Bigg Boss (Hindi season 10)
Bigg Boss 10 is the tenth season of the Indian reality TV series Bigg Boss. It began airing on 16 October 2016 on Colors TV.
It was the first time when the doors of house were opened for commoners called Indiawale. This season ended on 29 January 2017 with Manveer Gurjar as the winner. Bani J became the first runner up.
This was the first season of Bigg Boss to be aired on an OTT platform - Voot. New element called ‘Unseen-Undekha’ was introduced by way of unseen footage uploaded on Voot.
Housemates status
Housemates
The participants in the order of appearance and entered in house are:Original entrants
- Swami Om – Social, religious and political leader. He is 60 years old and is from Delhi, India
- Lopamudra Raut – Model and beauty queen. She is an engineer by profession. She represented India at Miss United Continents 2016 pageant and was crowned 2nd runner up. She also won the "Best National Costume" award for India three years in a row.
- Manveer Gurjar – Farmer. He is from Aghapur in Noida.
- Nitibha Kaul – Google marketing worker. She is from Kashmir. She is 23 years old and a former account strategist for Google Marketing Solutions.
- Rohan Mehra – Television actor. He played Hina Khan's onscreen son, Naksh in the Star Plus show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. He has also appeared in other shows like Bade Achhe Lagte Hain and '. He has worked as a commercial model and in the films Uvaa and Sixteen .
- Gurbani Judge – Reality TV actress, model and VJ. She participated in the reality show MTV Roadies in 2006. She later acted in films Aap Kaa Surroor and Zorawar. She has participated in the reality shows ' and Box Cricket League.
- Lokesh Sharma – Student from Delhi.
- Karan Mehra – Television actor. He is known for his role of Naitik in the popular show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai opposite Hina Khan which aired on Star Plus. He participated in the dance reality show Nach Baliye along with wife Nisha Rawal in 2012.
- Akanksha Sharma – She is a Haryanvi writer and stage actress. She is the ex-wife of Yuvraj Singh's brother, Zorawar Singh.
- Manu Panjabi – Reality TV actor. He participated in Life OK's The Bachelorette India: Mere Khayaalon Ki Mallika in 2013.
- Gaurav Chopra – Actor. He is known for his roles in television shows like Uttaran and Doli Armaano Ki. He participated in Nach Baliye and Pati Patni Aur Woh along with Narayani Shastri and Mouni Roy.
- Priyanka Jagga – Marketing recruiter.
- Rahul Dev – Film actor. He is known for his roles in Bollywood. He has acted in many films like Kyon Ki, Ek Paheli Leela and Dishoom. He participated reality shows Power Couple with Mugdha Godse and .
- Navin Prakash – Teacher.
- Antara Biswas – Bhojpuri actress. She is a Bengali actress who has appeared in more than 100 Bhojpuri films. She has appeared in films like Blackmail and Bunty Aur Babli.
Wild Card entrants
- Jason Shah – Fitness model. He has acted in the films Partner and Fitoor.
- Elena Kazan – Film actress. She is German-Russian actress who appears in German as well as Indian films such as Agent Vinod, John Day and Prague.
- Sahil Anand – Actor. He is known for participating in MTV Roadies in 2006. He later acted in the films Student of The Year and Love Day - Pyaar Ka Din. He also acted in television shows like Mera Naam Karegi Roshan, Rang Badalti Odhani, Sasural Simar Ka and Ek Nayi Ummeed - Roshni.
Weekly summary
Nominations table
- Swami Om was evicted by the regular eviction process however in accordance with the secret room twist he was moved to a temporary abode and later returned in the week that followed.
- Priyanka was evicted in the double eviction on Day 57. However, she was moved to the secret room and later returned to the house.
- Priyanka was asked to leave the house by host of the show Salman Khan after a heated exchange with him during which he threatened to quit presenting the show from there on and for future seasons if Priyanka did not exit the house. Priyanka Left the house under the circumstances. It is unknown whether her decision was influenced by the producers but is strongly alleged. The nominations were carry forwarded because she was ejected.
- Swami Om was ejected from the house after he threw his urine which he had stored in a container on Bani and Rohan during the captaincy task.
- Manveer was made house captain for three weeks following a task he won for eternal immunity.
- Following an offer presented to all housemates by Bigg Boss, Manu chose to take the lakh and left the house.
Nomination notes
- All the Celebrities had to nominate 2 Indiawale by mutual consent.
- On Day 8, Housemates nominated face to face, with each Housemate nominated two Housemates from their opposite team.
- Navin was immune for Week 3 from nomination by winning The Immunity Challenge.
- After Swami Om's eviction, he was sent to secret room.
- All the housemates nominated a housemate for nomination and also to sit on the Telephone Task chair.
- Lopamudra was immune for Week 4 from nomination by winning The Immunity Challenge.
- Nitibha was also immune for Week 4 by using The Immunity Medallion.
- All the housemates nominated 4 housemates by mutual consent.
- Swami Om was immune for Week 5 from nomination as he returned as a Wild Card Entry that week.
- Nitibha was also immune for Week 5 by using The Immunity Medallion.
- Rohan was eternally nominated as punishment for physically assaulting Swami Om.
- Manveer qualified for the final week after winning the "Ticket to Finale" task.
- Each housemate was assigned a parcel of one of their fellow contestant which they have to either deliver or destroy in a foyer. If they fail to destroy and instead deliver it successfully, they will get nominated for the week while the contestant owning the parcel will be safe from nomination. Mona got Manu's, Manu got Bani's, Bani got Lopamudra's and Lopamudra got Mona's parcel. Only Mona delivered her parcel. Hence, nominating herself.
- Rohan was spared from his eternal nomination for the last nomination process.
- Housemates were divided into two teams. For winning the task Team Manu consisting of Lopamudra, Manu and Manveer was declared safe from the last nominations, making it to the finals. On the other hand, Team Rohan consisting of Bani, Monalisa and Rohan was nominated. As Monalisa and Rohan were already nominated, whoever survived the eviction was to be tagged with Bani for the last eviction before the finale.
- During the final week the public initially voted for who they wanted to save between Bani and Rohan. Audience voted for the four remaining housemates to win Bigg Boss, the three housemates with the fewest votes were evicted on Day 105 with the Winner revealed on the same night.