Bigg Boss OTT 1, also known as Bigg Boss: Over-the-Top Season 1, was the first season of the Indian reality digital series Bigg Boss OTT which itself is the spin-off version of Bigg Boss. It premiered on 8 August 2021 on Voot with Karan Johar as the host for the OTT version. The Grand Finale of the show took place on 18 September 2021 where Divya Agarwal emerged as the winner and Nishant Bhat emerged as the runner-up.
Production Teaser On 24 July 2021, Voot unveiled a poster with Karan Johar as the host of this digital exclusive season. On 3 August, Voot unveiled a third promo with Karan Johar revealing the format of the season being much more bolder and crazier ever in the history.
Broadcast Apart from the usual hour-long episode, viewers will also have access to the direct 24x7 camera footage. The show will be streamed every day. The episodes will be first telecasted through 24 hour live channel on paid subscription of Voot Select, then it will be shown for free next morning on Voot. The episodes also started to telecast on Colors TV late night but it later stopped telecasting on television.
House The house this year is made with the theme "Stay Connected". The house consists of a Patio, Living Room, Kitchen, Bathroom, Bedroom, Garden Area, Confession Room, Dining Table, Swimming Pool and specially for the theme, they added a special room called "Stay Connected Room". The bedroom contains bunk beds this year and the house seems to be carnival-type designed one.
Concept ThemeThis season was a first-time ever in the history of Bigg Boss, that launched 6 weeks before the television version on an OTT platform Voot. The season's theme was "Stay Connected" and 6 boys and 6 girls entered as pairs while 1 girl entered alone. The contestants had to work on making the bond with their connection stronger and survive in the game. On Day 29, Bigg Boss announced that all connections are now broken and all the housemates will play as individuals.
FeaturesThe makers have also launched many new features that will give powers to the audience such as Live Nominations, Punishments and Daily Report Card.
Ticket to Bigg Boss 15All five finalists were offered Ticket to Bigg Boss 15 but the condition was that they would be out from finale race. Pratik Sehajpal chose the offer and he officially became the first contestant of Bigg Boss 15. As per the show's concept, finalists Shamita Shetty, Nishant Bhat and Pratik Sehajpal were qualified to participate in Bigg Boss 15. Later Raqesh Bapat and Neha Bhasin entered the Bigg Boss 15 as wildcard contestants but they couldn't survive for very long. Later, Shetty, Bhat and Sehajpal made it into finale week of Bigg Boss 15 by living in for 17 weeks and ended up becoming as 3rd, 4th, 1st Runner-ups respectively.
Housemate status Sr Housemate Result 1 Divya Day 1 Day 42 2 Nishant Day 1 Day 42 3 Shamita Day 1 Day 42 4 Raqesh Day 1 Day 423rd runner-up 5 Pratik Day 1 Day 42 6 Neha Day 1 Day 39 7 Muskan Day 1 Day 36 8 Akshara Day 1 Day 29 9 Milind Day 1 Day 29 10 Zeeshan Day 1 Day 18 11 Ridhima Day 1 Day 15 12 Karan Day 1 Day 15 13 Urfi Day 1 Day 8
Housemates The participants in the order of appearance and entered in stage are:
Original entrants Raqesh Bapat - Television and film actor. He is known for acting in films like Tum Bin, Dil Vil Pyar Vyar and Heroine. He has also worked in Popular television shows like Maryada: Lekin Kab Tak? and Qubool Hai. Zeeshan Khan - Television actor and content creator. He is known for acting in Kumkum Bhagya. He got famous after the video where he tried boarding his flight in a bathrobe uploaded on his YouTube Channel went viral. Millind Gaba - Singer. He is known for his songs Nazar Lag Jayegi, She Don't Know and Yaar Mod Do. Nishant Bhat - Choreographer. He has been a part of dance reality shows like Super Dancer, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and Dance Deewane. Karan Nath - Film actor. He is known for acting in the film Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa. Pratik Sehajpal - Reality television star and model. He has participated in reality shows like MTV Love School and Ace of Space 1. Shamita Shetty - Film actress. She made her film debut with Mohabbatein. She also participated in Bigg Boss 3 and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9. Urfi Javed - Television actress and content creator. She is known for acting in Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai and Bepannah. Neha Bhasin - Singer. She is known for her song Dhunki, Jag ghoomeya and Bajre da sitta. Muskan Jattana - Social activist. She makes videos on women's rights and other social issues. Akshara Singh - Bhojpuri film and Hindi television actress. She is known for acting in Service Wali Bahu. Divya Agarwal - Actress, reality tv star and model. She is the winner of Ace of Space 1 and Runner-up of MTV Splitsvilla 10. Ridhima Pandit - Television actress. She is known for her role in Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant. She also participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9.
Guest entrants Nia Sharma - Television actress. She is known for her roles as Manvi Chaudhary in Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai, Jamai Raja as Roshni Patel. She stayed in the house for 1 day.
