| Khatron Ke Khiladi | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | |
| Based on | Fear Factor |
| Presented by | Akshay Kumar (season 1, 2, 4) Priyanka Chopra (season 3) Rohit Shetty (season 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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| Original release | |
| Network | Colors TV |
| Release | 21 July 2008 (2008-07-21) – present |
| Related | |
Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (transl. Fear Factor: Players of Danger) simply known asKhatron Ke Khiladi is an IndianHindi-language stunt-based reality television series based on the American seriesFear Factor.[1] First launched asFear Factor India onSony TV, the format was sold by Endemol's domestic division after the second season toColors TV, becomingFear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi on 21 July 2008. Aspin-off of the main seriesFear Factor: 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 Asia, pulled out from producing the show at the last minute, leaving its future uncertain.[2]
| Series | Host | Destination | Episodes | Originally released | Contestants | Winner | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | ||||||||
| 1 | Akshay Kumar | South Africa | 16 | 21 July 2008 (2008-07-21) | 14 August 2008 (2008-08-14) | 12 | Nethra Raghuraman | Urvashi Sharma | |
| 2 | 16 | 7 September 2009 (2009-09-07) | 1 October 2009 (2009-10-01) | 13 | Anushka Manchanda | Jesse Randhawa | |||
| 3 | Priyanka Chopra | Brazil | 16 | 6 September 2010 (2010-09-06) | 30 September 2010 (2010-09-30) | 13 | Shabir Ahluwalia | Ritwik Bhattacharya | |
| 4 | Akshay Kumar | South Africa | 16 | 3 June 2011 (2011-06-03) | 23 July 2011 (2011-07-23) | 13 | Aarti Chhabria | Mauli Dave | |
| 5 | Rohit Shetty | 20 | 22 March 2014 (2014-03-22) | 25 May 2014 (2014-05-25) | 17 | Rajneesh Duggal | Gurmeet Choudhary | ||
| 6 | 20 | 7 February 2015 (2015-02-07) | 12 April 2015 (2015-04-12) | 15 | Aashish Chaudhary | Meiyang Chang | |||
| 7 | Arjun Kapoor | Argentina | 20 | 30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) | 3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) | 15 | Sidharth Shukla | Sana Saeed | |
| 8 | Rohit Shetty | Spain | 21 | 22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) | 30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) | 12 | Shantanu Maheshwari | Hina Khan | |
| 9 | Argentina | 20 | 5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) | 10 March 2019 (2019-03-10) | 12 | Punit Pathak | Aditya Narayan | ||
| 10 | Bulgaria | 22 | 22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) | 26 July 2020 (2020-07-26) | 10 | Karishma Tanna | Karan Patel | ||
| 11 | South Africa | 22 | 17 July 2021 (2021-07-17) | 26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) | 13 | Arjun Bijlani | Divyanka Tripathi | ||
| 12 | 26 | 2 July 2022 (2022-07-02) | 25 September 2022 (2022-09-25) | 14 | Tushar Kalia | Faisal Shaikh | |||
| 13 | 27 | 15 July 2023 (2023-07-15) | 14 October 2023 (2023-10-14) | 14 | Dino James | Arjit Taneja | |||
| 14 | Romania | 20 | 27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) | 29 September 2024 (2024-09-29) | 12 | Karan Veer Mehra | Krishna Shroff | ||
| Series | Host | Episodes | Originally released | Contestants | Winner | Runner-up | Destination | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | ||||||||
| 1 | Farah Khan Rohit Shetty | 10 | 1 August 2020 (2020-08-01) | 30 August 2020 (2020-08-30) | 9 | Nia Sharma | Karan Wahi | India | |
| 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 (2008-07-21) – 14 August 2008 (2008-08-14) |
| Season chronology | |
Next → Season 2 | |
Khatron Ke Khiladi 1 was hosted byAkshay 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 | |
| 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 (2009-09-07) – 1 October 2009 (2009-10-01) |
| Season chronology | |
← Previous Season 1 Next → Season 3 | |
Khatron Ke Khiladi 2 was hosted byAkshay 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 | |
| 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 (2010-09-06) – 30 September 2010 (2010-09-30) |
| Season chronology | |
← Previous Season 2 Next → Season 4 | |
Khatron Ke Khiladi 3 was hosted byPriyanka 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 | |
Khatron Ke Khiladi 4 was hosted byAkshay Kumar. The tagline for this season was "Torchaar 4".Aarti Chhabria was declared the winner of the season.
Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 was hosted byRohit Shetty The tagline for this season was "Darr Ka Blockbuster".Rajneesh Duggal was declared the winner of the season.[3]
Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 was hosted byRohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Darr Ka Blockbuster Returns".Aashish Chaudhary was declared the winner of the season.
Khatron Ke Khiladi 7 was hosted byArjun Kapoor. The tagline for this season was "Kabhi पीड़ा Kabhi कीड़ा in Argentina".Sidharth Shukla was declared the winner of the season.
Khatron Ke Khiladi 8 was hosted byRohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Pain in Spain".Shantanu Maheshwari was declared the winner of the season.
Khatron Ke Khiladi 9 was hosted byRohit Shetty.[4] The tagline for this season was "Jigar Pe Trigger".Punit Pathak was declared as winner of the season.
Khatron Ke Khiladi 10 was hosted byRohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Jahaan Darr Lega Class Aur Dega Trass". The telecast was postponed for 3 months due toCOVID-19 pandemic. Week 7 episodes started from 27 June.Karishma Tanna was declared as the winner of the season 10.
Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 was hosted byRohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Darr VS Dare".Arjun Bijlani was declared as winner of the season.
Khatron Ke Khiladi 12 is hosted byRohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Bach Ke Kahan Jayega? Khatra Kahin Se Bhi Aayega!". The show premiered on 2 July 2022, onColors TV.Tushar Kalia was declared as winner of the season.[5]
Khatron Ke Khiladi 13is hosted byRohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Iss Baar Har Level, Darr Next Level". The show premiered on 15 July 2023, onColors 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.
Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 is hosted byRohit Shetty.[6] The tagline for this season is "Darr Ki Nayi Kahaaniyaan In Romania".[7] The show premiered on 27 July 2024, onColors TV and digitally onJioCinema.[8]Karan Veer Mehra was declared as the winner of the season.
