MTV Splitsvilla

The show revolves around young boys and girls trying to secure a place in Splitsvilla, a villa, where they are detached from the real world. It is a hunt for love, where boys and girls compete in tasks to remain in the competition and mingle with their fellow contestants to find love. In the end, a girl and a boy are crowned the winners of Splitsvilla. There is jealousy, hatred, friendship, backstabbing, breakups and a lot of fights when the contestants compete. There is a King and a Queen who have dumping powers. In Season 9, where women were in power, there were three Queens and no Kings. The Queens were given the power to dump the warriors and princesses. In Seasons 10 and 11, ideal matches were given the power to rule over the villa and the formation of an ideal match lead to the dumping of a contestant. The ideal matches are announced by the Oracle, an entity which studies the influence of science over love. Ideal matches are pairs, each consisting of a girl and boy possessing much similar emotional and psychological characteristics. They are decided on the basis of their answers given in the audition. All the contestants may not have an ideal match in the villa. The ideal match may also change due to changes in the dynamics of the villa.In 2019, there were the chosen ones who had a bracelet with powers.The first to become the ideal match will be the chosen ones.The chosen ones had the power to save, eliminate or they were given some powers during the tasks.

MTV Splitsvilla
Season 1
Presented by	Rannvijay Singha
No. of contestants	23
Winner	Vishal Karwal Shraddha Haribhai
Runner-up	Varun Saini Heena Pardasani
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	17
Release
Original network	MTV India
Original release	20 June (2008-06-20) – 13 October 2008 (2008-10-13)
Season chronology

Splitsvilla 1 was hosted by Rannvijay Singh. In this season, two boys, Varun Saini, a former participant of MTV Roadies 5 and Vishal Karwal, of MTV Roadies 4, find the ultimate girl of their dreams choosing from 20 girls after putting them through grueling tests. The girls battle stress, politics, exhaustion, fear, and other such emotional challenges to be the chosen one and avoid the humiliation of being dumped. The girl who is dumped leaves the show. In this manner, a winner is selected.

Of the final three, that is Shraddha, Heena and Prianca, Shraddha emerged as the winner and became the Queen of Splitsvilla. Shraddha then went on to choose Vishal. Vishal was challenged by Varun. They had to fight in three rounds; the winner of two out of the three was to be declared the ultimate winner. Vishal came out a clear winner by winning the first two rounds.

MTV Splitsvilla
Season 2
Presented by	Nikhil Chinapa
No. of contestants	20
Winner	Siddharth Bhardwaj Sakshi Pradhan
Runner-up	Mohit Malhotra Joanna Magee
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	15
Release
Original network	MTV India
Original release	7 March (2009-03-07) – 14 June 2009 (2009-06-14)
Season chronology

Splitsvilla 2 had ten boys and ten girls, selected from auditions. This season was hosted by VJ Nikhil Chinapa.

MTV Splitsvilla
Season 3
Presented by	Nikhil Chinapa Deepti Gujral
No. of contestants	20
Winner	Parag Chadda Riya Bamniyal
Runner-up	Vikas Mahendroo Kriti Sharma
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	13
Release
Original network	MTV India
Original release	19 December 2009 (2009-12-19) – 13 March 2010 (2010-03-13)
Season chronology

Splitsvilla 3 had five boys, five girls and five unmarried couples. The season was hosted by VJ Nikhil Chinapa and Deepti Gujral. The game has gone international for the first time in Splitsvilla history. It aired every Saturday at 7:00 p.m. The King and Queen lived in chambers in the villa.

MTV Splitsvilla
Season 4
Presented by	Nikhil Chinapa
No. of contestants	17
Winner	Dushyant Yadav Priya Shinde
Runner-up	Sai Gundewar Tina Thapa
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	18
Release
Original network	MTV India
Original release	3 December 2010 (2010-12-03) – 25 March 2011 (2011-03-25)
Season chronology

Splitsvilla 4 had four boys and thirteen girls. The first episode was aired on 3 December 2010. This season was hosted by VJ Nikhil Chinapa.

Format: The girls were divided into four groups each headed by a boy.

Finale: A roulette game based on luck was played between the three finalist pairs: Manish and Pooja, Sai and Tina, and Dushyant and Priya. The first round was won by Sai and Tina who went directly to the finals. The second round was between Manish Pooja and Dushyant Priya to determine who would join Sai Tina for the final round. The round was won by Dushyant Priya who joined Sai Tina in the final round. Dushyant Priya won the final round and were declared the winners of Splitsvilla 4.

MTV Splitsvilla
Season 5
Presented by	Nikhil Chinapa
No. of contestants	18
Winner	Paras Chhabra Akanksha Popli
Runner-up	Vroon Sharma Jasmine Avasia
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	15
Release
Original network	MTV India
Original release	7 April (2012-04-07) – 24 June 2012 (2012-06-24)
Season chronology

Splitsvilla 5 began with nine girls and nine boys. Unlike the last two seasons, this season was set in Uttarakhand, India. The villa was located outside the Jim Corbett National Park. The season was hosted by Nikhil Chinapa. The finale aired on 24 June 2012. The final competition to win the title was between Vroon and Jasmine and Paras and Akanksha. Paras and Akanksha went on to win the title of Splitsvilla 5.

