Roadies Rebirth Contestant List: Who Is Confirmed, Who Is Only Reported So Far
If you search for the Roadies Rebirth contestant list right now, you will find plenty of lists — and they do not agree with each other. That is because MTV, Netflix and JioHotstar have not published a full official list yet. So this page does the job properly: it separates what was actually shown on screen in Episodes 1 to 3 from what is only reported by trackers, and it says, name by name, which is which. As of today, October 24, 15 contestants have been picked on screen. The rest is still just talk.
Quick answers first
| What | Details |
|---|---|
| Show | MTV Roadies Rebirth, Season 21, hosted by Rannvijay Singha |
| Episodes aired so far | Episode 1 (October 16), Episode 2 (October 17), Episode 3 (October 23) |
| Picked on screen, Episodes 1-3 | 15 names — 9 for the OGs, 6 for the NewGs (counted from KhabriBhai's episode recaps) |
| Official full list published? | No. MTV, Netflix and JioHotstar have not published one yet, as per Belloria's tracker |
| What "Confirmed" means here | Shown as picked on an aired episode, with a stamp and a bid in the episode recap. It does not mean MTV has published the name in an official list |
| What "Reported" means here | Named by a tracker or a social media post only, with no aired-episode recap to back it up yet |
| Episode 1 count — disputed | 3 vs 4. IWMBuzz's premiere review talks about three locked in; KhabriBhai's Episode 1 recap lists four, including the Karishma snatch |
| Next episode | Episode 4, Saturday, October 24, 7 PM IST — no recap exists yet at the time of writing |
How the auction works, in plain words
This season does not have six separate gangs. The six gang leaders are split into two big teams: the OGs — Prince Narula, Neha Dhupia and Nikhil Chinapa — and the NewGs — Abhishek Malhan, Bani J and Baseer Ali. Contestants still audition in the personal interview room, but they are not simply picked. The leaders bid for them in Roadiums, the show's currency.
As per KhabriBhai's Episode 1 recap, each team starts with 1,00,000 Roadiums in a common bank, plus 30,000 Roadiums in each leader's individual bank, which can only be used once the common bank is empty. The highest bid wins, and a leader from the winning team stamps the contestant's arm. A Mohar is a leader's special power that settles a pick, as used for Sneha and Shine in Episode 1. Then there is the snatch button, which IWMBuzz calls the "Secret Steal": if the rival team has bid above 15,000 Roadiums for a contestant, a leader can press it and take that contestant for free, while the rival team still pays. That is how Neha Dhupia took Karishma in Episode 1, and how Abhishek Malhan took Daksh in Episode 3. Only 16 contestants from each team will go on the journey, so the auction phase still has a long way to run.
OG signings — 9 names picked on screen
| Contestant | Episode | Stamp / bid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sneha, professional arm-wrestler | 1 | Neha Dhupia, 7,000 Roadiums | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 1. First name only in the recap; the surname Yadav is reported by Business Upturn via Belloria, not in the recap |
| Shine | 1 | Prince Narula, 3,000 Roadiums | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 1, first name only |
| Preet | 1 | Prince Narula, 17,500 Roadiums | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 1, first name only |
| Karishma Talwar | 1 | Neha Dhupia, snatched at 22,000 Roadiums | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 1, full name in the recap; former Splitsvilla 8 contestant |
| Ganesh, Himalaya Roadies runner-up | 2 | Neha Dhupia, 71,000 Roadiums as per KhabriBhai's recap | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 2, first name only. The surname Baniya is reported only, and the bid figure is disputed (see below) |
| Shravani, professional dancer | 2 | Neha Dhupia, 6,500 Roadiums | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 2, first name only. The surname Sarjerao is reported only |
| Soumya, belly dancer and taekwondo player | 2 | Nikhil Chinapa, 500 Roadiums | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 2. Some trackers spell her name Somya; no surname is verified |
| Gurjant, wrestler-turned-actor from Haryana | 3 | Nikhil Chinapa, 17,000 Roadiums | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 3, first name only |
| Xerxes, former Real Heroes contestant from Odisha | 3 | Prince Narula, 12,500 Roadiums | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 3, first name only |
The OGs swept Episode 1, taking all four picks, and they have kept that lead: 9 of the 15 picks so far.
