With 13 seasons, starting in November 2006 and ending in February 2020 and 1 spin-off season, in January 2015, Bigg Boss is one of the most popular TV shows among the Indian people.
Different seasons of Big Boss were hosted by different hosts, the most popular being Salman Khan, who has hosted 9 complete seasons till now. 1 season he joined in between, so numerically, he has hosted 9.5 seasons. The spin off season (Halla Bol) was hosted by Farah Khan.
The program follows the show “Big Brother” concept, in which a specific number of contestants are kept locked in a house, being isolated from the outer world. Then follows their struggle for survival in the house and elimination of the respective contestants by voting against each other, due to their personal differences among themselves.
Prize money, most important factor, that the winners till date has won per season is
- Rs. 1 crore ($ 140,000) for season 1-5) and
- Rs. 50 lakhs ($ 70,000) for seasons (6-13)
Bigg Boss in Different Regional Languages
After the huge success of Bigg Boss in Hindi language, the show was decided to be launched in 6 other regional languages.
- Bigg Boss Tamil
- Bigg Boss Telugu
- Bigg Boss Malayalam
- Bigg Boss Kannada
- Bigg Boss Bengali
- Bigg Boss Marathi
Here is the list of the Bigg Boss winners, with their Instagram profiles, of all seasons in chronological order :
Bigg Boss Season 1 (2006-07) Winner : Rahul Roy
The first maiden season of the “Bigg Boss” was premiered from 3rd November 2006 to 26th January 2007. The winner was Rahul Roy, who is a 52 years old Indian film actor. Till date, he has appeared in 32 Bollywood films and has won 4 awards.
| Winner | Rahul Roy |
| 1st Runner Up | Carol Gracias |
| Host | Arshad Warsi |
| Price money | 1 Crore |
| Location | Lonavala |
| Number of participants | 15 |
Bigg Boss Season 2 (2008) Winner : Ashutosh Kaushik
The second season of the Bigg Boss was premiered from 17th August 2008 to 22nd November 2008. The winner was Ashutosh Kaushik, who is an Indian actor and reality shows participant. He was also the winner of the MTV Roadies 5.0 in 2007. He has appeared in 8 Bollywood movies till now.
| Winner | Ashutosh Kaushik |
| 1st Runner Up | Raja Chaudhary |
| Host | Shilpa Shetty |
| Price money | 1 Crore |
| Location | Lonavala |
| Number of participants | 15 |
Recently during COVID-19 lockdown, Ashutosh got married with her fiance “Arpita Tiwari” in Noida on 26th April 2020. The ceremony took place as per the government guidelines of social distancing and limited gathering of people. All family members including pandit, wore face mask as a preventive measure against coronavirus.
Bigg Boss Season 3 (2009) Winner : Vindu Dara Singh
The third season of the Bigg Boss was premiered from 4th October 2009 to 26th December 2009. The winner was Vindu Dara Singh, who is an Indian and TV actor and is 55 years old. He also did hindi dubbing for “The Incredibles” in 2004. He has appeared in 9 Indian TV shows till now.
| Winner | Vindu Dara Singh |
| 1st Runner Up | Parvesh Rana |
| Host | Amitabh Bachchan |
| Price money | 1 Crore |
| Location | Lonavala |
| Number of participants | 15 |
Bigg Boss Season 4 (2010-11) Winner : Shweta Tiwari
The forth season of the Bigg Boss was premiered from 3rd October 2010 to 8th January 2011. The winner was Shweta Tiwari, who is an Indian film and TV actress and is 39 years old. She is popular for her TV show Kasautii Zindagii Kay. She has appeared in 18 TV shows and 15 Indian films till now. She has won 5 awards for her on-screen performance.
| Winner | Shweta Tiwari |
| 1st Runner Up | Dalip Singh Rana |
| Host | Salman Khan |
| Price money | 1 Crore |
| Location | Lonavala |
| Number of participants | 16 |
Bigg Boss Season 5 (2011-12) Winner : Juhi Parmar
The fifth season of the Bigg Boss was premiered from 2nd October 2011 to 7th January 2012. The winner was Juhi Parmar, who is an Indian film and TV actress, singer, presenter as well as dancer and is 39 years old. She is popular for her TV show Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan. She has appeared in 40 TV shows and 3 Indian films till now.
| Winner | Juhi Parmar |
| 1st Runner Up | Mahek Chahal |
| Host | Sanjay dutt, Salman Khan |
| Price money | 1 Crore |
| Location | Karjat |
| Number of participants | 18 |
Bigg Boss Season 6 (2012-13) Winner : Urvashi Dholakia
The sixth season of the Bigg Boss was premiered from 7th October 2012 to 12th January 2013. The winner was Urvashi Dholakia, who is an Indian TV actress and is 41 years old. She is popular for her TV show Kasautii Zindagii Kay . She has appeared in 25 TV shows and 2 Indian films till now. She has won 6 awards for her on-screen performance.
