Bigg Boss Bangla Season 3 Episode 1: Grand Premiere

Episode overview

Sourav Ganguly opens the third season of Bigg Boss Bangla, the franchise's first season in ten years and its first on Star Jalsha and JioHotstar, carrying the theme 'Durgo Joy Shohoj Noy'. Cricketer Harbhajan Singh appears as a guest and dances on stage with the host. Actress-dancer Monami Ghosh is the first housemate introduced, arriving with a dance performance, and fifteen contestants in total enter the house: Monami Ghosh, Bharat Kaul, Durnibar Saha, Sohini Paul, Niranjan Mondal (Laughtersane), Nandini Dutta, Dipendu Biswas, Tanushree Roy Das, Anindya Sengupta, Sayak Chakraborty, Joyita Chatterjee, Alexandra Taylor, Srijla Guha, Jhilam Gupta and Sonamoni Saha. ETV Bharat reports that Sayak and Alexandra entered as a pair and that an early dispute over choosing beds broke out on the first night, with a captain-selection process flagged for the following episode.

Episode highlights

1. Premiere

   The season launched with a special premiere broadcast at 8 PM on 30 August 2026, ahead of the daily 9:30 PM slot from 31 August.

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2. Guest

   Harbhajan Singh joined Sourav Ganguly on stage as the premiere's guest and danced with him.

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3. In the house

   Fifteen launch contestants entered the house, with Monami Ghosh introduced first.

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4. In the house

   Bed allocation caused the first disagreement among the new housemates.

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Featured contestants

• M
  Monami Ghosh
• B
  Bharat Kaul
• D
  Durnibar Saha
• S
  Sohini Paul
• N
  Niranjan Mondal
• N
  Nandini Dutta
• D
  Dipendu Biswas
• T
  Tanushree Roy Das
• A
  Anindya Sengupta
• S
  Sayak Chakraborty
• J
  Joyita Chatterjee
• A
  Alexandra Taylor
• S
  Srijla Guha
• J
  Jhilam Gupta
• S
  Sonamoni Saha