Bigg Boss 3, also sometimes called Bigg Boss Tritiya!, is the third season of the Indian reality TV programme Bigg Boss. It began airing on 4 October 2009 on Colors TV with Amitabh Bachchan as the host. The 84-episode series ended on 26 December 2009 with actor Vindu Dara Singh emerging as the winner. Pravesh Rana was the first runner-up.
Housemates status Sr Housemate Status 1 Vindu Day 1 Day 68 Day 69 Day 83 2 Pravesh Day 32 Day 83 3 Poonam Day 1 Day 83 4 Bakhtiyar Day 1 Day 79 5 Aditi Day 1 Day 75 6 Claudia Day 1 Day 68 7 Raju Day 1 Day 61 8 Rohit Day 1 Day 54 9 Vinod Day 33 Day 47 10 Shamita Day 1 Day 41 11 Tannaz Day 1 Day 40 12 Ismail Day 1 Day 33 13 Sherlyn Day 1 Day 26 14 Kamaal Day 1 Day 18 Day 46 Day 67 15 Jaya Day 1 Day 5
Housemates The participants in the order of appearance and entered in house are:
Original entrants Ismail Darbar – Singer and music composer. He is known for directing the songs of the hit film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam starring Aishwarya Rai, Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan. He also produced the music of films like Devdas and Shakti: The Power. Sherlyn Chopra – Model and actress. She has appeared in Bollywood films like Dosti: Friends Forever and Raqeeb. She was crowned as Miss Andhra in 1999. Kamaal Rashid Khan – Director and Bhojpuri film actor. He is known for appearing in films like Sitam, Munna Pandey Berozgaar and Desh Drohi. He has been a part of many controversies regarding his films and his outspoken personality. Poonam Dhillon – Film actress. She is a veteran Bollywood actress who appeared in many yesteryear films like Kabhi Ajnabi The, Qayamat and Main Aur Mera Haathi. She appeared in the hit Zee TV show Kittie Party. Bhakhtyar Irani – Television actor. He is known for his role of Shiv in Lo Ho Gayi Pooja Iss Ghar Ki along with Sana Saeed. In 2006, he participated in the reality show Nach Baliye 2. Tannaz Irani – Actress and model. She has appeared in many shows like Baa Bahoo Aur Baby and Nach Baliye. She was also seen in films like Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai and Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon and 36 China Town. Vindu Dara Singh – Actor. He is the son of wrestler and actor Dara Singh. He starred in films like Partner and Kambakkht Ishq. Aditi Govitrikar – Actress, model and doctor. She earned the title of Miss World in 2001 and is also a former Gladrag Champion who completed her MBBS by education. She has appeared in films like Paheli and participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi. Jaya Sawant – Housewife. She was the mother of actress, dancer and Bigg Boss 1 contestant Rakhi Sawant. Shamita Shetty – Film actress and model. She is the sister of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. She is known for her role in Mohabbatein as Ishika. She later appeared in films like Saathiya, Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai and Cash. Claudia Ciesla – Model and actress. She is from Germany and has appeared in films like Karma. Rohit Verma – Fashion designer. He was seen in the film Fashion. Raju Srivastav – Comedian. He was a popular comedian who had appeared in shows like The Great Indian Laughter Challenge and Comedy Circus. He also appeared in films like Baazigar, Tezaab and Maine Pyaar Kiya.
Wild card entrants Pravesh Rana – Model, presenter and actor. He won the title of Mr. India in 2008. He also has walked the ramp for various top designers. Vinod Kambli – Cricketer. He played for India as a left-handed middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa.
Guest entrants Panchi Bora – Actress. She is known for playing Prachi in Kayamath.
Guest appearances Week Day Guest(s) Purpose of Visit Ref(s) Premiere Day 1 Rakhi Sawant To support her mother Jaya 1 Day 6 Salman Khan & Kareena Kapoor To promote their film Main Aurr Mrs Khanna 2 Day 13 Akshay Kumar To promote his film Blue Day 14 Sharad Kelkar & Supriya Kumari Special appearances from Colors shows for Diwali special Rashami Desai & Tina Datta Pracheen Chauhan & Archana Taide 3 Day 20 Riteish Deshmukh & Jacqueline Fernandez To promote their film Aladin 4 Day 27 Ajay Devgn & Asin To promote their film London Dreams 5 Day 34 Ranbir Kapoor & Katrina Kaif To promote their film Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani 6 Day 39 Shilpa Shetty To announced news of her wedding to Shamita Shetty Day 41 Saif Ali Khan & Kareena Kapoor To promote their film Kurbaan 7 Day 43 Zeus Irani To meet his father Bhakhtyar Irani 8 Day 53 Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Chunky Panday. Sameera Reddy & Neha Dhupia To promote their film De Dana Dan 9 Day 62 Ranbir Kapoor To promote his film Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year 10 Day 69 Hema Malini To promote new dance series Dancing Queen 11 Day 74 Delnaaz Irani To support brother Bhakhtyar Irani Dina Umarova To support husband Vindu Dara Singh Day 75 Arzoo Govitrikar To support sister Aditi Govitrikar Anmol Thakeria & Paloma Thakeria To support their mother Poonam Dhillon Priya Rana To support her brother Pravesh Rana Day 76 Kareena Kapoor To promote her film 3 Idiots 12 Day 83 Priyanka Chopra To promote her film Pyaar Impossible!
