Bigg Boss Marathi 5 is the fifth season of Marathi version of reality television show Bigg Boss broadcast in India. The grand premiere was held on 28 July 2024 on Colors Marathi and JioCinema.
It recorded TRP of 2.4 TVR for grand premiere episode which is highest ever for grand premiere episodes of all 5 seasons of show along with TRP reaching up to 5 TVR which broke all records of in history of Non-Fiction Shows and Bigg Boss Marathi season 5 became most highest ever rated season in history of all Bigg Boss seasons combined. Riteish Deshmukh hosted the show for the first time. The Grand Finale of the show took place on October 6, 2024, where Suraj Chavhan emerged as the winner, with Abhijeet Sawant securing the runner-up position.
Production Teaser The season was announced on 21 May 2024 by makers and the channel. Mahesh Manjrekar who presented the first four seasons announced his departure from the show and later replaced by Riteish Deshmukh.
Development The press conference and launch event for this season was held on 22 July 2024, anchored by journalist Dnyanada Kadam.
Eye logo The eye logo features a new golden color scheme, numerous open and closed windows, and two nails supporting the eye.
House The house of this season had a “Maze” theme. This house is referred as “Chakravyuh”. The house is located in Film City, Mumbai for the fourth time.
Bhaucha Dhakka This season's weekend episodes were named as Bhaucha Dhakka. Stage was recreated as Bhaucha Dhakka where host Riteish Deshmukh who is fondly called as Bhau will officiate in his style and it would be his reign.
Tanta Ghar This season's weekend episodes had a special setup created in Activity Area which was named as Tanta Ghar. In this housemates who queried during a week will feature and would express their anger against each other by taking it on kept objects and at the end if bell rings due to that then they will get surprise by Bigg Boss. Week 1 2 Housemates AaryaJahnavi ArbazAbhijeet Surprise Personal 30,000BB currency to each Personal 50,000BB currency to each
Trophy The trophy was revealed on 04th October which had a maze covering eye of Bigg Boss standing on a platform.
Housemates status
Sl.noHousematesDay enteredDay ExitedHousemates status1SurajDay 1Day 702AbhijeetDay 1Day 703NikkiDay 1Day 702nd Runner-up4DhananjayDay 1Day 703rd Runner-up5AnkitaDay 1Day 704th Runner-up6JahnaviDay 1Day 707VarshaDay 1Day 678Pandharinath Day 1Day 639ArbazDay 1Day 5610SangramDay 43 Day 5511VaibhavDay 1Day 4912AaryaDay 1Day 4813Ghanshyam Day 1Day 4114IrinaDay 1Day 2815YogitaDay 1Day 2116NikhilDay 1Day 2117Purushottam Day 1Day 7
Housemates Original entrants Varsha Usgaonkar - A Marathi and Hindi film and television actress. She has appeared in Gammat Jammat, Hamaal De Dhamaal, Saglikade Bombabomb, etc. She is also known for her role in TV series Sukh Mhanje Nakki Kay Asta!. Nikhil Damle - Television actor known for appearing in the Rama Raghav. Ankita Prabhu-Walawalkar- Social media influencer and YouTuber. She is known as Kokanheartedgirl. Pandharinath Kamble - A Marathi comedian. He did many roles in films and television. He is known for his appearance in Maharashtrachi Hasyajatra. Yogita Chavan - Television actress. She is known for her portrayal of Antara Khanvilkar in Jeev Majha Guntala. Janhavi Killekar - Television actress. She is known for her negative role in Bhagya Dile Tu Mala. Abhijeet Sawant - Singer. He was the winner of Indian Idol. Ghanshyam Darvade - Political commentator. He is also known as Chota Pudhari. Irina Rudakova - Russian model and yoga enthusiast. She was a cheerleader for the Indian Premier League. Nikki Tamboli - Film actress. She is predominantly working in Tamil and Telugu films. She was also the 2nd runner up of Bigg Boss 14. Vaibhav Chavan - Television actor. He is known for playing lead role in Man Jhala Bajind. Arbaz Patel - Reality television actor. He is the contestant of MTV Splitsvilla season 15. Aarya Jadhao - Rapper. She is known for being a contestant of MTV Hustle 2. She is widely known as QK. Purushottam Dada Patil - Kirtankar. Dhananjay Powar - Social media influencer, YouTuber and businessman. Suraj Chavan - Social media influencer.
