Bigg Boss
Season 4
Presented bySalman Khan
No. of days97
No. of housemates18
WinnerShweta Tiwari
Runner-upDalip Singh Rana (Khali)
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes98
Release
Original networkColors TV
Original release3 October 2010 (2010-10-03) 
8 January 2011 (2011-01-08)
Season chronology

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 season.[1] This season became the highest rated season with the finale trp reaching 6.2 and the average trp being 4.8.[2]

During the launch on 3 October, fourteen hand-picked housemates[3][4] 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.[5] 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.[6][7]

Housemates status

Sr Housemate Day entered Day exited Result
1 Shweta Day 1 Day 97 Winner
2 Khali Day 14 Day 97 1st runner-up
3 Ashmit Day 1 Day 97 2nd runner-up
4 Dolly Day 21 Day 45 Ejected
Day 56 Day 97 3rd runner-up
5 Samir Day 1 Day 45 Ejected
Day 49 Day 91 Evicted
6 Veena Day 1 Day 84 Evicted
7 Seema Day 1 Day 77 Evicted
8 Sara Day 1 Day 70 Evicted
9 Manoj Day 1 Day 63 Evicted
10 Hrishant Day 1 Day 56 Evicted
11 Aanchal Day 1 Day 42 Evicted
12 Rahul Day 1 Day 35 Evicted
13 Begum Day 1 Day 21 Evicted
14 Sakshi Day 1 Day 14 Evicted
15 Abbas Day 1 Day 7 Evicted
16 Devender Day 1 Day 1 Ejected

Housemates

Original entrants

Wild card entries

Guests entrants

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

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 50,00,000 points in notes. Hrishant and Shweta have been given the task of robing 15,00,000 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.[17]
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.[18]
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.[19]
  • 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.[20]
  • 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.[21]
  • 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.[22]
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
WinnerShweta Tiwari
Runner-UpThe Great Khali
Third PlaceAshmit Patel
Fourth Place Dolly Bindra

