Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 8

For the spin-off series that merged with this season, see Bigg Boss Halla Bol.

Bigg Boss 8, which merged into Bigg Boss Halla Bol, was the eighth season of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss, which premiered on TV channel Colors from 21 September 2014 and concluded on 3 January 2015 with five final contestants. Bigg Boss is the Indian edition of Big Brother. Salman Khan returned as the host of the series for the fifth time and Snapdeal was chosen to be the new presenting sponsor after the end of Colors' five-year deal with Vodafone India for the series.

Bigg Boss
Season 8
Logo for the eighth season of Bigg Boss.
Presented by	Salman Khan
No. of days	104
No. of housemates	19
Champions	Karishma Tanna Pritam Singh RJ Gautam Gulati Ali Quli Mirza Dimpy Ganguly
Release
Original network	Colors TV
Original release	21 September 2014 (2014-09-21) – 3 January 2015 (2015-01-03)
Season chronology

After the finale of season with five champions, Bigg Boss Halla Bol a spin-off was launched on 4 January. It merged with the regular series and continued in the same house. Five contestants from previous seasons entered the house to compete with five crowned regular entrants of the season finale. Farah Khan became the new host as Salman bid adieu due to his filming schedule of Bajrangi Bhaijaan.

Salman Khan remained the host of the series for the 4th time.

Broadcast

The series premiered in India on network Colors on 21 September 2014. The series was also broadcast in Pakistan on ARY Digital beginning 28 September 2014, and was additionally broadcast in the United Kingdom on Colors UK beginning 21 September 2014.

Production

House theme

The house for the eighth season was in Lonavala. It resembled the interior of an aircraft. After the first eviction, the house was made available to the housemates. The physical layout of the house remained mostly unchanged from the previous series. However, the house theme was changed to an Alpine chalet with wood, fur and leather furnishings.

Secret society

On launch night, it was revealed that there was a place adjacent to the 'Plane crash' area known as 'The Secret Society.' Later, Deepshika, Pritam and Puneet were chosen by Bigg Boss to become cult celebrities who would live in the society in secret, away from the rest of the housemates. It was then announced that they would have the power to nominate housemates of their choice to face the first public vote and have immunity from nomination. On day 3, the secret society revealed itself to the viewers as per Bigg Boss' order and introduced themselves. On Day 5, Puneet was moved to plane crash area and later on Day 8 the other two secret society members Deepshika and Pritam joined him.

Bigg Boss Halla Bol

Main article: Bigg Boss Halla Bol!

In the fifteenth week Bigg Boss announced that show had been extended for four weeks and, unlike previous seasons, crowned its five champions on 3 January, concluding season 8 finale, where spin-off Bigg Boss Halla Bol launched and merged with the regular season.

The spin-off series officially launched on 4 January, with the five Halla Bol Challengers from previous seasons, which includes Ajaz Khan, Sambhavna Seth, Mahek Chahal, Rahul Mahajan and Sana Khan. Sana Khan's entrance was disclosed later as a fifth challenger by production team. Before the official announcement, only Ajaz Khan entered the house on Day 99. The new spin-off format of Champions and Challengers with ten contestants was hosted by Farah Khan as contractually, Salman Khan leaves the series after season finale.

Housemates status

Sr	Housemate	Day entered	Day exited	Status
1	Karishma	Day 1	Day 104	Champion
2	Dimpy	Day 47	Day 104	Champion
3	Ali	Day 24	Day 104	Champion
4	Gautam	Day 1	Day 104	Champion
5	Pritam	Day 1	Day 104	Champion
6	Puneet	Day 1	Day 44	Ejected
		Day 46	Day 104	Evicted
7	Sonali	Day 1	Day 7	Evicted
		Day 11	Day 104	Evicted
8	Upen	Day 1	Day 101	Evicted
9	Praneet	Day 1	Day 90	Evicted
10	Diandra	Day 1	Day 84	Evicted
11	Renee	Day 47	Day 70	Evicted
12	Nigaar	Day 50	Day 63	Evicted
13	Aarya	Day 1	Day 56	Evicted
14	Sushant	Day 1	Day 49	Evicted
15	Minissha	Day 1	Day 42	Evicted
16	Soni	Day 1	Day 35	Evicted
17	Natasa	Day 1	Day 28	Evicted
18	Deepshikha	Day 1	Day 21	Evicted
19	Sukirti	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
20	Sargun	Day 1		Evicted

• ^{^} : Diandra re-entered the house as a guest on day 100.

