MTV Roadies: Journey in South Africa explained

Season Number:	19
Bgcolour:	brown
Module1:	Presenter: Sonu Sood ^[1] Abhimanyu Raghav Vishakha Fulsugne Num Contestants: 20 Winner: Ashish Bhatia Nandini G Runner Up: Yukti Arora Jashwanth Bopanna
Num Episodes:	34
Network:	MTV India

MTV Roadies: Journey in South Africa is the eighteenth season of India MTV Roadies produced by Pippip Media Private Limited. It premiered on MTV on 8 April 2022.

A spin-off series, Roadies - All Access Star hosted by Gaelyn Mendonca and judged by Arjun Kanungo^[2] streamed exclusively on Voot. Participants will have to showcase their talent and even showcase their flair for general knowledge. The winner Nisman Parpia gets a fully paid five-day trip to South Africa, the opportunity to host her own digital show, witnessing the Roadies finale shoot and also gets an opportunity to host a Roadies after hours digital show.

Like the previous season, the show was being streamed on Voot 24 hours before TV, exclusively available only to Voot Select subscribers.
In addition to airing on MTV India, the premiere episode was simulcast across three other channels of Viacom18; Colors Infinity, Comedy Central India and MTV Beats, becoming the most-watched episode in the franchise's history.

On 10 July 2022, Ashish Bhatia and Nandini G emerged as winners of the season, and for first time there were two winners. Jashwanth Bopanna and Yukti Arora were the first runners-up and Kevin Almasifar and Moose Jattana were 2nd runners-up.^[3]

Format

Unlike previous seasons, Season 18 had Ex-Roadies and Debutant Roadies competing against each other in Buddy Pairs.
Bikes were introduced again as journey vehicle. A special currency Roadiums were also introduced which will help the Roadies in the journey. There were tasks, vote outs, vote ins, immunity, eliminations, wildcards and various twists.

Roadies

Roadies in chronological order of their introduction.

Roadie		Roadies History			Roadies: Journey In South Africa
		Season	Gang	Result
	Ashish Bhatia	Roadies: Real Heroes		9th Place (Lost; Eliminated)	Winner
	Nandini G				Winner
	Yukti Arora	Roadies: Real Heroes	Prince Narula	Semi-Finalist	1st Runner Up
	Jashwanth Bopanna				1st Runner Up
	Kevin Almasifar	Roadies: Revolution	bgcolor=grey	None	Eliminated
	Moose Jattana
	Gaurav Alugh	Roadies X4		Finalist	8th Place Semi-Finalist
	Simi Talsania				Semi-Finalist
	Sohil Singh Jhuti	Roadies: Real Heroes	Neha Dhupia	10th Place (Lost; Knocked out)	5th place (Eliminated)
	Sidharth Manoj				5th place (Eliminated)
	Aarushi Dutta	Roadies: Real Heroes		14th Place	9th Place 6th place (Voted out)
	Arshvir Singh Wahi				7th Place 6th place (Voted out)
	Baseer Ali	Roadies: Rising	bgcolor=Lime	Prince Narula	Finalist	7th place (Voted out)
	Soundous Moufakir				7th place (Voted out)
	Arushi Chawla	Roadies: Revolution	bgcolor=Royalblue		14th Place	7th Place 8th place (Voted out)
	Sakshi Sharma				8th place (Voted out)
	Kavya Khurana	Roadies X4		17th Place	9th Place
	Tanish Ghorpade				9th Place (Voted out)
	Sapna Malik	Roadies: Revolution	None	21st Place (Voted out)	10th Place
	Angad Bawa				10th Place

Journey overview

The journey started with Ex-Roadies having a welcome meal and meeting other Ex-Roadies in Amakhala Game Reserve Location.
The debutee Roadies were welcomed by Francois Van Niekerk (Local Guide) at the Port Elizabeth Airport giving them the first scroll, which gave them the Welcome Task.

Welcome Task!

Before this Task, the new Roadies had to divide themselves into 3 teams, each team were given a clue to solve leading to the next clue.

Team	Roadies	Arrived	Clues	Result
A	Arshvir Angad Moose Tanish	1st	Tair Raha Hoon, Jahan Boats Aakar Rukti Hai. 2. Harbour. Penalty Card: I know the boat that you are looking for, it's called the Warrior. Meet the Sailor and you will know what to do next. Par yaad rakhna future mein you will have to pay a price. 3. Time and tide wait for none... Par agar bus chhoot jaye, it ruins the plan. Your bus awaits you at the Roadies Bus Stop, to take you to your next destination. Don't be late!	600 Roadiums
B	Sidharth Simi Soundous	3rd	1. Barney Naam Ka Ek Sailor Hai, Jo Ban Chuka Hai Folklore, Find Barney By The Sea. 2. Barney's Tavern (Bar). 3. Kit to Travel.	900 Roadiums
C	Jaswanth Nandini Sakshi	2nd	1. Rocks Ke Paas Tumhara Khazana Hai Jo Karenge Humari Journey Ko Redefine. 2. Shark Rock Pier. Penalty Card: The key to unlock me also hangs by a thread near the chest. Par yaar rakhna future mein you will have to pay a price.	600 - 600 (penalty) 0 Roadiums

After the task, debutee Roadies reached Amakhala Game Reserve Location and meet the ex-roadies.

Buddy Pairs Twist

Each pair needed to have 1 new roadie and 1 ex-roadie. The new roadies had to impress the ex-roadies by auditioning process. There was also a condition that one 'buddy' from a pair should have known riding.

Ex-Roadie	New Roadie
Aarushi D	Tanish
Kavya	Sidharth
Arushi C	Arshvir
Kevin	Soundous
Ashish	Sakshi
Sapna	Angad
Baseer	Jaswanth
Sohil	Simi
Gaurav	Moose
Yukti	Nandini

Later, Sonu Sood entered and finalized the buddy pairs And also introduced to a new point system called "Roadium", which will help the roadies in the game.

