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Popular television reality show Bigg Boss is akin to controversies with contestants getting into ugly fights. Season 7 was also hit by controversies - the latest being the eviction of Kushal Tandon by host Salman Khan.

Here are top 10 controversies of Bigg Boss:

1. Bigg Boss 7: Kushal Tandon's elimination from Bigg Boss 7 over his alleged violent act against Tanisha Mukherjee and Andy brought disrepute to host Salman Khan with viewers branding his decision as "bias". Kushal has claimed that the "Dabangg" actor had apologized to him for the decision.

2. Bigg Boss 4: Dolly Bindra was the epicenter of ugly fights in season 6. She fought with almost every contestant in the show. Her showdown with Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari got really ugly.

3. Bigg Boss 5: Akashadeep Sehgal got into an ugly fight with Mahek Chahal after the later talked about the former's personality to fellow housemates. Host Salman Khan had to intervene when Sehgal threatened to expose Chahal's past.

4. Bigg Boss 4: All was well with lovebirds Sara Khan and Ali Merchant until they decided to marry on the show. All hell broke loose after Sara's parents revealed that the couple had married in 2008 and objected remarriage, terming it as "un-Islamic.

5. Bigg Boss 4: MMS clips hit season 4. First, a video clip allegedly featuring Sakshi Pradhan surfaced the moment she entered the house. Then, actor Ashmit Patel spelled venom by claiming that the clip featuring him and actress Riya Sen was genuine.

6. Bigg Boss 4: Pakistani actress Veena Malik was the talking point of season 4 following her intimacy with actor Ashmit Patel. A person named Mian Muhammad Iqbal filed a case against her in a Lahore court, terming her act as "un-Islamic".

7. Bigg Boss 3: Kamal Rashid Khan was dogged by controversies during his stay in the show in season 3. He was eliminated from the show after he hurled a bottle at Rohit Verma, hitting actress Shamita Shetty instead.

8. Bigg Boss 2: Raja Chaudhary and Sambhavna Seth were in news in season 2 for two contrasting reasons. They abused each other before getting really intimate. They were even caught kissing in the show.

9. Bigg Boss 2: Rahul Mahajan broke rules during his stay in the house in season 2. He along with Raja Chaudhury, Zulfi Sayed and Ashutosh Kaushik broke out of the house but refused to apologize, leading to his elimination from the show.

10. Bigg Boss 1: Item girl Rakhi Sawant and Kashmeera Shah turned foes after the latter told other housemates what the former had said about them. Rakhi was sidelined by the housemates following the episode.