Overview

• He officially entered during Weekend Ka Vaar as the season’s first wild card, reshaping early house dynamics.
• On stage, Shehnaaz Gill said he was hospitalised with dengue shortly after the premiere.
• Before this return, a pre-launch public vote selected Mridul Tiwari over Shehbaz, sending him home on opening night.
• Shehbaz said he will “play real” without a set strategy and rejected nepotism jibes, noting he faced multiple rejections before landing the spot.
• He rated Abhishek Bajaj as the strongest and Natalia as the weakest, questioned the Baseer–Farhana angle, and drew a wary response from Baseer Ali, who labeled him a “meethi churi.”