Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 18

Bigg Boss
Season 18
Bigg Boss Season 18
Presented by	Salman Khan
No. of days	33
No. of housemates	20
No. of episodes	33
Release
Original network	Colors TV
Original release	6 October 2024 (2024-10-06) – present
Season chronology

Bigg Boss 18 also known as Bigg Boss: Time Ka Tandav is the eighteenth season of the Indian Hindi-language reality show Bigg Boss. It premiered on 6 October 2024 on Colors TV and JioCinema. Salman Khan is hosting the show for the fifteenth time.

Production

Promotions

Nia Sharma was announced as the first confirmed contestant during the Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 finale on 29 September 2024. However, she later revealed that she would not be participating in the show.

From 3 October to 5 October, promotional clips featuring Shilpa Shirodkar, Shehzada Dhami, Chaahat Pandey, Vivian Dsena, Alice Kaushik, Gunratan Sadavarte and Eisha Singh were released.

On 6 October 2024, the grand premiere promo showcasing Avinash Mishra was released. Additionally, a promo featuring Hrithik Roshan introducing Arfeen Khan and Sara Arfeen Khan were also released the same day.

Broadcast

Bigg Boss 18 episodes aired on weekdays at 10 PM, while on Saturdays and Sundays, they were scheduled for 9:30 PM. Each episode included Tandav Ka Overtime, which meant that the standard hour-long episode was extended with additional content to cover the events of the day. Since Week 4, Weekend Ka Vaar episodes were aired on Friday and Saturday instead of regular weekend where Friday was named as Shukravaar Ka Vaar, Saturday was named as Shanivaar Ka Vaar and evictions took place on Saturday. Like the previous two seasons, a special segment titled Haye Daiya with Ravi Bhaiyya Garda Udaa Denge aired on Sundays, hosted by Season 1 finalist Ravi Kishan.

Theme

The theme for this season is "Time Ka Tandav". This season Bigg Boss will play with time, he will see the contestants past, present and future.

Morning Anthem

Like the last two seasons, this season also has a morning anthem titled Bigg Boss, Bigg Boss Happy, Happy Morning Hain instead of the usual wake-up songs.

Eye logo

The color scheme of the eye combines blue, gold, and white. The design prominently includes a stylized eye at the center, which has a striking blue color with detailed textures, resembling an iris and pupil. Surrounding the eye is a circular clock motif, with gold outlines and clock markings, suggesting a theme of time or vigilance.

Release

The teaser was released on 16 September 2024 voiced by Salman Khan, announcing the arrival and theme of this season. On 22 September 2024, Colors TV released a new promo featuring Khan, marking his return to the show after absence in the OTT version while announcing the premiere date for the new season.

House

The house of this season had a "timeless cave and fort-like" theme. The house was located in Film City, Mumbai for the sixth time. The house had seven sections: living area, kitchen area, dining and sitting area, bedroom area, garden area, jail and confession room. A large Trojan horse structure is at the house's entrance. BB jail of the house resembled a cave, with white walls, small beds and a telephone located inside the house next to the bedroom. The swimming area has rocky surroundings and the bathroom was designed like a Turkish hammam. As in the two previous seasons, the house's entrance and exit were through a tunnel instead of the main door. This season there were 107 cameras.

Housemate status

Sr	Housemate	Day entered	Day exited	Status
1	Alice	Day 1
2	Avinash	Day 1	Day 11	Evicted By Housemates
		Day 11
3	Chahat	Day 1
4	Chum	Day 1
5	Digvijay	Day 29
6	Eisha	Day 1
7	Karanveer	Day 1
8	Kashish	Day 29
9	Rajat	Day 1
10	Sara	Day 1
11	Shilpa	Day 1
12	Shrutika	Day 1
13	Tajinder	Day 1
14	Vivian	Day 1		Time God
15	Arfeen	Day 1	Day 34	Evicted
16	Shehzada	Day 1	Day 27	Evicted
17	Nyrraa	Day 1	Day 21	Evicted
18	Muskan	Day 1	Day 20	Evicted By Housemates
19	Hema	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
20	Gunratan	Day 1	Day 10	Walked

