Bigg Boss 8: What's different this season

All the rumours doing the rounds earlier that Salman Khan had decided to quit Bigg Boss as a host, have finally been laid to rest. With the launch of season 8, the handsome actor in the avatar of a pilot is set to enthrall audiences and take contestants on an adventurous trip. All the 12 contestants are celebrities in their own right and over a period of three months, will interact with him at close quarters. While Salman has had his favourites on the earlier seasons, it will be thrilling to know who will bond with him and who will be under his constant gaze. With the launch of the show, here are a few things that are different in season 8 as compared to the earlier ones.

Different house- Bigg Boss has always come up with unique themes and innovative ideas for the housemates who participate on the reality show and try to stay put for three months. Like usual, this time too the house is based in Lonavala but unlike the Heaven vs. Hell or the good house vs. the bad house, this time there will be only one accommodation for all. In fact, the house is made to resemble a jumbo aircraft and within this house itself there will be a separate economy and business class section, as per reports in the media. Since Bigg Boss is based on the international show Big Brother, what is also different this time is that the house was not featured on the opening night. This is the first time that this has ever happened! On day 1, contestants landed in a garden and the area they were stationed at resembled a jumbo air crash site.

Voting rule dierentff-Voting is crucial to any season of Bigg Boss as this decides whether a contestant will be eliminated from the show or stay. In the previous seasons, audiences could vote for their favourite for a period of five days, once the nominations were announced. But this time it will be different. With a new season comes a lot of twists and turns. In season 8, voting lines will be open only for 24 hours as opposed to the earlier 5 day time period. Post nominations, viewers will have time from Thursday night to Friday night to vote and save the nominated contestants. Salman Khan will announce the results on Saturday and one contestant will be evicted.

Secret Society- This time what is also different in the Bigg Boss house is the secret society. There are three members in this society, namely RJ Pritam Pyaare, Puneet Issar and Deepshika Nagpal. These three contestants will live separately from the other housemates and have the power to nominate housemates as per the voting done by the viewers. Not only that, these three will also be immune from the nominations that will latke place in the house. And it seems that the members of the secret society have already started using their powers. On day 1 itself, Puneet, Deepshikha and Pritam decided to withhold the bags of six contestants and have been making them perform various tasks in order for them to get basic facilities in the house.