Bigg Boss in 2006 was the first season of the Indian reality TV

Reality television

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 programme Bigg Boss

Big Boss (Indian TV Series)

Bigg Boss is a reality TV programme broadcast in India. It follows the Big Brother format, which was first developed by Endemol in the Netherlands.-Concept:...

. It aired on Sony Entertainment Television

Sony Entertainment Television (India)

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 from 3 November 2006 to 26 January 2007, a total of 86 days. Unlike other versions of Big Brother

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, the Indian version uses celebrities as housemates, not members of the general public.

The show is based on the Big Brother

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format developed by John de Mol. A number of contestant

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s (known as "housemates") lived in a purpose-built

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 house and were isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, housemates nominated two of their peers for eviction, and the housemates who received the most nominations would face a public vote. Of these, one would eventually leave, having been "evicted" from the House. However, there were exceptions to this process as dictated by Bigg Boss. In the final week, there were three housemates remaining, and the public voted for who they wanted to win.

Tasks were set by Bigg Boss each week. The housemates were allowed to gamble on task outcomes, and were rewarded with extra money to order more supplies if they won.

Housemates

• Rahul Roy
  Rahul Roy
  Rahul Roy Kapoor is an Indian film actor, who works in Bollywood films. He debuted in the hit Mahesh Bhatt production Aashiqui for which he is famous. His popularity increased with the 1992 film Sapne Saajan Ke, in which he was helped by having the music of Nadeem Shravan, with Kumar Sanu's...
  
  
• Carol Gracias
  Carol Gracias
  Carol Gracias is an Indian model born and brought up in Mumbai. She is a past winner of the coveted India's L'Oreal/Elite "Look of the year" title. She belongs to the Goan Catholic community, a Christian community in India.-Movies:...
  
  
• Ravi Kissen
• Rakhi Sawant
  Rakhi sawant
  Rakhi Sawant is an Indian dancer, Hindi film and television actress, model and television talk show host.She was born as Neeru Bheda to Jaya Bheda, who married Sawant, a police constable at Worli Police Station, and gave her children her second husband's name Sawant...
  
  
• Amit Sadh
  Amit Sadh
  Amit Sadh is an Indian television actor. He quit his studies after standard 12 to pursue his acting career. His first major role was in the Neena Gupta production's Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr ???, where he portrayed the character of Aditya; He went on to star in Kohinoor and also appeared as a contestant...
  
  
• Roopali Ganguly
• Baba Sehgal
  Baba Sehgal
  Baba Sehgal, a Khatri Sikh, is an Indian rapper and actor. Brought up in Lucknow, he was famous in the mid 1990s. He is credited as the first Indian rapper to jump on the Indipop bandwagon, and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India...
  
  
• Ragini Shetty
• Deepak Tijori
  Deepak Tijori
  Born on 28 August 1961 in Mumbai, Deepak Tijori , is an actor who has worked for Bollywood. He has made over 35 film appearances as an actor and made his directorial debut in 2003. He is noted for directing the 2005 film, Fareb, starring sisters Shilpa Shetty and Shamita Shetty...
  
  
• Anupama Verma
  Anupama Verma
  Anupama Verma is a model, actress, and television personality from Delhi. She was discovered by well known celebrity photographer Shantanu Sheorey when she was in ninth grade...
  
  
• Aryan Vaid
  Aryan Vaid
  Aryan Vaid is an Indian male model who won the Graviera Mr. India modelling pageant in the year 2000.-Career:Vaid is a qualified chef and a lifestyle columnist with The Hindustan Times. He has been actively involved with theatre and has done a few street plays at the Prithvi theatre in Mumbai...
  
  
• Kashmira Shah
  Kashmira Shah
  Kashmira Shah is an Indian actress and model. She is the granddaughter of noted Hindustani classical singer, Anjanibai Lolekar. She has appeared in numerous Hindi and Marathi films. Shah is a half Maharashtrian and half Gujarati...
  
  
• Deepak Parashar
  Deepak Parashar
  Deepak Parashar is an India based model and actor.-Career:Parashar appeared in soap opera Kahiin To Hoga, and donned the "royal robes" of a Mughal badshah in the costume drama Chandramukhi....
  
