Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 15


Bigg Boss 15, also known as Bigg Boss: Sankat in Jungle was the fifteenth season of the Indian reality TV series Bigg Boss. It premiered on 2 October 2021 on Colors TV. Salman Khan hosted the season for the twelve time. The grand finale aired on 30 January 2022 where Tejasswi Prakash emerged as the winner with Dino James as the runner-up.

Production

Teaser

The first teaser was released on 22 August 2021, in which Salman Khan is a forest officer talking to a wishful talking tree named Vishwasuntree in which veteran actress Rekha gave her voice. On the grand finale of Bigg Boss OTT, another promo was released revealing the date of the premiere.

Eye logo

This theme of the season was "Sankat in Jungle". The eye this time was covered with green grass and shows a tree in the pupil of the eye with flames coming from the centre of the eye.

House

The house this time had a "Jungle Theme" and was located in Goregaon for the third time. The house was divided into 2 parts, Jungle House and Main House. On Day 21, Jungle House was closed.

Telecast

Apart from the usual hour-long episode, viewers also had access to the direct 24x7 ''camera footage. The
viewers also had access to Before TV'' on Voot Select where the episode was telecast 30 minutes before it was telecasted on Colors TV. Also for the first time, Live Voting was conducted for the Eviction Process. On weekdays, the show was at 10.30 PM IST & weekend show was at 9.30 PM IST which was changed to 8 PM IST from Week 16.

Concept

All housemates will be given a survival kit with a few essentials throughout the season and will get fewer facilities this time. The housemates will enter a small jungle house which has a small kitchen, no beds and sofa and bathroom for the first 3 weeks. The housemates who will survive the jungle will enter the main luxurious house. There is a wishful tree in the garden area named Vishwasuntree who is the queen of the magical jungle in the house and will give advantages and privileges to the contestants who perform well in the jungle. On Day 36, Salman announced that there will be a new zone named VIP Zone. The members who are in VIP Zone are eligible to be in the finale.

Casting

On the grand finale of Bigg Boss OTT, finalist Pratik Sehajpal was officially revealed as the first confirmed contestant, which followed by Nishant Bhat and Shamita Shetty was announced as the other two contestants at the press conference held by Arti Singh and Devoleena Bhattacharjee.

Housemates status

SrHousemateStatus
1TejasswiDay 1Day 140
2DinoDay 1Day 140
3KaranDay 1Day 1402nd runner-up
4AksharaDay 1Day 7
4AksharaDay 21Day 1403rd runner-up
5MohitDay 1Day 1404th Runner-up
6RakhiDay 70Day 140
7RashmiDay 70Day 137
8DevoleenaDay 70Day 133
9AbhijitDay 70Day 126
10RajibDay 21Day 119
11UmarDay 1Day 100
12VikasDay 70Day 93
13ShilpaDay 35Day 91
14RahulDay 70Day 78
15JayDay 1Day 70
16VishalDay 1Day 70
17NehaDay 21Day 70
18DonalDay 1Day 63
19IshanDay 1Day 49
20SoundaryaDay 1Day 49
21RitvikDay 1Day 35
22Karan NDay 1Day 21
23VidhiDay 1Day 14

Housemates

The participants in the order of appearance and entered in the house are:

