Bigg Boss 13, also known as Bigg Boss Tedha, is the thirteenth season of the Indian reality TV series Bigg Boss and premiered on 29 September 2019 on Colors TV. Salman Khan hosted the season for the tenth time. The grand finale of the show took place on 16 February 2020, when Sidharth Shukla emerged as the winner and Asim Riaz as the runner-up. It is also one of the most watched and successful seasons ever. It had an average 2.1-2.5 TRP every week.
Production This season it was revealed by the show makers that this season will only feature celebrity contestants, therefore declaring no commoners.
Eye Logo The season featured a red eye logo with several fire flares coming out of it. The pupil of the eye was sky blue with a black lens in it.
House House pictures were officially released on 23 September 2019; the House followed the theme of a "Bigg Boss Museum" and was located in Goregaon. On Week 16, BB Jail was closed introducing BB Elite Club.
Housemates status
SrHousematesStatus 1 Sidharth S Day 1 Day 71 Day 79 Day 140 2 Asim Day 1 Day 140 3 Shehnaaz Day 1 Day 140 2nd runner-up 4 Rashmi Day 1 Day 35 Day 39 Day 140 3rd runner-up 5 Arti Day 1 Day 140 4th runner-up 6 Paras Day 1 Day 68 Day 75 Day 140 7 Mahira Day 1 Day 136 8 Vishal Day 43 Day 133 9 Shefali J Day 35 Day 119 10 Madhurima Day 64 Day 112 11 Shefali B Day 1 Day 35 Day 64 Day 99 Evicted by Housemates 12 Arhaan Day 35 Day 49 Day 64 Day 92 13 Devoleena Day 1 Day 35 Day 39 Day 63 Vikas G Day 70 Day 91Proxy of Devoleena 14 Vikas P Day 35 Day 77 15 Himanshi Day 35 Day 70 Evicted by Housemates 16 Khesari Day 35 Day 54 Evicted by Housemates 17 Tehseen Day 35 Day 44 18 Siddhartha D Day 1 Day 31 19 Abu Day 1 Day 22 20 Koena Day 1 Day 15 21 Dalljiet Day 1 Day 14
Housemates The participants in the order of appearance and entered in house are:
Original entrants Sidharth Shukla – Actor and model. He was known for his role of Shiv in Balika Vadhu and Parth Bhanushali in Dil Se Dil Tak Siddhartha Dey – Writer. He has written for many reality shows like Bigg Boss, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and Indian Idol. Paras Chhabra – Television actor, reality TV star and model. He participated in MTV Splitsvilla 5 and became the winner in 2012. Abu Malik – Singer and brother of music director Anu Malik. He acted in the film Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya. Asim Riaz – Model. He appeared in the 2014 film Main Tera Hero in a cameo appearance. Mahira Sharma – Television actress. She is known for her roles in Naagin 3, Kundali Bhagya and Bepanah Pyaar. Devoleena Bhattacharjee – Television actress and dancer. She is known for her role of Gopi Modi in Saath Nibhaana Saathiya. Rashami Desai – Television and film actress. She is known for playing the roles of Tapasya in Uttaran and Shorvari in Dil Se Dil Tak. Shehnaaz Gill – Punjabi singer and actress. She has featured in the music video song "Yeh Baby" by Garry Sandhu. Shefali Bagga – Journalist and television news anchor with the India Today group. Dalljiet Kaur – Television actress. She is known for her role of Anjali in Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?. Koena Mitra – Film actress and model. She is known for appearing in the film Musafir for the item song 'Saki Saki'. Arti Singh – Television actress. She is known for her role of Amba in Waaris.
Wild card entrants Vikas Pathak (also known as Hindustani Bhau) – Content creator. Tehseen Poonawalla – Lawyer and political analyst. Khesari Lal Yadav – Indian actor, singer, and model associated with Bhojpuri cinema. Shefali Jariwala – Actress. She was known for her music video "Kaanta Laga". Arhaan Khan – Actor and model. He is known for his role of Rana Singh Ahlawat in Badho Bahu. Himanshi Khurana – Punjabi singer and actor. She is known for acting in the Punjabi film Sadda Haq. Vishal Aditya Singh – Television actor. He is known for his roles in Begusarai, Chandrakanta, Kullfi Kumarr Bajewala and participating in Nach Baliye 9. Madhurima Tuli – Television and film actress. She is known for her roles in Baby, Chandrakanta and participating in Nach Baliye 9.
