Bigg Boss Halla Bol

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Bigg Boss Halla Bol
Presented by	Farah Khan
No. of days	28
No. of housemates	10
Winner	Gautam Gulati
Runner-up	Karishma Tanna
No. of episodes	29
Release
Original network	Colors TV
Original release	3 January (2015-01-03) – 31 January 2015 (2015-01-31)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 8 Next → Season 9

Bigg Boss Halla Bol is the spin-off of the Indian reality television show Bigg Boss. It was a merger of Bigg Boss 8 similarly to the concept adopted by the Ultimate Big Brother. Five contestants from previous seasons enters the house to compete with five regular entrants of the season 8 finale.^[1] Farah Khan hosted the new format of the show,^[2] as Salman bid adieu to the show because of his filming schedule of Bajrangi Bhaijaan.^[3][4]

The series was won by actor Gautam Gulati whilst actress Karishma Tanna emerged as the runner-up.^[5]

In the fifteenth week Bigg Boss announced that show has been extended for four weeks^[6] 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.^[7] The spin-off series officially launched on 4 January,^[8] with the five Halla Bol Challengers from previous seasons which includes Ajaz Khan, Sambhavna Seth, Mahek Chahal, Rahul Mahajan and Sana Khan. Sana's entrance was disclosed later as a fifth challenger by production team.^[9] Before the official announcement only Ajaz entered the house on Day 99. The new spin-off format of Champions and Challengers with ten contestants hosted by Farah Khan as contractually Salman bids adieu from the series concluding season finale. Confirming her participation Farah said:

"I have loved watching Bigg Boss and enjoy everything about it. The Bigg Boss Halla Bol Series is unlike anything that regular viewers of the show could have ever perceived. Salman Khan has been truly entertaining as a host with his affable style and quick wit. I am looking forward to building a unique experience for the viewers through this venture and hope they enjoy every bit of it."

— Farah Khan - Hindustan Times.^[10]

The ratings held a record for an all-time low with the final only managing to score a TRP of 2.82 until Bigg Boss 15 finale aired grabbing a rating of only 1.9.^[11] The official tabulators for the show being Ernst & Young allegedly had formed the final result based on a number of votes which was not only less than the previous seasons but also the evictions for the same series.^[12] An additional statement released by the firm revealed that the percentage separating the final two contenders was lower than one whole unit indicating figurative comparison to a photo finish.^[13]

Country	Network	Airing Date	Syndication Type	Source
India	Colors	21 September 2014 (2014-09-21)	Off-Network Syndication	[14]
United Kingdom	Colors UK	21 September 2014 (2014-09-21)	International Syndication	[15]

Notes

• ^ Continuation of Bigg Boss 8

• Karishma Tanna is a television actress.^[18][19][20]
• Gautam Gulati is a television actor.^[21][22]
• Pritam Singh RJ is a radio jockey.^[23][24]
• Ali Quli Mirza is a singer^[25]
• Dimpy Ganguly is the winner of Season 2 of India's rendition of The Bachelor.^[26][27]

Five challengers returned, as veterans for the title, from previous seasons. While two housemates were chosen from Season 2 and one from Season 5, 6 and 7 each. No inclusions were made from Season 1, 3 and 4.

• Ajaz Khan is an actor who finished in third place in season seven.
• Mahek Chahal is an actress and model who was a runner-up in the fifth season.
• Rahul Mahajan is an actor and the son of politician Pramod Mahajan. He quit the show in the second season.
• Sambhavna Seth is an actress and dancer and has appeared in Bhojpuri films. In the second season, she finished in tenth place.
• Sana Khan is an actress, model and dancer who participated in season six, finishing in third place.

The main events in the house are summarized in the table below. A typical week begins with nominations, followed by the shopping task, and then the eviction of a Housemate during the Saturday episode. Evictions, tasks, and other events for a particular week are noted in order of sequence.

For previous details on the voting history, prior to the 'Halla Bol!' merger, see; Bigg Boss 8#Voting history from week 1 to week 15.

