Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 8

Bigg Boss
Season 8
Logo for the eighth season of Bigg Boss.
Presented bySalman Khan
No. of days104
No. of housemates19
Champions
Release
Original networkColors TV
Original release21 September 2014 (2014-09-21) –
3 January 2015 (2015-01-03)
Season chronology
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Halla Bol

Bigg Boss 8, which merged into Bigg Boss Halla Bol, was the eighth season of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss, which premiered on TV channel Colors from 21 September 2014[1][2] and concluded on 3 January 2015 with five final contestants.[3] Bigg Boss is the Indian edition of Big Brother.[4] Salman Khan returned as the host of the series for the fifth time[5][6][7][8] and Snapdeal was chosen to be the new presenting sponsor after the end of Colors' five-year deal with Vodafone India for the series.[9]

After the finale of season with five champions, Bigg Boss Halla Bol[10] a spin-off was launched on 4 January. It merged with the regular series and continued in the same house.[11] Five contestants from previous seasons entered the house to compete with five crowned regular entrants of the season finale.[12] Farah Khan became the new host[13] as Salman bid adieu due to his filming schedule of Bajrangi Bhaijaan.[14]

Salman Khan remained the host of the series for the 4th time.

Broadcast

The series premiered in India on network Colors on 21 September 2014.[15] The series was also broadcast in Pakistan on ARY Digital beginning 28 September 2014,[16][17] and was additionally broadcast in the United Kingdom on Colors UK beginning 21 September 2014.[18]

Production

House theme

The house for the eighth season was in Lonavala. It resembled the interior of an aircraft.[citation needed] After the first eviction, the house was made available to the housemates. The physical layout of the house remained mostly unchanged from the previous series. However, the house theme was changed to an Alpine chalet with wood, fur and leather furnishings.[19]

Secret society

On launch night, it was revealed that there was a place adjacent to the 'Plane crash' area known as 'The Secret Society.' Later, Deepshika, Pritam and Puneet were chosen by Bigg Boss to become cult celebrities who would live in the society in secret, away from the rest of the housemates. It was then announced that they would have the power to nominate housemates of their choice to face the first public vote and have immunity from nomination. On day 3, the secret society revealed itself to the viewers as per Bigg Boss' order and introduced themselves.[20][21][22][23] On Day 5, Puneet was moved to plane crash area and later on Day 8 the other two secret society members Deepshika and Pritam joined him.[24][25]

Bigg Boss Halla Bol

In the fifteenth week Bigg Boss announced that show had been extended for four weeks[26] and, unlike previous seasons, crowned its five champions on 3 January, concluding season 8 finale, where spin-off Bigg Boss Halla Bol launched and merged with the regular season.[10][27]

The spin-off series officially launched on 4 January,[28] with the five Halla Bol Challengers from previous seasons, which includes Ajaz Khan, Sambhavna Seth, Mahek Chahal, Rahul Mahajan and Sana Khan. Sana Khan's entrance was disclosed later as a fifth challenger by production team.[29] Before the official announcement, only Ajaz Khan entered the house on Day 99. The new spin-off format of Champions and Challengers with ten contestants was hosted by Farah Khan as contractually, Salman Khan leaves the series after season finale.[30]

Housemates status

Sr Housemate Day entered Day exited Status
1 Karishma Day 1 Day 104 Champion
2 Dimpy Day 47 Day 104 Champion
3 Ali Day 24 Day 104 Champion
4 Gautam Day 1 Day 104 Champion
5 Pritam Day 1 Day 104 Champion
6 Puneet Day 1 Day 44 Ejected
Day 46 Day 104 Evicted
7 Sonali Day 1 Day 7 Evicted
Day 11 Day 104 Evicted
8 Upen Day 1 Day 101 Evicted
9 Praneet Day 1 Day 90 Evicted
10 Diandra Day 1 Day 84 Evicted
11 Renee Day 47 Day 70 Evicted
12 Nigaar Day 50 Day 63 Evicted
13 Aarya Day 1 Day 56 Evicted
14 Sushant Day 1 Day 49 Evicted
15 Minissha Day 1 Day 42 Evicted
16 Soni Day 1 Day 35 Evicted
17 Natasa Day 1 Day 28 Evicted
18 Deepshikha Day 1 Day 21 Evicted
19 Sukirti Day 1 Day 14 Evicted
20 Sargun Day 1 Evicted
  • ^ : Diandra re-entered the house as a guest on day 100.