Housemates

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

18 Original entrants of season with host and eye logo

Original entrants

• Chahat Pandey – Actress. She is known for her roles in Hamari Bahu Silk and Nath.
• Shehzada Dhami – Actor. He is known for his role in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai.
• Avinash Mishra – Actor. He his known for his roles in Yeh Teri Galiyan, Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke and Nath.
• Shilpa Shirodkar – Actress. She worked primarily in Hindi language films in 1990's. In 2013, she made a comeback to acting with Ek Mutthi Aasmaan.
• Tajinder Bagga – Politician. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
• Shrutika Arjun – Actress and entrepreneur. She previously acted in Tamil and Malayalam movies. She made a comeback with reality show Cooku with Comali (Season-3) finishing in first place.
• Nyrraa Banerjee – Actress. She is known for her roles in Divya Drishti and Pishachini. She also participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 13.
• Chum Darang – Actress and model. She was the winner of the beauty pageant Miss AAPSU and is known for her roles in Badhaai Do and Gangubai Kathiawadi.
• Karanveer Mehra – Actor. He is known for his roles in Pavitra Rishta and Ragini MMS 2. He also participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 finishing in first place.
• Rajat Dalal – Fitness influencer and former weightlifter.
• Muskan Bamne – Actress. She is known for her role in Anupamaa.
• Arfeen Khan – Life coach and motivational speaker. He is the husband of Sara Arfeen Khan.
• Sara Arfeen Khan – Actress and wellness coach. She is the wife of Arfeen Khan.
• Eisha Singh – Actress. She is known for her roles in Ishq Ka Rang Safed, Ishq Subhan Allah, Sirf Tum, and Bekaboo.
• Gunratan Sadavarte – Lawyer. He is known for being involved in Maharashtra's "Maratha Aarakshan" case.
• Hema Sharma – Social media influencer and actress. She has gained recognition under the name "Viral Bhabhi".
• Vivian Dsena – Actor. He is known for his roles Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani, Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon, Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki and Sirf Tum. He also participated in the reality series Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7.
• Alice Kaushik – Actress. She is known for her role in Pandya Store.

Wild card entrants

• Digvijay Singh Rathee – Reality TV actor. He is known for participating in MTV Roadies: Karm Ya Kaand and MTV Splitsvilla X5.
• Kashish Kapoor – Reality TV actress. She is known for participating in MTV Splitsvilla X5.

Twists

Future prediction

On the Grand Premiere day, Salman Khan revealed the top two finalists of the season to be Vivian Dsena and Alice Kaushik as predicted by Bigg Boss. If they both reach in finale, Bigg Boss will open the voting line only for them.

Jail punishment

Week	Day	Housemates in jail	Special power	Ref.
Week 1	Days 1-5	Tajinder and Hema	Power of controlling house ration
Week 2 and 3	Days 11-20	Avinash
Week 3	Days 18-20	Arfeen
Week 3 and 4	Days 20-26	Sara and Tajinder
Week 4 and 5	Days 26-29	Rajat and Shrutika	Preparing menu of kitchen for housemates

Time ka Tandav

During Weekend Ka Vaar, a new activity room was introduced. This room of time will be always in present and helps housemates to take important decision based on what happened in past and what will be happen in future.

Week	Time	Contenders	Power	Ref.
Week 1	Past	Vivian Alice	Punish guilty housemates on past decisions
Week 2	Future	Rajat Vivian	Throne of Control
Week 4	Future	Karanveer	To give his opinions on future decisions

Weekly summary

The main events in the Bigg Boss 18 house are summarised in the table below.