First Task: Rugby In Water

This task were played in 2 teams with 5 buddy pairs on each team, playing a water version of rugby. The team with most goals will win and earn immunity and Roadiums.

Teams	Buddy Pairs					Goals	Results
Team Loyalty	Arushi C & Arshvir	Ashish & Sakshi	Kevin & Soundous	Sapna & Angad	Sohil & Simi	2	Won
Team Brown Munde	Aarushi D & Tanish	Baseer & Jaswanth	Gaurav & Moose	Kavya & Sidharth	Yukti & Nandini	1	Lost

Team Loyalty won and received 2 immunity for any 2 pairs & 3000 Roadiums for 3 other pairs. Arushi C & Arshvir and Sohil & Simi took the immunity.

Later in the first Vote-out, Sapna & Angad and Kavya & Sidharth received the highest number of votes, but they received an opportunity to return to the back by winning the Survival Task.

The first buddy pair with 5000 Roadiums will be safe, these Roadiums can be earned by winning the task or getting it from fellow Roadies.

Second Task: Recuse Adventure

This task were played in 2 teams with voted-out buddy pair as Captains and 4 safe buddy pairs on each team. At each checkpoint in the adventure they will earn 1500 Roadiums.

Team	Voted-out Buddy Pair	Supporting Buddy Pairs				Time Taken				Roadiums Earned	Total Roadiums	Results
			Checkpoint 2						Final Checkpoint
A	Sapna &<br>Angad	Kevin & Soundous	Ashish & Sakshi	Sohil & Simi	Baseer & Jaswanth	0:18	16:13	0:08	12:00	1500	4500	Lost
B	Kavya &<br>Sidharth	Aarushi D & Tanish	Gaurav & Moose	Yukti & Nandini	Arushi C & Arshvir	0:16	10:20	0:19	8:03	4500	5250	Won

Kavya & Sidharth received 5000 Roadiums and were safe. Sapna & Angad failed to receive 5000 Roadiums and were eliminated.

Third Task: Rug Rug Mein Rugby

Sonu Sood introduced The Greater Wall of Africa Rugby Team.

This task was played in 2 teams with 4 buddy pairs on each team, playing rugby. The team with most goals will win and earn immunity and Roadiums.

Teams	Captains	Buddy Pairs			Goals	Touchdown Goals	Results
Boom Bruh	Ashish & Sakshi	Sohil & Simi	Arushi C & Arshvir	Kevin & Soundous	0	2	Won
Nusta Tigers	Kavya & Sidharth	Baseer & Jaswanth	Gaurav & Moose	Aarushi D & Tanish	0	1	Lost

Before the Task, 1 buddy pair had to sit-out and not compete in this Task. This was decided by a kick off game. Yukti & Nandini lost it and didn't compete with any team.

Team Boom Bruh won and received 2 immunity for 2 pairs & 1000 Roadiums for 2 other pairs each. Arushi C & Arshvir and Kevin & Soundous took the immunity.

Fourth Task: Coin Switch Surf-fari

Only non-immune buddy pairs compete in this task, one of them had to surf and other had to invest Roadiums on their performance.

Surfer	Manager	Initial Investment	Final Investment	Results	Earned Roadiums
Gaurav	Moose	500	500	bgcolor=silver	2nd	500*2=1000
Sohil	Simi	300	200	Lost	0
Jaswanth	Baseer	200	200	4th	0
Nandini	Yukti	500	500	bgcolor=gold	1st	500*5=2500
Sidharth	Kavya	300	100	bgcolor=bronze		100
Ashish	Sakshi	400	500	Lost	0
Aarushi D	Tanish	300	300	Lost	0

Yukti & Nandini got 5 times their investment, Gaurav & Moose got double their investment, Kavya & Sidharth got to keep their investment and all others lost their invested Roadiums.

Gaurav & Moose borrowed Roadiums from other buddy pairs, they used 4000 Roadiums and earned immunity.Gaurav & Moose took the immunity.

Later in the second Vote-out, Aarushi D & Tanish received the highest number of votes and were voted-out.

Fifth Task: Rowing Adventure

This task were played in 2 teams with buddy pairs with highest Roadiums as Captains and 3 other buddy pairs on each team. The winning team will earn immunity and Roadiums.

Team	Buddy Pairs				Time Taken	Results
		Checkpoint 2
A	Sohil & Simi	Baseer & Jaswanth	Gaurav & Moose	Yukti & Nandini	14:43	Lost
B	Arushi C & Arshvir	Kavya & Sidharth	Kevin & Soundous	Ashish & Sakshi	11:20	Won

Riddles at each Checkpoint forming a final code to open the chest.

Checkpoint	Riddles for Team A	Options	Correct Answer	Final Code
Checkpoint 1	I am a God. A planet and also used to measure heat. What am I?	1- Earth 2- Hercules 3- Mercury	3- Mercury	3827
Checkpoint 2	I help you from your head to your toe. I'm slippery and the more I work, the smaller I grow. What am I?	7- Chocolate 8- Soap 9- Shoe	8- Soap
Checkpoint 3	I slip through the hand. My strength is being together. I can be used to keep time. I'm most often found by the ocean. What am I?	1- Boat 2- Sand 3- Lifeguard	2- Sand
Checkpoint 4	I am where yesterday follows today and tomorrow is in the middle. What am I?	5- Planet 6- Calender 7- Dictionary	7- Dictionary

Checkpoint	Riddles for Team B	Options	Correct Answer	Final Code
Checkpoint 1	I am usually white and used for cutting and grinding. When I am damaged Humans usually remove me or fill me. For most animals I am a useful tool. what am I?	4- Milk 5- Chalk 6- Tooth	6- Tooth	6285
Checkpoint 2	I have a head and a tail will never meet. Having too many of me is always a treat. What am I?	1- Pencil 2- Coin 3- Hat	2- Coin
Checkpoint 3	I am tall when I am young and I am short when I am old. When I am used, I am just not cold. What am I?	7- Pen 8- Candle 9- Sunglasses	8- Candle
Checkpoint 4	I am a 5 letter word. I become shorter when you add 2 letters to me What am I?	4- Stark 5- Short 6- Shirt	5- Short

Team B won and received 1 immunity for 1 pair & 1000 Roadiums for 3 other pairs each. Ashish & Sakshi took the immunity.

