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 |
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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 15 Contestants List
- Anusha Dandekar
- Disha Vakhani
- Krushna Abhishek
- Disha Parmar
- Mohsin Khan
- Nia Sharma
- Parth Samthaan
- Rhea Chakraborty
- Surbhi Chandna
