Rannvijay Singha announces departure as show’s host after 18 years, leaves fans disappointed

Every 90s kid will agree that this is the end of an era. It has now been confirmed that Rannvijay Singha, winner of Roadies Season 1 and host of the reality show, has quit. After winning and successfully mentoring others as host, he has chosen to step down. 

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Apart from being a contestant, host, and mentor, the audience began identifying the show with Rannvijay, and often, aspiring contestants participated in auditions only to get a chance to meet him. The youth-based reality show first aired in 2003 with Raghu Ram and Rajiv Lakshman as judges and creators. They quit the show in 2014.

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 It’s left to be seen how the channel reacts to Rannvijay’s announcement. Rannvijay said, “The channel has been a key pillar of my journey and I’ll be doing interesting work with them. On this edition of Roadies, things didn’t work out from both sides. Our dates were not matching and it is disheartening.” He elaborated that he had no issue with the production house.  “I’ve been working with the channel for 18 years. I’ve done different shows with the network. Production house aur mera koi taal mel hai nahi,” he said in an interview with Hindustan Times.

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Rannvijay went on to share a post on social media but fans have been flooding the comments section to question his decision. One social media user said, “Why are you quitting Roadies??? Roadies is Roadies coz of you sir. Please do not do this, you are my inspiration sir,l.” Another said, “Sir roadies apke bina kuch ni hai please aap to quit mat karo please. Raghu sir ke baad aap ki vajah se log dekh rahe hai, please quit math karo.” Other social media users just wrote the name of the show alongside crying emojis.