Overview
Bigg Boss 4 is the fourth season of Indian reality TV show Bigg Boss, which aired on Colors TV from 3 October 2010. This season was longer than its predecessor, Bigg Boss 3 and lasted for 14 weeks (97 days) ending on 8 January 2011. Salman Khan joined the show for the first time as host and has subsequently hosted all the following seasons. This season became the highest-rated season with the finale TRP reaching 6.2 and the average TRP being 4.8. During the launch on 3 October, fourteen hand-picked housemates entered the house located in Lonavala, a hill station, about 100 kilometres east of Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Two additional wild card entries were made during the second and third weeks, taking the number of contestants to sixteen.
The housemates, considered strangers to each other, spent 96 days (14 weeks) locked up together under the supervision of 32 cameras fitted around the house. Four of the housemates, Ashmit Patel, Dolly Bindra, The Great Khali and Shweta Tiwari, reached the final week, facing public vote. The show ended on 8 January 2011 with the grand finale. Shweta Tiwari emerged as the winner, going away with a prize money of 10 million, while The Great Khali was announced as the runner-up.
Development
appointed as a host for the first The season was announced in June 2010 by the makers and channel. Amitabh Bachchan, who presented the third season announced his departure from the show. Shahrukh Khan was first offered to host the series but he rejected it and was later replaced by Salman Khan. The final list of contestants was revealed on 2 October 2010.
Broadcast
The series was broadcast on Colors TV for the second time. Salman Khan presented the show on the weekends where a segment called 'Bigg Boss - Aapka Farmaan' was introduced and broadcast every Friday (eviction night) and Saturday. The finale was aired on 8 January 2011.
Casting
In July 2010, Sara Khan was roped in as the first housemate to enter. Khan quit her show Sapna Babul Ka... Bidaai to be a part of the series. In September 2010, Shweta Tiwari was roped in as the second housemate. In September 2010, Kelly Brook rejected the show and was replaced by Veena Malik, who was confirmed last minute. Neetu Chandra, Shoaib Akhtar and Sania Mirza had also rejected the series as well. became the first female to win the series Wrestler The Great Khali was roped in as the first wild card entrant in October 2010. In November 2010, Pamela Anderson entered the show as a guest which spiked the rating up high.
Eye logo
The eye logo was revealed in September 2010 with colours contrasting of white, black and turquoise.
House
The house images were revealed in September 2010 with a big garden, dining area, living area, confession room and bedroom.
Release
In September 2010, a promo featuring Salman Khan was released. The music video promo of Bigg Boss 4 was later released in mid September 2010.
Controversies
* During the first week of the show's airing, activists of Shiv Sena, a political party, started protesting against the inclusion of Pakistani housemates in the show. * One of the contestants, Sakshi Pradhan felt that she may be pregnant and spoke about her concern to fellow housemates Shweta Tiwari, Veena Malik and Sara Khan. However the video of the conversation was not aired. After receiving permission from Bigg Boss, Sakshi was allowed to leave the house for a short time to see a doctor. * After being evicted from the house, Rahul Bhatt claimed that Bigg Boss is scripted. * In November 2010, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry served a stay order to Colors, due to complaints of indecent exposure aired on national television, asking the channel to change the timings of the show from 9 PM to 11.30 PM.
The channel later got a stay order from Bombay High Court allowing them to continue the telecast of the show during prime time.
Original entrants
* Shweta Tiwari – Indian television star. Shweta is well known for playing the famous role of Prerna in the popular Ekta Kapoor longest running serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay which aired on Star Plus. * Abbas Kazmi – Ajmal Kasab's renowned Lawyer. * Samir Soni – Bollywood actor. He is known for his roles in films like Kabhie Tum Kabhie Hum and Vivah. He also appeared in the popular drama series Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin. He won the Most Stylish Housemate award in the finale, a Chevrolet car as the prize. * Seema Parihar – Indian politician. She has also acted in Wounded – a film based on her real-life story. * Ashmit Patel – Bollywood actor. He is known for his role in films like Murder and Silsilay. Actress Ameesha Patel is his sister. * Ali Saleem – Pakistani TV anchor.
