Bigg Boss season 9 premiere: As it happened

Salman Khan signs off in his signature style! Double Trouble will be telecast every night at 10.30 pm and on weekends at 9 pm with Salman. The change in time will surely not affect the viewers. So, enjoy this season. Keep watching this space for all the latest Bigg Boss 9 updates. Get ready for 'Double Trouble'!

Now the inmates have to decide whose bags they want to choose. The game has indeed begun.

Double Trouble has begun! Bigg Boss voice echoes inside the house and welcomes the inmates.

Seven jodis have entered the house. In total there are 14 contestants this season. 

Ankit and Arvind are the final contestants of the show.

Ankit Gera and Arvind enter the house as a jodi.

The last contestant is singer Arvind Vegda.

Mandana chooses Keith as her jodidaar inside the house. 

Keith Sequeira is the next contestant on the show.

Ankit Gera is the next contestant on the show.

Prince chooses Rochelle as his jodidaar.

After getting rejecting by all the ladies. Prince will make the choice between Rochelle and Mandana.

Prince comes on stage. 

Mandana Karimi and Rochelle Rao are the next contestants.

Vikas and Yuvika are the next ones to enter the house.

Vikas Bhalla is another contestant on the show. Now Yuvika has to choose between Vikas and Prince.

Next contestant is actress Yuvika Chaudhary.

The inmates inside chose their beds and check out the house.

Rimi and Suyyash ready to enter the house.

Rimi chooses Suyyash over Prince. 

Rimi Sen too is given two options while choosing her jodidaar on the show.

Actress Rimi Sen is the next contestant. She sizzles on the dance floor, introducing herself.

Kishwar and Aman get inside the house, and are smitten by the interiors.

Last year's 'jalaad' is back this time in a new avatar. Now, Kishwar and Aman have been tied together. 

Kishwar chooses Aman Verma as her partner and rejects Prince.

No, Kishwar has to chose between Aman and Prince. 

Aman Verma is the next contestant.

Now, Kishwar is given two options to chose as her partner inside the house.

Both Suyyash and Kishwar will go inside the house. They are currently dating each other.

Contestant number 4 is actress Kishwar Merchant.

Contestant number three is Suyyash Rai. 

The first jodi enters Bigg Boss house.

Diganana and Roopal tied together. They are the first official jodi of the show. Media panel also present this time.

Diganana chooses Roopal as her partner in 'double trouble' format.

Contestant number 3 is TV actress Roopal Tyagi.

Contestant number 2 is Prince Narula.

Contestant number is TV actress Digangana Suryavanshi.

Salman goes in 'Karan Arjun' mode, sings 'ye bandhan to'.

Double Trouble has started and Salman is in full form. Hinting at what is in store for the viewers.

Elli Avram too grooves with Salman in style. Salman can be seen in 'double trouble' with both Daisy and Elli.

'Jai Ho' co-star Daisy Shah shakes a leg with Salman.

Double Trouble in the house--get ready to see the contestants in a while.

Salman and Deepak give us an inside sneak peak of the super chic house.

The premiere night starts with Salman Khan inside the new colourful house with Deepak Dobriyal.

All the jittery Bigg Boss fans can now get glued to their television sets, as the 'baap' of all reality shows is here.