Bigg Boss OTT (Hindi Digital series) season 3

Bigg Boss OTT
Season 3
Eye Logo of Bigg Boss OTT 3
Presented by	Anil Kapoor
No. of housemates	16
No. of episodes	16
Release
Original network	JioCinema
Original release	21 June 2024 (2024-06-21) – present
Season chronology

Bigg Boss OTT 3 also known as Bigg Boss: Over-The-Top Season 3, is the third season of the Indian reality digital series Bigg Boss OTT, the spin-off version of Bigg Boss. It premiered on June 21, 2024 on JioCinema Premium. Anil Kapoor is hosting the season replacing Salman Khan.

Production

Teaser

On May 22, 2024, JioCinema released a teaser on social media. On May 31, 2024, JioCinema released a new teaser presenting Anil Kapoor as the host of season.

Poster

The poster of show start date was released on June 6, 2024 with host Anil Kapoor featuring in it.

Broadcast

In a change from the previous season, viewers will have access to 24x7 camera footage only if they have a subscription to JioCinema Premium. An hour-long episode will also be broadcast daily which would be available for non premium viewers.

House

The house design for this season is designed by Omung Kumar, featuring a fantasy theme. A glimpse of the house was revealed by JioCinema on June 20, 2024, a day before the Grand Premiere.

Eye logo

The Eye logo for this season features a mix of light and dark colors filling the pupil and lens, including golden, light yellow, and dark yellow, with a bright orange core representing the pupil. Indian culture symbols are embedded around the pupil, and the entire logo has been symbolically lit up with fire, creating a visual resemblance to the sun.

Housemate status

Sr	Housemate	Day entered	Day exited	Status
1	Armaan	Day 1
2	Chandrika	Day 1
3	Deepak	Day 1
4	Kritika	Day 1
5	Lovekesh	Day 1
6	Naezy	Day 1
7	Ranvir	Day 1
8	Sai Ketan	Day 1
9	Sana M	Day 1
10	Sana S	Day 1
11	Shivani	Day 1
12	Vishal	Day 1
13	Munisha	Day 1	Day 16	Evicted
14	Poulomi	Day 1	Day 12	Evicted by Baaharwaala
15	Payal	Day 1	Day 9	Evicted
16	Neeraj	Day 1	Day 5	Evicted

Housemates

The list of contestants in the order of entering the house:

Original entrants

• Chandrika Dixit Gera – Vada pav street vendor from Delhi.
• Ranvir Shorey – Actor and former VJ who works in Hindi films and television.
• Shivani Kumari — YouTuber and village-lifestyle content creator.
• Sana Makbul — Model and actress, who mainly works in Hindi television. She is best known for portraying Dr. Aliya in Vish.
• Vishal Pandey — Social media and fashion influencer.
• Lovekesh Kataria – YouTuber.
• Deepak Chaurasia — Journalist and Hindi-language news anchor.
• Sai Ketan Rao — Actor. He is best known for portraying Raghav Rao in Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali.
• Munisha Khatwani — Celebrity tarot card reader.
• Sana Sultaan Khan - Model and Social media personality. She has appeared in several music videos.
• Armaan Malik — YouTuber and content creator. He made headlines due to polygamy and announcing the pregnancy of both his wives at the same time.
• Payal Malik — YouTuber and content creator. She is Armaan Malik's first wife.
• Kritika Malik — YouTuber and content creator. She is Armaan Malik's second wife.
• Neeraj Goyat – Professional boxer and proficient in mixed martial arts. He won the title of "India's Most Promising Boxer" in 2008.
• Naezy – Rapper. The musical-drama film Gully Boy is partially inspired from his life.
• Poulomi Das — Model and television actress. She is best known for portraying Purnima in Kartik Purnima and Swarna in Naagin 6.

Twists

Phones

For the first time in the seventeen-year history of Bigg Boss, housemates are allowed to use phones during this season. Bigg Boss provided each housemate with a smartphone where they can receive messages from Bigg Boss and communicate with other housemates when permitted. However, only the "Baaharwaala" has access to feedback from the outside world.

Baaharwaala

On the premiere day, Anil Kapoor introduced "Baaharwaala" twist. He/she would receive information and feedback from the outside world until being fired to have the power and be replaced. The "Baaharwaala” would possess special powers and be immune from evictions, even if they were nominated.

