Bigg Boss 12 is the twelfth season of the Indian reality TV seriesBigg Boss which is based on the Dutch series Big Brother, and premiered on 16 September 2018 on Colors. The launch episode was titled "Bigg Night". Salman Khan hosted the season for the ninth time. The grand finale of the show took place on 30 December 2018 and Dipika Kakar was announced as the winner while Sreesanth as Runner-up.
Production
Background
invited the general public to send their video clips through a streaming application called Voot on 15 April in order to audition for the show. It was later revealed by the show makers that this season of the show would feature contestants in pairs, therefore declaring the theme "Vichitra Jodis", which translates to "Strange Pairs".
Eye Logo
The Bigg Boss "eye" is split, with red on one side and blue on the other; red representing fire and blue representing water.
House
House pictures were officially released on 16 September 2018; the House followed the theme of a "Beach House".
4 housemates entered the Bigg Boss out-house a day before the start of the show. The public had power to vote two housemate into the main house. Exclusive videos from the out-house were streaming on from 15 September 2018. Surbhi Rana, Kriti Verma, Roshmi Banik and Mital Joshi were called into the house with a task called "Taala Khol", where one of the pairs were to be eliminated on the very first day of the show.
Saurabh Patel – Farmer and a struggling actor. He was an assistant casting director for many television shows.
Shivashish Mishra – Businessman, model and a struggling actor who has played a role in SET show Sankat mochan Mahabali Hanuman.
Dipika Kakar – Television and film actress, reality television star. She is known for her role as Simar in Sasural Simar Ka. She later participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 in 2015. In 2017, she participated in Nach Baliye with her husband Shoaib Ibrahim. She made her Bollywood debut from the film Paltan.
Romil Chaudhary – Lawyer from Haryana. He is also a rapper and reality television personality.
Surbhi Rana – Dentist. She is known for participating in MTV Roadies 15 as a contestant.
Megha Dhade – Television and Marathi film actress. She is known for appearing in shows like Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Pehchaan and Kasturi. In 2018, she became the winner of Bigg Boss Marathi in the first season of the Marathi version of Bigg Boss.
Rohit Suchanti – Television actor. He is known for his roles in Sasural Simar Ka, Saath Nibhaana Saathiya and Rishta Likhenge Hum Naya.
Outhouse entrants
Guests
Nominations table
Nomination notes
: The single housemates had to nominate three pairs of the duo housemates and duo housemates had to nominate two of the single housemates. Single housemates chose Dipika and Srishty. Duo housemates chose Kriti & Roshmi, Shivashish & Sourabh and Saba & Somi.
: Kriti & Roshmi were not given immunity even after they were captains, due to not following house rules.
: Prior to nominations, Kriti & Roshmi had special power to immune a pair or a single from nominations.
: Singles were only allowed to nominate pairs and pairs were only allowed to nominate singles.
: Singles had to demand for something from the Jodi given by Bigg Boss, if the demand was satisfied Jodi was safe & single was nominated, but if not satisfied Jodi was nominated & signal was safe.
