Bigg Boss (Hindi season 16)

Bigg Boss
Season 16
Presented by	Salman Khan
No. of days	20
No. of housemates	16
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	21
Release
Original network	Colors TV
Original release	1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) – present (present)
Season chronology
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Bigg Boss 16: Game Badlega, Kyunki Bigg Boss Khud Khelega! is the sixteenth season of the Indian Hindi-language reality TV series Bigg Boss. It premiered on Colors TV from 1 October 2022. Salman Khan hosted the show for the thirteenth time.^[1]

Production

Broadcast

For the first time ever, a new segment-Bigg Bulletin With Shekhar Suman^[2] aired on Sunday Hosted by Shekhar Suman. Weekend Ka Vaar, namely- Shukravar and Shanivar Ka Vaar^[3] aired on Fridays and Saturdays instead of Saturdays and Sundays respectively as in previous seasons.^[4]

Casting

Colors TV teased the viewers, by giving a glimpse of the first two contestants answering several fan question on their Instagram stories.^[5][6]This segment was titled "#BB16ContestantFirstLook".^[7][8]They were later on revealed to be Gautam Singh Vig and Soundarya Sharma.^[9]

Concept

The concept for this season of Bigg Boss is "Upside Down", which means everything will be opposite from the previous seasons.

Development

The press conference^[10] and launch event^[11] for this season was held on 27 September 2022,^[12] anchored by Gauahar Khan,^[13] wherein Abdu Rozik was officially introduced as first contestant.^[14]

Eye Logo

The Eye logo is very similar to the logo of thirteenth season. It features a bright red color logo with a blue pupil.

House

The House of this season had a "Circus" theme.^[15] The House was located in Goregaon for the 4th time. This season had 4 bedrooms: Fire Room, Black and White Room, Cards Room & Vintage Room and a private jacuzzi for the captain for the first time in the history of Bigg Boss.^[16]

Release

A promo featuring Salman Khan was released on 11 September 2022.^[17][18] Promos featuring Gori Nagori,^[19] Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia and Abdu Rozik with Khan were released one day prior to the premiere. Promos featuring Priyanka Chahar Choudhary, Ankit Gupta^[20] and Tina Datta^[21] were released just before the premiere.

Housemates status

Sr	Housemates	Day entered	Day exited	Status
1	Abdu	Day 1
2	Ankit	Day 1
3	Archana	Day 1
4	Gautam	Day 1
5	Gori	Day 1
6	MC Stan	Day 1
7	Nimrit	Day 1
8	Priyanka	Day 1
9	Sajid	Day 1
10	Shalin	Day 1
11	Shiv	Day 1
12	Soundarya	Day 1
13	Sumbul	Day 1
14	Tina	Day 1
15	Manya	Day 1
16	Sreejita	Day 1	Day 13	Evicted

Housemates

The list of contestants in the order of entering the house :

