Bigg Boss Agnipareeksha

Celebrities are cast by the channel. They agree a fee and walk in on premiere night having qualified for nothing. Everyone else has to win their seat on television first, and this is the show where that happens.

A jury decides the seats

Hosted by Reneesha Rahiman · Judged by Akhil Marar, Riyas Salim, Ranjini Haridas

What you have to get through

Anyone can applyRegistration is open to the public online, with a video making your case. Applications run to the lakhs.

Phone interviewThe shortlist is cut on video, personality and screen presence, then interviewed by phone.

Group discussionThose left are put in a room together and watched.

Face to faceThe judges and former housemates interview what remains, down to the finalists who go on air.

Trial by televisionThe finalists compete in tasks across the run. Judges score them, the public votes alongside, and the two together decide who gets a seat.

Every season of the route

Season 1

Fed season 8 ›

15 Aug 2026 — 5 Sept 2026 · Asianet · JioHotstar

Judge-evaluated tasks rather than a public vote. Forty commoners were cut to twelve finalists, and all twelve entered the main house.

Casting is run by the broadcaster, not by Clapnumber. We do not take applications and we cannot pass one on. Dates and counts here follow what the show has published; where nothing has been published we leave it blank. Latest season began 15 Aug 2026.