Week No.	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6
	Day 1-6	Day 6-9
Baaharwaala	Sana S	Sai Ketan	Lovekesh

Weekly summary

Week 1	Entrances	On the Grand Premiere, Chandrika, Ranvir, Shivani, Sana M, Vishal, Lovekesh, Deepak, Sai Ketan, Munisha, Sana S, Armaan, Payal, Kritika, Neeraj, Naezy and Poulomi entered the house as the original housemates.
	Twists	On the Grand Premiere, host Anil Kapoor announced that Sana S would be the inaugural "Baaharwaala" granting her access to outside information from the audience and immunity from nominations alongwith special powers in nominations.
		On Day 6, Sana S was fired as Baaharwaala and Sai Ketan was chosen as the next Baaharwaala.
	Captaincy Task	None
	House Captain
	Baaharwaala	Sana Sultaan Sai Ketan Rao
	Nominations	Photo lab On Day 3, each housemate was required to nominate two other housemates for eviction by tearing their respective black and white photos in the Photo Lab, which was set up in the Activity Area.
		After the housemates cast their votes, the nominated housemates were Deepak, Ranvir, Saiketan, and Sana S. However, Bigg Boss introduced a twist by only accepting the nominees chosen by the "Baaharwaala"—Neeraj and Shivani—ultimately placing them in the final nomination list.
		Neeraj and Shivani were nominated for first-week's mid-week eviction.
		Nominations Ki Aawaaz On Day 6, each housemate was required to nominate two other housemates for eviction by saying names to tree near store room by crossing pool after which name would be echoed in house.
		Bigg Boss granted Bahaarwala contestant Sana Sultaan the power to revoke the nomination rights of three contestants prior to the nomination process. Sana chose to remove the nomination rights of Armaan, Payal, and Chandrika, preventing them from participating in that week's nomination process.
		Armaan, Deepak, Lovekesh, Sai Ketan, Sana S and Shivani were nominated for first-week's weekend eviction.
	Tasks	Aaj Ka Mudda with Deepak Chaurasia On Day 2, a debate took place among six housemates. The topic of discussion was centered around the contributions and participation of Armaan, Lovekesh, and Neeraj in the show. Ranvir, Sai Ketan, and Sana S were assigned the role of questioning the involvement of these three housemates in the house's matters, essentially acting as the "prosecuting" side in this debate format. The defendants, Armaan, Lovekesh, and Neeraj, answered questions and countered the arguments brought forth by the "prosecuting" side. The remaining housemates formed the audience and were permitted to question each speaker as well. Deepak moderated the debate.
		Winners - Armaan, Lovekesh and Neeraj
		Failed - Ranvir, Sai Ketan and Sana S
		Ration task - rankings On Day 4, Bigg Boss assigned a task to the housemates to earn ration for the house by determining rankings from 1 to 16 based on each contestant's contribution to the show. However, as the housemates were unable to provide logical reasons for each ranking and appeared to be in a hurry, Bigg Boss decided to cancel the task midway. Additionally, Bigg Boss pointed out that the rankings suggested by the housemates did not align with the rankings determined by the live audience.
		Task cancelled
		BB pet care On Day 5, a task was announced for assigning house duties, turning housemates into caretakers of pets. Housemates would earn points during the task, which could be used to purchase favorable house duties. In each round, three housemates would assume the role of caretakers, and a manager would assess their performance, awarding points that could be exchanged for house duty assignments. At the conclusion of the task, the names displayed on the board next to each duty would be considered final for the week. Round Caretakers Manager 1 Lovekesh Sana M Poulomi Ranvir 2 Kritika Shivani Chandrika Armaan 3 Deepak Sai Ketan Naezy Lovekesh 4 Ranvir Munisha Sana S Vishal 5 Payal Vishal Armaan Sai Ketan
		BB duty board Duties Housemate(s) Cooking 75,000 Breakfast Poulomi Lovekesh Sana M Sai Ketan Lunch Naezy Vishal Dinner Chandrika Naezy Vishal Cleaning 50,000 Bathroom Ranvir Armaan Bedroom Saiketan Munisha Kitchen Sai Ketan Ranvir Payal Garden Lovekesh Sana S Utensils 25,000 Breakfast Poulomi Lovekesh Lunch Sana M Deepak Vishal Dinner Kritika Munisha Sana S Chopping 15,000 Breakfast Sana M Ranvir Vishal Lunch Sana M Deepak Vishal Dinner Shivani Kritika Armaan
		Magical well On Day 7, a magical well was placed in the activity area, offering housemates the opportunity to make a wish that could potentially be granted. To be eligible, the wishes had to be feasible within the confines of the house. Whenever a frog situated in the well made a sound, the activity area would be accessible, allowing one housemate to enter at a time. In order to make a wish, the housemates needed to sacrifice a personal item belonging to another contestant in the well. The number of wishes each housemate could make was directly proportional to the number of personal items they were willing to sacrifice.
		Wishes were only made by Armaan, Lovekesh, Ranvir, Shivani and Vishal.
		Curse Ka Kasht On Day 9, all housemates were individually called to the confession room, where they were asked to declare to whom they wanted to give a curse that would cause them pain.
		Curse of Ranvir was granted which was to take away all hair grooming products of Vishal until Bigg Boss gives again.
	Punishments	On Days 1 and 2, the housemates consumed all the ration provided by Bigg Boss that was intended to last for a week. In response to this miscalculation, Bigg Boss provided additional fruits on Day 3 to ensure sufficient supplies for the remainder of the week. On Day 4, as a result of the housemates' unsuccessful attempt at the rankings task, Bigg Boss provided an additional supply of ration to the housemates, ensuring they had adequate resources for the following seven days. On Day 7, following the completion of the Magical Well task, Bigg Boss requested that five housemates nominate two housemates who would be subject to punishment. Ranvir and Shivani were ultimately chosen for the penalty, which involved holding their ears and continuously circling the well desk in the living area while saying, "Mere Pyaare Ghar Waalo, Mujhe Maaf Kardo" (Translation: "My dear housemates, please forgive me"). The punishment continued until Bigg Boss announced it to be over. However, as the punishments were not fully carried out, Bigg Boss refrained from fulfilling any wishes made by the housemates during the task.
