Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (transl.Fear Factor: Players of Danger) simply known as Khatron Ke Khiladi is an Indian Hindi-language stunt-based reality television series based on the American series Fear Factor.[1] First launched as Fear Factor India on Sony TV, the format was sold by Endemol's domestic division after the second season to Colors TV, becoming Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi on 21 July 2008. A spin-off of the main-series Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi – Made in India was launched on 1 August 2020 where contestants from previous years participated.

Khatron Ke Khiladi
Genre
Based onFear Factor
Presented byAkshay Kumar (season 1, 2, 4)
Priyanka Chopra (season 3)
Rohit Shetty (season 5–6, 8–14)
Arjun Kapoor (season 7)
Starringsee below
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons14
No. of episodes262
Production
Production locations
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timearound 120 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkColors TV
Release21 July 2008 (2008-07-21) –
present
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Series overview

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SeriesHostDestinationEpisodesOriginally airedContestantsWinnerRunner-up
First airedLast aired
1Akshay KumarSouth Africa1621 July 2008 (2008-07-21)14 August 2008 (2008-08-14)12Nethra RaghuramanUrvashi Sharma
2167 September 2009 (2009-09-07)1 October 2009 (2009-10-01)13Anushka ManchandaJesse Randhawa
3Priyanka ChopraBrazil166 September 2010 (2010-09-06)30 September 2010 (2010-09-30)13Shabir AhluwaliaRitwik Bhattacharya
4Akshay KumarSouth Africa163 June 2011 (2011-06-03)23 July 2011 (2011-07-23)13Aarti ChhabriaMauli Dave
5Rohit Shetty2022 March 2014 (2014-03-22)25 May 2014 (2014-05-25)17Rajneesh DuggalGurmeet Choudhary
6207 February 2015 (2015-02-07)12 April 2015 (2015-04-12)15Aashish ChaudharyMeiyang Chang
7Arjun KapoorArgentina2030 January 2016 (2016-01-30)3 April 2016 (2016-04-03)15Sidharth ShuklaSana Saeed
8Rohit ShettySpain2122 July 2017 (2017-07-22)30 September 2017 (2017-09-30)12Shantanu MaheshwariHina Khan
9Argentina205 January 2019 (2019-01-05)10 March 2019 (2019-03-10)12Punit PathakAditya Narayan
10Bulgaria2222 February 2020 (2020-02-22)26 July 2020 (2020-07-26)10Karishma TannaKaran Patel
11South Africa2217 July 2021 (2021-07-17)26 September 2021 (2021-09-26)13Arjun BijlaniDivyanka Tripathi
12262 July 2022 (2022-07-02)25 September 2022 (2022-09-25)14Tushar KaliaFaisal Shaikh
132715 July 2023 (2023-07-15)14 October 2023 (2023-10-14)14Dino JamesArjit Taneja
14Romania2027 July 2024 (2024-07-27)29 September 2024 (2024-09-29)12Karan Veer MehraKrishna Shroff

Spin-off

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SeriesHostEpisodesOriginally airedContestantsWinnerRunner-upDestination
First airedLast aired
1Farah Khan
Rohit Shetty
101 August 2020 (2020-08-01)30 August 2020 (2020-08-30)9 Nia Sharma Karan WahiIndia

Season 1

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Khatron Ke Khiladi
Season 1
 
Title screen
Presented byAkshay Kumar
No. of contestants15
WinnerFirdous Ansari
Runner-upUrvashi Sharma
No. of episodes16
Release
Original networkColors TV
Original release21 July (2008-07-21) –
14 August 2008 (2008-08-14)
Season chronology
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Season 2

Khatron Ke Khiladi 1 was hosted by Akshay Kumar. Nethra Raghuraman was declared the winner of the season.

Contestants Occupation Status Place
Nethra Raghuraman Actress Winner 1
Urvashi Sharma Actress 1st runner-up 2
Aditi Govitrikar Model 2nd runner-up 3
Pooja Bedi Actress Eliminated 4
Yana Gupta Model Eliminated 5
Eliminated
Sonali Kulkarni Actress Eliminated 6
Eliminated
Anjana Sukhani Actress Eliminated 7
Meghna Naidu Actress Eliminated 8
Eliminated
Dipannita Sharma Actress Eliminated 9
Eliminated
Anita Hassanandani Actress Eliminated 10
Tapur Chatterjee Actress Eliminated 11
Tupur Chatterjee Model Eliminated 12
[Firdous]] Actress Eliminated 13
Payal Rohatgi Actress Eliminated 14[2]
Sayali Bhagat Actress Eliminated 15[2]
  Indicates original entrants
  Indicates re-entered entrants

Season 2

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Khatron Ke Khiladi
Season 2
 
Title screen
Presented byAkshay Kumar
No. of contestants14
WinnerAnushka Manchanda
Runner-upJesse Randhawa
No. of episodes16
Release
Original networkColors TV
Original release7 September (2009-09-07) –
1 October 2009 (2009-10-01)
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 1
Next →
Season 3

Khatron Ke Khiladi 2 was hosted by Akshay Kumar. Anushka Manchanda was declared the winner of the season.

