Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 1

Bigg Boss is the first season of the Indian reality TV programme Bigg Boss. It aired on Sony Entertainment Television from 3 November 2006 to 26 January 2007, a total of 86 days. Unlike other versions of Big Brother, the Indian version uses celebrities, not members of the general public, as housemates. The first season was hosted by Bollywood actor Arshad Warsi. The 86-episode series ended on 26 January 2007 with Rahul Roy becoming the winner while Carol Gracias became the runner-up.

Bigg Boss
Season 1
Title card of season 1
Presented by	Arshad Warsi
No. of days	86
No. of housemates	15
Winner	Rahul Roy
Runner-up	Carol Gracias
No. of episodes	86
Release
Original network	SET
Original release	3 November 2006 (2006-11-03) – 26 January 2007 (2007-01-26)
Season chronology
Next → Season 2

Production

The show is based on the Big Brother format developed by John de Mol. A number of contestants (known as "housemates") lived in a purpose-built house and were isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, housemates nominated two of their peers for eviction, and the housemates who received the most nominations would face a public vote. Of these, one would eventually leave, having been "evicted" from the House. However, there were exceptions to this process as dictated by Bigg Boss. In the final week, there were three housemates remaining, and the public voted for who they wanted to win.

Tasks were set by Bigg Boss each week. The housemates were allowed to gamble on task outcomes and were rewarded with extra money to order more supplies if they won.

Housemates status

Sr	Housemate	Day entered	Day exited	Status
1	Rahul	Day 1	Day 85	Winner
2	Carol	Day 1	Day 85	1st runner-up
3	Ravi	Day 1	Day 85	2nd runner-up
4	Rakhi	Day 1	Day 29	Evicted
		Day 42	Day 83	Evicted
5	Kashmera	Day 1	Day 22	Evicted
		Day 72	Day 81	Guest
6	Amit	Day 1	Day 77	Evicted
7	Rupali	Day 1	Day 70	Evicted
8	Baba	Day 48	Day 63	Evicted
9	Ragini	Day 1	Day 56	Evicted
10	Deepak T	Day 13	Day 50	Evicted
11	Anupama	Day 1	Day 42	Evicted
12	Aryan	Day 1	Day 35	Evicted
13	Deepak P	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
14	Bobby	Day 1	Day 7	Evicted
15	Salil	Day 1	Day 6	Ejected

Housemates

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

Original entrants

• Salil Ankola – Cricketer and actor.^[1] A right-arm fast bowler, he played first-class cricket for Maharashtra, regularly opening the bowling. Ankola's consistent performances for Maharashtra earned him a call for representing India during their tour of Pakistan in 1989–90. After the first Test match at Karachi, he was dropped for the subsequent matches in the series owing to injuries (TEST). After a brief phase of playing first-class cricket, Ankola was called for the Indian ODI team during 1993, eventually led to being a part of the 1996 Cricket World Cup. He has acted in films like Pitaah and Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne.
• Kashmera Shah – Film actress.^[2][3] She is known for acting in films like Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge, Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye and Murder.
• Rakhi Sawant – Film actress.^[4][5] She has appeared in many Hindi and a few Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Telugu and Tamil films. She acted in films like Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne, Main Hoon Na and Masti. She also appeared in the music video "Pardesiya", from the album D.J. Hot Remix - Vol 3.
• Rupali Ganguly – Actress.^[6][7] She is well known for her roles in Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, Bhabhi, Sanjivani, Kkavyanjali, Baa Bahoo Aur Baby and Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii.
• Ravi Kishan – Superstar of Bhojpuri cinema and Indian Politician (later).^[8] He is known for appearing in various Bollywood and Bhojpuri films. He acted in hit films like Tere Naam and Phir Hera Pheri.
• Amit Sadh – Actor.^[9][10][11] He participated in the dance reality show Nach Baliye with Neeru Bajwa. He has acted in shows like Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr, Saaksshi and Kahiin To Hoga.
• Aryan Vaid – Actor and model.^[12] He participated and emerged as the winner of Mister India World. He later acted in Bollywood films like Fun – Can Be Dangerous Sometimes and Naam Gum Jayega.
• Bobby Darling – Actress.^[13] She acted in television shows like Kaahin Kissii Roz and Kasautii Zindagii Kay. She acted in films. She gained much popularity after her gender reassignment surgery.
• Deepak Parashar – Television and film actor.^[14] He acted in films like Pyar Kiya Hai Pyar Karenge and Aap To Aise Na The.
• Rahul Roy – Former actor.^[15][16] He is known for his role in the film Aashiqui.
• Anupama Verma – Model and actress.^[17]
• Carol Gracias – Supermodel.^[18] She is a past winner of the coveted India's L'Oréal/Elite Look of the Year title. She gained much publicity after a wardrobe malfunction. She has also been a part of films like Bluffmaster!.
• Ragini Shetty – Model.^[19][20] She has appeared in many South films.

