Bigg Boss Winners All Seasons & Where Are They Now?

Bigg Boss is among the most viewed reality shows in India. It was started in 2006 and has completed 16 seasons so far on TV, a total of 18 if 2 OTT seasons include.

After the show became popular, from 2013 onwards, the franchise of the show started to launch it in other languages also, now It has 7 different versions in 7 different languages in India.

Bigg Boss first started in 2006 was hosted by Arshad Warsi, season 2 was hosted by Shilpa Shetty, and Season 3 by Amitabh Bachchan. The spin-off season of Bigg Boss was hosted by Farah Khan in 2015. Salman Khan is the longest-remaining host of the show from season-4 to now.

Bigg Boss OTT Winners

Bigg Boss OTT was first introduced in August 2021. The second season returned with a gap of one year, Television’s Bigg Boss host Salman Khan replaced Karan Johar in the second season, which comes to an end now after an extended time.

2- Elvish Yadav

Cash Prize: 25 lakhs

Runner Up: Abhishek Malhan

Bigg Boss OTT Season 2 finale was scheduled for 14th August. 5 Top contestants were Abhishek Malhan, Bebika Dhurva, Elvish Yadav, Manisha Rani and Pooja Bhatt in the race to pick the trophy. Finally, as the buzz was, later entry Elvish Yadav creates history by winning the trophy, he is the famous face of Indian YouTube and social media.

1- Divya Agarwal

Cash Prize: 25 Lakhs

Runner Up: Nishant Bhatt

Divya Agarwal is a well-known Television personality, who has appeared in several music videos too. Divya first rose to fame as a contestant on the reality MTV show “Splitsvilla 10” where she won the title along with her partner, later won two other shows Ace of Space Season and Bigg Boss OTT Season 1. 4 December 1992 born, Divya Agarwal is active in web series and movies.

Bigg Boss Winners of All Seasons (1-16)

Here we will talk about the previous Winners of the show, after winning Bigg Boss, how their lives going on, what are they doing, and where are they now.

Bigg Boss Season 17 will also be streaming soon in September or October, like the previous OTT season in 2021, Bigg Boss OTT Season 2 contestants might be considered in season 17th.

1- Rahul Roy

Prize Money: 1 Crore

Runner Up: Carol Gracias

90’s musical romantic hit Aashiqui fame Rahul Roy was the winner of the first season of Bigg Boss. He has his own company called Rahul Roy Productions which released its first film on 25 Nov 2011 named Elaan. Rahul was last seen in the romantic drama thriller Cabaret in 2019. He suffered a brain stroke during the shooting of his film LAC in November 2020, he is active in films again.

2- Ashutosh Kaushik

Prize Money: 1 Crore

Runner Up: Raja Chaudhary

Ashutosh Kaushik first appeared in the TV reality show MTV Roadies in 2007, and he emerged as the winner in the show. He has done a no. of Bollywood films after Bigg Boss-2. He was last seen in the movie Laal Rang in 2016. He has recently submitted a plea in the Delhi High Court seeking, the removal of all the videos, and articles related to him as it is harming him mentally.

3- Vindu Dara Singh

Prize Money: 1 crore

Runner Up: Pravesh Rana

Vindu Dara Singh is the son of the late. Indian wrestler, and actor Dara Singh Randhawa. Vindu made his acting debut in the film Karan (1994). He was the winner of the third season of Bigg Boss in 2009. He was arrested in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing case for having links to bookies. He appeared as a connection of Rakhi Sawant in season 14 of Bigg Boss last year, active in the TV industry.

4- Shweta Tiwari

Prize Money: 1 crore

Runner Up: Dalip Singh Rana (The Great Khali)

Shweta Tiwari is best known for her serial ‘Kasautii Zindagi Kay’ as Prerna Sharma. She has appeared in many Tv serials after Bigg Boss like Rangoli, Bal Veer, and Begusarai, and she also appeared as a contestant in non-fictional shows like Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 6, India’s Best Dancer. She is currently in the reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 as a contestant. Shweta got separated from her second husband Abhinav Kohli in 2019 after she filed a complaint of domestic violence against him.

5- Juhi Parmar

Prize Money: 1 crore

Runner Up: Mahek Chahal

Juhi Parmar became a household name from the show Kumkum- Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan. After winning season 5 of Bigg Boss, she appeared in many Television shows like F.I.R, Santoshi Maa, Tantra, etc. She was last seen in the Tv show Hamari Wali Good News which recently went off the air in Aug. 2021.

6- Urvashi Dholakia

Prize Money: 50 Lakh

Runner Up: Imam Siddique

Urvashi Dholakia’s debut Tv series was Shrikant which aired on Doordarshan in 1987. In Bigg Boss season 6 she got famous when emerged as a Winner and got another big project in the Tv series Chandrakanta – Ek Mayavi Prem Gaatha which aired in 2018. She was last seen in Bigg Boss 13 as a Guest appearance, was born in 1978 to a Gujarati father, and got married at age 17.

7- Gauahar Khan

Prize Money: 50 Lakh

Runner Up: Tanishaa Mukerji

Gauahar Khan acted in many movies after Bigg Boss like Badrinath ki Dulhania, Fever, Begum Jaan, and Tera Intezaar. Her new film ’14 Phere’ premiered on 23 July 2021. She is active on social media and often tweets related to Bigg Boss. She started her career as a model and has done many item numbers for Bollywood. “Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year” as debutant was under the banner of Yash Raj Films.