Sixth Task: Get! Set! Fly!

Before the Task, all buddy pairs except for Ashish & Sakshi took part in an African Dance, where the locals choose the order on who was doing the best. Arushi C & Arshvir were not chosen and therefore, had to stay back at the campsite.

Order of Pick	Buddy Pair	Result
1	Baseer & Jaswanth	Won Advantage
2	Kevin & Soundous	-
3	Yukti & Nandini	-
4	Sohil & Simi	-
5	Kavya & Sidharth	-
6	Gaurav & Moose	-
-	Arushi C & Arshvir	Will not compete in the Sixth Task

Each buddy pair had to Bungee Jump from Bloukrans Bridge which is 216m (708 Ft) and memorize a set of animal statues and rearrange it after bungee jumping.

Buddy Pair	Time Taken	Points		Results
Baseer & Jaswanth	13.21 sec - 15 sec = -1.79 sec	10 correct		bgcolor=gold	1st
Kevin & Soundous	11.38 sec	10 correct		Lost
Yukti & Nandini	12.44 sec	9 correct	1 wrong	Lost
Sohil & Simi	8.02 sec	10 correct		bgcolor=silver	2nd
Kavya & Sidharth	33.54 sec	1 correct	9 wrong	Lost
Gaurav & Moose	10.47 sec	10 correct		bgcolor=brown

Baseer & Jaswanth won immunity and a special power to give a Roadie. They gave it to Nandini.

Sohil & Simi and Gaurav & Moose received 500 Roadiums.

Later in the third Vote-out, Ashish & Sakshi and Baseer & Jaswanth had the power to mutually choose one buddy pair to be immune. They chose Arushi C & Arshvir. Gaurav & Moose received the highest number of votes and were voted-out.

Seventh Task: Sand Dunk

Before the Task, all buddy pairs took part in solving a crossword puzzle. Once solved they moved on to the task site.

Order of Puzzle Solved	Buddy Pair	Result
1	Baseer & Jaswanth	Won Advantage & moved on directly to Stage 2 of the task
2	Kavya & Sidharth	Chance to choose their opponents in Stage 1
3	Arushi C & Arshvir
4	Yukti & Nandini	-
5	Sohil & Simi	-
6	Kevin & Soundous	-
7	Ashish & Sakshi	-

Two buddy pairs faced-off in sand boarding and had to collect flags. The buddy pair in each round will move on to Stage 2.

Stage-1
Order	Buddy Pairs	Flags Retrieved	vs	Buddy Pairs	Flags Retrieved	Winners (Moved-onto Stage 2)
1	Kavya & Sidharth	1 flags + 5 flags = 6 flags	vs.	Yukti & Nandini	(Yukti Injuired) 4 flags	Kavya & Sidharth
2	Arushi C & Arshvir	4 flags + 3 flags = 7 flags		Ashish & Sakshi	8 flags + 5 flags = 5 flags	Arushi C & Arshvir
3	Kevin & Soundous	6 flags + 8 flags = 6 flags		Sohil & Simi	3 flags + 3 flags = 6 flags	Kevin & Soundous and Sohil & Simi

Each buddy pair had 3 balls (2 basket balls & 1 golden basket ball) had to shoot making a goal earning points.

Stage-2
Buddy Pairs	Points	Time Taken	Results
Kavya & Sidharth	1+1+0= 2 points	57 seconds	2nd
Baseer & Jaswanth	1+1+0= 2 points	47 seconds	1st
Kevin & Soundous	0+0+0= 0 points	48 seconds	Lost
Arushi C & Arshvir	0+0+0= 0 points	60 seconds	Lost
Sohil & Simi	0+0+0= 0 points	120 seconds	Lost

Baseer & Jaswanth won immunity.

Eighth Task: Nach na is Nicena

Each buddy pair had to perform a bollywood dance number in front of the African public and actor Edrien Erasmus as judge.

Order	Buddy Pair	Results	Prize
1	Baseer & Jaswanth	Lost	-
2	Yukti & Nandini		500 Roadiums
3	Arushi C & Arshvir	Lost	-
4	Kevin & Soundous	Lost	-
5	Sohil & Simi	2nd	1000 Roadiums
6	Kavya & Sidharth	Lost	-
7	Ashish & Sakshi	1st	Immunity

Ashish & Sakshi won immunity.

Baseer & Jaswanth and Ashish & Sakshi went on a boat sail to relax and enjoy South Africa.

Later in the fourth Vote-out, Baseer & Jaswanth and Ashish & Sakshi had the power to each choose one buddy pair to be safe, which will be revealed after votes are counted. They chose Kevin & Soundous and Sohil & Simi respectively and all vote against them were cancelled. Yukti & Nandini received the highest number of votes and were voted-out, but they received an opportunity to return if they get all Roadiums from 3 buddy pairs. They received all Roadiums from Sohil & Simi, Ashish & Sakshi and Kevin & Soundous and Yukti & Nandini were safe, therefore all these buddy pairs now had 0 Roadiums.

Ninth Task: Aata Maze Satakli

This task was played in 2 teams with buddy pairs with highest Roadiums as Captains and 3 other buddy pairs on each team. The winning team will earn immunity and Roadiums.

