Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 16 explained

Season Number:16
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Presenter:Salman Khan
Num Days:134
Num Housemates:17
Winner:Mc Stan
Runner Up:Shiv Thakare
Num Episodes:135
Network:Colors TV

Bigg Boss 16 also known as Bigg Boss: Game Badlega, Kyunki Bigg Boss Khud Khelega was the sixteenth season of the Indian Hindi-language reality TV series Bigg Boss. It premiered on Colors TV on 1 October 2022. Salman Khan hosted the show for the thirteenth time.[1] The grand finale aired on 12 February 2023, where MC Stan emerged as the winner and Shiv Thakare as the runner-up.[2] [3]

Production

Broadcast

For the first time ever, a new segment- Bigg Bulletin With Shekhar Suman[4] aired on Sunday Hosted by Shekhar Suman. Weekend Ka Vaar, namely- Shukravar and Shanivar Ka Vaar[5] aired on Fridays and Saturdays instead of Saturdays and Sundays respectively as in previous seasons.[6] For the first time ever, eviction took place on Saturdays instead of Sundays.

A five-hour Grand Finale aired on 12 February 2023.[7]

Casting

Colors TV teased the viewers, by giving a glimpse of the first two contestants answering several fan questions on their Instagram stories.[8] [9] This segment was titled "#BB16ContestantFirstLook".[10] [11] They were later on revealed to be Gautam Singh Vig and Soundarya Sharma.[12]

Concept

The concept for this season of Bigg Boss was "Upside Down", which meant everything would be opposite from the previous seasons.

Development

The press conference[13] and launch event[14] for this season was held on 27 September 2022,[15] anchored by Gauahar Khan,[16] wherein Abdu Rozik was officially introduced as first contestant.[17]

Eye Logo

The eye logo is very similar to the logo of the thirteenth season. It features a bright red colour logo with a blue pupil.

House

The house of this season had a "Circus" theme.[18] [19] The House was located in Goregaon for the fourth time. This season had four bedrooms: Fire Room, Black and White Room, Cards Room and Vintage Room and a lavish private Jacuzzi for the captain for the first time in the history of Bigg Boss.[20] The jail of the house was designed as Maut Ka Kuwa (Well of Death) located in a hanging position above the swimming pool.

Release

A promo featuring Salman Khan was released on 11 September 2022.[21] [22] Promos featuring Gori Nagori,[23] Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia and Abdu Rozik with Khan were released one day prior to the premiere. Promos featuring Priyanka Chahar Choudhary, Ankit Gupta[24] and Tina Datta[25] were released just before the premiere.

Housemates status

SrHousemateStatus
1MC StanDay 1Day 134
2ShivDay 1Day 134
3PriyankaDay 1Day 134
4ArchanaDay 1Day 39
Day 42Day 134
5ShalinDay 1Day 134
6NimritDay 1Day 128
7SumbulDay 1Day 125
8TinaDay 1Day 33
Day 34Day 70
Day 71Day 114
Day 115Day 118
9SoundaryaDay 1Day 112
10SajidDay 1Day 106
11AbduDay 1Day 77
Day 85Day 106
12SreejitaDay 1Day 13
Day 68Day 105
13VikkasDay 76Day 90
14AnkitDay 1Day 84
15GautamDay 1Day 48
16GoriDay 1Day 42
17ManyaDay 1Day 22

Housemates

The list of housemates in the order of entering the house:

Original entrants

Wild card entrants

Guest entrants

Twists

Bedroom allotment

Housemates were chosen by the Captain / Task winners to be staying in four different bedrooms: Fire Room, Black and White Room, Cards Room and Vintage Room. Every week the bedrooms of the housemates were chosen newly and the housemates had to stay in the chosen bedrooms. In Week 7, members of the Vintage Room and Cards Room were safe from nominations. In Week 8, and Week 10, only members of Vintage Room were safe from nominations. Vintage Room was permanently closed from Week 17. Fire Room was closed from Week 17 but reopened in Week 19. Black & White Room and Cards Room were also closed in Week 19.

Key:

indicates Captain's/King's or Queen's Room

indicates Black and White Room (Room of 4)

indicates Cards Room (Room of 3)

indicates Vintage Room (Room of 2)

indicates Fire Room (Room of 6)

Allotment by
NimritPriyankaAbduArchanaNoneSajidShivNimritAnkitSoundaryaNone
Gautam
MC StanSajid
Sajid
StanCaptain
ShivCaptainKingCaptainCaptain
Priyanka
ArchanaCaptain
Shalin
NimritCaptainQueenCaptainBgcolor=grey
SumbulCaptainBgcolor=grey
TinaCaptainColspan=2 Bgcolor=grey
SoundaryaCaptain
SajidKing
AbduCaptainbgcolor=greyCaptainColspan=4 Bgcolor=grey
SreejitaColspan=2 bgcolor="tan" Captain
Vikkas
AnkitKing
GautamCaptainCaptain
Gori
Manya

Morning Anthem

For the first time, there was a Bigg Boss Anthem in the morning instead of the usual wake-up songs.[60]

Bigg Bulletin

A new segment, Bigg Bulletin with Shekhar Suman, was introduced which Shekhar Suman hosted every Sunday. In this segment, the host interacted with the contestants on the events that have transpired in the particular week. He would also roast the contestants, play games with them and pull off fun gags.[4] [61]

MyGlamm Face of the Season

In Week 1, it was revealed that all the female housemates would be competitors for MyGlamm Face of the Season through which one female housemate would become the representative of the season. Moreover, the winner of the segment would win ₹25 lakhs and get a chance to shoot for an ad with Shraddha Kapoor for MyGlamm.

On Day 83, Priyanka Chahar Choudhary was declared the winner after 12 weeks through public votes.

