''Himalaya Roadies'' is an adventure-based Nepalese reality show. It is franchise of the ''

MTV Roadies ''MTV Roadies'' is an Indian reality television series. It premiered on 15 August 2003 on MTV India and is also digitally available on JioHotstar. Following the auditions, a group of contestants travel to different destinations and participa ...

'' series. The series is broadcast by the Nepalese network

Himalaya TV Himalaya Television (), founded in 2010, is a nationwide private television company of Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but ...

and airs every week for an hour. The participants receive difficult tasks to complete to become a roadie. Only people of 18 and over are allowed to participate in the show. Season 4, with the theme of Season of Survival, followed the former format of ''MTV Roadies''. Well known TV host and personality

Suraj Singh Thakuri Suraj Singh Thakuri () is a television presenter and media executive who is the COO of Kantipur Television Network. Education Suraj attended Adarsha Vidya Mandir, Lalitpur, Nepal and completed college at Xavier Academy science college (NEF). ...

replaced Raymon Das Shrestha as the host of the show in season 5. The fifth season is titled "Power of five". In previous seasons there were four gang leaders, namely

Anoop Bikram Shahi Anoop Bikram Shahi, (अनुप बिक्रम शाही ठकुरी) a prominent Nepali Actor and model, has etched him name in the entertainment industry as a versatile talent. Born on July 23, 1985 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Shahi gai ...

, Saman Shrestha (Extreme Athlete),

Deeya Maskey Deeya Maskey or Diya Maskey () is a Nepalese movie actress, dancer, theater artist and a theatre director. She is also well known as popular judge/gang leader on TV reality show '' Himalaya Roadies''. She debuted on Nepalese film '' Kagbeni'' wh ...

and Ashish Rana, a.k.a. Laure. However, from the fifth season, actress

Priyanka Karki Priyanka Karki DS Joshi is a Nepalese film actress, model, director, writer and the winner of the Miss Teen Nepal 2005 pageant. Early life Karki was born in 1987 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Her parents are Bhupendra Karki and Raksha Malhotra. ...

will replace Saman Shrestha as gang leader, whereas other leaders will remain intact in their respective positions. The show was previously directed by Aman Pratap Adhikari but director and producer Simosh Sunwar has directed it from the fourth season onwards. Season 6 with theme "Welcome To The Jungle" is underway to physical audition and Raymon Das Sherestha is back on position of host to replace Suraj Singh Thakuri.

Plot

''Himalaya Roadies'' is a reality show based on the popular Indian TV show ''

''. The series is focused on young adults of Nepal seeking adventure. Contestants are given seemingly impossible tasks to push them to their limits. They travel to scenic locations all over Nepal, and the last one to survive is crowned a Himalaya Roadie.

Series

Season 1

Destination

Mustang The mustang is a free-roaming horse of the Western United States, descended from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish conquistadors. Mustangs are often referred to as wild horses, but because they are descended from once-domesticate ...

, Nepal – episodes 6–8 *

Pokhara Pokhara ( ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city located in central Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. Named the country's "capital of tourism" it is the List of cities in Nepal, second largest city after Kathmandu, with 599,5 ...

, Nepal – episodes 9–12 *

Chitwan Chitwan District (, , ) is one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal, and takes up the southwestern corner of Bagmati Province. Bharatpur, largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu, is its administrative centre. It covers , and in 2011 had a popul ...

, Nepal – episodes 13–15 *

Nawalparasi Nawalparasi District (, ), part of which belongs to Gandaki Province and part to Lumbini Province, was one of the 75 districts of Nepal before being divided into Parasi District and Nawalpur District in 2015. The district, with Parasi as its ...

, Nepal – episodes 16–17

Audition

Judges

Rannvijay Singha Rannvijay Singha is an Indian film actor, television personality, host, and VJ. He is known for his role in ''MTV Roadies''. He was a part of the show from 2004 to 2020, earlier as a gang leader and then as a host. He was also a part of the aud ...

made his special appearance in the grade finale of ''Himalaya Roadies'' season 1.