Team	Captains	Buddy Pairs	Country Tags Found	Leverage edu Advantage	Correct Country Tags	Results
A	Arushi C & Arshvir	Kevin & Soundous Ashish & Sakshi	Japan Canada USA Madagascar Sweden New Zealand Italy Russia	none	5 Tags	Won
B	Kavya & Sidharth	Baseer & Jaswanth Yukti & Nandini	Egypt Greenland	Advantage: You can cancel one of your opposition's correct tag. Advantage: In addition to the 20 minutes. You get 2 extra minutes. Advantage: 2 of your tags will be counted as correct without being placed on the map.	2 Tags	Lost

Before the Task, 1 buddy pair not chosen by Captains will not compete in this Task. Sohil & Simi were not chosen and didn't get to compete.

Kevin & Soundous took immunity. Arushi C & Arshvir and Ashish & Sakshi received 1000 Roadiums.

Tenth Task: Andaaz Apna Apna

Each buddy pair had to feed Ostrich, get a code from the bottom of the bowl. Then move to the next checkpoint, collect 4 eggs and drink an Ostrich egg.

Buddy Pair	Advantage	Time Taken	Results
Arushi C & Arshvir	-	7:22
Ashish & Sakshi	-	N/A	Lost
Baseer & Jaswanth	-	N/A	Lost
Kavya & Sidharth	They only had to collect 3 eggs instead of 4 eggs.	6:49	1st
Sohil & Simi	-	N/A	Lost
Yukti & Nandini	-	6:57	2nd

Kavya & Sidharth won immunity. Yukti & Nandini received 1000 Roadiums.

Kevin & Soundous got 500 Roadiums for Soundous drinking Ostrich egg.

Later in the fifth Vote-out, Sohil & Simmi received the highest number of votes to vote-out but Arushi C & Arsh received least votes to save and were voted-out.

Eleventh Task: Gufa mai Guftagoo

Each buddy pair had a different clue to go to the location of the task.

Buddy Pair	Clue	Arrived to the Task Location
Ashish & Sakshi	Stops, slow & go.	4th
Baseer & Jaswanth	Desh ki raksha humaara kaaam hai. Amar humaara naam hai. Hum mein se kisi ek ki pocket mein tum haara jawaab hai.	1st
Kavya & Sidharth	Roadies mera bina adhuri hai. Rding me is what makes the journey memorable. One of us knows your next location.	3rd
Kevin & Soundous	Mein ghar hoon, par main ek jagah rukhta nahi. I have what you wish to find.	2nd
Sohil & Simi	Delivery truck.	5th
Yukti & Nandini	30 men, 2 women, power struggle and a black & white board.	6th

This task were played in 2 teams with the buddy pair who reached to the task location the fastest got to choose 2 other buddy pairs to be on their team. The winning team will earn immunity and Roadiums.

Team	Buddy Pairs			Danger Zone Buddy Pair	Eliminated Buddy Pair chosen to return	Immunity Buddy Pair	Time Taken	Results
A	Baseer & Jaswanth	Yukti & Nandini	Kevin & Soundous	Yukti & Nandini	Sapna & Angad	Kevin & Soundous	23:12	Lost
B	Ashish & Sakshi	Kavya & Sidharth	Sohil & Simi	Sohil & Simi	Aarushi D & Tanish	Ashish & Sakshi	21:40	Won

Ashish & Sakshi won immunity. Yukti & Nandini were directly in danger zone.

Sapna & Angad and Aarushi D & Tanish returned back to the game.

At a surprise vote-out, Roadies were not voting-out instead were voting for one buddy pair to be in danger zone with Yukti & Nandini. Sapna & Angad received the highest number of votes but were in danger zone.

Twelfth Task: Chal Putle

This task were played by 2 danger zone buddy pairs and 1 safe buddy pairs to support them. They had to collect mannequins and deliver them.

Danger Zone Buddy Pair	Trusted Buddy Pair	Collected Mannequins	Results
Yukti & Nandini	Baseer & Jaswanth	George Noah Fredrick Charlies David	Won
Sapna & Angad	Kevin & Soundous	Daniel Michael Oliver Oscar Charlie	Lost

Yukti & Nandini won and were safe and Sapna & Angad lost and were eliminated.

Thirteenth Task: Zindagi Na Milegi Gu-bara

As Kevin and Tanish were sick and didn't go to the task location. Therefore, Aarushi D and Soundous were a buddy pair for this task.

This task buddy pairs had to collect elephant dung and had to eat an elephant's favorite rice ball.

Buddy Pair	Round 1	Round 2				Round 3	Final Results
	Dung Collecting	Dung Squeezing		Eating Rice Balls	Results	Buzzer Quiz
Aarushi D & Soundous	Eliminated	-					Lost
Ashish & Sakshi	Advanced	700ml	1st	N/A	1st	4 points	1st
Baseer & Jaswanth	Advanced	500ml	2nd	N/A	Eliminated	-	Lost
Kavya & Sidharth	Advanced	250ml	N/A	1st	2nd	-1 point
Sohil & Simi	Advanced	280ml	N/A	2nd	Eliminated	-	Lost
Yukti & Nandini	Advanced	300ml	3rd	3rd	3rd	0 points	2nd

No.	Question	Answer	Attempted Buddy Pair(s)	Leverage-Edu Advantage	Result
1	What is the spelling of Matjiesfontein?	Matjiesfontein	Kavya & Sidharth	-	Wrong Answer
2	How old are the Cango Caves?	20 Million	Ashish & Sakshi	-	Correct Answer
3	What was the height of Bloukrans Bridge?	216 meters	Ashish & Sakshi	Used Advantage 215 meters 216 meters 217 meters	Correct Answer
4	Who are known as the Big 5?	Rhino Buffalo Lion Leopard Elephant	Kavya & Sidharth	-	Wrong Answer
			Ashish & Sakshi	-	Correct Answer
5	St Francis Bay is also known as?	Little Venice	Kavya & Sidharth	-	Correct Answer
6	What is a touchdown called in Rugby?	Try	Yukti & Nandini	-	Wrong Answer
			Ashish & Sakshi	-	Correct Answer
7	What is the real name of "South-African pav bhaji"?	Bunny Chow	Ashish & Sakshi	-	Correct Answer
8	Name the South African dance you were taught.	Zulu Dance	Yukti & Nandini	-	Correct Answer

Ashish & Sakshi won immunity.