Housemates

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

Original entrants

• Karishma Tanna - Model and actress. She is known for acting in the show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and film Grand Masti.
• Sonali Raut - Model and film actress. She was earlier seen in the film The Xpose.
• Upen Patel - Model and film actor from London. Upen has been in numerous Bollywood films such as 36 China Town and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.
• Soni Singh - Television actress She has appeared in shows like Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya and Saraswatichandra.
• Arya Babbar - Bollywood and Punjabi film actor Arya was seen in many films like Tees Maar Khan and Jatts In Golmaal. He is the son of Raj Babbar.
• Diandra Soares - Model, anchor and fashion designer She is known for participating in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 4.
• Sushant Divgikar - Model, TV anchor and pageant contestant He is the winner and represented India at Mr Gay World 2014.
• Gautam Gulati - Television actor He is known for his roles in Tujh Sang Preet Lagayi Sajana and Diya Aur Baati Hum.
• Sukirti Kandpal - Television actress and model. She is known for her roles playing as Dr Riddhima Gupta in Dill Mill Gayye and the romantic drama Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani.
• Praneet Bhat - TV actor Praneet seen in shows like Geet - Hui Sabse Parayi and Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?. He was last seen in Mahabharat as Shakuni.
• Natasa Stankovic - Model and Bollywood Actress from Serbia. She is known for appearing in the Bollywood film Satyagraha in an item song 'Aiyo Ji'.
• Minissha Lamba - Bollywood Actress She has appeared in films like Yahaan and Bachna Ae Haseeno.
• Deepshikha Nagpal - Actress She was last seen in Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon. She has also participated in Nach Baliye with her husband Keshav Arora.
• Puneet Issar - Bollywood / Punjabi actor and director He is known for acting in Mahabharat
• Pritam Singh - RJ. He is known for his show Bhabhi Ji.

Not-selected housemates

• Sargun Mehta — Actress and model. She is known for playing Ganga in Balika Vadhu and participating in Nach Baliye 5.

Wild card entrants

• Ali Quli Mirza - Singer. He is known for singing the song 'Bura Bura' from the film Bluffmaster!.
• Renee Dhyani - Model. She is known for participating in MTV Roadies.
• Dimpy Ganguly - Model and actress. She is the winner of Season 2 of India's rendition of The Bachelor. She has acted in shows Tujh Sang Preet Lagayi Sajana and Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai.
• Nigaar Khan - Indian television actress mainly known for her portrayal of negative roles. She is known for acting in Kasamh Se.

Twists

Potential housemates

Housemates	Status
Sargun Mehta	Not Selected
Sukriti Kandpal	Selected

Housemates allotment

Housemate	Week 1			Week 2		Week 3
	Day 1	Day 5	Day 7	Day 10	Day 11	Day 12
	[1]	[2]	[3]	[4]	[5]	[6]
Aarya	Plane Crash			Main House		Plane crash theme ended
Deepshikha	Secret Society		Plane Crash	Main House
Diandra	Plane Crash			Main House
Gautam	Plane Crash			Main House
Karishma	Plane Crash			Main House
Minissha	Plane Crash			Main House
Natasa	Plane Crash			Main House
Praneet	Plane Crash			Main House
Pritam	Secret Society		Plane Crash	Main House
Puneet	Secret Society	Plane Crash		Main House
Soni	Plane Crash			Main House
Sonali	Plane Crash			Main House
Sushant	Plane Crash			Main House
Upen	Plane Crash			Main House
Sukirti	Plane Crash			Main House

1. ^ : The house area allotment was chosen by Bigg Boss.
2. ^ : Puneet was moved to the Plane Crash area as a result of the unanimous decision taken by all three members of the Secret Society as per Bigg Boss' order. They were to select the member who wasn't eligible for the society anymore.
3. ^ : Deepshika and Pritam were moved to the 'Plane Crash' area following Sonali's eviction interview.
4. ^ : As a result of winning the Hijack task Deepshika and her team were moved to the main house. Bigg Boss also later moved Praneet's team to the main house as a result of their impressive performance in the task.
5. ^ : Sonali entered the main house via the confession room after the housemates were done nominating.
6. ^ : Plane crash theme ended with all housemates inside the main house.

