# Khatron Ke Khiladi (TV series)

Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (transl. Fear Factor: Players of Danger) simply known as Khatron Ke Khiladi is an Indian Hindi-language stunt-based reality television series based on the American series Fear Factor. First launched as Fear Factor India on Sony TV, the format was sold by Endemol's domestic division after the second season to Colors TV, becoming Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi on 21 July 2008. A spin-off of the main-series Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi – Made in India was launched on 1 August 2020 where contestants from previous years participated.

## Series overview

| Series | Host | Destination | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Contestants | Winner | Runner-up |
| Series | Host | Destination | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Contestants | Winner | Runner-up |
| 1 | Akshay Kumar | South Africa | 16 | 16 | 21 July 2008 (2008-07-21) | 14 August 2008 (2008-08-14) | 12 | Nethra Raghuraman | Urvashi Sharma |
| 2 | Akshay Kumar | South Africa | 16 | 16 | 7 September 2009 (2009-09-07) | 1 October 2009 (2009-10-01) | 13 | Anushka Manchanda | Jesse Randhawa |
| 3 | Priyanka Chopra | Brazil | 16 | 16 | 6 September 2010 (2010-09-06) | 30 September 2010 (2010-09-30) | 13 | Shabir Ahluwalia | Ritwik Bhattacharya |
| 4 | Akshay Kumar | South Africa | 16 | 16 | 3 June 2011 (2011-06-03) | 23 July 2011 (2011-07-23) | 13 | Aarti Chhabria | Mauli Dave |
| 5 | Rohit Shetty | South Africa | 20 | 20 | 22 March 2014 (2014-03-22) | 25 May 2014 (2014-05-25) | 17 | Rajneesh Duggal | Gurmeet Choudhary |
| 6 | Rohit Shetty | South Africa | 20 | 20 | 7 February 2015 (2015-02-07) | 12 April 2015 (2015-04-12) | 15 | Aashish Chaudhary | Meiyang Chang |
| 7 | Arjun Kapoor | Argentina | 20 | 20 | 30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) | 3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) | 15 | Sidharth Shukla | Sana Saeed |
| 8 | Rohit Shetty | Spain | 21 | 21 | 22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) | 30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) | 12 | Shantanu Maheshwari | Hina Khan |
| 9 | Rohit Shetty | Argentina | 20 | 20 | 5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) | 10 March 2019 (2019-03-10) | 12 | Punit Pathak | Aditya Narayan |
| 10 | Rohit Shetty | Bulgaria | 22 | 22 | 22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) | 26 July 2020 (2020-07-26) | 10 | Karishma Tanna | Karan Patel |
| 11 | Rohit Shetty | South Africa | 22 | 22 | 17 July 2021 (2021-07-17) | 26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) | 13 | Arjun Bijlani | Divyanka Tripathi |
| 12 | Rohit Shetty | South Africa | 26 | 26 | 2 July 2022 (2022-07-02) | 25 September 2022 (2022-09-25) | 14 | Tushar Kalia | Faisal Shaikh |
| 13 | Rohit Shetty | South Africa | 27 | 27 | 15 July 2023 (2023-07-15) | 14 October 2023 (2023-10-14) | 14 | Dino James | Arjit Taneja |
| 14 | Rohit Shetty | Romania | 20 | 20 | 27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) | 29 September 2024 (2024-09-29) | 12 | Karan Veer Mehra | Krishna Shroff |

### Spin-off

| Series | Host | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Contestants | Winner | Runner-up | Destination |
| Series | Host | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Contestants | Winner | Runner-up | Destination |
| 1 | Farah Khan Rohit Shetty | 10 | 10 | 1 August 2020 (2020-08-01) | 30 August 2020 (2020-08-30) | 9 | Nia Sharma | Karan Wahi | India |

## Season 1

Khatron Ke Khiladi 1 was hosted by Akshay Kumar. Nethra Raghuraman was declared the winner of the season.
| Contestants | Occupation | Status | Place |
| Nethra Raghuraman | Actress | Winner | 1 |
| Urvashi Sharma | Actress | 1st runner-up | 2 |
| Aditi Govitrikar | Model | 2nd runner-up | 3 |
| Pooja Bedi | Actress | Eliminated | 4 |
| Yana Gupta | Model | Eliminated | 5 |
| Yana Gupta | Model | Eliminated | 5 |
| Sonali Kulkarni | Actress | Eliminated | 6 |
| Sonali Kulkarni | Actress | Eliminated | 6 |
| Anjana Sukhani | Actress | Eliminated | 7 |
| Meghna Naidu | Actress | Eliminated | 8 |
| Meghna Naidu | Actress | Eliminated | 8 |
| Dipannita Sharma | Actress | Eliminated | 9 |
| Dipannita Sharma | Actress | Eliminated | 9 |
| Anita Hassanandani | Actress | Eliminated | 10 |
| Tapur Chatterjee | Actress | Eliminated | 11 |
| Tupur Chatterjee | Model | Eliminated | 12 |
| Vidya Malavade | Actress | Eliminated | 13 |
| Payal Rohatgi | Actress | Eliminated | 14 |
| Sayali Bhagat | Actress | Eliminated | 15 |
    Indicates original entrants
    Indicates re-entered entrants