Sohil & Simi got 500 Roadiums for Simi drinking elephant dung juice.

Fourteenth Task: Cl-uff Hanger

For this task also, Aarushi D and Soundous were a buddy pair for this task.

This task buddy pairs had to collect gem stones as they abseil down a waterfall from the cliff.

Buddy Pair	Gems Collected	Time Taken	Final Results
Aarushi D & Soundous	7	3:28	2nd
Baseer & Jaswanth	8	2:42	1st
Kavya & Sidharth	8	10:30	Lost
Sohil & Simi	10	3:40	Lost
Yukti & Nandini	6	5:02	Lost

Baseer & Jaswanth won immunity. Aarushi D & Soundous received 1000 Roadiums (500 Roadiums each).

And Kevin and Tanish were feeling better and joined back in the journey.

Biding for Immunity

Buddy pairs got a chance to bid their Roadiums to get immunity.

Buddy Pair	Roadiums	Starting Bid	Biding					Borrowed Roadiums	Roadiums at the end	Final Results
Aarushi D & Tanish	500	500	500	-				none	0	No Immunity
Ashish & Sakshi	1000	-						none	0	Already Immune
Baseer & Jaswanth	0	-						none	0	Already Immune
Kavya & Sidharth	1000	500	1000	-				none	1000	No Immunity
Kevin & Soundous	4000	500	600	1100	1600	2100	3100	none	900	Immunity
Sohil & Simi	500	500	500	-				none	0	No Immunity
Yukti & Nandini	1000	500	500	1500	2000	2500	3000	Sohil & Simi : 500 Ashish & Sakshi : 1000 Aarushi D & Tanish 500	3000	No Immunity

Kevin & Soundous got immunity for 3100 Roadiums.

Later in the seventh Vote-out, Roadies had to vote-out one Ex-Roadie and one New Roadie, not needed to be a buddy pair. Tanish from New Roadies and Kavya from Ex-Roadies received the highest number of votes and were voted-out.

Buddy Pairs Resuffle

The current buddy pairs had the chance to resuffle their pairs. Each pair still needed to have 1 new roadie & 1 ex-roadie.

Gaurav & Moose and Arushi C & Arshvir were back in the game and couldn't be paired-up as buddy pair again.

Roadies were unable to come to a conclusion and therefore, were paired up by Sonu Sood.

Former Buddy Pairs		New Buddy Pairs
Ex-Roadie	New Roadie	Ex-Roadie	New Roadie
Aarushi D	Tanish	Aarushi D	Jaswanth
Kavya	Sidharth	Arushi C	Sakshi
Arushi C	Arshvir	Ashish	Nandini
Kevin	Soundous	Baseer	Soundous
Ashish	Sakshi	Gaurav	Simi
Baseer	Jaswanth	Kevin	Moose
Sohil	Simi	Sohil	Sidharth
Gaurav	Moose	Yukti	Arshvir
Yukti	Nandini	-
Sapna	Angad

Fifteenth Task: Bum-chiki-chiki-bum

Baseer & Soundous didn't agree with the new buddy pairing and decided not to compete.

This task buddy pairs had to ride bicycles through a circuit doing stunts.

Buddy Pair	Won Advantage (Stunt Performed)	Buddy Pair chosen to add +10 seconds	Final Timing	Results
Aarushi D & Jaswanth	Yes	Yukti & Arshvir	4:08
Arushi C & Sakshi	Yes	Ashish & Nandini	3:59	5th
Ashish & Nandini	Yes	Kevin & Moose	3:52	1st
Baseer & Soundous	Decided not to compete as a Buddy Pair
Gaurav & Simi	No	-	N/A	Lost
Kevin & Moose	Yes	Ashish &Nandini	4:00	4th
Sohil & Sidharth	Yes	Gaurav & Simi	3:56	2nd
Yukti & Arshvir	Yes	Aarushi D & Jaswanth	4:40	Lost

Each buddy pair who performed the stunt and got the advantage, each received 500 Roadiums.

Ashish & Nandini won immunity. Sohil & Sidharth received 1000 Roadiums.

Sixteenth Task: Barrel ki Barfi

Each buddy pair had to convert an English word into a Hindi word, to go to the task location.

Buddy Pair	Results	English Words	Hindi Conversion
Aarushi D & Jaswanth	Lost	Television Helmet Telephone Button Table Tent Matchbox Tie	Doordarshan (दूरदर्शन) Shirastran (शिरास्त्रन) Doorbhash Yantra (दूरभाष यंत्र) Button (बटन) Mej (मेज) Tambu (तंबू) Maachis (माचिस) Baandhana (बाँधना)
Arushi C & Sakshi	Lost
Ashish & Nandini	Lost
Baseer & Soundous	Lost
Gaurav & Simi	1st
Kevin & Moose	Lost
Sohil & Sidharth	2nd
Yukti & Arshvir	Lost

Gaurav & Simi received 500 Roadiums for correctly anserwing the most words.

This task was played in 2 teams with the buddy pair who came in 1st and 2nd place choosing 2 other buddy pairs to be on their team. The winning team will win 2 immunities and Roadiums.

Arushi C & Sakshi were not chosen to be in any of the teams and did not compete.

Team	Buddy Pairs			Grapes Collected	Time Taken	Results
A	Gaurav & Simi	Aarushi D & Jaswanth	Yukti & Arshvir	700gms	10:23	Lost
B	Sohil & Sidharth	Kevin & Moose	Baseer & Soundous	500gms	8:39	Won

Sohil & Sidharth and Baseer & Soundous won immunity. Kevin & Moose received 1000 Roadiums.

Later in the eighth Vote-out, Roadies had to vote-out one buddy pair. Arushi C & Sakshi received the highest number of votes and were voted-out.

Seventeenth Task: Tai - Tai Fish

Before the Task each buddy pair received 500 Roadiums.

