Ever since his participation in the controversial reality show 'Bigg Boss 11', TV producer & host Vikas Gupta is known as 'mastermind'. Last year, he introduced & hosted 'MTV Ace of Space' which was similar to 'Bigg Boss'. The show was a hit among viewers and 'MTV Splitsvilla 10' fame Divya Agarwal was declared as the winner of 'MTV Ace of Space' season 1. After the success of season 1, the channel is now all set to bring 'MTV Ace of Space 2' but Vikas Gupta is not hosting the show's second season.

 Vikas Gupta with 'Ace of Space' winner Divya (Photo: Instagram)

According to latest reports, the makers have approached a popular name to replace Vikas Gupta as host in 'MTV Ace of Space' season 2 and he is none other than Karan Patel.

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The TV actor & Vikas Gupta's buddy Karan Patel, who is currently playing the lead role of 'Raman Bhalla' in Ekta Kapoor's long-running Star Plus show 'Yeh Hai Mohabbatein' opposite Divyanka Tripathi, has been approached to host the upcoming reality show.

 Karan Patel (Photo: Instagram)

Speaking about the same, Karan Patel confirmed that he is in talks with the makers. He told India Forums that, "Yes, I have been the approached for the show but nothing is confirmed yet."

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Last month, while talking to an entertainment portal, Vikas revealed the reason behind not hosting 'Ace of Space' second season and said that, the MTV show takes a lot of time and investment. He used to shoot for almost 18 hours a day for 'Ace of Space'. Since, he is now busy with multiple projects, he cannot afford to invest so much time in the show again.

 Karan Patel with 'YHM' co-star Divyanka (Photo: Web)

On a related note, Karan Patel had earlier replaced Vikas Gupta as 'Ace of Space' season 1 host for few episodes when the 'mastermind' was locked inside the 'Bigg Boss 12' house for few days as a guest along with Shilpa Shinde.

Talking about the MTV show, 'Ace of Space' is the reality show in which contestants are seen fighting it out for the most basic means of existence - space. In the first season, Vikas was seen monitoring all the contestants in the show, controlling and manipulating their moves.

Vikas Gupta's fans are surely going to miss him in the second season and it'll be interesting to see who will finally replace him in the show.

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