MTV Roadies

MTV Roadies Details:

Also known as	Roadies
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Genre	Reality Show
Season	19
Episodes	370
Release date	15 August 2003 – present
Running time	30min-1hr
Judges	see below
Presented by	Cyrus Sahukar (2003) Rannvijay Singha(2004–2012, 2018–2020) Bani J (2009–2010, 2013–2015) Gaelyn Mendonca (2016–2017) Sonu Sood (2022–2023)
Created by	Nikhil J Alva
Directed by	Udit Singh Sagar More Nishant Maniar Raghu Ram
Executive producers	Nikhil J Alva Niret Alva Raghu Ram Rajiv Ram
Production Company	Miditech Studios (2003–2005) Colosceum Media (2010–2021) Pippip Media (2022) Banijay Asia (2023–present)
Distributor	MTV India

About MTV Roadies:

MTV Roadies is a youth-based reality show of India. It was launched on 15 August 2003 and aired on MTV India. The show is also digitally available on Voot and JioCinema.

In this show, a group of contestants travel to different destinations and participate in various tasks that challenge their physical, social, and mental strength.

MTV Roadies History

The Roadies format was created by Nikhil J Alva, founder of Miditech Studios. Miditech Studios produced the first 2 seasons of the Roadies series. In those early days, the format creator, Nikhil J Alva, had conceptualized the format as one that would unite the youth of India through social work and random acts of kindness as the contestants traveled across India.

Seeing its popularity soar, the series was taken over by MTV from Miditech, to be produced in-house after the second season. Raghu Ram and Rajiv Ram, former Miditech Studio employees, were tasked with producing and anchoring the show for MTV. Under Raghu and Rajiv’s guidance, the show took a dramatic turn away from its feel-good-social-flavor, to a more crass, and in-your-face tone. Raghu and Rajiv left the show in 2014. They told the media that they had done enough to popularise the show and wanted to give opportunities to the new generation to carry the show forward. With a 17-year history, it is one of India’s longest-running reality shows.

During the course of the journey, there are vote-outs, vote-ins, eliminations, and game-changing twists. Eventually, the contestant who manages to survive vote-outs and succeed in the finale is chosen as the winner. The show has enjoyed relative success among the youth.

MTV Roadies Format

The first two seasons had a cap on the daily budget allocated to the contestants. During the show, apart from learning about India’s diversity, they were also given tasks to get to know each other. The tasks became more aggressive with over-the-top-reality sequences, from the third season onwards, when it was taken over from Miditech Studios by MTV.

Since the fourth season, Battleground (2006-2009, 2014–present) later known as Graveyard (2010-2011, 2013-2014) the show introduced the choice wild cards.

In the fifth season, The “Advantage task” was introduced. The winner of the task would get an advantage in the vote out, which could be multiple votes or being the only one(s) to vote. That was the first time the show went international.

In the tenth season, a team of former contestants mentored by Raghu Ram were pitted against a team of fresh contestants mentored by Rannvijay Singha, who was the winner of the first version of the contest.

In the twelfth season, during the auditions, “Gang Leaders” were introduced. Four Gang Leaders had to hit a buzzer to express their interest in a contestant. Contestants in return had the option to choose which gang they would like to be a part of.

In the fourteenth season, bikes, which had been a common aspect of the show, were discontinued and the makers opted for a car. That continued into the fifteenth season as well and so on.

Season nineteen was introduced with a new concept of debut roadies and ex-roadies competing against each other for the title. Bikes, which had been a common aspect of the earlier seasons, were introduced again. That was the first season without the presence of Rannvijay Singha.

Across all seasons, vote outs, vote ins, immunity, eliminations, captaincy, twists introduced by the makers, and special appearances by guests like actors, sportspersons and musicians have been regular features of the show.

MTV Roadies Seasons Summary:

Note: The Producers skipped X3 for the season’s title and went for X4.