Wild card entrants

• Deepak Tijori – Film actor.^[21][22][23] He has acted in films like Aashiqui, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, Dil Tera Aashiq, Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge.
• Baba Sehgal – Singer and Rapper.^[24] He has been involved in various other areas of the entertainment industry, and works in several different languages' media.

Guest appearances

Week	Day	Guest(s)	Purpose of Visit	Ref(s)
1	Day 7	Shahid Kapoor	To promote his film Vivah	^[25]
		Johnny Lever	Special appearance	^[26]
2	Day 13	Ritesh Deshmukh	To promote his film Apna Sapna Money Money	^[27]
3	Day 22	Hritik Roshan	To promote his film Dhoom 2	^[28]
4	Day 26	Parvin Dabas & Preeti Jhangiani	To promote their film With Luv... Tumhaara	^[29]
5	Day 30	Salman Khan & Rani Mukerji	To promote their film Baabul	^[30]
6	Day 43	John Abraham	To promote his film Kabul Express	^[31]
7	Day 50	Akshay Kumar & Lara Dutta	To promote their film Bhagam Bhag	^[32]
8	Day 58	Apurva Agnihotri, Surveen Chawla, Saumya Tandon & Kavita Kaushik	Special appearances from Sony shows	^[33]
9	Days 62-63	Anu Gaur	To support her brother Amit Sadh	^[34]
		Jaya Sawant	To support her daughter Rakhi Sawant	^[34]
		Rajni Ganguly	To support her daughter Rupali Ganguly	^[34]
		Ronnie Gracias	To support his daughter Carol Gracias	^[34]
		Rajlaxmi R. Roy	To support her husband Rahul Roy	^[34]
		Preeti Kishan	To support her husband Ravi Kishan	^[34]
10	Day 72	Abhishek Bachchan & Aishwarya Rai	To promote their film Guru	^[35]
11	Day 79	Salman Khan & Priyanka Chopra	To promote their film Salaam-E-Ishq	^[36]
12	Day 85	Saif Ali Khan & Vidya Balan	To promote their film Eklavya: The Royal Guard	^[37]