Nomination 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	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15
	Day 1	Day 4														Day 102	Day 104
Nominees for Captaincy	No Captain					—	—	Gautam Upen	Diandra Pritam	Dimpy Gautam Praneet Pritam	Karishma Puneet Upen	Dimpy Karishma Pritam Praneet Renee Sonali	Karishma Pritam	Ali Diandra Dimpy Gautam Karishma Praneet Pritam Puneet Sonali Upen	Dimpy Praneet Sonali	Ali Sonali	No Captain
House Captain						Ali		Upen	Diandra	Gautam	Puneet	Renee Pritam	Karishma	Dimpy	Praneet Sonali	Ali
Captain's Nominations						Sushant	Sonali Praneet	Praneet Gautam Sonali Pritam Puneet	Puneet Gautam	Puneet Ali (to save)	Praneet (to evict)	Ali Diandra Dimpy Karishma Puneet	Not eligible	Upen	Karishma	Not eligible
Secret Society	N/A	Deepshikha	Secret Society Ended
		Pritam
		Puneet
Society's Nomination		Sonali Gautam
Vote to:	None	Evict			Save	Evict					Save	Evict	None	Evict		None	Championship
Karishma	In House	Natasa Sukirti	Gautam Praneet Pritam	Gautam Sonali	Sushant	Sonali Praneet	Puneet Gautam	Sonali Puneet	Puneet Gautam	Dimpy Sonali	Diandra	Not eligible	House Captain	Pritam	Pritam Ali	No Nominations	No Nominations	Champion (Day 104)
Dimpy	Not In House								Aarya Karishma	Sonali Karishma Nigaar	Gautam	Not eligible	No Nominations	House Captain	Ali Pritam	No Nominations	No Nominations	Champion (Day 104)
Ali	Not In House					House Captain		Sonali Praneet	Karishma Aarya	Sonali Karishma Nigaar	Diandra	Not eligible	No Nominations	Karishma	Dimpy Upen	House Captain	No Nominations	Champion (Day 104)
Gautam	In House	Sukirti Praneet	Banned	Karishma Aarya	Praneet	Soni Minissha	Aarya Diandra	Sonali Praneet	Karishma Upen	House Captain	Pritam	Not eligible	No Nominations	Ali	Upen Karishma	No Nominations	No Nominations	Champion (Day 104)
Pritam	Not In House	Secret Society	Gautam Puneet Praneet	Deepshikha Diandra	Sushant	Aarya Minissha	Karishma Upen	Puneet Sonali	Karishma Aarya	Dimpy Sonali Karishma Nigaar	Praneet	House Captain	No Nominations	Karishma	Dimpy Karishma	No Nominations	No Nominations	Champion (Day 104)
Puneet	Not In House	Secret Society	Gautam Karishma Pritam	Deepshikha Minnisha	Praneet	Minissha Soni	Aarya Minissha	Praneet Sonali	Banned	Sonali Karishma	House Captain	Not eligible	No Nominations	Pritam	Dimpy Upen	No Nominations	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 104)
								Ejected (Day 44)
Sonali	In House	Diandra Aarya	Evicted (Day 7) Sukirti	Aarya Deepshikha	Praneet	Soni Aarya	Minissha Karishma	Puneet Gautam	Karishma Aarya	Karishma Nigaar	Praneet	Not eligible	No Nominations	Karishma	House Captain	No Nominations	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 104)