He cross-dresses as a woman wearing a sari and asks influential guests provocative questions in his show Late Night with Begum Nawazish Ali. * Sakshi Pradhan – Reality TV Star. She is the winner of the second season of the reality show MTV Splitsvilla. * Devender Singh ( also known as Bunty Chor) – Criminal. He has been accused of robbery and was on the most wanted list of the Delhi police. Dibakar Banerjee has made a film on him, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, where Abhay Deol played the protagonist. * Rahul Bhatt – Actor. He is the son of Mahesh Bhatt and brother of Alia Bhatt. * Sara Khan – TV Actress. She rose the fame of Sadhana from the Star Plus popular show Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai. * Anchal Kumar – Model. * Hrishant Goswami – Model. He is the winner of the 2004 Gladrags Manhunt contest. * Veena Malik – Pakistani actress and model.
She has appeared in many films like Tere Pyar Mein, Pind Di Kudi and Kyun Tum Se Itna Pyar Hai in the Pakistani industry. * Manoj Tiwari – Bhojpuri actor and politician. He has appeared in over 50 films in the industry.
Wild card entries
* Dalip Singh Rana (also known as The Great Khali) – Wrestler. * Dolly Bindra – Actress.
Guests entrants
Throughout the series various guests may appear from time to time for a visit. * Ali Merchant stayed in the house as a guest from day 30 to day 41. * Pamela Anderson entered the house on 16 November 2010 and stayed for 3 days.
Weekly summary
The main events in the house are summarised in the table below. A typical week began with nominations, followed by the shopping task, and then the eviction of a housemate during the Saturday episode. Evictions, tasks, and other events for a particular week are noted in order of sequence. ---- :Other Tasks * Dolly and Seema were assigned a task to make gajar ka halwa and who ever makes the best will be the winner and will be the chef for Ali and Sara's wedding. - style="text-align:center; background:#7fff00;" Passed – Seema - style="text-align:center; background:#f66;" Failed – Dolly - Punishments * Bigg Boss punishes and nominated those housemates who broke the rules most of the time. - Reward ! — - Twists * Day 31: Bigg Boss announced that Ali and Sara will get married inside the house which was a surprise. * After getting evicted, Rahul had to nominate two housemates.
He nominated Veena and Sara. - Exits * Day 33: Rahul was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. - ! rowspan="7" style="background:#30D5C8; color:#000; width:1%;" Week 6 Nominations * Day 36: Bigg Boss asked the housemates to nominate two other names for eviction. Anchal was directly nominated by captain Hrishant. As a result; Anchal, Dolly and Ashmit were nominated. - Captain * Day 32: Bigg Boss asked Anchal to name two housemates for the next house captain; she chose Hrishant and Samir. Hrishant was elected as the next house captain with majority votes. - Tasks :Ali and Sara's wedding * Ali and Sara are getting married and Bigg Boss assigns tasks to make it go all good for the couple.
It includes, mehendi, clothes, haldi ceremony and the big wedding day. - Punishments ! — - Reward ! — - Twists * After getting evicted, Anchal had to nominate two housemates for next week's eviction. She nominated Veena and Sara. - Exits * Day 40: Anchal was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. Ali left the house as his guest duration days were finished. - ! rowspan="8" style="background:#30D5C8; color:#000; width:1%;" Week 7 Entrances * Day 44: Pamela Anderson entered the house as a guest entrant. - Nominations * Day 43: Bigg Boss asked the housemates to nominate two other names for eviction. Dolly was directly nominated by captain Shweta. As a result; Dolly, Sara and Dalip were nominated. - Captain * Day 41: Bigg Boss asked Veena to name two housemates for the next house captain; she chose herself and Shweta.
Shweta was elected as the next house captain with majority votes. - Tasks :Wazan Ghatao Tandrusti Badhao * The housemates have to decrease their weight through exercises. Dalip will act as the PT instructor. - Punishments ! — - Reward ! — - Twists * Day 47: Salman Khan announced there was no eviction. - Exits * Day 45: Dolly and Samir were ejected from the house following a huge fight in which they broke most of the rules. * Day 48: Pamela left the house as her guest duration days was completed. - ! rowspan="8" style="background:#30D5C8; color:#000; width:1%;" Week 8 Entrances * Day 49: Samir Soni re-entered the house - Nominations * Day 50: Bigg Boss asked the housemates to nominate two other names for eviction.