  
• Bobby Darling
  Bobby Darling
  Bobby Darling, born ', is an Indian actor who has acted in various Bollywood and regional Indian films.Darling, who was born biologically male, identifies with being a woman, insists that interviewers address her as such, and has had cosmetic surgery towards that end.She has been romantically...
  
  
• Salil Ankola
  Salil Ankola
  Salil Ashok Ankola is a former Indian cricketer who played in one Test and 20 ODIs from 1989 to 1997. He was a member of the Indian cricket team for the 1996 Cricket World Cup....
  
  

Main events

• On Day 1, Bigg Boss set Ragini Shetty a secret mission. She must pretend to be a celebrity in the Bigg Boss House. If she was successful she would be a full housemate, if she failed she would be evicted. She passed the task and was allowed to live in the Bigg Boss House as a housemate.

• On Day 7, Salil
  Salil Ankola
  Salil Ashok Ankola is a former Indian cricketer who played in one Test and 20 ODIs from 1989 to 1997. He was a member of the Indian cricket team for the 1996 Cricket World Cup....
  
   was ordered by the Mumbai High Court to leave the house or face criminal charges, in accordance with an agreement he had signed previously to refrain from participating or acting in television shows made by other production houses that “directly or indirectly compete with Balaji Telefilms
  Balaji Telefilms
  Balaji Telefilms is a production house based in Mumbai, India, and is promoted by Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor, Jeetendra and Tushar Kapoor.-History:...
  
  ”. He was ordered to leave by Bigg Boss the next day after Endemol India had received a court order. Prior to his forced eviction, he suggested the contract he signed with Balaji Telefilms could be potentially illegal. The decision was taken to replace him, and on Day 14 Deepak Tijori
  Deepak Tijori
  Born on 28 August 1961 in Mumbai, Deepak Tijori , is an actor who has worked for Bollywood. He has made over 35 film appearances as an actor and made his directorial debut in 2003. He is noted for directing the 2005 film, Fareb, starring sisters Shilpa Shetty and Shamita Shetty...
  
   was revealed to be his replacement.

• After being evicted in the fourth week, Rakhi
  Rakhi sawant
  Rakhi Sawant is an Indian dancer, Hindi film and television actress, model and television talk show host.She was born as Neeru Bheda to Jaya Bheda, who married Sawant, a police constable at Worli Police Station, and gave her children her second husband's name Sawant...
  
   later re-entered the house, bringing with her gifts for the other housemates that were supposedly from their families. This stirred up controversy among contestants, with some finding it hard to believe her story. For instance, Amit
  Amit Sadh
  Amit Sadh is an Indian television actor. He quit his studies after standard 12 to pursue his acting career. His first major role was in the Neena Gupta production's Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr ???, where he portrayed the character of Aditya; He went on to star in Kohinoor and also appeared as a contestant...
  
   did not believe the card that Rakhi gave him was from his girlfriend.

• On Day 48, Baba Sehgal
  Baba Sehgal
  Baba Sehgal, a Khatri Sikh, is an Indian rapper and actor. Brought up in Lucknow, he was famous in the mid 1990s. He is credited as the first Indian rapper to jump on the Indipop bandwagon, and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India...
  
   entered the house as another new contestant.

• Kashmira
  Kashmira Shah
  Kashmira Shah is an Indian actress and model. She is the granddaughter of noted Hindustani classical singer, Anjanibai Lolekar. She has appeared in numerous Hindi and Marathi films. Shah is a half Maharashtrian and half Gujarati...
  
   was later brought back, and was set a task to make her presence felt in the house, without coming face to face with the other housemates or directly telling them. She left clues to let the housemates know that someone else was living in the house. After her presence was revealed, she informed everyone of comments which Rakhi had made about them, leading the housemates to confront and alienate her.

• After 12 weeks, Rahul
  Rahul Roy
  Rahul Roy Kapoor is an Indian film actor, who works in Bollywood films. He debuted in the hit Mahesh Bhatt production Aashiqui for which he is famous. His popularity increased with the 1992 film Sapne Saajan Ke, in which he was helped by having the music of Nadeem Shravan, with Kumar Sanu's...
  
   emerged as the winner of Bigg Boss on Day 86. Carol
  Carol Gracias
  Carol Gracias is an Indian model born and brought up in Mumbai. She is a past winner of the coveted India's L'Oreal/Elite "Look of the year" title. She belongs to the Goan Catholic community, a Christian community in India.-Movies:...
  
   left as the first runner up, whilst Ravi was the second runner up.