Season	Year	Title	Host	Gang Leaders	No. of episodes	Contestants	Destinations	Prize Money	Winning Gang Leaders	Winner
1	2003	Roadies – Challenges Har Kadam Par	Cyrus Sahukar	None	27	10	India	₹5,00,000	None	Rannvijay Singha
2	2004	Roadies Returns	Rannvijay Singha	None	30	10	India	₹5,00,000	None	Aayushmann Khurrana
3	2005	Roadies 3 – Triple The Danger	Rannvijay Singha	None	13	17	India	₹3,60,000	None	Parul Shahi
4	2006-07	Roadies – Road To Fear	Rannvijay Singha	None	17	13	India	₹3,75,500	None	Anthony Yeh
5	2007-08	Roadies 5.0	Rannvijay Singha	None	20	15	India, Thailand, Malaysia	₹2,30,000	None	Ashutosh Kaushik
6	2008-09	Roadies Hell Down Under	Rannvijay Singha	None	21	20	India, Australia	₹3,62,000	None	Nauman Sait
7	2009-10	Roadies:7 Deadly Sins & 1 Wild Safari	Rannvijay Singha & Bani J	None	22	15	India, Kenya, Egypt	₹90,000	None	Anwar Syed
8	2011	Roadies 8: Shortcut to Hell	Rannvijay Singha	None	28	13	India, Brazil	₹4,00,000	None	Aanchal Khurana
9	2012	Roadies 9: Everything or Nothing	Rannvijay Singha	None	27	13	India, United States	₹6,17,000	None	Vikas Khoker
10	2013	Roadies X: Battle for Glory	Bani J	Raghu Ram Rannvijay Singh	17	16	India	₹4,50,000	Raghu Ram	Palak Johal
11	2014	Roadies X1: Ride for Respect	Bani J	None	18	15	India	₹3,20,000	None	Nikhil Sachdeva
12	2015	Roadies X2: Your Road, Your Gang	Bani J	Rannvijay Singh Esha Deol Karan Kundra Vijender Singh	22	22	India, Nepal	₹5,00,000	Rannvijay Singha	Prince Narula
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	2016	Roadies X4: Your Gang, Your Glory	Gaelyn Mendonca	Rannvijay Singh Neha Dhupia Karan Kundra Sushil Kumar Prince Narula	24	22	India, Bhutan	Renault Duster	Karan Kundra	Balraj Singh Khehra
14	2017	Roadies Rising	Gaelyn Mendonca	Rannvijay Singh Neha Dhupia Karan Kundra Nikhil Chinapa Gurmeet Singh Rehal Prince Narula Harbhajan Singh	26	22	India	Renault Duster	Neha Dhupia	Shweta Mehta
15	2018	Roadies Xtreme	Rannvijay Singha	Raftaar Neha Dhupia Nikhil Chinapa Prince Narula	28	24	India	Renault Duster	Neha Dhupia	Kashish Thakur
16	2019	Roadies: Real Heroes	Rannvijay Singha	Raftaar Neha Dhupia Nikhil Chinapa Prince Narula Sandeep Singh	28	27	India	Droom Used Super Bike	Raftaar	Arun Sharma
17	2020-21	Roadies: Revolution	Rannvijay Singha	Raftaar Varun Sood Neha Dhupia Nikhil Chinapa Prince Narula	36	25	India	Jawa Bike and ₹3,00,000 to Nikhil Chinapa’s cause	Nikhil Chinapa	Hamid Barkzi
18	2022	Roadies: Journey in South Africa	Sonu Sood	None	34	20	South Africa	₹10,00,000	None	Ashish Bhatia & Nandini G
19	2023	Roadies: Karm Ya Kaand	Sonu Sood	Gautam Gulati Rhea Chakraborty Prince Narula	40	33	India	₹6,00,000	Rhea Chakraborty	Vashu Jain

Did you know?

• Rannvijay Singha participated in Roadies only intending to win a bike. And, had he not made it, he had plans to join the army.
• Ayushmann Khurrana has also donated sperm IRL as a part of a challenge during season 2, much like his on-screen counterpart in debut film Vicky Donor.
• Two winners from Roadies have also won two separate editions of Bigg Boss – Ashutosh Kaushik (winner of Roadies 5) won Bigg Boss 2, and Prince Narula (winner of Roadies X2) won Bigg Boss 9.
• In 2015, Rannvijay Singh, Karan Kundra, Vijender Singh and Esha Deol, Mahaakshay Chakraborty, Evelyn Sharma, and Mohit Dutta featured on “Comedy Nights with Kapil” to promotion of Roadies X2.
• In 2016, gang leaders Neha, Karan, Rannvijay, and Prince appeared in the “Comedy Nights Bachao”.
• Himalaya Roadies (2017) is an adventure-based Nepalese reality show franchise of the MTV Roadies series.