Superstar Salman Khan is the host for the fifth time. Snapdeal is the new sponsor for the show. The house for the show is located at Lonavla. It is designed like a jumbo aircraft.
The show started with a bang with scintillating performances by the participants of the show. Almost all the contestants performed before entering the house.
The 15 contestants for Bigg Boss 8 are Karishma Tanna, Upen Patel, Gautam Gulati, Arya Babbar, Sonali Raut, Sushant Dijvijikar, Puneet Issar, Soni Singh, Diandra Soares, Sukriti Kandpal, Praneet Bhat, Natasha Stankovic, Minissha Lamba, Deepshikha Nagpal and RJ Preetam.