Khatron Ke Khiladi (TV series) explained

Presenter:Akshay Kumar (season 1, 2, 4)
Priyanka Chopra (season 3)
Rohit Shetty (season 5–6, 8–14)
Arjun Kapoor (season 7)
Starring:see below
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Num Seasons:14
Num Episodes:262
Camera:Multi-camera
Runtime:around 120 minutes
Last Aired:present
Channel:Colors TV
Based On:Fear Factor

Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (Fear Factor: Players of Danger) simply known as Khatron Ke Khiladi is an Indian Hindi-language stunt-based reality television series based on the American series Fear Factor.[1] First launched as Fear Factor India on Sony TV, the format was sold by Endomal's domestic division after the second season to Colors TV, becoming Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi on 21 July 2008. A spin-off of the main-series was launched on 1 August 2020 where contestants from previous years participated.

Series overview

Spin-off

Season 1

Season Number:1
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Num Contestants:15
Runner Up:Urvashi Sharma
Num Episodes:16
Network:Colors TV

Khatron Ke Khiladi 1 was hosted by Akshay Kumar. Nethra Raghuraman was declared the winner of the season.

ContestantsOccupationStatusPlace
Nethra RaghuramanActress1
Urvashi SharmaActress2
Aditi GovitrikarModel2nd runner-up3
Pooja BediActress4
Yana GuptaModel5
Sonali KulkarniActress6
Anjana SukhaniActress7
Meghna NaiduActress8
Dipannita SharmaActress9
Anita HassanandaniActress10
Tapur ChatterjeeActress11
Tupur ChatterjeeModel12
Vidya MalavadeActress13

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Season 2

Season Number:2
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Num Contestants:14
Runner Up:Jesse Randhawa
Num Episodes:16
Network:Colors TV
Prev Season:Season 1

Khatron Ke Khiladi 2 was hosted by Akshay Kumar. Anushka Manchanda was declared the winner of the season.

ContestantsOccupationStatusPlace
Anushka ManchandaSinger1
Jesse RandhawaModel2
Carol GraciasModel3
2nd runner-up
Rosa CatalanoModel4
Nauheed CyrusiActress5
Shonali NagraniActress6
Bruna AbdullahModel7
Sonika KaliramanWrestler9
Shveta SalveActress10
Mandira BediActress11
Rupali GangulyActress12
Pia TrivediModel13
Sushma ReddyActress14

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Season 3

Season Number:3
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Num Contestants:13
Runner Up:Ritwik Bhattacharya
Num Episodes:16
Network:Colors TV
Prev Season:Season 2

Khatron Ke Khiladi 3 was hosted by Priyanka Chopra. Shabir Ahluwalia was declared the winner of the season.

ContestantsOccupationPartnerStatusPlace
Shabir AhluwaliaActorSushma Gupta1
Ritwik BhattacharyaSquash playerAvni2
Dino MoreaActorMadhurima Tuli2nd runner-up3
Milind SomanModelRitisha4
Manjot SinghActorAndressa5
Abhishek KapoorProducerSusheel6
Rahul BoseActorAnnie Gill7
Terence LewisDancerAnanya Kapoor8
Karan Singh GroverActorAarti9
Cyrus BroachaVJFreisha10
Armaan EbrahimCar RacerMadhura Naik11
Rahul DevActorKavita Sachdev12
Angad BediModelMittal13

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Season 4

See main article: Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 4.

Khatron Ke Khiladi 4 was hosted by Akshay Kumar. The tagline for this season was "Torchaar 4". Aarti Chhabria was declared the winner of the season.

Season 5

See main article: Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5.

Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 was hosted by Rohit Shetty The tagline for this season was "Darr Ka Blockbuster". Rajneesh Duggal was declared the winner of the season.[2]

Season 6

See main article: Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6.

Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Darr Ka Blockbuster Returns". Aashish Chaudhary was declared the winner of the season.

Season 7

See main article: Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7.

Khatron Ke Khiladi 7 was hosted by Arjun Kapoor. The tagline for this season was "Kabhi पीड़ा Kabhi कीड़ा in Argentina". Sidharth Shukla was declared the winner of the season.

Season 8

See main article: Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 8. Khatron Ke Khiladi 8 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Pain in Spain". Shantanu Maheshwari was declared the winner of the season.

Season 9

See main article: Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9. Khatron Ke Khiladi 9 was hosted by Rohit Shetty.[3] The tagline for this season was "Jigar Pe Trigger". Punit Pathak was declared as winner of the season.

Season 10

See main article: Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 10. Khatron Ke Khiladi 10 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Jahaan Darr Lega Class Aur Dega Trass". The telecast was postponed for 3 months due to COVID-19 pandemic. Week 7 episodes started from 27 June. Karishma Tanna was declared as the winner of the season 10.

Season 11

See main article: Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11. Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Darr VS Dare". Arjun Bijlani was declared as winner of the season.

Season 12

See main article: Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 12. Khatron Ke Khiladi 12 is hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Bach Ke Kahan Jayega? Khatra Kahin Se Bhi Aayega!". The show premiered on 2 July 2022, on Colors TV. Tushar Kalia was declared as winner of the season.[4]

Season 13

See main article: Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 13. Khatron Ke Khiladi 13 is hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Iss Baar Har Level, Darr Next Level". The show premiered on 15 July 2023, on Colors TV. Spanning over 27 episodes, it is the longest season of the series since its inception. Dino James was declared as winner of the season.

Season 14

See main article: Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 14. Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 is hosted by Rohit Shetty.[5] The tagline for this season was "Darr Ki Nayi Kahaaniyaan In Romania".[6] The show premiered on 27 July 2024, on Colors TV and digitally on Jio Cinema.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meet the contestants of Fear Factor-Khatron Ke Khiladi 5. The Times of India. 30 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Have learnt to face my fears in 'Khatron Ke Khiladi': Rajniesh Duggall. Deccan Chronicle. 22 April 2014.
  3. Web site: Khatron Ke Khiladi Is Back. Contestants Include Vikas Gupta, Aditya Narayan, Bharti Singh, Haarsh Limbachiyaa. 12 July 2018.
  4. Web site: Tushar Kalia wins Khatron Ke Khiladi 12, beats Faisal Shaikh and Mohit Malik. See photos. 25 September 2022.
  5. Web site: Khatron Ke Khiladi 14: Rohit Shetty's show to be shot in Romania; Abhishek Kumar, Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia, Shoaib Ibrahim to participate . 23 April 2024 .
  6. Web site: Colors .
  7. Web site: Meet the Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 Contestants .