Himalaya Roadies is an adventure-based Nepalese reality show. It is franchise of the MTV Roadies series. The series is broadcast by the Nepalese network Himalaya TV 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 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, Saman Shrestha (Extreme Athlete), Deeya Maskey and Ashish Rana, a.k.a. Laure. However, from the fifth season, actress Priyanka Karki 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. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Himalaya Roadies is a reality show based on the popular Indian TV show MTV Roadies. 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.
Rannvijay Singha 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.
Episodes 1 to 5 were the audition round and from episode 6 onwards, the competition officially started.
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Contestant won the competition
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Saman Shrestha
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Animesh Shahi
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Ranjana Bhattarai
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Sudit Shrestha
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Suzana Shrestha
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Bikash Thapa
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Riya Swar
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Sonangkita Adhikari
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Gaurav Khatiwada
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Prasot Kandel
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Reshma Nhuchhen Pradhan
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Bishal Koirala
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Rupam Mishra
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Menuka Tamang
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Aashish Shrestha
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Seikh Farukh Miya
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Neelam Khadka
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Y = indicates that Roadie was present in the episode.
N = indicates that Roadie was absent in the episode.
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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.
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Y = indicates that Roadie was present in the episode.
N = indicates that Roadie was absent in the episode.
= 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.
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, Priyanka Karki was also seen in three episodes of Himalaya Roadies where she was present with some game-changing superpowers and twists.
Like other seasons of the show, this season also saw some famous Nepali faces. Vten was seen in the audition round, whereas Nischal Basnet and winner of season 3, Sujan Subedi, were seen in the finale to boost the contestants' energy.
Contestant won the competition
= indicates that Roadie was absent in the episode.
= 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.