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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.[1]

The 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.[2][3] The house is well-furnished and decorated. It has all kinds of 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 Bossfor any kind of conversation, and for the nomination process.[4]
The House has no TV connection, no telephones, no Internet connection, clocks, pen or paper.[1]

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.[5] 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.[6]

Airing
The main television coverage takes the form of a daily highlights programme and the weekly eviction
show on Fridays that are aired on Colors TV, while the first season was aired on Sony
TV.[7] Everyday's episodes contain the 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, contains extra footage of the week, which was not included in any
episode.

Series details
TRP
Season Main host Launch date Finale date Days Housemates
Launch Finale Av
1 Arshad Warsi 3 November 2006 26 January 2007 86 2.36[8] 2.87 2

22 November
2 Shilpa Shetty 17 August 2008 98 2.42[9] 3.02 2
2008 15

Amitabh 26 December
3 4 October 2009 84 1.96[10] 3.06 2
Bachchan 2009

4 Salman Khan 3 October 2010 8 January 2011 96 16 3.60[8] 6.70[11] 5

5 Sanjay Dutt[1] 2 October 2011 7 January 2012 98 18 4.30[13] 3.97 4

6 7 October 2012 12 January 2013 97 19 3.21[15] 4.24[16] 3

15 September 28 December
7 20 3.85[18] 4.80[19] 4
Salman Khan 2013 2013
105
21 September
8 3 January 2015 19 3.80 3.74[21] 3
2014

Halla
Farah Khan 3 January 2015 31 January 2015 28 10 3.74[21] 2.82[23] 3
Bol

9 11 October 2015 23 January 2016 20 3.18 2.97 2


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10 Salman Khan 16 October 2016 28 January 2017 18 3.82 4.02 3

11 1 October 2017 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA T

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