Original entrants

  • Jay Bhanushali – Actor and television presenter. He is known for playing Neev Shergill in Kayamath and participating in Nach Baliye 5.
  • Vishal Kotian – Television actor. He is known for playing Birbal in Har Mushkil Ka Hal Akbar Birbal and Akbar Ka Bal Birbal.
  • Tejasswi Prakash – Television actress. She is known for playing Ragini Maheshwari in Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur, Diya Singh in Rishta Likhenge Hum Naya, Mishti in Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka and participating in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 10.
  • Vidhi Pandya – Television actress. She is known for playing Imli Rajvanshi in Udaan and Suman Tiwari in Ek Duje Ke Vaaste 2.
  • Simba Nagpal – Television actor and model. He is Known for playing Virat Singh in Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki and participating in MTV Roadies.
  • Umar Riaz – Model and surgeon. He appeared in music videos such as "Befikar Raho" and "Sky High", He is brother of Bigg Boss 13 contestant Asim Riaz.
  • Ieshaan Sehgal – Television personality and actor. He is known for playing Avdhoot Pratap Singh in Rishton Ka Chakravyuh.
  • Donal Bisht – Television actress and model. She is known for playing Sakshi in Kalash - Ek Vishwaas, Sharanya in Ek Deewaana Tha and Ishika in Roop - Mard Ka Naya Swaroop.
  • Akasa Singh – Singer. She is well known for singing "Aithey Aa" from the 2019 film Bharat and "Naagin", a duet with Aastha Gill.
  • Karan Kundrra – Television actor, reality TV star and model. He is known for playing Arjun Punj in Kitani Mohabbat Hai, Ritwik Noon in Dil Hi Toh Hai and Ranveer Chauhan in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai.
  • Afsana Khan – Punjabi playback singer, actress and songwriter. She is known for singing the hit track "Titliaan" and the song "Teri Akheeyan" from Qismat 2.
  • Miesha Iyer – Reality television personality. She is known for participating in MTV Ace of Space 1 and MTV Splitsvilla 12.
  • Sahil Shroff – Actor and model. He is known for acting in films Don 2: The King Is Back and Shaadi Ke Side Effects.

    OTTians

  • Pratik Sehajpal – Reality television star and model. He participated in reality shows like MTV Love School and Ace of Space 1. He was the 4th runner up of Bigg Boss OTT.
  • Nishant Bhat – Choreographer. He was a part of dance reality shows like Super Dancer, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and Dance Deewane. He was the 1st runner up of Bigg Boss OTT.
  • Shamita Shetty – Film actress. She is known for debut film Mohabbatein and second runner-up of Bigg Boss OTT.

    Wildcard entrants

  • Rajiv Adatia — Former model and entrepreneur.
  • Ritesh Kumar — Businessman, software professional; Rakhi Sawant's husband.
  • Abhijit Bichukale — Politician. He participated in Bigg Boss Marathi 2.

    Challengers

  • Raqesh Bapat — Television and film actor. Contestant of OTT Season 1.
  • Neha Bhasin — Singer. Contestant of OTT Season 1.
  • Devoleena Bhattacharjee — Actress and dancer. Contestant of Season 13 and Season 14.
  • Rashami Desai — Television and film actress. Contestant of Bigg Boss 13.
  • Rakhi Sawant — Actress and dancer. Contestant of Season 1 and Season 14.

    Twists

Housemates allotment



  1. The finalist of Bigg Boss OTT get direct access to Main House.
  2. By winning 'Zeher Ka Keher' Task, Team Tiger Jay, Vishal, Tejasswi and Akasa were upgraded to the Main house.
  3. Due to violation of the rules, All Main House members were downgraded to the Jungle House.
  4. By winning 'The Currency' Task, Karan & Tejasswi, Shamita & Vishal, Umar & Afsana and Sanchalak Nishant were upgraded to Main House.
  5. The last five jungle housemates had to come to a mutual decision of leaving the show or giving up the remaining 25 lakh prize money to stay and get access to Main House, They choose the latter and BB Magical Jungle started disappearing with all housemates in the Main House.
  6. House Captain Umar get to choose 3 more VIP contestants.
  7. By winning the 'BB Mine' Task, Vishal is now VIP Contestant.
  8. By winning the 'Scary Monster' Task, Nishant had got a special power that he could upgrade 2 Common Members to VIPs and downgrade 2 VIPs to Common Members, He upgraded Simba and Pratik and downgraded Tejasswi and Karan.
  9. Due to violation of rules Bigg Boss announced that VIP Zone will be temporarily closed and all became Common Housemates.
  10. The challengers entered as VIPs.
  11. Rakhi wins the 'Ticket to Finale' Task and becomes the sole VIP housemate with others downgraded.
  12. By surviving via public vote Rashmi won 'Ticket To Finale'.

    Guest appearances

Weekly summary

The main events in the house are summarised in the table below. A typical week begins with nominations, followed by the luxury budget task, punishment than a task for immunity or anything else and then the eviction of a housemate during the Sunday or Saturday episode called as "Weekend Ka Vaar". Evictions, tasks, and other notable events for a particular week are noted in order of sequence.

Nomination table



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