Nominations 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
												Day 80	Day 85
House Captain	Rahul	Aryan	Deepak T	Rahul	Carol	Ravi	Carol	Rahul	Rupali	Amit	Ravi	No Captain
Captain's Nominations	Bobby Amit	Rupali Carol	Kashmera Ragini	Rupali Rakhi	Anupama Aryan	Rahul Amit	Deepak T Ravi	Rupali Amit	Rahul Rakhi	Rupali Ravi	^2 Amit Carol
Vote to:	Evict											None	WIN
Rahul	House Captain	Deepak P Ragini	Rakhi Kashmera	House Captain	Aryan	Deepak T Ragini	Deepak T Rupali	House Captain	Baba Amit	Rupali Rakhi	^4 Amit Carol	No Nominations	No Nominations	Winner (Day 85)
Carol	Deepak P Bobby	Deepak P Kashmera	Rakhi Kashmera	Rakhi Anupama	House Captain	Anupama Deepak T	House Captain	Baba Rakhi	Rakhi Baba	Rakhi Amit	^3 Amit Ravi	No Nominations	No Nominations	1st Runner Up (Day 85)
Ravi	Deepak P Bobby	Deepak P Kashmera	Kashmera Rakhi	Ragini Aryan	Deepak T Aryan	House Captain	Ragini Deepak T	Carol Amit	Baba Amit	Rupali Carol	House Captain	No Nominations	No Nominations	2nd Runner Up (Day 85)
Rakhi	Rahul Deepak P	Kashmera Rupali	Carol Rupali	Ravi Carol	Evicted (Day 29)		Rupali Ragini	Rupali Carol	Carol Rupali	Carol Rupali	^5 Rahul Ravi	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 83)
Amit	Deepak P Rupali	Deepak P Rupali	Aryan Kashmera	Aryan Rakhi	Rupali Aryan	Ragini Rupali	Ravi Deepak T	Rakhi Ragini	Rakhi Rahul	House Captain	^1 Rahul Ravi	Evicted (Day 77)
Rupali	Aryan Anupama	Kashmera Deepak P	Kashmera Ragini	Anupama Ragini	Anupama Deepak T	Deepak T Anupama	Deepak T Rahul	Ragini Rahul	House Captain	Rahul Rakhi	Evicted (Day 70)
Baba	Not In House							Rakhi Ragini	Carol Ravi	Evicted (Day 63)
Ragini	Deepak P Bobby	Ravi Rupali	Deepak T Ravi	Rakhi Ravi	Carol Anupama	Anupama Ravi	Ravi Rupali	Carol Rupali	Evicted (Day 56)
Deepak T	Not In House		House Captain	Rakhi Ragini	Ragini Rupali	Rahul Rupali	Rahul Carol	Evicted (Day 50)
Anupama	Rupali Carol	Rupali Carol	Carol Amit	Carol Ravi	Carol Rupali	Rupali Carol	Evicted (Day 42)
Aryan	Deepak P Rahul	House Captain	Carol Rupali	Deepak T Carol	Carol Rupali	Evicted (Day 35)
Kashmera	Deepak P Rahul	Carol Rupali	Carol Amit	Evicted (Day 22)							Guest / Secret Room (Days 72–81)		Left (Day 81)
Deepak P	Ravi Ragini	Rupali Carol	Evicted (Day 14)
Bobby	Deepak P Ravi	Evicted (Day 7)
Salil	Deepak P Bobby	Ejected (Day 6)
Notes	None	1	None		2	3	None				5	None	4
Against Public Vote	Ayaan Bobby Deepak P	Deepak P Ravi Rupali	Carol Kashmera	Carol Ragini Rakhi Ravi	Aryan Rupali	Anupama Deepak T Ragini Rahul Rupali	Deepak T Ravi Rupali	Amit Carol Ragini Rakhi Rupali	Amit Baba Carol Rahul Rakhi	Rakhi Rupali	Amit Carol Rahul Ravi	Carol Rahul Rakhi Ravi	Carol Rahul Ravi
Re-entered	None						Rakhi	None			Kashmera	None
Secret Room	None										Kashmera		None
Guest	None										Kashmera		None
Ejected	Salil	None
Evicted	Bobby	Deepak P	Kashmera	Rakhi	Aryan	Anupama	Deepak T	Ragini	Baba	Rupali	Amit	Rakhi	Ravi
													Carol	Rahul

  indicates the House Captain.

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

  indicates that the housemate has re-entered.

  indicates that the person was saved by another housemate.

  indicates that the housemate has been granted immunity from nominations.

  indicates that the housemate was in the caravan or secret room.

  indicates that the housemate entered as a wild card entrant.

  indicates that the housemate has been declared as the winner.

  indicates that the housemate has been declared as the first runner-up.

  indicates that the housemate has been declared as the second runner-up.

  indicates the contestant has been evicted.

  indicates the contestant has been walked out of the show.

  indicates the housemate was ejected.

