Bigg Boss season 1 to Bigg Boss 12: A quick recap of all the seasons

Since the beginning of reality TV show Bigg Boss, it has become a valuable source of entertainment for all. As Bigg Boss 12 heads towards its finale tonight tonight, here’s a quick recap and look at the past seasons of the reality show. Photo- Instagram.

Bigg Boss, based on the format of Big Brother, saw the light of day in India in 2006. It was aired from November 3, 2006 to 26 January 2007 and was hosted by Bollywood Actor Arshad Warsi. More than 50 cameras were used to keep an eye on the celebrity housemates. The Aashiqui actor Rahul Roy became the winner of the first season of the show. Rakhi Sawant and Bobby Darling made this season a memorable one. Photo- Instagram.

Bigg Boss 2 (2008): Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty was the host for the second season. Ashutosh Kaushik emerged as the winner and walked away with Rs. 1 crore. Raja Chaudhary was declared the runner-up. Photo- Instagram.

Bigg Boss 3 (2009): Amitabh Bachchan was the host. Vindu Dara Singh walked away with a prize money of Rs 1 crore as the winner of the show while Pravesh Rana was declared the first runner-up and Poonam Dhillon the second runner-up. Photo- Insttragm.

Bigg Boss 4 (2010): Salman Khan took over as the host and then there was no looking back. TV actress Shweta Tiwari emerged as the winner and earned Rs 10 million as her prize money. The Great Khali was the runner-up. Photo- Instrgam.

Salman Khan was joined by actor Sanjay Dutt as the host. Television actress Juhi Parmar was crowned as the winner while Mahek Chahal was declared the runner-up. Photo- Instagram.

Salman Khan returned as the host. Urvashi Dholakia was the winner of 6th season. Imam Siddiqui was the first runner-up while Sana Khan was the second runner-up. Photo- Instagram.

This season was longer than usual. It lasted for 15 weeks. The season was won by actress Gauahar Khan while Tanisha Mukherjee, Ajaz Khan and Sangram Singh were declared runner-ups. Photo- Instagram.

Bigg Boss 8 (2014): Salman took the host's seat but left midway due to movie commitments. It was then taken over by Farah Khan. Gautam Gulati was crowned as the winner of this season. Photo- Instagram.

This one saw a lot of couples participate. Reality show star Prince Narula was crowned the winner. Photo-Instagram.

Bigg Boss invited commoners to its house. For the first time, two contestants Priyanka Jagga and Swami Om were thrown out of the house because of their unacceptable behaviour by Salman Khan. Commoner Manveer Gurjar was the winner of this season. Photo- Instagram.

Bigg Boss 11: The show was touted to be the most entertaining and the highest TRP season of Bigg Boss' history. Shilpa Shinde, Hina Khan, Vikas Gupta, Puneesh Sharma, Bandgi Kalra, Priyank Sharma, Arshi Khan , Sapna Chaudhary made sure to entertain audiences with their constant fights, evil nok-jhoks, and also their fun antics. The season was won by Shilpa Shinde. Photo- Instagram.

Bigg Boss 12: The 12th season of Bigg Boss sadly could not match up to the expectations set by BB12. Despite popular celebs, the show looked quite rigged as housemates' reaction to things looked more of TRP oriented rather than natural. Sreesaanth, Dipika Kakar, Karanvir Bohra, Deepak Thakur, Romil Chaudhary, Surbi Rana and others did their best to boost the show's entertainment quotient but in vain. The finale that airs tonight shall declare the winner of the season. Photo- Instagram.