Wild-Card entrants Sangram Chougule - Bodybuilder. He won the title of Mr. Universe in 2012 in the 85 kg category.
Weekly summary
The main events in the Bigg Boss Marathi 5 house are summarised in the table below. Week 1 Entrances On the Grand Premiere, host Riteish Deshmukh welcomed new housemates and introduced them to all. Varsha Usgaonkar, Nikhil Damle, Ankita Prabhu-Walawalkar, Pandharinath Kamble, Yogita Chavan, Jahnavi Killekar, Abhijeet Sawant, Ghanshyam Darode, Nikki Tamboli, Vaibhav Chavan, Arbaz Patel, Aarya Jadhao, Purushottam Dada Patil, Dhananjay Powar and Suraj Chavan entered the house as the original housemates. Twists On the Grand Premiere, host Riteish Deshmukh announced that housemates have to buy facilities in house for that they have to go through dilemma in which they need to select between BB currency and a personal luxury. Housemate Selection Varsha No Duty Power Card Nikhil 10,000 Ankita 10,000 Pandharinath 10,000 Yogita 10,000 Jahnavi Single bed Abhijeet 10,000 Ghanshyam 10,000 Irina 10,000 Nikki Coffee Vaibhav Chicken Arbaz 10,000 Aarya 10,000 Purushottam 10,000 Dhananjay Mutton Suraj 10,000 On Day 1, Bigg Boss asked all housemates to name 3 housemates by majority which they think are unable to make decisions. Housemates by majority named Suraj, Irina and Dhananjay. Later, Bigg Boss gave them power of making decision where they had to visit BB Hub and brought items for whole house by available BB Currency which was 1,10,000. Suraj, Irina and Dhananjay had to show to decision making ability in this as majority of housemates chose them for not to have it. Item Value Brought Item Value Brought Bathroom, Toilet (per pair) 7000 Oil 5000 Double Bed (per bed) 15000 Spices 3000 Single Bed (per bed) 15000 Sugar 3000 Chicken Nuggets 20000 Salt 3000 Coffee 20000 Eggs 5000 Chicken 20000 Poha 3000 Mutton 20000 Semolina 3000 Fish 20000 Tea 5000 Icecream 20000 Milk 5000 Ghee 20000 Curd 3000 Butter 20000 Onion, tomato, potato 5000 Colddrinks 20000 Lady finger, bitter gourd 2000 Cookies + Chocolates 20000 Bottle gourd 1000 Flour 5000 Cabbage, cauliflower 2000 Rice 5000 Green beans, ivy gourd 2000 Red lentil 5000 Fenugreek leaves, black eyed beans 2000 Chickpea 5000 Green pea 1000 Green gram beans 5000 Lemon, green chillies, ginger, garlic 1000 Pigeon peas 5000 Coriander, curry leaves 1000 Black lentil 5000 Brinjal, capsicum green 3000 At the end, beds and luxury items were not brought in this as a result housemates have to sleep on floor for first week and they can't use any furniture or sofa to sleep while they also can't use beds for sitting purpose too or any other activity. Sleeping bags were provided by Bigg Boss to all housemates which would be only used for sleeping and daily after wake up song they have to keep in store room. As Jahnavi Killekar brought single bed in grand premiere, only she will have luxury of bed. On Day 7, host Riteish Deshmukh announced two teams of housemates in which all are contenders of captaincy. Each team has to name three housemates of whom contendership would be taken away for upcoming captaincy. BB Currency of 30,000 will be given away for each contender being cancelled from captaincy. Total 1,80,000 BB Currency was given to house for upcoming week's shopping from BB Hub. Team A Team B ArbazNikkiVaibhavJahnaviDhananjayGhanshyamPurushottamYogita AnkitaAaryaVarshaPandharinathAbhijeetIrinaNikhilSuraj Housemates struck off took away their captaincy contendership Captaincy Task Task cancelled House Captain None Nominations Nominations chi Tof On Day 2, Bigg Boss called all housemates in garden area where nomination process took place. In nomination process, 3 housemates per round and 4 housemates in last round will be up against cannon of nominations. Other than those housemates will be up for grabbing flambeau. In each round after sound of bugle, whichever