Twists Connections Before entering the House, the housemates had to pair up with one co-contestant as connection. Divya Agarwal entered the House without any connection which resulted in Divya being nominated. On Day 30, all the pairs were broken. Housemates Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Weeks 5-6 Day 1 Day 8 Day 15 Day 18 Day 29 Day 30-42 colspan=2 DivyaNo connection#StayConnected theme ended NishantPaired with Muskan ShamitaPaired with Raqesh RaqeshPaired with Shamita PratikPaired with AksharaPaired with Neha NehaPaired with MillindPaired with Pratik MuskanPaired with Nishant AksharaPaired with Pratik MillindPaired with Neha Zeeshan RidhimaPaired with Karan KaranPaired with Ridhima Urfi Notes Divya Agarwal was directly nominated on the Premiere Night as there was no connection left for her.On Day 4, there was an opportunity given to the boys where any one boy could press the buzzer within 2 hours and make Divya his connection. Zeeshan Khan pressed the buzzer and now his connection is Divya Agarwal while Urfi Javed was nominated as no connections were left for her. On Day 16, the housemates were given a chance to change their connections in the Game Of Hearts task. Pratik-Neha and Milind-Akshara became the new connections. On Day 18, Zeeshan was ejected from the house after getting in a physical fight with Pratik.. On Day 30, Bigg Boss announced that all contestants will play as individuals.
Weekly summary Week 1EntrancesOn Grand Premiere, Urfi, Shamita, Riddhima, Karan, Pratik, Nishant, Muskaan(Moose), Divya, Zeeshan, Akshara, Millind, Raqesh, Neha entered the houseTwistThe theme of the season is #StayConnected so there were 6 pairs and 1 single. The 6 pairs were Raqesh-Shamita, Zeeshan-Urfi, Neha-Millind, Muskan-Nishant, Akshara-Pratik and Ridhima-Karan. Divya was a single as nobody chose her On the Premiere Night, Bigg Boss announced that the girls will have to win tasks in order to get their luggage. On Day 4, Bigg Boss announced that boys have an opportunity to break off their existing connection and make a connection with Divya. The girl whose connection breaks will be nominated in her place.Nominations On Grand Premiere, Divya was nominated as she was a single. On Day 4, Zeeshan broke off his connection with Urfi and made connection with Divya. So Urfi was nominated and Divya was immuned There will be a Nomination Task, one partner will sit in the room and the other partner will be performing. They will be given tasks to win. Pratik & Akshara are safe from the nomination as they are captains and they will supervise the task. In the end, four connections will be safe and one will be nominated. Urfi won't be a part of the task as she is already nominated. At the end, Shamita-Raqesh were nominated Voot Select Members nominated Muskan-Nishant for eviction On Day 7, An Immunity task was announced where nominated members have to entertain the 24/7 Live Audience. Muskan-Nishant was immuned and Urfi, Shamita and Raqesh were nominated for eviction.TasksBB Candy Shop:The girls have a chance to win their luggage. Their connections will play on girls behalf. All guys will pick their connection's dolls and take them to the candy shop. There are 5 gates to enter the candy shop and there will be 5 buzzers, The candy shop will open when the buzzer plays. Each boy will enter one gate. Divya will supervise the task. After every round, Divya will seal one gate. The final round winner's connection will get all their luggage Connection No. 1: Indian Matchmaker Sima Taparia enters the house to motivate the connections and to choose the No. 1 connection. 1 2 3 Statue: All 6 connections were divided into 2 teams, Team A (Raqesh & Shamita, Milind & Neha, Zeeshan & Divya) and Team B (Akshara & Pratik, Nishant & Muskaan, Ridhima & Karan). One team is supposed to maintain a statue-like pose for an extended amount of time, whereas the other team will try to disturb them. .The Boss Lady & Man will be chosen from winning team. Urfi is the supervisor of the task.Results Winner (BB Candy Shop) – Nishant Failed (BB Candy Shop) – Rest of the Male contestants Winner (Connection No.1) – Akshara-Pratik Failed (Connection No.1) – Rest of the connections Winner (1 2 3 Statue) – Raqesh-Shamita, Neha-Milind, Divya-Zeeshan Failed (1 2 3 Statue) – Akshara-Pratik, Nishant-Muskan, Ridhima-Karan Boss Man & Boss LadyPratik Sehajpal & Akshara Singh NotesAfter considering the performance of the housemates, Bigg Boss Announced that all girls can take 25 items from their luggage. The winning team of 1 2 3 Statue task got the chance to decide the next Boss Lady & Man among them. They chose Shamita-RaqeshOn Day 2, Bigg Boss Announced that there will be a daily report card which will show the performance of the housemates . The housemates' performance will be decided by Voot Select 24x7 Live Audience. If the performance of housemates is good they can get extra privileges or no problems for the next day. If the performance of housemates was bad, Bigg Boss can take away some privileges. Day 2: Audience were happy with the performance of the housemates. Day 3: Audience were happy with the performance of the housemates. As a result, the girls got all their luggage back. Day 4: Audience were happy with the performance of the housemates. Day 5: Audience were happy with the performance of the housemates. Day 6: Audience were happy with the performance of the housemates. Day 7: Audience were happy with the performance of the housemates.Exits On Day 8, Urfi Javed was evicted by Public Vote Week 2NominationsNomination Task: In this Task, Boss Lady & Man Shamita & Raqesh will be the head sarpanch and immuned. Every round Bigg Boss declares one connection to be the sarpanch along with them. He also declares a title which must be given to one of the remaining connections. After discussing with all the connections, the four sarpanchs must declare the name of the connection who they think is the must suitable for that title. Then the 24x7 Live Voot Select Audience will decide if they agree with their decision or not. If the audience agrees, then the connection who got that title will be nominated and if they don't, then the connection who was the sarpanch for that round will be nominated. Round Sarpanch Topic Sarpanch Decision Audience Decision NominationsRound 1Divya and ZeeshanSabse Kaamchor (lazy)Muskan & NishantDisagreedDivya and ZeeshanRound 2Ridhima and KaranSabse Aswachh (unhygienic)Muskan & NishantDisagreedRidhima and KaranRound 3Muskan and NishantSabse Kamzor (weakest)Couldn't decide