Housemates

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

Original entrants

Not-selected housemates

Wild card entrants

Twists

Potential housemates

Housemates Status
Sargun Mehta Not Selected
Sukriti Kandpal Selected

Housemates allotment

Housemate Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Day 1 Day 5 Day 7 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Aarya Plane Crash Main House Plane crash theme ended
Deepshikha Secret Society Plane Crash Main House
Diandra Plane Crash Main House
Gautam Plane Crash Main House
Karishma Plane Crash Main House
Minissha Plane Crash Main House
Natasa Plane Crash Main House
Praneet Plane Crash Main House
Pritam Secret Society Plane Crash Main House
Puneet Secret Society Plane Crash Main House
Soni Plane Crash Main House
Sonali Plane Crash Main House
Sushant Plane Crash Main House
Upen Plane Crash Main House
Sukirti Plane Crash Main House
  1. ^ : The house area allotment was chosen by Bigg Boss.
  2. ^ : Puneet was moved to the Plane Crash area as a result of the unanimous decision taken by all three members of the Secret Society as per Bigg Boss' order. They were to select the member who wasn't eligible for the society anymore.
  3. ^ : Deepshika and Pritam were moved to the 'Plane Crash' area following Sonali's eviction interview.
  4. ^ : As a result of winning the Hijack task Deepshika and her team were moved to the main house. Bigg Boss also later moved Praneet's team to the main house as a result of their impressive performance in the task.
  5. ^ : Sonali entered the main house via the confession room after the housemates were done nominating.
  6. ^ : Plane crash theme ended with all housemates inside the main house.

Nomination 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 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15
Day 1 Day 4 Day 102 Day 104
Nominees for Captaincy No
Captain
Gautam
Upen
Diandra
Pritam
Dimpy
Gautam
Praneet
Pritam
Karishma
Puneet
Upen
Dimpy
Karishma
Pritam
Praneet
Renee
Sonali
Karishma
Pritam
Ali
Diandra
Dimpy
Gautam
Karishma
Praneet
Pritam
Puneet
Sonali
Upen
Dimpy
Praneet
Sonali
Ali
Sonali
No
Captain
House Captain Ali Upen Diandra Gautam Puneet Renee
Pritam
Karishma Dimpy Praneet
Sonali
Ali
Captain's
Nominations
Sushant Sonali
Praneet
Praneet
Gautam
Sonali
Pritam
Puneet
Puneet
Gautam
Puneet
Ali
(to save)
Praneet
(to evict)
Ali
Diandra
Dimpy
Karishma
Puneet
Not
eligible
Upen Karishma Not
eligible
Secret Society N/A Deepshikha Secret Society Ended
Pritam
Puneet
Society's Nomination Sonali
Gautam
Vote to: None Evict Save Evict Save Evict None Evict None Championship
Karishma In House Natasa
Sukirti
Gautam
Praneet
Pritam
Gautam
Sonali
Sushant Sonali
Praneet
Puneet
Gautam
Sonali
Puneet
Puneet
Gautam
Dimpy
Sonali
Diandra Not
eligible
House
Captain
Pritam Pritam
Ali
No
Nominations
No
Nominations
Champion
(Day 104)
Dimpy Not In House Aarya
Karishma
Sonali
Karishma
Nigaar
Gautam Not
eligible
No
Nominations
House
Captain
Ali
Pritam
No
Nominations
No
Nominations
Champion
(Day 104)
Ali Not In House House
Captain
Sonali
Praneet
Karishma
Aarya
Sonali
Karishma
Nigaar
Diandra Not
eligible
No
Nominations
Karishma Dimpy
Upen
House
Captain
No
Nominations
Champion
(Day 104)
Gautam In House Sukirti
Praneet
Banned Karishma
Aarya
Praneet Soni
Minissha
Aarya
Diandra
Sonali
Praneet
Karishma
Upen
House
Captain
Pritam Not
eligible
No
Nominations
Ali Upen
Karishma
No
Nominations
No
Nominations
Champion
(Day 104)
Pritam Not In House Secret
Society
Gautam
Puneet
Praneet
Deepshikha
Diandra
Sushant Aarya
Minissha
Karishma
Upen
Puneet
Sonali
Karishma
Aarya
Dimpy
Sonali
Karishma
Nigaar
Praneet House
Captain
No
Nominations
Karishma Dimpy
Karishma
No
Nominations
No
Nominations
Champion
(Day 104)
Puneet Not In House Secret
Society
Gautam
Karishma
Pritam
Deepshikha
Minnisha
Praneet Minissha
Soni
Aarya
Minissha
Praneet
Sonali
Banned Sonali
Karishma
House
Captain
Not
eligible
No
Nominations
Pritam Dimpy
Upen
No
Nominations
No
Nominations
Evicted
(Day 104)
Ejected
(Day 44)
Sonali In House Diandra
Aarya
Evicted
(Day 7)

