''Swayamvar'' is a reality television show, where the contestants perform tasks and woe the hopeful bride/groom in return for their hand in marriage. It started airing in India with the Swayamvar Season 1 in 2009 and followed that with Swayamvar Season 2 (2010). In February 2011, Imagine TV announced the launch of the Swayamvar Season 3. The Swayamvar Season 3 started airing on

Imagine TV Imagine TV was a Hindi general entertainment channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System, and based in New Delhi. The channel was known for shows such as '' Ramayan (2008), Chandragupta Maurya, '' Swayamvar'', ''Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo'', ''M ...

from 30 May 2011. The winner of ''Ratan Ka Rishta'' will get the bride/groom of the season's hand in marriage. The new series sees a new host and a new location for the show. The new host is television actor,

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, while the new location for the TV show is Shiv Vilas Palace in Jaipur,Rajasthan.

Hosts

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**Season 1 and 2 (2009-2010) *

**Season 3 (2011) * Ram Kapoor also appeared in Season 3 as a part-time host, whenever Hiten Tejwani was unable to appear for the show.

Prospective Bride/Groom

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**Season 1 (2009) *

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**Season 2 (2010) *

Ratan Rajput Ratan Raajputh, is an Indian television actress and blogger known for her portrayal of Laali in Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo on Zee TV. Later, she went on to play Amba in ''Mahabharat'' & Santoshi in '' Santoshi Maa''. Early life Ratan was ...

**Season 3 (2011) *

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**Season 4 (Cancelled as the channel got shut)

Season 1

The winner of the first season of ''Swayamvar'' was Elesh Parujanwala, from

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. The season was aired from 29 June 2009 to 2 August 2009. Manas Katyal and Chitiz Jain of

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were the two other finalists, while Manmohan Tiwari of

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and Luv Khanna of New Delhi came 4th and 5th respectively, in the competition. The prospective bride for Swayamvar Season 1 was

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dancer, actress, model and

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host

. The first season was hosted by

. This was the only season where the winner did not marry the prospective bride. They got engaged during the finale and later split up after a couple of months. Rakhi Sawant later went on to host the highly controversial show ''

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'', while Elesh Parujanwala went on to appear in another highly controversial show, '' Pati Patni Aur Woh'', alongside his then partner, Rakhi Sawant. Manas Katyal, one of the finalists, went on to appear as a contestant on '' Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout'', while Manmohan Tiwari went on to become a

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and starred in many shows and TV serials including ''

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'' and ''Jamunia''.

Season 2

The winner of the second season of Swayamvar was

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from

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. This season was aired from February to April, 2010. Nikunj Malik of

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and Harpreet Chabra of

were the 2 other finalists. The prospective groom for Swayamvar Season 2 was reality TV personality and the son of

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. The second season was also hosted by

, the winner of the show, later, went on to become a contestant of Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout. She was eliminated in the first round of the show.

has gone on to appear in the hit reality show

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. Both of them appeared in

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spin-off Halla Bol after separation to spice things up Nikunj Malik, one of the finalists, went on to become an actress and has appeared in many TV shows including

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Season 3

The winner was announced in the final episode entitled "Faisle Ki Raat". The prospective bride for Swayamvar Season 3 was Ratan Rajput, who is best known for her lead roles in the Indian soap Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo as Laali, a poor village girl, who was sold by her parents. In the Indian television soap Radhaa Ki Betiyaan Kuch Kar Dikhayengi she played Ruchi Sharma, one of three daughters who are forced to start a new life in Mumbai. She belongs to Patna and came to Mumbai to roam in the city. She had been called by a director and she had an audition and was selected for the new serial. This Swayamvar came to conclusion on 3 July 2011. Ratan chose Abhinav Sharma as her groom and they got engaged. Though the couple haven't married, they announced that they are engaged. The relationship has since fallen apart.

Season 4

The promo for season 4 titled ''Swayamvar Veena ka Vivah'' were out but the show never went on floor as the channel was shut down. Pakistani actress

was signed up for her Swayamvar.

About the prospective brides/grooms

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Rakhi Sawant was the prospective bride of the first season. After the show, she caused huge controversy by splitting with the winner of the show, Elesh Parujanwala. Rakhi Sawant is a dancer and actress, who has appeared in such films as

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and

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. She has also appeared in reality shows such as

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and

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. Rakhi Sawant is also very well known as the host of controversial chat show

. This show became prominent when a participant committed suicide after Rakhi had made comments about him, which made him lose his self-confidence.

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Rahul Mahajan was the prospective groom of the second season. After the show, there had been reports that he had beaten his newly wedded wife

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. But, these proved to be false. Rahul Mahajan is the son of prominent politician,

, who came to fame, when his father was shot by his uncle. Rahul Mahajan has been married once before to Shweta Singh, but they were divorced in 2008. Rahul Mahajan has appeared on many reality shows including

and

Ratan Rajput Ratan Raajputh, is an Indian television actress and blogger known for her portrayal of Laali in Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo on Zee TV. Later, she went on to play Amba in ''Mahabharat'' & Santoshi in '' Santoshi Maa''. Early life Ratan was ...

Ratan Rajput was the prospective bride of the third season. She is a television actress, who has appeared in many shows including

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and

Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo ''Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo'' (In the next birth make me a daughter) is an Indian television series. It premiered on 16 March 2009 on Zee TV. It starred Ratan Rajput, Abhishek Rawat, Sudesh Berry, Mukul Harish, Richa Mukherjee, Dipika Kak ...

. She is best known for her lead roles in the Indian show Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo as Laali, a poor village girl, who was sold by her parents. In the Indian television show Radhaa Ki Betiyaan Kuch Kar Dikhayengi she played Ruchi Sharma, one of three daughters who are forced to start a new life in Mumbai. She belongs to Patna and came to Mumbai to roam in the city. She had been called by a director and she had an audition and was selected for the new serial. This Swayamvar came to conclusion on 3 July 2011.Ratan chose Abhinav Sharma as her groom and they got engaged and they will get married soon. However, Ratan recently announced her breakup with Abhinav.

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