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 Lonavala, 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.
Production 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 was roped in as the first wild card entrant 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.Shiv Sena tries to stop Bigg Boss 4 for third day 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.Bigg Boss: Sakshi Pradhan pregnant 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.
Housemates status
Sr Housemate Status 1 Shweta Day 1 Day 97 2 Khali Day 14 Day 97 3 Ashmit Day 1 Day 97 4 Dolly Day 21 Day 45 Day 56 Day 97 5 Samir Day 1 Day 45 Day 49 Day 95 6 Veena Day 1 Day 91 7 Seema Day 1 Day 77 8 Sara Day 1 Day 70 9 Manoj Day 1 Day 63 10 Hrishant Day 1 Day 56 11 Anchal Day 1 Day 42 12 Rahul Day 1 Day 35 13 Begum Day 1 Day 21 14 Sakshi Day 1 Day 14 15 Abbas Day 1 Day 7 16 Devender Day 1 Day 1
Housemates 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.
Guest appearances Week Day Guest(s) Purpose of Visit Ref(s) Premiere Day 1 Kashmera Shah Special appearances from Season 1 Rakhi Sawant Ravi Kishan Sambhavna SethSpecial appearances from Season 2 Bhakhtyar Irani Special appearances from Season 3 Tannaz Irani Raju Srivastav Vindu Dara Singh Palak Tiwari To support mother Shweta Tiwari Week 1 Day 6 Ajay Devgn To promote his film Aakrosh Week 2 Day 13 John Abraham & Pakhi Tyrewala To promote their film Jhootha Hi Sahi Week 3 Day 20 Anupam Kher To promote his film Nakshatra Week 4 Day 27 Akshay Kumar To promote his film Action Replayy Week 5 Day 33 Shashank Vyas, Pratyusha Banerjee, Mahhi Vij, Rashami Desai, Tina Datta, Nandish Sandhu & Vishal Karwal From Colors shows to celebrate Diwali Day 34 Rohit Shetty, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade & Kunal Khemu To promote their film Golmaal 3 Week 6 Day 39 Ali & Sara's family To attend Ali and Sara's wedding Jay Bhanushali, Krystle D'Souza, Abigail Jain, Vishal Singh, Jatin Shah & Vicky Jain Day 41 Gaurav Chaudhary & Shalini Chandran To promote their show Rishton Se Badi Pratha Week 7 Day 47 Imran Khan & Kunal Kohli To promote their film Break Ke Baad Week 8 Day 55 Arbaaz Khan & Sonakshi Sinha To celebrate the success of Dabangg Week 9 Day 61 Anil Kapoor & Akshaye Khanna To promote their film No Problem Week 10 Day 69 Ekta Kapoor To promote her film Ragini MMS Week 11 Day 76 Farah Khan & Katrina Kaif To promote their film Tees Maar Khan Week 12 Day 79 Neelam Kothari To support her husband Samir Asha Patel To support her son Ashmit Harminder Kaur To support her husband Dalip Palak Tiwari To support her mother Shweta Day 83 Rani Mukerji & Vidya Balan To promote their film No One Killed Jessica Week 13 Day 90 Dharmendra & Bobby Deol To promote their film Yamla Pagla Deewana Week 14 Day 97 R. Madhavan & Kangana Ranaut To promote their film Tanu Weds Manu
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. Week 1 Entrances Day 1: Shweta, Abbas, Samir, Seema, Ashmit, Sakshi, Devender, Rahul, Sara, Anchal, Hrishant, Veena & Manoj entered the main house. Captain Day 1: Bigg Boss asked the housemates to vote for the first house captain. The twist was that Bigg Boss asked them to vote but all housemates thought it was for the first eviction. They later found out it was for the first captain. As Devender got the majority votes, he was elected as the first house captain. Nominations Day 2: Housemates had to nominate two other housemates. As a result; Seema, Abbas, Sara and Hrishant were nominated for eviction. Bunty was later nominated by Bigg Boss for consistently breaking the rules of the house. Tasks Samay Dhere Dhere Chal Each housemate has to take care of the hour glass and ensure that sand constantly flows. Begum's Talk Show Bigg Boss gave a mini task which was a chat show with Begum and the 4 nominated housemates. Transformation from Ali to Begum is no small occasion and all the women inmates got together to help her. Reward— Twists After getting evicted, Abbas had to nominate two housemates for the second week eviction. He chose to nominate Seema and Veena. Exits Day 2: Devender was ejected from the house due to his violent and bad behaviour, abusing and cursing Bigg Boss, breaking rules of the house and trying to cover the cameras by socks. Day 5: Abbas was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. Week 2 Entrances Day 13: Dalip Singh Rana entered the house as the first wild card entrant. Captain Day 7: Bigg Boss asked for two names for the next house captain for the second week. The housemates decided that Nawazish and Samir will be participating for the next captain. As Nawazish had the majority votes, he was the next house captain for the second week. Nominations Day 8: Housemates had to nominate two other housemates. As a result; Sakshi, Seema and Samir were nominated for eviction. Sakshi was already nominated by captain Nawazish. Tasks Shakti De Bhakti De Mukti De The housemates had to wear a white gown and hat and chant, on a particular music. Once the music is over, then they need to say one good and bad point about the inmate on their right. Punishments— Reward— Twists After getting evicted, Sakshi had to pick one housemate she would like to nominate for the third week eviction. She chose to nominate Nawazish. Exits Day 12: Sakshi was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. Week 3 Entrances Day 21: Dolly Bindra entered as the second wild card entrant. Captain Day 11: Bigg Boss asked Samir to pick two housemates for the next house captain for the third week. He chose Ashmit and Rahul. As Rahul got the majority votes, he was elected as the next captain. Nominations Day 15: Bigg Boss asked the housemates to nominate on housemate for eviction. Shweta was nominated by captain Rahul. As a result; Nawazish, Shweta and Veena were nominated for eviction. 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 task to rob 15,00,000 points. Passed – Hrishant and Shweta Failed – Other HousematesDixcy Scot