Confinement punishment(s)

Week 7
Punishment byShivbgcolor=goldAbduBgcolor=goldSajid
Punishment given toArchanaPriyankaNimritPriyanka
Shiv
SoundaryaShalinAnkit
Form of Punishment The Box

Maahim (Dog)

On Day 87 (Week 13), "Maahim" a St. Bernard dog was sent in the house and it stayed in the house till the finale.[62] [63] [64]

Family week

In Week 15, family members of the 12 housemates, referred to as VVIPs, entered the house to meet and support them.[65] [66]

HousemateConnectionDay enteredDay exited
SajidFarah KhanSisterDay 100Day 100
ShivAshatai ThakareMotherDay 101
PriyankaYogesh ChoudharyBrother
StanVahida TadaviMotherDay 101Day 102
ArchanaGulshan GautamBrother
NimritGurdeep Singh AhluwaliaFather
TinaMadhumita DattaMotherDay 102Day 103
ShalinSunita BhanotMother
AbduJust SulFriend
SoundaryaUsha SharmaMotherDay 103Day 104
SumbulIqbal KhanUncle
SreejitaMichael Blohm-PapeFiancé

Guest appearances

PremiereDay 1To support daughter Sumbul Touqeer[67]
Shehnaaz GillTo support Sajid Khan via video message [68]
Week 1Day 3Kili PaulFor taking part in the task[69]
Day 6Rashmika Mandanna and Neena GuptaTo promote Goodbye[70]
Week 2Day 13Touqeer KhanTo interact with daughter Sumbul Touqeer[71]
Harrdy Sandhu and Parineeti ChopraTo promote [72]
Sidharth Malhotra and Rakul Preet SinghTo promote Thank God[73]
Bhavin RabariTo promote Chhello Show[74]
Week 3Day 21Karan JoharTo host Weekend Ka Vaar[75]
Week 4Day 29Katrina Kaif, Ishaan Khatter and Siddhant ChaturvediTo promote Phone Bhoot[76]
Week 5Day 34Janhvi Kapoor and Sunny KaushalTo promote Mili[77]
Sonakshi Sinha, Huma Qureshi, Zaheer Iqbal and Mahat RaghavendraTo promote Double XL[78]
Week 6Day 41Arjun Bijlani and Sunny LeoneTo promote MTV Splitsvilla X4[79]
Varun Dhawan and Kriti SanonTo promote Bhediya[80]
Week 7Day 49Ayushmann Khurrana and Jaideep AhlawatTo promote An Action Hero[81]
Week 8Day 56Fahmaan Khan and Kritika Singh YadavTo promote their show Dharampatnii
Kajol and RevathiTo promote Salaam Venky[82]
Sumbul's father, Tina's mother and Shalin's parentsTo interact with the host[83]
Arbaaz Khan, Manav Vij, Sudhir Mishra, Waluscha De Sousa and Sumit KaulTo promote Tanaav[84]
Week 9Day 63Parth Samthaan and Niti TaylorTo promote Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan[85]
Week 10Day 69Shehnaaz Gill and MC Square To promote Ghani Syaani[86]
Rowspan=2Week 11Day 76Vicky Kaushal and Kiara AdvaniTo promote Govinda Naam Mera[87]
Day 77Ranveer Singh, Rohit Shetty, Varun Sharma, Pooja Hegde and Jacqueline FernandezTo promote Cirkus[88]
Week 12Day 81-82Vijay Vikram Singh To distract housemates from performing ration task[89]
Day 84Genelia D'Souza, Riteish DeshmukhTo promote Ved[90]
Manish PaulTo co-host and celebrate Salman's birthday[91]
Week 14Day 91Dharmendra, Krushna Abhishek, Kashmera Shah, Karan Kundrra, Jannat Zubair Rahmani and Rajiv AdatiaFor New Year celebration[92]
Day 92Ikka and Seedhe MautTo perform with MC Stan and celebrate New Year[93]
Week 15Day 97Shiv's mother, MC Stan's mother, Archana's brother, Nimrit's father, Tina's mother, Shalin's mother, Sumbul's uncle, Sreejita's fiancéTo interact with the host[94]
Day 103-104Simi GarewalTo host a talk show[95]
Day 104Bharti Singh, Haarsh Limbachiyaa and their son Laksh "Gola"To interact with the host and housemates[96]
Day 105Dibang and Sandiip Sikcand[97]
Week 16Day 112-113Astrologer Saurish SharmaTo predict future of housemates and interact with the host[98]
Day 113Sajid KhanTo interact with the host[99]
Abdu RozikTo promote his song Pyar
Day 114Ekta Kapoor and Dibakar BanerjeeTo interact with the host and cast housemates for their upcoming film LSD 2[100]
Rowspan=3Week 17Day 117Mika SinghTo promote his song Miss You[101]
Anil KapoorTo promote The Night Manager
Kartik AaryanTo promote Shehzada[102]
Week 18Day 125BadshahTo promote his song Players[103]
Anupam Kher and Neena GuptaTo promote Shiv Shastri Balboa[104]
Iulia Vântur and Yo Yo Honey SinghTo promote their song Yai Re
Week 19Day 130Krushna AbhishekTo entertain the housemates[105]
Day 132Rohit ShettyTo select the first contestant of Khatron Ke Khiladi 13[106]
Grand FinaleDay 133Bharti Singh and Krushna AbhishekTo play with the housemates[107]
Sunny Deol and Ameesha PatelTo promote their film [108]
Karan Kundrra, Gashmeer Mahajani and Reem ShaikhTo promote Tere Ishq Mein Ghayal
Ankit Gupta, Neha Rana, Gautam Singh VigTo promote Junooniyatt

Weekly summary

EntrancesNimrit, Abdu, Ankit, Priyanka, MC Stan, Archana, Gautam, Shalin, Soundarya, Shiv, Sumbul, Manya, Gori, Tina, Sreejita and Sajid entered the house.[109]
TwistNimrit was made the captain of the house by Bigg Boss as she was the first housemate.
NominationsShiv, Archana, MC Stan, Sajid, Gori and Gautam were nominated for the first-week eviction.[110]
Twists
  • Bigg Boss broke its 15-year ritual of morning wake-up song and replaced it with Bigg Boss Anthem.[111]
  • For the first time Bigg Boss will keep an eye on the captain 24/7 and if the captain is negligent, they will be fired from the post immediately.[112]
  • Bigg Boss again broke its 15-year ritual of nominating people by giving reasons and asked the housemates to nominate their co-contestants directly without reason.[113]
Captaincy TaskNimrit was fired from the captaincy post due to continuous violation of house rules. Nimrit was given a chance to save her captaincy. The contestant who rings the bell first in the garden will get a chance to challenge Nimrit. Shalin rings the bell and challenges Nimrit. The task was that both the contenders will stand on a platform and hold baskets on their heads. The one who drops it first will lose and the other one would become the captain. The other contestants will put things in their baskets. Sajid will be the sanchalak.
Winner – Nimrit
Failed – Shalin
Tasks
  • Stand-up comedy: Sajid was asked to do a stand-up comedy show for housemates. If the housemates liked it, Sajid would get a special advantage to distribute the ration among the 4 bedrooms.
  • Reel competition: There was a reel competition between MC Stan and Abdu. Their managers, Sumbul and Shiv would convince the housemates to do a reel with them. The person who does maximum reels with the housemates wins the task and would get a special advantage to change the bed positions of the housemates.
  • Immunity task: Gori was told to do a special dance performance for the housemates. If all housemates like her performance and join her. She will get an advantage to immune one nominated housemate including herself. If no one likes her performance, the rest of the nominated housemates will have to mutually decide to immune one housemate other than Gori.
Result
  • Stand-up comedy: Sajid won the task and distributed the ration among the 4 bedrooms.
  • Reel competition: MC Stan made maximum reels with housemates and won the task. MC Stan and Sumbul also got the advantage of changing the bed positions.
  • Immunity Task: Gori successfully completed the task and saved herself from nominations.
Punishments
  • Tina, Manya and Soundarya were punished for saying sorry during nominations and were told to do all the work in the house until the next notice.
  • Nimrit was fired from captaincy as she was negligent.
House CaptainNimrit
NotesNimrit was asked to select one person from Tina, Manya and Soundarya who will be freed from doing all housework. She chose Manya and replaced her with Priyanka.
ExitsOn Day 8, no eviction took place.
NominationsGori, MC Stan, Sreejita, Tina and Shalin were nominated for second-week eviction by house captain Gautam.
Captaincy TaskGautam and Shiv competed for the captaincy task. The task was that both the contenders will stand on a platform and hold baskets on their heads. The one who drops it first will lose and the other one would become the captain. Other contestants will put things in their baskets and Nimrit will be the sanchalak.
Winner – Gautam
Failed – Shiv
TasksMusic video: Nimrit and Priyanka would have to make a music video with Abdu as the main lead on Chota Bhaijaan which was sung by Abdu. The one who made a better video will get a special advantage in changing the bed positions of the housemates.
ResultPriyanka's music video was chosen as the best and she won the task and got the advantage in changing the bed positions of the housemates.
Punishments
  • Shalin was punished for being physical with Archana Gautam and was nominated for 2 weeks and also he would not be able to become a contender for captaincy for the entire season. (Shalin contended for captaincy after his punishment was called-off in Week 10)
  • Gori, MC Stan, Sreejita and Tina were chosen by captain Gautam for using derogatory language in the house and were nominated directly for eviction.
bgcolor=#cfcHouse CaptainGautam
NotesBigg Boss asked contestants to name the most irritating person in the house. The housemates named Archana, and as a result, Bigg Boss asked Archana to stay silent and Shalin would be her voice for conveying her messages to all the housemates until his next order. They fulfilled their order and Archana got 1 kg of Ginger and Shalin got 1 week's supply of chicken.
ExitsOn Day 13, Sreejita De was evicted after facing public votes.
NominationsManya, Shalin and Sumbul were nominated for third-week eviction.
Captaincy TaskShiv and Priyanka competed for the captaincy task. Both contenders had to make as many lines as they can with wooden domino bricks of a specific colour. After the time ends, sanchalak Gautam will decide who won the task on the basis of the lengths of the lines of bricks and maintaining the rules.
Winner – Shiv
Failed – Priyanka
TasksBB Train: Four favourite members including Abdu, Sajid, MC Stan and Gautam were selected from the choices of all the housemates. These four individuals got the exclusive right to include a housemate in their rooms.
Result[Check ''Bedroom Allotment'']
Punishments
  • Archana and Soundarya were sentenced to jail Maut Ka Kuwa for the time being.
  • Priyanka was punished by Captain Shiv after the former refused to perform her duties and was kept in the Box for a certain amount of time.
  • Shiv was fired from Captaincy on Day 20 and Archana was made the House Captain by Bigg Boss.
House CaptainShiv
Archana
NotesKaran Johar hosted Weekend Ka Vaar instead of Salman Khan as Salman was sick because of Dengue fever.
ExitsOn Day 21, Manya Singh was evicted after facing public votes.
NominationsAbdu, Gautam, Gori, Nimrit, Shiv, Soundarya and Tina were nominated for the fourth-week eviction.
Captaincy TaskAll housemates had to fight to achieve the throne kept in Activity Area. The losing housemates will be confined in the cage by order under the throne with 2 options - remove the throne-winning person from Captaincy's race & take a particular amount of ration or keep that person as a candidate for Captaincy and sacrifice the extra ration.
Winner – None
Failed – All contestants
Tasks
ResultCaptaincy task was dissolved.
PunishmentsNimrit and Soundarya were punished by Bigg Boss due to their overuse of English and punished to repeat the same sentence in Hindi again and again given by Bigg Boss until next command.
Bgcolor=#cfcHouse CaptainNone
Notes
ExitsOn Day 29, no eviction took place.
NominationsArchana, Soundarya and Sumbul were nominated for fifth-week eviction.
Captaincy Task
  • On Day 29 Salman Khan offered Captaincy to Gautam giving the condition that Gautam had to sacrifice the housemates' ration to achieve the captaincy. Gautam accepted the offer.
  • On Day 33, all the 4 ex-captains, Nimrit, Gautam, Shiv and Archana, will be the pied pipers and the remaining housemates except Shalin will be the contenders, There will be 4 rounds, each round, one pied piper will take 2 contenders to the swimming pool and tell them to go to the pool and explain why they are removed from captaincy contenders' race. The last housemate remaining will become the new Captain.
Winner – Gautam
Failed – None
Winner – Abdu
Failed – None
Tasks
Result
PunishmentsOn Day 32, Gautam was fired from captaincy due to his failure to handle the house and housemates.
House CaptainGautam
Abdu
NotesNominated contestants were asked to choose their representatives whom they trust. Archana, Soundarya and Sumbul chose Priyanka, Gautam and Sajid respectively. These three representatives were offered to choose between either saving all the nominated contestants from eviction and losing 25 lakh rupees from prize money, or keeping the prize money and letting one of them get evicted per public votes. They chose to save them, and the housemates lost 25 lahks from the 50-lakh prize money.
Exits
  • On Day 33, Tina Datta walked out of the house as she got the news that her pet dog died. She re-entered on the same day after some time.
  • On Day 35, no eviction took place.
NominationsGori, Priyanka and Sumbul were nominated for sixth-week eviction.
Captaincy TaskOn Day 39, Bigg Boss gave power to contestants on whether they want Abdu to remain captain or not. There were two godowns and every time two housemates will go and collect gold bars in a bag and put the bag in either the "For Abdu" rack or the "Change Abdu" rack, whichever compartment will have more gold will win. Priyanka was the sanchalak in this task. At the end of the task, Priyanka chose the "Change Abdu" godown for the win.[114]
Winner – Contestants who decided to change Abdu (Soundarya, Archana and Gautam)
Failed – Contestants who decided not to change Abdu (Tina, Nimrit and Sajid)
Tasks
Result
Punishments
  • Nimrit, Shiv and Shalin were sentenced to jail Maut Ka Kuwa by Captain Abdu Rozik for the time being.
Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#cfcHouse Captain Abdu
No Captain
Notes
Exits
  • On Day 40, Archana Gautam was ejected due to physical violence with Shiv Thakare.
  • On Day 42, Gori Nagori was evicted after facing public votes.
EntrancesOn Day 43, Archana Gautam the house.
NominationsGautam, Shalin, Soundarya and Tina were nominated for seventh-week eviction.
Captaincy TaskGuide and tourist task: On hearing the buzzer, the contestants will be asked to take the form of a mannequin except for Sajid, as he is the guide for the activity. Sajid as a guide has to take two housemates on a house tour and while the tour is ongoing, he has to take the two selected inmates to every mannequin one by one. Later, Sajid will take the two chosen contestants to the activity room. In the activity room, the contestants will have to tell the names of three housemates with reasons on who and why they think should be out of captainship. The last housemate remaining will become the new captain.
Winner – Sajid
Failed – Other housemates
Tasks
Result
PunishmentsSumbul was removed from King's favourite contestants and was put into the non-favourite ones for helping Captain Sajid to write by giving her lipstick.
bgcolor=NavajowhiteHouse
King
Sajid
Royal FavouritesAbdu, Nimrit, Tina, MC Stan and Shiv
NotesFrom 7th week, there were King or Queen instead of Captain.
ExitsOn Day 48, Gautam Vig was evicted after facing public votes.
EntrancesOn Day 55, Fahmaan Khan entered the house to support Sumbul and promote his upcoming show Dharampatnii.
NominationsMC Stan, Archana, Ankit, Sumbul and Soundarya were nominated for eighth-week eviction.
Captaincy TaskRaja's favourite housemates (including Shiv, Nimrit, Abdu and excluding MC Stan due to his punishment) will have to do a task given by other non-favourite housemates (Priyanka, Archana, Ankit). Sajid was made the sanchalak. Nimrit was disqualified from the race as she broke the rule whereas Shiv and Abdu completed their tasks. For the tie-breaker, the rest of the other non-favorite housemates (Soundarya, Tina, Shalin) had to pick a captain between the two, resulting in the three choosing Shiv.
Winner – Shiv
Failed – Nimrit and Abdu
TasksNomination Task:

Nimrit, Shiv and Tina had to choose between 2 contestants to nominate for eviction. Contestants had to give reasons on why they deserved to be safe from nomination. After both contestants give their statements, Nimrit, Shiv and Tina will choose one contestant to save and nominate the other by shooting at him/her.

Housemates' list of each round:

  • Round 1 (Shiv)- and
  • Round 2 (Tina)- and
  • Round 3 (Shiv)- and
  • Round 4 (Nimrit)- and

Key:

indicate the housemate is safe.

indicate the housemate is nominated.

ResultArchana, Ankit, Soundarya and Sumbul were shot and nominated by Shiv, Tina and Nimrit respectively.
PunishmentsMC Stan was nominated by Bigg Boss for four consecutive weeks for physical violence with Shalin.
bgcolor=NavajowhiteHouse
King
Shiv
Royal FavouritesNimrit and Tina
Notes
Exits
  • On Day 56, guest Fahmaan Khan exited the house.
  • On Day 56, no eviction took place.
EntrancesOn Day 59, Sunny Waghchoure and Sanjay Gujar entered the house as guest entrants.
NominationsMC Stan, Priyanka, Sajid, Shalin, Shiv, Sumbul and Tina were nominated for ninth-week eviction.
Captaincy TaskRoyal favourites Nimrit and Tina were contenders to be Queen. Previous King Shiv had to decide who the Queen would be among the two. Shiv decided to make Nimrit the Queen. As a result, Nimrit became Queen for the week.
Winner – Nimrit
Failed – Tina
TasksNomination Task:

The garden area was turned into a war field. Contestants were divided into two teams: Team of 7 and Team of 4. Each contestant had one military camp after his/her name. Every time there is an emergency alarm, Nimrit had to spin the wheel of fortune. The winning team would send one contestant to blast the camp of any contestant according to their will. The blasted camp's owner contestant was nominated for eviction directly. Nimrit and MC Stan were out of the task as Nimrit was Queen and MC Stan was already nominated by Bigg Boss.

Round 1:
Winner - Team of 7
Blaster -
Blasted -

Round 2:
Winner - Team of 4
Blaster -
Blasted -

Round 3:
Winner - Team of 4
Blaster -
Blasted -

Round 4:
Winner - Team of 4
Blaster -
Blasted -

Round 5:
Winner - Team of 7
Blaster -
Blasted -

Round 6:
Winner - Team of 4
Blaster -
Blasted -

ResultSumbul, Shiv, Sajid, Shalin, Priyanka and Tina's camps were blasted and they were nominated for eviction.
Punishments
  • MC Stan's punishment given by Bigg Boss continued for the week and he was directly nominated for eviction.
  • Archana, Ankit, Priyanka, Shalin and Soundarya were punished by Bigg Boss for sleeping despite Bigg Boss's command not to sleep. As a punishment, other contestants had to splash water on them to wake them up. As Archana refused to accept the punishment and everyone failed to convince her the same, half of the ration was taken away by Bigg Boss.
bgcolor=NavajowhiteHouse
Queen
Nimrit
Royal Favouritesbgcolor=#cccNone
Notes
Exits
  • On Day 63, guests Sunny Nanasaheb Waghchoure and Sanjay Gujar exited the house.
  • On Day 63, no eviction took place.
Entrances
  • On Day 68, Sreejita De re-entered the house as the first wild card entrant.
  • On Day 69, Vikkas Manaktala entered the house as the second wild card entrant.
NominationsMC Stan, Nimrit, Tina and Sumbul were nominated for the tenth-week eviction.
Captaincy Task
Winner – Ankit
Failed – Priyanka, Shalin and Sumbul
Tasks
Result
PunishmentsMC Stan's punishment given by Bigg Boss continued for the week and he was directly nominated for eviction.
bgcolor=NavajowhiteHouse
King
Ankit
Royal FavouritesPriyanka and Sajid
NotesShalin was offered to choose between either saving Tina and Sumbul both from eviction and losing the remaining 25 lakh rupees of prize money, or keeping the prize money and letting one of them get evicted per public votes. Shalin chose the prize money.
ExitsOn Day 70, Tina Datta was evicted after facing public votes.
EntrancesOn Day 71, Tina Datta re-entered the house.
NominationsSajid, Shalin, Shiv and Tina were nominated for the eleventh-week eviction.
Captaincy Task
Winner – Soundarya, Sumbul and Tina
Failed – Priyanka and Shalin
Tasks
Result
Punishments
House
Captains
Soundarya
Sumbul
Tina
Notes
  • Shalin was again offered to choose between either getting Tina back in the house and losing the remaining 25 lakh rupees of prize money, or keeping the prize money and letting Tina out of the house. Shalin chose Tina to come back, losing the remaining prize money.
  • Week 11 onwards, there were again Captain and not King or Queen, but the twist is that not one but three Captains would run the house.
Exits
  • On Day 77, no eviction took place.
  • On day 77, Abdu Rozik walked out of the House due to professional commitment.
NominationsAnkit, Sreejita, Tina and Vikkas were nominated for the twelfth-week eviction.
Captaincy Task
Winner – Soundarya, MC Stan and Sreejita
Failed – Other Housemates
Tasks
Result
Punishments
House
Captains
MC Stan
Soundarya
Sreejita
Notes
  • Priyanka was offered by Bigg Boss to choose between saving Ankit Gupta from on-the-spot eviction or getting 25 lakh rupees of prize money back. Priyanka chose to save Ankit from eviction.
  • Priyanka won the MyGlamm Face of the Season contest through public votes with a prize amount of ₹25 lakhs and a chance to shoot for an ad with Shraddha Kapoor for MyGlamm.
ExitsOn Day 84, Ankit Gupta was evicted after facing housemates' votes.
Entrances On Day 85, Abdu Rozik re-entered the house.On Day 87, a St. Bernard dog "Maahim" entered the house.
Nominations
  • Nimrit, Priyanka, Shalin, Soundarya, Sreejita, Sumbul, Tina and Vikkas were nominated for the thirteenth-week eviction.
  • Sumbul was saved from nomination by Shiv Thakare.
Captaincy TaskHousemates were asked to choose any three among the five non-nominated contestants (including Archana, Shiv, Abdu, MC Stan, and Sajid) for the captaincy contenders' race. Shiv, Abdu, and MC Stan were chosen, and then fans were invited by the show in the Bigg Boss house to choose their favourite contestant amongst the three as the new captain. Shiv Thakare won, becoming the new captain.
Winner – Shiv
Failed – Abdu and MC Stan
TasksNomination TaskThe nomination process of the week was held through ration tasks. The housemates had to take ration from the Activity Area in exchange for nominating other housemates. Housemates were to go to the Activity Area in pairs. They had to nominate 1 housemate for 5 items & 2 housemates for 10 items.

The pairs:

PairsNominated Housemates
Priyanka and Sumbul
Sreejita and Vikkas
Soundarya and Nimrit
Tina and Shalin

MC Stan did not take part in the process as he was the House King.

Sreejita, Sumbul and Vikkas were banned from taking part in the task.

Result
Punishments
House
Captain
Shiv
NotesNow again, not three but only a single Captain would run the house.
ExitsOn Day 90, Vikkas Manaktala was evicted after facing public votes.
NominationsArchana, Sajid, Shalin, Soundarya, Sreejita, Sumbul and Tina were nominated for the fourteenth-week eviction.
Captaincy Task
Winner – Abdu
Failed – MC Stan, Nimrit and Priyanka
TasksNomination TaskThe garden area was turned into a village called BBpur having separate houses for each contestant except Shiv. All the housemates were sorted in their houses while Shiv was sorted in the glass room. Every house had a bulb in them while electric fuses of the houses were under Shiv's control which referred the Shiv was asked to cut seven electric lines to nominate them. The contestants with lit bulbs will be safe from nomination.


Shiv's Nomination:

Contestants Contestants
ArchanaRowspan=2Abdu
Priyanka
ShalinRowspan=2MC Stan
Soundarya
Sreejita Rowspan=2Nimrit
Sumbul
TinaRowspan=2Sajid
After Shiv's nomination, it was revealed that 4 contestants chosen by the spinning wheel would get the power to swap one safe contestant with one nominated contestant.


Chosen Contestants' Nomination:

Nominated
NimritSumbulSajid
SreejitaPriyankaSumbul
ShalinTinaNimrit
AbduNimritTina
Result
  • Nomination Task
    • At the end of the task, Abdu, MC Stan, Nimrit and Priyanka's houses had lit bulbs while others' electric lines were cut.
PunishmentsOn Day 96, rations of all the housemates were asked to return, due to failure in the Ration or Nomination task by all the seven nominated contestants.
House
Captain
Abdu
Notes
ExitsOn Day 98, no eviction took place.
Entrances
  • On Day 100, Farah Khan, Ashatai Thakare and Yogesh Chaudhary entered the house to meet Sajid, Shiv and Priyanka respectively.
  • On Day 101, Vahida Tadavi, Gulshan Gautam and Gurdeep Singh Ahluwalia entered the house to meet MC Stan, Archana and Nimrit respectively.
  • On Day 102, Madhumita Datta, Sunita Bhanot and Just Sul entered the house to meet Tina, Shalin and Abdu respectively.
  • On Day 103, Usha Sharma, Iqbal Khan and Michael Blohm-Pape entered the house to meet Soundarya, Sumbul and Sreejita respectively.
NominationsMC Stan, Nimrit, Sumbul and Sreejita were nominated for the fifteenth-week eviction.
Captaincy Task
Winner – Shiv
Failed – Other Housemates
Tasks
Result
Punishments
House
Captain
Shiv
Notes
Exits
  • On Day 100, Farah Khan exited the house.
  • On Day 101, Ashatai Thakare and Yogesh Chaudhary exited the house.
  • On Day 102, Vahida Tadavi, Gulshan Gautam and Gurdeep Singh Ahluwalia exited the house.
  • On Day 103, Madhumita Datta, Sunita Bhanot and Just Sul exited the house.
  • On Day 104, Usha Sharma, Iqbal Khan and Michael Blohm-Pape exited the house.
  • On Day 104, Sreejita De was evicted after facing public votes.
  • On Day 105, Abdu Rozik made the 'Voluntary Exit' from the show due to professional commitments.[115] [116]
  • On Day 106, Sajid Khan made the 'Voluntary Exit' from the show due to professional commitments.[117] [118]
NominationsShalin, Soundarya, Sumbul and Tina were nominated for the sixteenth-week eviction.
Captaincy Task
Winner – Nimrit
Failed – Other Housemates
Tasks
  • Ration Task

The corner of the garden area was turned into a ration shop called 10 lakh ka ration . The contestants had to compete in order to get the rations. Whoever crosses the red line in front of the shop first gets a chance to shop. The rations were related to ₹10 lakh the prize money meaning that the spent money on ration will be deducted from the prize money. Captain Nimrit was declared as sanchalak and got the chance to take ration from any housemate according to her will.

Round
1Shalin
2Shiv
3Shiv
4Soundarya
5Shalin

At the end of the task, ₹8.2 lahks was spent on ration and the rest ₹1.8 were added to prize money making it ₹21.8 lakhs.

Result
Punishments
House
Captain
Nimrit
Notes
ExitsOn Day 112, Soundarya Sharma was evicted after facing housemates' votes.
NominationsPriyanka, Shalin, Shiv and Tina were nominated for the seventeenth-week eviction.
Tasks
  • Nomination Task

The activity area was turned into a garden with a giant crow having a bowl in front of it. Another bowl was placed opposite the crow filled with red liquid (referred to as blood) in it. The housemates had to pick up given stone props, dip them in the blood and throw them in a bowl in front of the crow to nominate two housemates.Nimrit was declared safe in the task due to being the Captain & having the Ticket to Finale.

Nominating Housemate Colspan=2
ShalinTinaPriyanka
NimritTinaPriyanka
Archana ShivShalin
TinaShalinShiv
MC Stan Archana Tina
ShivArchanaTina
Priyanka ShalinShiv
SumbulTinaPriyanka
  • Ration Task

The garden area was turned into a super shop having mini shops where the housemates had to earn their ration through tasks. Each time 2 housemates would shop for the ration. Mini shops were categorized as Vegetarian, Non-vegetarian, and Others.

RoundColspan=2Chosen shop
1TinaNimritVegetarian
2ShalinPriyankaOthers
3ShivArchana Vegetarian
4MC Stan Sumbul Others

At the end of the task, 1 packet of chicken was given to Tina by Bigg Boss without any round due to her health issue. Though Shalin was offered to take the chicken by Tina in return she took it before, Shalin refused it and the chicken was taken by Tina. Later, Shalin was also given 1 packet of chicken by Bigg Boss.

Result
Punishments
House
Captain
Nimrit
Notes
  • On Day 116, Fire Room and Vintage Room were permanently closed henceforth.
  • Farah Khan hosted Weekend Ka Vaar instead of Salman Khan.
Exits
  • On Day 114, Tina Datta walked out of the house for emergency medical treatment re-entering after a while.
  • On Day 119, Tina Datta was evicted after facing public votes.
NominationsShiv, MC Stan and Sumbul were nominated for the eighteenth-week eviction.
House
Captain
Nimrit
Exits
  • On Day 126, Sumbul Touqeer was evicted after facing public votes.
Nominations
  • Archana, MC Stan, Nimrit, Priyanka, Shalin and Shiv were nominated for the final eviction.
  • After Nimrit's eviction, the 5 finalists were nominated so the public would vote for their favourite housemate to win the season.
Tasks
  • BB Finale Ka Chunav: All 6 housemates had to entertain the live audience who entered the house and the live audience would vote for them. The housemate with less votes would be directly evicted.
Happenings
  • On Day 127, All the housemates had to rank themselves between 1-6, and accordingly, the Ration will be provided
  • On Day 128, the BB Finale Ka Chunav task was conducted and the final eviction was announced
  • On Day 129, Krushna Abhishek entertained the housemates
  • On Day 130, The media and press interview was conducted and they interviewed the 5 finalists
  • On Day 131, All 5 finalists' journey video was shown
  • On Day 132, Rohit Shetty entered the house and selected the first contestant of
Notes
  • After Nimrit's Eviction, All the rooms were closed and only the Fire Room was open.
Exits
  • On Day 128, Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia was evicted after facing live audience votes.
Finalists
4th Runner UpShalin Bhanot
3rd Runner UpArchana Gautam
2nd Runner UpPriyanka Chahar Choudhary
1st Runner UpShiv Thakare
WinnerMC Stan

Nominations table

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 7
NoneGautam
Shiv
Priyanka
Shiv
NoneAbdu
Ankit
Gori
Stan
Priyanka
Sajid
Soundarya
Sumbul
Tina
No
Captain
Priyanka
Soundarya
Shalin
Sumbul
Tina
Abdu
Soundarya
Vikkas
Abdu
MC Stan
Shiv
Abdu
Nimrit
Priyanka
MC Stan
Abdu
Archana
Priyanka
Sajid
Shalin
Shiv
Soundarya
Tina
NoneNo
Captain

NimritGautamShivArchanaGautamAbduTinaStanShivAbduShivNimrit
Soundarya
SumbulSreejita
Shiv
Archana
Gori
Stan
Sreejita
Tina
Sumbul
Manya
GoriNot
eligible
Nimrit
Sajid
Stan
Shiv
Ankit
Sajid
(to evict)
Tina
Sreejita
Vikkas
---- Sumbul
(to save)
Tina
Shalin
Priyanka
Archana
Soundarya
Sreejita
Sumbul
Not
eligible
Abdu
Shalin
Soundarya
Tina
Shalin
Tina
Tina
Priyanka
Not
eligible
Ankit Nimrit Priyanka
(to save)
Priyanka Ankit
Priyanka Shalin
Vikkas
Nominees for King/ QueenNo
King/ Queen
Abdu
Ankit
Archana
Gautam
Stan
Nimrit
Priyanka
Sajid
Shalin
Shiv
Soundarya
Sumbul
Tina
Abdu
Nimrit
Shiv
Nimrit
Shiv
Tina
Sumbul
Ankit
Shalin
Priyanka
No
King/ Queen
House King/ QueenSajidShivNimritAnkit
King's / Queen's NominationsBgcolor=#cccNot eligiblePriyanka
Abdu

---- Archana
Soundarya
Bgcolor=#cccNot eligiblePriyanka
Sajid
(to save)
Vote to:EvictSaveEvictSaveEvict9-MinNoneWIN
StanGautam
Priyanka
NominatedSumbul
Manya
TinaArchana
Sumbul
SafeRoyal
Favourite
NominatedNominatedNominatedPriyanka
Shalin
Ankit
Not
eligible
SafeTina
Shalin
Soundarya
Abdu
Soundarya
Archana
Archana
Tina
10:10 MinNo
Nominations
No
Nominations
Winner
(Day 134)
ShivGautam
Sreejita
SafeHouse
Captain
SoundaryaSoundarya
Sumbul
SafeRoyal
Favourite
House
King
PriyankaTina
Soundarya
Priyanka
Shalin
Ankit
Ankit
Vikkas
House
Captain
Not
eligible
House
Captain
Shalin
Archana
Archana
Tina
9:50 MinNo
Nominations
No
Nominations
1st runner-up
(Day 134)
PriyankaSajid
Stan
SafeManya
Sumbul
SoundaryaArchana
Shalin
NominatedShalinNot
eligible
SajidRoyal
Favourite
---- Tina
Nimrit
Shiv
Nimrit
Sumbul
Shiv
Nimrit
Soundarya
Not
eligible
Nimrit
Stan
Sumbul
Sreejita
Soundarya
Sumbul
Shalin
Shiv
No
Nominations
No
Nominations

(Day 134)
ArchanaStan
Sajid
SafeSajid
Sumbul
House
Captain
Ankit
Sumbul
Ejected
Not
eligible
NominatedShivTina
Nimrit
Sumbul
Shiv
Nimrit
Tina
Shalin
Sajid
Ankit
Ankit
Vikkas
Sreejita
Vikkas
NominatedNimrit
Stan
Sumbul
Sreejita
Shiv
Stan
Shalin
Shiv
14 MinNo
Nominations
No
Nominations

