50 celebrities, 26 days and 50 Lakhs—all of this and you get an internal authority—The Lion. 50 celebrities willingly sign up to be trapped in a palace to follow an intense game of play, where there is chaos, ego clashes, and friendships crumble. The stars will battle it out for a Rs 50 lakh prize pot. The show is unlike any other reality show. The show has no host, no rulebook. The Lion is masked, assigning challenging tasks to these celebrities and deciding who will be eliminated. So, here nothing goes average; it’s a full-blown spectacle with more twists than a pretzel factory.
Felt like The Hunger Games. Contestants get divided into 10 teams of five with captains leading the charge. If one wins the task, they are deemed safe and powerful; if they lose, they are welcomed into the unsafe zone. They face elimination by other players.
But here’s what it gets delicious for the viewers, the prize pot doesn’t go to the celebrity who survives the palace chaos—it goes to the fan who correctly picks the winner in the eventual run of the game. These stars are battling, strategising, and being eliminated on national TV, while a lucky viewer at home could be cashing in.
Contestant List
The show features 50 celebrities. The names are: Karan Patel, Urvashi Dholakia, Mr Faisu, Divya Agarwal, Monalisa, Vikrant Singh Rajpoot, Shiny Doshi, Dushyant Kukreja, Ridhi Dogra, Shiv Thakare, Neelam Giri, Chaahat Pandey, Hamid Barkzi, Dimpal Singh, Maxtern, Sumaira Shaikh, Lovekesh Kataria, Siwet Tomar, Nehal Chudasama, Krishna Shroff, Sapna Choudhary, Jahnvi Killekar, Yung Sammy, Adnaan Shaikh, Lakshay Kaushik, Archit Kaushik, Digvijay Rathee, Natalia Janzoszek, Khanzaadi, Nikki Tamboli, Arbaaz Patel, Vanhaj Singh, Prince Narula, Yuvika Chaudhary, Archana Gautamm, Bebika Dhurve, Rajat Dalal, Faiz Baloch, Rachit Rojha, Siddharth Bhardwaj, Dino James, Aarya Jadhao, Saurabh Ghadge, Manisha Rani, Aarushi Chawla, Ridhima Pandit, Shrutika Arjun, Bhavya Singh, Tejaswi Madivada, and Immortal Kaka.
The show is produced by Banijay Asia, headed by Deepak Dhar (Founder & Group CEO), who is instrumental in bringing major international formats to India. The 50 is streaming on JioHotstar for your binge-watching convenience and will also hit the Colors TV.
IWMBuzz rates it 4/5 stars.