Bigg Boss Season 7 (2013) Winner : Gauhar Khan
The seventh season of the Bigg Boss was premiered from 15th September 2013 to 28th December 2013. The winner was Gauhar Khan, who is an Indian model, TV and film actress and is 36 years old. She is popular for her TV show Kasautii Zindagii Kay. She has appeared in 12 TV shows and 14 Indian films till now. She has been nominated 4 times for various awards.
| Winner | Gauhar Khan |
| 1st Runner Up | Tanishaa Mukherji |
| Host | Salman Khan |
| Price money | 50 lakh |
| Location | Lonavala |
| Number of participants | 20 |
Bigg Boss Season 8 (2014-15) Winner : Gautam Gulati
The eigth season of the Bigg Boss was premiered from 21st September 2014 and combined with “Halla Bol”, it went till 31st January 2015. The winner was Gautam Gulati, who is an Indian TV and film actor and is 32 years old. He is popular for his TV show Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani . He has appeared in 9 TV shows, 1 web series and 6 Indian films till now.
| Winner | Gautam Gulati |
| 1st Runner Up | Karishm Tanna |
| Host, Halla bol | Salman Khan, Farah Khan |
| Price money | 50 lakh |
| Location | Lonavala |
| Number of participants | 19+10 |
Bigg Boss Season 9 (2015-16) Winner : Prince Narula
The ninth season of the Bigg Boss was premiered from 11th October 2015 to 23rd January 2016. The winner was Prince Narula, who is an Indian model, TV and film actor and is 29 years old. He has won MTV Roadies 12 also and is popular for his TV show Badho Bahu. He has appeared in 13 TV shows, 1 web series and 6 Indian music videos till now. He is married to Yuvika Chaudhary, his long time girlfriend from MTV Roadies 9.
| Winner | Prince Narula |
| 1st Runner Up | Rishabh Sinha |
| Host | Salman Khan |
| Price money | 50 lakh |
| Location | Lonavala |
| Number of participants | 20 |
Bigg Boss Season 10 (2016-17) Winner : Manveer Gurjar
The tenth season of the Bigg Boss was premiered from 16th October 2016 to 28th January 2017. The winner was Manveer Gurjar, who is a farmer from Noida and is 32 years old. He was selected among mango people of India, who wish to participate in the house reality show. He later joined AAP with Arvind Kejriwal.
| Winner | Manveer Gurjar |
| 1st Runner Up | Bani J |
| Host | Salman Khan |
| Price money | 50 lakh |
| Location | Lonavala |
| Number of participants | 18 |
Bigg Boss Season 11 (2017-18) Winner : Shilpa Shinde
The eleventh season of the Bigg Boss was premiered from 1st October 2017 to 14th January 2018. The winner was Shilpa Shinde, who is an Indian TV and film actress and is 42 years old. She is popular for his TV show Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai!. She has appeared in 34 TV shows and 3 Indian films till now.
| Winner | Shilpa Shinde |
| 1st Runner Up | Hina Khan |
| Host | Salman Khan |
| Price money | 50 lakh |
| Location | Lonavala |
| Number of participants | 19 |
Bigg Boss Season 12 (2018) Winner : Dipika Kakar
The twelfth season of the Bigg Boss was premiered from 16th September 2018 to 30th December 2018. The winner was Dipika Kakar, who is an Indian TV and film actress and is 33 years old. She is popular for his TV show Sasural Simar Ka, and is married to the “Shoaib Ibrahim, co-star of same TV show. She has appeared in 24 TV shows and 1 Indian films till now. She has been nominated 6 times for various awards for her on-screen performance and won 2 times.
| Winner | Dipika Kakar |
| 1st Runner Up | S. Sreesanth |
| Host | Salman Khan |
| Price money | 50 lakh |
| Location | Lonavala |
| Number of participants | 20 |
Bigg Boss Season 13 (2019-20) Winner : Siddharth Shukla
The thirteenth season of the Bigg Boss was premiered from 29th September 2019 to 15th February 2020. The winner was Siddharth Shukla, who is a model, Indian TV and film actor and is 39 years old. He is popular for his TV shows Love U Zindagi, Balika Vadhu and Dil Se Dil Tak. He has appeared in 18 TV shows and 2 Indian films till now. He has been nominated 10 times for various awards for his on-screen performance and won 5 times.
This was the complete list of Bigg Boss winners of all seasons happened till now. We hope you find it informative and useful.
The next season of Bigg Boss, season 14 is scheduled for this year and due to COVID-19 epidemic, all scheduled dates of movies as well as TV shows has been postponed. Bigg Boss season 14 too, which was earlier scheduled to be telecasted in the month of September 2020, has been postponed to October 2020.
And, as you all know every year, the show is based on a theme. So this years’ theme will be “Jungle”.
There will be total 16 contestants in the show, 13 celebrities and 3 common people, but still their names are not finalized. All the contestants will be tested for COVID-19 and all items as well as rooms will be sanitized on daily basis. The following are the most probable contestants :
- Karan Kundra
- Alisha Panwar
- Aanchal Khurana
- Akanksha Puri
- Jasmin Bhasin
- Aarushi Dutta
- Mansi Srivastava