## Season 2

Khatron Ke Khiladi 2 was hosted by Akshay Kumar. Anushka Manchanda was declared the winner of the season.
| Contestants | Occupation | Status | Place |
| Anushka Manchanda | Singer | Winner | 1 |
| Jesse Randhawa | Model | 1st runner-up | 2 |
| Carol Gracias | Model | Eliminated | 3 |
| Carol Gracias | Model | 2nd runner-up | 3 |
| Rosa Catalano | Model | Eliminated | 4 |
| Rosa Catalano | Model | Eliminated | 4 |
| Nauheed Cyrusi | Actress | Eliminated | 5 |
| Shonali Nagrani | Actress | Eliminated | 6 |
| Shonali Nagrani | Actress | Eliminated | 6 |
| Bruna Abdullah | Model | Eliminated | 7 |
| Bruna Abdullah | Model | Eliminated | 7 |
| Pooja Misrra | VJ | Eliminated | 8 |
| Sonika Kaliraman | Wrestler | Eliminated | 9 |
| Shveta Salve | Actress | Eliminated | 10 |
| Mandira Bedi | Actress | Eliminated | 11 |
| Rupali Ganguly | Actress | Eliminated | 12 |
| Pia Trivedi | Model | Eliminated | 13 |
| Sushma Reddy | Actress | Eliminated | 14 |
    Indicates original entrants
    Indicates re-entered entrants

## Season 3

Khatron Ke Khiladi 3 was hosted by Priyanka Chopra. Shabir Ahluwalia was declared the winner of the season.
| Contestants | Occupation | Partner | Status | Place |
| Shabir Ahluwalia | Actor | Sushma Gupta | Winner | 1 |
| Ritwik Bhattacharya | Squash player | Avni | 1st runner-up | 2 |
| Dino Morea | Actor | Madhurima Tuli | 2nd runner-up | 3 |
| Milind Soman | Model | Ritisha | Eliminated | 4 |
| Milind Soman | Model | Ritisha | Eliminated | 4 |
| Manjot Singh | Actor | Andressa | Eliminated | 5 |
| Manjot Singh | Actor | Andressa | Eliminated | 5 |
| Abhishek Kapoor | Producer | Susheel | Eliminated | 6 |
| Rahul Bose | Actor | Annie Gill | Eliminated | 7 |
| Terence Lewis | Dancer | Ananya Kapoor | Eliminated | 8 |
| Karan Singh Grover | Actor | Aarti | Eliminated | 9 |
| Karan Singh Grover | Actor | Aarti | Eliminated | 9 |
| Cyrus Broacha | VJ | Freisha | Eliminated | 10 |
| Cyrus Broacha | VJ | Freisha | Eliminated | 10 |
| Armaan Ebrahim | Car Racer | Madhura Naik | Eliminated | 11 |
| Rahul Dev | Actor | Kavita Sachdev | Eliminated | 12 |
| Angad Bedi | Model | Mittal | Eliminated | 13 |
    Indicates original entrants
    Indicates re-entered entrants

## Season 4

Khatron Ke Khiladi 4 was hosted by Akshay Kumar. The tagline for this season was "Torchaar 4". Aarti Chhabria was declared the winner of the season.

## Season 5

Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 was hosted by Rohit Shetty The tagline for this season was "Darr Ka Blockbuster". Rajneesh Duggal was declared the winner of the season.

## Season 6

Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Darr Ka Blockbuster Returns". Aashish Chaudhary was declared the winner of the season.

## Season 7

Khatron Ke Khiladi 7 was hosted by Arjun Kapoor. The tagline for this season was "Kabhi पीड़ा Kabhi कीड़ा in Argentina". Sidharth Shukla was declared the winner of the season.

## Season 8

Khatron Ke Khiladi 8 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Pain in Spain". Shantanu Maheshwari was declared the winner of the season.

## Season 9

Khatron Ke Khiladi 9 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Jigar Pe Trigger". Punit Pathak was declared as winner of the season.

## Season 10

Khatron Ke Khiladi 10 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Jahaan Darr Lega Class Aur Dega Trass". The telecast was postponed for 3 months due to COVID-19 pandemic. Week 7 episodes started from 27 June. Karishma Tanna was declared as the winner of the season 10.

## Season 11

Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Darr VS Dare". Arjun Bijlani was declared as winner of the season.

## Season 12

Khatron Ke Khiladi 12 is hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Bach Ke Kahan Jayega? Khatra Kahin Se Bhi Aayega!". The show premiered on 2 July 2022, on Colors TV. Tushar Kalia was declared as winner of the season.

## Season 13

Khatron Ke Khiladi 13 is hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Iss Baar Har Level, Darr Next Level". The show premiered on 15 July 2023, on Colors TV. Spanning over 27 episodes, it is the longest season of the series since its inception. Dino James was declared as winner of the season.

## Season 14

Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 is hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season is "Darr Ki Nayi Kahaaniyaan In Romania". The show premiered on 27 July 2024, on Colors TV and digitally on Jio Cinema.Karan Veer Mehra was declared as the winner of the season.