Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 6 explained

Season Number:	6
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Module1:	Num Days: 97 Num Housemates: 20 Runner Up: Imam Siddique
Network:	Colors TV

Bigg Boss 6 is the sixth season of the Indian Hindi-language reality TV show Bigg Boss, which is telecast on Colors TV. The season started on 7 October 2012 and ended on 12 January 2013. Salman Khan, who was the host of the previous two seasons, again hosted the season.^[1] The sixth season was launched as a Parivarik season with a Gujarati tagline- Alag che! (English: It's different).

The series was won by soap actress Urvashi Dholakia on 12 January 2013. Imam Siddiqui was the first runner up while Sana Khan and Niketan Madhok were second and third runners-up respectively.

The final episode on 12 January had a 4.4 TVR (television rating points), becoming the highest-rated non-fiction show during the week.^[2] The finale also fared better than its previous season, which had dropped to 3.6 TVR. In the fourth season, the finale had rated a 6.7 TVR. The show averaged 3.3 TVR in the week ended 12 January compared to 2.8 in the trailing week.^[3]

Production

House themes

Luxury houseThe purpose built house is located at Lonavla, Maharashtra. It is designed by renowned art director Sabu Cyril. The house is built over an area of 15000 square feet. Featuring a more subtle and home-like feel with shades of red and white, it follows a completely different look from the previous year's house.

Rooms/Areas in the house include

• Confession room
• Captain's Quarters (the reward room)
• Living room
• Kitchen/Dining room
• The utility room
• Two separate bedrooms, along with storage shelves to store the housemates possessions
  • One with Sunflower beds, wherein the petals act as beds, other with normal beds
• Bathroom
• Garden area which has a small pool with four white chairs placed next it

Twists

Not selected

In the grand premiere there was a twist where these more housemates came as commoners and the public had to vote which one of them will be selected to go inside. Kashif was selected while Divya and Rohin was rejected.^[4]

Secret village

The Padosi Ghar (Neighbour house) or the Secret village was revealed on Day 41, following the eviction of Aashka. Bigg Boss revealed that this year some evicted housemates and new entries will move to the village house where they will live for an undisclosed amount of time. Eventually, some of the housemates living in the village may return to the main house.The house is built on grounds adjacent to the luxury house on a space only one-fourth of the size of the former. This rustic squatters' area has been designed by Leena Chanda. It is not equipped with amenities like air conditioning, microwave ovens, sink and swimming pool.^[5] 4 days after re-entering the village house Imam was relocated to the main house. 6 days after Imam was moved, the village was intruded by masked men who destroyed the house completely and abducted all five housemates in an attempt of move them to the main house via a tunnel.

Rooms/areas in the village include

• A small confession room
• Single bedroom consisting of 6 beds
• A well
• Couches have been replaced with chatayis for comfort on the floor
• A vintage television set which shows live feed from the main luxury house

Housemates status

Sr	Housemate			Status
1	Urvashi	Day 1	Day 98
2	Imam	Day 40	Day 43
		Day 44	Day 98
3	Sana	Day 1	Day 98
4	Niketan	Day 1	Day 98
5	Rajeev	Day 1	Day 95
6	Delnaaz	Day 1	Day 94
7	Sapna	Day 1	Day 91
8	Aashka	Day 1	Day 84
9	Karishma	Day 1	Day 23
		Day 41	Day 84
10	Vishal	Day 34	Day 77
11	Santosh	Day 43	Day 68
12	Dinesh	Day 1	Day 7
		Day 42	Day 66
13	Mink	Day 34	Day 61
14	Vrajesh	Day 1	Day 61
15	Sampat	Day 1	Day 33
16	Sidhu	Day 1	Day 33
17	Aseem	Day 1	Day 27
18	Sayantani	Day 1	Day 19
19	Kashif	Day 1	Day 12
20	Divya	Day 1
21	Rohin	Day 1

Housemates

The participants in the order of appearance and entrance in the house are:^[6]

