46 Fun Facts About Bigg Boss

Which Baywatch star spent three days in the Bigg Boss house as a guest in November 2010, during season 4?

Pamela Anderson arrived the same week India's government tried to push Bigg Boss out of prime time over complaints of vulgarity.

Which screen legend hosted Bigg Boss season 3 on Colors TV in 2009?

Amitabh Bachchan fronted only that season: Shah Rukh Khan turned down season 4, and Salman Khan took the job instead.

Where in the Bigg Boss house do housemates talk privately with Bigg Boss?

Confession Room talks are private, but plotting nominations with other housemates breaks the house rules and has drawn punishments.

In which Maharashtra hill station did the Bigg Boss house stand for most early Hindi seasons?

Lonavala's house was lent to other editions too: Bigg Boss Kannada and Bigg Boss Telugu both shot their first seasons there.

Which farmer won Bigg Boss season 10, the first to admit commoners, branded 'Indiawale', alongside celebrity housemates?

Manveer Gurjar became the first commoner to win Bigg Boss, beating Bani J in a season that was also the first streamed on Voot. The Indiawale had been chosen through public auditions.

In which Bigg Boss episode does Salman Khan grade the housemates' behaviour and announce an eviction?

Weekend Ka Vaar doubles as a film-promotion stop: in 2016 the Rock On 2 cast entered the house on it to plug their film.

Which television actress won Bigg Boss season 4, beating the WWE wrestler The Great Khali in the finale?

Shweta Tiwari won a season whose Pakistani housemates, including Veena Malik, drew Shiv Sena protests against the show.

Which Malayalam superstar launched Bigg Boss Malayalam on Asianet as its host in 2018?

Mohanlal was still hosting in season 7, when he confronted housemate Lakshmi over her remarks about the lesbian couple Adhila and Noora.

Which YouTuber entered Bigg Boss OTT 2 as a wildcard and went on to win the whole season?

Elvish Yadav's win was followed by an arrest: in March 2024 Noida police held him in a case over snake venom allegedly arranged for rave parties.

Which filmmaker hosted the first Bigg Boss OTT in 2021, a digital spin-off streamed on Voot?

Karan Johar later stood in on television as well, hosting a week of Bigg Boss 16 in 2022 while Salman Khan recovered from dengue.

Which actor hosted the third and final Bigg Boss OTT in 2024, after Salman Khan had fronted the second?

Anil Kapoor's season proved the last: in January 2026 the OTT edition was cancelled and folded back into the television show. Naezy Sheikh finished runner-up in his season.

Which actor jointly hosted Bigg Boss season 5 with Salman Khan in 2011?

Sanjay Dutt's season is where Mahesh Bhatt walked into the house and offered housemate Sunny Leone a role in his film Jism 2.

Which choreographer hosted Bigg Boss Halla Bol, the season 8 extension, while its usual host shot Bajrangi Bhaijaan?

Farah Khan took over after a twist finale: instead of one winner, season 8 crowned five champions to face five returning challengers.

Which actress hosted Bigg Boss season 2, the show's first season on Colors TV?

Shilpa Shetty's season briefly housed Jade Goody, accused of bullying her on Celebrity Big Brother, until Goody learned on the show that she had cancer.

Which Bollywood actor hosted the debut Bigg Boss season on Sony TV in 2006, the only season never aired on Colors?

Arshad Warsi presented an 86-day first season with a 1 crore prize, before the licence passed to Viacom 18 and the show moved channels. It averaged a modest 1.96 TVR.

Which Aashiqui star won the debut Bigg Boss season, beating model Carol Gracias in a three-housemate final?

Rahul Roy's old Aashiqui co-star Deepak Tijori joined midway as a replacement for cricketer Salil Ankola, but Roy was the one who won.

Which actor won Bigg Boss season 13 in 2020?

Sidharth Shukla won a season stretched well past the usual 15 weeks, which pushed the finale from January into February 2020.

Which rapper won Bigg Boss season 16, the first season to stage its evictions on Saturdays rather than Sundays?

MC Stan, a rapper and music producer, won a season whose weekend shows moved to Friday and Saturday and which added a Sunday Bigg Bulletin segment. It ran 134 days.

Who won Bigg Boss season 17, the Dil, Dimaag aur Dum season, ahead of Abhishek Kumar?

Munawar Faruqui had spent over a month in jail in 2021, arrested over remarks allegedly insulting Hindu deities at an Indore comedy show, until the Supreme Court granted him bail.

Which actress won Bigg Boss 14 in February 2021, ahead of singer Rahul Vaidya?

Rubina Dilaik entered with her husband after they had given their marriage a deadline before divorce, and afterwards he said no divorce was happening.

Who won Bigg Boss season 19, the Gharwalon Ki Sarkaar season?

Gaurav Khanna beat Farrhana Bhatt in the final two, a housemate evicted in week one whose return he had helped bring about.

Which actress won Bigg Boss season 12, whose housemates entered in pairs, ahead of cricketer Sreesanth?

Dipika Kakar won after Deepak Thakur quit the finale for a cash offer, leaving her and Sreesanth as the final two.