As a result, Ashmit, Hrishant, Samir, Shweta and Veena were nominated. - Captain * Day 49: Bigg Boss asked Manoj to name two housemates for the next house captain; he chose Dalip and Seema. Seema was elected as the next house captain with majority votes. - Tasks :Gaon Gaon Shahar Shahar * Bigg Boss has given a task to the leftover contestants of the house that they have to portray the characters of hardcore villagers and modern city people. Bigg Boss has divided them into two teams. The village team is composed of Shweta, Samir, Veena and is headed by Ashmit. The modern city people team is headed by Seema and composed of Sara, Hrishant, Manoj and Khali. The city people have to stay inside the house and dress in a modern way and eat only continental food, whereas the villagers have to stay in the garden area, dress in the village garb and eat food made on stoves.
Both the teams have to remain in their respective areas, which is defined by the ‘Lakshman Rekha’. * Bigg Boss said both teams failed the task as many violated the rules. - Punishments ! — - Reward ! — - Twists * After getting evicted, Hrishant had to nominate two housemates for next week's eviction. He nominated Shweta and Samir. - Exits * Day 54: Hrishant was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. - ! rowspan="8" style="background:#30D5C8; color:#000; width:1%;" Week 9 Entrances * Day 57: Dolly Bindra re-entered the house. - Nominations * Day 57: Bigg Boss asked the housemates to nominate two other names for eviction. Captain Dalip had to nominate one housemate directly for nomination. He chose to nominate Veena. Later Dolly was given a special power to save a housemate. She saved Veena.
As a result; Ashmit and Manoj were nominated. - Captain * Day 53: Bigg Boss asked Seema to name two housemates for the next house captain; she chose Dalip and Manoj. Dalip was elected as the next house captain with majority votes. - Tasks :Paathshala * Housemates are given school uniform and have to appear like school kids. Seema is made the principal while Manoj and Ashmit are made the Hindi and English teachers respectively. - Punishments ! — - Reward ! — - Twists * After getting evicted, Manoj had to nominate two housemates for next week's eviction. He nominated Sara and Samir. - Exits * Day 61: Manoj was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. - ! rowspan="7" style="background:#30D5C8; color:#000; width:1%;" Week 10 Nominations * Day 64: Bigg Boss asked the housemates to nominate two other names for eviction.
Captain Dolly had to nominate one housemate directly for nomination. She chose to nominate Sara. As a result; Sara, Veena and Samir were nominated. - Captain * Day 60: Bigg Boss asked Dolly to name two housemates for the next house captain; she chose herself and Veena. Dolly was elected as the next house captain with majority votes. - Tasks :Jaago Ghar Walon Warna Waat Lag Jaaegi * The housemates will be allowed to sleep between 4am and 12 noon and two contestants will be nominated to perform a certain task in the garden area. The task is to counter-balance one's weight with the corresponding weight provided by Bigg Boss. A giant weighing scale has been provided in the garden area for the task. The first pair to try the task was Sara and Shweta. - Punishments ! — - Reward ! — - Twists * After getting evicted, Sara had to save one housemate for next week's eviction.
She saved Ashmit. - Exits * Day 68: Sara was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. - ! rowspan="7" style="background:#30D5C8; color:#000; width:1%;" Week 11 Nominations * Day 71: Captain Dalip had to nominate two housemates who will directly get nominated. As a result; Seema & Samir were nominated. - Captain * Day 66: Bigg Boss asked Dolly to name three housemates for the next house captain; she chose herself, Dalip and Seema. On Day 67, Dalip was elected as the next house captain with majority votes. - Tasks :Haath Choota Toh Kismat Phooti * The housemates will be divided into three pairs. The first pair will be Ashmit and Shweta, second pair will be Dolly and Veena and the third pair will be Samir and Seema.
The housemates will be tied together with a handcuff and one member of each pair has to wear a blindfold and keep an egg on his hand all the time. ---- :Other Tasks * Shweta and Ashmit are given secret task to hide important things of Veena and Dolly, which they succeed and earn 300 points each. - Punishments * Day 71: Bigg Boss took back the captaincy from Dalip due to breaking of house rules by the housemates. Dalip is asked to make food for all the contestants as a punishment. - Reward ! — - Twists * After getting evicted, Seema had to nominate two housemates for next week's eviction. She nominated Dalip and Veena. - Exits * Day 75: Seema was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. - ! rowspan="7" style="background:#30D5C8; color:#000; width:1%;" Week 12 Nominations * Day 78: Bigg Boss asked the housemates to nominate two other names for eviction.