Guest entrants Vikas Gupta – Producer and season 11 finalist. He entered as proxy of Devoleena.
Twists
This season featured various twists, following are few of the twists:
Bed Friend Forever (BFF) On Launch Day before housemates entering the house, female housemate were given two options to choose from to be their BFF. Bigg Boss later announced that they have to abide by the rules and can not change their bed partners. Band ColorBand 1Band 2Band 3RedMahiraAsim –ArtiParasDevoleenaYellowRashamiSidharth –GreenShefaliKoena –ShehnaazSiddhartha D –DalljietAbu – Due to legal issues, this concept was canceled by Bigg Boss on Day 10.
Sultani Akhada The season brought back the segment for the third time. Two housemates have to do physical tasks during the weekend ka vaar's with Salman Khan. There are two rounds. In the first round will be a debate between the two housemates and second will be a light wrestling match. Whoever succeeds these two rounds will be the winner and will get a power. It ended after week eight. Weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Day 7 Day 13N/A Day 34N/A Day 55 Participants for Sultani Akhada Mahira AsimParasSidharth HimanshiShehnaaz Winner Sidharth Mahira Asim Himanshi
BB Elite Club
In week 16, Bigg Boss announced about BB Elite Club whose members will get some special privileges and power to save themselves from being nominated for any one week before the finale week. Weeks 16 17 18 19 Contenders Asim Shehnaz Arti Rashami MahiraSidharth Asim Paras MahiraShehnaz Arti Rashami Paras Mahira Elite Club Member Asim MemberSidharthRashamiRef.
Connection Week
In Week 18 (Only for Week 18), Bigg Boss announced that connections of housemates will come to play with their connections.
Rashami Devoleena Friend Sidharth Vikas G Friend Asim Himanshi Girlfriend Arti Kashmera Sister-in-law Paras Shefali J Friend Vishal Kunal Brother Mahira Akash Brother Shehnaaz Shehbaz Brother
Guest appearances Week(s)Day(s) Guest(s) Notes RefFirst DayFirst ShowDay 0 Krushna Abhishek To support sister Arti Singh Neha Kakkar To support friend Siddhartha Dey Himesh Reshammiya Farah Khan Rashmi Singh To support his Saathiya co-star Devoleena Bhattacharjee Anu Malik To support brother Abu Malik Amaal Mallik To support uncle Abu MalikWeek 1Day 1Ameesha PatelAs the Owner of the HouseDay 7 Hina Khan To bring task for housemates Sanaya Irani To support friend Dalljiet Kaur Ankita Lokhande To support friend Rashami Desai Krushna Abhishek To give a message to Arti SinghWeek 2Day15 Nawazuddin Siddiqui To promote Motichoor Chaknachoor Sunil Grover and Haarsh Limbachiya To show his orchestra/magic and to conduct Ration Task Priyank Sharma To promote his show Bigg Buzz which is related to Bigg Boss and to give housemates a taskWeek 3 Day 21 Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar To promote Saand Ki Aankh Rajkummar Rao, Mouni Roy and Boman Irani To promote Made In ChinaWeek 4Day 28 Haarsh Limbachiyaa To perform some Khatra Khatra Khatra tasks Aditya Narayan Garvit Parekh Dhinchak PoojaTo promote her song ReferencesWeek 5 Day30 Farah Khan As a judge in the task Day31 Karishma Tanna As queen in a taskDay34 Gauhar KhanAs quality control expert to ask questions to evicted contestants Sanjay Dutt Ayushman Khurana, Yami Gautam and Bhumi Pednekar To promote BalaWeek 6Day 41 Gautam Gulati As Vivo Caller of the Week Sooraj Pancholi To promote Satellite Shankar Ritesh DeshmukhTo promote Marjaavaan Sidharth MalhotraWeek 8Day 57 Jay Bhanushali (Sidharth's friend)To interact with Salman Khan about the housemates Mahhi Vij (Rashami's friend) Parag Tyagi (Shefali