MTV Splitsvilla

MTV Splitsvilla is an Indian television reality show that airs on MTV India. The show is presented by Rannvijay Singh and Sunny Leone. The show is also available on Voot.^[1]

The series is loosely based on the American dating reality show Flavor of Love.

Summary

This reality show revolves around young boys and girls trying to secure a place in "Splitsvilla", a villa. It is a "hunt for love" show where boys and girls compete in tasks to remain in the competition and mingle with the contestants to find love. In the end, one boy and one girl are crowned the winners of Splitsvilla, as a couple. There is jealousy, hatred, friendship, backstabbing, and love, and a lot of fights when the contestants compete. There is also a King and Queen who have dumping powers.

Seasons overview

Season 1

The season was hosted by Rannvijay Singh, of MTV Roadies Season 1. In this season, two boys, Varun Saini, a former participant of MTV Roadies 5 and Vishal Karwal, of MTV Roadies 4, find the ultimate girl of their dreams choosing from 20 girls after putting them through grueling tests. The girls battle stress, politics, exhaustion, fear, and other such emotional challenges to be the chosen one and avoid the humiliation of being dumped. The girl who is dumped leaves the show. In this manner, a winner is selected.

Girls in order of

• Shraddha Haribhai - 1st winner
• Heena Pardasani - dumped by boys
• Prianca Sharma - dumped by boys
• Ritu Kochhar - dumped by friends of Vishal and Varun
• Bianca Mendonca - dumped by boys
• Bosky Bhatia - dumped by girls of the villa
• Hannah - dumped by boys
• Yamini Batra- dumped by boys
• Minakshi Khanduri - dumped by girls of the villa
• Shruti Rawat - dumped by Vishal
• Anubha - dumped by Varun
• Annie Krislinzki - dumped because of betrayal
• Hoorzan Irani - dumped by boys
• Aarti Thaokar - dumped by boys
• Vani - dumped by boys
• Simran Dhawan - dumped by boys
• Richa Singh - dumped by boys
• Akanksha - dumped by Varun
• Kanika Narbar - dumped by Vishal
• Sneh Richa - dumped by Vishal

Boys

• Vishal Karwal - winner
• Varun Saini - eliminated
• Aakash sharma - eliminated

Of the final three (Shraddha, Heena and Prianca), Shraddha emerged as the winner and became the queen of Splitsvilla. Shraddha then went on to choose Vishal. However, the decision was not finally Shraddha's. Vishal, the champion, was challenged by Varun, the challenger. They had to fight over three contests; the winner of two out of the three was to be declared the ultimate winner. Vishal came out a clear winner by winning the first two whci saw him beat Varun in his territory.

Winners Shraddha and Vishal got to host a weekly show on MTV India, MTV Couplesutra,s a 10-minute show where they discuss one "reel-life" couple, one real-life couple and one break-up. Prianca joined an acting school in Mumbai. Bianca and Simran appeared in Bechaare Zameen Par (a take on the Bollywood film Taare Zameen Par which was aired on MTV). Vishal played the male lead in the show Rishtonse Badi Pratha, which aired on Colors TV and was also seen in Bigg Boss 6. He played the main antagonist in Sanaya Irani's Rangrasiya.

Season 2

Season 2 of Splitsvilla had ten boys and ten girls, selected from auditions. This season was hosted by MTV India VJ Nikhil Chinappa.

Season 3

The winning couple of Season 3 won Rs. 5 lakh and a chance to be a VJ on MTV. Season 3 had 10 singles (five boys and five girls) and five unmarried couples. The show is hosted by VJ's Nikhil Chinapa and Deepti Gujral. The game has gone international for the first time in Splitsvilla history. It is aired on every Saturday at 7:00 p.m on MTV. The King and Queen are challenged every week. The King and Queen stay in the villa this year but in special chambers known as the "King and the Queen chambers".

