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{{Short description|Indian reality show}}
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{{Infobox television
| name = MTV Roadies
| image = MTV Roadies official logo.jpg
| image_alt =
| caption =
| genre = Reality
| creator =
| presenter = [[MTV Roadies#Series|see below]]
| starring =
| judges = [[MTV Roadies#Gang leaders|see below]]
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| num_seasons = 18
| num_episodes =
| list_episodes =
| first_run =
| released =
| first_aired = 
| last_aired = 
| related = ''Battleground'' (2006-2009, 2014-present) ''Graveyard'' (2010-2011, 2013-2014)
| website = http://www.mtvindia.com/roadies/
| website_title = MTV Roadies
| company = Diamond Pictures (2009-2010) 
Colosceum Media (2010- till date)
| network = [[MTV India]]
| channel = [[MTV India]] (2003–present)
}}
'''''MTV Roadies''''' is an youth based reality show that airs on [[MTV India]]. It first aired in 2003. In this show, a group of contestants travel to different destinations and participate in various tasks that challenge their physical, social and mental strength.

==Airing==

'''''MTV Roadies''''' is aired on [[MTV India]] and can also be streamed on [[Voot]]. Every episode contains the audition process & what happened in the Roadies Journey. In streaming platform [[Voot]] shows some extra content like which was "Not Seen On TV", "Uncensored Action", "Highlights of the episode" and "Behind the Scenes". From Season 17 onwards the [[Voot]] added the Captions(Subtitles) of every episode. For Season 18 [[Voot]] added Before on TV in Voot Select<ref>[https://www.voot.com/shows/mtv-roadies/100015 Voot Select series ]</ref> so that episode can see Before on TV itself.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size: 95%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
!'''{{nowrap|Saturday}}'''
! Seasons
|-
|7:00pm – 8:00pm
|1-6, 9-15, 18
|-
|8:00pm – 9:00pm
|8
|-
!'''{{nowrap|Sunday}}'''
! Seasons
|-
|7:00pm – 8:00pm
|7, 16-17
|-
|}

==Roadies journey==

[[Raghu Ram]], [[Rajiv Lakshman]] and RJ Amit, the creators of Roadies, left the show in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|URL=http://www.afaqs.com/news/story/42551_Raghu-Rajiv-Break-Tie-with-Roadies-Season-12-to-have-New-Judges|title=Raghu-Rajiv Break Tie with Roadies|date=2014-11-24|work=Agency FAQs}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Fifteen2">{{Cite web|URL=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/reality-tv/story/roadies-xtreme-things-we-know-about-the-new-season-so-far-rannvijay-lifetv-1105818-2017-12-12|title=Roadies Xtreme: Things we know about the new season so far|date=12 December 2017|publisher=[[India Today]]}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=March 2019}}

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 relative success among the youth. When asked about the show, the executive producer said, "Roadies has travel, adventure, drama, touch of voyeurism".

==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 challenging from the third season onwards.<ref name="Xtreme">[http://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/telly-talk/written-updates/article/roadies-15-returns-with-xtreme-adventure-and-thrill-details-inside/198863 Roadies 15 returns with Xtreme adventure and thrill.] [[Times Now]] 15 February 2018</ref>

The fifth season was the first time when an "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. This was also the first time the show went international.<ref>{{Cite web|URL=http://www.bollywood.com/roadies-50-game-goes-international |title= Roadies 5.0 goes international |work=Bollywood.com}}</ref>

In the tenth season, a team of former contestants mentored by Raghu Ram were pitted against a team of fresh contestants mentored by Rannvijay.<ref name=Fifteen/>

In the twelfth season, during the auditions, 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.<ref>{{Cite web|URL=http://www.bestmediainfo.com/2015/01/mtv-roadies-x2-kicks-off-tomorrow-sans-raghu-and-rajiv/ |title= MTV Roadies kicks off tomorrow |work=Best Media Info}}</ref>

In the thirteenth season, bikes, which had been a common aspect of the show, were discontinued and the makers opted for a car. This has continued in the fourteenth season as well.<ref name=Fifteen>{{Cite web|URL=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/reality-tv/story/roadies-xtreme-things-we-know-about-the-new-season-so-far-rannvijay-lifetv-1105818-2017-12-12 |title= Roadies Xtreme: Things we know about the new season so far|date=12 December 2017|publisher=[[India Today]]}}</ref>

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.<ref name=Xtreme/><ref name=Fifteen/>

==Series==
'''Contestants''':
{{Color box|cyan|border=darkgray}} Male
{{Color box|pink|border=darkgray}} Female

