Himalaya Roadies


Himalaya Roadies is an adventure-based Nepalese reality show. It is franchise of the MTV Roadies series. The series is broadcast by the Nepalese network Himalaya TV and airs every week for an hour. The participants receive difficult tasks to complete to become a roadie. Only people of 18 and over are allowed to participate in the show. Season 4, with the theme of Season of Survival, followed the former format of MTV Roadies. Well known TV host and personality Suraj Singh Thakuri replaced Raymon Das Shrestha as the host of the show in season 5. The fifth season is titled "Power of five". In previous seasons there were four gang leaders, namely Anoop Bikram Shahi, Saman Shrestha, Deeya Maskey and Ashish Rana, a.k.a. Laure. However, from the fifth season, actress Priyanka Karki will replace Saman Shrestha as gang leader, whereas other leaders will remain intact in their respective positions. The show was previously directed by Aman Pratap Adhikari but director and producer Simosh Sunwar has directed it from the fourth season onwards. Season 6 with theme "Welcome To The Jungle" is underway to physical audition and Raymon Das Sherestha is back on position of host to replace Suraj Singh Thakuri.
WWW himalayaroadies.com

Plot

Himalaya Roadies is a reality show based on the popular Indian TV show MTV Roadies. The series is focused on young adults of Nepal seeking adventure. Contestants are given seemingly impossible tasks to push them to their limits. They travel to scenic locations all over Nepal, and the last one to survive is crowned a Himalaya Roadie.

Season 1

Destination

Judges

Rannvijay Singha made his special appearance in the grade finale of Himalaya Roadies season 1.

Contestants

There were originally 17 contestants at the beginning of the journey. However, in episode 6, Aashish, Faruk, Gaurav, and Neelam were eliminated after receiving the most votes from their fellow contestants.
ContestantHometownFinishPlace
AashishChandragadiEliminated in episode 614–18
AnimeshPokharaRunner up2
BikashNepalgunjVoted out in episode 156–7
BishalChitwanVoted out in episode 1110
FarukBirgunjEliminated in episode 614–18
GauravBiratnagarEliminated in episode 614–18
MenukaPokharaVoted out in episode 913
NeelamKathmanduEliminated in episode 614–18
PrasotKathmanduVoted out in episode 1011–12
RanjanaKathmanduEliminated in episode 173–4
ReshmaPokharaVoted out in episode 129
RiyaKathmandu6–7
RupamJanakpurVoted out in episode 1011–12
SamanDharanWinner1
SonangkitaButwalVoted out in episode 148
SuditKathmandu3–4
SuzanaPokharaVoted out in episode 165

Roadies' presence

Episodes 1 to 5 were the audition round and from episode 6 onwards, the competition officially started.
Key

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Saman Shrestha
Animesh Shahi
Ranjana Bhattarai
Sudit Shrestha
Suzana Shrestha
Bikash Thapa
Riya Swar
Sonangkita Adhikari
Gaurav Khatiwada
Prasot Kandel
Reshma Nhuchhen Pradhan
Bishal Koirala
Rupam Mishra
Menuka Tamang
Aashish Shrestha
Seikh Farukh Miya
Neelam Khadka

= indicates that Roadie was present in the episode.
= indicates that Roadie was absent in the episode.
= indicates that Roadie was present in the episode but as a part of the audience for watching the Finale rather than as a contestant for the title.

Season 2

Destination

Judges

Actor Karma and Nepali boxing champion Maxx were seen in the journey round of Himalaya Roadies season 2.

Contestants

ContestantHometownFinishPlace
Anish BaniyaPokhara5thEliminated
Ashmita SunarKathmandu9thEliminated
Ayush ShresthaButwal1stWinner
Barsha PunButwal9thEliminated
Men Kumari GhaleChitwan4thWildcard entry, eliminated
Milan KhadkaButwal7thEliminated
Pribir GhalePokhara3rdFinalist
Rabin RaiItahari6thEliminated
Richa ShahKathmandu8thEliminated
Sagar RijalBiratnagar11thCame as wildcard entry but was eliminated
Srijan BhattaraiKathmandu10thEliminated
Subha SharmaChitwan12thEjected due to fight with crew
Tejaswi BasnetKathmandu2ndWildcard entry, finalist

Roadies' presence

Episodes 1 to 5 were the audition round and from episode 6 onwards, the competition officially started.
Key

Notes:
= indicates that Roadie was present in the episode.
= indicates that Roadie was absent in the episode.
= indicates that Roadie was present in the episode but as part of the audience for watching the Finale rather than as a contestant for the title.

Season 3

Destination

Judges

The finalists from MTV Roadies and real hero Bidhan Shrestha and another real hero from MTV Roadies, Bhargsetu, were present in the culling round of this season. Similarly, Priyanka Karki was also seen in three episodes of Himalaya Roadies where she was present with some game-changing superpowers and twists.

Contestants

Team colours:
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Season 4

Destination

Judges

Like other seasons of the show, this season also saw some famous Nepali faces. Vten was seen in the audition round, whereas Nischal Basnet and winner of season 3, Sujan Subedi, were seen in the finale to boost the contestants' energy.

Season 7

Contestants

ContestantHometownFinishPlace
Upendra ShahiDhangadhiEliminatedSemi Finalist
Anish ThapaJhapaTBATBA
Rajju MaharjanKathmanduEliminatedTop 8
Sharon RaiJaigaonEliminatedEliminated
Min Bahadur BudhaSimikotEliminatedEliminated
Narendra Bahadur MoktanSiddharthanagarEliminatedTBA
Ajay Kumar MandalBiratnagar EliminatedEliminated
ItahariTBATBA
Basudev MallaBajuraEliminatedTop 10
Mahendra Bahadur Thapa MagarOkhaldhunga
EliminatedEliminated
Srijan BhattaraiKathmanduEliminatedEliminated
Subha SharmaChitwanEliminatedEliminated
Tejaswi BasnetKathmanduEliminatedEliminated

Roadies' presence

Episodes 1 to 5 were the audition round and from episode 6 onwards, the competition officially started.
Key

Team colours:
Notes: