Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 16 explained

Season Number:	16
Bgcolour:	B11030
Module1:	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

Sr	Housemate			Status
1	MC Stan	Day 1	Day 134
2	Shiv	Day 1	Day 134
3	Priyanka	Day 1	Day 134
4	Archana	Day 1	Day 39
		Day 42	Day 134
5	Shalin	Day 1	Day 134
6	Nimrit	Day 1	Day 128
7	Sumbul	Day 1	Day 125
8	Tina	Day 1	Day 33
		Day 34	Day 70
		Day 71	Day 114
		Day 115	Day 118
9	Soundarya	Day 1	Day 112
10	Sajid	Day 1	Day 106
11	Abdu	Day 1	Day 77
		Day 85	Day 106
12	Sreejita	Day 1	Day 13
		Day 68	Day 105
13	Vikkas	Day 76	Day 90
14	Ankit	Day 1	Day 84
15	Gautam	Day 1	Day 48
16	Gori	Day 1	Day 42
17	Manya	Day 1	Day 22

Housemates

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

Original entrants

• Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia – Lawyer, model and television actress.^{[26] [27]} She is best known for her dual roles as Meher Kaur Dhillon Gill and Seher Kaur Gill Babbar in Choti Sarrdaarni.
• Abdu Rozik – Singer and boxer from Tajikistan.^{[28] [29]} He is known to be the shortest singer in the world.
• Ankit Gupta – Actor and model.^{[30] [31]} He is best known for his leading role as Fateh Singh Virk in Udaariyaan. Gupta also appeared in Kundali Bhagya, Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi and Begusarai
• Priyanka Chahar Choudhary – Actress.^{[32] [33]} She is best known for her leading portrayal of Tejo Kaur Sandhu in the soap drama Udaariyaan.
• Altaf Shaikh (also known as MC Stan) – Rapper and music producer.^[34] He is best known for his album songs of Tadipaar and Insaan.
• Archana Gautam – Politician, model and actress.^{[35] [36]} She acted in films like Great Grand Masti and Haseena Parkar. She joined Indian National Congress in November 2021.
• Gautam Vig – Actor and model.^{[37] [38]} He is best known for his leading role as Surya Seth in Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2.
• Shalin Bhanot – Actor.^{[39] [40]} He is best known for his role as Keshav in Naagin 4. Bhanot is the winner of the dance reality show Nach Baliye 4.
• Soundarya Sharma – Dentist, model and actress.^{[41] [42]} She is known for acting in the romantic musical film Ranchi Diaries.
• Shiv Thakare – Reality TV star.^{[43] [44]} He is the winner of Bigg Boss Marathi 2. Shiv also participated in MTV Roadies Rising.
• Sumbul Touqeer – Actress and dancer.^{[45] [46]} She is best known for her role Imlie Chaturvedi Rathore in Imlie and participating in India's Dancing Superstar.
• Manya Singh – Model.^{[47] [48]} She is the runner-up of Femina Miss India 2020.
• Gori Nagori – Dancer.^[49] She is a Rajasthani-born dancer who is best known for her performance on different Bhojpuri and Hariyanvi songs.
• Tina Datta – Television actress.^{[50] [51] [52]} She is best known for her dual roles as Ichcha and Meethi in Uttaran. Datta was also seen as a contestant in the stunt-based reality show .
• Sreejita De – Actress.^{[53] [54]} She is best known for her role of Mukta in Uttaran. De has also played Dilruba / Sanam in Nazar and Aliya in Yehh Jadu Hai Jinn Ka!.
• Sajid Khan – Director, filmmaker, comedian and television presenter.^{[55] [56]} He is the brother of Farah Khan. Khan has directed films like Heyy Babyy, Housefull and Housefull 2.

Wild card entrants

• Vikkas Manaktala – Actor.^[57] He is best known for portraying Cadet Amardeep Hudda in Left Right Left and Gangadhar Rao in Jhansi Ki Rani.

Guest entrants

• Fahmaan Khan – Actor.^[58] He entered the house to support Sumbul and to promote his show Dharampatnii from days 54 to 55.
• Sunny Nanasaheb Waghchaure – Businessman known as Golden Boy on social media.^[59] He stayed in the house from days 60 to 63.
• Sanjay Gujar – Businessman known as Golden Boy on social media. He stayed in the house from days 60 to 63.

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
	Nimrit	Priyanka		Abdu		Archana	None			Sajid		Shiv	Nimrit	Ankit	Soundarya	None
				Gautam
				MC Stan		Sajid
				Sajid
Stan																	Captain
Shiv				Captain								King						Captain		Captain
Priyanka
Archana					Captain
Shalin
Nimrit	Captain												Queen								Captain			Bgcolor=grey
Sumbul															Captain									Bgcolor=grey
Tina															Captain								Colspan=2 Bgcolor=grey
Soundarya															Captain
Sajid										King
Abdu								Captain								bgcolor=grey			Captain		Colspan=4 Bgcolor=grey
Sreejita	Colspan=2 bgcolor="tan"															Captain
Vikkas
Ankit														King
Gautam		Captain					Captain
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 by	Shiv		bgcolor=gold	Abdu	Bgcolor=gold	Sajid
Punishment given to	Archana	Priyanka	Nimrit	Priyanka
			Shiv
	Soundarya		Shalin	Ankit
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]}

Housemate		Connection	Day entered	Day exited
Sajid	Farah Khan	Sister	Day 100	Day 100
Shiv	Ashatai Thakare	Mother		Day 101
Priyanka	Yogesh Choudhary	Brother
Stan	Vahida Tadavi	Mother	Day 101	Day 102
Archana	Gulshan Gautam	Brother
Nimrit	Gurdeep Singh Ahluwalia	Father
Tina	Madhumita Datta	Mother	Day 102	Day 103
Shalin	Sunita Bhanot	Mother
Abdu	Just Sul	Friend
Soundarya	Usha Sharma	Mother	Day 103	Day 104
Sumbul	Iqbal Khan	Uncle
Sreejita	Michael Blohm-Pape	Fiancé

Guest appearances

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

Weekly summary

	Entrances	Nimrit, Abdu, Ankit, Priyanka, MC Stan, Archana, Gautam, Shalin, Soundarya, Shiv, Sumbul, Manya, Gori, Tina, Sreejita and Sajid entered the house.^[109]
	Twist	Nimrit was made the captain of the house by Bigg Boss as she was the first housemate.
	Nominations	Shiv, 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 Task	Nimrit 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 Captain	Nimrit
	Notes	Nimrit 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.
	Exits	On Day 8, no eviction took place.
	Nominations	Gori, MC Stan, Sreejita, Tina and Shalin were nominated for second-week eviction by house captain Gautam.
	Captaincy Task	Gautam 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
	Tasks	Music 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.
	Result	Priyanka'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=#cfc	House Captain	Gautam
	Notes	Bigg 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.
	Exits	On Day 13, Sreejita De was evicted after facing public votes.
	Nominations	Manya, Shalin and Sumbul were nominated for third-week eviction.
	Captaincy Task	Shiv 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
	Tasks	BB 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 Captain	Shiv
		Archana
	Notes	Karan Johar hosted Weekend Ka Vaar instead of Salman Khan as Salman was sick because of Dengue fever.
	Exits	On Day 21, Manya Singh was evicted after facing public votes.
	Nominations	Abdu, Gautam, Gori, Nimrit, Shiv, Soundarya and Tina were nominated for the fourth-week eviction.
	Captaincy Task	All 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
	Result	Captaincy task was dissolved.
	Punishments	Nimrit 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=#cfc	House Captain	None
	Notes
	Exits	On Day 29, no eviction took place.
	Nominations	Archana, 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
	Punishments	On Day 32, Gautam was fired from captaincy due to his failure to handle the house and housemates.
	House Captain	Gautam
		Abdu
	Notes	Nominated 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.
	Nominations	Gori, Priyanka and Sumbul were nominated for sixth-week eviction.
	Captaincy Task	On 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=#cfc	House 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.
	Entrances	On Day 43, Archana Gautam the house.
	Nominations	Gautam, Shalin, Soundarya and Tina were nominated for seventh-week eviction.
	Captaincy Task	Guide 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
	Punishments	Sumbul 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=Navajowhite	House King	Sajid
	Royal Favourites	Abdu, Nimrit, Tina, MC Stan and Shiv
	Notes	From 7th week, there were King or Queen instead of Captain.
	Exits	On Day 48, Gautam Vig was evicted after facing public votes.
	Entrances	On Day 55, Fahmaan Khan entered the house to support Sumbul and promote his upcoming show Dharampatnii.
	Nominations	MC Stan, Archana, Ankit, Sumbul and Soundarya were nominated for eighth-week eviction.
	Captaincy Task	Raja'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
	Tasks	Nomination 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.
	Result	Archana, Ankit, Soundarya and Sumbul were shot and nominated by Shiv, Tina and Nimrit respectively.
	Punishments	MC Stan was nominated by Bigg Boss for four consecutive weeks for physical violence with Shalin.
	bgcolor=Navajowhite	House King	Shiv
	Royal Favourites	Nimrit and Tina
	Notes
	Exits	On Day 56, guest Fahmaan Khan exited the house. On Day 56, no eviction took place.
	Entrances	On Day 59, Sunny Waghchoure and Sanjay Gujar entered the house as guest entrants.
	Nominations	MC Stan, Priyanka, Sajid, Shalin, Shiv, Sumbul and Tina were nominated for ninth-week eviction.
	Captaincy Task	Royal 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
	Tasks	Nomination 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 -
	Result	Sumbul, 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=Navajowhite	House Queen	Nimrit
	Royal Favourites	bgcolor=#ccc	None
	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.
	Nominations	MC Stan, Nimrit, Tina and Sumbul were nominated for the tenth-week eviction.
	Captaincy Task
		Winner – Ankit
		Failed – Priyanka, Shalin and Sumbul
	Tasks
	Result
	Punishments	MC Stan's punishment given by Bigg Boss continued for the week and he was directly nominated for eviction.
	bgcolor=Navajowhite	House King	Ankit
	Royal Favourites	Priyanka and Sajid
	Notes	Shalin 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.
	Exits	On Day 70, Tina Datta was evicted after facing public votes.
	Entrances	On Day 71, Tina Datta re-entered the house.
	Nominations	Sajid, 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.
	Nominations	Ankit, 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.
	Exits	On 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 Task	Housemates 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
	Tasks	Nomination 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: Pairs Nominated 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
	Notes	Now again, not three but only a single Captain would run the house.
	Exits	On Day 90, Vikkas Manaktala was evicted after facing public votes.
	Nominations	Archana, Sajid, Shalin, Soundarya, Sreejita, Sumbul and Tina were nominated for the fourteenth-week eviction.
	Captaincy Task
		Winner – Abdu
		Failed – MC Stan, Nimrit and Priyanka
	Tasks	Nomination 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 Archana Rowspan=2 Abdu Priyanka Shalin Rowspan=2 MC Stan Soundarya Sreejita Rowspan=2 Nimrit Sumbul Tina Rowspan=2 Sajid 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 Nimrit Sumbul Sajid Sreejita Priyanka Sumbul Shalin Tina Nimrit Abdu Nimrit Tina
	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.
	Punishments	On 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
	Exits	On 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.
	Nominations	MC 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]
	Nominations	Shalin, 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 1 Shalin 2 Shiv 3 Shiv 4 Soundarya 5 Shalin 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
	Exits	On Day 112, Soundarya Sharma was evicted after facing housemates' votes.
	Nominations	Priyanka, 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 Shalin Tina Priyanka Nimrit Tina Priyanka Archana Shiv Shalin Tina Shalin Shiv MC Stan Archana Tina Shiv Archana Tina Priyanka Shalin Shiv Sumbul Tina Priyanka 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. Round Colspan=2 Chosen shop 1 Tina Nimrit Vegetarian 2 Shalin Priyanka Others 3 Shiv Archana Vegetarian 4 MC 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.
	Nominations	Shiv, 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 Up		Shalin Bhanot
3rd Runner Up		Archana Gautam
2nd Runner Up		Priyanka Chahar Choudhary
1st Runner Up		Shiv Thakare
Winner		MC Stan

Nominations table

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5		Week 7
		None	Gautam Shiv	Priyanka Shiv	None		Abdu 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	None			No Captain
		Nimrit	Gautam	Shiv	Archana	Gautam	Abdu					Tina	Stan	Shiv			Abdu	Shiv	Nimrit
Soundarya
Sumbul	Sreejita
	Shiv Archana	Gori Stan Sreejita Tina	Sumbul Manya	Gori	Not 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/ Queen	No 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/ Queen							Sajid	Shiv	Nimrit	Ankit
King's / Queen's Nominations							Bgcolor=#ccc	Not eligible	Priyanka Abdu ---- Archana Soundarya	Bgcolor=#ccc														Not eligible	Priyanka Sajid (to save)
Vote to:	Evict					Save	Evict								Save		Evict			9-Min	None	WIN
Stan	Gautam Priyanka	Nominated	Sumbul Manya	Tina	Archana Sumbul	Safe	Royal Favourite	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Priyanka Shalin Ankit		Not eligible	Safe			Tina Shalin Soundarya Abdu	Soundarya Archana	Archana Tina	10:10 Min	No Nominations	No Nominations	Winner (Day 134)
Shiv	Gautam Sreejita	Safe	House Captain	Soundarya	Soundarya Sumbul	Safe	Royal Favourite	House King	Priyanka	Tina Soundarya	Priyanka Shalin Ankit	Ankit Vikkas	House Captain			Not eligible	House Captain	Shalin Archana	Archana Tina	9:50 Min	No Nominations	No Nominations	1st runner-up (Day 134)
Priyanka	Sajid Stan	Safe	Manya Sumbul	Soundarya	Archana Shalin	Nominated	Shalin	Not eligible	Sajid	Royal 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)
Archana	Stan Sajid	Safe	Sajid Sumbul	House Captain	Ankit Sumbul	Ejected	Not eligible	Nominated	Shiv	Tina Nimrit	Sumbul Shiv Nimrit Tina Shalin Sajid Ankit	Ankit Vikkas	Sreejita Vikkas	Nominated			Nimrit Stan Sumbul Sreejita	Shiv Stan	Shalin Shiv	14 Min	No Nominations	No Nominations	(Day 134)
Shalin	Sajid Abdu	Nominated	Manya Sumbul	Shiv	Priyanka Soundarya	Safe	Gautam	Not eligible	Sumbul	Archana Sumbul	Sajid	Archana Sreejita	Nimrit Soundarya	Nimrit	Tina		Nimrit Stan Sumbul Sreejita	Soundarya Sumbul	Tina Priyanka	7:27 Min	No Nominations	No Nominations	(Day 134)
Nimrit	House Captain	Safe	Manya Sumbul	Gautam	Soundarya Sumbul	Safe	Royal Favourite	Sumbul		Not eligible	Priyanka Shalin Ankit	Priyanka Ankit	Priyanka Sumbul	Sajid	Sumbul		Tina Shalin Soundarya Abdu	House Captain			No Nominations	Evicted
Sumbul	Manya Sajid	Safe	Sajid Manya	Abdu	Archana Shiv	Nominated	Royal Favourite	Nominated	Not eligible	Tina Shalin	House Captain	Priyanka Ankit	Banned	Nominated			Tina Shalin Soundarya Abdu	Tina Shalin	Tina Priyanka	17:1 Min	Evicted
Tina	Sajid Stan	Nominated	Manya Sumbul	Gautam	Archana Soundarya	Safe	Soundarya	Ankit	Not eligible	Not eligible	Evicted	Archana Sreejita	Priyanka Sumbul	Nominated			Nimrit Stan Sumbul Sreejita	Soundarya Sumbul	Shalin Shiv	Evicted (Day 118)
					Walked						House Captain								Walked
Soundarya	Abdu Ankit	Safe	Sumbul Manya	Shiv	Nimrit Tina	Safe	Tina	Nominated	Shalin	Tina Sumbul	House Captain		Tina Shalin	Nominated			Nimrit Stan Sumbul Sreejita	Tina Shalin	Evicted by Housemates (Day 112)
Sajid	Shalin Tina	Safe	Sumbul Manya	Nimrit	Sumbul Soundarya	Safe	House King	Not eligible	Not eligible	Royal Favourite	Priyanka Tina Shalin Ankit	Vikkas Sreejita	Tina Shalin	Nominated			Nimrit Stan Sumbul Sreejita	Walked
Abdu	Shalin Soundarya	Safe	Manya Sumbul	Nimrit	Sumbul Priyanka	House Captain	Royal Favourite	Not eligible	Not eligible	Not eligible	Did not nominate	Walked		Tina	Nimrit	House Captain	Priyanka Sajid Shiv Archana	Walked
Sreejita	Tina Gori	Nominated	Evicted (Day 13)								Tina		Banned	Sumbul		Priyanka	Tina Shalin Soundarya Abdu	Evicted (Day 105)
Vikkas	Not In House										Shiv Nimrit	Archana Sreejita	Banned	Evicted (Day 90)
Ankit	Stan Gori	Safe	Sumbul Manya	Tina	Shalin Archana	Safe	Not eligible	Nominated	Tina		Shiv Nimrit	Nimrit Shiv	(Day 84)
Gautam	Gori Stan	House Captain	Sajid Manya	Abdu	House Captain	Safe	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 48)
Gori	Gautam Ankit	Nominated	Sumbul Manya	Not eligible	Shalin Archana	Nominated	Evicted (Day 42)
Manya	Gori Stan	Safe	Sumbul Soundarya	Evicted (Day 22)
Notes	1,2,3	5	5,6	7	8,9	10		10	10	11			12
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-entered	None				Tina	None	Archana	None		Sreejita	Tina	Abdu	None						Tina	None
Walked	None				Tina	None						Abdu	None					Abdu	None	Tina	None
																		Sajid
Ejected	None					Archana	None
Evicted	No Eviction	Sreejita	Manya			Gori	Gautam			Tina		Ankit	Vikkas				Sreejita	Soundarya	Tina	Sumbul	Nimrit	Shalin	Archana
																						Priyanka
																						Shiv	Stan

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

• : As Nimrit was the first housemate to enter the Bigg Boss house, she was immediately assigned as the first House Captain by Bigg Boss.
• : Being the House Captain, Nimrit had the power to automatically nominate two contestants.
• : Gori won a task and saved herself from eviction.
• : Nimrit was fired from Captaincy but was allowed to fight for her position once again. Nimrit and Shalin competed in a task where Nimrit won back her Captaincy.
• : Shalin was nominated by Bigg Boss for two consecutive weeks as a punishment for physical violence.
• :Shiv was fired from Captaincy on Day 20 and Archana was made the new captain by Bigg Boss.
• : Archana was freed from Captaincy after her duration was completed.
• :Gautam was fired from Captaincy.
• : Tina briefly left the house on Day 33 due to the passing of her pet. She returned on the same day.
• : MC Stan was nominated by Bigg Boss for four consecutive weeks as a punishment for being physically violent against Shalin.
• : Priyanka was given choice by Bigg Boss to either save Ankit from on-the-spot eviction or get 25 lakh rupees of prize money back. Priyanka chose to save Ankit from eviction.
• : All 5 finalists were told to mutually evict one housemate and if the decision meets the audience's decision, 10 lakhs will be added to the prize money.

External links

• Bigg Boss 16 at Colors TV
• Bigg Boss 16 on Voot
• Bigg Boss 16 on JioCinema

Notes and References

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