MTV Roadies is an Indian reality television series. It was launched on 15 August 2003 and airs on MTV India. The show is digitally available on JioCinema.
In this show, a group of contestants travel to different destinations and participate in various tasks that challenge their physical, social and mental strength.
Overview
History
The Roadies format was created by Nikhil J Alva, founder of Miditech Studios.[1][2] Miditech Studios produced the first 2 seasons of the Roadies series. In those early days, the format creator, Nikhil J Alva, had conceptualized the format as one that would unite the youth of India through social work and random acts of kindness as the contestants travelled across India.
Seeing its popularity soar, the series was taken over by MTV from Miditech, to be produced in-house after the second season. Raghu Ram and Rajiv Ram, former Miditech Studio employees, were tasked with producing and anchoring the show for MTV. Under Raghu and Rajiv's guidance, the show took a dramatic turn away from its feel-good-social-flavor, to a more crass, and in-your-face tone.[1] Raghu and Rajiv left the show in 2014.[3] They told the media that they had done enough to popularise the show and wanted to give opportunities to the new generation to carry the show forward. With a 17-year history, it is one of India's longest running reality shows.[4]
During the course of the journey there are vote outs, vote ins, eliminations and game changing twists. Eventually the contestant who manages to survive vote outs and succeed in the finale is chosen as the winner. The show has enjoyed relative success among the youth.
Format
The first two seasons had a cap on the daily budget allocated to the contestants. During the show, apart from learning about India's diversity, they were also given tasks to get to know each other. The tasks became more aggressive with over-the-top-reality sequences, from the third season onwards, when it was taken over from Miditech Studios by MTV.
Since the fourth season, Battleground (2006-2009, 2014–present) later known as Graveyard (2010-2011, 2013-2014) the show introduced the choice wild cards.
In the fifth season, The "Advantage task" was introduced. The winner of the task would get an advantage in the vote out, which could be multiple votes or being the only one(s) to vote. That was the first time the show went international.[5]
In the tenth season, a team of former contestants mentored by Raghu Ram were pitted against a team of fresh contestants mentored by Rannvijay Singha, who was the winner of the first version of the contest.[6]
In the twelfth season, during the auditions, "Gang Leaders" were introduced. Four Gang Leaders had to hit a buzzer to express their interest in a contestant. Contestants in return had the option to choose which gang they would like to be a part of.[7]
In the fourteenth season, bikes, which had been a common aspect of the show, were discontinued and the makers opted for a car. That continued into the fifteenth season as well and so on.[6]
Season nineteen was introduced with a new concept of debut roadies and ex-roadies competing against each other for the title. Bikes, which had been a common aspect of the earlier seasons, were introduced again. That was the first season without the presence of Rannvijay Singha.
Across all seasons, vote outs, vote ins, immunity, eliminations, captaincy, twists introduced by the makers, and special appearances by guests like actors, sportspersons and musicians have been regular features of the show.[8][6]
^ Gurmeet Singh Rehal returns as guest gang leader for Gang Nikhil as he wasn't available for a day during journey.
^Harbhajan Singh was introduced as a judge present during auditions and occasionally during journey who holds powers.
^Varun Sood substitute Raftaar as gang leader during journey after he leaves for few days due to work commitments. Later he replaced him due to Raftaar being medically unfit.
MTV Roadies 1 is the first season of the reality series. It premiered on 15 August 2003 and ended on 8 November 2003 with Rannvijay Singha emerging as the winner.[9]
MTV Roadies 2 is the second season of the reality series. It premiered on 21 August 2004 and ended on 12 March 2005 with Ayushmann Khurrana emerging as the winner.[10]
MTV Roadies 3 is the third season of the reality series. It premiered on 11 November 2005 and ended on 3 March 2006 with Parul Shahi emerging as the winner.
MTV Roadies 4 is the fourth season of reality game show MTV Roadies that aired on MTV India from 2006–2007.[11] Hosted by MTV VJ Rannvijay, the show features 13 contestants who ride Hero Honda Karizma bikes on a journey where they endure "sun, snow, rain and physical and mental stress, while complex challenges are thrown at them from every direction."[11] In keeping with the reality contest format, contestants at each episode can be eliminated from the game with a vote out. At the final destination, Gangtok, the winner is awarded a cash prize of up to 500,000 Indian rupees (₹ 5,00,000).[11] Bollywood actor Gulshan Grover makes appearances in the season to introduce twists into the game. The show's winner was Anthony Yeh.