Week 1	Entrances	On the Grand Premiere, host Salman Khan welcomed new housemates and introduced them to audience. Chaahat, Shehzada, Avinash, Shilpa, Tajinder, Shrutika, Nyrraa, Chum, Karanveer, Rajat, Muskan, Arfeen, Sara, Eisha, Gunratan, Hema, Vivian and Alice entered house in order.
	Twists	On the Grand Premiere, Bigg Boss predicted that Chaahat would end up in jail, but she could change her fate by convincing two other housemates to take her place. If she failed, Chaahat would go to jail. After successfully convincing Tajinder and Hema, Chaahat avoided jail, while Tajinder and Hema were sent to jail until further orders from Bigg Boss. During the Grand Premiere, Bigg Boss also predicted that Vivian and Alice would be the top two contestants of the season, and that voting lines would only open for them if they both reach the finale. On Day 2, Bigg Boss presented two options to the jailed Tajinder and Hema: a) they could gain control over ration by remaining in jail until further orders from Bigg Boss, or b) they could be released from jail and become ordinary housemates like the others. Tajinder and Hema chose option a, allowing them to control the ration while in jail. Ration supplies were sent from the storeroom to the jail, where they would be distributed as they saw fit. On Day 4, Bigg Boss announced that jailmates Tajinder and Hema could be released if two other housemates took their place in jail. The first to go was Chaahat, who volunteered. Bigg Boss then asked all the housemates who supported the release of both Tajinder and Hema. Karanveer, Eisha and Avinash did not support their release. Consequently, Bigg Boss allowed them to choose another housemate to accompany Chaahat in jail. The three agreed on Gunratan, but he declined to go. As a result, since neither Chaahat nor Gunratan was imprisoned, Tajinder and Hema remained incarcerated. On Day 5, Bigg Boss gave Tajinder and Hema the chance to be released from jail if they sacrificed all the rations currently present in the house, promising them daily basic rations. They both agreed to this arrangement and were released from jail, while all the rations were returned to Bigg Boss. During the grand premiere, a donkey named Gadhraj was sent into the house, where he was tied in the garden near the smoking area. On Day 7, host Salman Khan announced the end of his presence in the house.
	Nominations	Maut Ka Farmaan On Day 3, the nomination process took place in the garden area, where all housemates' photos were displayed on the Maut Ka Farmaan board. First, each housemate named one contestant they wanted to nominate. After that, the archer would shoot an arrow at the photo of the nominated housemate. If that housemate received three or more nominations, they would be nominated for eviction; if they received less than three nominations, they would be safe. The archer had ten arrows, allowing housemates to nominate a maximum of ten contestants.
		Chaahat, Gunratan, Karanveer, Muskan, and Avinash were nominated for the first week's weekend eviction process.
	Time God	None
	Tasks	On Day 1, Bigg Boss assigned a task to the housemates to earn rations. During this task, an hourglass was placed in the garden, where housemates in pairs needed to keep an eye on it while sitting on a horse. Each pair would first fill the sand kept near the hourglass up to the yellow line. They then needed to open a knob at the bottom to allow the sand to flow from the hourglass until it reached the red line mark. After that, the pair would stop the knob and hand it over to the next pair, who would repeat the same procedure. However, the housemates failed to comply with the rules. The first violation was by Shilpa, who fell asleep while watching the hourglass, and the second violation was Karanveer, who started the task alone instead of in a pair. As a result, Bigg Boss halted the task and announced that instead of 16 boxes of rations, he would only provide six boxes.
		Task cancelled
	Sponsored	On Day 7, Bellavita gifted perfume to the housemates.
	Exits	On Day 7, no eviction took place. However Gadhraj was removed from the house.
Week 2	Twists	On Day 11, Following the hunger strike, Bigg Boss opened the confession room for the housemates and asked them to state one demand they wanted fulfilled to resolve their problems in the future. Later, Bigg Boss revealed that only Avinash, Shrutika, Tajinder, and Chum requested ration for all housemates. Bigg Boss announced he would provide the ration, but to receive it, the housemates needed to change one significant event from the past. The two events to consider were the release of Tajinder and Hema from jail and the absence of any eviction among the nominated housemates last week. Bigg Boss presented two options for the housemates to choose from: the first option involved selecting any two housemates to go to jail, and the second option was the eviction of one nominated housemate among Chaahat, Karanveer, Muskan, and Avinash. The housemates initially selected the first option but couldn't reach a decision. Eventually, they chose the second option, evicting Avinash by majority vote. Later, Bigg Boss announced that Avinash would exit the house, only to unexpectedly return to jail with control of the house's ration, which Bigg Boss granted in exchange for making the decision.
	Nominations	Tandav Express On Day 10, Bigg Boss announced that, as the Time God, Arfeen was safe from nominations and asked him for two names he wanted to nominate. He named Tajinder and Muskan. Later, Bigg Boss revealed that there would be a task involving a station named Khatra Nagari, where a train named Tandav Express had arrived. Only passengers carrying food items could board this train to become safe from nominations. The last two housemates to enter the train or the two housemates who remained at the station after the train's departure would be nominated. The shopkeepers distributing food items to the housemates in the first round would be Tajinder and Muskan, as they were nominated by Arfeen. In the subsequent rounds, the two housemates who were nominated would become the shopkeepers.
