Bigg Boss

Bigg Boss is an Indian reality competition television franchise adapted from the original Dutch Big Brother, created by John de Mol Jr.^[1][2] The show features contestants called "housemates" who live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world.^[3]

The name "Bigg Boss" is inspired by Big Brother from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, and the housemates are continuously monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones.^[4] Throughout the course of the competition, they are voted out of the house (usually on a weekly basis) until only one remains and wins the cash prize.^[5]

Bigg Boss has had a significant cultural impact in India, influencing television trends and the concept of celebrity. The show is known for its drama, emotional moments, and the intense interactions between housemates. Various celebrities and public figures have participated in the show, further adding to its appeal.^[6] As of July 2025, multiple seasons of Bigg Boss have aired across different Indian languages, including Hindi, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, and Malayalam. The editions, in particular, is widely recognized and often referred to by its initials BB.^[7]

Overview

There have been seven versions of the show in different languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent. The first show of the franchise was Bigg Boss in Hindi, which debuted in 2006 through Sony TV, and from season two onwards it moved to and continues on Colors TV. In 2013, the franchise extended its presence in Kannada through Colors Kannada and Bengali through ETV Bangla, later rebranded as Colors Bangla. In 2017, it extended its presence in Tamil through Star Vijay and in Telugu through Star Maa. In 2018, it ventured into Marathi through Colors Marathi and into Malayalam through Asianet.

Though only celebrities were selected to be as housemates in the initial seasons, members of the general public have been chosen to be on the show in the latest seasons of Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam versions of the show.^[8][9][10]

Synopsis

Contestants called "housemates" live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world. Housemates are voted out, usually on a weekly basis, until only one remains and wins the cash prize. During their stay in the house, contestants are continuously monitored by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones.

The program relies on techniques such as a scripted back-to-basics environment, evictions, weekly tasks, competitions set by Bigg Boss, and the “confession room” where housemates converse with Bigg Boss and nominate the housemates they wish to evict from the house. The housemates with the most nominations are then announced, and viewers are given the opportunity to vote via SMS or online through social media and smartphone applications for the nominee they wish to save from eviction. The last person standing is declared the winner.

The contestants are required to indulge in housework and are assigned tasks by the omnipresent authority figure known to them as Bigg Boss. The tasks are designed to test the teamwork abilities and community spirit of the housemates. The luxury budget is a weekly allowance to buy luxury food items other than the supplied essentials which depend on the outcome of assigned tasks.

History

Creation

Bigg Boss is a Hindi language adaptation of Big Brother created in Netherlands by John de Mol Jr., largely based on the Celebrity Big Brother model owned by the Endemol Shine Group. The show was named Bigg Boss and a house was constructed for the show at Lonavla for season one to four and six to twelve, in Karjat for season five and in Goregaon from season thirteen onwards. Bigg Boss debuted on television in 2006 through Sony TV with Arshad Warsi as the host. The show gained popularity after Shilpa Shetty emerged as the winner in Big Brother 5 and replaced Warsi as the host in the second season of Bigg Boss.^[11] From the second season, the show's broadcast moved to Viacom 18's Colors TV. For third season Amitabh Bachchan hosted the show respectively and Salman Khan continued as a host from fourth season onwards, while Sanjay Dutt also hosted for fifth season along with Salman Khan. Farah Khan hosted the spin off season of eighth season in absence of main host Salman Khan.

Expansion

The show's acceptance and success among the Indian audience paved way for its expansion into other Indian languages.^[12] After the sixth season wrapped in 2013, Kannada and Bengali adaptations were created by Endemol through ETV Network.^[13] Sudeep hosted the Kannada version, and Mithun Chakraborty and Jeet hosted the Bengali version.^[14] While the Kannada version continued with new seasons annually, similar to Hindi, the Bengali version completed only two seasons in six years and did not turn out to be as successful.^[15]