5 Single Boys

• Vikas Mahendroo (King for episodes 9, 11, runner-up)
• Sufzal Saleem (4th dumped by Niharika, returned in the finale but lost)
• Raj Kumar (6th dumped by Pavitra)
• Ramanjot Singh (5th dumped by Pavitra)
• Pulkit Khanna (1st dumped by Pooja)

5 Single Girls

• Kriti Sharma (4th dumped by Mahip, returned in the finale, runner-up)
• Pavitra Punia (Queen for episodes 5, 6, 10)
• Monika Maryjane Lalwani (11th dumped)
• Nirmal Sandhoo (5th dumped by Mahip)
• Shivkiran Bajwa (3rd dumped by Arjun)

5 Couples

• Riya Bamniyal (7th dumped by Niharika, returned, Queen for episodes 9, 11) & Parag Chadha (3rd dumped by Pooja, returned in the finale) (The Ultimate King & Queen, Winners)
• Niharika Kareer (9th dumped by Vikas, Queen for episodes 4, 7, 8) & Mahip Marwaha (11th dumped, King for episodes 4, 5, 6, 10)
• Pooja Amin (voluntarily dumped, Queen for episodes 1, 2, 3) & Arjun Kumar Mahendroo (8th dumped by Niharika, King for episodes 1, 2, 3)
• Ruchi Arora (2nd dumped by Arjun) & Ashish Agarwal (voluntarily dumped, King for episodes 7,8)
• Priyanka Sharma (1st dumped by Arjun) & Hemant Kaur (voluntarily dumped)

Season 4

Season 4 of Splitsvilla had four boys and 13 girls selected from auditions. The first episode of the show was aired on 3 December 2010. This season was hosted by MTV India VJ Nikhil Chinapa.

Format The girls were divided into four groups(Qabilah) each headed by a boy.

FINALE

A roulette game based on luck was played between the three pairs of finalists: Manish and Pooja, Sai and Tina, and Dushyant and Priya. This first task was won by Sai and Tina who went directly to the finals. The second task was between Manish-Pooja and Dushyant-Priya to determine who would join Sai-Tina for the final task. The final task was an obstacle task and was won by Dushyant-Priya who next joined Sai-Tina in the final face-off. The final task was won by Dushyant-Priya, and they were declared the winners of Splitsvilla 4.

Season 5

The season began at the beginning of April, with nine girls and nine boys. Unlike to the last two seasons, this season was set in Uttarakhand, India. The villa is located somewhere outside the Jim Corbett National Park. Up until now, all tasks had been set in the national park. The season was hosted by Nikhil Chinapa. The season finale aired on 24 June 2012 on MTV India. The final competition to win Splitsvilla 5 title was fought between couples Vroon and Jasmine and Paras and Akanksha. Paras and Akanksha went on to win the title of Splitsvilla 5- Love Gone Wild.

Season 6

This season premiered on 25 May and was hosted by Sherlyn Chopra and Nikhil Chinappa. It is tagged as "Hot as Hell". There were nine males and nine females in Splitsvilla 6. This season also had a review show for each episode titled "Sexy Sana" hosted by Sana Saeed. This season featured a few couples in love like Subuhi and Gaurav, Purvee and Nawab, and Shatakshi and Prabhjot. Nawab was called the chicken legs and Purvee was awarded the title "master mind of Splitsvilla".

Season 7

Season 7 started in June, 2014 and ended on 25 October 2014. Mayank Gandhi and Scarlett Rose won this season. The show was hosted by Sunny Leone and Nikhil Chinappa.

