Mumbai: The 19th season of Salman Khan-hosted reality show ‘Bigg Boss’ is set to premiere in August.
According to a report in SCREEN, the new season of ‘Bigg Boss’ is going to be a digital-first rollout with a five-month runtime, and a panel of new hosts.
The show, expected to go live from August 29-30, will first stream on OTT platform JioHotstar before airing on television.
“The makers are making this season as a digital-first property. This means the show will run simultaneously on TV and OTT; however, the fresh episodes will drop on Jio Hotstar first, and after one and a half hours, the same episode will appear on Colors TV,” a source told SCREEN.
Salman be hosting ‘Bigg Boss 19’ for the first three months, and will be followed by a rotating panel of hosts including Farah Khan, Karan Johar, and Anil Kapoor.
“Like every year, the makers are planning to bring in different celebrities as special hosts. After Salman finishes his three-month-long stint, makers will bring in Farah Khan, Karan Johar, and Anil Kapoor to step in as hosts,” the source added.
Reportedly, 20 celebrities and influencers including Ram Kapoor, Gautami Kapoor, Dheeraj Dhoopar, Alisha Panwar, Anita Hassanandani, Lataa Saberwal, Ashish Vidyarthi, Munmun Dutta, Tanushree Dutta, Sharad Malhotra, Mamta Kulkarni, Paras Kalnawat, Mr Faisu, Krishna Shroff, Gaurav Taneja, Apoorva Mukhija, Chinki Minki, Purav Jha, Khushi Dubey, Arshifa Khan, Mickey Makeover, Kanika Mann, Daisy Shah, and Raj Kundra have been approached for the show.
