The biggest celebrity reality show on colors Bigg Boss 5 contestants are model actress Shraddha Sharma, wife of Bikini killer Charles Sobhraj, Nihita Biswas, actress-singer Rageshwari Loomba, actress Pooja Bedi, model Pooja Mishra, beauty queens Shonali Nagrani, Vida Samadzai, indian television actess Juhi Parmar, Rajasthani folk dancer Gulabo Sapera, actress Mahek Chahal, popular host Mandeep Bevli, transgender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, and woman wrestler Sonika Kaliraman. The only male contestant of this season is none other then the 50 year old Shakti Kapoor who was all over the news for his casting couch scandal in Bollywood.