8- Gautam Gulati

Prize Money: 50 Lakh 

Runner Up: Karishma Tanna

Bigg Boss Season 8 Winner Gautam Gulati got several projects in Tv shows and in the movies after winning the reality show. Gautam was featured in a web series Cobra in a lead role in 2019.  He hosted a Tv show “Mujhse Shaadi Karogi” in 2020, and recently shared the screen with Salman Khan in the movie Radhe.

9- Prince Narula

Prize Money: 50 Lakh

Runner Up: Rishabh Sinha

Prince Narula hails from Chandigarh, India. He is known as the King of Reality Shows after winning four consecutive reality shows, “MTV Roadies 12”, “MTV Splitsvilla 8”, “Bigg Boss 9”, and  “Nach Baliye 9.” Prince married his girlfriend and TV actress Yuvika Chaudhary on 12 Oct 2018. She was a participant in Bigg Boss 9.

After Bigg Boss, Prince Narula has worked on many Big Projects. He was the main lead in a Web Series Bombers in 2019. He is also trying his luck singing with singles like Hello Hello (2017), Burnout (2018), and Jai Veeru (2019). He has been the main leader in MTV Roadies since 2016.

10- Manveer Gurjar

Prize Money: 50 Lakh

Runner Up: Bani J

Bigg Boss 10 Winner Manveer Gurjar is known to be a straightforward guy who speaks his heart out, that’s how he presented himself in Bigg Boss. His real name is Manoj Kumar Baisoya.

After winning the reality show Manveer returned to his family business of farming. According to some media news, he has joined AAP and working on the development of the Gurjar community in India. He is available on social media like Instagram, Twitter ( @imanveergurjar ) and often gives updates to his fans.

11- Shilpa Shinde

Prize Money: 50 Lakh

Runner Up: Hina Khan

Shilpa Shinde was born in a Maharashtrian family in 1977. Her father was a High Court judge. She joined Bigg Boss to clear all the misconceptions about the suddenly left show ‘Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai’. Before Bigg Boss, Shilpa Shinde was known as Angoori bhabhi in Indian households. She joined the political party Congress in 2019, also active in TV.

12- Dipika Kakar

Prize Money: 30 Lakh

Runner Up: S. Sreesanth

Dipika Kakar is born in Pune, India. She is best known for the Tv show “Sasural Simar Ka” as Simar in all households. In 2015, she separated from her first husband Raunak Samson, and got married again in Feb 2018 to Tv actor and co-actor of her former show, Shoaib Ibrahim. After marriage, she changed her name to Faiza and converted to Islam.

She appeared recently in a cameo role in the Tv show Sasural Simar Ka 2. Currently, she has a YouTube channel called “Dipika Ki Duniya” where she gives regular updates to her fans.

13- Sidharth Shukla

Prize Money: 50 Lakh

Runner Up: Asim Riaz

Sidharth Shukla was a model, actor, and host, born in Mumbai. After winning Bigg Boss 13 in 2019-20, he appeared in two music videos “Dil Ko Karaar Aya”, and “Shona Shona” both songs sung by Neha Kakkar. He acted as the main lead in a web series “Broke But Beautiful 3” (2021). He also featured in movies like “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhan”, “And business In Kazakhstan.” He was the first Asian to win the World’s Best Model in 2005, where he beats 40 other participants.

On 2 Sept 2021, he suffered from a heart attack, he was then taken to Cooper Hospital, Mumbai, where the doctors declared him dead.

14- Rubina Dilaik

Prize Money: 36 Lakh

Runner Up: Rahul Vaidya

Tv Actress Rubina Dilaik started her career in the Chotti Bahu serial in 2008. She married the Tv actor Abhinav Shukla in 2018, who was also a contestant on Bigg Boss 14. After Bigg Boss, she appeared in three music videos “Marjaneya”, “Galat”, and “Tumse Pyar Hai”, and was The Times Most Desirable woman on TV in 2020, ranked no.10.

She recently posted her upcoming Bollywood debut “Ardh”  poster. She defeated 50 girls at the look test to get her first Bollywood project.

15- Tejasswi Prakash

Prize Money: 40 Lakh

Runner Up: Pratik Sehajpal

Bigg Boss’s season 15 winner Tejasswi Prakash is a very popular face of Indian Television, she grabbed the Naagin role in Ekta Kapoor’s famous serial franchise, and now the season Naagin 6, she took home Rs 40 Lakh prize money. The season was lucky for her as she found love inside the house, Karan Kundra and her bond gets stronger, officially boyfriend-girlfriend now.

16- MC Stan

Prize Money: 31 Lakh

Runner Up: Shiv Thakare

Bigg Boss Season 16 started on Colors TV on Voot on October 1, 2022, with Bollywood star Salman Khan returning as host for the eighth time in a row from Bigg Boss 9 and continuing for the 13th time.

The show started with 16 contestants, whereas on the 68th day, Vikkas Manaktala entered the Bigg Boss house as a wild card entry, but he couldn’t survive for long in the show and got evicted on the 90th day.

The show ended on the 12th of February 2023 with winner MC Stan who took the trophy with Rs 31 lakhs, and an i10 Nios car home.

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