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size: 85%; line-height:20px; width:auto;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! rowspan="2" |Season
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Title
! rowspan="2" |Host
! colspan="2" |'''Date'''
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |No.of Episodes
! rowspan="2" |Contestants
! rowspan="2" |Destinations
! rowspan="2" |Prize money
! rowspan="2" |Winning Gang Leader
! rowspan="2" |Winner
! rowspan="2" |Runner-up
|-bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! style="width:10%;" | Launch
! style="width:10%;" | Finale
|-
|'''1'''
|2003
|Roadies - Challenges Har Kadam Par
|[[Cyrus Sahukar]]
| rowspan="3" |N/A
| rowspan="3" |N/A
| colspan="2" |27
|10
| rowspan="4" |{{IND}}
| rowspan="2" |₹5,00,000
| rowspan="11"|None
|style="background:cyan;" |'''[[Rannvijay Singha]]'''
|rowspan="2"bgcolor=lightgrey|'''{{fontcolor|Black|}}'''
|-
|'''2'''
|2004
|Roadies Returns
| rowspan="5" |[[Rannvijay Singha]]
| colspan="2" |30
|10
|style="background:cyan;" |'''[[Aayushmann Khurrana]]'''
|-
|'''3'''
|2005
|Roadies 3 - Triple The Danger
| colspan="2" |13
|17
|₹3,60,000
|style="background:pink;" |'''Parul Shahi'''
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Rahul Sharma'''
|-
|[[MTV Roadies (season 4)|4]]
|2006–07
|Roadies - Road To Fear
|11 November 2006
|3 March 2007
| colspan="2" |17
|13
|₹3,75,500
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Anthony Yeh'''
|style="background:pink;" |'''[[Gurbani Judge]]'''
|-
|[[MTV Roadies (season 5)|5]]
|2007–08
|[[MTV Roadies 5.0|Roadies 5.0]]
|28 October 2007
|13 January 2008
| colspan="2" |20
|15
|{{IND}}, {{THA}} & {{MAS}}
|₹2,30,000
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Ashutosh Kaushik'''
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Nihal Nikam'''
|-
|[[MTV Roadies (season 6)|6]]
|2008–09
|[[MTV Roadies (season 6)|Roadies Hell Down Under]]
|29 November 2008
|26 April 2009
| colspan="2" |21
|20
|{{IND}}, {{AUS}}
| ₹3,62,000
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Nauman Sait'''
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Lonkiri Timung'''
|-
|[[MTV Roadies (season 7)|7]]
|2009–10
|[[MTV Roadies (season 7)|Roadies:7 Deadly Sins & 1 Wild Safari]]
|[[Rannvijay Singha]] & [[Gurbani Judge|Bani J]]
|November 2009
|25 June 2010
| colspan="2" |22
|15
|{{IND}}, {{KEN}} & {{EGY}}
| ₹90,000
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Anwar Syed'''
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Zaid Bin Nazir'''
|-
|[[MTV Roadies (season 8)|8]]
|2011
|[[MTV Roadies (season 8)|Roadies 8: Shortcut to Hell]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Rannvijay Singha]]
|19 January 2011
|18 June 2011
| colspan="2" |28
|rowspan="2" |13
|{{IND}}, {{BRA}}
|₹4,00,000
|style="background:pink;" |'''Aanchal Khurana'''
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Mohit Saggar'''
|-
|[[MTV Roadies (season 9)|9]]
|2012
|[[MTV Roadies (season 9)|Roadies 9: Everything or Nothing]]
|7 January 2012
|30 June 2012
| colspan="2" |27
|{{IND}}, {{USA}}
|₹6,17,000
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Vikas Khoker'''
|style="background:pink;" |'''Himani Sharma'''
|-
|[[MTV Roadies (season 10)|10]]
|2013
|[[MTV Roadies (season 10)|Roadies X: Battle for Glory]]
|rowspan="3|[[Gurbani Judge|Bani J]]
|19 January 2013
|11 May 2013
| colspan="2" |17
|16
|rowspan="2" |{{IND}}
|₹4,50,000
|style="background:pink;" |'''Palak Johal'''
|style="background:pink;" |'''Ramandeep Kaur Dhillon'''
|-
|[[MTV Roadies (season 11)|11]]
|2014
|[[MTV Roadies (season 11)|Roadies X1: Ride for Respect]]
|25 January 2014
|18 May 2014
| colspan="2" |18
|15
|₹3,20,000
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Nikhil Sachdeva'''
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Utkarsh Khanna'''
|-
|[[MTV Roadies (season 12)|12]]
|2015
|[[MTV Roadies (season 12)|Roadies X2: Your Road, Your Gang]]
|26 January 2015
|27 June 2015
| colspan="2" |22
|22
|{{IND}}, {{NEP}}
|₹5,00,000
|bgcolor=red |'''{{fontcolor|white|Rannvijay Singh}}'''
|style="background:cyan;" |'''[[Prince Narula]]'''
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Gurmeet Singh Rehal'''
|-
|Colspan="14" |''Skipped S13''
|-
|[[MTV Roadies (season 14)|14]]
|2016
|[[MTV Roadies (season 14)|Roadies X4: Your Gang, Your Glory]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Gaelyn Mendonca]]
|20 February 2016
|19 June 2016
| colspan="2" |24
| rowspan="2" |22
|{{IND}}, {{BHU}}
| rowspan="3" |[[Dacia Duster|Renault Duster]]
|style="background:royalblue;"|'''{{fontcolor|White|Karan Kundra}}'''
| style="background:cyan;" |'''Balraj Singh Khehra'''
| style="background:cyan;" |'''Navdeesh Singh'''
|-
|[[MTV Roadies (season 15)|15]]
|2017
|[[MTV Roadies (season 15)|Roadies Rising]]
|25 February 2017
|22 July 2017
| colspan="2" |26
|rowspan="5" |{{IND}}
|rowspan="2"bgcolor=magenta|'''{{fontcolor|White|Neha Dhupia}}'''
|style="background:pink;" |'''Shweta Mehta'''
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Baseer Ali'''
|-
|[[MTV Roadies (season 16)|16]]
|2018
|[[MTV Roadies (season 16)|Roadies Xtreme]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Rannvijay Singh]]
|18 February 2018
|4 August 2018
| colspan="2" |28
|24
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Kashish Thakur'''
|style="background:pink;" |'''Preeti Kuntal'''
|-
|[[MTV Roadies (season 17)|17]]
|2019
|[[MTV Roadies (season 17)|Roadies: Real Heroes]]
|10 February 2019
|18 August 2019
| colspan="2" |28
|27
|Droom Used [[Super Bike]]
|bgcolor=Yellow|'''{{fontcolor|Black|Raftaar}}'''
|style="background:cyan;" |'''Arun Sharma'''
|style="background: pink;" |'''Ankita Pathak'''
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[MTV Roadies (season 18)|18]]
| rowspan="2" |2020–21
| rowspan="2" |[[MTV Roadies (season 18)|Roadies: Revolution]]
|15 February 2020
|21 March 2020
|6
| rowspan="2" |36
|rowspan="2" |25
|rowspan="2" |[[Jawa Moto|Jawa Bike]] and ₹3,00,000 to Nikhil Chinapa's cause
|rowspan="2" style="background:royalblue;" |'''{{fontcolor|White|Nikhil Chinapa}}'''
|rowspan="2" style="background:cyan;" |'''Hamid Barkzi'''
|rowspan="2" style="background:cyan;" |'''Michael Ajay'''
|-
|27 June 2020
|16 January 2021
|30
|}

