The most surprising element revealed when it was finally visible to everyone that there is only one male contestant and rest of the thirteen will be beauties.
The women contestants are included controversial models, actresses, a wrestler, and proud transgender.
The ‘Bigg Boss 5″ contestants are:
1. Shakti Kapoor (Actor)
2. Pooja Bedi (Actress)
3. Juhi Parmar (Television Actress)
4. Pooja Missra (VJ)
5. Shonali Nagrani (Miss India International)
6. Nihita Biswas (Wife of Charles Sobhraj)
7. Vida Samadzai (Former Miss Afghanistan)
8. Shraddha Sharma (Model)
9. Mandeep Bevli (Popular Host)
10. Gulabo Sapera (Folk Dancer)
11. Mahek Chahal (Actress)
12. Raageshwari (Actress-singer)
13. Laxmi Narayan Tripathi (Transgender activist)
14. Sonika Kaliraman (Wrestler)