Bigg Boss is an Indian Telugu-language television reality show of the Bigg Boss franchise which airs on Star Maa and streams on JioHotstar in India. It follows the format of the Dutch reality show Big Brother, which was first developed by Endemol in the Netherlands.
Starting in 2017, the show has rolled out nine seasons so far; Jr NTR and Nani hosted Season 1 and Season 2 respectively, while Nagarjuna is hosting the show from Season 3 onwards. Season 2, Season 6 and Season 9 featured general public along with celebrities as housemates.
Overview Bigg Boss is based on the Dutch series Big Brother format developed by John de Mol Jr.. A number of contestants known as "housemates" live in a purpose-built house and are isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, housemates nominate two of their fellow housemates for eviction, and the housemates who receive the most nominations would face a public vote. Eventually, one housemate would leave after being "evicted" from the House. In the final week, there were five housemates remaining, and the public voted for who they wanted to win. Unlike other versions of Big Brother, the Indian version uses celebrities as housemates, In season two, Bigg Boss team selected three common people as contestants from the auditions.
Rules While all the rules have never been told to the audience, the most prominent ones are clearly seen. The housemates are not permitted to talk in any other language except Telugu.
They always have to wear a label and They cannot leave the House premises at any time unless they are evicted or decided by Bigg Boss. They can not discuss the nomination process with anyone. They are not allowed to sleep without the permission of Bigg Boss.
House The house for season one was set up at Lonavala. From season two onwards, the house was set up in Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad. The house is well-furnished and decorated. It has a variety of modern amenities, but just one or multiple bedrooms and four toilet bath rooms. There is a garden, pool, activity area, gym, jail and lounge room in the house. There is also a Confession Room, where the housemates may be called in by Bigg Boss for any kind of conversation, and for the nomination process. In season three, courtyard part was added and in season seven, balcony was added in the house.
Broadcast Bigg Boss is aired on Star Maa and also available on JioHotstar. Everyday episodes contain the main happenings of the previous day. Every Sunday episode mainly focuses on an interview of an evicted contestant by the host. The unseen episode will be available as Bigg Boss Buzzz on Star Maa Music and JioHotstar.
Series details
Housemate pattern Clique Film / TV actor Aadarsh Balakrishna Amit Tiwari Ali Reza Abijeet Hamida Khatoon Arjun Kalyan Amardeep ChowdaryAbhay BethigantiAyesha ZeenathChaitra Rai Archana Shastry Bhanu Sree HemaAkhil Sarthak Lahari Shari Baladitya ArjunAditya OmBharani ShankarDebjani ModakAshwini Sri Avinash Dhanraj Kaushal Manda Himaja Avinash Maanas ChantiGautham Krishna Gautham Krishna EmanuelKrishnuduDiksha PanthFaima Sheikh Hari TejaKireeti Damaraju Mahesh Vitta Divi Vadathya Priyanka Singh Inaya SultanaKiran RathodHari TejaFlora SainiMukesh GowdaJyothi Keerthi BhatNaga Manikanta Mumaith Khan Nandini Rai Punarnavi Bhupalam Karate Kalyani Shailaja Priya Marina Abraham Priyanka Jain Nikhil MaliyakkalGaurav GuptaNaresh Navdeep Pooja Ramachandran Ravi Krishna Kumar Sai Siri Hanmanth Rohit SahniRathika Rose Prerana KambamNikhil NairPrince CecilShani SalmonPrithviraj Shetty SanjanaRam Prasad Sameer Hasan Samrat Reddy Rohini Reddy Monal Gajjar VJ Sunny Sri SatyaShakeelaRohini ReddySrinivas Sai Sampoornesh Babu Tanish Varun Sandesh Swathi Deekshith Swetha Varma Sudeepa PinkyShobha ShettySeethaSuman SettyThrigun Siva Balaji Tejaswi Madivada Vithika Sheru Syed Sohel Uma Devi Vasanthi Krishnan SivajiSonia AkulaThanuja PuttaswamyVamsi Krishna Vishwa RajSubhashreeYashmi Gowda TV Host / Presenter rowspan="2" Syamala Shilpa Chakravarthy Ariyana Glory Lobo Khayyum Neha Chowdary rowspan="2" VishnupriyaaRithu ChowdarySudheer Reddy Sreemukhi Lasya Manjunath Ravi KiranVarshini Sounderajan News Reader Kathi Karthika Deepthi Nallamuthu Jaffar Babu Devi Nagavalli rowspan="2" Arohi Rao rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Siva Jyothi Sujatha Music personality Kalpana Raghavendar Geetha Madhuri Rahul Sipligunj Noel Sean Sreerama Chandra L. V. Revanth Bhole Shavali rowspan="2" Ramu Rathod rowspan="2" Madhu Priya Roll Rida DaminiRadio Jockey Kajal Seelamsetty Surya Narayana Shekar Basha Model Jaswanth Raja Shekar Prince Yawar Film Critic / Humanist Mahesh Kathi Babu Gogineni Tamanna Simhadhri Choreographer rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Baba Bhaskar Amma Rajasekhar Anee AbhinayashreeSandeepNainika AnasuruShrasti Verma rowspan="2" Nataraj Film Director Surya Kiran Internet personality rowspan="6" Deepthi SunainaAshu Reddy Alekhya Harika Sarayu Roy Geetu Nayani Pavani GangavvaDivvala Madhuri rowspan="6" Madhoo Nekkanti Gangavva Pallavi PrasanthMehaboob ShaikhShanmukh JaswanthShrihan Nabeel AfridiRamya MokshaMehaboob ShaikhTejaNayani PavaniTeja Commoner rowspan="7" Ganesh rowspan="7" rowspan="7" rowspan="7" Adi Reddy rowspan="7" rowspan="7" Demon PavanAman MasoodDivya NikhitaCharan Mahadev Nutan NaiduHarita HarishJhansiKalyan PadalaRohit Naidu PatnamSanjana AnneMaryada ManishShalini PatelPriya ShettyShiva Srishti VyakaranamSrija DammuTotal16181719192119222216 Winner Runner-up Finalist
Spin-offs Bigg Boss Non-Stop
The series is also set to roll out a digital version of the show called Bigg Boss Non-Stop, which was also hosted by Nagarjuna and broadcast by Disney+ Hotstar for 24×7 coverage.