== Gang Leaders ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size: 80%; line-height:20px; width:auto;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! rowspan="2" |Leader
! colspan="9" |Season
|-bgcolor="#CCCCC" align="center"
![[MTV Roadies (season 10)|'''X''']]
![[MTV Roadies (season 12)|'''X2''']]
!'''[[MTV Roadies (season 14)|X4]]'''
!'''[[MTV Roadies (season 15)|Rising]]'''
!'''[[MTV Roadies (season 16)|Xtreme]]'''
!'''[[MTV Roadies (season 17)|Real Heroes]]'''
!'''[[MTV Roadies (season 18)|Revolution]]'''
|-
|'''[[Raghu Ram]]'''
|colspan="1" {{yes2|'''Main Leader'''}}
| colspan="9" {{N/A|}}
|-
|'''[[Rannvijay Singh]]'''
|colspan="4" {{yes2|'''Main Leader'''}}
| colspan=3 style="background: #D0E6FF" | Head/Host
|-
|'''[[Esha Deol]]'''
| {{N/A|}}
| {{yes2|'''Main Leader'''}}
| colspan="5" {{N/A|}}
|-
|'''[[Karan Kundra]]'''
| colspan="1" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="2" {{yes2|'''Main Leader'''}}
|style="background:Pink|Later Replaced by Nikhil chinnpa
| colspan="3" {{N/A|}}
|-
|'''[[Vijender Singh]]'''
| {{N/A|}}
|{{yes2|'''Main Leader'''}}
|colspan="5" {{N/A|}}
|-
|'''[[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]]'''
| colspan="2" {{N/A|}}
| style="background:Pink|Later Replaced by Prince Narula
| colspan="4" {{N/A|}}
|-
|'''[[Neha Dhupia]]'''
| colspan="2" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="5" {{yes2|'''Main Leader'''}}
|-
|'''[[Prince Narula]]'''
| colspan="2" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="5" {{yes2|'''Main Leader'''}}
|-
|'''[[Harbhajan Singh]]'''
| colspan="3" {{N/A|}}
| style="background: #D0E6FF" | Guest Judge (Googly Master)
| colspan="3" {{N/A|}}
|-
|'''[[Nikhil Chinapa]]'''
| colspan="3" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="4" {{yes2|'''Main Leader'''}}
|-
|'''[[Raftaar (rapper)|Raftaar]]'''
| colspan="4" {{N/A|}}
| colspan="3" {{yes2|'''Main Leader'''}}
|-
|'''[[Sandeep Singh]]'''
| colspan="5" {{N/A|}}
| {{yes2|'''Main Leader'''}}
| {{N/A|}}
|-
|'''Varun Sood'''
| colspan="6" {{N/A|}}
|style="background:Pink|Substitute Raftaar
|}
Dhupia is the most successful gang leader, Winning two seasons Roadies Rising and Roadies Xtreme.

==References==
{{reflist}}
* [https://www.justwebworld.com/mtv-roadies-winners-list/ MTV Roadies Winners List of All Seasons] Just Web World.

==External links==
* [http://www.mtvindia.com/roadies/ Roadies official website]

{{Roadies}}

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[[Category:2003 Indian television series debuts]]
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