Which model-actress won Bigg Boss 7 in December 2013, with Tanishaa Mukerji runner-up?

Gauahar Khan had walked out when her boyfriend Kushal Tandon was thrown out of the house, then came back days later and went on to win.

Who won Bigg Boss 9, the 'Double Trouble' season hosted by Salman Khan in 2015 and 2016?

Prince Narula won Roadies, Splitsvilla and Bigg Boss back to back, and in 2018 he married Yuvika Chaudhary, a fellow Bigg Boss 9 housemate.

Who won the first Bigg Boss OTT, the six-week digital season streamed on Voot in 2021?

Divya Agarwal entered alone, without a connection in a season built on pairs, and still won the trophy.

Which model-actor won the first Bigg Boss Tamil in 2017, beating lyricist Snehan in the final?

Arav beat Snehan, who had promised to build a library with the prize money and began building one in his hometown anyway.

Which actor won the first Bigg Boss Telugu in 2017, the 70-day season hosted by Jr NTR?

Siva Balaji won a season in which housemate Mumaith Khan was allowed out of the house over a Tollywood drug case inquiry.

Which actor won the first Bigg Boss Kannada, launched on ETV Kannada in 2013?

Vijay Raghavendra beat Arun Sagar, who had seemed to pull ahead of the other finalists in the closing weeks.

Who won the first Bigg Boss Malayalam in 2018, beating runner-up Pearle Maaney?

Sabumon Abdusamad's prize came as a flat, and he said he gave the rest of the money to his brother.

Which Bigg Boss Marathi 2 winner went on to finish runner-up in the Hindi show's season 16?

Shiv Thakare grew up in a slum and treated his Bigg Boss Marathi run as a stepping stone to the Hindi show he had long dreamed of.

Which Kannada star hosted Bigg Boss Kannada's first two seasons, on ETV Kannada and then Suvarna?

Sudeep's two hit seasons earned him a reported deal with Colors Kannada to host the next five seasons.

Which actor took over as host of Bigg Boss Tamil for season 8 in 2024, ending a seven-season run by his predecessor?

Vijay Sethupathi took the job after the host of every earlier season bowed out, citing his film commitments.

Which actor took over as host of Bigg Boss Telugu from its third season in 2019?

Nagarjuna's first finale as host had him raising a cash offer for any finalist willing to walk out, and not one of them took it.

Which director-actor hosted the first Bigg Boss Marathi season in 2018?

Mahesh Manjrekar's second season saw police arrest housemate Abhijit Bichukale inside the house over a bounced cheque.

Which actor crowned singer Rahul Sipligunj the winner of Bigg Boss Telugu season 3 in 2019?

Chiranjeevi crowned a singer who went on to perform RRR's 'Naatu Naatu' live at the 2023 Academy Awards.

From its third season, Bigg Boss Kannada moved into a purpose-built house at Innovative Film City in which city?

Bengaluru got its own house because the Hindi and Kannada schedules were expected to overlap, and that house burned to ashes in February 2018 and had to be rebuilt for season 6.

Which star hosted the first seven seasons of Bigg Boss Tamil, starting in 2017?

Kamal Haasan opted out of the spin-off Bigg Boss Ultimate in 2022 over clashes with his film Vikram, then returned to host the main show's sixth season.

Which Bigg Boss 13 twist gave task winners privileges and a chance to save themselves?

Elite Club membership had to be won: after the first task, former finalist Hina Khan came into the house and picked Asim Riaz.

What is the weekly allowance called that Bigg Boss housemates earn through tasks to buy food beyond the basic supplies?

Luxury budget tasks can turn ugly: season 10's BB Laundry task, washing and ironing clothes, turned the house into a battleground.

Which Bigg Boss Tamil 8 contestant made Bigg Boss India history by being nominated every single week?

Jacquline Lydia kept surviving on viewers' votes, then went out in the final week after failing a money-box running task.

Which actress won Bigg Boss 15 in January 2022, beating Pratik Sehajpal?

Tejasswi Prakash's win came with a second prize: on finale day she was also unveiled as the lead of Naagin 6.

Why did Bigg Boss Malayalam's second season end without crowning a winner?

The COVID-19 pandemic ended it after producer Endemol Shine India suspended its production departments in March 2020.

Who won Bigg Boss Halla Bol, the Champions-versus-Challengers extension that followed the season 8 finale?

Gautam Gulati had left his Diya Aur Baati Hum role just before entering the house, then beat Karishma Tanna in the final.

Who won the third and final Bigg Boss OTT in 2024, a JioCinema Premium season with rapper Naezy as runner-up?

Sana Makbul lifted the trophy on 2 August 2024, and within eighteen months the OTT edition was cancelled and merged back into the television show.

Which actress guest-hosted a week of Bigg Boss Telugu season 4 in October 2020?

Samantha Ruth Prabhu stood in because the show's regular host was away shooting a film.

Which actor won Bigg Boss 3 in December 2009, defeating Pravesh Rana and Poonam Dhillon in the finale?

Vindu Dara Singh's win was later overshadowed: in 2013 Mumbai police arrested him over alleged links to bookies during the IPL spot-fixing probe.