From Chennai to Chail in 2003 to Roadies: Rebirth: every season's route, prize, host and gang leaders, the winners on their number plates, and every Roadie with how far they got. Tap a name for their Roadie pass.
The first season put ten young Indians on motorbikes from Chennai to Chail. Rannvijay Singha won it and stayed with the show for two decades, as host and later as a gang leader.
PrizeA bike for every Roadie
Host
CSCyrus Sahukar
Gang leadersNone: every Roadie for themselves
The Roadies (7 of 10)
S22004
Season 22004–0521 Aug 2004 – 12 Mar 200530 episodes
Roadies Returns
🇮🇳Route Kolkata → the Wagah border
Ayushmann Khurrana beat Candy Brar on the road from Kolkata to the Wagah border, years before he became a National Award-winning Bollywood actor. Rannvijay Singha, the first winner, took over as host.
Parul Shahi became the first woman to win Roadies, on a desert-to-mountains route from Jaisalmer to Leh. The last five Roadies (Parul, Rahul, Shubhi, Shubhendru and Sonia) each rode home with a bike.
Season 42006–0711 Nov 2006 – 3 Mar 200717 episodes
Roadies: Road to Fear
🇮🇳Route Across India
Anthony Yeh won Road to Fear ahead of Gurbani Judge. The season also introduced Bani J, who came back years later as the show's host and then as a gang leader.
Season 62008–0929 Nov 2008 – 26 Apr 200921 episodes
Roadies: Hell Down Under
🇮🇳🇦🇺Route India → Australia
Hell Down Under split the Roadies into two teams, Om Blues and Brats, and took them to Australia. Nauman Sait was voted out in episode 4, won his way back in episode 7 and beat Longkiri Timung in the final.
The tenth season brought back Roadies from earlier seasons and split them into two gangs, led by Rannvijay Singha and Raghu Ram. Palak Johal, a Roadie of season 6, won for Gang Raghu.
Ride for Respect went back to a season without gangs. Nikhil Sachdeva of Delhi won, ahead of Utkarsh Khanna.
Prize₹3,20,000
Host
BJBani J
Gang leadersNone: every Roadie for themselves
The Roadies (15)
S122015
Season 12201526 Jan 2015 – 27 Jun 201522 episodes
Roadies X2: Your Road, Your Gang
🇮🇳🇳🇵Route India → Nepal
Four gangs rode through India and Nepal. Prince Narula won for Gang Rannvijay, went on to win Splitsvilla and Bigg Boss as well, and has led a gang of his own in most seasons since.
Wrestler Sushil Kumar left for his training before the journey, and Prince Narula took over his gang.
The Roadies (22)
S142017
Season 14201725 Feb 2017 – 22 Jul 201726 episodes
Roadies Rising
🇮🇳Route Across India
Rising gave Neha Dhupia her first win as a gang leader through Shweta Mehta, with Baseer Ali of Gang Prince second. Priyank Sharma and Shiv Thakare both reached the semi-final and later made names for themselves on Bigg Boss.
Karan Kundrra left during the journey for work, and Nikhil Chinapa took over his gang.
Cricketer Harbhajan Singh sat on the audition panel as a judge with special powers.
The Roadies (21 of 22)
S152018
Season 15201818 Feb 2018 – 4 Aug 201828 episodes
Roadies Xtreme
🇮🇳Route Across India
Rapper Raftaar joined as a gang leader. Kashish Thakur won for Gang Neha, which made it two in a row for Neha Dhupia, with Preeti Kuntal of Gang Prince second and Nishkarsh Arora third.
Hockey star Sandeep Singh became the fifth gang leader. Raftaar got his first win through Arun Sharma, with Ankita Pathak second and Bidhan Shrestha third.
Season 172020–2115 Feb 2020 – 16 Jan 202136 episodes
Roadies: Revolution
🇮🇳Route Across India
Revolution was split in two by the pandemic. Hamid Barkzi won for Gang Nikhil, with Michael Ajay second, and Varun Sood went from Roadie to gang leader.
PrizeA Jawa bike, and ₹3,00,000 to Nikhil Chinapa's cause
The pandemic stopped the season after six episodes in March 2020; the journey ran from June 2020 to January 2021.
Varun Sood, a Roadie of X2, stood in for Raftaar during the journey and then replaced him.
The Roadies (5 of 25)
S182022
Season 1820228 Apr 2022 – 10 Jul 202234 episodes
Roadies: Journey in South Africa
🇿🇦Route South Africa
Actor Sonu Sood took over as host and the show went to South Africa with Roadies in buddy pairs, many of them back from earlier seasons. Ashish Bhatia and Nandini G won together.
Rannvijay Singha returned as host and Elvish Yadav joined the gang leaders. Kushal "Gullu" Tanwar, eliminated twice along the way, came back to win for Gang Elvish over Hartaaj Veer Singh Gill.
The 21st season premieres on 16 October 2026 with six gang leaders, three of them former Roadies: Prince Narula, winner of X2, Bani J of season 4 and Baseer Ali, runner-up of Rising. YouTuber Abhishek Malhan joins Neha Dhupia and Nikhil Chinapa.
Roadies who rode more than one season. Some came back to win.
Roadies questions
Who won the latest season of MTV Roadies?
Roadies: Double Cross (2025) was won by Kushal Tanwar of Gang Elvish Yadav, with Hartaaj Veer Singh Gill runner-up.
Who won the first season of Roadies?
Rannvijay Singha won the first season in 2003, a bike ride from Chennai to Chail. He later hosted the show and led gangs of his own.
Which gang leader has won Roadies the most times?
Neha Dhupia has the most wins as a gang leader: 2 (Roadies Rising and Roadies Xtreme).
When does Roadies: Rebirth start?
Roadies: Rebirth, season 21 of MTV Roadies, premieres on 16 October 2026, with gang leaders Prince Narula, Neha Dhupia, Nikhil Chinapa, Bani J, Abhishek Malhan and Baseer Ali.
Which Roadies winners became famous?
Ayushmann Khurrana (season 2) became a National Award-winning Bollywood actor; Rannvijay Singha (season 1) and Prince Narula (X2) became the faces of the show; Ashutosh Kaushik (season 5) also won Bigg Boss 2.
MTV Roadies has had 20 seasons since 2003. The latest, Roadies: Double Cross (2025), was won by Kushal Tanwar for Gang Elvish Yadav. The first winner was Rannvijay Singha in 2003. Season 21, Roadies: Rebirth, premieres on 16 October 2026.
Seasons, results and gangs: Wikipedia (the article on MTV Roadies), written up by TrendingPunjabi. Instagram followers: Most Followed Roadies, 94 Roadies tracked, refreshed every month. Some early seasons list first names only, as on the show.
