Bigg Boss 4

Bigg Boss
 
 
Season Four (2010 - 2011)

Bigg Boss 4 in 2010 was the fourth season of Indian reality TV show Bigg Boss, which aired on Colors from 3 October 2010. This season was longer than its predecessor, Bigg Boss 3 and lasted for 14 weeks (96 days) ending on 8 January 2011. The show was hosted by Salman Khan.[1]

During the launch on 3 October, fourteen hand-picked housemates[2][3] entered the house located in Lonavla, 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.[4] 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 INR 10 million, while The Great Khali was announced as the runner-up.[5][6]

Salman Khan was appointed as the new host for the series.

Housemates

Aanchal Kumar

Aanchal Kumar is an Indian model and has done cameo roles in Bluffmaster! and Fashion.[7]

Abbas Kazmi

Abbas Kazmi is a professional criminal lawyer famous for being the lawyer representing Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, who was accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.[8]

Ashmit Patel

Ashmit Patel is an actor who works in Hindi films. His sister is Ameesha Patel, also a film actor. His popular films include Murder and Silsilay.

Begum (Ali Saleem)

Ali Saleem is a Pakistani television host, actor, scriptwriter and impressionist. He cross-dresses as a woman wearing a sari and asks influential guests provocative questions in his show Late Night with Begum Nawazish Ali.

Devender (Bunty)

Devender (Bunty) 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.[9]

Dolly Bindra

Dolly Bindra is a television actress. She featured in the serial Mere Apne on 9x channel and Hum Sab Ek Hain on Sony. She has also done few supporting roles in films like Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?. She entered the Bigg Boss house on Day 21 as the second wild card entry.

Hrishant Goswami

Hrishant Goswami is an Indian model and winner of 2004 gladrags manhunt contest

Khali

Khali (Dalip Singh Rana) was an Indian professional wrestler and a former power-lifter who won Mr. India title in 1995 and 1996.He was also a former WWE wrestler from 2006 to 2014.His contract with WWE expired in 2014 . He also served as a police officer in the state of Punjab. He entered the Bigg Boss house on Day 13 as the first wild card entry.

Manoj Tiwari

Manoj Tiwari is a film actor, singer and director who acts in Bhojpuri films. He has appeared in over 30 Bhojpuri language films.

Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson is an American actress who came as a guest in the house.

Rahul Bhatt

Rahul Bhatt is an Indian fitness trainer and a film actor. The son of film director Mahesh Bhatt, Rahul gained unwitting notoriety in 2009, following revelations that David Headley, one of those held responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, had befriended him.[9]

Sakshi Pradhan

Sakshi Pradhan is the winner of the second season of the reality show Splitsvilla.

Samir Soni

Samir Soni is a television and film actor. He started his career as a model and made his acting debut in Doordarshan's A Mouthful of Sky (1996). He made his film debut opposite actress Mamta Kulkarni in China Gate (1998).

Sara Khan

Sara Khan is a model and actress. She rose to fame for her character, Sadhna, in Sapna Babul Ka......Bidaai.

Seema Parihar

Seema Parihar is a former woman bandit and a member of the Indian political party, Samajwadi Party.[10] She has also acted in Wounded – a film based on her real-life story.[11]

Shweta Tiwari

Shweta Tiwari is a television and film actress. Her claim to fame is for the role of Prerna in Balaji Telefilms's television serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay.

Veena Malik

Veena Malik is a Pakistani actress, model and comedian.

Features of Bigg Boss 4

Wild Card Entry

Captain of the House

Every week, one person was announced by the Bigg Boss as the Captain of the House. He received all privileges, such as staying in the Elite Bedroom, exemption from nominations for that week, and the right to nominate directly one person in the house regardless of the other members' nominations. Other members had to wash his/her clothes and vessels, and cook food for him, among other duties. He/she was the king of the house for that week. This is similar to the Head of Household position in other Big Brother series around the world.

Delights Bedroom

This is the new feature added to Bigg Boss 4. Delights Bedroom is a big room inside the common bedroom. Though all the other members will live in the common room, only The captain of the House will have access to this room and will get a key for this room to keep his/her stuff and lock it. This is similar to the Head of Household room in other Big Brothers around the world.