		Muskan, Tajinder, Rajat, Chaahat, Avinash, Shrutika, Shilpa, Karanver, Hema, Alice were nominated for the second week’s weekend eviction process.
	Time God Task	On Day 9, Bigg Boss assigned a task in the activity area for all housemates to compete for the title of the house's first Time God, who would have the power to change decisions from the past, present, and future, as well as control over time in the house. This role was more significant than that of the captain, who merely received immunity and some rights. The task was conducted in two rounds. In the first round, out of 18 housemates, dolls representing nine housemates would be offered to the devil by any housemate. The housemates whose dolls were offered would be eliminated from the race to become the Time God. In the second round, dolls from the remaining nine housemates would be offered, with eight dolls being chosen by any housemate to be offered to the devil. The housemate whose doll was not offered would become the Time God. Arfeen's doll was safe, which allowed him to become the Time God.
	Time God	Arfeen
	Sponsored	On Day 12, Bellavita organized a task involving two teams, with Shilpa and Rajat judging them. Team A's skit depicted Shrutika and Vivian as a couple taking a sweet box as a gift to a Diwali party. Karanveer played the role of a Bellavita salesman, attempting to persuade them to choose a Bellavita perfume box instead of the sweet box. In Team B's performance, Alice and Eisha portrayed best friends who also planned to take a sweet box to the Diwali party, with Shehzada taking on the role of their salesman. Both teams' salesmen incorporated Bellavita's key attributes into their performances, highlighting points such as: "Bellavita perfumes are long-lasting because they contain oils imported from Europe," "Over the past two years, more than 5 crore bottles of Bellavita perfumes have been sold," and "With four distinct fragrances, Bellavita offers a unique alternative to traditional sweet gifts. That's why we say, 'Think Beyond Meetha, Gift Bellavita.' " The judges chose Team A and they received gift hampers filled with Bellavita perfumes. Since the housemates were together during this Diwali celebration, Bellavita also prepared gift hampers for their families outside. Team A was chosen, so hampers were awarded to Shrutika, Vivian and Karanveer.
		On Day 13, Harpic India introduced a task featuring a mood-o-meter currently present in the house, which rates the mood after using the bathroom. Whenever a guest arrives, they will provide their mood rating on the Harpic mood-o-meter. If the bathroom is not clean, they will give a sad rating, while a clean bathroom will receive a happy rating. Red Harpic Bathroom Cleaner specializes in everyday bathroom cleaning. All housemates must clean the bathrooms with Red Harpic Bathroom Cleaner to keep everyone's mood happy, as there will be surprises waiting during the weekend episodes. After this cleaning process, the mood-o-meter can be used, and if the bathrooms remain clean, the effects will be noticed during the weekend. All housemates then cleaned the bathrooms and basins with Red Harpic Bathroom Cleaner, eagerly awaiting the arrival of guests that weekend. During the Weekend Ka Vaar episodes, Krushna Abhishek inspected the bathrooms. He was pleased with the cleaning efforts and gave happy ratings on the Harpic mood-o-meter.
		On Day 14, Macho conducted a poll to choose the Macho Toing Man of the Week among the male housemates. The results were announced, and Vivian was selected as the Toing Man of the Week. He received a gift hamper from Macho as a reward.
		On Day 14, Blue Heaven gifted their range of cosmetic products to the female housemates for always being ready and presentable in the house.
	Exits	On Day 10, Gunratan walked out of the house due to his court case, becoming the first housemate to exit.
		On Day 14, Hema was evicted after facing the public vote, becoming the second housemate to exit.
Week 3	Twists	On Day 18, Bigg Boss called Avinash and presented him with two choices: the first was to be released from jail and live as an ordinary housemate, while the second was to remain in jail but gain additional powers, including control over the household's rations. Avinash opted for the second choice, deciding to stay in jail with enhanced authority. Subsequently, Bigg Boss announced to all the housemates that the jail had now transformed into a powerhouse due to its new privileges. To assist Avinash, another housemate would be chosen by the others and jailed. By majority vote, they chose Arfeen, who was promptly sent to join Avinash in jail. Shortly after this, Bigg Boss played an audio clip for all the housemates, revealing a past conversation in which Arfeen remarked that Sara did not deserve to be in the house. Bigg Boss emphasized that Arfeen, now holding power in jail, had significant influence over the dynamics within the house. As a consequence of his words, Sara was instructed to wear a "Expiring Soon" necklace that symbolized her impending eviction, which could happen within the next 24 hours. Later, Bigg Boss introduced a rankings task for the housemates, excluding those in jail, based on their contributions to the show. All housemates, except for Arfeen and Avinash, were required to rank themselves from 1 to 14, with 1 being the most valuable contributor and 14 the least. As the housemates struggled to