Overview
- Bigg Boss 19 premieres August 24 at 9:00 pm IST on JioHotstar, with Colors TV airing the episode at 10:30 pm.
- Production has started and first images from the set and house have surfaced, previewing a redesigned space built around the new governance gameplay.
- The theme, billed as 'Gharwalon Ki Sarkaar,' splits housemates into Ruling Party and Opposition with debates, power shifts and consequences shaping tasks and decisions.
- The season is expected to open with 15 contestants, with plans for three wildcard entries later to bring the participant count to 18.
- Multiple outlets report that WWE’s Undertaker and boxer Mike Tyson are in talks for brief wildcard stints, though negotiations are unconfirmed and no official announcement has been made.