Upen	In House	Sukirti Natasa	Gautam Praneet Pritam	Pritam Sonali	Soni	Minissha Sonali	Puneet Gautam	House Captain	Puneet Aarya	Dimpy	Karishma	Not eligible	No Nominations	Ali	Ali Pritam	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 101)
Praneet	Not In House	Diandra Sukirti	Gautam Diandra Karishma	Minnisha Deepshikha	Puneet	Soni Minissha	Aarya Minissha	Gautam Pritam	Upen Aarya	Dimpy Karishma Nigaar	Dimpy	Not eligible	No Nominations	Karishma	Evicted (Day 90)
Diandra	In House	Sonali Praneet	Gautam Praneet Pritam	Gautam Pritam	Upen	Sonali Gautam	Gautam Puneet	Gautam Pritam	House Captain	Dimpy Sonali	Karishma	Not eligible	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 84)
Renee	Not In House								Karishma Aarya	Dimpy Sonali	Pritam	Evicted (Day 70)
Nigaar	Not In House									Dimpy	Upen (to evict)	Evicted (Day 63)
Aarya	In House	Sonali Natasa	Gautam Praneet Soni	Sonali Gautam	Banned	Sonali Puneet	Puneet Gautam	Sonali Praneet	Puneet Gautam	Evicted (Day 56)
Sushant	In House	Aarya Gautam	Gautam Pritam Praneet	Gautam Pritam	Upen	Gautam Praneet	Minissha Gautam	Gautam Puneet	Evicted (Day 49)
Minissha	Not In House	Natasa Sonali	Gautam Pritam Praneet	Aarya Karishma	Natasa	Gautam Praneet	Puneet Gautam	Evicted (Day 42)
Soni	In House	Natasa Sonali	Diandra Gautam Aarya	Gautam Aarya	Upen	Gautam Sonali	Evicted (Day 35)
Natasa	Not In House	Sukirti Karishma	Gautam Pritam Diandra	Sonali Pritam	Sushant	Evicted (Day 28)
Deepshikha	Not In House	Secret Society	Gautam Soni Praneet	Sonali Gautam	Evicted (Day 21)
Sukirti	Selected	Natasa Praneet	Gautam Praneet Pritam	Evicted (Day 14)
Sargun	Not Selected	Evicted (Day 1)
Notes	1	2,3	4,5	None	6	7,8,9	8	10,11,12	8,13,14	15,16	8,17	18,19,20	17,21	17,22	23,24	25,26	27
Against public vote	Sargun Sukirti	Gautam Natasa Sonali Sukirti	Gautam Praneet Sukirti	Aarya Deepshikha Gautam Pritam Sonali	Aarya Diandra Gautam Karishma Minissha Natasa Pritam Puneet Soni	Diandra Gautam Minissha Pritam Sonali Soni Sushant	Gautam Minissha Praneet Puneet Sonali	Ali Gautam Praneet Puneet Sonali Sushant	Aarya Gautam Karishma Puneet	Dimpy Karishma Nigaar Sonali	Ali Praneet Renee Sonali Upen	Ali Diandra Dimpy Karishma Puneet Sonali	Ali Diandra Dimpy Gautam Praneet Pritam Puneet Sonali Upen	Karishma Praneet Sonali Upen	Ali Dimpy Karishma Pritam Sonali Upen	Ali Dimpy Karishma Pritam Sonali Upen	Ali Dimpy Gautam Karishma Pritam Puneet Sonali
Ejected	None							Puneet	None
Re-entered	None		Sonali	None				Puneet	None
Evicted	Sargun	Sonali	Sukirti	Deepshikha	Natasa	Soni	Minissha	Sushant	Aarya	Nigaar	Renee	No Eviction	Diandra	Praneet	Eviction postponed	Upen	Sonali	Karishma	Dimpy
																	Puneet	Gautam	Pritam	Ali

