Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 9

Bigg Boss Double Trouble (stylized as Bigg Boss 9) is the ninth season of the Indian reality TV series Bigg Boss that premiered on 11 October 2015 on Colors TV. This season ended on 23 January 2016. Salman Khan returned to host the ninth season. The series was won by Prince Narula, and Rishabh Sinha was the runner-up.

House theme
The house theme mainly focuses on aesthetics to adapt to the underlying premiere twist for the ninth season which revolves around the housemates entering the house in pairs rather than as individual housemates. The house sections are replicated to depict places in history and around the globe. The exterior of the house is crafted to recreate the Garden of Eden. It features a fortune teller machine and a wide canopy. The kitchen contains most of its sculptural and art pieces from the architecture of Santorini while the bathroom area follows a glitzy Las Vegas theme. The bathroom walls are lined with mirrors and most of the furniture is crimson. The bedroom contains all double bed and the confession room is situated between the kitchen and the living area as with every series since 2011, featuring a royal themed chair. The housemate wall has been installed for the first time in house with the LED screens to keep track of housemates' status.

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

Original entrants

 * Digangana Suryavanshi – TV actress.   She played Veera in the show Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera.
 * Roopal Tyagi – TV Actress.   She is best known for a role of Gunjan in the show Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke and was last seen in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded
 * Kishwer Merchant – TV actress.   She is mainly known for her portrayal of negative roles. She appeared in the television series Hip Hip Hooray in 1999.
 * Suyyash Rai – TV Actor, singer.   Suyyash has been a part of many shows. He met Kishwer on the sets of show Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani.
 * Aman Verma – TV actor.   Aman has appeared in Ekta's show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
 * Rimi Sen – Film actress.  She was seen in the film Golmaal.
 * Yuvika Chaudhary – Actress.  She appeared in the reality show India's Best Cinestars Ki Khoj and film Om Shanti Om
 * Vikas Bhalla – Actor, singer.  He is known for appearing in the show Uttaran playing Veer. He sung the song 'Po Po' from the film Son Of Sardaar.
 * Mandana Karimi – Iranian film actress, model.   Mandana appeared in films like Roy and Main Aur Charles.
 * Rochelle Rao – Model.  She won Miss India in 2012. She appeared in reality shows like Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6.
 * Keith Sequeira – Actor, model.     He appeared in TV shows like Dekho Magar Pyaar Se, Diya Aur Baati Hum, Doli Armaano Ki and film Calendar Girls
 * Prince Narula – Reality TV actor.  Prince was the winner of MTV Roadies 12 and MTV Splitsvilla 8.
 * Ankit Gera – TV actor.   He appeared in shows like Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya and Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke.
 * Arvind Vegda – Singer.   He sung the song 'Bhai Bhai' in the film Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela.

Wild card entries

 * Rishabh Sinha – TV actor.    He appeared in the popular series Qubool Hai and reality show MTV Splitsvilla
 * Puneet Vashist – Actor.  He was last seen in Colors show Shastri Sisters.
 * Kawaljit Singh – Fashion designer.
 * Priya Malik – Teacher. She was a contestant on Big Brother Australia
 * Nora Fatehi – Model, actress. She debuted with the film Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans
 * Gizele Thakral – Model, actress. She appeared in reality shows Survivor India and Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki.

Guest entrants

 * Sargun Mehta – Actress.

Pairs allotment


Guest appearances
This season, like the previous one, also 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.

Weekly summary
The main events in the house are summarized in the table below. A typical week begins 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.

Nominations table



 * The colors are used to denote the pairs used for nomination in week 1 & 2. They are not necessarily associated to a certain pair.
 * indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction.
 * indicates that the Housemate was immune prior to nominations.
 * indicates the winner.
 * indicates the first runner up.
 * indicates the second runner up.
 * indicates the third runner up.
 * indicates the contestant has been evicted.
 * indicates the contestant walked out due to emergency.
 * indicates the contestant has been ejected.
 * house captain.
 * indicates the contestant is nominated.

Nomination notes

 * Housemates entered the house in seven pairs. Each pair nominated another pair with consensus when called into the confession room. Vote against a pair added one vote against each individual in the respective pair. Housemates therefore faced eviction individually.
 * Pairings were revised prior to this week's nominations.
 * Each pair had to nominate two pairs for eviction. After nominations, the pairs with the most votes were revealed. Each of those pairs had to then decide among themselves which one of them would voluntarily put themselves up for eviction saving the other. Vikas and Yuvika were saved as they were the first house captains of the season.
 * After being nominated as the worst performers for the 'Lagaan' task, Keith and Mandana were nominated for eviction for week 3.
 * After failing the 'Freindspage' task in week 3, Suyyash was nominated for the following week.
 * Keith walked out of the house after a family emergency on day 26.
 * After winning the 'BB Hotel' task successfully, Mandana and Rishabh were safe from the following week nominations.
 * After failing the 'BB Hotel' task, Prince was nominated for eviction in the following week.
 * After winning the immunity task, Prince was saved while he swapped his place with Digangana where she is nominated this week instead.
 * Mandana was nominated for week 6 after kicking Kishwer during the 'Highway' task. Varun was also nominated directly for
 * Mandana was told the she was evicted after Rimi named her as the worst performer in 'BB Naughty Kids' task. However, she was not evicted but sent to secret room. It was told to the housemates that she is not evicted and to make her angry all have to say bad things behind her back so she can nominate two housemates but in reality the two will be saved while the rest will be nominated for eviction. After re-entery Mandana saved Prince and Rochelle.
 * Keith re-entered the house on day 48 as a surprise birthday present for Rochelle.
 * Priya won the immunity task as was the new captain for the next two weeks.
 * Digangana was evicted after the housemates voted her out while Suyyash were saved.
 * The week 10 nominations were carried forward for week 11 after there was no eviction.
 * After the Double Trouble Room, All Housemates were nominated except for Kishwer, Priya and Rochelle.
 * On Day 89, Kishwer left the house with the bag of money which contained 15 Lakh whilst Prince won the Ticket To Finale task.
 * On Day 98, After being the second finalist, Priya got evicted from the show.
 * After Priya's eviction, All housemates were nominated for mid-eviction.
 * On Day 101, There was a mid eviction where both Keith and Rochelle were in the bottom two. At the end, Keith became the last housemate to get evicted before the grand finale.
 * After Keith's evicton, the season saw its five finalists, Mandana, Prince, Rishabh and Rochelle.
 * On Day 104 on its grand finale, Prince Narula was announced as the winner whilst Rishabh Sinha became as first runner-up.