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MTV Roadies X : Battle for Glory
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Also known as | 'MTV Roadies X' |
Genre | Reality show |
Presented by |
Raghu Ram Rannvijay Singh |
Country of origin | India |
Original language(s) | Hindi |
Production | |
Location(s) | India |
Release | |
Original network | MTV India |
First shown in | 2013 |
Original release | January 19 – May 11, 2013 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | MTV Roadies 9 |
Followed by | MTV Roadies X1 |
External links | |
Website | www |
MTV Roadies X : Battle for Glory is the tenth season of MTV Roadies, a reality television show aired on MTV India. The auditions started on October 31, 2012 and were held in Pune, Delhi, Chandigarh and Hyderabad. The show started airing on MTV India from January 19, 2013 with new episodes airing every Saturday at 7:00 pm IST.
The series was won by veteran roadie Palak Johal, originally from Season 6, of Team Raghu. She won the title on May 11, 2013. Her grand price included a total cash price of ₹ 450,000, a Hero Impulse bike and an HP laptop.
For the tenth season, the show changed its format. The contestants were divided into two teams - Rannvijay's team composed of participants selected in the audition, and Raghu's team composed of contestants who appeared on previous versions of the series. 16 ex-roadies were shorlisted with the list released on the show's official Facebook page and Twitter account consisting of Nihal Nikam, Roopali Anand, Anmol Singh, Avtar Nischal, Renee Dhyani, Kanak Raju, Anirudh Sharma, Palak Johal, Diyali Chauhan, Mohit Saggar, Devarshi Patel, Tamanna Sharma, Suchit Singh, Pooja Bannerjee, Roop Bhinder and Shambhavi Sharma. After surviving periodic cuts 8 roadies emerged to join the official list of contestants. A new format for elimination was also adopted where the contestant(s), getting the most votes in a vote-out, from either team are sent to battle each other or opponents from the opposing team. The loser is consequently ousted from the show.
The season's theme song is "Jajabor" - a collaboration between singer Papon and Raghu, and sung in Assamese and Hindi.
The auditions started on October 31, 2012 in Pune, followed with auditions in Delhi (November 4, 2012),Chandigarh (November 17, 2012) and Hyderabad (November 20, 2012).
Overall Count:
There were sixteen contestants overall.
The episode began with the introduction of all the roadies of Ranvijay's Team in traditional Nagaland custom who were selected for the journey .One by the one all the roadies were introduced with flashbacks from their PI's which told whats the reason for their selection,whats their personality like and what would be their future in Ranvijays team. He introduced the winner of roadies battleground 5 Abhimanyu and told him to challenge anyone to swap with his position in the team he picked Gaurav and he lost to Gaurav and had to leave the show . team remains unchanged . Raghu makes a surprise entry and introduces his team and the initial reaction of ranvijay's team was that they were pretty impressed by opposition. Back at hotel Raghu team since were seniors and EX-ROADIES plans a ragging attempt which backfires and ends in an argument between the contestants of the Raghu team. The second day begins with both teams entering to a task locations. The task turns out to be a Money task in which 50,000 would get added into the winner teams account. Raghu's team agreed to perform first and they finished at a score of 255 .Ranvijay team completed the task with 2 penalties therefore 20% was reduced from there score but they still surprised everyone by winning the task with just 1 pt extra that is 256 the original score being 320.The Raghu team seemed surprised that they ending up being losers at their first task. Raghu told them their overconfidence and lack of co-ordination was the main reason for the loss. At night both team were surprised when the heard the arrival of a common roadies prop the Black box.