Bigg Boss OTT will stream on Voot. (Photo: Voot Select/Twitter)Karan Johar-hosted Bigg Boss OTT is set to premiere on Voot on August 8. A prelude to Bigg Boss 15, the digital version will stream for six weeks, and the top performers will get a chance to be on Salman Khan’s reality show.
Apart from an hour-long episode, for the first time, the audience will have 24×7 live access to the housemates. With the theme – Stay Connected, the makers will also give viewers the power to decide tasks, punishments and even eliminations.
The makers have roped in 12 housemates who will flaunt their ‘bolder and crazier’ avatar to win the trophy and secure a spot on Bigg Boss 15. The confirmed contestants of the show are Neha Bhasin, Raqesh Bapat, Zeeshan Khan, Ridhima Pandit, Karan Nath, Urfi Javed, Divya Agarwal, Akshara Singh, Pratik Sehejpal, Nishant Bhatt, Muskaan Jattana and Milind Gaba.
Talking about associating with Bigg Boss OTT, Karan Johar shared that he has always been a fan of the show. However, the filmmaker is clear he will never be able to survive the game, as he cannot live without his phone. In case he gets a chance to be joined by friends in the house, Karan picked Kareena Kapoor and Malaika Arora to be his partners in crime.
“I don’t mind entering the show with Bebo and Mala. OMG! It would be so much fun with both inside the house, trapped without phones,” the host shared.
All the contestants get a warm welcome from Bigg Boss. The show will run for only six weeks. Bigg Boss also shares that while boys got all their belongings, girls will get only a part of it now and the rest will come later with a task.
Divya Agarwal could not forge a connection and was nominated for eviction on the grand launch of the show. The eviction will take place next Sunday. She needs to impress the audience and enter the house.
Ridhima Pandit and Divya Agarwal had to convince Karan Nath to choose one contestant and he chose the former.
Ridhima Pandit enters the stage as the last female contestant of Bigg Boss OTT.
Divya Agarwal is on the stage. She confessed that she was a background dancer in Karan Johar's film Student of the Year.
Raqesh Bapat was selected by almost all the female contestants.
Akshara Singh and Pratik Sehejpal pair together.
Bhojpuri actor Akshara Singh makes a powerful entry.
Moose Jattana chooses Nishant Bhatt over Pratik Sehejpal for the connection.
Moose Jattana saw 'employment' in the Bigg Boss OTT offer.
Neha Bhasin and Milind Gaba have forged a connection, as per show's format, for their Bigg Boss OTT journey.
Neha Bhasin joins Bigg Boss OTT with her leg in plaster. Karan Johar confesses that he is a big fan of the singer.
After a task, Urfi Javed gets her connection in Zeeshan Khan.
While Urfi Javed is on the stage, the boys have to give their first impression of the contestant before they get to see her.
Shamita Shetty is the first contestant to enter the Bigg Boss OTT house while Raqesh Bapat has to wait in the connection gallery.
Raqesh Bapat and Shamita Shetty are the first pair on Bigg Boss OTT.
Karan Nath and Raqesh Bapat are two partners chosen by Shamita. After a task where the two have to make bhelpuri, the winner gets to partner with Shamita.
Indirectly addressing her brother-in-law Raj Kundra's arrest in porn apps case, she said that she is here to carry on with her work as she had committed to be a part of the show long back.
Shamita Shetty is in the house
Malaika Arora asked Zeeshan Khan and Milind Gaba to do some yoga poses. Pratik Sehejpal and Raqesh Bapat were asked to impress Malaika. Karan Nath and Nishant Bhatt were asked to entertain by performing a pole dance.