MTV Splitsvilla

The show revolves around young boys and girls trying to secure a place in Splitsvilla, a villa, where they are detached from the real world. It is a hunt for love, where boys and girls compete in tasks to remain in the competition and mingle with their fellow contestants to find love. In the end, a girl and a boy are crowned the winners of Splitsvilla. There is jealousy, hatred, friendship, backstabbing, breakups and a lot of fights when the contestants compete. There is a King and a Queen who have dumping powers. In Season 9, where women were in power, there were three Queens and no Kings. The Queens were given the power to dump the warriors and princesses. In Seasons 10 and 11, ideal matches were given the power to rule over the villa and the formation of an ideal match lead to the dumping of a contestant. The ideal matches are announced by the Oracle, an entity which studies the influence of science over love. Ideal matches are pairs, each consisting of a girl and boy possessing much similar emotional and psychological characteristics. They are decided on the basis of their answers given in the audition. All the contestants may not have an ideal match in the villa. The ideal match may also change due to changes in the dynamics of the villa.In 2019, there were the chosen ones who had a bracelet with powers.The first to become the ideal match will be the chosen ones.The chosen ones had the power to save, eliminate or they were given some powers during the tasks.

Splitsvilla 1 was hosted by Rannvijay Singh. 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

• Shraddha Haribhai - Winner
• Heena Pardasani - Dumped by boys
• Prianca Sharma - Dumped by boys
• Ritu Kochhar - Dumped by Vishal and Varun's friends
• Bianca Mendonca - Dumped by boys
• Bosky Bhatia - Dumped by girls
• Hannah - Dumped by boys
• Yamini Batra - Dumped by boys
• Minakshi Khanduri - Dumped by girls
• Shruti Rawat - Dumped by Vishal
• Anubha - Dumped by Varun
• Annie Krislinzki - Dumped for 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

Of the final three, that is Shraddha, Heena and Prianca, Shraddha emerged as the winner and became the Queen of Splitsvilla. Shraddha then went on to choose Vishal. Vishal was challenged by Varun. They had to fight in three rounds; 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 rounds.

Splitsvilla 2 had ten boys and ten girls, selected from auditions. This season was hosted by VJ Nikhil Chinapa.

Splitsvilla 3 had five boys, five girls and five unmarried couples. The season was hosted by VJ Nikhil Chinapa and Deepti Gujral. The game has gone international for the first time in Splitsvilla history. It aired every Saturday at 7:00 p.m. The King and Queen lived in chambers in the villa.

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

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

Couples

• Riya Bamniyal: 7th dumped by Niharika, returned, Queen for episodes 9, 11 & Parag Chadha: 3rd dumped by Pooja, returned in the finale | 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

Splitsvilla 4 had four boys and thirteen girls. The first episode was aired on 3 December 2010. This season was hosted by VJ Nikhil Chinapa.

Format: The girls were divided into four groups each headed by a boy.

Finale: A roulette game based on luck was played between the three finalist pairs: Manish and Pooja, Sai and Tina, and Dushyant and Priya. The first round was won by Sai and Tina who went directly to the finals. The second round was between Manish Pooja and Dushyant Priya to determine who would join Sai Tina for the final round. The round was won by Dushyant Priya who joined Sai Tina in the final round. Dushyant Priya won the final round and were declared the winners of Splitsvilla 4.

Splitsvilla 5 began with nine girls and nine boys. Unlike the last two seasons, this season was set in Uttarakhand, India. The villa was located outside the Jim Corbett National Park. The season was hosted by Nikhil Chinapa. The finale aired on 24 June 2012. The final competition to win the title was between Vroon and Jasmine and Paras and Akanksha. Paras and Akanksha went on to win the title of Splitsvilla 5.

Splitsvilla 6 premiered on 25 May and was hosted by Sherlyn Chopra and Nikhil Chinapa. Its tagline was "Hot as Hell". There were nine boys and nine girls. The season had a review segment, Sexy Sana, hosted by Sana Saeed.

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

There were seven boys and twenty girls. This season was set in Samode Palace, 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: Shravan Reddy and Abhishek Malik and Queens: Khushi Bhat and Dana Vana. The season of Splitsvilla was amongst the most popular seasons. There were two female, Dana Vana and Ranji and one male, Yasir Khan, wildcard entries through MTV Battleground.[1] Scarlett Rose and Mayank Gandhi won the show.

Splitsvilla 8 was hosted by Rannvijay Singh and Sunny Leone.[2] Karan Kundra also appeared on the show to host a couple of segments. This season saw fourteen 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.[3] Gaurav had to quit due to illness.

The 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.

Splitsvilla 9 was hosted by Rannvijay Singh and Sunny Leone. The show premiered on 11 June 2016. This season had fifteen celebrity boys and six girls with the theme "Where Women Rule". The boys were not given the power to dump any girl. Three princesses and two warriors joined as wild card entries. Martina was the first queen followed by Rajnandini and then Kavya. The season finale aired on 8 October 2016 and was won by Gurmeet Singh Rehal and Kavya Khurana.[4]

Splitsvilla 10 began on 23 July 2017. It was hosted by Sunny Leone and Rannvijay Singh. The show consisted of ten boys and ten girls who came to find true love. The theme of the season was "Experiment of Love", i.e. experimenting and testing whether love can be found through science or not. The show was shot in Jim Corbett National Park. It was the second season to stream on Voot. The season ended on 10 December 2017 with Naina Singh and Baseer Ali being declared as the winners.

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

Splitsvilla 12 premiered on 16 August 2019. Hosted by Sunny Leone and Rannvijay Singh, the season consisted of fifteen boys +1 Wildcard and ten girls who came to find true love. The theme of the season is "Your Best Shot at Love".

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