	Exits	On Day 5, Neeraj Goyat was evicted after facing the public vote. On Day 9, Payal Malik was evicted after facing the public vote.
Week 2	Captaincy Task	None
	House Captain
	Baaharwaala	Lovekesh Kataria
	Nominations	Nominations Ke Shikaar On Day 10, the housemates had to nominate in pairs with another housemate. They were given two options, and they had to save one and nominate the other for the midweek eviction process. They had 10 minutes to decide, and if they could not reach a decision, the pair would be nominated themselves.
		Chandrika, Munisha, Naezy, Poulomi, Shivani and Vishal were nominated for second-week's mid-week eviction.
		Jaadui Gufa On Day 13, the housemates were granted a certain number of nomination rights from a minimum one to a maximum six which were decided by Baaharwaala. For nomination process, housemates had to come in Jaadui Gufa where number of lanterns li up for them would indicate the number of nominations they can make.
		Munisha, Sana M, Sana S, Deepak, Sai Ketan, Armaan, Ranvir and Vishal were nominated for second-week's weekend eviction.
	Tasks	BB puppet making factory On Day 11, a puppet show was set up in the garden area. Bigg Boss assigned three puppet masters, Ranvir, Vishal, and Shivani, who made puppets of housemates and created short shows to entertain the audience. The three puppet masters carried out their individual puppet shows. Other housemates were workers at the BB puppet making factory who made puppets for their favorite puppet master by taking material from the slide. Deepak assessed this task, quality checking all puppets, and whichever puppet master had five approved puppets would get time for shows according to the number of puppets.
		The live audience served as judges and cast their votes to help their favorite puppet master win. After declaring the results, Vishal came first and won the premium ration for the house, where he had to choose any six items from a list. Shivani came second and won the regular ration for the house, where she had to choose any five items from the list. Ranvir came third and won the basic ration for the house, where he had to choose any four items from the list. Position Puppet master Won Chosen 1 Vishal Premium ration 6 kg rice 4 vegetables 5 kg flour Coffee Ghee Besan 2 Shivani Regular ration 2 kg rice 3 kg flour 3 kg mix lentils Jowar flour Poha 3 Ranvir Basic ration 2 vegetables 2 kg flour 2 kg mix lentils 1 crate eggs Ultimately, Bigg Boss gave power to Baaharwaala to choose final ration for house. Ration type Chosen Premium ration 6 kg rice 4 vegetables 5 kg flour Coffee 2 kg chicken Besan Regular ration Gluten-free flour 10 packets of milk Potatoes Tomatoes Assorted fruits Basic ration Curd Sooji Tomato 1 crate eggs
		Stepper Chase On Day 12, Bigg Boss informed the housemates that the results for the midweek eviction had arrived, with Chandrika, Munisha, and Poulomi in the bottom three, and Munisha and Poulomi in the bottom two. However, the results had not been finalized as the Baaharwaala would decide whom to evict from the bottom two. The bottom two could be changed if any housemate kept moving on the stepper in fire ring for one hour, as live voting would be opened for the bottom three once again. If the stepper kept running for one hour, the results of the one-hour live voting would be considered; if it kept running for two hours, the results of the two-hour live voting would be considered; and if it kept running for three hours, the results of the three-hour live voting would be considered. Until the stepper moved, the bottom three would remain on the hill.
		The housemates continuously moved the stepper for three hours, and after the live voting results were considered, the bottom two housemates remained the same as in the previous voting round.
		Kaun Hai Baaharwala? On Day 14, Bigg Boss instructed the housemates to find the Baaharwala among them by giving a task. The housemates had to choose two detectives among them who would be given the chance to interrogate three suspects among other housemates who they think could be the Baaharwala. The interrogation would take place for the time during which other housemates would have to perform certain other tasks. At the end, the detectives had to announce their verdict of their investigation that who is the Baaharwala.
		The housemates chose Armaan and Sana M as the detectives who chose Chandrika, Shivani and Vishal as their suspects and Vishal as their choice for the Baaharwala which was wrong. This resulted in Baaharwala Lovekesh's retention as Baaharwala.
	Sponsored	On Day 12, Lotus Herbals gifted two hampers of Lotus Herbals UltraRX Sunscreen Serum.
		On Day 13, Too Yumm presented a task to the housemates, requiring three pairs to perform a dance involving Too Yumm Chips packets. The winning pair would receive the key to the Too Yumm dispenser located in the garden area. Team Members A Vishal and Sana M B Lovekesh and Shivani C Sai Ketan and Sana S The remaining housemates served as judges and ultimately decided to declare Vishal and Sana M as the winners of the dance competition.
	Events	On Day 11, Shivani complained about having head lice. In response, Bigg Boss sent medicated items for her to prevent other housemates from experiencing the same issue. Additionally, Bigg Boss advised all the housemates to remain vigilant and take necessary precautions to avoid the spread of lice.
	Exits	On Day 12, Poulomi Das was evicted by Baaharwaala.
Week 3	Entrances
	Twists
	Captaincy Task
	House Captain
	Baaharwaala
	Nominations
	Tasks
	Sponsored
	Punishments
	Exits
Week 4	Entrances
	Twists
	Captaincy Task
	House Captain
	Baaharwaala
	Nominations
	Tasks
	Sponsored
	Punishments
	Exits
Week 5	Entrances
	Twists
	Captaincy Task
	House Captain
	Baaharwaala
	Nominations
	Tasks
	Sponsored
	Punishments
	Exits
Week 6	Entrances
	Twists
	Captaincy Task
	House Captain
	Baaharwaala
	Nominations
	Tasks
	Sponsored
	Punishments
	Exits
Day 42 Grand Finale
4th Runner Up
3rd Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
1st Runner-up
Winner

