[5][6][7] After a hiatus of 6 months, the series continued airing the remaining episodes in November 2020 concluding with a two-part Grand Finale where Hammad Ali Khan from Karachi was crowned winner of the season.

Champions was the subject of viewer complaints and press attention regarding a variety of controversial issues, including vulgarity, the well-being of certain participants, and discrimination based on sexuality and color.

[10][11][12] Hosted by Waqar Zaka, it used a mixed format which incorporated open auditions for contestant selection who were then later confined to a Big Brother-style surveillance house.

After the auditions took place Zaka handpicked Aamir, Abiha, Baba Atif, Balach, Bilal, Daniya, Hammad, Kashaf, Rabail, Rehan, Rubaisha, Tooba, and Yahya to enter the house.

Video profiles were submitted by auditionees and social media likes and views along with Zaka's final say determined selection.

Note: Baba Atif leaves the show, before contracts to enter the house were signed, due to family issues.

Sidra, Balach, Tooba, Rehan, and Zeeshan are chosen to swap with Abiha, Hammad, Maria, Bilal, and Yahya.

When a contestant finds a gold coin, they raise their hand and call out their feat, the task pauses and they eliminate an existing participant.

Waqar Zaka reveals a twist in which from this point onward in the game all eliminated contestants will remain in the house with Loser status.

Abiha and Aamir empty Kashaf, Daniya, Rubaisha, Bilal, and Yahya's suitcases, throw water on them, and destroy food items.

Reward Challenge: Contestants have to balance a pot full of burning coal using a mount on their heads while circling around a central platform.

When Waqar Zaka calls out "Thumka" they must try to eliminate a contestant by making their pot fall using only pelvic thrust movement.

While housemates discuss these proceedings of the night Waqar Zaka announces that Rabail may stay in the house as loser and can earn entry back into the game.

Elimination Challenge – Part 1: Contestants have to wrestle each other inside a marked circular area and attempt to force players out of the field until two finalists remain.

Wild Card Challenge – Part 1: Maria, Sidra, Yahya, and Rubaisha compete in a questionnaire-based scavenger hunt.

Waqar Zaka returns to tell housemates that Yahya and Rubaisha were fake evicted in a twist and Sidra and Maria knew the answers to the questionnaire beforehand.

Wild Card Challenge – Part 2: All eleven contestants attempt to retrieve a marked wooden pole by treading in reverse.

Elimination Challenge: Contestants form pairs and attempt to convince passers-by in a busy area to eat 5 eggs with the shell intact.

Elimination Challenge: Contestants form pairs and attempt to convince people in vehicles, that are momentarily stopping at a traffic light, to buy two roses for the most price they can manage.

[citation needed] Rabail Sheikh, an aspiring model, who had a history of substance abuse and suffered from intermittent explosive disorder, was selected after she attempted to expose a cricketer by threatening to leak a lewd video as leverage.

They claimed to have videos and audio recordings of news anchor Mubashir Lucman and Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed.

On 10 April 2020, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) passed the motion to ban the show and imposed an Rs.

The notice cited vulgarity and indecency of content being telecast and that it did not align with the religious, social, and cultural values of the country as the reason for the ban.

[3] The production was heavily criticized for its leniency towards unacceptable behavior among housemates and telecasting strong themes under the pretense of family show.

[20][21] Rabail alongside Aamir called Kashaf dark, fat and ugly on several instances, spat on her, destroyed her clothes and physically assaulted her repeatedly after an elimination task.

[23][24] Rabail, on day 2, outed Hammad telling housemates that he had confided in her about the past lover he mentioned during auditions being a man.

Previous to this incident many housemates including Daniya, Tooba, and Sidra had referred to Hammad as meetha a derogatory term used in Urdu for homosexual or effeminate men.