Roadies auditions were held in Delhi, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Mumbai and, for the first time, Lucknow. A total of 13 Roadies, seven men and six women, were chosen. They are:[11]
28 October 2007 (2007-10-28) – 13 January 2008 (2008-01-13)
MTV Roadies 5.0 is the fifth season of MTV Roadies, a reality television show aired on MTV India. The show was created by Raghu Ram and is hosted by Rannvijay. "Roadies has travel, adventure, drama, touch of voyeurism..." said Raghu Ram, when asked about the show.[12] The maximum prize for winning the show was ₹5 lakh (US$5,800).[13]
29 November 2008 (2008-11-29) – 26 April 2009 (2009-04-26)
MTV Roadies: Hell Down Under is the sixth season of MTV Roadies, a reality television show aired on MTV India. The season 6 of roadies was also known as "Hell Down Under" because the second half of season took place in Australia and the tasks were reminiscent of Hell. The audition episodes were aired from 29 November 2008 and the journey episodes began airing on 10 January 2009. The actual journey of the selected Roadies started from 11 November 2008. Its auditions were held in various cities of India, like Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chandigarh. Following mob violence during Delhi auditions, roadies from Delhi and Mumbai were shortlisted through online auditions, followed by a Group Discussion and Interview. This is the first time in MTV Roadies history that Nikhil Chinapa was replaced by Raghu's identical twin brother, Rajiv Laxman.
Winner, Won total prize money of Rs. 3,62,000 and A Hero Honda Karizma, Voted out in the 4th episode, re-entered in 7th episode defeating Pradeep in Zorb Task. Nauman defeated Lonkiri in finals.
Longkiri Timung (Kiri)
Kolkata
Om Blues
Runner-up. Won a Hero Honda Karizma, Evicted in the 7th episode by challenge from Sufi in Ladder Task. Brought back in 13th episode by vote-in from the fellow contestants, where he defeated Sufi and Natasha in Plank Task. Lost to Nauman in the finals.
Gurmeet Kaur Johal (Palak)
Bangalore
Om Blues
Won A Hero Honda Karizma, Voted out in the 3rd episode, re-entered in 7th episode defeating Bobby in Mechanical Bull task. Evicted by Longkiri in semi final task.
Natasha Sinha
Chandigarh
Brats
Voted out in the 11th episode. Brought back in 14th episode but failed in Plank task.
Puneet Malhotra (Sufi)
Mumbai
Won A Hero Honda Karizma, Voted out in the 1st episode, re-entered in 7th episode defeating Longkiri in Ladder task. Voted out in the 10th episode. Brought back in 13th episode but failed in Plank task
Paulami De
Kolkata
Om Blues
Voted out in the 12th episode.
Samrat Kaushal
Ahmedabad
Om Blues
Won A Hero Honda Karizma, Voted out in the 9th episode.
Tamanna Sharma (Tammy)
Chandigarh
Om Blues
Voted out in the 8th episode.
Sandeep Singh (Sandy)
New Delhi
Brats
Voted out in the 7th episode.
Bobby Chopra
New Delhi
Brats
Evicted in the 7th episode by challenge from Palak in Mechanical Bull task.
Pradeep Singh
New Delhi
Brats
Evicted in the 7th episode by challenge from Nauman in Zorb task.
8 November 2009 (2009-11-08) – 25 June 2010 (2010-06-25)
MTV Roadies 7 (advertised as ROADIES) is the seventh season of MTV Roadies, a popular weekly reality television show on MTV India. The season first aired on 8 November 2009 and is airing its annual "auditions" portion in which the contestants of the show are selected.[14]
Part of the season took place in Africa
List of Roadies
Ameya R. Kadam: Ameya is 20-year-old student of Commercial Arts.
Amritpal Singh: Amritpal is a 24-year-old guy from Mumbai. He is the adventure loving Roadie in MTV Roadies 7.
Anwar Syed: The winner of Roadies 7, Anwar is a 24-year-old guy. He is the sports loving Roadie in Roadies 7.
Bharti Nagpal: Bharti Nagpal is a 23-year-old girl from Delhi. She is the travel loving Roadie in MTV Roadies 7.
Charlie Chauhan: Charlie is a 20-year-old female from Shimla. She is fun loving Roadies in Roadies 7.
Eric Roy: Eric is a 20-year-old guy from Kolkata. He is the smart Roadies in MTV Roadies 7.
