MTV Roadies

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MTV Roadies
Genre	Reality
Presented by	see below
Judges	see below
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	17
Production
Production companies	Diamond Pictures (2009-2010) Colosceum Media (2010-present)
Release
Original network	MTV India
Chronology
Related shows	Battleground (2006-2009, 2014-present) Graveyard (2010-2011, 2013-2014)
External links
MTV Roadies

MTV Roadies is an youth based reality show that airs on MTV India. It first aired in 2003. In this show, a group of contestants travel to different destinations and participate in various tasks that challenge their physical, social and mental strength.

Roadies journey[]

Raghu Ram, Rajiv Lakshman and RJ Amit, the creators of Roadies, left the show in 2014.^[1] They told the media that they had done enough to popularise the show and wanted to give opportunities to the new generation to carry the show forward. With a 17-year history, it is one of India's longest running reality shows.^{[2][failed verification]}

During the course of the journey there are vote outs, vote ins, eliminations and game changing twists. Eventually the contestant who manages to survive vote outs and succeed in the final task is chosen as the winner. The show has enjoyed relative success among the youth. When asked about the show, the executive producer said, "Roadies has travel, adventure, drama.

Format[]

The first two seasons had a cap on the daily budget allocated to the contestants. During the show, apart from learning about India's diversity, they were also given tasks to get to know each other. The tasks became more challenging from the third season onwards.^[3]

The fifth season was the first time when an "Advantage task" was introduced. The winner of the task would get an advantage in the vote out, which could be multiple votes or being the only one(s) to vote. This was also the first time the show went international.^[4]

In the tenth season, a team of former contestants mentored by Raghu Ram were pitted against a team of fresh contestants mentored by Rannvijay.^[5]

In the twelfth season, during the auditions, four Gang Leaders had to hit a buzzer to express their interest in a contestant. Contestants in return had the option to choose which gang they would like to be a part of.^[6]

In the thirteenth season, bikes, which had been a common aspect of the show, were discontinued and the makers opted for a car. This has continued in the fourteenth season as well.^[5]

Across all seasons, vote outs, vote ins, immunity, eliminations, captaincy, twists introduced by the makers and special appearances by guests like actors, sportspersons and musicians have been regular features of the show.^[3][5]

Series[]

Contestants:   Male   Female

Season	Year	Title	Host	Date		No.of Episodes		Contestants	Destinations	Prize money	Winning Gang Leader	Winner	Runner-up
				Launch	Finale
1	2003	Roadies - Challenges Har Kadam Par	Cyrus Sahukar	N/A	N/A	27		10	India	₹5,00,000	None	Rannvijay Singha
2	2004	Roadies Returns	Rannvijay Singha			30		10				Aayushmann Khurrana
3	2005	Roadies 3 - Triple The Danger				13		17		₹3,60,000		Parul Shahi	Rahul Sharma
4	2006–07	Roadies - Road To Fear		11 November 2006	3 March 2007	17		13		₹3,75,500		Anthony Yeh	Gurbani Judge
5	2007–08	Roadies 5.0		28 October 2007	13 January 2008	20		15	India,  Thailand &  Malaysia	₹2,30,000		Ashutosh Kaushik	Nihal Nikam
6	2008–09	Roadies Hell Down Under		29 November 2008	26 April 2009	21		20	India,  Australia	₹3,62,000		Nauman Sait	Lonkiri Timung
7	2009–10	Roadies:7 Deadly Sins & 1 Wild Safari	Rannvijay Singha & Bani J	November 2009	25 June 2010	22		15	India,  Kenya &  Egypt	₹90,000		Anwar Syed	Zaid Bin Nazir
8	2011	Roadies 8: Shortcut to Hell	Rannvijay Singha	19 January 2011	18 June 2011	28		13	India,  Brazil	₹4,00,000		Aanchal Khurana	Mohit Saggar
9	2012	Roadies 9: Everything or Nothing		7 January 2012	30 June 2012	27			India,  United States	₹6,17,000		Vikas Khoker	Himani Sharma
10	2013	Roadies X: Battle for Glory	Bani J	19 January 2013	11 May 2013	17		16	India	₹4,50,000		Palak Johal	Ramandeep Kaur Dhillon
11	2014	Roadies X1: Ride for Respect		25 January 2014	18 May 2014	18		15		₹3,20,000		Nikhil Sachdeva	Utkarsh Khanna
12	2015	Roadies X2: Your Road, Your Gang		26 January 2015	27 June 2015	22		22	India,    Nepal	₹5,00,000	Rannvijay Singha	Prince Narula	Gurmeet Singh Rehal
13	The Producers skipped X3 for the season's title and went for X4
14	2016	Roadies X4: Your Gang, Your Glory	Gaelyn Mendonca	20 February 2016	19 June 2016	24		22	India,  Bhutan	Renault Duster	Karan Kundra	Balraj Singh Khehra	Navdeesh Singh
15	2017	Roadies Rising		25 February 2017	22 July 2017	26			India		Neha Dhupia	Shweta Mehta	Baseer Ali
16	2018	Roadies Xtreme	Rannvijay Singh	18 February 2018	4 August 2018	28		24				Kashish Thakur	Preeti Kuntal
17	2019	Roadies: Real Heroes		10 February 2019	18 August 2019	28		27		Droom Used Super Bike	Raftaar	Arun Sharma	Ankita Pathak
18	2020–21	Roadies: Revolution		15 February 2020	21 March 2020	6	36	25		Jawa Bike and ₹3,00,000 to Nikhil Chinapa's cause	Nikhil Chinapa	Hamid Barkzi	Michael Ajay
				27 June 2020	16 January 2021	30
19	2022	Roadies: Safar-ing in South Africa	TBA	2022	TBA	TBA		TBA	India,  South Africa	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Gang Leaders[]

Dhupia is the most successful gang leader, Winning two seasons Roadies Rising and Roadies Xtreme.

References[]

• MTV Roadies Winners List of All Seasons Just Web World.

External links[]

• Roadies official website