Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series)

Bigg Boss is an Indian Telugu-language television reality show of the Bigg Boss franchise which airs on Star Maa and streams on Disney+ Hotstar in India. It follows the format of the Dutch reality show Big Brother, which was first developed by Endemol in the Netherlands.

Bigg Boss
Show's fifth season logo with host Nagarjuna.
Also known asBigg Boss
Presented by
Country of originIndia
Original languageTelugu
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes502 (as of 19 December 2021)
Production
Production locationsLonavala (1)
Hyderabad (2–5)
Camera setupMulti-Camera (76 cameras with size variations and high quality
Running time90 minutes (approx.)
Production companiesEndemol Shine India
(2017–20)
Banijay
(2021–present)
Release
Original networkStar Maa
Original release16 July 2017 (2017-07-16) –
present
Chronology
Related showsBigg Boss Buzzz
Bigg Boss Non-Stop
Bigg Boss Non-Stop Buzzz

Starting in 2017, the show has rolled out five seasons so far; N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Nani hosted Season 1 and Season 2 respectively, while Nagarjuna is hosting the show from Season 3 onwards. Ramya Krishna and Samantha appeared as a guest host for one week in Season 3 and 4 respectively. The digital edition Bigg Boss Non-Stop began on 26 February 2022 on Disney+ Hotstar with Nagarjuna returning as the host.[1]

Overview

Bigg Boss is based on the Dutch series Big Brother format developed by John de Mol. 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 had 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 lapel 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.[2] From season two onwards, the house was set up in Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad.[3] The house is well-furnished and decorated. It has a variety of modern amenities, but just one or two bedrooms and four toilet bath rooms. There is a garden, pool, activity area and gym 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. The jail was added from season two onwards in the house and in season three, courtyard part was added in the house. In season four newly special living area and lounge room were added by replacing activity and courtyard part in the house.

Broadcast

Bigg Boss Telugu is aired on Star Maa and also available on Disney+ Hotstar. 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 Disney+ Hotstar.

Series details
SeriesHostHouse LocationEpisodesOriginally airedHousematesDaysLaunch TRP RatingsFinale TRP RatingsPrize MoneyWinnerRunner up
First airedLast airedNetwork
1N. T. Rama Rao Jr.Lonavala7116 July 2017 (2017-07-16)24 September 2017 (2017-09-24)Star Maa167016.18 TVR[4]14.23 TVR[5]₹50 lakh (US$66,000) Siva Balaji Aadarsh Balakrishna
2NaniHyderabad11310 June 2018 (2018-06-10)30 September 2018 (2018-09-30)1811215.0 TVR[6]15.05 TVR[6]₹50 lakh (US$66,000) Kaushal Manda Geetha Madhuri
3Nagarjuna10621 July 2019 (2019-07-21)3 November 2019 (2019-11-03)1710517.92 TVR[7]18.29 TVR[5]₹50 lakh (US$66,000) Rahul Sipligunj Sreemukhi
41066 September 2020 (2020-09-06)20 December 2020 (2020-12-20)1910518.5 TVR[8]21.7 TVR[9]₹50 lakh (US$66,000)[lower-alpha 1] Abijeet Akhil Sarthak
51065 September 2021 (2021-09-05)19 December 20211910518 TVR[11]18.4 TVR[12]₹50 lakh (US$66,000)[lower-alpha 2] VJ Sunny Shanmukh Jaswanth

  Female Contestants   Male Contestants

Notes
  1. The winner, however, was awarded only ₹25 lakh after the 2nd runner-up opted to walk out with ₹25 lakh.[10]
  2. However, the winner awarded with ₹50 lakh, a bike and a plot with worth ₹25 lakh.[13]

Housemate pattern
Clique Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5
Film & TV Actor/Actress Aadarsh Balakrishna Amit Tiwari Ali Reza Abijeet Hamida Khatoon
Archana Bhanu Sree Hema Akhil Sarthak Lahari Shari
Dhanraj
Diksha Panth Kaushal Manda Himaja Avinash Maanas
Hari Teja Kireeti Damaraju Mahesh Vitta Divi Vadathya Priyanka Singh
Jyothi
Mumaith Khan Nandini Rai Punarnavi Bhupalam Karate Kalyani Shailaja Priya
Navdeep Pooja Ramachandran Ravi Krishna Kumar Sai Siri
Prince Cecil Sunny
Sameer Hasan Samrat Reddy Rohini Monal Gajjar Swetha Varma
Sampoornesh Babu Tanish Varun Sandesh Swathi Deekshith Uma Devi
Siva Balaji Tejaswi Madivada Vithika Sheru Syed Sohel Ryan Vishwa Raj
TV Host None Syamala Shilpa Chakravarthy Ariyana Glory Lobo
Sreemukhi Lasya Manjunath Ravi Kiran
TV News Reader Kathi Karthika Deepthi Nallamuthu Jaffar Babu Devi Nagavalli None
Siva Jyothi Sujatha
Singer/Music Artists Kalpana Raghavendar Geetha Madhuri Rahul Sipligunj Noel Sean Sreerama Chandra
Madhu Priya Roll Rida
Radio Jockey None None None None Kajal
Model None None None None Jaswanth
Film Critic/ Humanist Mahesh Kathi Babu Gogineni Tamanna Simhadhri None None
Choreographer None None Baba Bhaskar Amma Rajasekhar Anee
Nataraj
Film Director None None None Surya Kiran None
Social Media Personalities None Deepthi Sunaina Ashu Reddy Alekhya Harika Sarayu
Gangavva Shanmukh Jaswanth
Mehaboob Shaikh
Commoner None Ganesh None None None
Nutan Naidu
Sanjana Anne
Total 16 18 17 19 19
  Winner   Runner-up   Finalist

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 on every Monday episode and also unseen portions of episodes that were not aired on television will be aired on Star Maa Music.

Season Show Host Notes
3 Bigg Boss 3 Buzzz Tanish 2nd Runner-up of Bigg Boss 2[14]
4 Bigg Boss 4 Buzzz Rahul Sipligunj Winner of Bigg Boss 3[15]
5 Bigg Boss 5 Buzzz Ariyana Glory 3rd Runner-up of Bigg Boss 4[16]

Bigg Boss Non-Stop
Main article: Bigg Boss Non-Stop

The series is also set to roll out a digital version of the show called Bigg Boss Non-Stop, which is also going to be hosted by Nagarjuna and broadcast by Disney+ Hotstar for 24×7 coverage.[17][18][19]

Reception

Season 1

Bigg Boss Telugu programme is regarded as the most expensive Telugu television show.[20] The launch of season 1 opened with 16.18 TVR and became as the most watched Telugu television show.[21]

Season 2

The launch of season 2 opened with 15.05 TVR. This following season was hosted by actor Nani. In their own bigg boss house set in Annapurna studios after season 1. This season contains 18 contestant's with show going on for 122 days which is the highest day's played and highest episodes broadcast in the bigg boss (Telugu) series. The winner of this season was kaushal mandha

Season 3

The launch of season 3 opened with 17.9 TVR, which is bigger than the previous seasons.[22] 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.[23]

Season 4

The launch of season 4 opened with 18.5 TVR[8] 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 19.51 TVR and in two states of Ap/Ts it received 21.7 TVR among all seasons of Bigg Boss editions.[24]The winner of the season was abijeeth Duddala

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.[11] The grand finale episode had secured 18.4 TVR + millions of views on Disney Hotstar.[12]

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