Jariwala's husband) Akanksha Puri (Paras's girlfriend) Umar Riaz (Asim's brother) Rannvijay Singha For special taskWeek 9Day 63 Ananya PandayTo promote Pati Patni Aur Woh Kartik Aaryan Bhumi PednekarWeek 10Day 70 Nia Sharma, Vijayendra Kumeria and Jasmin Bhasin To promote Naagin- Bhagya Ka Zehreela KhelRani MukherjiTo promote Mardaani 2 Prabhu Deva, Saiee Manjrekar, Sonakshi Sinha, Kiccha Sudeep To promote Dabangg 3Kiara AdvaniTo promote Good NewwzWeek 11Day 77 Kamya Punjabi For special task Hiten Tejwani Gaurav Desai (Rashami's brother) Sunil Grover To interact with housemates Week 12 Day 84 Mallika Sherawat For special taskWeek 13 Day 88 Jay Bhanushali, Rubina Dilaik, Arjun Bijlani, Jasmin Bhasin, Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia For Christmas Celebration Day 90Rohit ShettyTo sort out differences between Sidharth Shukla and Asim RiazDay 91Devoleena BhattacharjeeOMG TaskWeek 14Day 92Sunny LeoneFor Salman Khan's special birthday surprise Day 93Vijayendra Kumeria, Jasmin Bhasin, Pearl V Puri, Ishita Dutta, Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia, Avinesh Rekhi, Mahima Makwana, Akshit Sukhija, Meera Deosthale, Namish Taneja For New Year's Eve celebration Day 98Ajay DevgnTo promote TanhajiKajolKangana RanautTo promote PangaJassi GillWeek 15Day 103Haarsh LimbachiyaaFor Comedy Club TaskParitosh TripathiDay 105Deepika Padukone Vikrant Massey Lakshmi AggarwalTo promote Chhapaak and to take Vishal, Shehnaaz, Arti, Madhurima, Shefali outside for a long drive To promote Chhapaak To complete the new year wishes of the contestants Week 16Day 106Hina KhanFor Elite Club TaskDay 109 Krushna Abhishek(Arti's brother)To meet the housemates Sanya Sharma (Mahira's mother) Santokh Singh Sukh(Shehnaaz's father) Parag Tyagi(Shefali Zariwala's husband)Day 110 Umar Riaz (Asim's Brother) Rita Shukla (Sidharth's mother) Ruby Chabra (Paras's mother) Rashami's niece and nephewDay 112Kartik AaryanTo promote Love Aaj KalSara Ali KhanKaran Singh GroverFor Special TaskVindu Dara SinghGautam GulatiSiddharth Dey and Abu Malik For a fun task Week 17 Day 113 Hina Khan For Elite Club TaskDay 119Himesh ReshammiyaTo promote Happy Hardy and HeerVarun DhawanTo promote Street Dancer 3DShraddha KapoorRemo D'SouzaRaghav JuyalPunit PathakSalman Yusuff KhanSushant PujariSaif Ali Khan & Alaya FurniturewalaTo promote Jawaani Jaaneman Week 18Day 126Disha PataniTo promote MalangAditya Roy KapurKunal KhemuAnil KapoorHina KhanTo promote HackedDhvani BhanushaliTo promote her song Na Ja TuHimanshi KhuranaConnections have came to support their favourite contestantsDevoleena BhattacharjeeVikas GuptaShefali JariwalaShehbaz BadeshaWeek 19Day 133Shilpa ShettyTo promote NikammaShirley SetiaAbhimanyu DassaniAdnan SamiTo promote his single Tu Yaad AyaAyushmann KhurranaTo promote Shubh Mangal Zyada SaavdhanNeena GuptaJitendra KumarRajat SharmaTo conduct his segment Aap Ki Adalat with the hostWeek 20Day 135Rajat SharmaTo conduct his segment Aap Ki Adalat with the housematesDay 137Vicky KaushalFor final eviction and to promote Bhoot – Part One: The Haunted ShipGrandFinaleDay 141Harbhajan Singh and Mohammed Kaif Special appearanceSunil Grover Special appearanceRohit ShettyTo promote Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 10Karishma TannaAdaa KhanTejasswi PrakashBalraj SyalKaran Patel
Weekly summary The main events in the house are summarised in the table below. A typical week began with nominations, followed by the shopping task, and then the eviction of a housemate during the Sunday episode. Evictions, tasks, and other events for a particular week are noted in order of sequence.