MTV Splitsvilla
Season 6
Presented by	Nikhil Chinapa Sherlyn Chopra
No. of contestants	19
Winner	Paramvir Singh Mandy Debbarma
Runner-up	Prabjot Sahota Shatakshi Joshi
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	15
Release
Original network	MTV India
Original release	25 May (2013-05-25) – 23 August 2013 (2013-08-23)
Season chronology

Splitsvilla 6 premiered on 25 May and was hosted by Sherlyn Chopra and Nikhil Chinapa. Its tagline was "Hot as Hell". There were nine boys and nine girls. The season had a review segment, Sexy Sana, hosted by Sana Saeed.

MTV Splitsvilla
Season 7
Presented by	Nikhil Chinapa Sunny Leone
No. of contestants	30
Winner	Mayank Gandhi Scarlett Rose
Runner-up	Abhishek Malik Khushi Bhatia
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	MTV India
Original release	21 June (2014-06-21) – 25 October 2014 (2014-10-25)
Season chronology

Splitsvilla 7 started in June, 2014 and ended on 25 October 2014. Mayank Gandhi and Scarlett Rose won the season. The show was hosted by Sunny Leone and Nikhil Chinapa.

There were seven boys and twenty girls. This season was set in Samode Palace, Jaipur, India. In this season, the audience got to see old Splitsvilla contestants like Ashwini Koul and Rishabh Sinha. Ashwini chose to quit the game after his lady love Sanjana decided to leave the show due to an injury sustained during a task. Rishabh was banished by Queen Khushi. There were two kings and two queens in this season: Shravan Reddy and Abhishek Malik and Queens: Khushi Bhatia and Dana Vana. The season of Splitsvilla was the most popular season due to presence of Sunny Leone, a popular film star. There were two female, Dana Vana and Ranji and one male, Yasir Khan, wildcard entries through MTV Battleground.[1] Scarlett Rose and Mayank Gandhi won the show.

MTV Splitsvilla
Season 8
Presented by	Rannvijay Singha Sunny Leone
No. of contestants	32
Winner	Prince Narula Anuki Tchokhonelidze
Runner-up	Utkarsh Gupta Sana Sayyad
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	MTV India
Original release	4 July (2015-07-04) – 28 November 2015 (2015-11-28)
Season chronology

Splitsvilla 8 was hosted by Rannvijay Singh.[2] Karan Kundra also appeared on the show to host a couple of segments. This season saw fourteen girls and eight boys from the auditions, and eight celebrity boys. Subuhi Joshi from Splitsvilla 6 re-entered the show as a queen. The season's theme was "What Women Love". The season was talked about due to two contestants Karishma and Gaurav being confident and indicating that they had bisexual tones.[3] Gaurav had to quit due to illness.

The primary rule of the show is that those who are already in a relationship outside the villa are not permitted to participate. Since two contestants Ish and Viren broke this rule, they were eliminated.

MTV Splitsvilla
Season 9
Presented by	Rannvijay Singha Sunny Leone
No. of contestants	26
Winner	Gurmeet Rehal Kavya Khurana
Runner-up	Varun Sood Martina Thariyan
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	21
Release
Original network	MTV India
Original release	11 June (2016-06-11) – 8 October 2016 (2016-10-08)
Season chronology

Splitsvilla 9 was hosted by Rannvijay Singh and Sunny Leone. The show premiered on 11 June 2016. This season had fifteen celebrity boys and six girls with the theme "Where Women Rule". The boys were not given the power to dump any girl. Three princesses and two warriors joined as wild card entries. Martina was the first queen followed by Rajnandini and then Kavya. The season finale aired on 8 October 2016 and was won by Gurmeet Singh Rehal and Kavya Khurana.[4]

MTV Splitsvilla
Season 10
Presented by	Rannvijay Singha Sunny Leone
No. of contestants	22
Winner	Baseer Ali Naina Singh
Runner-up	Priyank Sharma Divya Agarwal
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	27
Release
Original network	MTV India
Original release	23 July (2017-07-23) – 10 December 2017 (2017-12-10)
Season chronology

Splitsvilla 10 began on 23 July 2017. It was hosted by Sunny Leone and Rannvijay Singh. The show consisted of ten boys and ten girls who came to find true love. The theme of the season was "Experiment of Love", i.e. experimenting and testing whether love can be found through science or not. The show was shot in Jim Corbett National Park. It was the second season to stream on Voot. The season ended on 10 December 2017 with Naina Singh and Baseer Ali being declared as the winners.

MTV Splitsvilla
Season 11
Presented by	Rannvijay Singha Sunny Leone
No. of contestants	22
Winner	Gaurav Alugh Shruti Sinha
Runner-up	Shagun Pandey Samyuktha Hegde
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	27
Release
Original network	MTV India
Original release	5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) – 3 February 2019 (2019-02-03)
Season chronology

Splitsvilla 11 began on 5 August 2018. It was hosted by Sunny Leone and Rannvijay Singh. The show consisted of ten boys and nine girls who came to find true love. The theme of this season is "Happily Ever After....Or Never After?" In this season their were secret sessions with Oracle. The girl named Aarushi Handa was one of the strongest contestant as the reached semi final without connection

MTV Splitsvilla
Season 12
Presented by	Rannvijay Singha Sunny Leone
No. of contestants	26
Winner	Shrey Mital Priyamvada Kant
Runner-up	Ashish Bhatia Miesha Iyer
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	23
Release
Original network	MTV India
Original release	16 August 2019 (2019-08-16) – 17 January 2020 (2020-01-17)
Season chronology

Splitsvilla 12 premiered on 16 August 2019. Hosted by Sunny Leone and Rannvijay Singh, the season consisted of fifteen boys +1 Wildcard and ten girls who came to find true love. The theme of the season is "Your Best Shot at Love".

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