Weekly summary Week 1 Tasks
"Ghar Ek Mandir" where every member have to play different roles like mother, sister, son, daughter, son-in-law etc. Guarding a gold coin in a locker from a secret agent. If the agent wins he gets immunity from nominations next week. Vindu won the task and won the immunity from week 2 nominations. Nominations Jaya Sawant, Kamal Khan, Sherlyn Chopra Exits Jaya Sawant was evicted after facing public vote. Hand Grenade Option 1: Pick one house member who pays too much time and attention to his/her clothes, makeup, looks etc. This person will have to spend one week with simplicity i.e. simple clothes, no make-up etc. Option 2: Pick one house member who according to you is very lazy. This person will have to wash clothes of all the housemates for one week. Jaya Sawant chose Option 1 for Rohit. Week 2 Tasks The male housemates were asked to do all the chores (cooking, cleaning etc.). Housemates would fail the task if BiggBoss finds any female housemate doing the chores. "Dil Aanek Dhadkan Ek". The housemates should sing a unity anthem(Ek Dusre Se from Hum) together when an alarm is set off by Bigg Boss. The male house mates were asked to choreograph and rehearse dancing for the song "Chiggy Wiggy" from Blue, the female house mates would watch and learn the steps to perform the song in the activity area without practicing themselves. Akshay Kumar chose Poonam as the best dancer in the group. Day 14:The female house mates were asked to choose 'Man of the week'. It was a tie between Rohit and Bhakhtyar. Female housemates were then asked to treat them as kings for the rest of the day. Nominations Kamal Khan, Sherlyn Chopra Exits Nobody was evicted as a 'gift' by Bigg Boss as it was the Diwali weekend. Week 3 Tasks Day 16: "Talent Bonanza - Kala Ka Pradarshan". Each house mate should perform an act(singing, dancing etc.) during the week. The other house mates got 200 points each, and they had to use those points to award points for the other inmates' performance. Nominations Kamal Khan, Sherlyn Chopra Exits Day 18: Kamal Khan has been ejected from the Bigg Boss house because of his rude and violent behaviour. Week 4 Tasks "Happy to Help" - House mates to make gift hampers for children. Items for the gift hampers would be fed through a conveyor belt after an alarm is set off by Big Boss. No more than five people can work at a time and all the hampers should contain the same list of items. Nominations Sherlyn Chopra, Vindu Dara Singh Exits Sherlyn Chopra was evicted after facing public vote. Hand Grenade Option 1: Pick one house member who will be responsible for cleaning the entire house for one week. Option 2: Pick one house member who will not step on the ground for one week. Other housemates will have to carry that person from one place to another if need be, except for toilet and bathroom. Sherlyn Chopra chose Option 1 for Vindu. Week 5 Tasks House mates to prepare a short film. Shamita has been given an individual task wherein as a 'Mahanideshak' she has to keep a check whether the housemates are following the rule of speaking in Hindi or not. Failing which Shamita has the power to send the defaulter to jail. Twists Big Boss declared Open Nominations: Since few housemates broke the rule of discussing about nominations, Big Boss declared open nominations, wherein each house member has to declare his vote in front of other housemates. Nominations Tanaaz B Irani, Bhakhtiyaar M Irani, Vindu Dara Singh and Ismail Darbar Exits Ismail Darbar was evicted after facing public vote. Hand Grenade Option 1: Pick one male and one female who will have to talk to one another in sign language only. They can talk to rest of the housemates normally. Option 2: Pick one male and one female who will have to stay together for one week, as if they are each other's shadow. Ismail Drabar chose Option 2 for Tanaaz & Bhakhtiyaar. Week 6 Tasks Aditi has been honored with a title of 'Malika-e-Big Boss 3' for this weekly task. Everybody should be doing the things with Aditi's consent. She should be given a royal treatment and she will be the only one sleeping in Girls' room. The duties among other housemates have been divided as follows: Cleaning jobs – 2 people (Poonam & Rohit), Kitchen – 2 people (Bhakhtiyaar & Pravesh), Serving – 2 people (Vindu & Tanaaz), Entertainment – 2 people (Claudia & Vinod), Security – 1 person (Shamita). Raju will only be responsible for the job of 'Mahanideshak'. Nominations Tanaaz B Irani, Bhakhtiyaar M Irani Exits Tanaaz Irani was evicted after facing public vote. Shamita Shetty walked out of the show for her sister Shilpa's wedding. Hand Grenade Option: Pick one house member who will be given the chance to talk to his/her loved one using the phone from Vodafone stand. Tanaaz Irani chose Poonam, so that Poonam could talk to her daughter. Week 7 Tasks On the occasion of Children's Day, housemates were told to dress up like kids and had to enact a school day. " Jal Hi Jiwan Hai" - Housemates have been provided with a 1000 Litre capacity water tank. Housemates have to use this water for all daily chores (except for cooking and drinking purposes) till the end of this weekly task. Except for this tank water all the sources for water in the house have been shut down. Amount of water left in the tank at the end of task will be a deciding factor for weekly budget. Nominations Bhakhtiyaar, Aditi, Pravesh, Claudia, Vinod & Rohit Exits Vinod was evicted after facing public vote Hand Grenade Option 1: Pick one house member who will spend most of his/her time with Kamal Khan as his buddy. Option 2: Pick one house member who will tell bed time story to Kamal Khan every night. Vinod Kambli chose Option 2 for Vindu. Week 8 Tasks " Mansik Arogya Kendra" - Big Boss's house has been turned into a mental asylum wherein, Poonam is the doctor, Kamal the warden, Claudia the nurse and rest of the housemates are patients. Weekly budget will depend on the fact that how well does the warden performs his role and duties. Twists This time a change in nomination procedure, Big Boss asked each house member to name one person whom they want to nominate and one person whom they want to be safe from next week's eviction. Nominations Rohit and Vindu Exits Rohit Verma was evicted after facing public vote. Hand Grenade Option: Pick one male house member who will wear female clothes for the entire week..