Original entrants

• Navjot Singh Sidhu – Former Indian cricketer and Indian Member of Parliament from Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency).^{[7] [8]} He appeared as a judge on The Great Indian Laughter Challenge for all for its seasons and also acted in the serial Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa which starred Sanjeeda Sheikh.
• Sana Khan – Actress, model and dancer.^{[9] [10]} Sana has appeared in many films like Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (in item song Bilo Rani) and Halla Bol.
• Vrajesh Hirjee – Actor. He is known for appearing in films such as Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, Tum Bin, Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, Kucch To Hai, Krishna Cottage, Fanaa, Golmaal, Salaam-E-Ishq, Heyy Babyy, Sunday and Golmaal Returns. He also appeared in the show Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin.
• Sampat Pal Devi – Social activist. She is the founder and leader of a group of women activists in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state's Banda District, called the "Gulabi Gang".
• Urvashi Dholakia – Television actress. She is known for playing the role of Komolika in the show Kasautii Zindagii Kay.
• Aashka Goradia – Television actress. She is known for her role of Kumud in the show Kkusum and later appeared in shows like Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kahiin to Hoga, Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka and Laagi Tujhse Lagan. She participated in in 2011.
• Dinesh Lal Yadav – Bhojpuri actor.
• Delnaaz Irani – Actress who separated from her marriage to fellow contestant Rajev Paul in 2010. She is known for playing the role of Sweety in Kal Ho Naa Ho. She also appeared in shows like Karam Apnaa Apnaa, Baa Bahoo Aur Baby and Kya Huaa Tera Vaada. She participated in the reality show Nach Baliye.
• Aseem Trivedi—Cartoonist.
• Sapna Bhavnani – Celebrity hairstylist.
• Rajeev Paul – Indian television and theatre actor and writer who split from his marriage to fellow contestant Delnaaz Irani in 2010. He is known for his role of Deven Garg in the Ekta Kapoor show Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii. He later participated in Nach Baliye.
• Sayantani Ghosh – Model, television and film actress. She is known for her role of Amrita in the Zee TV show Naaginn. She also appeared in shows like Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan, Sabki Laadli Bebo, Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi and Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein.
• Niketan Madhok – Model.
• Karishma Kotak – Model. Karishma is a model born from London.
• Kashif Qureshi – Non-celebrity martial arts trainer. He got selected to be the "Common Man" (non-celebrity) via auditions held across India.
• Divya Vasudev – RJ.
• Rohin Robert – Actor.

Wild card entrants

• Mink Brar – Model, actress and producer.^{[11] [12]}
• Vishal Karwal – Television actor.^[13]
• Imam Siddique – Fashion stylist and reality television personality.^{[14] [15]}
• Santosh Shukla – Actor.^[16]

Guest entrants

• Jyoti Amge - Actress. Holds the Guinness World Record for being the smallest woman living on Earth.

Guest appearances

• Daler Mehndi, Mona Lisa, Himesh Reshammiya and Rani Mukherjee made appearances on the premier of the season to welcome housemates to the new house.
• On 13 October 2012, Producer/Director Karan Johar and Bollywood Actors Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra appeared on the eviction interview night to promote their upcoming film Student of the Year.
• On 20 October 2012, Bollywood Actors Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha and Ajay Devgn appeared on the eviction interview night to promote their upcoming film Son of Sardaar.
• On 27 October 2012, Bollywood Actress Preity Zinta appeared on the eviction interview night to promote her upcoming film and production Ishkq in Paris.
• On 3 November 2012, Bigg Boss 4 winner Shweta Tiwari and finalist Dolly Bindra appeared on the eviction interview night.
• On 10 November 2012, Producer/Director & Salman's brother Arbaaz Khan appeared on the eviction interview night to promote Khan's upcoming film Dabangg 2. Hip hop singer and rapper Hard Kaur also appeared on the same night.
• On 24 November 2012, Bigg Boss 1 contestant and item girl Rakhi Sawant entered the Village as a guest for a short amount of time.
• On 28 November 2012, Actress Anjana Das and Stand-up comedian Bharti Singh entered the house as part of a task for a short amount of time.
• On 30 November 2012, Kareena Kapoor to have the first look of her song Fevicol se in Dabangg 2.
• On 1 December 2012, Yo Yo Honey Singh comes to promote Siftaan and Sudesh Lehri, Kapil Sharma, Bharti Singh, Aditya Narayan comes for the Enjoyment and Govinda and Sanjay dutt Comes for Salman Khan
• On 8 December 2012, Akshay kumar and Asin to promote their movie Khiladi 786.
• On 15 December 2012, Rashmi Desai appeared to flirt with Salman Khan.
• On 22 December 2012, Bipasha Basu appeared on the Eviction episode to promote her new fitness album "Break Free".
• On 29 December 2012, Anil Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandez appeared on the eviction interview night to promote their movie Race 2.
• On 12 January 2013, Emraan Hashmi to promote his film Ek Thi Daayan. Prabhu Deva and Remo D'Souza to promote their film . Neha Dhupia, Tusshar Kapoor and comedians to promote their show "Nautanki". Yana Gupta to perform in the "Bigg Boss House". Asha Negi, Pooja Gaur, Rashami Desai and Rati Pandey to perform with Sampat Pal Devi on the "Bigg Boss" stage, Kapil Sharma for a comedy act. All of the evicted contestants also appeared for the Grand Finale.