reach a consensus on their rankings, Bigg Boss intervened by announcing that Arfeen and Avinash, would take over the responsibility of ranking their housemates. Arfeen and Avinash announced the rankings for all housemates, placing them from 1 to 14. The rankings were determined as follows: Rajat, Vivian, Shilpa, Sara, Eisha, Shrutika, Alice, Karanveer, Chaahat, Shahzada, Chum, Nyrraa, Tajinder, and Muskan. As Tajinder and Muskan were at the bottom of the rankings, Bigg Boss informed them that their contributions to the show had been lacking. With the message that "time doesn’t wait for anyone," Tajinder and Muskan were given the Expiry Soon necklace, which they would wear alongside Sara. Additionally, they were warned that they were on a ticking time bomb; their time in the house was limited, and one of them would soon be evicted. Sara, Tajinder and Muskan were up for eviction as they had been given the Expiry Soon tag.
		On Day 20, housemates had to place a "Get Out" sticker on the face of Muskan, Sara, or Tajinder, all of whom were wearing the "Expiry Soon" tag. The housemates had to vote for whom they believed should leave the house. Muskan received the most votes, 6, and was subsequently evicted. Tajinder received 4 votes, while Sara garnered 3, indicating their unpopularity. Additionally, Bigg Boss announced that Arfeen and Avinash would be released from jail, with Sara and Tajinder taking their places, thus gaining control over the house's ration supplies. Furthermore, Bigg Boss confirmed that the previous nominations for public voting remain valid, meaning either Avinash, Rajat, Nyrraa, or Vivian will be evicted per public vote this weekend.
	Nominations	On Day 17, Bigg Boss asked all housemates to name their favorite member in the house. The majority chose Shrutika as their favorite. Following this, Bigg Boss gathered all housemates in the activity area, where a lamp and a chair were set up for the genie. Since Shrutika was voted as the favorite, she was given the power to control nominations instead of the Time God, who wasn’t elected this week. Shrutika will distribute nomination rights to each housemate as follows: four housemates will receive no nomination rights, another four, 1 nomination right, four, 2 rights, and four, 3 nomination rights. Each housemate will be called individually by Bigg Boss to approach the lamp and rub it. After doing so, the genie, represented by Shrutika, will inform them of the number of nomination rights they have received. Once notified, each housemate will stand under the light corresponding to their nomination rights and proceed to nominate the number of housemates allowed by their rights.
		Avinash, Nyrraa, Rajat, Muskan, Vivian were nominated for the third week’s weekend eviction process.
	Time God Task	Bigg Boss General Elections On Day 16, Bigg Boss summoned Rajat in confession room and presented him with two choices: he could either secure the contendership for the Time God for himself or give it to another housemate. Rajat opted to claim the contendership for himself, becoming the first contender for the Time God title. Later, Bigg Boss announced a formal election between the current Time God, Arfeen and Rajat, who was vying to become the future Time God. The election setup, complete with campaigning, would take place in the garden area. Rajat, as Contestant 1, was assigned the symbol of the sun, while Arfeen, as Contestant 2, would represent the moon. In the first phase, both contestants needed to promote their candidacies to the other housemates, explaining why they should be chosen as the Time God. Afterward, one housemate would endorse their preferred contender and also share their reasons. At the sound of the buzzer, the second phase commenced. Each housemate then entered the confession room individually to cast their vote in a ballot box. Once the election process concluded, Bigg Boss announced that there was no definitive result, as both contenders received an equal number of votes—eight each. Consequently, there would be no Time God for the week.
	Time God	None
	Task	Welcome to Hell On Day 19, Bigg Boss offered all housemates a chance to earn rations for themselves. Hell was created in the garden area, overseen by its keepers, Arfeen and Avinash. Each housemate was required to sacrifice a personal belonging in the fire pit and, in exchange, they could request items from Arfeen and Avinash. The two would decide whether to grant any requests, and if so, to what extent; they also had the option to deny requests altogether. Housemates who chose not to sacrifice anything would not receive any rations. After the distribution, any remaining rations would be returned to the jail, under the control of Arfeen and Avinash. Those who did not receive any items would be lined up against a wall. Once Arfeen or Avinash pressed a buzzer, a blast would ensue, dousing the housemate with black ink.
	Sponsored	On Day 16, Galaxy Jewels presented a key to Avinash, who was in jail and controlling the house's ration supply. This key unlocked a dispenser filled with chocolates from Galaxy Jewels. Avinash had the privilege of sharing these chocolates with up to three housemates whom he considered to have a special bond with. He chose to share the treats with Eisha, Alice, and Muskan.
		On Day 19, My Trident installed a small valve in the bedroom, showcasing their folklore bedsheets made from 100% cotton. One of the bedsheets, which featured the design of Kalpavriksha (the wishing tree), was elegantly laid on the My Trident bed.
		On Day 20, Macho announced the results of the "Toing Man of the Week" poll, which allowed viewers to vote for their favorite male housemate. Rajat was chosen as the winner and received a Macho Sporto gift hamper as a prize.