Nominations table

		| Week 1		| Week 2		| Week 3		| Week 4		| Week 5		| Week 6		| Week 7		| Week 8		| Week 9		| Week 10		| Week 11		| Final Week 12
Rahul	Amit Bobby	Deepak P Ragini	Kashmera Rakhi	Rakhi Roopali	Aryan	Deepak T Ragini	Deepak T Roopali	Amit Roopali	Amit Baba	Rakhi Roopali	4 Amit Carol	Winner
Carol	Bobby Deepak P	Deepak P Kashmera	Kashmera Rakhi	Anupama Rakhi	Anupama Aryan	Anupama Deepak T	Deepak T Ravi	Baba Rakhi	Baba Rakhi	Amit Rakhi	3 Amit Ravi	Runner-Up
Ravi	Bobby Deepak P	Deepak P Kashmera	Kashmera Rakhi	Aryan Ragini	Aryan Deepak T	Amit Rahul	Deepak T Ragini	Amit Carol	Amit Baba	Carol Roopali	2 Amit Carol	Third Place
Rakhi	Deepak P Rahul	Kashmera Roopali	Carol Rahul	Carol Ravi	Evicted (Day 30)		Ragini Roopali	Carol Roopali	Carol Roopali	Carol Roopali	5 Rahul Ravi	Evicted (Day 84)
Amit	Deepak P Roopali	Deepak P Roopali	Aryan Kashmera	Aryan Rakhi	Aryan Roopali	Ragini Roopali	Deepak T Ravi	Ragini Rakhi	Rahul Rakhi	Ravi Roopali	1 Rahul Ravi	Evicted (Day 79)
Roopali	Anupama Aryan	Deepak P Kashmera	Kashmera Ragini	Anupama Ragini	Anupama Deepak T	Anupama Deepak T	Deepak T Rahul	Ragini Rahul	Rahul Rakhi	Rahul Rakhi	Evicted (Day 72)
Baba	Not in house							Ragini Rakhi	Carol Ravi	Evicted (Day 65)
Ragini	Bobby Deepak P	Ravi Rupali	Deepak T Ravi	Rakhi Ravi	Anupama Carol	Anupama Ravi	Ravi Roopali	Carol Roopali	Evicted (Day 58)
Deepak T	Not in house		Kashmera Ragini	Ragini Rakhi	Ragini Roopali	Rahul Rupali	Rahul Roopali	Evicted (Day 51)
Anupama	Carol Roopali	Carol Roopali	Amit Carol	Carol Ravi	Carol Roopali	Carol Roopali	Evicted (Day 44)
Aryan	Deepak P Rahul	Carol Roopali	Carol Roopali	Carol Deepak T	Carol Roopali	Evicted (Day 37)
Kashmera	Deepak P Rahul	Carol Roopali	Amit Carol	Evicted (Day 23)							Guest
Deepak P	Ragini Ravi	Carol Roopali	Evicted (Day 16)
Bobby	Deepak P Ravi	Evicted (Day 9)
Salil	Bobby Deepak P	Ejected (Day 8)
Nomination notes	none		none			none						none
Up for eviction	Bobby Deepak P	Deepak P Ravi Roopali	Carol Kashmera	Carol Ragini Rakhi Ravi	Aryan Roopali	Anupama Deepak T Ragini Rahul Roopali	Deepak T Ravi Roopali	Amit Carol Ragini Rakhi Roopali	Amit Baba Carol Rahul Rakhi	Rakhi Roopali	Amit Carol Rahul Ravi	Carol Rahul Rakhi Ravi
Ejected	Salil	none
Evicted	Bobby	Deepak P	Kashmera	Rakhi	Aryan	Anupama	Deepak T	Ragini	Baba	Roopali	Amit	Rakhi Ravi Carol

Ravi was automatically put up for eviction by Bigg Boss for swearing and for refusing to wear a microphone. Rahul was the Sarpanch and only allowed to have 1 nomination this week. Bigg Boss called for an open nominations and Rakhi was exempted from the nominations for winning a task.