Bigg Boss 5
“Double Waat”
2 Oct 2011 → 7 Jan 2012 · 97 episodes · Colors TV
The season at a glance
- Aired
- 2 Oct 2011 – 7 Jan 2012
- Episodes
- 97
- Housemates
- 18 (4 wild cards)
- Hosts
- Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt
- House
- Karjat
- Days
- 98
- Prize
- ₹1 crore
- Walked · ejected
- 1 · 0
- Network
- Colors TV
The story of Bigg Boss 5
Bigg Boss 5, with the tagline Double Waat, began on 2 October 2011 on Colors TV. This season had two hosts, Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt, and the house moved to Karjat. Eighteen housemates entered for a ₹1 crore prize, and the show ran for 98 days across 97 episodes until its finale on 7 January 2012.
The line-up included Juhi Parmar, a television actress, Mahek Chahal, a film actress and model, and Shonali Nagrani and Pooja Bedi, both film actresses. Shakti Kapoor was a film actor, Raageshwari Loomba a singer, Mandeep Bevli a news presenter and Laxmi Tripathi an LGBT activist. Gulabo Sapera was a dancer, Sonika Kaliraman a wrestler and Nihita Biswas an interpreter.
The first exits were quick. Nihita Biswas was evicted on day 7, Sonika Kaliraman walked out on day 8 and Gulabo Sapera was evicted on day 14. Raageshwari Loomba went on day 21, Shakti Kapoor on day 28, Mandeep Bevli on day 35, Laxmi Tripathi on day 42, Vida Samadzai on day 49 and Pooja Bedi on day 56. Shraddha Sharma was evicted on day 63.
Wild cards played a big part in this season. Amar Upadhyay entered on day 7, Sidharth Bhardwaj and Akashdeep Saigal both on day 14, and film actress Sunny Leone on day 43, with Sunny Leone evicted on day 91. Mahek Chahal was evicted on day 70 but returned on day 84. Pooja Misrra was ejected on day 80 and came back on day 85 as a guest, staying until day 95. Shonali Nagrani was evicted on day 84.
Five housemates stayed until day 98. Juhi Parmar won, Mahek Chahal was first runner-up, and the wild cards Sidharth Bhardwaj, Akashdeep Saigal and Amar Upadhyay finished second, third and fourth runner-up.
By Simar, TrendingPunjabi news desk, from the season’s results.
Who lasted how long
Every housemate’s time in the house, day 1 to day 98, drawn to scale. Gaps are time out of the house before a return.
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Juhi ParmarWinner97 days
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Sidharth BhardwajFinalistWild card84 days
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Akashdeep SaigalFinalistWild card84 days
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Shonali NagraniEvicted83 days
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Vida SamadzaiEvicted48 days
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Laxmi TripathiEvicted41 days
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Mandeep BevliEvicted34 days
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Raageshwari LoombaEvicted20 days
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Gulabo SaperaEvicted13 days
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Nihita BiswasEvicted6 days
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Sonika KaliramanWalked out7 days
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Pooja MisrraGuest89 days
Most followed from this season
- Sunny Leone@sunnyleone54.5Mfollowers
- Shakti Kapoor@shaktikapoor748.3Kfollowers
- Amar Upadhyay@amarupadhyay_official489.7Kfollowers
- Mahek Chahal@maheckchahal351.6Kfollowers
- Shraddha Sharma@shadyblush197Kfollowers
Every housemate ranked by Instagram followers, counted every day.
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Housemates from this season who were on other seasons or other shows.
Quick answers
- Who won Bigg Boss 5?
- Juhi Parmar won Bigg Boss 5, with Mahek Chahal runner-up. The prize was ₹1 crore.
- When did Bigg Boss 5 air?
- Bigg Boss 5 premiered on 2 October 2011 and its finale was on 7 January 2012 on Colors TV. It ran 97 episodes.
- Who hosted Bigg Boss 5?
- Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt hosted Bigg Boss 5.
- Where was the house in Bigg Boss 5?
- The house was in Karjat.
- How many housemates were in Bigg Boss 5?
- 18 housemates took part, 4 of them wild cards.