Bigg Boss 20, also known as Bigg Boss: Tathas-two, is the twentieth season of the Indian Hindi-language reality television series Bigg Boss. It premiered on 6 September 2026 on Colors TV and streams digitally on JioHotstar. Salman Khan is hosting the show for the seventeenth consecutive season.
Production Development and theme The season's tagline is “Tathas-two”, introducing a “vardaan” that gives contestants a second chance in the game. The concept is built around the English wordplay “that's two”.
Promotions and release On 20 July 2026, JioStar announced that the twentieth season of Bigg Boss Hindi, hosted by Salman Khan, would premiere in September 2026 on Colors TV and JioHotstar as part of a network initiative to air six Bigg Boss regional editions simultaneously.
The official first look and logo were unveiled on 21 July 2026. This was followed by a series of teasers released in early August 2026, which confirmed the 6 September 2026 premiere date and introduced the season's “Tathas-two” theme. A full-length trailer expanding on the gameplay mechanics was released on 12 August 2026.
On 4 September 2026, JioHotstar and Colors TV released promotional clips featuring confirmed contestants Isha Rikhi and Kanika Mann. On 5 September 2026, a teaser featuring rapper Yung DSA was released, in which he performed his song Yeda Yung. On the same day, actor-politician Manoj Tiwari appeared alongside his daughter Rhiti Tiwari in a promotional segment to introduce her as a contestant.
Casting On 25 August 2026, JioHotstar and Colors TV announced the return of the audience-voting initiative Fans Ka Faisla (Fans' Decision), previously used in the nineteenth season. Through the JioHotstar app, viewers were given the opportunity to vote for one of two potential contestants to enter the house prior to the premiere. The voting period was scheduled from 25 August to 2 September 2026. The two candidates were Rhiya Ahir and Love Gill.
Eye logo The season's logo features a stylized eye with a multicolored geometric iris (in shades of purple, blue, red, orange, and teal) converging on a golden center. It is accompanied by a metallic gold outline and a matching "Bigg Boss" wordmark. According to the network, the design is intended to reflect the season's "Tathas-two" theme, symbolizing manifestation and destiny.
Broadcast Following the release strategy of the previous season, the show prioritizes digital streaming, with daily episodes airing on JioHotstar at 9:00 pm IST, followed by a television broadcast on Colors TV at 10:30 pm IST.
House The House featured a colourful "Wonderland" theme inspired by the concept of duality, incorporating surrealist fantasy and animal-inspired elements throughout. Designed by Varsha Jain, the house covers approximately 10,000 square feet and features 104 cameras.
Living area: Features a large central sofa, a 12-seater dining table, parachute-inspired seating, and a pink teapot installation used as a throne. Kitchen: Designed as the "BB Food Truck", featuring a food-truck-inspired kitchen setup. Bedroom: Contains 17 beds, with animal-inspired decorations including a scorpion and chameleon, along with mushroom-shaped wall elements. Bathroom: Features an upside-down neon-pink rabbit installation, seating areas, and suspended chimpanzee decorations. Garden/Outdoor area: Features a shark-themed swimming pool, a floral tap installation, a snake-wrapped tree used as seating, and various animal sculptures. Room 20: A new room introduced for the twentieth season, replacing the Assembly Room from the previous season. Its purpose is initially kept undisclosed. Room 2X: A mysterious room featuring two differently sized doors, with its purpose kept secret as part of the season's twists.
Additional features include numerous three-dimensional animal and fantasy-inspired installations, with recurring eye motifs representing Bigg Boss's surveillance.
Housemates status Sr. Contestant Status Lives 1 Aasif Day 1 1 2 Aman Day 1 2 3 Amrapali Day 1 2 4 Arishfa Day 1 2 5 Gullu Day 1 2 6 Kanika Day 1 2 7 Lovepreet Day 1 2 8 Mahhi Day 1 2 9 Mary Day 11 10 Qazi Day 1 2 11 Scout Day 1 1 12 Uditi Day 1 2 13 Yung DSA Day 1 1 14 Rhiti Day 1 Day 26 0 15 Isha Day 1 Day 21 0 16 Rohed Day 1 Day 14 0 17 Rhiya Day 0 Not Selected 0
Housemates The following housemates entered the house in order:
Original entrants Kanika Mann – Actress known for Guddan Tumse Na Ho Payega, Fear Factor Khatron ke Khiladi 12 and Naagin 7. Aasif Khan – Actor known for Panchayat. Qazi Touqeer – Singer known for Fame Gurukul. Isha Rikhi – Actress and ex-wife of rapper Badshah. Amrapali Dubey – Actress primarily known for her work in Bhojpuri cinema. Rohed Khan – Model and actor. Lovepreet Kaur Gill – Actress known for her work in Punjabi cinema. Rhiya Ahir - Viral girl is also known for protest and stopped the police van. Yung DSA – Rapper known for his track "Yeda Yung". Mary Kom – Retired amateur boxer and former Member of Parliament. Known for her achievements in boxing, including winning a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Tanmay "Sc0utOP" Singh – Esports player and streamer. Arishfa Khan – Actress and social media influencer. Kushal Tanwar(Gullu)– Reality show personality known for Roadies XX, Splitsvilla X6 and Maa Hai Na. Aman Gandhi – Actor known for Bhagya Lakshmi and Kyunki Rishton Ke Bhi Roop Badalte Hain. Uditi Singh – Actress. Rhiti Tiwari – Singer, songwriter and daughter of Bigg Boss 4 contestant Manoj Tiwari. Mahhi Vij – Actress known for Laagi Tujhse Lagan and Seher – Hone Ko Hai. She is also known for Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa 4, Nach Baliye 5 and Khatron Ke Khiladi 7.
