MTV Splitsvilla

MTV Splitsvilla
Also known as Splitsvilla
Genre Reality show
Created by Purvish Bhatt
Original language(s) Hindi
No. of seasons 8
Production
Executive producer(s) Luke Wienecke
Justin Cousson
Isaac Hirsch
Producer(s) Colosceum Media
Location(s) Season 1 - Goa
Season 2 - Goa
Season 3 - Pattaya
Season 4 - Dubai
Season 5 - Jim Corbett National Park
Season 6 - Trivandrum
Season 7 - Jaipur
Season 8 - Goa
Release
Original network MTV India
Original release 2008 – present
External links
[ Website]

MTV Splitsvilla is an Indian television reality show that airs on MTV India. The series is based on the American dating reality show Flavor of Love.

Summary

The reality show revolves around young boys and girls trying to secure a place in "Splitsvilla", a villa. It is a "hunt for love" show where boys and girls compete in tasks to stay in the competition and mingle with the contestants to find love. In the end, one boy and one girl are crowned the winners of Splitsvilla, as a couple. There are a lot of fights, jealousy, hatred, friendship, backstabbing, and love when all these wild contestants get together. There are also a King and Queen who have dumping powers.

Season 1

The season was hosted by VJ Rannvijay Singh, of MTV Roadies Season 1. In this season, two boys, Varun Saini, a former participant of MTV Roadies 5 and Vishal Karwal, of MTV Roadies 4, find their ultimate girl of their dreams by choosing from 20 girls by putting them through grueling tests. The girls battle stress, politics, exhaustion, fear, bitchiness and other such emotional challenges to be the chosen one and avoid humiliation of getting dumped. The girl who is dumped leaves the show. In this manner, a winner is selected.

Contestants

Girls in order of dumping

Boys

Of the final three (Shraddha, Heena and Prianca), Shraddha emerged as the winner and became the queen of Splitsvilla. Shraddha then goes on to choose Vishal. However, the decision wasn't finally Shraddha's. Vishal, the champion was challenged by Varun, the challenger. They had to fight over three contests; the winner of two out of the three was to be declared the ultimate winner. Vishal came out a clear winner by winning the first two in which the first victory saw Vishal beating Varun in Varun's territory.

Winners Shraddha and Vishal got to host a weekly show on MTV India, MTV Couplesutra,s a 10-minute show in which they discuss one "reel-life" couple, one real-life couple and one break-up. Prianca joined an acting school in Mumbai. Bianca and Simran appeared in Bechaare Zameen Par (a take on the Bollywood film Taare Zameen Par which was aired on MTV). Vishal played the male lead in the show Rishtonse Badi Pratha aired on Colors TV.

Season 2

Season 2 of Splitsvilla had ten boys and ten girls, selected from auditions. This season was hosted by MTV India VJ Nikhil Chinappa.

Summary

Withdrew Eliminated
BOYS
Name Dumped by Notes Status
Siddharth Bhardwaj NONE WINNER of Mtv Splitsvilla

Won by the majority of votes from the eliminated contestants in the finale

 WINNER
Mohit Malhotra NONE Runner Up

Lost to Siddharth in the challenge round.

 ELIMINATED
Paramvir Singh Siddharth 11th boy to get dumped DUMPED
Bhav Aman Singh Joanna 1st dumped, Re-entered in place of Meherzaan B Mazda, 10th boy to get dumped DUMPED
Varun Jhamb Joanna 2nd boy dumped , Re-entered, 9th boy to get dumped DUMPED
Rahul Dwivedi Joanna 8th boy to get dumped DUMPED
Aman Sharma Joanna 6th boy to get dumped DUMPED
Meherzaan B Mazda None Quit because of illness. WITHDREW
Ashutosh Kataria Joanna 4th boy to get dumped. DUMPED
Suyash Rai Joanna 3rd dumped by Joanna. DUMPED
GIRLS
Name Dumped by Notes Status
Sakshi Pradhan NONE WINNER of Mtv Splitsvilla

Won by the majority of votes from the eliminated contestants in the finale

 WINNER
Joanna Magee NONE Runner Up

Lost to Sakshi in the challenge round.