Sukirti
Aarya
Deepshikha
Praneet Soni
Aarya
Minissha
Karishma
Puneet
Gautam
Karishma
Aarya
Karishma
Nigaar
Praneet Not
eligible
No
Nominations
Karishma House
Captain
No
Nominations
No
Nominations
Evicted
(Day 104)
Upen In House Sukirti
Natasa
Gautam
Praneet
Pritam
Pritam
Sonali
Soni Minissha
Sonali
Puneet
Gautam
House
Captain
Puneet
Aarya
Dimpy Karishma Not
eligible
No
Nominations
Ali Ali
Pritam
No
Nominations
Evicted
(Day 101)
Praneet Not In House Diandra
Sukirti
Gautam
Diandra
Karishma
Minnisha
Deepshikha
Puneet Soni
Minissha
Aarya
Minissha
Gautam
Pritam
Upen
Aarya
Dimpy
Karishma
Nigaar
Dimpy Not
eligible
No
Nominations
Karishma Evicted
(Day 90)
Diandra In House Sonali
Praneet
Gautam
Praneet
Pritam
Gautam
Pritam
Upen Sonali
Gautam
Gautam
Puneet
Gautam
Pritam
House
Captain
Dimpy
Sonali
Karishma Not
eligible
No
Nominations
Evicted
(Day 84)
Renee Not In House Karishma
Aarya
Dimpy
Sonali
Pritam Evicted
(Day 70)
Nigaar Not In House Dimpy Upen
(to evict)
Evicted
(Day 63)
Aarya In House Sonali
Natasa
Gautam
Praneet
Soni
Sonali
Gautam
Banned Sonali
Puneet
Puneet
Gautam
Sonali
Praneet
Puneet
Gautam
Evicted
(Day 56)
Sushant In House Aarya
Gautam
Gautam
Pritam
Praneet
Gautam
Pritam
Upen Gautam
Praneet
Minissha
Gautam
Gautam
Puneet
Evicted
(Day 49)
Minissha Not In House Natasa
Sonali
Gautam
Pritam
Praneet
Aarya
Karishma
Natasa Gautam
Praneet
Puneet
Gautam
Evicted
(Day 42)
Soni In House Natasa
Sonali
Diandra
Gautam
Aarya
Gautam
Aarya
Upen Gautam
Sonali
Evicted
(Day 35)
Natasa Not In House Sukirti
Karishma
Gautam
Pritam
Diandra
Sonali
Pritam
Sushant Evicted
(Day 28)
Deepshikha Not In House Secret
Society
Gautam
Soni
Praneet
Sonali
Gautam
Evicted
(Day 21)
Sukirti Selected Natasa
Praneet
Gautam
Praneet
Pritam
Evicted
(Day 14)
Sargun Not Selected Evicted
(Day 1)
Notes 1 2,3 4,5 None 6 7,8,9 8 10,11,12 8,13,14 15,16 8,17 18,19,20 17,21 17,22 23,24 25,26 27
Against
public vote
Sargun
Sukirti
Gautam
Natasa
Sonali
Sukirti
Gautam
Praneet
Sukirti
Aarya
Deepshikha
Gautam
Pritam
Sonali
Aarya
Diandra
Gautam
Karishma
Minissha
Natasa
Pritam
Puneet
Soni
Diandra
Gautam
Minissha
Pritam
Sonali
Soni
Sushant
Gautam
Minissha
Praneet
Puneet
Sonali
Ali
Gautam
Praneet
Puneet
Sonali
Sushant
Aarya
Gautam
Karishma
Puneet
Dimpy
Karishma
Nigaar
Sonali
Ali
Praneet
Renee
Sonali
Upen
Ali
Diandra
Dimpy
Karishma
Puneet
Sonali
Ali
Diandra
Dimpy
Gautam
Praneet
Pritam
Puneet
Sonali
Upen
Karishma
Praneet
Sonali
Upen
Ali
Dimpy
Karishma
Pritam
Sonali
Upen
Ali
Dimpy
Karishma
Pritam
Sonali
Upen
Ali
Dimpy
Gautam
Karishma
Pritam
Puneet
Sonali
Ejected None Puneet None
Re-entered None Sonali None Puneet None
Evicted Sargun Sonali Sukirti Deepshikha Natasa Soni Minissha Sushant Aarya Nigaar Renee No
Eviction
Diandra Praneet Eviction
postponed
Upen Sonali Karishma Dimpy
Puneet Gautam Pritam Ali

