Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 4

Bigg Boss 4 is the fourth season of Indian reality TV show Bigg Boss, which aired on Colors TV from 3 October 2010. This season was longer than its predecessor, Bigg Boss 3 and lasted for 14 weeks (97 days) ending on 8 January 2011. Salman Khan joined the show for the first time as host and has subsequently hosted all the following seasons. This season became the highest-rated season with the finale TRP reaching 6.2 and the average TRP being 4.8.

During the launch on 3 October, fourteen hand-picked housemates 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. 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 ₹ 10 million, while The Great Khali was announced as the runner-up.

Development
The season was announced in June 2010 by the makers and channel. Amitabh Bachchan, who presented the third season announced his departure from the show. Shahrukh Khan was first offered to host the series but he rejected it and was later replaced by Salman Khan. The final list of contestants was revealed on 2 October 2010.

Broadcast
The series was broadcast on Colors TV for the second time. Salman Khan presented the show on the weekends where a segment called 'Bigg Boss - Aapka Farmaan' was introduced and broadcast every Friday (eviction night) and Saturday. The finale was aired on 8 January 2011.

Casting
In July 2010, Sara Khan was roped in as the first housemate to enter. Khan quit her show Sapna Babul Ka... Bidaai to be a part of the series. In September 2010, Shweta Tiwari was roped in as the second housemate.

In September 2010, Kelly Brook rejected the show and was replaced by Veena Malik, who was confirmed last minute. Neetu Chandra, Shoaib Akhtar and Sania Mirza had also rejected the series as well. Wrestler The Great Khali and Actress Shanaya Randhawa were roped in as the first wild card entrants in October 2010. In November 2010, Pamela Anderson entered the show as a guest which spiked the rating up high.

Eye logo
The eye logo was revealed in September 2010 with colours contrasting of white, black and turquoise.

House
The house images were revealed in September 2010 with a big garden, dining area, living area, confession room and bedroom.

Release
In September 2010, a promo featuring Salman Khan was released. The music video promo of Bigg Boss 4 was later released in mid September 2010.

Controversies

 * During the first week of the show's airing, activists of Shiv Sena, a political party, started protesting against the inclusion of Pakistani housemates in the show.
 * One of the contestants, Sakshi Pradhan felt that she may be pregnant and spoke about her concern to fellow housemates Shweta Tiwari, Veena Malik and Sara Khan. However the video of the conversation was not aired. After receiving permission from Bigg Boss, Sakshi was allowed to leave the house for a short time to see a doctor.
 * After being evicted from the house, Rahul Bhatt claimed that Bigg Boss is scripted.
 * In November 2010, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry served a stay order to Colors, due to complaints of indecent exposure aired on national television, asking the channel to change the timings of the show from 9 PM to 11.30 PM. The channel later got a stay order from Bombay High Court allowing them to continue the telecast of the show during prime time.

Original entrants

 * Shweta Tiwari – Indian television star. Shweta is well known for playing the famous role of Prerna in the popular Ekta Kapoor longest running serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay which aired on Star Plus.
 * Abbas Kazmi – Ajmal Kasab’s renowned Lawyer.
 * Samir Soni – Bollywood actor. He is known for his roles in films like Kabhie Tum Kabhie Hum and Vivah. He also appeared in the popular drama series Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin. He won the Most Stylish Housemate award in the finale, a Chevrolet car as the prize.
 * Seema Parihar – Indian politician. She has also acted in Wounded – a film based on her real-life story.
 * Ashmit Patel – Bollywood actor. He is known for his role in films like Murder and Silsilay. Actress Ameesha Patel is his sister.
 * Ali Saleem – Pakistani TV anchor. He cross-dresses as a woman wearing a sari and asks influential guests provocative questions in his show Late Night with Begum Nawazish Ali.
 * Sakshi Pradhan – Reality TV Star. She is the winner of the second season of the reality show MTV Splitsvilla.
 * Devender Singh ( also known as Bunty Chor) – Criminal. He 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.
 * Rahul Bhatt – Actor. He is the son of Mahesh Bhatt and brother of Alia Bhatt.
 * Sara Khan – TV Actress. She rose the fame of Sadhana from the Star Plus popular show Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai.
 * Anchal Kumar – Model.
 * Hrishant Goswami – Model. He is the winner of the 2004 Gladrags Manhunt contest.
 * Veena Malik – Pakistani actress and model. She has appeared in many films like Tere Pyar Mein, Pind Di Kudi and Kyun Tum Se Itna Pyar Hai in the Pakistani industry.
 * Manoj Tiwari – Bhojpuri actor and politician. He has appeared in over 50 films in the industry.

Wild card entries

 * Dalip Singh Rana (also known as The Great Khali) – Wrestler.
 * Dolly Bindra – Actress.

Guests entrants
Throughout the series various guests may appear from time to time for a visit.
 * Ali Merchant stayed in the house as a guest from day 30 to day 41.
 * Pamela Anderson entered the house on 16 November 2010 and stayed for 3 days.

Weekly summary
The main events in the house are summarised in the table below. A typical week began with nominations, followed by the shopping task, and then the eviction of a housemate during the Saturday episode. Evictions, tasks, and other events for a particular week are noted in order of sequence.

Nomination table


Color Key
 * indicates the House Captain.
 * indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nominations process.
 * indicates that the housemate has Re-Entered.
 * indicates that the person was saved by another housemate.
 * indicates that the housemate has been granted immunity from nominations.
 * indicates that the housemate was in the caravan or secret room.
 * indicates that the housemate entered as a wild card entrant.
 * 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 that the housemate has been declared as the third runner-up.
 * indicates the contestant has been evicted.
 * indicates the contestant has been walked out of the show.
 * indicates the housemate was ejected.

Nomination notes

 * : On Day 2, Devender who became the first house captain got his captaincy revoked and also was thrown out of the house after he violated the rules.
 * : On Day 8, captain Begum was given a special power to nominate someone directly for second week's eviction. He chose Sakshi.
 * : After Dalip made his first wild cards entry, he was exempt and saved from the third week's nomination process.
 * : Bigg Boss announced a twist where it was revealed that Sara had got evicted but instead she entered the secret room therefore there was no eviction.
 * : Bigg Boss cancelled the nomination procedure and nominated those housemates directly who repeatedly broke the rules.
 * : Captain Hrishant had directly nominated Anchal for eviction hence no housemate could vote.
 * : Captain Shweta had directly nominated Dolly for eviction hence no housemate could vote.
 * : After returning, Dolly saved Veena from nominations.
 * : Captain Dolly had directly nominated Sara for eviction hence no housemate could vote.
 * : Only Captain Dalip was eligible to nominate two housemates directly for eviction.
 * : On Day 82, Veena used her special power to save Ashmit from nominations.
 * : Shweta was announced as the winner but Ashmit had received 5 lakhs as he voluntarily chose his own name to take the money.

Ratings, reception and viewership

 * According to data available with aMap, a television viewership monitoring agency, the opening episode of Bigg Boss 4 on Colors got a rating of 3.6. Season 3 had average rating of 2.43 while Bigg Boss 1 and Bigg Boss 2 had average ratings of 1.96 and 2.03. While Bigg Boss 1 was anchored by Arshad Warsi, Shilpa Shetty hosted Bigg Boss 2 and Amitabh Bachchan for Bigg Boss 3.
 * The Grand Finale episode on 8 January 2011, received a TRP of 6.7, which was the highest among the finale of other Indian reality shows such as Kaun Banega Crorepati, Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega, MasterChef and DID –Li'l Masters.

Game
Bigg Boss 4, a mobile video game based on the fourth season was released by Indiagames.