MTV Roadies
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| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Darien Amos |
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| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 15 (they skipped season 13th) |
| Production company(s) | Tenn-Speed TV India |
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| Original network | MTV India (2003–present) |
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| Related shows | Battleground (2006-2009, 2014-present) Graveyard (2010-2011, 2013-2014) |
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| Roadies official website | |
MTV Roadies is a youth-based popular reality television show on MTV India, produced by Tenn-Speed TV India (previously Tenn-Speed). The show first started in 2003. In the show, a group of contestants travel to different destinations and participate in various tasks that seemingly challenge their physical and mental strength. 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 final task is chosen as the winner. The show has enjoyed much success among the youth. When asked about the show, the executive producer said, "Roadies has travel, adventure, drama, touch of voyeurism...".
Raghu Ram and Rajiv Laxman, the creators of Roadies, 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. The latest season titled Roadies Rising is currently underway.
The auditions of this reality TV show were initially conducted by popular VJ's like Cyrus Sahukar, Cyrus Broacha, Nikhil Chinapa and the producer Raghu Ram. Raghu Ram's brother Rajiv Laxman joined them in the sixth season. The brothers departed in season 7, but returned for season 8, and were joined by Rannvijay Singh. In the 12th season, the auditions were conducted by Rannvijay Singh, boxer Vijender Singh, and actors Karan Kundra and Esha Deol. In the 13th season, Vijender Singh and Esha Deol were replaced by wrestler Sushil Kumar and actor Neha Dhupia respectively. Sushil Kumar was later replaced by Prince Narula, the winner of Roadies X2, Splitsvilla 8 and Bigg Boss 9. The four of them returned for Roadies Rising, the fourteenth season and cricketer Harbhajan Singh is to play a crucial part. The applicants are first asked to fill out a form and then attend a Group Discussion (GD). The form consists of basic questions regarding the applicant and includes some questions like "Why do you want to be a Roadie?" and "What is the greatest regret of your life?" etc.
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