Bigg Boss
Season 1
Title card of season 1
Presented by	Arshad Warsi
No. of days	86
No. of housemates	15
Winner	Rahul Roy
Runner-up	Carol Gracias
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	86
Release
Original network	SET
Original release	3 November 2006 (2006-11-03) – 26 January 2007 (2007-01-26)
Season chronology

Bigg Boss is the first season of the Indian reality TV programme Bigg Boss. It aired on Sony Entertainment Television from 3 November 2006 to 26 January 2007, a total of 86 days. Unlike other versions of Big Brother, the Indian version uses celebrities as housemates, not members of the general public. It was hosted by Bollywood actor Arshad Warsi. The series ended on 26 January 2007 with Rahul Roy becoming the winner while Carol Gracias became the runner-up.

Rakhi Sawant returned in Bigg Boss 14 and Bigg Boss 15 while Kashmera Shah returned in Bigg Boss 14.^[1]

Production

The show is based on the Big Brother format developed by John de Mol. A number of contestants (known as "housemates") lived in a purpose-built house and were isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, housemates nominated two of their peers for eviction, and the housemates who received the most nominations would face a public vote. Of these, one would eventually leave, having been "evicted" from the House. However, there were exceptions to this process as dictated by Bigg Boss. In the final week, there were three housemates remaining, and the public voted for who they wanted to win.

Tasks were set by Bigg Boss each week. The housemates were allowed to gamble on task outcomes and were rewarded with extra money to order more supplies if they won.

Housemates Status

Housemates

The participants in the order of appearance and entered in house are:

• Salil Ankola – Cricketer and actor.
• Kashmera Shah – Film actress. She is known for acting in films like Yes Boss and Pyar To Hona Hi Tha .
• Rakhi Sawant – Film actress and dancer.^[2] She appeared in films like Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne, Main Hoon Na and Masti.
• Rupali Ganguly – Television actress.^[3][4] She is well known for her roles in Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, Bhabhi, Sanjivani, Kkavyanjali, Baa Bahoo Aur Baby and Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii.
• Ravi Kishan – Bhojpuri actor.^[5] He is known for appearing in various Bollywood and Bhojpuri films. His acting in the film Tere Naam made him a well known celebrity.
• Amit Sadh – Actor.^[6] He participated in the dance reality show Nach Baliye with ex Neeru Bajwa. He has acted in shows like Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr & Saaksshi.
• Aryan Vaid – Actor and model.
• Bobby Darling – Actress.
• Deepak Parashar – Television and film actor.
• Rahul Roy – Film actor.^[7] He is known for his role in the film Aashiqui.
• Anupama Verma – Model and actress.
• Carol Gracias – Supermodel.^[8] She is a past winner of the coveted India's L'Oréal/Elite Look of the Year title. She gained much publicity after a wardrobe malfunction. She has also been a part of films like Bluffmaster!.
• Ravi Kishan – Superstar of Bhojpuri cinema and Indian Politician (later).^[9] He is known for appearing in various Bollywood and Bhojpuri films. His acting in the film Tere Naam made him a well known celebrity.
• Ragini Shett – Commoner.

Main events

On Day 1, Bigg Boss set Ragini Shetty a secret mission. She must pretend to be a celebrity in the Bigg Boss House. If she was successful she would be a full housemate, if she failed she would be evicted. She passed the task and was allowed to live in the Bigg Boss House as a housemate.

On Day 7, Salil was ordered by the Bombay High Court to leave the house or face criminal charges, in accordance with an agreement he had signed previously to refrain from participating or acting in television shows made by other production houses that "directly or indirectly compete with Balaji Telefilms". He was ordered to leave by Bigg Boss the next day after Endemol India had received a court order. Prior to his forced eviction, he suggested the contract he signed with Balaji Telefilms could be potentially illegal. The decision was taken to replace him, and on Day 14 Deepak Tijori was revealed to be his replacement.

After being evicted in the fourth week, Rakhi Sawan later re-entered the house, bringing with her gifts for the other housemates that were supposedly from their families. This stirred up controversy among contestants, with some finding it hard to believe her story. For instance, Amit did not believe the card that Rakhi gave him was from his girlfriend.

