Year 2025 turned out to be the best year for reality TV shows with the mix of comedy, talent, and high drama. It gave some blockbusters that entertained the audience this year. Here, take a look at the Most Popular TV Reality Shows Of The Year, including Laughter Chefs Unlimited Entertainment Season 2, 3, Pati Patni Aur Panga, Bigg Boss 19, Kaun Banega Crorepati, and Indian Idol.
1) Laughter Chefs Unlimited Entertainment Season 2 & 3
Colors TV’s Laughter Chefs Unlimited Entertainment Season 2 turned out to be the biggest breakout hit this year. The show, based on comedy and cooking, featured celebrities’ camaraderie, viral fun moments, and some amazing dishes. This show came in June 2024 for the first time and was ended abruptly. But it returned with season 2 in January 2025 and became a hit instantly, with the TRP ratings peaking at 2.2 TVR. And in the same year, in November 2025, the show returned with season 3 and opened with a bang, securing 1.9 TVR on the TRP chart. The show has Bharti Singh as the host and Harpal Singh Sokhi as the chef judge, while there are seven Jodi contestants: Elvish Yadav-Isha Malviya, Vivian Dsena-Eisha Singh, Gurmeet Choudhary-Debina Bonnerjee, Abhishek Kumar-Samarth Jurel, Aly Goni-Jannat Zubair, Krushna Abhishek-Kashmera Shah, and Karan Kundrra-Tejasswi Prakash.
2) Bigg Boss 19
Salman Khan hosted Bigg Boss 19, which became one of the Best seasons ever, with the show securing higher TRP every week, keeping it in the buzz. The show had Amaal Mallik, Baseer Ali, Zeishan Qadri, Neelam Giri, Tanya Mittal, Farrhana Bhatt, Gaurav Khanna, Pranit More, Ashnoor Kaur, Abhishek Bajaj, Nagma Mirajkar, Mridul Tiwari, Natalia Janoszek, Awez Darbar, Neha Chudasama, and Kunickaa Sadanand as contestants, while Malti Chahar and Shehbaz Badesha entered as wild cards. The season ended after creating buzz for the whole three months, with Gaurav Khanna lifting the trophy, and Farrhana Bhatt ended up as the first runner-up.
3) Pati Patni Aur Panga
Colors TV brought Pati Patni Aur Panga this year. It was based on a relationship and focused on real-life celebrity couples navigating challenges and tasks together. The show became popular after a few episodes and made headlines with the marriage of celebrity couple Avika Gor and Milind Soman on the show. The show has celebrity couples: Rubina Dilaik-Abhinav Shukla, Hina Khan-Rocky Jaiswal, Avika Gor-Milind Soman, Swara Bhaskar-Fahad Ahmed, Gurmeet Choudhary-Debina Banerjee, Geeta Phogat-Pawan Kumar, and Sudesh-Mamta Lehri. Rubina Dilaik and Abhinav Shukla emerged as the winners.
4) Kaun Banega Crorepati
Sony TV’s quiz reality show Kaun Banega Crorepati 17 yet again became a success in 2025, like previous seasons. Started in August 2025, the Amitabh Bachchan-hosted show won hearts. The show recently completed 25 years, and it was celebrated with celebrities like Diljit Dosanjh, Rishab Shetty, Javed Akhtar, Farhan Akhtar, Ananya Panday-Kartik Aaryan, Manoj Bajpayee, Sharib Hashmi, and several others.
5) Indian Idol
Sony TV’s popular singing reality show returned with season 16 in 2025, and with the mesmerizing and melodious voices continuing to rule hearts, airing every Saturday and Sunday. Shreya Ghoshal, Vishal Dadlani, and Badshah are the judges of the show, with Udit Narayan reportedly hosting.
