 January 2018 | 105 | 19 | ₹50 lakh (US$70,000) | Shilpa Shinde | Hina Khan | |||||
| 12 | 106 | 16 September 2018 | 30 December 2018 | 105 | 20 | ₹30 lakh (US$42,000) | Dipika Kakar | S. Sreesanth | |||||
| 13 | Mumbai | 141 | 29 September 2019 | 15 February 2020 | 140 | 21 | ₹40 lakh (US$56,000) | Sidharth Shukla | Asim Riaz | ||||
| 14 | N/A | 3 October 2020 | 21 February 2021 | 140 | 22 | ₹50 lakh (US$70,000) | TBA | TBA | |||||
Housemate pattern
Other versions
References
- "Bigg Boss 14 postponed, to premiere on October 4". 27 August 2020.
- "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 suprise [sic] 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.
External links
- "Bigg Boss" at IMDb
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