		On Day 21, host Salman Khan unveiled the Go Cheese Greet Corner, situated near the jail, where Go Cheese will deliver cheesy surprises throughout the season. This time, Go Cheese treated all the housemates to pizza.
	Exits	On Day 20, Muskan was evicted after the majority of housemates voted her out, becoming the third housemate to exit.
		On Day 21, Nyrraa was evicted after facing the public vote, becoming the fourth housemate to exit.
Week 4	Twists	On Day 26, Bigg Boss granted a special power to Time God Vivian. With Sara and Tajinder’s term in jail coming to an end, it was Vivian's responsibility to send two new housemates in their place. He could take suggestions from the other housemates about whom to choose. Ultimately, Vivian decided to send Rajat and Shrutika to jail. Later, Bigg Boss announced that all the house rations would be stored in the kitchen instead of the jail, but this time, the ration would not be controlled by jailmates. Instead, the power to decide the menu for the kitchen would belong to the jailmates, as Bigg Boss provided them with a whiteboard and marker to vote on what dishes should be prepared.
	Nominations	On Day 24, housemates were required to nominate two fellow contestants in the confession room. However, those nominated would face a shock outside as a consequence. During the nomination process, Chum apologised to her housemates prior to entering the confession room to cast her votes. This resulted in Bigg Boss canceling her right to participate in the nominations.
		Shehzada, Shrutika, Eisha, Avinash, Alice, Arfeen, Shilpa were nominated for the fourth week’s weekend eviction process.
	Time God Task	Tandav Garh On Day 25, Bigg Boss presented a task to become Time God of the House. In this task, the house is transformed into Tandav Garh, ruled by Rajmata Shilpa. She has two princes, Vivian and Karanveer, who are rival brothers competing for her throne. The prince who becomes the successor gains the power to be the Time God. The task consists of two rounds. In the first round, both princes must present their case to Rajmata Shilpa, explaining why they deserve to succeed her and become the Time God. They will highlight their strengths while pointing out the weaknesses of their opponent. After their presentations, the people of Tandav Garh will have the opportunity to question both princes. In the second round, the princes must win the heart of Princess Chum. Upon completing this round, Princess Chum will recommend the prince who won her admiration to Rajmata Shilpa. Rajmata, considering the performances from both rounds, will decide which prince will be her successor and thus become the Time God of the house. Rajat will serve as the commander to Rajmata Shilpa during this task. After the conclusion of both rounds, Rajmata Shilpa chose Prince Vivian as the successor to her throne and announced him as the Time God of the house.
	Time God	Vivian
	Punishments	On Day 23, Bigg Boss reprimanded all housemates for their lack of organization and cleanliness in the house. He then turned to Vivian, who the housemates consider a favorite of Bigg Boss, and asked him who he thought was the most unorganized person in the house. Vivian named Chaahat, after which Bigg Boss asked the other housemates for their opinions; three of them agreed. In response, Bigg Boss announced that Chaahat would allocate duties for all housemates. She would oversee the distribution of duties, ensuring that everyone completed their assigned duties. Chaahat was provided with a duty board where she would write the names of housemates next to their respective duties. Until then, Rajat, who had previously served as the supervisor during the Time God's tenure, would train the housemates on how to properly execute their duties. Chaahat then allocated the following duties on the duty board: Duty Board Breakfast Cleaning Eisha Alice Lunch Cooking Shilpa Chum Dining Area Cleaning Avinash Toilet Cleaning Karanveer Shrutika Breakfast Chopping Chaahat Lunch Utensils Cleaning Vivian Arfeen Living Area Cleaning Shilpa Wash-Basin Cleaning Karanveer Avinash Breakfast Cooking Chaahat Alice Dinner Cleaning Alice Garden Area Cleaning Rajat Bedroom Cleaning Chaahat Breakfast Utensils Cleaning Shilpa Dinner Chopping Shehzada Shrutika Garden Pool Cleaning Rajat Balcony Area Cleaning Chaahat Lunch Cleaning Eisha Dinner Cooking Shehzada Shrutika Bathroom Cleaning Avinash Eisha The Office Cleaning Shilpa Lunch Chopping Shilpa Chum Dinner Utensils Cleaning Vivian Arfeen Luggage Area Organising & Cleaning Shehzada Rajat Bedroom Bedsheet Making Chaahat
	Sponsored	On Day 25, My Trident introduced a task where two teams would make a bed using My Trident bedsheets and rugs. Following this, each team would perform on a song. Team A consisted of Avinash and Eisha, while Team B included Karanveer and Chum. Shilpa and Vivian judged the performances, declared Team B the winners and awarded Karanveer and Chum a My Trident gift hamper.
		On Day 26, Harpic India organized a special activity in the house to celebrate Diwali. In this activity, Karanveer and Avinash were responsible for cleaning the bathrooms, wash basins with Red Harpic, and toilets with Blue Harpic. Once they completed the cleaning, Vivian would inspect their work and provide a rating on the mood-o-meter. Satisfied with the efforts of Karanveer and Avinash, Vivian gave a happy rating on the mood-o-meter.
		On Day 27, Galaxy Jewels presented a hamper of chocolates to Vivian, who was honored as the Time God during Diwali Week and became the Jewel of the House. Vivian had the option to share these chocolates with whomever he chooses.
	Exits	On Day 27, Shehzada was evicted after facing the public vote, becoming the fifth housemate to exit.
