Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi

Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi

Title card of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi.
Genre Reality, Stunt Show
Presented by
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Hindi
No. of seasons 8
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time Approx. 45 minutes
Production company(s) Sphere Origins (Season 1)
Endemol India (Season 2 -)
Release
Original network Colors TV
Picture format 720i (SDTV)
Original release 21 July 2008 (2008-07-21) – Present
Chronology
Related shows Fear Factor India
External links
Fear Factor — Khatron Ke Khiladi colorstv.com/in/khatronkekhiladi/

Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi is an Indian stunt/dare reality game show, based on the American Fear Factor. The series was first launched as Fear Factor India on Sony TV in 2006 by the Programming team of Tarun Katial and Anupama Mandloi where it received a great response from the viewers; however, the channel discontinued the series after one season. The channel gave up its rights to Colors TV and the series was relaunched as Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi on 21 July 2008.[1]

Host

The first two seasons were hosted by Akshay Kumar.[2] He was replaced by Priyanka Chopra in the third season due to scheduling conflicts, but Kumar hosted the fourth season.[3] For fifth and sixth seasons, Rohit Shetty replaced Akshay as he had family problems. Arjun Kapoor was chosen to be the host for seventh season.[4] Rohit Shetty came back to host the eighth season of the show.

Series details

Season Host Launch Finale Winner Runner Up
1 Akshay Kumar 21 July 2008 14 August 2008 Nethra Raghuraman Anjana Sukhani
2 7 September 2009 1 October 2009 Anushka Manchanda Jesse Randhawa
3 Priyanka Chopra 6 September 2010 30 September 2010 Shabbir Ahluwalia Ritwik Bhattacharya
4 Akshay Kumar 3 June 2011 23 July 2011 Aarti Chhabria Diandra Soares
5 Rohit Shetty 22 March 2014 25 May 2014 Rajneesh Duggal[5] Gurmeet Choudhary
6 7 February 2015 12 April 2015 Aashish Chaudhary Meiyang Chаng
7 Arjun Kapoor 30 January 2016 3 April 2016 Siddharth Shukla Mukti Mohan
8 Rohit Shetty 22 July 2017 2017 – –

Season 1

The first season was hosted by Akshay Kumar. The contestants were:

Season 2

The second season was hosted by Akshay Kumar. The contestants were:

Season 3

The third season was hosted by Priyanka Chopra. The contestants were:

Season 4

The fourth season was hosted by Akshay Kumar. The contestants were:

Finalists

Semi-Finalists

Other contestants

Season 5

The fifth season was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The contestants were:

Finalists

Semi-finalists

Other contestants

Season 6

The sixth season was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The show was won by actor Aashish Chaudhary while Meiyang Chang was the Runner up. The contestants were:

Finalists

Semi-Finalists

Other Contestants

Guest Appearance

Season 7

The seventh season was hosted by Arjun Kapoor. The show was won by actor Siddharth Shukla while Mukti Mohan was the Runner up. The contestants were:

Finalists

Semi-Finalists

Other Contestants

Season 8

Further information: Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (Season 8)

Rohit Shetty is hosting the eighth season. The contestants are:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi on Colors". Indiantelevision.com. 2 July 2008.
  2. ↑ "Colors launches marketing campaign with Fear Factor promos". Indiantelevision.com. 12 June 2008.
  3. ↑ "Aarti Chhabria wins Khatron Ke Khiladi 4". 11 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Ajay Devgn replaces Akshay on 'Khatron Ke Khiladi'". The Times of India. 6 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Have learnt to face my fears in 'Khatron Ke Khiladi': Rajniesh Duggall
  6. ↑ IANS. "Aarti Chhabria is KKK4 Winner". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
  7. ↑ "Akshay Kumar on 'Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi Torchaar'". Dainik Bhaskar. 2011-03-06.
  8. ↑ "Akshay Makes Diandra Inscribe KKK4 On Her Scalp". NDTV. 2011-05-24.
  9. ↑ "VJ Mia hopes to work in Bollywood". Times of India. 2011-05-29.
  10. ↑ "We all vied for Akshay's attention on 'Khatron': Smita Bansal". Indian Express. 2011-05-27.
  11. ↑ "Akshay helps Aashka Goradia to loosen up". Mid day. 2011-01-06.
  12. ↑ "Akshay's live stunt for 'Khatron Ke Khiladi'". Times of India. 2011-03-06.
  13. ↑ "Let's get dangerous". Midday. 2011-06-05.
  14. ↑ "Akshay performs live stunt to promote KKK-4". Times of India. 2011-03-06.
  15. ↑ "VJ Bani in another reality show". Times of India. 2011-07-04.
  16. ↑ "I signed up four months ago: Akki". Hindustan Times. 2011-05-22.
  17. ↑ "Sambhavna eliminated from 'Khatron Ke Khiladi' season 4". Sahara Samay. 2011-03-06.
  18. ↑ Have learnt to face my fears in 'Khatron Ke Khiladi': Rajniesh Duggall
  19. ↑ PIX: Meet the contestants of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5
  20. 1 2 Gurmeet Choudhary, Debina Bonnerjee to compete on 'Khatron Ke Khiladi 5'
  21. ↑ ‘Fear Factor- Khatron Ke Khiladi’: Gauhar, Kushal, Ranvir Shorey, Mugdha Godse make it to Final List
  22. ↑ Ranvir Shorey, Rajniesh Duggall to be part of 'Khatron Ke Khiladi 5'
  23. ↑ "Teejay Sidhu , Karanvir Bohra join 'Khatron Ke Khiladi 5'". IANS. Zee News. 11 February 2014.
  24. ↑ Teejay, Karanvir join Khatron Ke Khiladi 5
  25. ↑ Ex Miss India UK Deana Uppal to contest in Khatron Ke Khiladi 5
  26. ↑ Is Ajaz Khan responsible? After Kushal's exit, Gauhar eliminated from Khatron Ke Khiladi 5
  27. ↑ Ajaz Khan enters Khatron Ke Khiladi
  28. ↑ Geeta Tandon on her journey from being a Bollywood stunt girl to ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’
  29. ↑ Daya eliminated from Khatron Ke Khiladi
  30. ↑ Ajaz Khan doesn't exist for me: Kushal Tandon
  31. ↑ Advertisement Behind the Scenes: Gauhar, Kushal, Mugdha Godse on the sets of Khatron Ke Khiladi 5
  32. ↑ Khatron Ke Khiladi was like roller-coaster ride for Rochelle Maria Rao
  33. ↑ Pooja Gor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 helped me overcome my fears
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