In 2017, upon completion of ten seasons in Hindi, four seasons in Kannada and two seasons in Bengali, Endemol Shine India extended its presence in South India by creating Tamil and Telugu versions of the show with Star India. The Tamil version was hosted by Kamal Haasan,^[16] for the first seven seasons and then from Season 8 onwards, Vijay Sethupathi became the host. The while the Telugu version started with Jr NTR as the host, and later for the second season Nani became the host. From the third season onwards Nagarjuna became the host.^[17][18][19] In 2018, the show was adapted into Marathi under Viacom 18 and hosted by Mahesh Manjrekar later from fifth season Riteish Deshmukh hosted show.^[20] The next language adaptation was Malayalam, which was produced by Star India and hosted by Mohanlal. In 2021, another version was adopted called Bigg Boss OTT. Its episodes were shown on Voot later on JioCinema and hosted by Karan Johar, Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor.^[21][22]

Versions

Currently airing – 0

Upcoming for airing – 3

Recently concluded – 4

No longer airing – 0

Female Winners/Runner-ups
Male Winners/Runner-ups

Summary

Bigg Boss Hindi

Bigg Boss is the Hindi-language and the first version of the franchise.^[32] The first season premiered in 2006 on Sony TV.^[33] It was hosted by Arshad Warsi.^[34] The prize money was ₹1.^[35] The license for Bigg Boss was acquired by Viacom 18 and the next season was aired on Colors TV with Shilpa Shetty as the host.^[36] Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan was roped in to play host for the third season while Salman Khan appeared as the host in the fourth season.^[37][38] The fifth season was jointly hosted by Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan while Khan alone continues to host the show consecutively since sixth season until present.^{[39][40][41][42]} A lavish purpose-built house, with annual modifications was built in Lonavala, Mumbai for the show.^[43] A new house was built at ND Studios in Karjat, Pune for the fifth season.^[44] The house at Lonavala was rebuilt and used again from the sixth season.^[45] The prize was reduced to ₹50 since the fifth season.^[46] A spin off series, Bigg Boss: Halla Bol was launched and merged into the eighth season with five finalists from the eighth season and five previous runner ups which was hosted by Farah Khan.^[47] All subsequent seasons were then hosted by Salman Khan.^[48]

Bigg Boss OTT (or Bigg Boss: Over-the-Top), a spin-off Indian Hindi-language reality digital series of the show Bigg Boss that aired exclusively on Viacom 18's streaming service platform Voot (Season 1) and JioCinema (Season 2 and 3). The digital edition's Season 1 was hosted by Karan Johar and the show premiered its first season on 8 August 2021, Season 2 was hosted by Salman Khan which premiered on 17 June 2023 and Season 3 was hosted by Anil Kapoor which premiered on 21 June 2024.

Atul Kapoor has been the voice of Bigg Boss since the first season for both versions.^[49]

Bigg Boss Kannada

Bigg Boss Kannada is the Kannada version of the Bigg Boss reality TV show^[50] and it was the first south Indian adaptation^[51][52] of Bigg Boss. Actor Sudeep was roped in by ETV Kannada^[13] to play the host^[53] of the show for the first season in 2013 and for second season Star India acquired the license of the show and aired on Suvarna^[54] with Sudeep continuing his role as the host of the show. The Bigg Boss house at Lonavala which was used for the Hindi version was also used for the first two seasons of Bigg Boss Kannada. A new and bigger house was constructed at Innovative Film City in Bidadi, Bengaluru and is being used since the third season.^[55] Sudeep's contract to host the show was extended^[56] to five seasons starting with the third season which returned^[57] to Viacom 18's Colors Kannada. The fifth season moved^[58] to Colors Super, a sister channel of Colors Kannada. It is notable that the Kannada version is the only adaptation where the host, Sudeep alone would be hosting the show for nine consecutive seasons. All the seasons so far have had ₹50^[59] as the prize money. Commoners were allowed to be a part of the show from the fifth season through auditions.^[60] Three artists have been the 'voice' of Bigg Boss as of fifth season - Amit Bhargav for the first two, B M Venkatesh for the third and Srinivas Prasad since the fourth season.

Bigg Boss OTT (or Bigg Boss: Over-the-Top), a spin-off Indian Kannada-language reality digital series of the show Bigg Boss that aired exclusively on Viacom 18's streaming service platform Voot. The digital edition hosted by Sudeepa and the show premiered its first season on 6 August 2022.

