| Khatron Ke Khiladi | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | |
| Based on | Fear Factor |
| Presented by | Akshay Kumar (Seasons 1, 2, 4) Priyanka Chopra (Season 3) Rohit Shetty (Seasons 5–6, 8–14) Arjun Kapoor (Season 7) |
| Starring | See below |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 14 |
| No. of episodes | 262 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | around 120 minutes |
| Production companies |
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| Release | |
| Original network | Colors TV |
| Original release | 21 July 2008 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
Khatron Ke Khiladi (transl. Players of Danger), marketed as Fear Factor: 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 Khatron Ke Khiladi: Made in India was launched on 1 August 2020 where contestants from previous years participated.
In April 2025, the production company of the show, Banijay Entertainment, pulled out from producing the show at the last minute, leaving its future uncertain.[2]
Series overview[edit | edit source]
Spin-off[edit | edit source]
Season 1[edit | edit source]
| Khatron Ke Khiladi | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
 Title screen | |
| Presented by | Akshay Kumar |
| No. of contestants | 15 |
| Winner | Nethra Raghuraman |
| Runner-up | Urvashi Sharma |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Colors TV |
| Original release | 21 July – 14 August 2008 |
| Series chronology | |
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 | |
| Vidya Malavade | Actress | Eliminated | 13 | |
- Indicates original entrants
- Indicates re-entered entrants
Season 2[edit | edit source]
| Khatron Ke Khiladi | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
 Title screen | |
| Presented by | Akshay Kumar |
| No. of contestants | 14 |
| Winner | Anushka Manchanda |
| Runner-up | Jesse Randhawa |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Colors TV |
| Original release | 7 September – 1 October 2009 |
| Series chronology | |
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 | |
- Indicates original entrants
- Indicates re-entered entrants
Season 3[edit | edit source]
| Khatron Ke Khiladi | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
 Title screen | |
| Presented by | Priyanka Chopra |
| No. of contestants | 13 |
| Winner | Shabir Ahluwalia |
| Runner-up | Ritwik Bhattacharya |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Colors TV |
| Original release | 6 September – 30 September 2010 |
| Series chronology | |
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 | |
- Indicates original entrants
- Indicates re-entered entrants
Season 4[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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 JioCinema.[8]Karan Veer Mehra was declared as the winner of the season.
Season 15[edit | edit source]
Khatron Ke Khiladi 15 is hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season is "Darr Ka Naya Daur". The show is scheduled to premiere on July 2026, on Colors TV and digitally on JioHotstar.[9]
| Contestants | Position | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Avinash Mishra | ||
| Avika Gor | ||
| Farrhana Bhatt | ||
| Gaurav Khanna | ||
| Harsh Gujral | ||
| Jasmin Bhasin | ||
| Karan Wahi | ||
| Orhan Awatramani | ||
| Rithvik Dhanjani | ||
| Rubina Dilaik | ||
| Shagun Sharma | ||
| Vishal Aditya Singh | ||
| Ruhanika Dhawan |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Meet the contestants of Fear Factor-Khatron Ke Khiladi 5". The Times of India. 30 January 2014.
- ↑ "Exclusive: Banijay exits Khatron Ke Khiladi, future of new season uncertain". India Today. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ↑ "Have learnt to face my fears in 'Khatron Ke Khiladi': Rajniesh Duggall". Deccan Chronicle. 22 April 2014.
- ↑ "Khatron Ke Khiladi Is Back. Contestants Include Vikas Gupta, Aditya Narayan, Bharti Singh, Haarsh Limbachiyaa". 12 July 2018.
- ↑ "Tushar Kalia wins Khatron Ke Khiladi 12, beats Faisal Shaikh and Mohit Malik. See photos". 25 September 2022.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Colors".
- ↑ "Meet the Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 Contestants".
- ↑ "Khatron Ke Khiladi 15 confirmed contestants list: Gaurav Khanna, Rubina Dilaik, Karan Wahi join Rohit Shetty show". The Indian Express. 3 May 2026.