Original Entrants

• Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia - Actress and model. She is best known for her dual roles as Meher Kaur Dhillon Gill and Seher Kaur Gill Babbar in Choti Sardaarni. Nimrit is also a lawyer, theatre artist and social activist by profession.^[22]
• Abdu Rozik - Singer and boxer from Tajikistan. He is known to be the shortest singer in the world.^[23]
• Ankit Gupta - Actor. He is best known for his leading role as Fateh Singh Virk in Udaariyan. Gupta also appeared in Kundali Bhagya, Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi and Begusarai.^[24]
• Priyanka Chahar Choudhary - Television actress. She is best known for her leading role Tejo Kaur Sandhu Virk in soap drama Udaariyan opposite Ankit Gupta. Choudhary was also seen in Gathbandhan and Yeh Hai Chahatein.^[25]
• MC Stan aka Altaf - A rapper and music producer best known for his album songs of Tadipaar and Insaan.^[26]
• Archana Gautam - Actress, model, beauty pageant title holder and politician. She joined Indian National Congress in November 2021.^[27]
• Gautam Singh Vig - Actor. He is best known for his leading role as Surya Seth in Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2.^[28]
• Shalin Bhanot - Actor. He is best known for his role as Keshav in Zee TV's Naaginn.^[29]
• Soundarya Sharma - Actress, model and dentist.^[30]
• Shiv Thakare - Reality TV star. He is the winner of Bigg Boss Marathi (season 2). Shiv is also known for participating in MTV Roadies Rising.^[31]
• Sumbul Touqeer Khan - Actress. She is best known for her role Imlie Chaturvedi Rathore in Imlie. Sumbul also appeared in Chandragupta Maurya and Article 15.^[32]
• Manya Singh - Model and Femina Miss India 2020 runner-up. ^[33]
• Gori Nagori — Dancer. She is a born-Rajasthani dancer who is best known for her performance on different Bhojpuri and Hariyanvi songs.^[34]
• Tina Datta - Television actress. She is best known for her dual roles as Ichcha and Meethi in Colors TV's longest-running show Uttaran. Datta has also seen as contestant in stunt-based reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7.^[35]
• Sreejita De — Actress. She is best known for her role Mukta in popular show Uttaran. De has also played Dilruba and Sanam in Nazar and Aliya in Yeh Jaadu Hai Jinn Ka!.^[36]
• Sajid Khan - Director, filmmaker, comedian and television presenter. Khan has directed films like Heyy Babyy, Housefull, Housefull 2.^[37]

Twists

Bedroom Allotment

Housmates were chosen by the Captain / Task winners to be staying in 4 different bedrooms: Fire Room, Black and White room, Cards Room & Vintage Room. Every week the bedrooms of the housemates were chosen newly & the housemates had to stay in the chosen bedrooms.

Key:

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3		Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15
Allotment by	Nimrit	Priyanka	Abdu
			Gautam
			MC Stan
			Sajid
Abdu		Fire	Black & White
Ankit		Black & White
Archana		Vintage		Captain
Gautam		Captain	Vintage
Gori		Fire	Cards
Manya		Fire
MC Stan		Fire	Cards
Nimrit	Captain	Cards	Fire
Priyanka		Black & White	Fire
Sajid		Fire	Black & White
Shalin		Vintage	Cards
Shiv		Fire	Captain	Vintage
Soundarya		Black & White	Fire
Sumbul		Black & White
Tina		Cards	Fire
Sreejita		Cards

Jail Punishment

	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15
Punishment by	Shiv
Punishment given to	Priyanka
Reason of Punishment	Not cooperating in performing duties