In Part-1 of the task buddy pairs had to bid for box filled with fish. And in Part-2 they had to segregate and pack the fishes.

Buddy Pair	Part-1		Part-2	Results	Prize
	Box	Bid	Fish Packing
Aarushi D & Jaswanth	600	1000 Roadiums	2		1000 Roadiums
Ashish & Nandini	200	1000 Roadiums	2	1st	Immunity + 500 Roadiums
Baseer & Soundous	400	1500 Roadiums	2	Lost	-
Gaurav & Simi	500	1000 Roadiums	2	Lost	-
Kevin & Moose	100	100 Roadiums	2	2nd	Immunity
Sohil & Sidharth	300	1000 Roadiums	2	Lost	-
Yukti & Arshvir	700	2500 Roadiums	2	Lost	-

Ashish & Nandini won immunity and received 500 Roadiums. Kevin & Moose won immunity. Aarushi D & Jaswanth received 1000 Roadiums.

Fun Task: Hoop Hoop Hurray!

This was a fun task to earn Roadiums.

Buddy Pair	Roadiums Earned
Aarushi D & Jaswanth	0
Ashish & Nandini	200
Baseer & Soundous	200
Gaurav & Simi	0
Kevin & Moose	200
Sohil & Sidharth	0
Yukti & Arshvir	0

Eighteenth Task: Ball Baby Ball

This task was played in 2 teams with the 2 immune buddy pair as captains.

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Yukti & Arshvir were not chosen to be in any of the team and did not compete.

Team Captain	Buddy Pairs		Points				Results
			Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
Ashish & Nandini	Aarushi D & Jaswanth	Sohil & Sidharth	11	11	20	42	Won
Kevin & Moose	Baseer & Soundous	Gaurav & Simi	5	7	13	25	Lost

Ashish & Nandini received 1000 Roadiums. Aarushi D & Jaswanth got immunity and Sohil & Sidharth got 500 Roadiums.

Later in the ninth Vote-out, only 1 Roadie from each buddy pairs could vote on behalf of themselves & on behalf of their buddy pair. Buddy pairs with at least 1 vote against them were in danger zone, but they had to guess which buddy pairs have vote for them. Based on the correct guesses, those votes were cancelled. All buddy pairs guessed it correct, and as Baseer & Soundous received highest votes they were voted-out.

Eighteenth Task: Beach ke beech mai

This task was played in 2 teams with buddy pairs with highest Roadiums as Captains and 3 other buddy pairs on each team. The winning team will earn immunity and Roadiums.

Team Captain	Buddy Pairs		Time Taken	Results
Ashish & Nandini	Kevin & Moose	Gaurav & Simi	10:25 + 1:00 = 11:25	Won
Sohil & Sidharth	Aarushi D & Jaswanth	Yukti & Arshvir	13:51	Lost

The entire winning team won immunity - Ashish & Nandini, Kevin & Moose and Gaurav & Simi.

Nineteenth Task: Hai Hooku Hai Hooku Hai Hai

Before the task, there was a surprise open Vote-out, Roadies had to vote-out one Ex-Roadie and one New Roadie, not needed to be a buddy pair. Arshvir from New Roadies and Aarushi D from Ex-Roadies received the highest number of votes and were voted-out. Yukti & Jaswanth became the new buddy pair.

In this task, buddy pairs had to sky-dive and memorize a series to solve the puzzle on the ground. The last placed buddy pair will get eliminated.

Order	Buddy Pair	Green Boxes	Red Boxes	Time Taken	Final Time	Results
1	Ashish & Nandini	8	0	0:26	0:26	Safe
2	Yukti & Jaswanth	8	1	1:00	1:30	Safe
3	Kevin & Moose	8	0	0:20	0:20	1st
4	Gaurav & Simi	8	0	0:54	0:54	Safe
5	Sohil & Sidharth	8	6	2:51	5:51

Kevin & Moose won the task and received an advantage "Ticket to Finale".

Sohil & Sidharth lost the task and were eliminated.

Twentieth Task: Roadies da Dhaba

In this task, buddy pairs had to cook for the Cape Town public and Chef Leroux Botha and sell.

Buddy Pair	Money Earned	Chef's Score out of 10 points	Results
Ashish & Nandini	850	8 points	Lost
Gaurav & Simi	1000	9 points	Won
Yukti & Jaswanth	430	7 points	Lost

Gaurav & Simi won the task and received an advantage in the next task.

Twenty-First Task: Main Nikla Quad-i Lekar

The Roadies reach the Atlantis Dunes for this Semi-Finale Task involving Quad biking. Gaurav & Simi got a one-minute advantage for winning the previous task. The losing buddy pair will get eliminated.

Order	Buddy Pair	Time Taken	Results
1	Gaurav & Simi	6:47 - 1:00 = 5:47
2	Yukti & Jaswanth	4:48	Safe
3	Ashish & Nandini	4:00	Safe

Ashish & Nandini and Yukti & Jaswanth won the task and became Finalists.

Gaurav & Simi lost the task and were eliminated.

Twenty-Second Task: Finale Task

Before the Task, all eliminated and voted-out Roadies returned to support the finalists.

Each buddy pair had an amount of Roadiums set to invest on Roadies, the finalist buddy pairs had to spend & take their support in the task.

Buddy Pair	Roadiums Cost
Sapna & Angad	100 each
Kavya & Tanish	150 each
Arushi C & Sakshi	200 each
Baseer & Soundous	250 each
Aarushi D & Arshvir	300 each
Sohil & Sidharth	350 each
Gaurav & Simi	400 each

Roadiums could also be used for a time advantage of 15 seconds for 500 Roadiums.

Finalist Buddy Pair	Roadiums Invested on				Time Taken	Results
	Roadies		Time Advantage
Ashish &Nandini	600 Roadiums	GauravSimil	2000 Roadiums	-1:00	19:11	Winner
Yukti &Jashwant	650 Roadiums	SohilSidharth	1000Roadiums		23:57	Runner up
Kevin &Moose	700 Roadiums	Arushi DTanish	1000 Roadiums	-0:15	29:45	2nd Runner up

Ashish and Nandini won and became the winners of Roadies: Journey to South Africa.

