Bigg Boss 11 contestants: Bigg Boss season 11 is back with a bang. The premiere of this season will be aired tonight on Colors TV at 9 pm. Salman Khan is once again back as the host of the show and will try to win the hearts of the viewers. For the last few days, the channel has been trying to woo the audience by uploading small videos on its Twitter handle. Among the commoners, self-proclaimed God-woman Shivani Durgah, daughter of a clerk Jyoti Kumari, item dancer Sapna Choudhary and underworld kingpin Haseena Parkar’s son-in-law Zubair Khan were confirmed as Bigg Boss 11 contestants.

While there have been many rumours about the celebrity participants, on Saturday, Salman Khan finally revealed the first contestant, officially. This new contestant is none other than former Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hain actress Shilpa Shinde – sahi pakde hai! Shinde who was in controversy when she quit the show after alleging that she was sexually harassed by one of the show’s producers, turned up dressed like her onscreen character Angoori Bhabi.

In a video that was posted by the channel on its official Twitter handle, Salman Khan can be seen introducing her to the viewers. Interestingly, in an interview with Pinkvilla Shilpa said that she had turned down the offer to feature in Bigg Boss 11. Here is the video:

Apart from this, names of Hiten Tejwani, Nia Sharma, Devoleena Bhattacharjee, Nandish Sandhu and Dhinchak Pooja have also featured in Bigg Boss 11 contestants list. The official Twitter handle of Bigg Boss shared another video which revealed that actors Varun Dhawan, Taapsee Pannu and Jacqueline Fernandez will promote their new film Judwaa 2 in the grand premiere episode. Judwaa 2 is a remake of Salman Khan’s 1997 film Judwaa.