Overview
- Koimoi reports Gaurav Khanna earned Rs 17.5 lakh per week for 15 weeks, totaling Rs 2.62 crore before the finale with a Rs 50 lakh prize taking his haul to Rs 3.12 crore.
- Deccan Chronicle places Khanna’s combined fee and prize at approximately Rs 3 crore, citing the same Rs 17.5 lakh weekly rate over a 15-week run.
- Reported finalist fees varied widely: Amaal Mallik at about Rs 8.75 lakh per week (≈Rs 1.225 crore for 14 weeks), Tanya Mittal at Rs 3–6 lakh per week (≈Rs 42–84 lakh), Farrhana Bhatt at Rs 2–4 lakh per week (≈Rs 28–56 lakh), and Pranit More at Rs 1–2 lakh per week (≈Rs 14–28 lakh).
- Koimoi estimates the 13 contestants evicted before the finale collectively received Rs 4–4.6 crore in remuneration.
- Per-week pay for non-finalists reportedly ranged from roughly Rs 80,000 to Rs 6 lakh, with examples including Ashnoor Kaur at Rs 6 lakh per week for 14 weeks (≈Rs 84 lakh) and Shehbaaz Badesha at Rs 80,000–1 lakh per week.