Contestants

There were originally 17 contestants at the beginning of the journey. However, in episode 6, Aashish, Faruk, Gaurav, and Neelam were eliminated after receiving the most votes from their fellow contestants.

Roadies' presence

Episodes 1 to 5 were the audition round and from episode 6 onwards, the competition officially started. = indicates that Roadie was present in the episode. = indicates that Roadie was absent in the episode. Big Brother PoV sign

= indicates that Roadie was present in the episode but as a part of the audience for watching the Finale rather than as a contestant for the title.

Season 2

Destination

, Nepal – episodes 6–8 *

, Nepal – episodes 9–12 *

, Nepal – episode 13–15 *

, Nepal – episodes 16–17

Audition

Judges

Actor Karma and Nepali boxing champion Maxx were seen in the journey round of ''Himalaya Roadies'' season 2.

Contestants

Roadies' presence

Episodes 1 to 5 were the audition round and from episode 6 onwards, the competition officially started. Notes: : Indicates the contestant won the task that week. : Indicates the contestant was safe that week. : Indicates the contestant was immune that week. : Indicates the contestant was in danger that week. : Indicates the contestant was eliminated that week. : The contestant quit the competition. : Indicates the contestant wild card entry in the competition. : Indicates the contestant was eliminated outside vote-out that week. : Real Heroes used their hero immunity. : Indicates the contestant is the runner up. : Indicates the contestant won the competition. = indicates that Roadie was present in the episode. = indicates that Roadie was absent in the episode. Big Brother PoV sign

= indicates that Roadie was present in the episode but as part of the audience for watching the Finale rather than as a contestant for the title.

Season 3

Destination

, Nepal – episodes 6–8 *

, Nepal – episodes 9–12 *

, Nepal – episodes 13–15 *

, Nepal – episodes 16–17

Audition

Judges

The finalists from ''MTV Roadies'' and real hero Bidhan Shrestha and another real hero from ''MTV Roadies'', Bhargsetu, were present in the culling round of this season. Similarly,

was also seen in three episodes of ''Himalaya Roadies'' where she was present with some game-changing superpowers and twists.

Contestants

Team colours: : Team Saman : Team Diya : Team Anoop : Team Laure Notes: : Indicates the contestant won the task that week. : Indicates the contestant was safe that week. : Indicates the contestant was immune that week. : Indicates the contestant was in danger that week. : Indicates the contestant was eliminated that week. : The contestant quit the competition. : Indicates the contestant wild card entry in the competition. : Indicates the contestant was eliminated outside vote-out that week. : Real Heroes used their hero immunity. : Indicates the contestant is the runner up. : Indicates the contestant won the competition.

Season 4

Destination

Kathmandu Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...

, Nepal – episode 1 *

, Nepal – episode 2 *

Dharan Dharan () is a sub-metropolitan city in Sunsari District of Koshi Province, in eastern Nepal, which was established as a fourth municipality in the Kingdom in 1958. It is the third most populous city in eastern Nepal after Biratnagar and I ...

, Nepal – episode 3 *

, Nepal – episode 4 *

Nepalgunj Nepalgunj (; ), also spelled Nepalganj, is a List of cities in Nepal#Alphabetical list, Sub-Metropolitan City in Banke district, Banke districts of Nepal, District, Nepal. It lies on the Terai plains near the southern border with Bahraich distr ...

, Nepal – episode 5

Audition

Judges

Like other seasons of the show, this season also saw some famous Nepali faces. Vten was seen in the audition round, whereas

Nischal Basnet Nischal Basnet () is a Nepalese director, writer, actor and playback singer who predominantly works in Nepali cinema. Considered as one of the best directors of Nepali cinema, he is widely acclaimed for "revolutionizing Nepali cinema" through ...

and winner of season 3, Sujan Subedi, were seen in the finale to boost the contestants' energy.

Contestants

References

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External links

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