Bigg Boss 9
“Double Trouble”
11 Oct 2015 → 23 Jan 2016 · 104 episodes · Colors TV
The season at a glance
- Aired
- 11 Oct 2015 – 23 Jan 2016
- Episodes
- 104
- Housemates
- 20 (6 wild cards)
- Host
- Salman Khan
- House
- Lonavala
- Days
- 105
- Prize
- ₹50 lakh
- Walked · ejected
- 1 · 0
- Network
- Colors TV
The story of Bigg Boss 9
Bigg Boss 9, with the tagline Double Trouble, began on 11 October 2015 on Colors TV, hosted by Salman Khan from Lonavala. The twist was that the housemates entered as pairs. Twenty housemates took part for a ₹50 lakh prize, and the season ran for 105 days over 104 episodes before its finale on 23 January 2016.
The cast included Prince Narula, a reality TV actor who had already won Roadies X2 and Splitsvilla 8, as well as Mandana Karimi, an Iranian film actress and model, Rochelle Rao, a model, Kishwer Merchant and Digangana Suryavanshi from television, Rimi Sen, a film actress, and Keith Sequeira, an actor and model. Suyyash Rai was a TV actor and singer, Arvind Vegda a singer, Vikas Bhalla an actor and singer, and Kawaljit Singh a fashion designer.
Ankit Gera was the first evicted, on day 7, followed by Roopal Tyagi on day 14, Arvind Vegda on day 20, Vikas Bhalla on day 21 and Yuvika Chaudhary on day 28. Puneet Vashist was evicted by housemates on day 35, Aman Verma went on day 42, and Rimi Sen on day 51. Digangana Suryavanshi was evicted by housemates on day 57.
Wild cards kept arriving. Rishabh Sinha, a TV actor, came in on day 22, Kawaljit Singh on day 40 and Priya Malik, a teacher, on day 43. Dancer, singer and actress Nora Fatehi and the model Gizele Thakral both entered on day 58. Kawaljit Singh was evicted on day 63, Gizele Thakral was evicted by the captain on day 77 and Nora Fatehi on day 83. Suyyash Rai was evicted on day 84, Kishwer Merchant walked out on day 89 and Priya Malik was evicted on day 96. Keith Sequeira lasted until day 101.
Four housemates remained on day 104. Prince Narula was named the winner, which completed a treble of reality-show wins after Roadies X2 and Splitsvilla 8. Rishabh Sinha, who had come in as a wild card on day 22, was first runner-up. Mandana Karimi was second runner-up and Rochelle Rao third 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 105, drawn to scale. Gaps are time out of the house before a return.
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Rishabh SinhaRunner-upWild card82 days
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Mandana KarimiFinalist103 days
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Rochelle RaoFinalist103 days
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Keith SequeiraEvicted100 days
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Priya MalikEvictedWild card53 days
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Aman VermaEvicted41 days
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Puneet VashistEvicted by HousematesWild card34 days
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Kawaljit SinghEvictedWild card23 days
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Gizele ThakralEvicted by CaptainWild card19 days
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Arvind VegdaEvicted19 days
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Kishwer MerchantWalked out88 days
Most followed from this season
- Nora Fatehi@norafatehi46.4Mfollowers
- Yuvika Chaudhary@yuvikachaudhary3.5Mfollowers
- Digangana Suryavanshi@diganganasuryavanshi1.3Mfollowers
- Roopal Tyagi@roopaltyagi061.1Mfollowers
- Rimi Sen@subhamitra03998.9Kfollowers
Every housemate ranked by Instagram followers, counted every day.
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Quick answers
- Who won Bigg Boss 9?
- Prince Narula won Bigg Boss 9, with Rishabh Sinha runner-up. The prize was ₹50 lakh.
- When did Bigg Boss 9 air?
- Bigg Boss 9 premiered on 11 October 2015 and its finale was on 23 January 2016 on Colors TV. It ran 104 episodes.
- Who hosted Bigg Boss 9?
- Salman Khan hosted Bigg Boss 9.
- Where was the house in Bigg Boss 9?
- The house was in Lonavala.
- How many housemates were in Bigg Boss 9?
- 20 housemates took part, 6 of them wild cards.