housemate gets first hand on drumstick would beat drum with it and get flambeau to lighten up the cannon. Flambeau holder would fire a cannon against one housemate from three up for it whom they want to nominate for eviction process. After nominating once, flambeau holder will pass it to another housemate who would get chance to nominate. Round will not end till one housemate from three is not nominated twice in same round. In last round, four were up among which two were supposed to get nominated. Round Housemates 1 NikkiAbhijeet 2 AaryaJahnavi 3 ArbazGhanshyam 4 NikhilVaibhav 5 PandharinathIrina Housemates in got nominated Ankita, Yogita, Varsha, Purushottam, Suraj and Dhananjay were nominated for first week's weekend eviction process. Sponsored On Day 0, Santoor gave their products as a hamper to every individual housemates upon entrance in house. On Day 7, P.N.Gadgil and Sons Ltd. gifted ₹1,00,000 gift voucher to evicted contestant Purushottam Dada Patil for buying their special fashionable jewellery Gargi by PNG Punishments On Day 2, Bigg Boss announced that all housemates can use beds but due to violation of rules of using beds Bigg Boss cancelled it. Also Bigg Boss took away remaining BB Currency which was 3000. On Day 5, Bigg Boss penalized all housemates by taking away captaincy for first week for violation of rules such as non-use of mics, sleeping in day, use of beds, not speaking in marathi language, etc. Exits On Day 7, Purushottam Dada Patil became the first housemate to be evicted. Week 2Twists On Day 7, Bigg Boss gave permission to use beds until next shopping carried out in BB Hub. Also Bigg Boss gave personal 30,000 BB Currency to Aarya and Jahnavi for outperforming which they would use for their personal use and they have to secure their personal BB Currency. On Day 9, Bigg Boss opened up BB Hub for shopping. Firstly Jahnavi and Aarya were called as they were in for their 30,000 personal BB currency to buy for themselves and 2 housemates with whom they will share that item. They can only buy beds, toilets and luxury items only. Housemate Items Value Sharing with Aarya Double BedSingle Bed 1000020000 Yogita Nikhil and Varsha Jahnavi Double BedChicken 1000020000 Arbaz and Vaibhav As Aarya failed to give 10,000 BB currency, Double Bed taken by her was confiscated by Bigg Boss. Later, Bigg Boss announced a twist that housemates will be paired in 7 pairs to take items from BB Hub and each pair will receive 20,000 BB currency while captain will have 40,000 BB currency. Also Bigg Boss asked housemates to make order of pairs declared by him on the basis of decision taking ability to go in BB Hub for shopping as it will also have impact on their future in house. Pair Items Value Arbaz-Dhananjay OilRice 1000010000 Jahnavi-Varsha OnionsPigeon peas 1000010000 Eggs 20000 Nikki-Ghanshyam PotatoesTomatoes 1000010000 Abhijeet-Aarya Flour 1000010000 Vaibhav-Irina SpicesSalt 1000010000 Suraj-Nikhil Bathroom, toilet (pair) 20000 Ankita PohaCabbage, cauliflowerBathroom, toilet (pair) 100001000020000 Captaincy Task Captaincy chi Bullet Train On Day 8, Bullet train with two egines with its lines- and was placed in garden area. After sound of horn captaincy contenders and non-captaincy contenders would race for both engine's motorman seat. After respective engines motorman take place, captaincy contenders would select their favourite line and sit in that bogey. Bigg Boss would announce from which line bullet train and number of captaincy contenders to be evicted in that round. Varsha would be moderating task alongside taking part in it. In last round, Bigg Boss announced twist that green line would be closed and only red will be open. Round No. to evict Line to go Motorman Passengers 1 3 Ankita IrinaJahnaviArbazVaibhav 2 2 Vaibhav GhanshyamAaryaAnkita 3 4 Yogita PandharinathNikkiAbhijeetVaibhavAnkita