MUMBAI: Indian television industry has come up with many reality shows. Some of the shows are still doing well and have come up with many successful seasons.
Since these shows experiment with a variety of themes and formats, they provide the masala that keeps the audience glued to their screens. This in turn, makes the contestants of these shows rise to popularity! Take a look at a list of contestants right from Roadies to Bigg Boss who made it real big in showbiz.
Ayushmann Khurrana: In 2004, Ayushmann Khurrana won the second season of the reality television show MTV Roadies and began a career as an anchor. He is now a singer, writer, TV host and an actor who is known for portraying ordinary men in offbeat films.
Rannvijay Singha: Rannvijay has come a long way after being the winner of Roadies Season 1 in 2003. He's been a member of the show since 2004, first as a gang leader and now as a host, and he's still doing it. He also joined the auditions judging panel. He has also acted in films like London Dreams (2009) and Action Replayy (2010).
Bani J: Popularly known as Bani J, Gurbani Judge ended as the runner-up of Roadies Season 4 in 2006 and has rose to fame since then. She experimented with VJing for TV shows as well as modelling gigs. Her next big break came when she appeared on Bigg Boss 10 as a contestant. She's now a successful Indian fitness model. She also played one of the lead roles in Four More Shots Please!
Prince Narula: He not only won Roadies 12 in 2015, but he also won Splitsvilla 8, Bigg Boss 9 and Nach Balliye 9 after that. The actor and model is also the mentor of MTV Roadies Revolution.
Shreya Ghoshal: The singer won the television music reality show Sa Re Ga Ma in 2000 when she was sixteen in the year 2000. She is now a leading playback singer in India who has received four National Film Awards.
Amit Sadh: He was a contestant in the very first season of Bigg Boss in 2007. Prior to that in 2005, he also participated in the first season of Nach Baliye. Ever since, he has risen to fame on the big screen with films and series namely Kai Po Che, Yaara, Sultan, Breathe: Into the Shadows etc.
Neha Kakkar: She competed on Indian Idol Season 2 in the year 2006. She made her Bollywood debut as a chorus singer in the film Meerabai Not Out. In 2019, Neha was listed among the most viewed women artists on YouTube with 4.2 billion views and in 2021, she became the first Indian singer to win a YouTube Diamond Award.
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