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
Day 91 Day 96
Nominated
for Captaincy
All Housemates All Housemates Rahul
Shweta
All Housemates Ashmit
Dolly
Hrishant
Shweta
Hrishant
Samir
Shweta
Veena
Dalip
Seema
Dalip
Manoj
Dolly
Veena
Dalip
Dolly
Seema
Ashmit
Shweta
No
Captain
House
Captain
Devinder Begum Rahul Manoj Ashmit Hrishant Shweta Seema Dalip Dolly Dalip Shweta
Captain's
Nomination
Refused
to vote
Sakshi Shweta Sara No
Nominations
Aanchal Dolly Ashmit Veena Sara Samir
Seema
Ashmit
Veena
Vote to: Evict
Shweta Seema
Abbas
Rahul
Manoj
Aanchal Sara,
Ashmit
Nominated Dolly
Ashmit
House
Captain
Ashmit
Veena
Ashmit
Sara
Veena
Dalip
No
Nominations
House
Captain
Dolly No
Nominations
Winner
(Day 96)
Dalip Not In House Exempt Samir
Sara
No
Nominations
Veena
Samir
Sara
Hrishant
Ashmit
Hrishant
House
Captain
Shweta
Seema
House
Captain
Ashmit
Veena
Samir No
Nominations
1st runner-up
(Day 96)
Ashmit Sakshi
Seema
Samir
Shweta
Veena Samir
Seema
House
Captain
Dolly
Manoj
Dalip
Manoj
Shweta
Manoj
Shweta
Manoj
Samir
Seema
Exempt Dolly
Dalip
Dolly No
Nominations
2nd runner-up
(Day 96)
Dolly Not In House Aanchal
Veena
No
Nominations
Veena
Ashmit
Hrishant
Sara
Ejected
(Day 45)
Veena
(to save)
House
Captain
No
Nominations
Ashmit
Samir
Shweta No
Nominations
3rd runner-up
(Day 96)
Samir Hrishant
Rahul
Hrishant
Ashmit
Veena Ashmit
Sara
No
Nominations
Dolly
Ashmit
Sara
Veena
Ejected
(Day 45)
Sara
Ashmit
Ashmit
Veena
No
Nominations
Ashmit
Veena
Dolly Evicted
(Day 90)
Veena Seema
Sara
Samir
Rahul
Sara Rahul
Seema
Nominated Shweta
Samir
Dalip
Seema
Samir
Shweta
Manoj
Seema
Shweta
Samir
No
Nominations
Dalip
Dolly
Ashmit
(to save)
Evicted
(Day 83)
Seema Begum
Sara
Aanchal
Manoj
Hrishant Samir
Sara
Nominated Dolly
Ashmit
Ashmit
Hrishant
House
Captain
Ashmit
Manoj
Veena
Ashmit
No
Nominations
Dalip
Veena
(to evict)
Evicted
(Day 76)
Sara Hrishant
Aanchal
Rahul
Seema
Veena Samir
Seema
Dolly
Samir
Veena
Manoj
Dalip
Seema
Dalip
Veena
Manoj
Ashmit
Dalip
Veena
Ashmit
(to save)
Evicted
(Day 69)
Manoj Seema
Abbas
Shweta
Seema
Sara House
Captain
Nominated Dalip
Ashmit
Sara
Ashmit
Ashmit
Hrishant
Ashmit
Sara
Samir
Sara
(to evict)
Evicted
(Day 62)
Hrishant Seema
Abbas
Seema
Samir
Veena Samir
Sara
Nominated House
Captain
Samir
Dalip
Shweta
Samir
Shweta
Samir
(to evict)
Evicted
(Day 55)
Aanchal Sakshi
Sara
Samir
Seema
Shweta Sara
Samir
Nominated Dolly
Shweta
Veena
Sara
(to evict)
Evicted
(Day 41)
Rahul Veena
Shweta
Veena
Sara
House
Captain
Veena
Sara
Nominated Veena
Sara
(to evict)
Evicted
(Day 34)
Begum Seema
Manoj
House
Captain
Samir Dalip
(to evict)
Evicted
(Day 20)
Sakshi Seema
Hrishant
Hrishant
Aanchal
Begum
(to evict)
Evicted
(Day 13)
Abbas Seema
Begum
Seema
Veena
(to evict)
Evicted
(Day 6)
Bunty House
Captain
Ejected
(Day 1)
Notes
Against
Public
Vote
Abbas
Devinder
Hrishant
Sara
Seema
Sakshi
Samir
Seema
Begum
Shweta
Veena
Dalip
Samir
Sara
Aanchal
Hrishant
Manoj
Rahul
Seema
Shweta
Veena
Aanchal
Ashmit
Dolly
Dalip
Dolly
Sara
Ashmit
Hrishant
Samir
Shweta
Veena
Ashmit
Manoj
Veena
Samir
Sara
Veena
Samir
Seema
Ashmit
Dalip
Veena
Dolly
Samir
Shweta
Ashmit
Dalip
Dolly
Shweta
Secret Room none Sara none
Re-Entered none Samir Dolly none
Ejected Devender none Dolly none
Samir
Evicted Abbas Sakshi Begum No
eviction
Rahul Aanchal Eviction Cancelled Hrishant Manoj Sara Seema Veena Samir Dolly Ashmit
Dalip Shweta

Notes

  indicates the House Captain.
  indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nominations process.
  indicates that the Housemate was granted immunity from nominations.

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.[23]
  • 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.[24]

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.[25] After being evicted from the house, Rahul Bhatt claimed that Bigg Boss is scripted.[26] In November 2010, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry served a notice on Colors, due to complaints of indecent exposure aired on national television, asking the channel to change the timings of the show from 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm.[27][28] The channel later got a stay order from Bombay High Court allowing them to continue the telecast of the show during prime time.[29]

Game

Bigg Boss 4, a mobile video game based on the fourth season was released by Indiagames.[30]

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