MTV Roadies
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MTV Roadies is a youth-based popular reality television show on MTV India
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When asked about the show, executive producer said, "Roadies has travel, adventure, drama, touch of voyeurism..."
bikes to travel on a pre-decided route. Each episode features a vote-out at the end in which the Roadies eliminate one of their fellow Roadies by an anonymous vote, thereby decreasing the number of Roadies carrying on with the journey. However there are some episodes in which Roadies can get immunity and hence can not be voted out. Each episode consists of number of tasks or challenges which the Roadies have to perform. These can be either "Money tasks" or "Immunity tasks". By successfully completing the "Money tasks", the Roadies add cash to their account while in "Immunity tasks", the team or roadie which wins gets Immunity. Such a team or roadie is safe from vote-out i.e its members cannot be voted-out in that particular episode. The tasks are either team-based or individual-based. The Roadie who survives till the end is declared the winner and walks away with the total cash accumulated by performing the money tasks.
The fifth season was the first time when an "Advantage task" was introduced. The winner of the "Advantage task" gets some advantage in the vote out, which may include multiple votes or being the only one(s) to vote. There are also some "Karizma Tasks" which can also be one of the other tasks. By winning the "Karizma Task", Roadies can win a Karizma Bike.
Raghu Ram
and Rajiv[Twins] are two people who usually take the personal interviews for this reality show. They are well known for their frank behavior and free usage of slang and abuses with the interviewees and the contestants. They claim that it is to motivate them and get the best out of them. They are also well known for their qualities in judging the interviewees and ability to motivate them.
The Indian version of the show is based on the original MTV
reality show Road Rules
which started in the year 1995.
Runner-Up
3rd place
MTV India
MTV India is the Indian version of MTV , a channel specialising in music and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 and is now part of the Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd based in Mumbai. . "MTV India" is one of the oldest Music Television Networks in Asia...
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When asked about the show, executive producer said, "Roadies has travel, adventure, drama, touch of voyeurism..."
Format
The selected Roadies are provided with Hero Honda KarizmaHero Honda Karizma R
The Hero Honda Karizma is the flagship motorcycle of Hero Honda. It was launched in May 2003 and was replaced by a cosmetic upgrade Karizma R. The bike has been prominently associated with the reality show MTV Roadies...
bikes to travel on a pre-decided route. Each episode features a vote-out at the end in which the Roadies eliminate one of their fellow Roadies by an anonymous vote, thereby decreasing the number of Roadies carrying on with the journey. However there are some episodes in which Roadies can get immunity and hence can not be voted out. Each episode consists of number of tasks or challenges which the Roadies have to perform. These can be either "Money tasks" or "Immunity tasks". By successfully completing the "Money tasks", the Roadies add cash to their account while in "Immunity tasks", the team or roadie which wins gets Immunity. Such a team or roadie is safe from vote-out i.e its members cannot be voted-out in that particular episode. The tasks are either team-based or individual-based. The Roadie who survives till the end is declared the winner and walks away with the total cash accumulated by performing the money tasks.
The fifth season was the first time when an "Advantage task" was introduced. The winner of the "Advantage task" gets some advantage in the vote out, which may include multiple votes or being the only one(s) to vote. There are also some "Karizma Tasks" which can also be one of the other tasks. By winning the "Karizma Task", Roadies can win a Karizma Bike.
Raghu Ram
Raghu Ram
Raghu Ramalingam is the senior supervising producer at MTV India and the executive producer of the reality television shows MTV Roadies and MTV Splitsvilla-Early life and education:...
and Rajiv[Twins] are two people who usually take the personal interviews for this reality show. They are well known for their frank behavior and free usage of slang and abuses with the interviewees and the contestants. They claim that it is to motivate them and get the best out of them. They are also well known for their qualities in judging the interviewees and ability to motivate them.
The Indian version of the show is based on the original MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
reality show Road Rules
Road Rules
Road Rules was an MTV reality show that debuted on July 19, 1995. The series, which was MTV's second reality show after The Real World followed six strangers between the ages of 18 and 24 after stripping them of their money and putting them on an RV traveling from location to location only guided...
which started in the year 1995.
Roadies Winners
WinnerRunner-Up
3rd place
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| 1 MTV Roadies MTV Roadies is a youth-based popular reality television show on MTV India.When asked about the show, executive producer said, "Roadies has travel, adventure, drama, touch of voyeurism..."-Format:... |
08 | Cyrus Sahukar Cyrus Sahukar Cyrus Sahukar is an MTV India VJ and Bollywood actor. He is known for his comic wit in shows like Semi Girebaal and other such satirical comedy shows, hosting and spoofs.-Early life:... |
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| 2 MTV Roadies MTV Roadies is a youth-based popular reality television show on MTV India.When asked about the show, executive producer said, "Roadies has travel, adventure, drama, touch of voyeurism..."-Format:... |
10 | Rannvijay Singh Rannvijay Singh Ranvijay Singh Singha , is a VJ and Bollywood actor. He was a participant and also the finalist in the first season of MTV Roadies and that lead to him becoming the host for the MTV show, Roadies. He also became a part of the judging panel for MTV Roadies 8 along with Raghu Ram and Rajiv Lakshman.... |
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| 3 MTV Roadies MTV Roadies is a youth-based popular reality television show on MTV India.When asked about the show, executive producer said, "Roadies has travel, adventure, drama, touch of voyeurism..."-Format:... |
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| 4 MTV Roadies (season 4) MTV Roadies 4 is the fourth season of MTV Roadies, a reality television show aired on MTV India. Roadies 4 kicked off on 11 November.... |
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| 6 MTV Roadies (season 6) MTV Roadies Hell Down Under is the sixth season of MTV Roadies, a reality television show aired on MTV India.The season 6 of roadies was also known as "Hell Down Under" because the second half of season took place in Australia and the tasks were reminiscent of Hell. The audition episodes were aired... |
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| 9 MTV Roadies (season 9) MTV Roadies 9 is the ninth season of MTV Roadies, a popular and the longest running weekly Indian reality television show on MTV India. The audition started on 16th September from Pune following with Audition in Kolkatta , Delhi, Chandigarh and Hyderbad... |
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