Nominations table

		Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10		Week 11	Week 12		Week 13		Week 14
		Day 1	Day 2
Nominees for Captaincy			Aashka Aseem Delnaaz Dinesh Karishma Kashif Niketan Rajev Sampat Sana Sapna Sayantani Urvashi Vrajesh	No Captain	Aashka Aseem Delnaaz Karishma Niketan Rajev Sampat Sana Sapna Sayantani Urvashi Vrajesh	Aashka Aseem Delnaaz Karishma Niketan Rajev Sampat Sana Sapna Urvashi Vrajesh	Aashka Delnaaz Niketan Urvashi	Rajev Sana Urvashi	Rajev Sana Vishal	Delnaaz Karishma Niketan	No Captain	Imam Sana Sapna Vishal		Delnaaz Imam	Delnaaz Imam Karishma Niketan Rajev Sana Sapna Urvashi Vishal		Delnaaz Imam Niketan Rajev Sana Sapna Urvashi		No Captain
House Captain			Niketan		Vrajesh	Delnaaz	Aashka	Urvashi	Rajev Sana	Karishma		Sapna		Delnaaz	Imam		Niketan
Captain's Nomination			Sampat Sana (to save)		Not eligible	Sidhu (to save)	Sampat	Sapna	Vishal Delnaaz (to save)	Rajev Delnaaz Urvashi Sana Vishal		Not eligible	Karishma Aashka Urvashi	Imam	Not eligible		Imam Delnaaz	Imam
Vote to:		none	Evict		Save	Evict					None	Evict	Save	Evict	Win	None	Evict
	Urvashi	In House	Karishma Sapna	Niketan Rajev	Sidhu Aashka	Aseem Sampat	Niketan Vrajesh	House Captain	Vrajesh Delnaaz	Vishal Sana	No Nominations	Delnaaz Aashka	Niketan Santosh	Vishal Rajev	Niketan Delnaaz Urvashi	Not eligible	Imam Delnaaz	Delnaaz Sapna	No Nominations	No Nominations
Imam		Not In House									No Nominations	Dinesh Rajev	Sana Delnaaz	Sapna Niketan	House Captain		Urvashi Delnaaz	Rajev Urvashi	No Nominations	No Nominations	(Day 97)
	Sana	In House	Aseem Dinesh	Sampat Sayantani	Karishma Aashka	Sampat Karishma	Sapna Niketan	Vrajesh Niketan	House Captain	Urvashi Delnaaz	No Nominations	Urvashi Karishma	Aashka Delnaaz	Karishma Sapna	Delnaaz Aashka Rajev	Nominated	Imam Sapna	Sapna Urvashi	No Nominations	No Nominations
Niketan		In House	House Captain	Kashif Urvashi	Sidhu Karishma	Sampat Aashka	Sapna Sana	Sana Sapna	Sapna Vrajesh	Sana Vishal	No Nominations	Vishal Santosh	Urvashi Karishma	Vishal Sana	Urvashi Niketan Karishma	Not eligible	House Captain		No Nominations	No Nominations
	Rajev	In House	Aseem Dinesh	Kashif Aseem	Delnaaz Sidhu	Sampat Karishma	Sapna Sana	Vrajesh Aashka	Sapna Vrajesh	Urvashi Vishal	No Nominations	Vishal Karishma	Sana Delnaaz	Vishal Aashka	Urvashi Delnaaz Rajev	Not eligible	Imam Sapna	Sapna Urvashi	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 96)
	Delnaaz	In House	Sampat Sana	Sampat Karishma	Sidhu Aashka	House Captain	Sana Sapna	Niketan Mink	Sapna Mink	Urvashi Vishal	No Nominations	Urvashi Rajev	Aashka Sana	House Captain	Urvashi Aashka Delnaaz	Not eligible	Imam Sapna	Sana Urvashi	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 94)