	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18		Week 19
			Day 120	Day 123	Day 127	Day 133
Nominees for Captaincy	No Captain	Karishma Pritam	Pritam Ali Sambhavna	None		No Captain
House Captain		Karishma	Ali	Pritam
Captain's Nominations		Rahul Sambhavna Sana	Rahul Dimpy	Gautam	Karishma Dimpy
Challengers	Sambhavna Rahul Sana Mahek Ajaz	Gautam Sambhavna Mahek Rahul	Ali Gautam Mahek Rahul	Karishma Ali Gautam Rahul	Pritam Dimpy Sambhavna	Pritam Dimpy Sambhavna	None
Champions	Gautam Ali Pritam Karishma Dimpy	Sana Ali Pritam Karishma Dimpy	Sambhavna Pritam Karishma Dimpy	Mahek Sambhavna Pritam Dimpy	Gautam Karihsma Ali Rahul	Gautam Karishma Ali
Vote to:	Evict			Save	Evict	WIN
Gautam	Ajaz Sambhavna Mahek	Not eligible	Karishma Dimpy	Karishma	Ali Sambhavna	No Nominations	Winner (Day 133)
Karishma	Sambhavna Ajaz Sana	House Captain	Gautam Dimpy	Ali (to evict)	Ali Pritam	Nominated	1st runner-up (Day 133)
Pritam	Sambhavna Ajaz Mahek	Sambhavna Sana Rahul	Karishma Dimpy	House Captain		No Nominations	Walked, 2nd runner-up (Day 133)
Dimpy	Mahek Ajaz Sambhavna	Rahul Sana Sambhavna	Karishma Pritam	Rahul	Sambhavna Pritam	No Nominations	3rd runner-up (Day 133)
Ali	Ajaz Sambhavna Mahek	Rahul Sana Sambhavna	House Captain	Gautam	Gautam Karishma	No Nominations	4th runner-up (Day 133)
Sambhavna	Not eligible	Not eligible	Karishma Pritam	Karishma	Gautam Dimpy	Evicted (Day 129)
Rahul	Not eligible	Not eligible	Karishma Pritam	Dimpy	Evicted (Day 126)
Mahek	Not eligible	Gautam Sambhavna Sana	Karishma Sambhavna	Evicted (Day 122)
Sana	Not eligible	Not eligible	Mahek (to evict)	Evicted (Day 119)
Ajaz	Ejected (Day 106)
Notes	1,2,3	3	4	5	6	7
Against Public Vote	Ajaz Mahek Sambhavna	Rahul Sana Sambhavna	Mahek Karishma Dimpy Pritam	Ali Dimpy Rahul Sambhavna	Ali Dimpy Gautam Karishma Pritam Sambhavna	Ali Dimpy Gautam Karishma Pritam
Ejected	Ajaz	None
Evicted	Eviction cancelled	Sana	Mahek	Rahul	Sambhavna	Ali		Dimpy
						Pritam
						Karishma		Gautam

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

  indicates that the Housemate was granted immunity from nominations.

• ^1 : Ajaz entered the house before Season 8 finale on Day 99, but credited as a Halla Bol Challenger, his presence for seven days didn't affect any change.
• ^2 : On Day 1, Housemates nominated face to face, with each Housemate nominating three people as opposed to the usual two. Following Ajaz's ejection, the eviction scheduled to take place on Day 7 was cancelled.
• ^3 : Housemates with the 'Challenger' status were not eligible to vote. Housemates with the 'Champion' status were immune from nominations and held the right to vote.
• ^4 : Mehek was nominated by Sana via her "Bigg Bomb" after her eviction.
• ^5 : Pritam was given immunity from nominations for winning the luxury task. Karishma was given a special power to directly nominate a contestant for eviction, which she had earned by voluntarily walking out of the luxury budget task in order to get this power. She chose Ali.
• ^6 : All contestants were asked to give two names for nominations but from the opposite team only.
• ^7 : All 5 finalists were automatically placed in the nominations.

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