Why did Bigg Boss take a long gap between season 2 and season 1?
The Indian reality show Bigg Boss was a big hit when it premiered on Sony in 2006 which concluded in January 2007. But to my surprise, Bigg Boss 2 was aired on a different network channel on 17 August 2008.
This was an unusually big gap for a super-hit reality show, which is usually supposed to return exactly in the same month as the premiere and on the same network channel. Is there any behind the scenes reason for this?
Best Answer
I can't find any official statement about it but due to this Forbes India it seems to be due to Kamat.
Kamat is an old hand in the Indian television space. He started his career with Star TV in India as its senior vice president in 2004, where he worked along with Dhar.........
In 2006, Kamat got an offer to join Endemol and start Endemol India. He shared his plans of moving on with Nair. “I told Rajesh [Kamat] that he should take Deepak [Dhar] along with him. ‘While you look at the business, you will need a creative person to manage the shows', I had told Kamat then,” recounts Nair, who is now the group CEO of Balaji Telefilms.
That year, Kamat and Dhar started Endemol India (the company changed its name to Endemol Shine India in 2015) in a small office in Andheri. In the first week itself, Kamat walked over to Dhar and gave him CDs of the Big Brother show, the flagship show of Endemol which had become a global hit. He told Dhar to see if it can be adapted to India. Dhar realised the show had explicit content that would not be palatable to the Indian audience. He started reimagining the concept.
He decided the show would need celebrities. He and Kamat pitched the idea successfully at Sony Entertainment Television. Film actor Arshad Warsi was the host of the first season which was won by yesteryear actor Rahul Roy.
In 2008, Kamat moved to Viacom18 to start a new general entertainment channel called Colors and Dhar became the managing director of Endemol India. From its next season, Bigg Boss moved to Colors.
Kamat left to join CA Media in 2011 and Nayak took over as the CEO of Colors. “Bigg Boss is a complex and expensive show,” Nayak tells Forbes India.
So the show was always Endemol show and when Kamat switched the team he took the show with him.
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Bigg Boss is an Indian reality television game show franchise based on the Dutch reality show Big Brother. It is produced by Endemol Shine India through Viacom18 and Disney Star.What is the purpose of Bigg Boss show?
In the show, a number of celebrity contestants, known as housemates, are isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom-built house. Each week, one of the housemates is evicted by a public vote, with the last housemate named the winner.When did Bigg Boss 2 start?
Bigg Boss 2 is the second season of the Indian reality TV programme Bigg Boss. It began airing on 21 August 2008 on Colors TV.Who was the first host of Bigg Boss season 1?
It was aired from November 3, 2006 to 26 January 2007 and was hosted by Bollywood Actor Arshad Warsi. More than 50 cameras were used to keep an eye on the celebrity housemates. The Aashiqui actor Rahul Roy became the winner of the first season of the show.Contestant Escaped From The House - Bigg Boss - Big Brother Universe
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