 ELIMINATED
Stuti Nag Siddarth 8th girl to get dumped DUMPED
Ritika Nainta Siddarth 7th girl to get dumped DUMPED
Sakshi Bhayana Siddarth 2nd dumped by Mohit, Re-entered, 6th girl to get dumped DUMPED
Nalini Negi Siddarth 5th girl to get dumped DUMPED
Shikha Taneja Siddarth 4th girl to get dumped DUMPED
Cheshta Bhagat Mohit 3rd girl to get dumped. DUMPED
Meenakshi Negi Mohit 2nd girl to get dumped. DUMPED
Swaagata G Shah Mohit 1st girl to get dumped DUMPED

Season 3

The winning couple of Season 3 wins Rs. 5 lakh and a chance to be a VJ on MTV. Season 3 had 10 singles (5 boys and 5 girls) and 5 unmarried couples. The show is hosted by VJ's Nikhil Chinapa and Deepti Gujral. The game has gone international for the first time in Splitsvilla history. It is aired on every Saturday at 7:00 p.m on MTV. The King and Queen are challenged every week. The king and queen stay in the villa this year but in special chambers known as the 'King and the Queen chambers'.

5 Single Boys

5 Single Girls

5 Couples

Season 4

The Season 4 of Splitsvilla had 4 boys and 13 girls selected from auditions. The first episode of the show was aired on 3 December 2010. This season was hosted by MTV India VJ Nikhil Chinapa.

Format The girls were divided into 4 groups(Qabilah) which were headed by each boy.

Summary

Female Male Winner Dumped Eliminated
KINGS Status
Dushyant Yadav WINNER
Manish Khanna ELIMINATED
Saiprasad Gundewar ELIMINATED
Ashish Choudhary DUMPED by Manish
DUSHYANT'S QABILAH
Girls Dumped by Notes Status
Priya Shinde None 1st, 2nd, 4th, 10th episode's Queen. Awarded as Master Mind of Splitsvilla 4 WINNER
Aakriti Bhamri Ashish 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th episode's Queen. 11th dumped by Ashish DUMPED
Ruchita Rao Ashish 3rd dumped by Ashish, Returned, 5th dumped by Ashish DUMPED
SAI'S QABILAH
Girls Dumped by Notes Status
Tina Thapa None 6th episode's Queen) RUNNERS UP ELIMINATED
Yashita Sahu Sai 6th episode's Queen. 1st dumped by Manish,returned, 12th dumped by Sai DUMPED
Sanjana Bhatia Dushyant 3rd, 5th, 6th episode's Queen. 9th dumped by Dushyant DUMPED
MANISH'S QABILAH
Girls Dumped by Notes Status
Pooja Bisht None 8th, 9th, 12th episode's Queen ELIMINATED
Payal Thapa Dushyant 2nd, 4th episode's Queen. 8th dumped by Dushyant DUMPED
Dimple Chawla Ashish 1st, 2nd, 4th episode's Queen. 7th dumped by Ashish DUMPED
ASHISH'S QABILAH
Girls Dumped by Notes Status
Archana Choudhary Manish 1st, 2nd, 4th, 11th episode's Queen. 13th dumped by Manish DUMPED
Sohfi Dushyant 5th, 7th episode's Queen. 2nd dumped by Manish,returned, 10th Dumped by Dushyant DUMPED
Vartika Kaul Sai 3rd, 5th episode's Queen. 6th dumped by Sai DUMPED
Srishttii Gupta Manish 3rd episode's Queen. 4th dumped by Manish DUMPED

FINALE

A roulette game based on luck was played between the three pairs of finalists: Manish and Pooja, Sai and Tina, and Dushyant and Priya. This first task was won by Sai and Tina who went directly to the finals. The second task was between Manish-Pooja and Dushyant-Priya on who would join Sai-Tina for the final task. This was an obstacle task. This was won by Dushyant-Priya who next joined Sai-Tina in the final face-off. The final task was won by Dushyant-Priya, and hence were declared the winners of Splitsvilla 4.

Season 5

The season began at the beginning of April, with 9 girls and 9 boys. Contrary to the last two seasons, this season has been set in Uttarakhand, India. The villa is located somewhere outside the Jim Corbett National Park. Up till now, all tasks have been set in the national park. The season was hosted by Nikhil Chinapa. The season finale was aired on 24 June 2012 on MTV India. The final competition to win Splitsvilla 5 title was fought between Vroon and Jasmine as a couple and Paras and Akanksha as the other. Paras and Akanksha went on to win the title of Splitsvilla 5- Love Gone Wild.