Guests in house

Throughout the series various guests may appear from time to time for a visit.

Guests on show

Weekly summary

Week 1 Tasks
  • Samay Dhere Dhere Chal: Each Bigg Boss contestant has to take care of the hour glass and ensure that sand constantly flows.
Nominations
  • Seema (Nominated by majority of the housemates)
  • Abbas
  • Sara
  • Hrishant
  • Bunty (Nominated by Bigg Boss for consistently breaking the rules of the house and was eventually evicted from the show on Day 2)
Exits
  • On day 2, Bunty was ejected from the house due to his violent and bad behavior, abusing and cursing Bigg Boss, breaking rules of the house and trying to cover the cameras with socks.
  • On day 6, Abbas Kazmi was evicted from the house by nominations.
  • Abbas chose Seema and Veena for the next week's nominations.
Week 2 Tasks
  • Shakti De Bhakti De Mukti De: All contestants wear a white gown and hat and chant to a particular music. Once the music is over, each has to say one good and bad point about the inmate to the right.
Nominations
  • Sakshi (Captain's choice)
  • Seema
  • Samir
Exits
  • On day 13, Sakshi was evicted from the Bigg Boss house by nominations.
  • Sakshi chose Begum Ali for next week's nomination
Week 3 Tasks
  • Dhan Dhana Dhan!: All housemates have to print notes. Each note is worth 1000 points. Housemates have to accumulate a total of 5,000,000 points in notes. Hrishant and Shweta have been given the task of robing 1,500,000 points. Dhan Dhana Dhan was unsuccessful with the task, but secret agents Hrishant and Shweta have been successful.
  • Except for Rahul and Khali, all housemates have to eat from the same plate and bowl for a whole week. Housemates can only eat after Rahul and Khali.
  • Dixcy Scot task is a wrestling match between the male inmates. The captain Manoj becomes the finalist. Great Khali is the referee and consultant. Female participants are the cheerleaders, except for Shweta, who plays anchor/host with Begum Ali.
Nominations
  • Shweta (Captain's choice)
  • Veena
  • Begum
Exits
  • On day 20, Begum was evicted from the Bigg Boss house.
  • Begum chose Khali for next week's nomination
Week 4 Tasks
  • Sameer was given a diary to maintain daily logs for the captain's negative and positive aspects.
  • Dolly and Manoj Tiwari were chosen as judge by the Bigg Boss for rhyming play. Shweta and Sameer were team A, Seema and Hrishant were team B and Veena and Ashmit were team C. Team B won Vodafone's delight and 100 points each.
Nominations
  • Sara (Captain's choice)
  • Sameer
  • Khali
Exits
  • On day 27, Bigg Boss stages a fake eviction from the house and sends Sara to a secret room.
  • Sara chose Dolly and Sameer for the next week's nomination.
Week 5 Tasks
  • Aa Pappiyaan Jhappiyan Pa Le: The house is transformed into a puppy care centre. Bigg Boss asks six contestants to become puppies while five contestants are asked to work as their caretakers.[20]
Nominations
  • Manoj
  • Hrishant
  • Aanchal
  • Veena
  • Rahul
  • Seema
  • Shweta
Exits
  • On day 34, Rahul was evicted from the house.
  • Rahul chose Veena and Sara for the next week's nominations.