Nomination notes

• ^1 : Ravi was automatically put up for eviction by Bigg Boss for swearing and for refusing to wear a microphone.
• ^2 : On Day 44, Rakhi re-entered through as a wild card entrant.
• ^3 : Rahul was the Sarpanch and only allowed to have 1 nomination this week.
• ^4 : Bigg Boss called for an open nominations and Rakhi was exempted from the nominations for winning a task.
• ^5 : On Day 85, Rahul Roy was announced as the winner.

References

1. "Bigg Boss 1: Salil Ankola shown the door". 9 November 2006.
2. "Kashmera Shah in Bigg Boss 1". The Times of India. 4 November 2006.
3. "Bigg Boss 1: Kashmera Shah gets evicted says Rakhi stabbed her". 8 February 2007.
4. "Rakhi Sawant enters Bigg Boss". The Times of India. 4 November 2006.
5. "Rakhi Sawant evicted says 'You saw the real me in Bigg Boss'". 4 December 2006.
6. "Rupali Ganguly in Bigg Boss 1". The Times of India. 3 November 2006.
7. "'Bigg Boss made me famous': Rupali Ganguly". 3 April 2008.
8. "Ravi Kishan to enter Bigg Boss house". ndtv.com. 20 November 2008. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
9. "Amit Sadh In Bigg Boss 1". The Times of India. 3 November 2006.
10. "Bigg Boss Update: Amit Sadh evicted". 20 January 2007.
11. "Bigg Boss was a very disturbing experience: Amit Sadh". 1 February 2013.
12. "Bigg Boss: When ex-lovers Anupama Verma and Aryan Vaid re-kindled their affair in first season". 3 August 2018.
13. "Bigg Boss Update: Bobby Darling first evictee". 10 November 2006.
14. "Bigg Boss Update: Deepak Prashar evicted". 18 November 2006.
15. "Rahul Roy wins Bigg Boss". 27 January 2007.
16. "'Bigg Boss has brought me the platform I needed'". 2 February 2007.
17. "Bigg Boss nearly killed me: Anupama". 18 December 2006.
18. "'I've learnt a lot from Bigg Boss'". 5 February 2007.
19. "Bigg Boss: Ragini evicted". 30 December 2006.
20. "Bigg Boss throwback: Remembering the first-ever commoner Abhijatha Umesh who died four years back". 3 September 2018.
21. "Deepak Tijori enters Bigg Boss". 15 November 2006.
22. "Deepak Tijori gets evicted says he wants to make a film on the show". 26 December 2006.
23. "'Bigg Boss is a laundered reality'". 21 January 2007.
24. "They're all acting on Bigg Boss: Baba Sehgal". 16 January 2007.
25. "Shahid Kapoor to enter Bigg Boss 1". 8 November 2006.
26. "Johnny Lever to appear on Bigg Boss". 9 November 2006.
27. "Ritesh in Bigg Boss". 17 November 2006.
28. "Hritik Roshan have a blast on Bigg Boss". 24 November 2006.
29. "Pravin and Preeti to appear in Bigg Boss". 1 December 2006.
30. "Salman Rani in Bigg Boss". 8 December 2006.
31. "John Abraham to enter Bigg Boss 1". 17 December 2006.
32. "Akshay Kumar to enter Bigg Boss 1". 24 December 2006.
33. "Sony stars to grace Bigg Boss 1". 2 January 2007.
34. "Family to enter Bigg Boss 1". 6 January 2007.
35. "Abhishek Aishwarya to enter Bigg Boss 1". 12 January 2007.
36. "Salman Priyanka to enter Bigg Boss 1". 20 January 2007.
37. "Saif Vidya to appear on Bigg Boss 1 finale". 25 January 2007.