Contestants Occupation Status Place
Anushka Manchanda Singer Winner 1
Jesse Randhawa Model 1st runner-up 2
Carol Gracias Model Eliminated 3
2nd runner-up
Rosa Catalano Model Eliminated 4
Eliminated
Nauheed Cyrusi Actress Eliminated 5
Shonali Nagrani Actress Eliminated 6
Eliminated
Bruna Abdullah Model Eliminated 7
Eliminated
Pooja Misrra VJ Eliminated 8
Sonika Kaliraman Wrestler Eliminated 9
Shveta Salve Actress Eliminated 10
Mandira Bedi Actress Eliminated 11
Rupali Ganguly Actress Eliminated 12
Pia Trivedi Model Eliminated 13
Sushma Reddy Actress Eliminated 14
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  Indicates re-entered entrants

Season 3

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Khatron Ke Khiladi
Season 3
 
Title screen
Presented byPriyanka Chopra
No. of contestants13
WinnerShabir Ahluwalia
Runner-upRitwik Bhattacharya
No. of episodes16
Release
Original networkColors TV
Original release6 September (2010-09-06) –
30 September 2010 (2010-09-30)
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 2
Next →
Season 4

Khatron Ke Khiladi 3 was hosted by Priyanka Chopra. Shabir Ahluwalia was declared the winner of the season.

Contestants Occupation Partner Status Place
Shabir Ahluwalia Actor Sushma Gupta Winner 1
Ritwik Bhattacharya Squash player Avni 1st runner-up 2
Dino Morea Actor Madhurima Tuli 2nd runner-up 3
Milind Soman Model Ritisha Eliminated 4
Eliminated
Manjot Singh Actor Andressa Eliminated 5
Eliminated
Abhishek Kapoor Producer Susheel Eliminated 6
Rahul Bose Actor Annie Gill Eliminated 7
Terence Lewis Dancer Ananya Kapoor Eliminated 8
Karan Singh Grover Actor Aarti Eliminated 9
Eliminated
Cyrus Broacha VJ Freisha Eliminated 10
Eliminated
Armaan Ebrahim Car Racer Madhura Naik Eliminated 11
Rahul Dev Actor Kavita Sachdev Eliminated 12
Angad Bedi Model Mittal Eliminated 13
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  Indicates re-entered entrants

Season 4

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Khatron Ke Khiladi 4 was hosted by Akshay Kumar. The tagline for this season was "Torchaar 4". Aarti Chhabria was declared the winner of the season.

Season 5

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Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 was hosted by Rohit Shetty The tagline for this season was "Darr Ka Blockbuster". Rajneesh Duggal was declared the winner of the season.[3]

Season 6

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Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Darr Ka Blockbuster Returns". Aashish Chaudhary was declared the winner of the season.

Season 7

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Khatron Ke Khiladi 7 was hosted by Arjun Kapoor. The tagline for this season was "Kabhi पीड़ा Kabhi कीड़ा in Argentina". Sidharth Shukla was declared the winner of the season.

Season 8

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Khatron Ke Khiladi 8 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Pain in Spain". Shantanu Maheshwari was declared the winner of the season.

Season 9

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Khatron Ke Khiladi 9 was hosted by Rohit Shetty.[4] The tagline for this season was "Jigar Pe Trigger". Punit Pathak was declared as winner of the season.

Season 10

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Khatron Ke Khiladi 10 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Jahaan Darr Lega Class Aur Dega Trass". The telecast was postponed for 3 months due to COVID-19 pandemic. Week 7 episodes started from 27 June. Karishma Tanna was declared as the winner of the season 10.

Season 11

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Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Darr VS Dare". Arjun Bijlani was declared as winner of the season.

Season 12

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Khatron Ke Khiladi 12 is hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Bach Ke Kahan Jayega? Khatra Kahin Se Bhi Aayega!". The show premiered on 2 July 2022, on Colors TV. Tushar Kalia was declared as winner of the season.[5]

Season 13

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Khatron Ke Khiladi 13 is hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Iss Baar Har Level, Darr Next Level". The show premiered on 15 July 2023, on Colors TV. Spanning over 27 episodes, it is the longest season of the series since its inception. Dino James was declared as winner of the season.

Season 14

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Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 is hosted by Rohit Shetty.[6] The tagline for this season is "Darr Ki Nayi Kahaaniyaan In Romania".[7] The show premiered on 27 July 2024, on Colors TV and digitally on Jio Cinema.[8]Karan Veer Mehra was declared as the winner of the season.

References

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  1. ^ "Meet the contestants of Fear Factor-Khatron Ke Khiladi 5". The Times of India. 30 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Khatron Ke Khiladi -Season 2 winner revealed?". 2 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Have learnt to face my fears in 'Khatron Ke Khiladi': Rajniesh Duggall". Deccan Chronicle. 22 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Khatron Ke Khiladi Is Back. Contestants Include Vikas Gupta, Aditya Narayan, Bharti Singh, Haarsh Limbachiyaa". 12 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Tushar Kalia wins Khatron Ke Khiladi 12, beats Faisal Shaikh and Mohit Malik. See photos". 25 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Khatron Ke Khiladi 14: Rohit Shetty's show to be shot in Romania; Abhishek Kumar, Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia, Shoaib Ibrahim to participate". 23 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Colors".
  8. ^ "Meet the Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 Contestants".
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