Week 6 Tasks
  • Arrangements for Sara-Ali wedding.
Nominations
  • Aanchal (Captain's choice)
  • Dolly
  • Ashmit
Exits
  • On day 41, Aanchal was evicted from the house.
  • Aanchal choose Veena and Sara for the next week's nominations.
Week 7 Tasks
  • Wazan Ghatao Tandrusti Badhao: The housemates have to decrease their weight through exercises. Khali will act as the PT instructor.
Nominations
  • Dolly (Captain's choice)
  • Sara
  • Khali
Exits
  • On day 45, Samir and Dolly were ejected from the house due to violation of house rules.
  • On day 47, Pamela left the house.
Week 8 Tasks
  • Gaon Gaon Shahar Shahar: Samir, Shweta, Ashmit, Veena will have to live like villagers, while rest have to live like city people.
Nominations
  • Ashmit (Captain's choice)
  • Hrishant
  • Samir
  • Shweta
  • Veena
Exits
  • On day 55, Hrishant was evicted from the house.
  • Hrishant choose Shweta and Samir for the next week's nominations.
Week 9 Tasks
  • Paathshala: Housemates are given school uniforms and have to appear like school kids. Seema is made the principal while Manoj and Ashmit are made the Hindi and English teachers respectively.[21]
Nominations
  • Ashmit
  • Manoj
Exits
  • On day 62, Manoj was evicted from the house.
  • Manoj chose Samir and Sara for the next week's nominations.
Week 10 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 counterbalance 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.
Nominations
  • Sara (Captain's choice)
  • Veena
  • Samir
Exits
  • On day 69, Sara was evicted from the house.
  • Sara chose Ashmit to be safe from the next nominations.
Week 11 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.[22]
  • Shweta and Ashmit are given secret task to hide important things belonging to Veena and Dolly, which they succeed in doing and earn 300 points each.
Nominations
  • Samir (Captain's choice)
  • Seema (Captain's choice)
Exits
  • On day 76, Seema was evicted from the house.[23]
  • Seema chose Khali and Veena for the next week's nominations.
Week 12 Tasks
  • As a result of the 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.[24]
  • This week housemates have to save water to promote save water campaign. Water will come in limited amounts in the morning and evening hours. Housemates have been provided buckets to store water for daily work.
Nominations
  • Ashmit
  • Veena
  • Khali
Exits
  • On day 83, Veena was evicted from the house.
  • Veena chose Ashmit to be safe from the next nominations.
Week 13 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, laughter and love.[25]
Nominations
  • Dolly
  • Samir
  • Shweta
Exits
  • On day 90, Samir was evicted from the house.
Week 14 Tasks
  • Jee Lay Jee Jaan Sey: Each housemate will be given a specific song every day and they have to dance to it.
  • During the task, all the housemates put together can sleep for a total of 60 hours.
Finalists
  • During the final week the public voted for who they wanted to win Bigg Boss. The finalists for the title were as following:
Ashmit
Dolly
Khali
Shweta
Winner Shweta Tiwari
Runner-up The Great Khali
Third Place Ashmit Patel
Fourth Place Dolly Bindra