Week 5	Entrances	During Weekend Ka Vaar, host Salman Khan introduced new wildcard entrants to the audience. On Day 29, Digvijay and Kashish officially entered the house.
	Twists	On Day 29, Bigg Boss announced Rajat and Shrutika's release from jail and that the jail would be closed for a few days.
	Nominations	On Day 30, Bigg Boss summoned all housemates to the activity area, where a hungry octopus awaited them. The octopus would only be fed through the nominations of the housemates. Bigg Boss granted the nomination rights to Time God Vivian, who was tasked with nominating eight housemates. Digvijay and Kashish were exempt from nominations, as it was their first week in the house. Vivian nominated Rajat, Chaahat, Shrutika, Sara, Karanveer, Arfeen, Tajinder, and Chum. Unexpectedly, Bigg Boss revealed that not all eight nominees were truly out of the running; four of them could still achieve safety. After announcing the nominated housemates by Bigg Boss, if at least four raise their hands to vote for a housemate’s safety, then that nominated housemate would be safe. As he called out the names—Rajat, Chaahat, Karanveer, Shrutika, and Chum—Ultimately, Rajat, Karanveer, Shrutika, and Chum received enough votes to secure their safety. Consequently, Chaahat, Sara, Arfeen, and Tajinder remained nominated for elimination.
		Chaahat, Sara, Arfeen, Tajinder were nominated for the fifth week's weekend eviction process.
	Time God Task	On Day 32, Bigg Boss assigned Team B a task to compete for the title of Time God, following their previous victory. In this challenge, Rajat, Chaahat, Shrutika, Digvijay, Karanveer, and Sara were required to hold the Time God’s staff (scepter) using only one hand. Any contestant who lost their grip, changed hands, or relied on both hands would be eliminated. The last contestant remaining would be declared the new Time God, with Vivian moderating the task. As the task progressed, Shrutika, Chaahat, Rajat, and Sara were eliminated, leaving Digvijay and Karanveer as the final two contenders. During the intense challenge, the staff broke, with Digvijay holding one half and Karanveer holding the other. Given the task rules, Bigg Boss announced that since the staff was broken and neither contestant held it until the end, no one could be awarded the title of Time God. As a result, Vivian was reinstated as Time God and would continue his tenure.
	Time God	Vivian
	Tasks	Hammer Making Factory On Day 31, Bigg Boss announced the end of Vivian's tenure as Time God and introduced the selection process for the next Time God. This would involve a task between two teams, competing to create a soil hammer in the Hammer Making Factory, conducted in rounds. Each round would start with the factory siren. From each team, two members would try to make the hammer while the other two would protect it. At the end of each round, a moderator would declare the results, awarding the winning team a real hammer. This hammer would allow them to eliminate one member of the opposing team by breaking their pot. The team with the most members remaining at the end of the task would be declared the winner, and all its members would then be eligible to become the next Time God. The teams were as follows: Team A: Vivian, Avinash, Eisha, Alice, Shilpa, and Chum. Team B: Rajat, Chaahat, Shrutika, Digvijay, Karanveer, and Sara Arfeen and Tajinder were excluded from the task due to violating house rules by sleeping, and Kashish would serve as the task moderator. Round Won Eliminated 1 Team B Avinash 2 Team B Chum 3 Team B Vivian As Team B was leading the task with a score of 3-0, it became clear that Team A could no longer secure a win. Consequently, Bigg Boss announced the conclusion of the task, declaring Team B as the winner.
		Winner - Team B: Rajat, Chaahat, Shrutika, Digvijay, Karanveer and Sara
		Failed - Team A: Vivian, Avinash, Eisha, Alice, Shilpa and Chum
	Punishments	On Day 29, Bigg Boss reprimanded Sara for speaking English in the house and asked her what she would prefer as a consequence for not speaking Hindi. She humorously replied, "Tea". Bigg Boss responded by excluding tea powder from their next ration. On Day 30, Bigg Boss reprimanded Kashish for speaking English in the house. He then asked her what she would prefer as a consequence for not using Hindi, to which she humorously replied, "Coffee". So Bigg Boss responded by excluding coffee powder from their next ration.
	Sponsored	On Day 29, Macho conducted a poll to choose the Macho Toing Man of the Week among the male housemates. The results were announced, and Vivian was selected as the Toing Man of the Week. He received a gift hamper from Macho as a reward.
		On Day 32, Go Cheese celebrated Team B's victory by sending a generous supply of cheese for the winning team members.
	Exits
Week 6	Twists
	Nominations
	Time God Task
	Time God
	Tasks
	Punishments
	Sponsored
	Exits
Week 7	Twists
	Twists
	Time God Task
	Time God
	Tasks
	Punishments
	Sponsored
	Exits
Week 8	Twists
	Twists
	Time God Task
	Time God
	Tasks
	Punishments
	Sponsored
	Exits
Week 9	Twists
	Nominations
	Time God Task
	Time God
	Tasks
	Punishments
	Sponsored
	Exits
Week 10	Twists
	Nominations
	Time God Task
	Time God
	Tasks
	Punishments
	Sponsored
	Exits
Week 11	Twists
	Nominations
	Time God Task
	Time God
	Tasks
	Punishments
	Sponsored
	Exits
Week 12	Twists
	Nominations
	Time God Task
	Time God
	Tasks
	Punishments
	Sponsored
	Exits
Week 13	Twists
	Nominations
	Time God Task
	Time God
	Tasks
	Punishments
	Sponsored
	Exits
Week 14	Twists
	Nominations
	Time God Task
	Time God
	Tasks
	Punishments
	Sponsored
	Exits
Week 15 Finale Week	Twists
	Nominations
	Time God Task
	Time God
	Tasks
	Punishments
	Sponsored
	Exits
Day 105 Grand Finale
4th Runner Up
3rd Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
1st Runner-up
Winner