Summary

Female Male Winner Dumped Eliminated
Girls
Girls Dumped by Notes Status
Akanksha Popli None Earlier dumped by Vroon, came back and paired with Paras to defeat Vroon and Jasmine in finals. WINNER
Jasmine Avasia None Coupled with Vroon and lost to Paras and Akanksha in final Runner Up
Rupa Khurana None Defeated Shivangini, the on time queen to become queen and got defeated in semi-final 2nd Runner Up
Vidushi Khanna Vroon Dumped by Vroon over Akanksha and Jasmine in Top4, earlier Avishka Kashyap exchanged with her to get dump. DUMPED
Shivangini Rajyalaxmi Rana 3 votes Became the queen lost to Rupa to loose throne and then dumped by boys of villa. DUMPED
Tasneem Sheikh Vroon Dumped by Vroon over Shivangini. DUMPED
Swati Bakshi Vroon Dumped by Vroon over Tasneem. DUMPED
Mandakranta Debbarma a.k.a. Mandy Shivangni Competed for Queen with Shivangini, then dumped by Shivangini DUMPED
Avishka Kashyap Vroon Dumped by Vroon in first episode and then came back then gave her place to Vidhushi to get dumped. DUMPED
Boys
Boys Dumped by Notes Status
Paras Chhabra None Earlier dumped by Shivangini, came back and then paired with Akanksha to defeat Vroon and Jasmine in final WINNER
Vroon Sharma None Coupled with Jasmine and lost to Paras and Akanksha in final Runner Up
Nitin Chauhaan None Coupled with Rupa, and lost to Paras and Akanksha in semi-final 2nd Runner Up
Rishabh Sinha Rupa Popularly known as Junglee on the show,competed with Vroon for throne,dumped by Rupa over Nitin and Paras. DUMPED
Rishipal Gulati a.k.a. Rishi Rupa Earlier dumped by Shivangini, came back and then dumped by Rupa, over Rishabh. DUMPED
Ali Goni Rupa Dumped by Rupa over Rishi DUMPED
Nikhil Nagpal Rupa Dumped by Rupa over Nitin. DUMPED
Saif Mir Rupa Dumped by Shivangini DUMPED
Sikander Dhawan Shivangni Dumped by Shivangini DUMPED

Season 6

This season was premiered on 25 May and was hosted by Sherlyn Chopra and Nikhil Chinappa. It is tagged as "Hot as Hell". There are 9 males and 9 females in Splitsvilla 6. This season also had a review show for each episode titled "Sexy Sana" hosted by Sana Saeed. This season featured few true love couples like 'Subuhi and Gaurav', 'Purvee and Nawab', and 'Shatakshi and Prabhjot'. Nawab was called the chicken legs and Purvee was awarded the title 'master mind of splitsvilla'.

Girls:

Boys:

Season 7

Season 7 started in June, 2014 and ended on 25 October 2014. Mayank Gandhi and Scarlett rose won this season. The show was hosted by Sunny Leone and Nikhil Chinappa.

There were 7 males and 20 females. This season's set was Samode Palace, situated in Jaipur, India. In these season audience get to see old splitsvilla contestants like - Ashwini Koul and Rishabh Sinha. Ashwini chose to quit the game after his lady love Sanjana decides to leave the show due to an injury sustained during a task. Rishabh was banished by queen Khushi. There were 2 kings and 2 queens in this season. King - Shravan Reddy and Abhishek Malik. Queen - Khusi Bhat and Dana Vana. This season of splitsvilla was amongst the most popular season as there was love triangle, emmosity, hatred. Just like a fairy tale.There were 2 female (dana vana and ranji) and one male (Yazir Khan) wildcard entry through MTV Battleground.[1] There were lots of love couples in this season than the rest of the season like 'Rashi and Mayank gandhi', 'Ayaz and Priyanka', 'Khushi and Abhishek', 'Ashwini and sanjana'. Mayank pawar also titled as 'Mr.Asia' was also seen participating in the show. His elimination brought tears in sunny leone's eyes. and dumping of Rashi Sharma (when Mayank gandhi ties the protection thread around her hand) and Ayaz Ahmed (when he proposes to Priyanka) bought tears in everyone's eyes. Scarlett Rose and Mayank Gandhi Later won the show competing against Abhishek and Khushi. This season also featured a brother-sister relation between Abhishek and Scarlett, where abhishek felt so bad when his love (Khushi) had to fight against his sister (Scarlett) in the finale.There was a situation in which one of the contestant Shravan throws Some thing on Sunny leone out of anger on the other splitsvillans.