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 Week 13 style="width:10%" colspan=2 rowspan=1 ;" | Final
Week 14
style="width:10%" colspan=2 rowspan=1 ;" | Nominations
received
House Captain Bunty Begum Rahul Manoj Ashmit Hrishant Shweta Seema Khali Dolly Khali Shweta
Captain's Nomination Refused
to vote
Sakshi Shweta Sara No
Nominations
Aanchal Dolly Ashmit Veena Sara Samir
Seema
Ashmit
Veena
Shweta Seema
Abbas
Rahul
Manoj
Aanchal Sara
Ashmit
Nominated Dolly
Ashmit
Captain Ashmit
Veena
Ashmit
Sara
Veena
Khali
No
Nominations
Captain Dolly Winner
(Day 96)
15
Khali Not in
house
Exempt Samir
Sara
No
Nominations
Veena
Samir
Sara
Hrishant
Ashmit
Hrishant
Captain Shweta
Seema
Captain Ashmit
Veena
Samir Runner-up
(Day 96)
12
Ashmit Sakshi
Seema
Samir
Shweta
Veena Samir
Seema
Captain Dolly
Manoj
Khali
Manoj
Shweta
Manoj
Shweta
Manoj
Samir
Seema
Exempt Dolly
Khali
Dolly Third place
(Day 96)
26
Dolly Not in
house
Aanchal
Veena
No
Nominations
Veena
Ashmit
Hrishant
Sara
Ejected
(Day 45)
Veena
to save
Captain No
Nominations
Ashmit
Samir
Shweta Fourth place
(Day 96)
12
Samir Hrishant
Rahul
Hrishant
Ashmit
Veena Ashmit
Sara
No
Nominations
Dolly
Ashmit
Sara
Veena
Ashmit
Veena
Sara
Ashmit
Ashmit
Veena
No
Nominations
Ashmit
Veena
Dolly Evicted
(Day 90)
24
Veena Seema
Sara
Samir
Rahul
Sara Rahul
Seema
Nominated Shweta
Samir
Khali
Seema
Samir
Shweta
Manoj
Seema
Shweta
Samir
No
Nominations
Khali
Dolly
Ashmit
to save
Evicted
(Day 83)
27
Seema Begum
Sara
Aanchal
Manoj
Hrishant Samir
Sara
Nominated Dolly
Ashmit
Ashmit
Hrishant
Captain Ashmit
Manoj
Veena
Ashmit
No
Nominations
Khali
Veena
Evicted
(Day 76)
22
Sara Hrishant
Aanchal
Rahul
Seema
Veena Samir
Seema
Dolly
Samir
Veena
Manoj
Khali
Seema
Khali
Veena
Manoj
Ashmit
Khali
Veena
Ashmit
to save
Evicted
(Day 69)
25
Manoj Seema
Abbas
Shweta
Seema
Sara Captain Nominated Khali
Ashmit
Sara
Ashmit
Ashmit
Hrishant
Ashmit
Sara
Samir
Sara
Evicted
(Day 62)
11
Hrishant Seema
Abbas
Seema
Samir
Veena Samir
Sara
Nominated Captain Samir
Khali
Shweta
Samir
Shweta
Samir
Evicted
(Day 55)
11
Aanchal Sakshi
Sara
Samir
Seema
Shweta Sara
Samir
Nominated Dolly
Shweta
Veena
Sara
Evicted
(Day 41)
6
Rahul Veena
Shweta
Veena
Sara
Captain Veena
Sara
NominatedVeena
Sara
Evicted
(Day 34)
5
Begum Seema
Manoj
Captain Samir Khali Evicted
(Day 20)
3
Sakshi Seema
Hrishant
Hrishant
Aanchal
Begum Evicted
(Day 13)
3
Abbas Seema
Begum
Seema
Veena
Evicted
(Day 6)
3
Bunty Captain Ejected
(Day 2)
0
Against
public vote
Abbas
Hrishant
Sara
Seema
Bunty
Sakshi
Samir
Seema
Begum
Shweta
Veena
Khali
Samir
Sara
Aanchal
Hrishant
Manoj
Rahul
Seema
Shweta
Veena
Aanchal
Ashmit
Dolly
Dolly
Khali
Sara
Ashmit
Hrishant
Samir
Shweta
Veena
Ashmit
Manoj
Veena
Samir
Sara
Veena
Samir
Seema
Ashmit
Khali
Veena
Dolly
Samir
Shweta
Ashmit
Dolly
Khali
Shweta
Ejected Buntynone Dolly
Samir

(withdrawn)
none
Evicted Abbas Sakshi Begum Sara1 Rahul Aanchal Eviction Cancelled Hrishant Manoj Sara Seema Veena Samir Dolly Ashmit
Khali Shweta
     Nominated for eviction
     Automatic nomination (due to violation(s) committed, failure of task or to give every housemate an equal chance of garnering votes)
     Granted immunity (due to being chosen by an evictee while exiting, by housemates or House Captain)
     Fake nomination.

^1 Sara was fake evicted and sent to the secret room.

Highlights of the week

Week 1 (3 to 9 October)

Week 2 (10 to 16 October)

Week 3 (17 to 23 October)

Week 4 (24 to 31 October)

Week 5 (1 to 7 November)

Week 6 (8 to 14 November)

Week 7 (15 to 21 November)

Week 8 (22 to 28 November)

Week 9 (29 November to 5 December)

Week 10 (6 to 12 December)

Week 11 (13 to 19 December)

Week 12 (20 to 26 December)

Week 13 (27 December to 2 January)

Week 14 (3 to 8 January)

Ratings, reception and viewership

Controversies

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