Nominations table

	Week 1			Week 2			Week 3		Week 4		Week 5		Week 6
	Day 3	Day 6	Day 9	Day 10	Day 12	Day 13							Day	Day 42
Baaharwaala	Sana S		Sai Ketan	Lovekesh
Baaharwaala's Nominations	Neeraj Shivani	Armaan Kritika	Deepak Armaan Sana S (to save)	Kritika (to save) Naezy (to evict)	Poulomi	Ranvir Sana S
Vote to:	Evict		None	Save/Evict	Evict									WIN
Armaan	Sai Ketan Sana S	Not Eligible	Not Eligible	Sana M (to save) Vishal (to evict)	Munisha	Munisha Sana M Vishal
Chandrika	Ranvir Sana S	Not Eligible	Not Eligible	Deepak (to save) Munisha (to evict)	Safe	Sai Ketan Sana S
Deepak	Munisha Sana S	Munisha Payal	Not Eligible	Sana M (to save) Vishal (to evict)	Munisha	Kritika Munisha
Kritika	Deepak Naezy	Deepak Sana S	Not Eligible	Armaan (to save)	Munisha	Deepak Munisha Sana S
Lovekesh	Ranvir Sai Ketan	Sai Ketan Sana S	Not Eligible	Baaharwaala
Naezy	Lovekesh Shivani	Payal Shivani	Not Eligible	Sai Ketan (to save) Chandrika (to evict)	Munisha	Shivani
Ranvir	Deepak Lovekesh	Lovekesh Vishal	Not Eligible		Poulomi	Vishal
Sai Ketan	Sana M Vishal	Lovekesh Sana M	Baaharwaala	Ranvir (to save) Shivani (to evict)	Munisha	Sana M
Sana M	Sai Ketan Sana S	Sai Ketan Sana S	Not Eligible	Kritika (to save) Naezy (to evict)	Poulomi	Deepak Sana S
Sana S	Baaharwaala		Not Eligible	Ranvir (to save) Shivani (to evict)	Munisha	Sana M
Shivani	Poulomi Sai Ketan	Armaan Poulomi	Not Eligible	Deepak (to save) Munisha (to evict)	Poulomi	Armaan Ranvir Sai Ketan Sana S
Vishal	Poulomi Ranvir	Armaan Sai Ketan	Not Eligible	Armaan (to save)	Poulomi	Armaan Deepak Ranvir Sai Ketan
Munisha	Deepak Naezy	Armaan Deepak	Not Eligible	Nominated	BTM 2	Armaan Deepak Sai Ketan	Evicted (Day 16)
Poulomi	Ranvir Vishal	Armaan Shivani	Not Eligible	Nominated	BTM 2	Evicted by Baaharwaala (Day 12)
Payal	Sai Ketan Sana S	Not Eligible	Evicted (Day 9)
Neeraj	Munisha Sana S	Evicted (Day 5)
Notes	1	2, 3	4	5	6	7
Against Public Vote	Neeraj Shivani	Armaan Deepak Lovekesh Payal Sai Ketan Sana S Shivani		Chandrika Naezy Munisha Poulomi Shivani Vishal	Chandrika Munisha Poulomi	Armaan Deepak Munisha Ranvir Sai Ketan Sana M Sana S Vishal
Ejected	None
Walked
Evicted	Neeraj	Payal		Poulomi		Munisha

