''Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki'' is an Indian

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series broadcast on

Life OK Life OK was an Indian pay television channel owned by Star India. It was launched on 18 December 2011 replacing Star One. It also started airing in the United States on 1 March 2012, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 28 May of that s ...

. The series premiered on 21 January 2013. A second season aired in April to May 2014.

Overview

The show is an Indian version of the international series ''

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''. Each week a group of five contestants takes turns to act as host, cooking a three-course meal and entertaining the other four. At the end of the evening the guests give an overall score to reflect their enjoyment of the evening. The contestants of the first season of ''Welcome'' were Indian celebrities, but in the second season were applicants drawn from the general public. Unlike the original Come Dine With Me, ''Welcome'' has an on-screen host - television actor

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- in addition to an off-screen narrator.

Contestants

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