Roadium Score Board

Episode →Roadies ↓	2	3		4	5	6	7			8	9			14	15			21	22		25	26	27			28-29	30-33	34
Ashish	-	1000	300	300	800	1800	1800			1750	2050	1800	1450	0	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	0	500	500	2500	1500	2000	3200	3200	3200	3050	2450	450
Nandini	0	0		0	500	900	2900			2900	2050	1600	2100	0	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	3000	500	500	2500	1500	2000	3200	3200	3200	3050	2450	450
Yukti	-	0		0	500	900	2900			2900	2050	1600	2100	0	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	3000	500	500	2500	0		0	0	500	650	0
Jaswanth	0	0		0	0	0	300	0		0	1000	1000	300	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	500	500	1000	0	1000	1000	1000	500	650	0
Kevin	-	1300	300	300	800	800	1500			2050	2900	2900	2500	0	500	3500	3500	3500	4000	900	0	1000	950	850		1050	2000	1050		550	50
Moose	150	150	0	0	500	500	1400	4060	60	60	560	560									0	1000	950	850		1050	2000	1050		550	50
Gaurav	-	150	0	0	500	500	1400	4060	60	60	560	560									500	500	1000	0		0	0
Simi	300	300	0	0	500	1500	1000			1000	1500	1250	1750	0	0	0	0	500	500	0	500	500	1000	0		0	0
Sohil	-	300	0	0	500	1500	1000			1000	1500	1250	1750	0	0	0	0	500	500	0	1000	1000	2000	1000		1000	2000
Sidharth	300	300	750	5250	250	250	1610	0		1000	1615	1400	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	2000	1000		1000	2000
Aarushi D	-	150		150	650	650	750	0									0	0	500	0	500	500	1000	0	1000	1000	1000
Arshvir	150	150	0	0	500	500	1000			2000	750	750	2300	2000	3000	0					500	500	2500	0		0	0
Baseer	-	0		0	0	0	300	0		0	1000	1000	300	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1950	450		650
Soundous	300	1300	300	300	800	800	1500			2050	2900	2900	2500	0	500	3500	3500	3500	4000	900	0	0	1950	450		650
Arushi C	-	150	0	0	500	500	1000			2000	750	750	2300	2000	3000	0					500	500
Sakshi	0	1000	300	300	800	1800	1800			1750	2050	1800	1450	0	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	0	500	500
Kavya	-	300	750	5250	750	700	1610	0		1000	1615	1400	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000
Tanish	150	150		150	650	650	750	0									0	0	500	0
Angad	150	1150	3000	4500													0
Sapna	-	1150	3000	4500													0

Vote Out Order

Position	Roadie	Total Votes
1	bgcolor= #FFA07A	Ashish Bhatia	Winner
	Nandini G
2	Yukti Arora	1st Runner Up
	Jashwanth Bopanna
3	Kevin Almasifar	2nd Runner Up
	bgcolor= #BDB76B	Moose Jattana	8; Re-entered, 2nd Runner Up
4	Gaurav Alugh	8; Re-entered, Semi Finalist
	Simi Talsania	Semi Finalist
5	Sohil Singh Jhuti	Eliminated
	Sidharth Manoj
6	Aarushi Dutta
	Arshvir Singh Wahi
7	bgcolor= #FFA07A	Baseer Ali	8
	bgcolor= #BDB76B	Soundous Moufakir
8	Arushi Chawla
	Sakshi Sharma	10
9	Kavya Khurana	8
	bgcolor= #BDB76B	Tanish Ghorpadhe
10	bgcolor= #FFA07A	Sapna Malik
	bgcolor= #BDB76B	Angad Bawa

indicates Ex Roadies

indicates New Roadies

indicates Winner(s)

indicates 1st Runner Up(s)

indicates 2nd Runner Up(s)