Weekly summary

First Day First Show	Entrances	Nimrit, Abdu, Ankit, Priyanka, MC Stan, Archana, Gautam, Shalin, Soundarya, Shiv, Sumbul, Manya, Gori, Tina, Sreejita and Sajid entered the house.[38]
	Twist	Nimrit was made the captain of the house by Bigg Boss as she was the first housemate.
Week 1	Nominations	Shiv Thakare, Archana Gautam, MC Stan, Sajid Khan, Gori Nagori, and Gautam Vig were nominated for the 1st-week Eviction.[39]
	Twists	Bigg Boss broke its 15-year ritual of Morning Wake-up song and replaced it with Bigg Boss Anthem.[40] For the first time Bigg Boss will keep an eye on the captain 24/7 and if the captain is negligent, they will be fired from the post immediately. Bigg Boss again broke its 15-year ritual of nominating people by giving reasons and asked the housemates to nominate their co-contestants directly without reason.[41]
	Captaincy Task	Nimrit was fired from the captaincy post due to continuous violation of house rules. Nimrit was given a chance to save her captaincy. The contestant who rings the bell first in the garden will get a chance to challenge Nimrit. Shalin rings the bell and challenges Nimrit. The task was that both the contenders will stand on a platform and hold baskets on their heads. The one who drops it first will lose and the other one would become the captain.The other contestants will put things in their baskets. Sajid will be the sanchalak.
		Winner– Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia
		Failed– Shalin Bhanot
	Tasks	Stand-Up Comedy: Sajid was asked to do a stand-up comedy show for housemates. If the housemates liked it, Sajid would get a special advantage to distribute the ration among the 4 bedrooms. Reel Competition: There was a reel competition between MC Stan and Abdu. Their Managers, Sumbul and Shiv would convince the housemates to do a reel for them. The person who does maximum reels with the housemates wins the task and would get a special advantage to change the bed positions of the housemates Immunity Task: Gori was told to do a special dance performance for the housemates. If all housemates like her performance and join her. She will get an advantage to immune one nominated housemate including herself. If no one likes her performance, The rest of the nominated housemates will have to mutually decide to immune one housemate other than Gori.
	Result	Stand-Up Comedy: Sajid won the task and distributed the ration among the 4 bedrooms Reel Competition: MC Stan made maximum reels with housemates and won the task. MC Stan and Sumbul also got the advantage of changing the bed positions. Immunity Task: Gori successfully completed the task and saved herself from nominations.
	Notes	Nimrit was asked to select one person from Tina, Manya, and Soundarya who will be freed from doing all housework. She chose Manya and replaced her with Priyanka.
	Punishments	Tina, Manya, and Soundarya were punished for saying sorry during nominations and were told to do all the work in the house till the next notice. Nimrit was fired from captaincy as she was negligent.
	House Captain	Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia
	Exit	On Day 8, no eviction took place.
Week 2
	Nominations	Gori Nagori, MC Stan, Sreejita De, Tina Datta, and Shalin Bhanot were nominated for 2nd-week eviction by House Captain Gautam.
	Captaincy Task	Gautam Singh Vig and Shiv Thakre competed for the captaincy task. The task was that both the contenders will stand on a platform and hold baskets on their heads. The one who drops it first will lose and the other one would become the captain. Other contestants will put things in their baskets and Nimrit will be the sanchalak.
		Winner– Gautam Singh Vig
		Failed– Shiv Thakare
	Tasks	Music Video: Nimrit and Priyanka would have to make a music video with Abdu as the main lead on Chota Bhaijaan which was sung by Abdu. The one who made a better video will get a special advantage in changing the bed positions of the housemates
	Result	Priyanka's music video was chosen as the best and she won the task and got the advantage in changing the bed positions of the housemates.
	Punishments	Shalin Bhanot was punished for being physical with Archana Gautam and was nominated for 2 weeks and He can never be a contender for captaincy for the entire season Gori Nagori, MC Stan, Sreejita De, and Tina Datta were chosen by Captain Gautam for using derogatory language in the house and were nominated directly for eviction.
	House Captain	Gautam Singh Vig
	Notes	Bigg Boss asked contestants to name the most irritating person in the house. The housemate named Archana, and as a result, Bigg Boss asked Archana to stay silent and Shalin would be her voice and convey her message to all the housemates until his next order. They fulfilled their order and Archana got 1 kg of Ginger and Shalin got 1 week's supply of chicken.
	Exits	On Day 13, Sreejita De was evicted after facing public votes.
Week 3
	Nominations	Manya Singh, Shalin Bhanot, Sumbul Touqeer Khan were nominated for 3rd-week eviction.
	Captaincy Task	Shiv Thakare & Priyanka Chahar Chaudhary competed for the captaincy task. Both contenders had to make as much lines as they can with wooden domino bricks of a specific color. After the time ends, Sanchalak Gautam will decide who won the task on the basis of the lengths of the lines of bricks & maintaining the rules.
		Winner– Shiv Thakare
		Failed– Priyanka Chahar Choudhary
	Tasks	BB Train: Four favourite members including Abdu, Sajid, MC Stan and Gautam were selected from the choices of all the housemates . These four individuals got the exclusive right to include a housemate into their rooms.
	Result
	Punishments
	House Captain	Shiv Thakare
	Notes
	Exits	On Day 20, Manya Singh was evicted after facing public votes.