NewG signings — 6 names picked on screen
| Contestant | Episode | Stamp / bid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salbani, fitness trainer from Shillong | 2 | Bani J, snatched at 17,500 Roadiums | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 2, first name only |
| Kunwar, from Jammu | 2 | Abhishek Malhan, 5,000 Roadiums | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 2, first name only |
| Rhythm, from Delhi | 2 | Baseer Ali, 2,500 Roadiums | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 2, first name only |
| Kiaan, cloud kitchen owner | 2 | Baseer Ali, 11,000 Roadiums | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 2, first name only. The surname Barde is reported only (see below) |
| Daksh | 3 | Abhishek Malhan, snatched at 21,000 Roadiums | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 3, first name only |
| Shiv, known as Tony, LGBTQ content creator | 3 | Bani J, 9,000 Roadiums | Confirmed — picked on screen in Episode 3 |
The NewGs got nothing in Episode 1, then hit back in Episode 2 with four picks, including the revenge snatch of Salbani, and added two more in Episode 3. The split now stands at 9-6 to the OGs.
Disputed and pending names — read this before you trust any other list
Episode 1: 3 or 4? IWMBuzz's premiere review, published on October 17, talks about the show locking in its first three versatile Roadies, then moves to the heated moment with the two rejected aspirants. KhabriBhai's Episode 1 recap, and ReadersFusion as cited by Belloria, list four picks, with Karishma as the fourth, taken by Neha's snatch at 22,000 Roadiums. This page counts four, because the recap names all four with stamps and bids. If a list you see elsewhere says three, it is almost certainly counting only the first three and leaving the snatch out.
Ganesh's bid: 71,000 or 30,000? KhabriBhai's Episode 2 recap puts Ganesh's winning bid at 71,000 Roadiums with Neha's stamp. A Business Upturn summary cited by Belloria describes him as backed with all 30,000 of Neha's Roadiums. Those two figures do not match, and no official bid sheet is out, so treat the bid amount as disputed. The pick itself is not in doubt — both sources agree Ganesh joined the OGs.
Surnames that are only reported: Kiaan Barde, Sneha Yadav, Shravani Sarjerao and Ganesh Baniya. In each case, the surname comes from a tracker or a profile piece, not from the aired-episode recap, which gives first names only. Belloria flags Kiaan Barde most clearly: the surname rests on two Instagram posts from entertainment pages, neither an official account, no news outlet has named him by that full name, and one post carries Instagram's AI content label. Until the show or an official channel gives the full name, those surnames stay in the Reported column, and this page does not present them as confirmed.
Spelling watch: Episode 2's belly dancer is Soumya in KhabriBhai's recap and Somya in Business Upturn's profiles cited by Belloria. Same person, two spellings — another reason not to copy lists blindly.
Tracker lag: Belloria's tracker, last updated on October 20, still lists Episode 2 as the latest episode and says Episode 3 and 4 recaps are pending. KhabriBhai's Episode 3 recap, published on the morning of October 24, is newer than that tracker, which is why the four Episode 3 names above do not appear on Belloria yet. Episode 4 airs tonight, October 24, at 7 PM IST, so no recap of it can exist yet at the time of writing — any list that already claims Episode 4 picks is guessing.
Names left out on purpose: Hrietik and Allen Choudhary were rejected in Episode 1, Vihaan was not picked in Episode 2, and Rai (known as Rex) and Nandini Das were not picked in Episode 3. They are not contestants, so they are not in the list above. Any other full name you see floating around with no episode recap behind it has been left out here because it could not be verified at all.
Where to watch in India
Roadies Rebirth airs every Friday and Saturday at 7 PM IST on MTV India, and streams at the same time on JioHotstar and Netflix. That three-way listing matters: some early reports named only JioHotstar and MTV, but Netflix India's own announcement includes Netflix, as Belloria notes. The next episode, Episode 4, airs on Saturday, October 24, at 7 PM IST. Auditions for this season were held in September 2026 in Delhi-NCR, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Pune.
Our verdict
Trust this much: 15 contestants picked on screen across Episodes 1 to 3 — 9 OGs, 6 NewGs — with the stamps and bids listed above, because each one appears in an aired-episode recap. Do not trust yet: any full official list, any surname that only a tracker gives, Ganesh's exact bid figure, and anything about Episode 4 before it airs tonight. The honest state of this season is simple: the auditions are still running, only 15 of the 32 journey spots (16 per team) are filled on screen so far, and the list will keep changing every Friday and Saturday. We will update this page after Episode 4 airs and a recap lands.