There were seven males and 20 females. This season's set was Samode Palace, situated in Jaipur, India. In this season, the audience got to see old Splitsvilla contestants like - Ashwini Koul and Rishabh Sinha. Ashwini chose to quit the game after his lady love Sanjana decided to leave the show due to an injury sustained during a task. Rishabh was banished by Queen Khushi. There were two kings and two queens in this season: Kings - Shravan Reddy and Abhishek Malik. Queens - Khushi Bhat and Dana Vana. This season of Splitsvilla was amongst the most popular seasons as there was a love triangle, animosity, and hatred, just like a fairy tale. There were two female (Dana Vana and Ranji) and one male (Yazir Khan) wildcard entries through MTV Battleground.^[2] There were lots more love couples in this season than in previous ones like Rashi and Mayank Gandhi, Ayaz and Priyanka, Khushi and Abhishek, and Ashwini and Sanjana. Mayank Pawar also known as Mr. Asia was also seen participating in the show. His elimination brought tears to Sunny Leone's eyes. And the dumping of Rashi Sharma (when Mayank Gandhi ties the protection thread around her hand) and Ayaz Ahmed (when he proposes to Priyanka) brought tears to everyone's eyes. Scarlett Rose and Mayank Gandhi later won the show competing against Abhishek and Khushi. This season also featured a brother-sister relation between Abhishek and Scarlett, where Abhishek felt so bad when his love (Khushi) had to fight against his sister (Scarlett) in the finale. There was a situation where one of the contestants Shravan throws some thing at Sunny Leone out of anger at the other Splitsvillans.

Season 8

Season 8 was hosted by Rannvijay Singh from MTV Roadies and Sunny Leone. Nikhil Chinapa^[3] was replaced by Rannvijay Singh.^[4] Karan Kundra also appeared on the show to host a couple of segments. This season saw the presence of 14 girls and eight boys from the auditions, and eight celebrity boys. Subuhi Joshi from Splitsvilla 6 re-entered the show as a queen. The season's theme was "What Women Love". The season was talked about due to two contestants Karishma and Gaurav being confident and indicating that they had bisexual tones.^[5] The season also featured couples like Sana and Utkarsh who seemingly displayed a real connection. The non-celebrity boys were dumped within 2–3 days of their existence and so were the girls who had connections with them. Gaurav had to quit due to illness. After the initial dumpings, viewers could see that even the celebrity boys started infighting and the whole villa was against Karishma and Zaan.

Tbe primary rule of the show is that those who are already in a relationship outside the villa are not permitted to participate. Since two contestants Ish and Viren broke this rule, they were eliminated.

Season 9

Season 9 was hosted by Rannvijay Singh from MTV Roadies and Sunny Leone. The show's first trailer was broadcast on 15 May 2016 and preimered its first episode on 11 June 2016. This season had 15 celebrity boys and six girls with the theme "Where Women Rule". There was no King until the final competition, and the boys were not given the power to dump a girl. Three princesses and two warriors later joined as wild card entries. During the course of the show, a number of couples emerged with a seemingly genuine connection such as Kavya and Gurmeet, Rajnandini and Archie, Varun and Martina , and ShreeRadhe and Karan. Martina was the first queen (the fiery queen), followed by Rajnandini (the evil queen) and then Kavya (the bold queen). Fights and arguments erupted between Martina and Rajnandini, Ayaan and Nikhil, Kavya and Rajnandini, Isha and Mayuri, Karan Chabra and Nikhil, and Mayuri and Karan Khanna. There even appeared to be a love triangle between Shree Radhe, Karan Khanna and Karan Chabra. This Season had its Finale on 8 October 2016 and was won by Gurmeet Singh Rehal and Kavya Khurana.^[6]

Season 10

MTV Splitsvilla Season 10 began on 23 July 2017. It was hosted by Sunny Leone and Rannvijay Singh. The show consisted of 10 boys (now 11) and 10 girls who came to find true love. The theme of this season was "Experiment of Love", i.e. experimenting and testing whether love can be found through science or it is just the heart that finds it. The show took place amidst the stunning surroundings of Jim Corbett National Park. Season 10 was the second season to appear on Voot, Viacom18's advertising-led video-on-demand platform, while the season aired. The season ended on 10 December 2017 with Naina Singh and Baseer Ali declared the winners.

Season 11

MTV Splitsvilla: Season 11 began on 5 August 2018. It is hosted by Sunny Leone and Rannvijay Singh. The show consisted of 10 boys and 9 girls who came to find true love. The theme of this season is "Happily Ever After...Or Never After?".

References

External links

• Official website

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