Color Key'

  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.
  indicates that the housemate has re-entered the show.
  indicates that the housemate is a part of the secret society gang.
  indicates the house captain.
  indicates that the housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nominations process.
  indicates that the person was saved by another housemate.
  indicates that the housemate has been granted immunity from nominations.

Notes

  • ^1 : On the grand premiere, Gautam had to select one from Sargun and Sukirti to enter the house with him. He chose to select Sukirti while Sargun was evicted from the show straight away.
  • ^2 :   This housemate was the current member of Secret Society and could not be nominated for eviction through the standard nomination process that week. Their identity was hidden from non-members.
  • ^3 : Deepshika, Puneet and Pritam being chosen by Bigg Boss as members of the secret society had to unanimously decide who would face the public vote. This process occurred after the housemates were done nominating. After accessing the results of the standard nominations the trio chose Sonali and Gautam.
  • ^4 : Bigg Boss took away Gautam's right to nominate as a result of him verbally abusing Karishma during the 'Hijack' challenge.
  • ^5 : Sukirti was nominated by Sonali via her "Bigg Bomb" after her eviction.
  • ^6 : Bigg Boss took away Aarya's right to nominate as a result of him taking off the mic and throwing it into the pool. Aarya was also straightaway nominated for being the captain of the losing team of 'Babbars vs Lambas' task.
  • ^7 : Bigg Boss nominated Diandra for her violent aggression towards Sonali.
  • ^8 : Pritam was nominated as a result for being the captain of the losing team of 'Heroes VS Villains' task.
  • ^9 : The captain was given a special power to nominate one or more housemates which would place them directly up for eviction.
  • ^10 : Bigg Boss nominated Ali as a result of him indecently touching Sonali against her will and liking.
  • ^11 : Sushant was nominated as a result of failing the 'Phonebooth' task.
  • ^12 : Housemates could only choose two housemates for nomination between the five nominated by Captain Upen. Housemates not chosen by the captain were hence rendered immune.
  • ^13 : Puneet was banned from the nomination process for being in the jail.
  • ^14 : Dimpy and Renee were made immune to nominations as per Bigg Boss' orders..
  • ^15 : The captain was given a special power to save one or more housemates from nominations.
  • ^16 : Apart from Ali, Gautam and Puneet, rest of the housemates had to unanimously decide on four nominees to evict.
  • ^17 : Upen was nominated by Nigaar via her "Bigg Bomb" after her eviction.
  • ^18 : Bigg Boss nominated Sonali for the rest of the season for her violent aggression towards Ali.
  • ^19 : House Captain Pritam was asked to nominate five housemates directly for eviction and due to this other housemates were not eligible to nominate anyone.
  • ^20 : Voting lines were not applicable this week and due to this no housemates were evicted.
  • ^21 : Bigg Boss nominated every housemate except Captain Karishma for breaking the rules of the house and therefore no housemates were eligible for nominating anyone including Captain Karishma.
  • ^22 : Karishma nominated Praneet as the punishment during the judgement day.
  • ^23 : Though Sonali is the captain of the house this week, but she was not given immunity from eviction. Therefore, she was nominated this week.
  • ^24 : Though voting lines were open this week, no housemates were evicted as it was Salman Khan's birthday week.
  • ^25 : As, no eviction held previous week the same nominees were forwarded to this week.
  • ^26 : Upen was evicted amidst a midnight/surprise eviction. He got evicted combining the public votes received in previous week and this week.
  • ^27 : Bigg Boss season 8 finale was concluded which saw a unique format, Sonali and Puneet gets eliminated while five contestants crowned as a winner for season 8, and moved them to season spin-off Bigg Boss Halla Bol! with five challengers from previous seasons.