On Day 48, Baba Sehgal entered the house as another new contestant.

Kashmera was later brought back, and was set a task to make her presence felt in the house, without coming face to face with the other housemates or directly telling them. She left clues to let the housemates know that someone else was living in the house. After her presence was revealed, she informed everyone of the comments which Rakhi had made about them, leading the housemates to confront and alienate her.

After 12 weeks, Rahul emerged as the winner of Bigg Boss on Day 86. Carol left as the first runner up, whilst Ravi was the second runner up.

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
Rahul	Amit Bobby	Deepak P Ragini	Kashmira Rakhi	Rakhi Rupali	Aryan	Deepak T Ragini	Deepak T Rupali	Amit Rupali	Amit Baba	Rakhi Rupali	4 Amit Carol	Winner (Day 86)
Carol	Bobby Deepak P	Deepak P Kashmira	Kashmira Rakhi	Anupama Rakhi	Anupama Aryan	Anupama Deepak T	Deepak T Ravi	Baba Rakhi	Baba Rakhi	Amit Rakhi	3 Amit Ravi	1st runner-up (Day 86)
Ravi	Bobby Deepak P	Deepak P Kashmera	Kashmira Rakhi	Aryan Ragini	Aryan Deepak T	Amit Rahul	Deepak T Ragini	Amit Carol	Amit Baba	Carol Rupali	2 Amit Carol	2nd runner-up (Day 86)
Rakhi	Deepak P Rahul	Kashmira Rupali	Carol Rahul	Carol Ravi	Evicted (Day 30)		Ragini Rupali	Carol Rupali	Carol Rupali	Carol Rupali	5 Rahul Ravi	Evicted (Day 84)
Amit	Deepak P Rupali	Deepak P Rupali	Aryan Kashmira	Aryan Rakhi	Aryan Rupali	Ragini Rupali	Deepak T Ravi	Ragini Rakhi	Rahul Rakhi	Ravi Rupali	1 Rahul Ravi	Evicted (Day 79)
Rupali	Anupama Aryan	Deepak P Kashmira	Kashmira Ragini	Anupama Ragini	Anupama Deepak T	Anupama Deepak T	Deepak T Rahul	Ragini Rahul	Rahul Rakhi	Rahul Rakhi	Evicted (Day 72)
Baba	Not in house							Ragini Rakhi	Carol Ravi	Evicted (Day 65)
Ragini	Bobby Deepak P	Ravi Rupali	Deepak T Ravi	Rakhi Ravi	Anupama Carol	Anupama Ravi	Ravi Rupali	Carol Rupali	Evicted (Day 58)
Deepak T	Not in house		Kashmira Ragini	Ragini Rakhi	Ragini Rupali	Rahul Rupali	Rahul Rupali	Evicted (Day 51)
Anupama	Carol Rupali	Carol Rupali	Amit Carol	Carol Ravi	Carol Rupali	Carol Rupali	Evicted (Day 44)
Aryan	Deepak P Rahul	Carol Rupali	Carol Rupali	Carol Deepak T	Carol Rupali	Evicted (Day 37)
Kashmira	Deepak P Rahul	Carol Rupali	Amit Carol	Evicted (Day 23)							Guest
Deepak P	Ragini Ravi	Carol Roopali	Evicted (Day 16)
Bobby	Deepak P Ravi	Evicted (Day 9)
Salil	Bobby Deepak P	Ejected (Day 8)
Against public votes	Bobby Deepak P	Deepak P Ravi	Carol Kashmira	Carol Rakhi	Aryan Rupali	Anupama Deepak T	Deepak T Ragini	Carol Ragini	Amit Baba	Rakhi Rahul Rupali	Amit Carol	Ravi Rakhi	Rahul Carol
Re-entered	None						Rakhi	None
Ejected	Salil	None
Evicted	Bobby	Deepak P	Kashmira	Rakhi	Aryan	Anupama	Deepak T	Ragini	Baba	Rupali	Amit	Ravi	Rahul
												Rakhi	Carol

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