Color Key'

  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 the contestant has been evicted.

  indicates the contestant has been walked out of the show.

  indicates the housemate was ejected.

  indicates that the housemate has re-entered the show.

  indicates that the housemate is a part of the secret society gang.

  indicates the house captain.

  indicates that the housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nominations process.

  indicates that the person was saved by another housemate.

  indicates that the housemate has been granted immunity from nominations.

Notes

• ^1 : On the grand premiere, Gautam had to select one from Sargun and Sukirti to enter the house with him. He chose to select Sukirti while Sargun was evicted from the show straight away.
• ^2 :   This housemate was the current member of Secret Society and could not be nominated for eviction through the standard nomination process that week. Their identity was hidden from non-members.
• ^3 : Deepshika, Puneet and Pritam being chosen by Bigg Boss as members of the secret society had to unanimously decide who would face the public vote. This process occurred after the housemates were done nominating. After accessing the results of the standard nominations the trio chose Sonali and Gautam.
• ^4 : Bigg Boss took away Gautam's right to nominate as a result of him verbally abusing Karishma during the 'Hijack' challenge.
• ^5 : Sukirti was nominated by Sonali via her "Bigg Bomb" after her eviction.
• ^6 : Bigg Boss took away Aarya's right to nominate as a result of him taking off the mic and throwing it into the pool. Aarya was also straightaway nominated for being the captain of the losing team of 'Babbars vs Lambas' task.
• ^7 : Bigg Boss nominated Diandra for her violent aggression towards Sonali.
• ^8 : Pritam was nominated as a result for being the captain of the losing team of 'Heroes VS Villains' task.
• ^9 : The captain was given a special power to nominate one or more housemates which would place them directly up for eviction.
• ^10 : Bigg Boss nominated Ali as a result of him indecently touching Sonali against her will and liking.
• ^11 : Sushant was nominated as a result of failing the 'Phonebooth' task.
• ^12 : Housemates could only choose two housemates for nomination between the five nominated by Captain Upen. Housemates not chosen by the captain were hence rendered immune.
• ^13 : Puneet was banned from the nomination process for being in the jail.
• ^14 : Dimpy and Renee were made immune to nominations as per Bigg Boss' orders..
• ^15 : The captain was given a special power to save one or more housemates from nominations.
• ^16 : Apart from Ali, Gautam and Puneet, rest of the housemates had to unanimously decide on four nominees to evict.
• ^17 : Upen was nominated by Nigaar via her "Bigg Bomb" after her eviction.
• ^18 : Bigg Boss nominated Sonali for the rest of the season for her violent aggression towards Ali.
• ^19 : House Captain Pritam was asked to nominate five housemates directly for eviction and due to this other housemates were not eligible to nominate anyone.
• ^20 : Voting lines were not applicable this week and due to this no housemates were evicted.
• ^21 : Bigg Boss nominated every housemate except Captain Karishma for breaking the rules of the house and therefore no housemates were eligible for nominating anyone including Captain Karishma.
• ^22 : Karishma nominated Praneet as the punishment during the judgement day.
• ^23 : Though Sonali is the captain of the house this week, but she was not given immunity from eviction. Therefore, she was nominated this week.
• ^24 : Though voting lines were open this week, no housemates were evicted as it was Salman Khan's birthday week.
• ^25 : As, no eviction held previous week the same nominees were forwarded to this week.
• ^26 : Upen was evicted amidst a midnight/surprise eviction. He got evicted combining the public votes received in previous week and this week.
• ^27 : Bigg Boss season 8 finale was concluded which saw a unique format, Sonali and Puneet gets eliminated while five contestants crowned as a winner for season 8, and moved them to season spin-off Bigg Boss Halla Bol! with five challengers from previous seasons.

This season featured a 'Special Panel', where a team of past housemates or their acquaintances would share their and public's views and opinions of the current housemates before the eviction. The panel would rotate every week.

Guest appearances

Week(s)	Guest(s)	Notes
Grand premiere	Elli Avram	Special appearances to introduce contestants Upen and Aarya
	Armaan Kohli
	Nadira Babbar, Juhi Babbar and Prateik Babbar	To support Aarya
	Sunil Grover	To introduce contestant Diandra
	Sargun Mehta	To introduce Gautam and Sukirti
1	Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor	Appeared on the show to promote their film Haider
2	Kamya Punjabi and Andy Kumar	Special appearance
3	Hrithik Roshan	To promote his film Bang Bang!
	Rekha	To promote her film Super Nani
4	Gauahar Khan and Sargun Mehta	Special appearance
5	Sunil Grover and Kiku Sharda (as Gutthi and Palak)	Special appearances for Diwali celebrations
	Mouni Roy and Punit Pathak
	Harshad Arora, Preetika Rao, Mrunal Jain, Tina Datta, Sumit Bhardwaj, Sonal Vengurlekar and Radhika Madan
	Sajid-Wajid	Special appearances
	Urvashi Dholakia
6	Ali Zafar, Govinda, Parineeti Chopra and Ranveer Singh	To promote their film Kill Dil
7	Lisa Haydon	To promote her film The Shaukeens
	Satyajit Padhye	Special appearances
	Sophie Choudry
8	Arjun Kapoor	To promote his film Tevar
9	Arpita Khan and Aayush Sharma	To meet Salman Khan
10	Ujjwala Raut	To interact with her sister Sonali via phone call
	Anurag Gulati	To meet her son Gautam
	Amanjot Kaur	To meet her husband Pritam
	Gauri Sandhu	To meet her boyfriend Ali
	Sonakshi Sinha	To promote her film Action Jackson
11	Varun Dhawan	To promote his film Badlapur
12	Sonam Kapoor and Arbaaz Khan	To promote their film Dolly Ki Doli
13	Shilpa Saklani	Special appearance
14	Kapil Sharma, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Ali Asgar, Upasana Singh, Sunil Grover and Kiku Sharda (in-house guest only)	Comedy Nights with Kapil's cast members
15	Deepali Issar	To meet her husband Puneet
	Diandra Soares	Special appearance
	Mohit Gulati	To meet his brother Gautam
	Jasmina Tanna	To meet her daughter Karishma
	Arjun Rampal and Jacqueline Fernandez	To promote their film Roy

External links

• Official website