Nominations table

#BB18	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3		Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15
			Day 17	Day 20
Nominees for Time God	Not Introduced	All Housemates	Rajat Arfeen		No Time God	Karanveer Vivian	Rajat Chaahat Shrutika Digvijay Karanveer Sara
Time God		Arfeen	No Time God			Vivian
Time God's Nominations		Tajinder Muskan (to evict)				Rajat Chaahat Shrutika Sara Karanveer Arfeen Tajinder Chum (to evict)
Jail Nominations	Hema Tajinder	Avinash	Avinash Arfeen		Sara Tajinder	Rajat Shrutika
Vote to:	Evict	Task	Evict			Save
Alice	Chaahat Gunratan Muskan	Nominated	Not eligible	Tajinder	Shehzada Karanveer	Chum Shrutika
Arfeen	Chaahat Muskan Avinash	Time God	Not eligible	Muskan	Shrutika Eisha	Rajat
Avinash	Gunratan Karanveer Rajat Shehzada Tajinder Hema	Nominated	Not eligible	Sara	Arfeen Shrutika	Chum
		Evicted by Housemates (Day 11)
Chaahat	Gunratan Muskan Vivian	Nominated	Eisha	Muskan	Avinash Eisha	Rajat Karanveer Shrutika
Chum	Chaahat	Safe	Avinash Rajat Vivian	Muskan	Cancelled	Rajat Shrutika
Digvijay	Not in House					Rajat Shrutika
Eisha	Chaahat Gunratan Muskan	Safe	Karanveer	Tajinder	Arfeen Chaahat	Chum Shrutika
Karanveer	Gunratan Avinash Tajinder	Nominated	Muskan Avinash Nyrraa	Muskan	Alice Avinash	Rajat Chum
Kashish	Not in House					Rajat Chaahat Karanveer Shrutika
Rajat	Muskan Avinash	Nominated	Nyrraa	Muskan	Shrutika Vivian	Chaahat Karanveer Chum
Sara	Chaahat Karanveer	Safe	Nyrraa Shehzada Muskan	Expiry Soon	Avinash Eisha	Rajat
Shilpa	Chaahat	Nominated	Chaahat Avinash Nyrraa	Tajinder	Shehzada Alice	Rajat Karanveer Chum
Shrutika	Gunratan Hema	Nominated	Avinash Muskan	Muskan	Avinash Shilpa	Rajat Karanveer Chum
Tajinder	Didn't nominate	Nominated	Arfeen Sara	Expiry Soon	Eisha Alice	Rajat Chaahat Chum Shrutika
Vivian	Chaahat	Safe	Not eligible	Tajinder	Shehzada Shrutika	Time God
Shehzada	Chaahat Avinash	Safe	Rajat Vivian	Sara	Alice Shilpa	Evicted (Day 27)
Nyrraa	Muskan	Safe	Rajat Avinash	Sara	Evicted (Day 21)
Muskan	Didn't nominate	Nominated	Tajinder	Expiry Soon	Evicted by Housemates (Day 20)
Hema	Chaahat	Nominated	Evicted (Day 14)
Gunratan	Chaahat Karanveer	Walked (Day 10)
Notes
Against Public Vote	Avinash Chaahat Gunratan Karanveer Muskan	Alice Avinash Chaahat Hema Karanveer Muskan Rajat Shilpa Shrutika Tajinder	Avinash Muskan Nyrraa Rajat Vivian	Muskan Sara Tajinder	Alice Arfeen Avinash Eisha Shehzada Shilpa Shrutika	Arfeen Chaahat Sara Tajinder
Re-entered	None	Avinash	None
Walked	None	Gunratan	None
Ejected	None
Evicted	No Eviction	Avinash	Muskan		Shehzada
		Hema	Nyrraa
References

  indicates the Time God.

  indicates that the housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nominations process.

  indicates that the housemate was granted immunity from nominations.

  indicates that housemate was evicted from the house.

  indicates that housemate was ejected from the house.

  indicates that housemate walked out from the house.

  indicates that housemate was evicted by other housemates' votes.

  indicates the winner.

  indicates the first runner up.

  indicates the second runner up.

  indicates the third runner up.

  indicates the fourth runner up.

Guest appearances

Week(s)	Day(s)	Guest(s)	Notes	Ref.
Grand Premiere	Day 0	Aniruddhacharya	To interact and advice contestants
Week 1	Day 7	Rajkummar Rao and Triptii Dimri	To promote their movie Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video
		Mallika Sherawat	To promote her movie Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video
		Krushna Abhishek, Sudesh Lehri and Bharti Singh	Mahasangam x Laughter Chefs – Unlimited Entertainment
Week 2	Day 14	Krushna Abhishek, Sudesh Lehri, Ankita Lokhande Jain and Vicky Jain	Mahasangam x Laughter Chefs – Unlimited Entertainment
Week 3	Day 21	Sangeeta Mishra and Bhawna Pandey	Mothers of Avinash and Chaahat to support and defend them
		Arbaz Khan, Arshad Warsi and Meher Vij	To promote their movie Bandaa Singh Chaudhary
		Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn	To promote their movie Singham Again
Week 5	Day 34	Rohit Shetty	To host BB in absence of Salman Khan
		Ekta Kapoor	To promote her movie The Sabarmati Report

Reception

The series grand premiere episode was reviewed by NDTV.

Ratings

#BB18	Ratings (TVR)
	Grand Premiere	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Grand Finale
TRP	2.3	1.5(Above Average)	1.2 (Average)	1.3(Average)
References

External links

• Bigg Boss 18 at Colors TV
• Bigg Boss 18 on JioCinema