Twists Fans Ka Faisla On 25 August 2026, JioHotstar and Colors TV announced the return of the Fans Ka Faisla campaign, previously introduced in the nineteenth season, allowing viewers to select one housemate between Rhiya Ahir and Love Gill via the JioHotstar app from 25 August to 2 September 2026.
At the grand premiere, host Salman Khan declared that Love Gill was selected to enter the house, while Rhiya Ahir was eliminated.
Tathas-two Each housemate entered the season with two lives, losing one life upon eviction or through various twists.
Weekly summary Entrances At the Grand Premiere on 6 September 2026, host Salman Khan introduced the housemates. Twists On Day 0, upon entering the house, Kanika was asked by Bigg Boss to observe the housemates and select the one she disliked the most. On Day 2, when asked by Bigg Boss, she chose Qazi, who was subsequently barred from participating in the captaincy task. On Day 3, Bigg Boss asked the nominees for House Captain, Aasif, Gullu and Yung DSA, to name a housemate whose lifeline they would want to take if they became Captain. After entering the 2X Room, they chose Arishfa, Uditi, and Kanika respectively. Nominations On Day 3, housemates were asked to nominate two other housemates for the upcoming eviction. Following the nominations, Arishfa, Kanika, Love and Uditi were nominated for eviction. House captainNone Tasks On Day 2, in the Happy Birthday, Bigg Boss task, the contestants became pieces of a cake structure. When the buzzer sounded, they had to sit on the plate while a birthday song was played. Once the song ended, they had to return to the cake structure and align themselves in the empty cells. The last three housemates to return were eliminated from each round. Three housemates were to be selected as nominees for House Captain. Qazi, who could not participate in the task, became the Sanchalak. Following the task, Aasif, Gullu and Yung DSA became nominees. On Day 4, in the Bigg Boss Movie Theatre task, the captaincy nominees, Aasif, Gullu, and Yung DSA, are seated on the movie theatre chairs with popcorn buckets placed in front of them. Mahhi was the sanchalak of the task. The remaining housemates have to collect popcorn in the popcorn boxes placed on their heads from the popcorn machine when the task begins and put it into the bucket of the nominee they want to make captain. The nominees also have to protect their buckets from the other housemates. Following the task, Yung DSA was declared the captain of the house. Exits Rhiya, not selected via Fans Ka Faisla, was evicted on Grand Premiere. On Day 6, Uditi was evicted through public voting and lost her lifeline. TwistsNone Nominations On Day 8, housemates were asked to nominate two other housemates. Following weekly nomination activity, Bigg Boss cancelled the housemates nominations and directly nominated Aasif, Rohed and Scout for violating house rules by discussing the nominations. House captain Yung DSA Tasks On Day 11, Captaincy and weekly house tasks were conducted during the week. SponsorsNone Exits On Day 14, Rohed was evicted through public voting. Twists The nomination process was changed into a save-based task. Housemates had to choose two contestants they wanted to save. Nominations Bigg Boss introduced an new style of Nomination task where housemates have to name two hosumates that they want to save from Eviction by giving the appropriate reason at particular time intervals contestant were called in confession room where they told their preferences At the end Yung DSA and Isha Rikhi were the only contestant with no save votes thus becoming Nomination for Week 3 Eviction process House captain GULLU Tasks Captaincy tasks involving Gullu, Love Gill, Mary Kom and Rhiti Tiwari. Gullu emerged as captain. SponsorsNone Exits On Day 21, Isha Rikhi was evicted through public voting thus losing her second lifeline and was evicted from the house Twists On Day 22, the doors of the 2X Room were opened, granting captain Gullu the power to use the Jeevandan twist. Where he was presented with the 4 option - 1) Give one lifeline to Kanika and Uditi with 80% ration 2) Give one Lifeline to Yung DSA and Scout OP with 80% ration 3) Give one lifeline to Rhiti and with 80% ration 4) Get 120% ration for the house He chose to restore the lifeline of Kanika Mann and Uditi Singh and get 80% ration Bigg Boss subsequently introduced a new nomination format. Nominations 11 housemates were nominated: Amrapali Dubey, Aman Gandhi, Kanika Mann, Love Gill, Mahhi Vij, Mary Kom, Qazi Touqeer, Rhiti Tiwari, ScoutOP, Uditi Singh and Yung DSA. Gullu, Arishfa Khan and Aasif Khan were safe. House captain GULLU Tasks Mission Ration, Phir Captain? Where the garden area contained packets with names of various Grocery item where female Contestant in duo have to grab and keep it in the basket while other Contestant can Sabotage at the sound of buzzer the duo with more grocery packets will win captaincy contendership Pair 1 - Love and Rhiti Pair 2 - Kanika and Mary Pair 3 - Maahi and Uditi Pair 4 - Arishfa and Amrapali . Three rounds were held consecutively Round 1 winner Love and Rhiti Round 2 winner Maahi and Uditi