Guest appearances

Week(s)	Day(s)	Guest(s)	Notes	Ref.
First Day First Show	Day 0	Touqeer Khan	To support daughter Sumbul Touqeer Khan	[42]
		Shehnaaz Gill	To support Sajid via video call	[43]
Week 1	Day 3	Kili Paul	For taking part in Reels task.	[44]
	Day 6	Rashmika Mandanna and Neena Gupta	To promote their film Goodbye	[45]
Week 2	Day 13	Touqeer Khan	To interact with daughter Sumbul Touqeer Khan	[46]
		Harrdy Sandhu and Parineeti Chopra	To promote Code Name: Tiranga
	Day 14	Sidharth Malhotra and Rakul Preet Singh	To promote Thank God
		Bhavin Rabari	To promote Last Film Show

Nomination Table

	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3		Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15
	Day 1	Day 5		Day 15	Day 20
Nominees for House Captaincy	None	Nimrit Shalin	Gautam Shiv	Priyanka Shiv	None
House Captain	Nimrit	Nimrit	Gautam	Shiv	Archana
Captain's Nomination	Shiv Archana (to evict)	No Nominations	Gori Stan Sreejita Tina (to evict)	Sumbul Manya
Vote to:	Evict	none	Evict	Least involved
Abdu	Shalin Soundarya	No Nominations	Immune	Manya Sumbul
Ankit	Stan Gori	No Nominations	Immune	Sumbul Manya
Archana	Stan Sajid	No Nominations	Immune	Sajid Sumbul	House Captain
Gautam	Gori Stan	No Nominations	House Captain	Sajid Manya
Gori	Gautam Ankit	No Nominations	Nominated	Sumbul Manya
MC Stan	Gautam Priyanka	No Nominations	Nominated	Sumbul Manya
Nimrit	House Captain	House Captain	Immune	Manya Sumbul
Priyanka	Sajid Stan	No Nominations	Immune	Manya Sumbul
Sajid	Shalin Tina	No Nominations	Immune	Sumbul Manya
Shalin	Sajid Abdu	No Nominations	Nominated	Manya Sumbul
Shiv	Gautam Sreejita	No Nominations	Immune	House Captain
Soundarya	Abdu Ankit	No Nominations	Immune	Sumbul Manya
Sumbul	Manya Sajid	No Nominations	Immune	Sajid Manya
Tina	Sajid Stan	No Nominations	Nominated	Manya Sumbul
Manya	Gori Stan	No Nominations	Immune	Sumbul Soundarya	Evicted (Day 20)
Sreejita	Tina Gori	No Nominations	Nominated	Evicted (Day 13)
Notes	1, 2, 3	4	5,6	5
Against Public Voting	Shiv Archana Stan Sajid Gori Gautam	None	Gori Stan Shalin Sreejita Tina	Manya Shalin Sumbul
Walked	None
Ejected
Evicted	No Eviction		Sreejita

Key:

  indicates the House Captain.

  indicates the Nominees for house captaincy.

  indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nominations process.

  indicates that the housemate went to secret room.

  indicates that the Housemate was granted immunity from nominations.

  indicates the winner.

  indicates the first runner up.

  indicates the second runner up.

  indicates the third runner up.

  indicates the fourth runner up.

  indicates the contestant has been walked out of the show.

  indicates the contestant has been evicted.

Notes

• ^Note 1 : As Nimrit was the first housemate to enter the Bigg Boss house, she was immediately assigned as the first House Captain by Bigg Boss.
• ^Note 2 : Being the House Captain, Nimrit had the power to automatically nominate two contestants.
• ^Note 3 : Gori won a task and saved herself from eviction.
• ^Note 4 : Nimrit was fired from Captaincy but was allowed to fight for her position once again. Nimrit and Shalin competed in a task where Nimrit won back her Captaincy.
• ^Note 5 : Shalin was nominated by Bigg Boss for two consecutive weeks as a punishment for physical violence. He also can never be a contender for Captaincy for the entire season.
• ^Note 6 :Gautam was fired from Captaincy .

References

External links

• Bigg Boss 16 at Colors TV
• Bigg Boss 16 on Voot