Khatron Ke Khiladi (), marketed as Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi, is an Indian Hindi-language stunt-based reality television series based on the American series Fear Factor. 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 until later that year. In May 2026, the next and current season of the show was announced, premiering online in August of the same year on JioHotstar. Series overview
Spin-off
Season 1
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 1 Urvashi Sharma Actress 2 Aditi Govitrikar Model 2nd runner-up 3 Pooja Bedi Actress 4 Yana Gupta Model 5 Sonali Kulkarni Actress 6 Anjana Sukhani Actress 7 Meghna Naidu Actress 8 Dipannita Sharma Actress 9 Anita Hassanandani Actress 10 Tapur Chatterjee Actress 11 Tupur Chatterjee Model 12 Vidya Malvade Actress 13 Indicates original entrants Indicates re-entered entrants
Season 2
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 1 Jesse Randhawa Model 2 Carol Gracias Model 3 2nd runner-up Rosa Catalano Model 4 Nauheed Cyrusi Actress 5 Shonali Nagrani Actress 6 Bruna Abdullah Model 7 Pooja Misrra VJ 8 Sonika Kaliraman Wrestler 9 Shweta Salve Actress 10 Mandira Bedi Actress 11 Rupali Ganguly Actress 12 Pia Trivedi Model 13 Sushama Reddy Actress 14 Indicates original entrants Indicates re-entered entrants
Season 3
Khatron Ke Khiladi 3 was hosted by Priyanka Chopra. Shabir Ahluwalia was declared the winner of the season. Contestants OccupationPartner Status Place Shabir Ahluwalia Actor Sushma Gupta 1 Ritwik Bhattacharya Squash player Avni 2 Dino Morea Actor Madhurima Tuli 2nd runner-up 3 Milind Soman Model Ritisha 4 Manjot Singh Actor Andressa 5 Abhishek Kapoor Producer Susheel 6 Rahul Bose Actor Annie Gill 7 Terence Lewis Dancer Ananya Kapoor 8 Karan Singh Grover Actor Aarti 9 Cyrus Broacha VJ Freisha 10 Armaan Ebrahim Car Racer Madhura Naik 11 Rahul Dev Actor Kavita Sachdev 12 Angad Bedi Model Mittal 13 Indicates original entrants Indicates re-entered entrants
Season 4
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
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.
Season 6
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
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
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
Khatron Ke Khiladi 9 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season was "Jigar Pe Trigger". Punit Pathak was declared as winner of the season.
Season 10
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
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
Khatron Ke Khiladi 12 was 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.
Season 13
Khatron Ke Khiladi 13 was hosted by Amir Khan. 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
Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 was hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season is "Darr Ki Nayi Kahaaniyaan In Romania". The show premiered on 27 July 2024, on Colors TV and digitally on JioCinema.Karan Veer Mehra was declared as the winner of the season.
Season 15
Khatron Ke Khiladi 15 is hosted by Rohit Shetty. The tagline for this season is "Darr Ka Naya Daur". The show premiered on 1 August 2026, on Colors TV and digitally on JioHotstar. Avinash Mishra was declared as the winner of the season. References
External links
Khatron Ke Khiladi on Voot