Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 18

Bigg Boss 18 also known as Bigg Boss: Time Ka Tandav was the eighteenth season of the Indian Hindi-language reality show Bigg Boss. It premiered on 6 October, 2024 on Colors TV and JioCinema. Salman Khan hosted the show for the fifteenth time. The grand finale of the season took place on 19 January, 2025, where Karan Veer Mehra emerged as the winner, while Vivian Dsena was the runner-up.
Nia Sharma was announced as the first confirmed contestant during the Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 finale on 29 September, 2024. However, she later revealed that she would not be participating in the show.
From 3 October to 5 October, promotional clips featuring Shilpa Shirodkar, Shehzada Dhami, Chahat Pandey, Vivian Dsena, Alice Kaushik, Gunratan Sadavarte and Eisha Singh, were released.
On 6 October, 2024, the grand premiere promo showcasing Avinash Mishra was released. Additionally, a promo featuring Hrithik Roshan introducing Arfeen Khan and Sara Arfeen Khan were also released the same day.
Bigg Boss 18 weekdays episodes aired on 10 PM. The weekdays episode also includes Tandav Ka Overtime, which meant that the standard hour-long episode was extended with additional content to cover the house events. The weekend episodes, titled Weekend Ka Vaar aired at 9:30 PM hosted by Salman Khan. As in the previous two seasons, a special segment was also included, titled Haaye Daiya with Ravi Bhaiyya, Garda Udaa Denge hosted by Season 1 finalist Ravi Kishan.
The theme for this season is "Time Ka Tandav". Bigg Boss will play with time, he will see the contestants past, present and future. The show also known as "The Karan Veer Mehra Show" since Farah Khan hosted one weekday episode.
Like the last two seasons, this season also had a morning anthem titled Bigg Boss, Bigg Boss Happy, Happy Morning Hain instead of the usual wake-up songs. Later on, Wake-up Songs were brought back where the housemates were given a choice of 4 songs and had to choose one of them.
The color scheme of the eye combines blue, gold, and white. The design prominently includes a stylized eye at the center, which has a striking blue color with detailed textures, resembling an iris and pupil. Surrounding the eye is a circular clock motif, with gold outlines and clock markings, suggesting a theme of time or vigilance.
The teaser was released on 16 September 2024 voiced by Salman Khan, announcing the arrival and theme of this season. On 22 September 2024, Colors TV released a new promo featuring Khan, marking his return to the show after absence in the OTT version while announcing the premiere date for the new season.
The house of this season had a "timeless cave and fort-like" theme. The house was located in Film City, Mumbai for the sixth time. The house had seven sections: living area, kitchen area, dining and sitting area, bedroom area, garden area, jail and confession room. A large Trojan horse structure is at the house's entrance. BB jail of the house resembled a cave, next to the bedroom. The swimming area has rocky surroundings and the bathroom was designed like a Turkish hammam. As in the two previous seasons, the house's entrance and exit were through a tunnel instead of the main door. The house was under the surveillance of 108 cameras.
The list of housemates in the order of entering the house:
On the Grand Premiere, Salman Khan revealed the top two finalists of the season to be Vivian Dsena and Alice Kaushik, predicted by Bigg Boss. If they both reached the finale, Bigg Boss would open the voting line only for them.
During Weekend Ka Vaar, a new activity room was introduced. This room of time will be always in present and helps housemates to take important decision based on what happened in past and what will be happen in future.
The main events in the Bigg Boss 18 house are summarised in the table below.
The series grand premiere episode was reviewed by NDTV.