Bigg Boss Winners List: All Seasons 1 to 19 With Runner-Up

Bigg Boss Hindi has had 19 winners so far. Rahul Roy won the first season in 2007 and Gaurav Khanna won Season 19 in December 2025, with Farrhana Bhatt as runner-up. Salman Khan has hosted every season since Season 4, and Season 20 has been running on Colors TV since 6 September 2026.

Below is the full Bigg Boss winners list, season by season, with the year, the host and the runner-up. Every name has been checked against the show’s season records and news reports from the finale weeks.

Bigg Boss winners list: all seasons at a glance

The year column shows when each season was on air. Many seasons started in September or October and ended in January or February of the next year.

Bigg Boss winners of the early seasons (1 to 3)

Season 1: Rahul Roy

The first season ran from 3 November 2006 to 26 January 2007 on Sony TV, with Arshad Warsi as host. Rahul Roy, best known for the 1990 film Aashiqui, beat model Carol Gracias in the finale. The prize was Rs 1 crore.

Season 2: Ashutosh Kaushik

Season 2 moved to Colors TV in 2008 and was hosted by Shilpa Shetty, who had won Celebrity Big Brother in the UK the year before. Ashutosh Kaushik, the winner of MTV Roadies 5, took the trophy. Actor Raja Chaudhary was the runner-up.

Season 3: Vindu Dara Singh

Amitabh Bachchan hosted Season 3 in 2009, the only time he has fronted the show. Actor Vindu Dara Singh, son of wrestler and actor Dara Singh, won. Pravesh Rana finished second.

Bigg Boss winners in the Salman Khan era (Seasons 4 to 12)

Salman Khan took over as host in Season 4 in 2010. He has stayed on since then, which makes him the face of the show for most viewers.

Season 4: Shweta Tiwari

TV actor Shweta Tiwari became the first woman to win Bigg Boss in January 2011. Wrestler The Great Khali, whose real name is Dalip Singh Rana, was the runner-up.

Season 5: Juhi Parmar

Season 5 had two hosts, Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt. Juhi Parmar, known for the serial Kumkum, won in January 2012, and Mahek Chahal came second.

Season 6: Urvashi Dholakia

Urvashi Dholakia, famous for playing Komolika in Kasautii Zindagii Kay, won Season 6. Imam Siddique was the runner-up. From this season the prize money was cut to Rs 50 lakh.

Season 7: Gauahar Khan

Model and actor Gauahar Khan won Season 7 in December 2013. Tanishaa Mukerji, sister of actor Kajol, finished second.

Season 8: Gautam Gulati

Season 8 did not end with a normal finale. The show was extended as a spin-off called Bigg Boss Halla Bol, hosted by Farah Khan, and the winner was announced on 31 January 2015. Gautam Gulati won and Karishma Tanna was the runner-up.

Season 9: Prince Narula

Prince Narula, who had already won MTV Roadies X and Splitsvilla 8, won Season 9 in January 2016. Rishabh Sinha came second.

Season 10: Manveer Gurjar

Season 10 was the first to bring in non-celebrity contestants alongside celebrities. Manveer Gurjar, one of those non-celebrity contestants, won. VJ Bani J was the runner-up.

Season 11: Shilpa Shinde

Shilpa Shinde, known for Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai, won Season 11 in January 2018. Her rival through the season, Hina Khan, was the runner-up.

Season 12: Dipika Kakar

Dipika Kakar of Sasural Simar Ka won Season 12 in December 2018. Former India fast bowler S. Sreesanth finished second.

Bigg Boss winners from Season 13 to Season 19

Season 13: Sidharth Shukla

Season 13 ran for 141 days, from 29 September 2019 to 15 February 2020. Sidharth Shukla won and Asim Riaz was the runner-up.

Season 14: Rubina Dilaik

Season 14, the longest so far at 142 days, was shot during the Covid period and ended on 21 February 2021. Rubina Dilaik won and singer Rahul Vaidya came second.

Season 15: Tejasswi Prakash

Tejasswi Prakash won Season 15 in January 2022. Pratik Sehajpal, who had come in from Bigg Boss OTT, was the runner-up.

Season 16: MC Stan

Rapper MC Stan won Season 16 in February 2023, ahead of Shiv Thakare, the winner of Bigg Boss Marathi 2.

Season 17: Munawar Faruqui

Stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui won Season 17 in January 2024. Abhishek Kumar was the runner-up.

Season 18: Karan Veer Mehra

Actor Karan Veer Mehra won Season 18 on 19 January 2025. Vivian Dsena was the runner-up.

Season 19: Gaurav Khanna

Season 19 started early, on 24 August 2025, and ended on 7 December 2025 after 105 days. Anupamaa actor Gaurav Khanna won the trophy and Rs 50 lakh. Farrhana Bhatt was the runner-up.

Bigg Boss 20: what we know so far

Bigg Boss 20 premiered on 6 September 2026 with Salman Khan back as host. At the time of writing (October 2026), episodes stream on JioHotstar at 9 pm and air on Colors TV at 10:30 pm. The season is still running, so there is no winner yet.

This is Salman Khan’s 17th season as host. He has fronted every season from 4 to 20, sharing the stage with Sanjay Dutt in Season 5 and handing the Season 8 finale to Farah Khan.

Bigg Boss winners: quick facts and patterns

• Total winners: 19 completed seasons, 19 winners.
• Women winners: 8, namely Shweta Tiwari, Juhi Parmar, Urvashi Dholakia, Gauahar Khan, Shilpa Shinde, Dipika Kakar, Rubina Dilaik and Tejasswi Prakash.
• Hosts: Arshad Warsi, Shilpa Shetty, Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, plus Sanjay Dutt as co-host and Farah Khan for Halla Bol.
• Longest seasons: Season 14 at 142 days and Season 13 at 141 days.
• Prize money: Rs 1 crore in Seasons 1 to 5, then lower amounts. Recent winners have taken home Rs 50 lakh.
• Earlier reality show winners: Ashutosh Kaushik and Prince Narula had won MTV Roadies before Bigg Boss.

TV actors have the best record overall. Shweta Tiwari, Juhi Parmar, Urvashi Dholakia, Shilpa Shinde, Dipika Kakar, Rubina Dilaik, Tejasswi Prakash, Karan Veer Mehra and Gaurav Khanna all came from television serials.

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How is the Bigg Boss winner decided?

Housemates face nominations every week, and viewers vote to save the contestants they like. The finalists left in the last week go through a final round of public voting, and the host announces the winner on stage during the grand finale.

Bigg Boss OTT winners (not part of the main list)

The digital spin-off, Bigg Boss OTT, has its own winners and is not counted in the TV seasons above.

• OTT Season 1 (2021): Divya Agarwal won. Karan Johar hosted.
• OTT Season 2 (2023): Elvish Yadav won, with Abhishek Malhan as runner-up. Salman Khan hosted.
• OTT Season 3 (2024): Sana Makbul won, with Naezy as runner-up. Anil Kapoor hosted.

Some OTT contestants later moved to the TV show. Pratik Sehajpal, the Season 15 runner-up, is one example.

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