MTV Roadies is an adventure reality TV show that tests the spirit of young groups traveling cross-country on bikes. The show was created in 2003 by Raghu Ram, the senior supervising producer of MTV India channel.
The show features thirteen Roadies, who are given Hero Honda Karizma bikes to travel all over India on a pre-decided route. They are given tasks at every destination which are either Money or Immunity tasks. A particular amount of money is decided for a money task in which they have to earn that money. An immunity task is team based or carried out individually where they have to perform certain tasks to get immune from the next vote out. Each week a vote out is held where all the roadies vote out one of the non-immune Roadies. The one who gets the maximum votes is eliminated. The final seven Roadies will win a Hero Honda Karizma bike and the last Roadie will win a cash prize of Rs. 5,00,000.
The show is in its fifth season this year. The winners of the past four seasons were as follows:
Rannvijay Singh (Delhi) – First Season
Ayushman Khuranna (Chandigarh) – Second Season
Parul Shahi (Delhi) – Third Season
Anthony Yeh (Kolkata) – Fourth Season
This year the show has gone international. The Roadies will travel over three countries – India, Thailand and Malaysia. The show is hosted by Rannvijay Singh, the winner of the first season.
Auditions were held in different cities such as Mumbai, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Delhi and Jaipur in October 2007. Contestants from all over India were judged by Raghu Ram, Senior Supervising Producer of MTV India and Nikhil Chinnapa, an MTV VJ.
The audition episodes were aired on MTV India channel from January 05, 2008 to February 04, 2008, every Saturday at 7 p.m.
Episode One : Chandigarh Audition
The Chandigarh audition episode was telecast on January 05, 2008. Varun Saini, Prabhjot Virk and Vibhor Gupta were selected from the Chandigarh audition.
Episode Two : Kolkata Audition
The Kolkata audition episode was telecast on January 12, 2008. Ayaz Ahmed and Ankita Bajaj were selected from the Kolkata audition.
Episode Three : Delhi Audition
The Delhi audition episode was telecast on January 19, 2008. Shambhvi Sharma, Anmol Singh, Vikrant Rathore, Ankita Sehgal and Sonel Singh were selected from the Delhi audition.
Episode Four : Jaipur Audition
The Jaipur audition episode was telecast on January 26, 2008. Aashutosh Kaushik was selected from the Jaipur audition.
Episode Four : Mumbai Audition
The Mumbai audition episode was telecast on February 02, 2008. Nihal Nikam and Snehashish Das were selected from the Mumbai audition.
The final 13 contestants are as follows:
Varun Saini
Prabhjot Virk
Vibhor Gupta
Ayaz Ahmed
Ankita Bajaj
Shambhvi Sharma
Anmol Singh
Sonel Singh
Vikrant Rathore
Ankita Sehgal
Aashutosh Kaushik
Nihal Nikam
Snehashish Das
The MTV Roadies 5 will begin from February 09, 2008, at 7 p.m.
Click the following link to visit the official website of MTV Roadies:
http://www.mtvroadies.tv
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