Color keys

  indicates Baaharwaala.

  indicates the House Captain.

  indicates the nominees for house captaincy.

  indicates that the Housemate was safe prior to nominations.

  indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction before the regular nominations process.

  indicates the winner.

  indicates the first runner-up.

  indicates the second runner-up.

  indicates the third runner-up.

  indicates the fourth runner-up.

  indicates that the contestant has re-entered the house.

  indicates that the contestant walked out of the show.

  indicates that the contestant was ejected from the house.

  indicates that the contestant was evicted.

Nomination notes

• ^1 : On Day 3, each housemate was required to nominate two other housemates for the eviction process. However, Bigg Boss introduced a twist, which meant that only the nominations made by the "Baaharwaala" were accepted and finalized.
• ^2 : On Day 6, Bigg Boss instructed the Baaharwala, Sana S, to choose three housemates who would be exempt from the nomination process. The Bahaarwaala selected Armaan, Payal, and Chandrika, rendering them ineligible to vote in the upcoming eviction proceedings. Following this decision, each housemate was then required to nominate two other contestants for eviction.
• ^3 : On Day 6, Sana S was removed from her role as the Baaharwala, as discreetly announced by Bigg Boss.
• ^4 : On Day 9, Sai Ketan's wish to save Armaan and Deepak from nominations was granted. He was immuned from the nominations but he gave up his power of Baaharwaala to save Sana S from nominations.
• ^5 : On Day 10, housemates were required to nominate in pairs with another housemate. They had the option of choosing between two other housemates, one whom they wanted to save and one whom they wanted to nominate for eviction. If the pair couldn't reach a mutual agreement on a decision, the pair itself would be nominated, and both of their options would be directly saved.
• ^6 : On Day 12, live voting was opened for three hours to determine the bottom two among the bottom three housemates. Once the voting period concluded, the Baaharwaala Lovekesh made the final decision on whom to evict from the bottom two.
• ^7 : On Day 13, Bigg Boss granted the Baaharwaala, Lovekesh, the right to allot a certain number of nomination rights to all the housemates, ranging from one to six. After receiving their respective nomination rights, the housemates proceeded to make their nominations.

Guest appearances

Week(s)	Day(s)	Guest(s)	Notes
Grand Premiere	Day 0	Shobhaa De	To introduce and interview housemate Deepak Chaurasia
		Anasuya Roy (Deepak’s wife)
Week 1	Day 9	Aekta Brahmbhatt	To analyse the housemates and events of the season with the host, Anil Kapoor
		Lakshya and Raghav Juyal	To promote their film Kill
		Raftaar	To promote his song Morni
		Yuvraj Dua	To give his opinion on the housemates
Week 2	Day 16	Payal Malik	To talk about certain complaints regarding housemates
		Shivangi Khedkar
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Grand Finale

Reception

The series premiere episode was reviewed by Grace Cyril for Times Now. She wrote, "Once a powerhouse of entertainment, this season seems to have started on dull note. The High-voltage drama fell flat largely, making it a snooze fest."

Pratidin Time wrote, "While Kapoor exuded his signature suave charm, attempts to engage the audience fell short, perhaps due to peculiar editing choices that diluted the impact, evident in the disjointed laughter track. Even the introduction of the first contestant, the Vada Pav Girl, lacked the anticipated punch."