This season featured a 'Special Panel', where a team of past housemates or their acquaintances would share their and public's views and opinions of the current housemates before the eviction. The panel would rotate every week.

Guest appearances

Week(s) Guest(s) Notes
Grand premiere Elli Avram Special appearances to introduce contestants Upen and Aarya
Armaan Kohli
Nadira Babbar, Juhi Babbar and Prateik Babbar To support Aarya
Sunil Grover To introduce contestant Diandra
Sargun Mehta To introduce Gautam and Sukirti
1 Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor Appeared on the show to promote their film Haider[46]
2 Kamya Punjabi and Andy Kumar Special appearance[47][48]
3 Hrithik Roshan To promote his film Bang Bang![49][50]
Rekha To promote her film Super Nani[51]
4 Gauahar Khan and Sargun Mehta Special appearance
5 Sunil Grover and Kiku Sharda (as Gutthi and Palak) Special appearances for Diwali celebrations[52][53]
Mouni Roy and Punit Pathak
Harshad Arora, Preetika Rao, Mrunal Jain, Tina Datta, Sumit Bhardwaj, Sonal Vengurlekar and Radhika Madan
Sajid-Wajid Special appearances[54]
Urvashi Dholakia
6 Ali Zafar, Govinda, Parineeti Chopra and Ranveer Singh To promote their film Kill Dil[55]
7 Lisa Haydon To promote her film The Shaukeens[56]
Satyajit Padhye Special appearances[57]
Sophie Choudry
8 Arjun Kapoor To promote his film Tevar[58]
9 Arpita Khan and Aayush Sharma To meet Salman Khan[59]
10 Ujjwala Raut To interact with her sister Sonali via phone call
Anurag Gulati To meet her son Gautam
Amanjot Kaur To meet her husband Pritam
Gauri Sandhu To meet her boyfriend Ali
Sonakshi Sinha To promote her film Action Jackson[60][61]
11 Varun Dhawan To promote his film Badlapur[62][63]
12 Sonam Kapoor and Arbaaz Khan To promote their film Dolly Ki Doli[64][65]
13 Shilpa Saklani Special appearance[66]
14 Kapil Sharma, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Ali Asgar, Upasana Singh, Sunil Grover and Kiku Sharda (in-house guest only) Comedy Nights with Kapil's cast members[67][68]
15 Deepali Issar To meet her husband Puneet
Diandra Soares Special appearance
Mohit Gulati To meet his brother Gautam
Jasmina Tanna To meet her daughter Karishma
Arjun Rampal and Jacqueline Fernandez To promote their film Roy

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