Eye Logo

The season had a realistic eye logo having hell and heaven in the background. The eye featured eyelashes made of fire, red iris and black pupil having white veins in reddish sclera.

House

The contestants were initially divided into two separate sections of the house, one called "Heaven" and the other "Hell." The "Heaven" side of the house included the pool and considerably more luxuries, while residents of the "Hell" side lacked running water and a kitchen of their own. Inmates in "Hell" were forced to rely on the housemates in the "Heaven" side for food and to use a tap outdoors for water. This was revealed to the housemates on launch night, and entrants Tanishaa and Andy were tasked with dividing them into households.^[6]

As long as the division lasted, inmates were not permitted to cross the boundaries or, except for food, share items between the two sides. On the 31st day, the "Hell" facility was demolished and all remaining contestants moved to "Heaven."

Broadcast

The series was first broadcast in India on network Colors beginning 15 September 2013.^[7] The series was also broadcast in Pakistan on ARY Digital beginning 21 September 2013^[8] and in the United Kingdom on Colors UK on 15 September 2013.^[9]

Original entrants

• Tanishaa Mukerji – Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu and Tamil actress.^[11] She is the daughter of Tanuja & Shomu Mukherjee and is the youngest sister to Kajol. She had appeared in films like Neal N Nikki & One Two Three.^[12][13][14]
• VJ Andy^[15] – VJ and reality television host. He has worked as an VJ for Channel V and is also the winner of Life OK's cooking reality show, Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan-Nawaazi Ki.^[16]
• Ratan Rajput – Television actress and reality television star.^{[17][18][19][20][21]} She is well known for her roles in Imagine TV's Radhaa Ki Betiyaan Kuch Kar Dikhayengi & Zee TV's Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo. She was also a part of reality show, Ratan Ka Rishta.
• Gauahar Khan^[15] – Actress, reality TV star, model^[3] She participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3. She danced in item songs Parda (Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, Chokra Jawaan and Jhallah Wallah (Ishaqzaade).^[22][23][24]
• Shilpa Sakhlani – Actress wed to fellow Bigg Boss 7 contestant Apurva Agnihotri.^[25][26] She is known for her roles in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Ganga and Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin as Vidhi.
• Apoorva Agnihotri – Actor wed to fellow Bigg Boss 7 contestant Shilpa Sakhlani.^[27] He did shows like Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin & Bidaai.
• Kamya Panjabi^[28] – Television actress.^{[29][30][31][32]} She is known for her role in Star Plus's Maryada: Lekin Kab Tak?.
• Hazel Keech^[33] – British actress and model who works in India.^[34][35] She danced in Sonu Sood's song Aa Ante from the film Maximum.
• Kushal Tandon – Model turned TV actor.^{[36][37][38][39]} He has been in show Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai along playing the role of Nia Sharma's husband. He also was seen in Nach Baliye 5 with Elena Boeva.
• Rajat Rawail – Producer, actor^[40][41][42]
• Sangram Singh^[43] – Wrestler and reality television personality.^[3][44]
• Elli Avram – Swedish Greek actress^{[45][46][47][48]} She made her Bollywood debut with the film Mickey Virus opposite Manish Paul.
• Armaan Kohli – Actor^[3][49] He appeared in many films in the 1990s.
• Pratyusha Banerjee – Actress^[50][51][52] She was known for her role as Anandi in Colors TV's Balika Vadhu.
• Anita Advani – Anita Advani actress was in the news after Rajesh Khanna's death, claiming to have been his live-in partner.^[53][54]

Wild card entrants

• Asif Azim – Bangladeshi born model.^[55][56][57]
• Vivek Mishra – Model and naked yoga trainer. He gained attention in the media for accusing former housemate Raja Chaudhary for attempting to rape him.^{[58][59][60][61][62]}
• Ajaz Khan – Actor.^[63]
• Candy Brar – Former model.^[64][65][66] She participated in the popular youth show MTV Roadies in 2004. She is the former girlfriend of Kushal Tandon.
• Sofia Hayat^[67] – British actress and singer. She has worked on both British and Indian projects.^[68]

Bigg Boss Warden

The Bigg Boss Warden was a new feature for season seven. She monitored inmates and kept them on time.^[69]

Housemates allotment

Notes

• ^Note 1 : Only the housemates living on the Heaven side had the right to nominate. However they could only nominate housemates living on the Hell side.
• ^Note 2 : The captain was given a special power to nominate one heaven housemate which will place them directly up for eviction.
• ^Note 3 : In a twist to nominations housemates were told to nominate two housemates they would like to save from eviction.
• ^Note 4 : All the housemates held the right to nominate. Everyone except the House Captain was subject to facing the public vote.
• ^Note 5 : For week four captain nominations occur before the end of previous captaincy reign, as Tanishaa was moved to hell side and lost her captaincy ship according to rules.
• ^Note 6 : All housemates had the right to nominate but they could only nominate housemates living on their side of the house.
• ^Note 7 : Tanishaa was not eligible for voting as Ratan was given a special power upon her eviction by which she could select any member and deny them the right to nominate.
• ^Note 8 : House captain held a special right to save one nominated housemate and replace him/her with another housemate who was not put up for eviction by the housemates that week.
• ^Note 9 : Shilpa was given a special power to nominate one housemate which will place them directly up for eviction.
• ^Note 10 : Due to the misbehaviour of Tanishaa towards Kushal in the Luxury Budget Task, and due to this Kushal trying to get out of the house, Bigg Boss nominated both of them.
• ^Note 11 : The winning team in the Luxury Budget Task and the captain had to nominate two people for eviction.
• ^Note 12 : For Week 7 nominations, Bigg Boss asked the captain to name five contestants who were discussing and plotting nominations which was a violation of Bigg Boss rule.
• ^Note 13 : Out of the five the captain had to select one such person who discussed the most and he would be directly evicted at a later date.