Gaurav Gill: Gaurav is a 21-year-old guy from Mumbai. He is music loving Roadies in Roadies 7.
Mannat Mundi: Mannat is an 18-year-old girl from Chandigarh. She was challenging rider in MTV Roadies 7.
Meghna Mirgnani: Meghna is a 24-year-old girl from Mumbai. She is nature loving Roadies in Roadies 7.
Mohit Malik: Mohit is a 19-year-old intelligent guy. He is also a good Roadies in MTV Roadies 7.
Nisha Rana: Nisha Rana is a 25-year-old girl from Chandigarh. She is also challenging Roadies in Roadies 7.
Priyanka Roy: Priyanka is a 22-year-old female from Kolkata. She is painting loving Roadies in MTV Roadies 7.
Ravneet Kaur: Ravneet is an 18-year-old simple girl. She is basketball loving Roadies in Roadies 7.
Vikas Ambwani: Vikas is a 24-year-old guy from Kota. He is the hardworking Roadies in MTV Roadies 7.
Vikram Jeet Singh: Vikram is a 23-year-old guy from Delhi. He is fun loving rider in Roadies 7.
Yatin Madhok: Yatin is a 19-year-old guy from Delhi. He is friendly rider in MTV Roadies 7.
Zaid Bin Nazir: Zaid is a 24-year-old guy from Bangalore. He is also fun loving guy who is the Roadies in Roadies 7.
Priyanka Telang: Priyanka is a 24-year-old girl.
Rahul Suri: Rahul is a 25-year-old guy from Delhi.
Ranjna Rawat: Ranjna Rawat is a 21-year-old girl from Chandigarh.
Rishabh Gulati: Rishabh is a 20-year-old guy from Delhi.
Sahibjit Singh: Sahibjit is a 21-year-old guy from Delhi.
Shweta Bisen: Shweta is a 24-year-old girl from Nagpur.
19 January (2011-01-19) – 18 June 2011 (2011-06-18)
MTV Roadies Shortcut To Hell is the eighth season of MTV Roadies, a reality television show aired on MTV India. The season 8 of roadies was also known as "Shortcut To Hell" as the second half of the season took place in Brazil. The audition episodes were aired from 22 January 2011 and the journey episodes began airing on 5 March 2011. Its auditions were held in various cities of India, like Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Delhi and Pune. The audition is done by Raghu Ram, Rajiv Laxman and Rannvijay Singh. The title was won by Aanchal Khurana from Delhi.[15]
Avtar Nischal, Suchit Vikram Singh, and Mohit Saggar returned as All-Stars for Roadies X - Battle for Glory. Nischal withdrew in mid-season, Singh finished in 10th place and Saggar eventually placed as 2nd Runner-up.
7 January (2012-01-07) – 30 June 2012 (2012-06-30)
MTV Roadies 9 : Everything or Nothing is the ninth season of MTV Roadies, a reality television show aired on MTV India. The auditions started on 16 September from Pune following with Audition in Kolkata, Delhi, Chandhigarh and Hyderabad. Part of the season will take place in United States of America. The show started airing on MTV India from 7 January 2012 and every new episode aired on Saturdays at 7 p.m. IST.
The series was won by Vikas Khoker from Chandigarh. He won the title on 30 June 2012 and walked away with a total cash prize of ₹ 617,000.
Anirudh Sharma and Diyali Chauhan returned as All-Stars for Roadies X – Battle for Glory. Chauhan finished in 15th place and Sharma placed as 3rd Runner-up.
19 January (2013-01-19) – 11 May 2013 (2013-05-11)
MTV Roadies X : Battle for Glory is the tenth season of MTV Roadies, a reality television show aired on MTV India. The auditions started on 31 October 2012 and were held in Pune, Delhi, Chandigarh and Hyderabad. The show started airing on MTV India from 19 January 2013 with new episodes airing every Saturday at 7:00 pm IST.
The series was won by veteran roadie Palak Johal, originally from Season 6, of Team Raghu.[16] She won the title on 11 May 2013. Her grand price included a total cash price of ₹ 450,000, a Hero Impulse bike and an HP laptop.[17]
The series was won by Nikhil Sachdeva (also popularly known as Nick). He won the title on 18 May 2014. His grand price included a Hero Impulse bike and a total cash price of ₹ 320,000.
Contestants
There are fourteen contestants selected from 4 cities.
