BIGGBOSS13, My favourite programme BIGGBOSS is back on Colors with its 13th edition. The new format is the original format of Celebrity guest without any commoner. I still believe it is a great show to watch, and there are many learnings.
The inaugural episode on 29th September showed that the Colors team had got their act right. However, it is yet to be seen if the delayed telecast time of 1030 PM on weekdays is going to impact the audience size. Maybe this delayed telecast time will push VOOT viewership and help develop a new set of followers. The options in VOOT are exciting to get additional traction.
However, the next two days have been party games being played by whatever of the house – Malkin Amisha Patel. BiggBoss may lose initial traction if this continues for long.
There are a lot of NO in Biggboss and some of them can make you say YES to the show. Too many changes in the format at one go is going to have an impact. Only time will tell, will the changes win the franchise new followers or the followers will drop out.
NO MORE LONAVALA FOR BIGGBOSS13.
Does the location of the set matter? If one was to believe the followers of BiggBoss, there is a lot to the location. Lonavala, away from Mumbai, had its mystic value. It was BiggBoss house.
Film city brings it down to a set. Maybe there will be some added opportunity in term of BiggBoss tourism and visits, but that’s it. It is not going to do much about the travel time but dilute the franchise. The contestants are in-house; the behind-the-scene team needs to camp-in. Only host Salman Khan is impacted with the travel issues. And it seems, he has some reservations about it.
NO MORE COMMONER IN BIGGBOSS13.
The host, an integral part of the BIGGBOSS franchise, says that there is no commoner and no celebrity, every commoner is a celebrity, and every celebrity is a commoner. One knows the statement is far from the truth. BiggBoss suffered from perceived differential treatment for celebrity and commoner. Having no commoner is expected to be a plus, as all may start at an equal footing.
NO HOST FATIGUE FOR BIGGBOSS13.
Surprisingly the two shows KBC with AMITABH BACHCHAN and BIGGBOSS have not suffered host fatigue. If you ask the viewers, they somehow cannot imagine the show with anyone else.
BiggBoss has earlier experimented with a different host, but Salman Khan has been holding the fort for the last 10 years. He has an excellent command on the format and his equations of idiosyncrasies that channel know well. Though he is senior in the industry and a powerhouse in many ways, the respect or fear he commands from the celebrities on the show is phenomenal.
NO MORE LONG WAIT FOR THE TICKET TO FINALE IN BIGGBOSS13.
There is a quickie finale in just four weeks. That is something unheard of. But, trust BIGGBOSS to have multiple twists and turns built in the process to keep the excitement on.
NO JALLAD. NO SINGLE BED.
Most of us ardent viewer of the show will miss Jallad. There was that uniqueness in his character that made the viewers ultimately side with him. The audience will welcome the triple beds as it is going to be fun watching how the configurations roll out among the contestants. Here is a peek inside the house.
NO FIGHT OVER DUTIES.
Well as a change BIGGBOSS13 has taken some fun out of the game. Duties of the house are allotted in a planned manner. There is enough women power in the house and men who seem sensible enough. It led to enough good banter and polarised behaviour of contestants. It was fun to watch the strategies of contestants to negotiate them.
The BIGGBOSS13 game is on. And I am in. Hope the season lives to the expectations. I have full faith and trust in the BIGGBOSS team to create those planned and forced interceptions that will liven-up the show. Till that time, wait and watch.
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