As a result; Ashmit, Veena and Dalip were nominated. - Captain * Day 77: Bigg Boss asked the housemates to vote between Ashmit and Shweta for the next captain. Shweta was elected as the last house captain of the season with majority votes. - Tasks * As a result of previous week's mistakes, Bigg Boss has not provided any flour and housemates have to grind it themselves using chakki. They will also feed Khali as he has been directed not to take any food item by himself. * This week housemates have to save water to promote save water campaign. Water will come in limited amount in the morning and evening hours. Housemates have been provided buckets to store water for daily works. - Punishments ! — - Reward ! — - Twists * After getting evicted, Veena had to save one housemate for week 13 nominations.
She saved Ashmit. - Exits * Day 82: Veena was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. - ! rowspan="6" style="background:#30D5C8; color:#000; width:1%;" Week 13 Nominations * Day 85: Bigg Boss asked to nominate one housemate for this week's eviction. As a result; Dolly, Samir and Shweta were nominated. - Tasks :Bigg Boss Ki Kahani, Hamari Zabani * Housemates have to enact different past events which took place in the house.
The task will continue for three days; housemates will act on three different themes namely fights, laughters and love. - Punishments ! — - Reward ! — - Twists ! – - Exits * Day 89: Samir was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. - ! rowspan="8" style="background:#30D5C8; color:#000; width:1%;" Week 14 Nominations * Day 94: Bigg Boss asked the remaining contestants; Ashmit, Dolly, Khali and Shweta to nominate one housemate who they would like to evict from the house. As the other housemates got confused, Ashmit volunteered his own name. Bigg Boss announced that Ashmit will remain in the house and he would get a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakhs, regardless if he wins the show or not. - Tasks :Jee Lay Jee Jaan Sey * Each housemate will be given a specific song every day and they have to dance on it.
During the task duration, all the housemates put together can sleep for total of 60 hours. - Happenings *Day 92: Bigg Boss announces no nominations and that all were nominated for the final results. *Day 93: Bigg Boss assigned a new and last task for the season. *Day 94: Bigg Boss announced a shocking twist for the four remaining housemates. *Day 95: Bigg Boss announced the finalists of season 4 and hosted a party for them. *Day 96: The four finalists gear up for the finale. - style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" style="background:#FFEF00;" Finalists - style="text-align:center;" style="background:#DDA0DD;" Dolly Bindra - style="text-align:center;" style="background:#7FFFD4;" Ashmit Patel - style="text-align:center;" style="background:#D1E8EF;" Dalip Singh Rana - style="text-align:center;" style="background:#73FB76; " Winner Shweta Tiwari
Nomination table
Color Key : indicates the House Captain. : indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nominations process. : indicates that the housemate has Re-Entered. : indicates that the person was saved by another housemate. : indicates that the housemate has been granted immunity from nominations. : indicates that the housemate was in the caravan or secret room. : indicates that the housemate entered as a wild card entrant. : indicates that the housemate has been declared as the winner. : indicates that the housemate has been declared as the first runner-up. : indicates that the housemate has been declared as the second runner-up. : indicates that the housemate has been declared as the third runner-up. : indicates the contestant has been evicted. : indicates the contestant has been walked out of the show. : indicates the housemate was ejected.
Ratings
* According to data available with aMap, a television viewership monitoring agency, the opening episode of Bigg Boss 4 on Colors got a rating of 3.6. Season 3 had average rating of 2.43 while Bigg Boss 1 and Bigg Boss 2 had average ratings of 1.96 and 2.03. While Bigg Boss 1 was anchored by Arshad Warsi, Shilpa Shetty hosted Bigg Boss 2 and Amitabh Bachchan for Bigg Boss 3. * The Grand Finale episode on 8 January 2011, received a TRP of 6.7, which was the highest among the finale of other Indian reality shows such as Kaun Banega Crorepati, Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega, MasterChef and DID –Li'l Masters.
Game
Bigg Boss 4, a mobile video game based on the fourth season was released by Indiagames.
External links
* Bigg Boss Season 4 Official Website