MTV Roadies X4: Your Gang, Your Glory is the thirteenth season of Indianreality showMTV Roadies. The show is hosted by Gaelyn Mendonca. It started airing on MTV India from 20 February 2016.[24] The audition episodes were aired from 20 February 2016 and the journey episodes began airing on 6 April 2016. Its auditions were held in various cities of India, like Chandigarh, Delhi, Pune and Lucknow. The auditions were taken by the four aspiring gang leaders – Rannvijay Singha, Karan Kundrra, Neha Dhupia and Sushil Kumar. After a prestigious finale, Balraj was crowned as the winner.
Contestants
There were originally 20 contestants at the beginning of the journey. Battleground winner contestant Benafsha Soonawalla entered in episode 6, and Shivangi Walia replaced Kavya Khurana in episode 9, bringing the total contestant number to 22.[25]
Contestant
Gang
Finish
Total votes
Anamika Barman
Prince
Eliminated in semi-finals
0
Anseela
Neha
4
Benafsha Soonawalla
Karan
0
Divya Verma
Neha
Eliminated in semi-finals
5
Gaurav Alugh
Karan
Eliminated in the Grand Finale
10
Hifsa Sharma
Rannvijay
9
Satish Kumar
Neha
Eliminated in the Semi-Finale
0
Navdeesh Arora
Prince
Eliminated in Grand Finale
0
Rubal Dhankar
Rannvijay
0
Saad Choudhary
Karan
4
Tej Singh Gill
Rannvijay
0
Shivangi Walia
Karan
3
Yogesh Jadhav
Prince
Voted-out in 6th vote-out
10
Tarasha Diva
Rannvijay
Voted-out in 5th vote-out(wild card entry;replacing Hifsa;voted out)
10 February (2019-02-10) – 18 August 2019 (2019-08-18)
MTV Roadies: Real Heroes was the sixteenth season of the Indian reality show MTV Roadies, which premiered on MTV India from 10 February 2019. The audition were taken by Rannvijay Singha & the four returning gang leaders - Prince Narula, Nikhil Chinapa, Neha Dhupia and Raftaar along with new gang leader Sandeep Singh.[29][30] Rannvijay continued to serve as a mentor and host, while Divya Agarwal and Varun Sood played the role of Roadies Insiders. Baseer Ali hosted the Voot segments with Shruti Sinha.
In this season, there is no gang leader nor any gang. The contestants are going to fight solo during their journey right from the beginning. In the previous seasons from Roadies X2 contestants are grouped into gangs under a gang leader to perform their tasks and they fight solo towards the end of the show.[33][34]
For the very first time, the show is being streamed on Voot 24hr before TV steaming platform a day before the TV which is made exclusively available only to Voot Select subscribers.[35]
After six episodes, due to COVID-19 pandemic, the show dates were postponed until further instructions from March 28. After three months, the show was resumed on June 27, 2020, onwards and telecasted new episodes.
For the first time in Roadies history, Audition happened LIVE on social media platform during the COVID-19 Lock-down in India, from April 27 to June 17, where one auditionee won the chance to join the Roadies Journey.
Season 18
Season of television series
MTV Roadies
Season 18
Presented by
Sonu Sood (Host)[36] Abhimanyu Raghav Vishakha Fulsugne (Roadies Insiders)
MTV Roadies: Journey in South Africa is the eighteenth season of India MTV Roadies produced by Pippip Media Private Limited. It premiered on MTV on 8 April 2022.
A spin-off series, Roadies - All Access Star hosted by Gaelyn Mendonca and judged by Arjun Kanungo[37] streamed exclusively on Voot. Participants will have to showcase their talent and even showcase their flair for general knowledge. The winner Nisman Parpia gets a fully paid five-day trip to South Africa, the opportunity to host her own digital show, witnessing the Roadies finale shoot and also gets an opportunity to host a Roadies after hours digital show.
Like the previous season, the show was being streamed on Voot 24 hours before TV, exclusively available only to Voot Select subscribers. In addition to airing on MTV India, the premiere episode was simulcast across three other channels of Viacom18; Colors Infinity, Comedy Central India and MTV Beats, becoming the most-watched episode in the franchise's history.
On 10 July 2022, Ashish Bhatia and Nandini G emerged as winners of the season, and for first time there were two winners. Jashwanth Bopanna and Yukti Arora were the first runners-up and Kevin Almasifar and Moose Jattana were 2nd runners-up.[38]