Bigg Boss Agnipariksha
It is a digital pre-show of the main Bigg Boss. It will feature contestants from selected commoners to earn their spot in the main house. The show began in August 2025 ahead of the ninth season.
Reception Season 1
Bigg Boss Telugu programme is regarded as the most expensive Telugu television show. The launch of season 1 opened with 16.18 TVR and became as the most watched Telugu television show.
Season 2
The launch of season 2 opened with 15.05 TVR.
Season 3
The launch of season 3 opened with 17.9 TVR, which is bigger than the previous seasons. The grand finale of season 3 of duration four and half hours scored 18.29 TVR being the highest ever rating achieved by the Bigg Boss Indian franchise. The last hour of telecast, featuring Chiranjeevi as chief guest, alone garnered 22.4 TVR.
Season 4
The launch of season 4 opened with 18.5 TVR higher than previous seasons. On Week 7, Samantha Akkineni hosted the show, while main host Nagarjuna is in Manali for his movie shooting and the episode was also extended to 3 hours, from the usual 1½ hours and the episode opened with 11.4 TVR, which was higher trp among all the weekends. The grand finale of season 4 became most watched and created a record with viewership as it garnered highest TRP rating of 21.7 TVR among all seasons of Bigg Boss editions.
Season 5
The launch of fifth season has received about 17.7 TVR in general and 18 TVR with HD viewership and also, the latest rating proves that show's popularity has remained intact. The grand finale episode had secured 18.4 TVR and millions of views on Disney+ Hotstar.
Season 6
The launch episode opened with 8.86 TVR, while finale episode received 8.17 TVR and recorded has lowest TRPs in the history of the reality TV series in Telugu. The week's average TVR for this season failed to surpass the bar set by its predecessors, too.
Season 7
The grand finale of season 7 garnered TRP ratings of 21.7 TVR.
Season 8
The launch episode received TRP ratings of 18.9 TVR.
Season 9
The launch episode received TRP ratings of 13.7 TVR .The weekly average TRP of the season crossed 11 TVR and weekends got a 14 TVR which is highest among the previous five seasons as per the BARC Ratings.
Season 10
Bigg Boss Telugu 10 is the tenth season.
Companion shows Bigg Boss Buzzz Bigg Boss Buzzz is an Indian Telugu-language Television talk show with evicted housemates of reality television series Bigg Boss Telugu. From season 3 onwards, the show features evicted housemates interview with previous season contestant as a host and also unseen portions of episodes that were not aired on television will be aired on Star Maa Music. Season Title Host Notes 3 Bigg Boss 3 BuzzzTanish Second runner-up of Season 2 4 Bigg Boss 4 Buzzz Rahul Sipligunj Winner of Season 35Bigg Boss 5 BuzzzAriyana GloryThird runner-up of Season 46Bigg Boss 6 BuzzzShivaSecond Runner-up of BB Non-Stop 17Bigg Boss 7 BuzzzGeetuContestant of Season 68Bigg Boss 8 BuzzzAmbati ArjunFifth Runner-up of Season 79Bigg Boss 9 BuzzzSivajiSecond Runner-up of Season 710Bigg Boss 10 BuzzzSivajiSecond Runner-up of Season 7
BB Cafe BB Cafe is an review based show about the reality television series Bigg Boss Telugu. From season 6 onwards, The show features previous seasons contestants as host and will discusses all the topics of Bigg Boss episodes. The show will continue to give more clarity on war, love and other interesting topics between the contestants and it premiers on Star Maa Music. Season Title Host Notes 6 BB Cafe Ariyana Glory 3rd Runner-up of Season 4 and BB Non-Stop 1
See also BB Jodi Telugu Neethone Dance
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