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Bigg Boss
File:Bigg Boss Season 5.png
Bigg Boss season 5 title card.
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of series5
Production
ProducerEndemol India
Running timeApprox. 45-60 minutes (without commercial breaks)
Original release
NetworkSony India (Season 1)
Colors channel (Season 2-)
Release3 November 2006 –
present

Bigg Boss is a reality TV programme broadcast in India. It follows the Big Brother format, which was first developed by Endemol in the Netherlands.[1][2]

Concept

Bigg Boss is a reality show where celebrity contestants stay in a single house for about three months, with no connection to the outside world. They are overseen by a mysterious person known as 'Bigg Boss', whose only presence in the house is through his voice.[3]

The house

A Bigg Boss House is built for every season. The house was earlier located in the tourist place of Lonavala, Pune district of Maharashtra, however the house for the fifth season is located in Karjat. 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 Boss for any kind of conversation, and for the nomination process.[1]

The House has no TV connection, no phones, no Internet connection, clocks, pen or paper.[3]

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.[4]

Nomination and eviction

Every week, each contestant is called into the 'Confession Room' by Bigg Boss, and are asked to nominate two of the other contestants. Bigg Boss selects two, and sometimes three (though the number goes higher at times) people with the highest votes, who are put up for a public vote via phone and text message. The one with the least votes is evicted on Friday. Occasionally, more than one person may be evicted at a time, like in the final episode.[5]

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]

Publication

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

Series Presenter(s) Launch date Finale date Days Housemates Winner
Season 1 Arshad Warsi 3 November 2006 26 January 2007 86 15 Rahul Roy
Season 2 Shilpa Shetty 17 August 2008 22 November 2008 98 15 Ashutosh Kaushik
Season 3 Amitabh Bachchan 4 October 2009 26 December 2009 84 15 Vindu Dara Singh
Season 4 Salman Khan 3 October 2010 8 January 2011 96 16 Shweta Tiwari
Season 5 Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt 2 October 2011 7 January 2012 96 17 TBD

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Rajul Hegde (8 October 2009). "What really goes on in Bigg Boss house?". Rediff. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  2. ^ "Hit or miss: reality shows search for magic formula". Financial Express. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  3. ^ a b "Bigg Boss". Endemol. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  4. ^ Malvika Nanda (9 October 2010). "Lights or not, camera, action". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  5. ^ "Celebrities, not sex on show in Big Boss". Indian Express. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  6. ^ "Bigg Boss casts out violent Khan". Daily News and Analysis. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Sony, Endemol lock horns over Big Boss". Business-Standard. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
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