Bigg Boss Bangla

Bigg Boss Bangla is the Bengali version of the show^[61] which was produced by ETV Bangla with Mithun Chakraborty as the host^[62] while the first season of the Kannada version was wrapping up in 2013. The second season was aired on Colors Bangla in 2016 and was hosted by Bengali actor Jeet.^[63] The Lonavala house used for Hindi version was used^[64] in both seasons and the prize money for the show has been lesser than the other adaptations with ₹20^[65] and ₹35^[66] respectively for the first and second seasons. This is the only adaptation of the show that does not follow the annual format and the seasons have been produced once in 3 years. The reality show however has been discontinued after season 2 but a leading Bengali TV channel is planning to launch its new season and discussion about copyright issues is still on and show makers are yet to finalise it.^[67]

Bigg Boss Tamil

Bigg Boss Tamil is the Tamil version^[68] of the show and the second south Indian adaptation of Bigg Boss. Star India produced the show in 2017 with Kamal Haasan as the host^[69] on Star Vijay.^[70] This has been the only version to have none of its seasons shot at Lonavala. The house was constructed at EVP Film City, Chennai and is being used since the first season.^[71] All the three seasons so far have had ₹50^[72] as the prize money. Halfway through season 5, the main host actor Kamal Haasan fell ill and was replaced by actress Ramya Krishnan to host the show until he recovered.^[73] From eighth season, the show is being hosted by Vijay Sethupathi.

Bigg Boss Ultimate, a spin-off Indian Tamil-language reality digital series of the show Bigg Boss that aired exclusively on Disney Star's streaming service platform Disney+ Hotstar. The digital edition hosted by Kamal Haasan but later he replaced by Silambarasan and the show premiered its first season on 30 January 2022.

Bigg Boss Telugu

Bigg Boss Telugu is the Telugu version of the Bigg Boss reality TV show and telecasted by Star Maa in 2017. The first season Jr NTR is being hosted the show and the Lonavala house was used for the show. The second season was hosted by Nani. From third season onwards Nagarjuna continued as a host for the show. Ramya Krishnan and Samantha Akkineni appeared as a guest host in Season 3 and Season 4 respectively in the absence of main host. From second season onwards a newly built house was constructed at Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad is being used for the show. All the Seasons so far have had ₹50 as the prize money.

Bigg Boss Non-Stop, a spin-off Indian Telugu-language reality digital series of the show Bigg Boss that aired exclusively on Disney Star's streaming service platform Disney+ Hotstar. The digital edition hosted by Nagarjuna and the show premiered its first season on 26 February 2022.

Bigg Boss Marathi

Bigg Boss Marathi is the Marathi version of the show and the first season is being aired on Viacom 18's Colors Marathi.^[74] The Lonavala house is being used^[75] for this version and Mahesh Manjrekar is playing the host.^[76][77] From the 2nd season onwards house is made in Goregaon film city, Mumbai. This is the first and only adaptation of Bigg Boss so far to have its language affiliation in the show's official name. The prize money is announced to be ₹50.

Bigg Boss Malayalam

Bigg Boss Malayalam is the Malayalam adaptation of Bigg Boss, produced by Star India and broadcast on Asianet.^[78] Veteran actor Mohanlal has been roped to host the show and the Lonavala house was used for the first season. The prize money for the first season was announced to be ₹ 1 crore (US$140,000). All episodes of the show are available on the ott Disney+ Hotstar digital platform.^[79] For second, third and sixth seasons, house shifted to EVP Film City in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The fourth and fifth seasons, the house being in Film City, Mumbai. The seventh season introduced a new house built exclusively for the Malayalam version, thereby establishing a permanent location in Chennai.^[80][81]

Records

• Salman Khan, the host of Bigg Boss Hindi, is the longest-serving host of Bigg Boss.^[82]
• Bigg Boss Malayalam had the most of contestants in single season, with 25 participants each in its sixth and seventh seasons.^[83]
• Jacquline Lydia, contestant of eighth season of Bigg Boss Tamil made history as the most nominated contestant in the Indian Bigg Boss franchise, being consecutively nominated and saved every week of her 15-week stay in the house.^[84]
• 2025 marked the first time that five language versions of Bigg Boss — Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada — were telecast simultaneously.^[85]

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