{
  "id": 5923693,
  "title": "Bigg Boss 20 premiere: Mary Kom, Isha Rikhi and the full confirmed and rumoured list",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/bigg-boss-20-premiere-mary-kom-isha-rikhi-and-the-full-confirmed-and",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-06T06:05:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/bigg-boss-20-premiere-mary-kom-isha-rikhi-and-the-full-confirmed-and-rumoured-list-1.500664715"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bigg Boss 20 returns for its 20th Hindi season this evening, with the biggest talking point being the lack of a confirmed contestant list. Various trade sites, leak accounts and entertainment aggregators have published their own versions of the list, with names shifting frequently. The confirmed contestants are Isha Rikhi, Kanika Mann and Yung Dsa, though the full official list has not been released by Colors TV and JioHotstar.\n\nRikhi, known for her roles in Jatt Boys Putt Jattan De and Happy Go Lucky, is making headlines due to her recent separation from rapper Badshah. Kanika Mann, who gained fame as Guddan in Guddan Tumse Na Ho Payega, also has a solid television following.\n\nThe reported line-up includes Mary Kom, an Olympic medal-winning boxer known for her discipline and never-give-up attitude. Arishfa Khan, a former child actor with around 29 million Instagram followers, and Kushal Tanwar, who recently won MTV Roadies: Double Cross, are also mentioned as strong contenders.\n\nOther names such as Arishfa Khan, Amrapali Dubey, Aasif Khan, Mahhi Vij, and Faisal Khan have also been consistently reported. However, some names, including Rajat Bedi, Niti Taylor, Jennifer Winget, Ashish Chanchlani, Zayn Saifi, Aryan Kelvin, Vikrant Singh Rajpoot, Nitish Rajput, and Tanmay Singh, have been reported but did not make the final list.",
  "summary": "Dubai: Bigg Boss returns for its 20th Hindi season tonight, and for once the biggest talking point is not the format twist or the set. It is the fact that, hours before the grand premiere, the broadcaster still has not published a contestant list. That has left the field wide open. Trade sites, leak accounts and entertainment aggregators have each run their own versions over the past three weeks,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Bigg Boss Tamil 10 Contestants List: Aryan, Puvi Arasu, Navin Kumar rumoured to join Vijay Sethupathi show",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/bigg-boss-tamil-10-contestants-list-aryan-puvi-arasu-navin-kumar",
        "published": "2026-09-06T01:31:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}