Bigg Boss 16 also known as Bigg Boss: Iss baar Bigg Boss khud khelenge was the sixteenth season of the Indian Hindi-language reality TV series Bigg Boss. It premiered on Colors TV on 1 October 2022. Salman Khan hosted the show for the thirteenth time. The grand finale aired on 12 February 2023 where MC STAN emerged as the winner and Shiv Thakare as the runner-up. The season went on to become one of the most successful seasons in the show's history.
For the first time ever, a new segment- Bigg Bulletin with Shekhar Suman aired on Sunday Hosted by Shekhar Suman. Weekend Ka Vaar, namely- Shukravar and Shanivar Ka Vaar aired on Fridays and Saturdays instead of Saturdays and Sundays respectively as in previous seasons. For the first time ever, eviction took place on Saturdays instead of Sundays.
A five-hour Grand Finale aired on 12 February 2023.
Colors TV teased the viewers, by giving a glimpse of the first two contestants answering several fan questions on their Instagram stories. This segment was titled "#BB16ContestantFirstLook". They were later on revealed to be Gautam Singh Vig and Soundarya Sharma.
The concept for this season of Bigg Boss was "Upside Down", which meant everything would be opposite from the previous seasons.
The press conference and launch event for this season was held on 27 September 2022, anchored by Gauahar Khan, wherein Abdu Rozik was officially introduced as first contestant.
The eye logo is very similar to the logo of the thirteenth season. It features a bright red colour logo with a blue pupil.
The house of this season had a "Circus" theme. The House was located in Goregaon for the fourth time. This season had four bedrooms: Fire Room, Black and White Room, Cards Room and Vintage Room and a lavish private Jacuzzi for the captain for the first time in the history of Bigg Boss. The jail of the house was designed as Maut Ka Kuwa (Well of Death) located in a hanging position above the swimming pool.
A promo featuring Salman Khan was released on 11 September 2022. Promos featuring Gori Nagori, Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia and Abdu Rozik with Khan were released one day prior to the premiere. Promos featuring Priyanka Chahar Choudhary, Ankit Gupta and Tina Datta were released just before the premiere.
The list of housemates in the order of entering the house:
Housemates were chosen by the Captain / Task winners to be staying in four different bedrooms: Fire Room, Black and White Room, Cards Room and Vintage Room. Every week the bedrooms of the housemates were chosen newly and the housemates had to stay in the chosen bedrooms. In Week 7, members of the Vintage Room and Cards Room were safe from nominations. In Week 8, and Week 10, only members of Vintage Room were safe from nominations. Vintage Room was permanently closed from Week 17. Fire Room was closed from Week 17 but reopened in Week 19. Black & White Room and Cards Room were also closed in Week 19.
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For the first time, there was a Bigg Boss Anthem in the morning instead of the usual wake-up songs.
A new segment, Bigg Bulletin with Shekhar Suman, was introduced which Shekhar Suman hosted every Sunday. In this segment, the host interacted with the contestants on the events that have transpired in the particular week. He would also roast the contestants, play games with them and pull off fun gags.
In Week 1, it was revealed that all the female housemates would be competitors for MyGlamm Face of the Season through which one female housemate would become the representative of the season. Moreover, the winner of the segment would win â¹25 lakhs and get a chance to shoot for an ad with Shraddha Kapoor for MyGlamm.
On Day 83, Priyanka Chahar Choudhary was declared the winner after 12 weeks through public votes.
On Day 87 (Week 13), "Maahim" a St. Bernard dog was sent in the house and it stayed in the house till the finale.
In Week 15, family members of the 12 housemates, referred to as VVIPs, entered the house to meet and support them.
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