(Day 134)
ShalinSajid
Abdu
NominatedManya
Sumbul
ShivPriyanka
Soundarya
SafeGautamNot
eligible
SumbulArchana
Sumbul
SajidArchana
Sreejita
Nimrit
Soundarya
NimritTinaNimrit
Stan
Sumbul
Sreejita
Soundarya
Sumbul
Tina
Priyanka
7:27 MinNo
Nominations
No
Nominations

(Day 134)
NimritHouse
Captain
SafeManya
Sumbul
GautamSoundarya
Sumbul
SafeRoyal
Favourite
SumbulNot
eligible
Priyanka
Shalin
Ankit
Priyanka
Ankit
Priyanka
Sumbul
SajidSumbulTina
Shalin
Soundarya
Abdu
House
Captain
No
Nominations
Evicted
SumbulManya
Sajid
SafeSajid
Manya
AbduArchana
Shiv
NominatedRoyal
Favourite
NominatedNot
eligible
Tina
Shalin
House
Captain
Priyanka
Ankit
BannedNominatedTina
Shalin
Soundarya
Abdu
Tina
Shalin
Tina
Priyanka
17:1 MinEvicted
TinaSajid
Stan
NominatedManya
Sumbul
GautamArchana
Soundarya
SafeSoundaryaAnkitNot
eligible
Not
eligible
Evicted
Archana
Sreejita
Priyanka
Sumbul
NominatedNimrit
Stan
Sumbul
Sreejita
Soundarya
Sumbul
Shalin
Shiv
Evicted
(Day 118)
Walked
House
Captain
Walked
SoundaryaAbdu
Ankit
SafeSumbul
Manya
ShivNimrit
Tina
SafeTinaNominatedShalinTina
Sumbul
House
Captain
Tina
Shalin
NominatedNimrit
Stan
Sumbul
Sreejita
Tina
Shalin
Evicted by Housemates
(Day 112)
SajidShalin
Tina
SafeSumbul
Manya
NimritSumbul
Soundarya
SafeHouse
King
Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Royal
Favourite
Priyanka
Tina
Shalin
Ankit
Vikkas
Sreejita
Tina
Shalin
NominatedNimrit
Stan
Sumbul
Sreejita
Walked
AbduShalin
Soundarya
SafeManya
Sumbul
NimritSumbul
Priyanka
House
Captain
Royal
Favourite
Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Not
eligible
Did not
nominate
Walked
TinaNimritHouse
Captain
Priyanka
Sajid
Shiv
Archana
Walked
SreejitaTina
Gori
NominatedEvicted
(Day 13)
TinaBannedSumbulPriyankaTina
Shalin
Soundarya
Abdu
Evicted
(Day 105)
VikkasNot In HouseShiv
Nimrit
Archana
Sreejita
BannedEvicted
(Day 90)
AnkitStan
Gori
SafeSumbul
Manya
TinaShalin
Archana
SafeNot
eligible
NominatedTinaShiv
Nimrit
Nimrit
Shiv

(Day 84)
Gautam Gori
Stan
House
Captain
Sajid
Manya
AbduHouse
Captain
SafeNot
eligible
Evicted
(Day 48)
GoriGautam
Ankit
NominatedSumbul
Manya
Not
eligible
Shalin
Archana
NominatedEvicted
(Day 42)
ManyaGori
Stan
SafeSumbul
Soundarya
Evicted
(Day 22)
Notes1,2,355,678,91010101112
Against
Public
Vote
Archana
Gautam
Sajid
Stan
Shiv
Gori
Shalin
Stan
Sreejita
Tina
Manya
Shalin
Sumbul
Abdu
Gautam
Gori
Nimrit
Soundarya
Shiv
Tina
Archana
Soundarya
Sumbul
Gori
Priyanka
Sumbul
Gauutam
Shalin
Soundarya
Tina
Archana
Ankit
Stan
Soundarya
Sumbul
Priyanka
Sajid
Shalin
Stan
Shiv
Sumbul
Tina
Nimirit
Stan
Sumbul
Tina
Sajid
Shalin
Shiv
Tina
Ankit
Sreejita
Tina
Vikkas
Nimrit
Priyanka
Shalin
Soundarya
Sreejita
Sumbul
Tina
Vikkas
Archana
Sajid
Shalin
Soundarya
Sreejita
Sumbul
Tina
Nimrit
Stan
Sumbul
Sreejita
Shalin
Soundarya
Sumbul
Tina
Priyanka
Shalin
Shiv
Tina
Stan
Shiv
Sumbul
Archana
Nimrit
Priyanka
Shalin
Stan
Shiv
Archana
Priyanka
Shalin
Stan
Shiv
Re-enteredNoneTinaNoneArchanaNoneSreejitaTinaAbduNoneTinaNone
Walked NoneTinaNoneAbduNoneAbduNoneTinaNone
Sajid
EjectedNoneArchanaNone
EvictedNo
Eviction
SreejitaManyaGoriGautamTinaAnkitVikkasSreejitaSoundaryaTinaSumbulNimritShalinArchana
Priyanka
ShivStan
Color Key

indicates the House Captain.

indicates the House King/Queen.

indicates the Royal Favourites.

indicates the Nominees for house captaincy.

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

indicates that the housemate went to the secret room.

indicates that the housemate was granted immunity from nominations.

indicates the winner.

indicates the first runner up.

indicates the second runner up.

indicates the third runner up.

indicates the fourth runner up.

indicates that the contestant has re-entered the house.

indicates that the contestant walked out of the show.

indicates that the contestant was ejected out of the house.

indicates that the contestant was evicted.

Notes

External links

Notes and References

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  5. News: Bigg Boss 16: Salman Khan to host Friday and Saturday ka Vaar instead of the usual Weekend Ka Vaar . The Times of India.
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