Contestants

Girls

Boys

Finalists

''Mayank Gandhi and Scarlett Rose - Ultimate King and Queen of Splitsvilla 7 (Winner)"

Season 8

The season 8 is being hosted by Rannvijay Singh from MTV Roadies and Sunny Leone. Nikhil Chinapa[4] being replaced by Rannvijay Singh.[5] This show later joins Karan Kundra.In this season 14 girls and 8 boys from the auditions and 8 celebrity boys are there. Subuhi Joshi from Splitsvilla 6 entered the show as a queen. This seaso's based on the theme "What Women Love". This season became a popular season in Splitsvilla history. This season is known for the bisexual tones of Karishma and Gaurav.This show has also featured true love couples like 'Subuhi and Ishaan', 'Sana and Utkarsh'. And of course we would like to remind our viewers about how Subuhi had partner in the previous season named Gaurav,who was beaten bad and blue by that seasons another contestant named Prabhjot. We would also like to inform that this love is TRUE because we say so and it has nothing to do with the fact that Subuhi has learned her lesson of caring for herself first and the fact that Ishaan is a millionaire. There were many pair ups like that of 'Karishma and Zaan', 'Prince and Anuki' and 'Yash and Sophiya'. This season also featured a girl-girl couple of Karishma and Sharika. The regular boys were dumped within 2–3 days of their existence and girls who had connections with the regular boys also were dumped subsequently. Sana and few other girls who had love connection with few regular boys were smart enough to break that connection and to pair up with the celebrity boys.Gaurav being a regular boy was able to withstand in the competition for long but had to quit due to illness. enakshi, alisha and Harshita were dumped very soon because they had their connection with regular boys and they were not recognized. After the elimination of regular boys we can see that even the celebrity boys started their cat fights and the whole villa was against Karishma and Zaan. There was a feeling why did even bring in the regular boys if they are going to dump them in 2–3 days.

This season had Wicked, Ruthless, Revengeful and Angry king and Queen. Anuki was awarded with the title the most dumbest girl of the villa. Ish and Viren had broken the basic rule of the villa so they had to be eliminated.

Girls

Celebrity Boys

Regular Boys

Finalists

Controversies after Splitsvilla 2

Sexual exploitation

A month after the second season of Splitsvilla ended, some of the contestants claimed that the show’s crew members had engaged in sexual acts with other contestants.

Swaagata G Shah, a contestant from Season 2, claimed in a tabloid that there were exchanges of sexual favors between contestants and important people of the production team, to get undue advantages in the contest.[6] Later, contestants Varun Jhamb and Nalini Negi who had been eliminated early on in the show, alleged that ‘some crew members, including the director, had slept in the same room as top contender Joanna Magee, and others engaged in sexual favours, especially towards the end.'

In response, Rajiv Laxman (creative director of the show) said: ‘I firmly disagree with these allegations. We have strict rules that prevent the mingling of the crew with the cast. Swagata was the first contestant to be eliminated and didn’t even spend a night at the villa. She doesn’t have any linking of the way things work there.’

Racial slur

One of the contestants on the show Mohit has been accused of using a racial slur after he called Siddharth Bhardwaj, a "Nepali with 'chinky' eyes". This caused obvious discomfort to India's North East Community, many of whom have oriental facial features. Though the show is unscripted, the network and the sponsors have been accused of supporting such racial slurs by not bleeping the content after they decided to air it.[7]

Another such incident took place in the fourth season, when Aakriti had a verbal fight with Payal.[8] The racial slur that was used was beeped out and later Nikhil Chinappa at the dumping ground raised the issue telling Aakriti not to "advertise her ignorance anymore" and that serious actions will be taken if it happens hereafter.

References

  1. ↑ "MTV Splitsvilla 7 Contestants". BollyMirror.
  2. ↑ IndiaLive, today. "MTV SPLITSVILLA 7 WINNERS IN FINALE ARE MAYANK GANDHI AND SCARLETT ROSE". http://indialive.today/. indialivetoday. Retrieved 25 October 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ IndiaLive, today. "MTV SPLITSVILLA 7 WINNERS IN FINALE ARE ABHISHEK MALIK AND KHUSHI BHAT". http://indialive.today/. indialivetoday. Retrieved 25 October 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  4. ↑ IndiaLIVE, TODAY. "MTV splitsvilla 8 hosts". indialive.today. india live today.
  5. ↑ Singh, Rannvijay Chutiya. "MTV Splitsvilla 8 Host Name MTV Splitsvilla 8 Host Name". mtvsplitsvilla8.net. mtvsplitsvilla8.net. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sleep to win". Mid-day.
  7. ↑ "Racial slur at MTV Splitsvilla". DNA India.
  8. ↑ "at MTV Splitsvilla8". splitsvilla 8. Splitsvilla8.
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