	Sapna	In House	Aashka Urvashi	Rajev Sampat	Aseem Sampat	Nominated	Sana Vrajesh	Niketan Mink	Rajev Urvashi	Vishal Urvashi	No Nominations	House Captain		Vishal Sana	Urvashi Delnaaz Rajev	Nominated	Imam Delnaaz	Sana Urvashi	Evicted (Day 90)
	Aashka	In House	Karishma Sapna	Sampat Kashif	Sidhu Delnaaz	Karishma Niketan	House Captain	Vrajesh Niketan			No Nominations	Urvashi Imam	Sana Delnaaz	Rajev Karishma	Delnaaz Urvashi Sana	Nominated	Evicted (Day 83)
	Karishma	In House	Aashka Urvashi	Sampat Kashif	Sidhu Sapna	Nominated	Walked (Day 24)		Vrajesh Rajev	House Captain	No Nominations	Sana Imam	Niketan Urvashi	Sana Vishal	Niketan Urvashi Delnaaz	Evicted (Day 80)
Vishal		Not In House						Exempt	Vrajesh Mink	Urvashi Rajev	No Nominations	Niketan Rajev	Sana Santosh	Rajev Aashka	Evicted (Day 78)
Santosh		Not In House									No Nominations	Rajev Niketan	Vishal Karishma	Evicted (Day 69)
	Dinesh	In House	Karishma Sapna	Evicted (Day 5)							No Nominations	Imam Aashka	Evicted (Day 66)
Mink		Not In House					Exempt	Aashka Sana	Delnaaz Vishal	Vishal Sana	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 61)
	Vrajesh	In House	Sampat Sana	Kashif Rajev	House Captain	Rajev Sapna	Sapna Sana	Aashka Rajev	Sapna Vishal		No Nominations	Evicted (Day 61)
	Sampat	In House	Aseem Dinesh	Kashif Aseem	Sidhu Delnaaz	Niketan Sapna	Sana Sapna	Evicted (Day 33)
	Sidhu	In House	Aseem Dinesh	Niketan Vrajesh	Aseem Niketan	Nominated	Sana Vrajesh	Walked (Day 33)
	Aseem	In House	Karishma Sapna	Kashif Rajev	Sidhu Sapna	Nominated	Evicted (Day 27)
	Sayantani	In House	Sampat Sana	Sapna Kashif	Delnaaz Sidhu	Evicted (Day 19)
	Kashif		Sampat Sana	Rajev Karishma	Evicted (Day 12)
Divya			Evicted (Day 1)
Rohin			Evicted (Day 1)
Notes			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13		14		15	16
Against Public Vote		Divya Kashif Rohin	Aseem Dinesh Karishma Sampat Sana Sapna	Kashif Rajev Sampat	Rajev Sana Sayantani Urvashi	Aseem Karishma Sampat Sapna Sidhu	Sampat Sapna Vrajesh	Aashka Niketan Sapna Vrajesh	Delnaaz Mink Rajev Sapna Vishal Vrajesh	Sana Urvashi Vishal	Aashka Delnaaz Dinesh Imam Karishma Mink Niketan Rajev Sana Santosh Sapna Urvashi Vishal Vrajesh	Delnaaz Dinesh Sana Santosh	Imam Niketan Rajev Santosh Vishal	Imam Sana Rajev Vishal	Aashka Karishma Sana Sapna	Aashka Sana Sapna	Delnaaz Imam Sapna Urvashi		Delnaaz Imam Niketan Sana Rajev Urvashi	Imam Niketan Sana Urvashi
		none						Karishma	Imam	none
								Dinesh
		none							Aashka		none
									Dinesh
									Imam
		none								Santosh
										Vrajesh
										Vishal
Walked		none				Karishma	Sidhu	none
Ejected		none							Imam	none
Evicted		Divya	Dinesh	Kashif	Sayantani	Aseem	Sampat	No eviction			Vrajesh	Dinesh	Santosh	Vishal	Karishma	Aashka	Sapna		Delnaaz	Niketan	Sana
		Rohin									Mink								Rajev	Imam	Urvashi