Notes

Voting History

Episode	2	3	7	11		13-14		16	19	23	24	26	29	31		32	33	34
Vote To	-	Vote-out		Immune	Vote-out		Save	Save/Vote-out	Danger Zone	Vote-out	-	Vote-out			-	Task	Semi-Finale Task	Finale Task
Ashish		Aarushi D & Tanish	Aarushi D & Tanish	Not eligible	Gaurav &<br>Moose	Kevin &<br>Soundous	Not eligible	Arushi C &<br>Arshvir	Sapna &<br>Angad	Tanish Kavya		Aarushi C & Sakshi	Baseer &<br>Soundous x2	Jaswanth Aarushi D		Safe	Finalist
Nandini		Sapna &<br>Angad	Ashish &<br>Sakshi	Arushi C & Arshvir	Sohil & Simi	Arushi C &<br>Arshvir	Kevin &<br>Soundous	Sohil & Simi	Sapna &<br>Angad	Tanish Kavya		Aarushi C & Sakshi	Not eligible	Arshvir Yukti		Safe	Finalist
Yukti		Kavya &<br>Sidharth	Aarushi D & Tanish	Arushi C & Arshvir	Gaurav &<br>Moose	Kevin &<br>Soundous	Sohil & Simi	Yukti &<br>Nandini	Sapna &<br>Angad	Tanish Kavya		Aarushi C & Sakshi	Gaurav &<br>Simi Baseer &<br>Soundous	Arshvir Aarushi D		Safe	Finalist	Bgcolor=grey Rowspan=2
Jashwanth		Sapna &<br>Angad	Ashish &<br>Sakshi	Not eligible	Kavya &<br>Sidharth x2	Kevin &<br>Soundous	Not eligible	Sohil & Simi	Sapna &<br>Angad	Tanish Kavya		Aarushi C & Sakshi	Not eligible	Arshvir Aarushi D		Safe	Finalist
Kevin		Kavya &<br>Sidharth	Aarushi D & Tanish	Not eligible	Gaurav &<br>Moose	Yukti &<br>Nandini	Not eligible	Sohil & Simi	Sohil & Simi	Nandini Yukti		Aarushi D & Jaswanth	Not eligible	Sidharth Aarushi D		Ticket To Finale	Finalist	Bgcolor=bronze Rowspan=2
Moose		Sapna &<br>Angad	Sohil & Simi	Not eligible	Sohil & Simi	Voted-out (Ep. 11)						Aarushi C & Sakshi	Sohil &<br>Sidharth x2	Jaswanth Yukti		Ticket To Finale	Finalist
Gaurav		Sapna &<br>Angad	Sohil & Simi	Not eligible	Sohil & Simi	Voted-out (Ep. 11)						Aarushi C & Sakshi	Not eligible	Sidharth Yukti		bgcolor=gold	Safe	Lose	Eliminated (Ep. 33)
Simi		Kavya &<br>Sidharth	Aarushi D & Tanish	Not eligible	Gaurav &<br>Moose	Kevin &<br>Soundous	Not eligible	Baseer &<br>Jashwanth	Kevin &<br>Soundous	Tanish Kavya		Aarushi C & Sakshi	Baseer &<br>Soundous Yukti &<br>Arshvir	Arshvir Aarushi D		bgcolor=gold	Safe	Lose
Sohil		Kavya &<br>Sidharth	Aarushi D & Tanish	Not eligible	Gaurav &<br>Moose	Kevin &<br>Soundous	Not eligible	Arushi C &<br>Arshvir	Kevin &<br>Soundous	Tanish Kavya		Aarushi C & Sakshi	Baseer &<br>Soundous x2	Arshvir Aarushi D		Lose	Eliminated (Ep. 32)
Sidharth		Sapna &<br>Angad	Sohil & Simi	Not eligible	Kevin &<br>Soundous	Kevin &<br>Soundous	Not eligible	Sohil & Simi	Kevin &<br>Soundous	Nandini Aarushi D		Aarushi C & Sakshi	Not eligible	Arshvir Aarushi D
Aarushi D		Sapna &<br>Angad	Ashish &<br>Sakshi	Voted-out (Ep. 7)					Sapna &<br>Angad	Sidharth Kavya		Aarushi C & Sakshi	Baseer &<br>Soundous x2	Arshvir Sohil	Voted-out(Ep. 31)
Arshvir		Gaurav &<br>Moose	Aarushi D & Tanish	Not eligible	Gaurav &<br>Moose	Yukti &<br>Nandini	Not eligible	Baseer &<br>Jashwanth	Voted-out (Ep. 16)			Aarushi D & Jaswanth	Noteligible	Sidharth Aarushi D
Baseer		Sapna &<br>Angad	Ashish &<br>Sakshi	Arushi C & Arshvir	Sohil & Simi	Arushi C &<br>Arshvir	Kevin &<br>Soundous	Sohil & Simi	Sapna &<br>Angad	Simi Sohil		Yukti &<br>Arshvir	Not eligible	Voted-out (Ep. 29)
Soundous		Gaurav &<br>Moose	Aarushi D & Tanish	Not eligible	Kavya &<br>Sidharth	Yukti &<br>Nandini	Not eligible	Arushi C &<br>Arshvir	Sohil & Simi	Nandini Yukti		Aarushi D & Jaswanth	Sohil &<br>Sidharth x2
Arushi C		Gaurav &<br>Moose	Aarushi D & Tanish	Not eligible	Gaurav &<br>Moose	Kavya &<br>Sidharth	Not eligible	Sohil & Simi	Voted-out (Ep. 16)			Aarushi D & Jaswanth	Voted-out (Ep. 26)
Sakshi		Kavya &<br>Sidharth	Aarushi D & Tanish	Arushi C & Arshvir	Gaurav &<br>Moose	Kavya &<br>Sidharth	Sohil & Simi	Arushi C &<br>Arshvir	Aarushi D & Tanish	Tanish Kavya		Aarushi D & Jaswanth
Kavya		Sapna &<br>Angad	Sohil & Simi	Not eligible	Sohil & Simi	Yukti &<br>Nandini	Not eligible	Sohil & Simi	Sapna &<br>Angad	Simi Yukti	Voted-out (Ep. 23)
Tanish		Ashish &<br>Sakshi	Ashish &<br>Sakshi	Voted-out (Ep. 7)					Sapna &<br>Angad	Nandini Yukti
Angad		Gaurav &<br>Moose	Eliminated (Ep. 4)						Sohil & Simi	Re-Eliminated (Ep. 20)
Sapna		Kavya &<br>Sidharth							Sohil & Simi
Notes		1	-	2, 3		4		5	6, 7	8	9	-	10, 11	8	-
Voted-out		Sapna &<br>Angad	Aarushi D & Tanish	Gaurav &<br>Moose		Yukti &<br>Nandini		Arushi C &<br>Arshvir	Sapna &<br>Angad	Tanish		Aarushi C & Sakshi	Baseer &<br>Soundous	Arshvir	Sohil &<br>Sidharth		Gaurav &<br>Simi	Yukti &<br>Jashwant
																		Ashish &<br>Nandini
		Kavya &<br>Sidharth							Sapna &<br>Angad	Kavya				Aarushi D
																		Kevin &<br>Moose

Notes

External links

• Episodes on Voot
• Web Episodes on Voot
• MTV Roadies On MXPlayer

Notes and References

1. News: Sonu Sood | MTV Roadies : How Sonu Sood prepared to host 'MTV Roadies'? He turned into a Roadie to connect with contestants. The Economic Times. 8 April 2022 .
2. Web site: Arjun Kanungo to judge new digital show 'Roadies All Access Star'. 2022-02-04. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. en. 2022-02-04.
3. Web site: Ashish Bhatia and Nandini win Sonu Sood-hosted MTV Roadies 18. 11 July 2022.