Overview

• Bigg Boss 19 premieres digitally on Aug. 24 at 9 p.m. on JioCinema and at 10:30 p.m. on Colors TV with Salman Khan confirmed as the opening host.
• JioHotstar’s “Fans Ka Faisla” poll runs through Aug. 21, pitting Shehbaz Badesha against YouTuber Mridul Tiwari for a single contestant spot determined by audience votes.
• Reports suggest around ten contestants have been tentatively locked—including Gaurav Khanna, Payal Gamingg, Hunar Hali Gandhi, Raftaar and Arbaaz Patel—while Sharad Malhotra, Paras Kalnawat and Nidhi Shah have publicly declined participation.
• This season’s Parliament-inspired format swaps the weekly captain role for an Assembly House where housemates form parties, elect representatives and self-govern tasks and decisions.
• Producers are revising nomination rules to let contestants directly eliminate peers, and discussions remain active over novelty entrants such as the UAE robot Habubu and AI influencer Kavya Mehra.