Nomination notes

Ratings, Reception and Viewership

• The final episode on 12 January clocked a 4.4 TVR (television rating points), becoming the highest-rated non-fiction show during the week.^[17] The finale also fared better than its previous season, which had dropped to 3.6 TVR. In the fourth season, the finale had clocked a 6.7 TVR. The fall in the ratings last year had forced the channel to tweak the format a bit and make it more family-oriented. The show averaged 3.3 TVR in the week ended 12 January compared to 2.8 in the trailing week.^[18]

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. News: Twitter abuzz with Salman Khan and 'Bigg Boss 6'!. Bhaskar. 7 October 2012.
2. News: Bigg Boss' sixth season fares better than previous run. 21 January 2013. Business Standard.
3. Web site: Bigg Boss 6 lifts Colors ahead of Star Plus. Anil Wanvari. 16 January 2013. indiantelevision.com.
4. Web site: Bigg Boss 6 starts with a bang!. The final contestant is a non-celebrity picked from three finalists -- Radio Jockey Divya Vasudev, Voice artist Rohin Robert and martial artist Kashif Qureshi.. 8 October 2012.
5. Web site: 'Bigg Boss 6' introduces a village house for 'naye padosi': Movies News Photos-IBNLive . ibnlive.in.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121119223652/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/7878.html . 19 November 2012 . dead.
6. Web site: Bigg Boss 6: Urvashi Dholakia to Navjot Singh Sidhu, meet the final list of contestants. 8 October 2012.
7. Web site: Navjot Singh Sidhu set to enter Bigg Boss. 1 October 2018.
8. Web site: Navjot Singh Sidhu leaves the Bigg Boss house. . 10 November 2012.
9. Web site: Thomas. Amy Rose. I will flaunt my age: Sana Khan. Postnoon. 17 November 2012. 8 October 2012. 19 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121119010043/http://postnoon.com/2012/10/08/i-will-flaunt-my-age-sana-khan/78553. dead.
10. Web site: Bigg Boss 6: After Niketan, Sana gets eliminated. 13 January 2013.
11. News: Desai. Purva. Everyone playing safe in Bigg Boss: Mink Brar. 3 November 2012. The Times of India.
12. News: Mink Fresh!. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203031246/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/07/24/stories/2006072401670300.htm. dead. 3 December 2013. 24 July 2006. The Hindu.
13. News: Awaasthi . Kavita . Vishal Karwal to enter Bigg Boss as wildcard entry . 11 November 2012 . Hindustan Times . 10 November 2012 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121111000054/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Television/Vishal-Karwal-to-enter-Bigg-Boss-as-wildcard-entry/Article1-957598.aspx . 11 November 2012.
14. News: Last year's Imam Siddique to enter Bigg Boss 7? . https://web.archive.org/web/20131030071832/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-28/news/43461314_1_imam-siddique-bigg-boss-nirahua . dead . 30 October 2013 . Swasti . Chatterjee . 28 October 2013 . . 25 November 2013 .
15. News: Imam returns to TV with Time Out with Imam Siddique . https://web.archive.org/web/20130716034320/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-10/tv/40491292_1_imam-siddique-mtv-india-show . dead . 16 July 2013 . 10 July 2013 . . 25 November 2013.
16. News: Salman Khan trains Santosh Shukla . https://web.archive.org/web/20130609104611/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-17/news-interviews/39335624_1_santosh-shukla-salman-khan-sohail-khan . dead . 9 June 2013 . Akash . Wadhwa . 17 May 2013 . . 25 November 2013 .
17. News: Bigg Boss' sixth season fares better than previous run. Business Standard India. 21 January 2013.
18. Web site: Bigg Boss 6 lifts Colors ahead of Star Plus. 16 January 2013.