Bigg Boss 7 (tagline: Jannat Ka Wow Aur Jahannam Ka Aaw Dekhege Saath Saath) is the seventh season of the Indian reality TV series Bigg Boss which aired on TV channel Colors TV from 15 September 2013, with Salman Khan returning as the host for the fourth time and this season is longer than its predecessor, Bigg Boss 6 and lasted for 15 weeks (104 days) concluding on Saturday, 28 December 2013. The seventh season was launched with the tagline- 'Jannat Ka Wow Aur Jahannam Ka Aaw Dekhege Saath Saath'. The show started airing at 9:00 everyday from 15 September.
The series was won by Indian model and actress Gauhar Khan on 28 December 2013. While Tanisha Mukherjee was runner-up, Ajaz Khan remained 3rd and Sangram Singh remained 4th.
Finalist, Ajaz Khan returned as a guest in the eighth edition of the show to later compete in Bigg Boss Halla Bol. He was ejected from the house on Day 2.
The contestants were initially divided into two separate sections of the house, one called "Heaven" and the other "Hell." The "Heaven" side of the house included the pool and considerably more luxuries, while residents of the "Hell" side lacked running water and a kitchen of their own. Inmates in "Hell" were forced to rely on the housemates in the "Heaven" side for food and to use a tap outdoors for water. This was revealed to the housemates on launch night, and entrants Tanishaa and Andy were tasked with dividing them into households.
As long as the division lasted, inmates were not permitted to cross the boundaries or, except for food, share items between the two sides. On the 31st day, the "Hell" facility was demolished and all remaining contestants moved to "Heaven."
The series was first broadcast in India on network Colors beginning 15 September 2013. The series was also broadcast in Pakistan on ARY Digital beginning 21 September 2013 and in the United Kingdom on Colors UK on 15 September 2013.
The participants in the order of appearance and entered in house are:
Tanisha Mukherjee - Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu and Tamil actress. She is Kajol's sister.
VJ Andy - VJ and reality television host. He won Life OK's show Welcome.
Ratan Rajput - Television actress and reality television star.
Gauhar Khan - Actress, reality TV star, model She participated in Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 3. She danced in item songs Parda, Chokra Jawaan and Jhallah Wallah.
Shilpa Sakhlani - Actress wed to fellow Bigg Boss 7 contestant Apurva Agnihotri.
Apoorva Agnihotri - Actor wed to fellow Bigg Boss 7 contestant Shilpa Sakhlani. He did shows like Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin, Bidaai etc.
Kamya Panjabi - Television actress. She did her recent show Maryada.
Hazel Keech - British actress and model who works in India. She danced in Sonu Sood's song Aa Ante.
Kushal Tandon - Model turned TV actor. He has been in show Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai along playing the role of Nia Sharma's husband.
Rajat Rawail - Producer, actor
Sangram Singh - Wrestler and reality television personality.
Elli Avram - Swedish Greek actress
Armaan Kohli - Actor
Pratyusha Banerjee - Actress She was in Balika Vadhu.
Anita Advani - Anita Advani actress was in the news after Rajesh Khanna's death, claiming to have been his live-in partner.
Asif Azim - Bangladeshi born model.
Vivek Mishra - Model and naked yoga trainer. He gained attention in the media for accusing former housemate Raja Chaudhary for attempting to rape him.
Ajaz Khan - Actor.
Candy Brar - Former model.
Sofia Hayat - British actress and singer. She has worked on both British and Indian projects.
Working with the new concept of "Heaven" and "Hell", Heaven housemates were on occasion asked to vote for a housemate who should swap places with a housemate in Hell. After the second week, such switches were no longer according to vote but instead decided by the outcome of the luxury budget task.
Indicates that housemate belongs to Heaven Side.
Indicates that housemate belongs to Hell Side.
Indicates that housemate is ineligible to vote.
indicates that the Housemate is directly nominated either for eviction or for snug.
indicates that the Housemate is granted immunity from nominations
Moved to the Caravan
^Note 1 : Only the housemates living on the Heaven side had the right to nominate. However they could only nominate housemates living on the Hell side.
^Note 2 : The captain was given a special power to nominate one heaven housemate which will place them directly up for eviction.
^Note 3 : In a twist to nominations housemates were told to nominate two housemates they would like to save from eviction.
^Note 4 : All the housemates held the right to nominate. Everyone except the House Captain was subject to facing the public vote.
^Note 5 : For week four captain nominations occur before the end of previous captaincy reign, as Tanishaa was moved to hell side and lost her captaincy ship according to rules.
^Note 6 : All housemates had the right to nominate but they could only nominate housemates living on their side of the house.
^Note 7 : Tanishaa was not eligible for voting as Ratan was given a special power upon her eviction by which she could select any member and deny them the right to nominate.
^Note 8 : House captain held a special right to save one nominated housemate and replace him/her with another housemate who was not put up for eviction by the housemates that week.
^Note 9 : Shilpa was given a special power to nominate one housemate which will place them directly up for eviction.
^Note 10 : Due to the misbehaviour of Tanishaa towards Kushal in the Luxury Budget Task, and due to this Kushal trying to get out of the house,Bigg Boss nominated both of them.
^Note 11 : The winning team in the Luxury Budget Task and the captain had to nominate two people for eviction.
^Note 12 : For Week 7 nominations, Bigg Boss asked the captain to name five contestants who were discussing and plotting nominations which was a violation of Bigg Boss rule.
^Note 13 : Out of the five the captain had to select one such person who discussed the most and he would be directly evicted at a later date.
Official ratings are taken from TAM Media Research India.
