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 Eighth Season Logo with host Nagarjuna | |
| Presented by | |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Telugu |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 714 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Lonavala (Season 1) Annapurna Studios (Season 2 - present) |
| Camera setup | Multi-Camera (76 cameras with size variations and high quality) |
| Running time | 60-90 minutes (approx.) |
| Production company | Endemol Shine India |
| Original release | |
| Network | Star Maa Disney+ Hotstar |
| Release | 16 July 2017 – present |
Starting in 2017, the show has rolled out eight seasons so far; Jr NTR and Nani hosted Season 1 and 2 respectively, while Nagarjuna is hosting the show from Season 3 onwards. Season 2 and 6 featured general public along with celebrities as housemates.[1]
Overview
editBigg 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
editWhile 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
editThe 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 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
editBigg Boss 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
edit| Series | Host | House Location | Episodes | Originally aired | Housemates | Days | Launch TRP Ratings | Finale TRP Ratings | Prize Money | Winner | Runner up | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Jr. NTR | Lonavala | 71 | 16 July 2017 | 24 September 2017 | Star Maa & Disney+ Hotstar | 16 | 70 | 16.18 TVR[4] | 14.23 TVR[5] | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Siva Balaji | Aadarsh Balakrishna | |
| 2 | Nani | Hyderabad | 113 | 10 June 2018 | 30 September 2018 | 18 | 112 | 15.0 TVR[6] | 15.05 TVR[6] | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Kaushal Manda | Geetha Madhuri | ||
| 3 | Nagarjuna | 106 | 21 July 2019 | 3 November 2019 | 17 | 105 | 17.92 TVR[7] | 18.29 TVR[5] | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Rahul Sipligunj | Sreemukhi | |||
| 4 | 106 | 6 September 2020 | 20 December 2020 | 19 | 105 | 18.5 TVR[8] | 21.7 TVR[9] | ₹25 lakh (US$30,000)[a] | Abijeet | Akhil Sarthak | ||||
| 5 | 106 | 5 September 2021 | 19 December 2021 | 19 | 105 | 18 TVR[11] | 18.4 TVR[12] | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000)[b] | VJ Sunny | Shanmukh Jaswanth | ||||
| 6 | 106 | 4 September 2022 | 18 December 2022 | 21 | 105 | 8.86 TVR[14] | 8.17 TVR[15] | ₹10 lakh (US$12,000)[c] | L. V. Revanth | Shrihan Shaik | ||||
| 7 | 106 | 3 September 2023 | 17 December 2023 | 19 | 105 | 18.1 TVR[17] | 21.7 TVR[18] | ₹35 lakh (US$42,000)[d] | Pallavi Prashanth | Amardeep Chowdary | ||||
| 8 | TBA | 1 September 2024 | TBA | 22 | TBA | 18.9 TVR[20] | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||
Housemate pattern
edit| Clique | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 | Season 7 | Season 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Film / TV actor | Aadarsh Balakrishna | Amit Tiwari | Ali Reza | Abijeet | Hamida Khatoon | Arjun Kalyan | Amardeep Chowdary | Abhay Bethiganti |
| Archana Shastry | Bhanu Sree | Hema | Akhil Sarthak | Lahari Shari | Baladitya | Arjun | Aditya Om | |
| Ashwini Sri | Avinash | |||||||
| Dhanraj | Kaushal Manda | Himaja | Avinash | Maanas | Chanti | Gautham Krishna | Gautham Krishna | |
| Diksha Panth | Faima Sheikh | |||||||
| Hari Teja | Kireeti Damaraju | Mahesh Vitta | Divi Vadathya | Priyanka Singh | Inaya Sultana | Kiran Rathod | Hari Teja | |
| Jyothi | Keerthi Bhat | Pooja Murthy | Naga Manikanta | |||||
| Mumaith Khan | Nandini Rai | Punarnavi Bhupalam | Karate Kalyani | Shailaja Priya | Marina Abraham | Priyanka Jain | Nikhil Maliyakkal | |
| Navdeep | Pooja Ramachandran | Ravi Krishna | Kumar Sai | Siri Hanmanth | Rohit Sahni | Rathika Rose | Prerana Kambam | |
| Prince Cecil | Shani Salmon | Prithviraj Shetty | ||||||
| Sameer Hasan | Samrat Reddy | Rohini Reddy | Monal Gajjar | VJ Sunny | Sri Satya | Shakeela | Rohini Reddy | |
| Sampoornesh Babu | Tanish | Varun Sandesh | Swathi Deekshith | Swetha Varma | Sudeepa Pinky | Shobha Shetty | Seetha | |
| Siva Balaji | Tejaswi Madivada | Vithika Sheru | Syed Sohel Ryan | Uma Devi | Vasanthi Krishnan | Sivaji | Sonia Akula | |
| Vishwa Raj | Subhashree | Yashmi Gowda | ||||||
| TV Host / Presenter | None | Syamala | Shilpa Chakravarthy | Ariyana Glory | Lobo Khayyum | Neha Chowdary | None | Vishnupriyaa |
| Sreemukhi | Lasya Manjunath | Ravi Kiran | ||||||
| News Reader | Kathi Karthika | Deepthi Nallamuthu | Jaffar Babu | Devi Nagavalli | None | Arohi Rao | None | None |
| Siva Jyothi | Sujatha | |||||||
| Music personality | Kalpana Raghavendar | Geetha Madhuri | Rahul Sipligunj | Noel Sean | Sreerama Chandra | L. V. Revanth | Bhole Shavali | None |
| Madhu Priya | Roll Rida | Damini | ||||||
| Radio Jockey | None | None | None | None | Kajal Seelamsetty | Surya Narayana | None | Shekar Basha |
| Model | None | None | None | None | Jaswanth | Raja Shekar | Prince Yawar | None |
| Film Critic / Humanist | Mahesh Kathi | Babu Gogineni | Tamanna Simhadhri | None | None | None | None | None |
| Choreographer | None | None | Baba Bhaskar | Amma Rajasekhar | Anee | Abhinayashree | Sandeep | Nainika Anasuru |
| Nataraj | ||||||||
| Film Director | None | None | None | Surya Kiran | None | None | None | None |
| Internet personality | None | Deepthi Sunaina | Ashu Reddy | Alekhya Harika | Sarayu Roy | Geetu | Nayani Pavani | Gangavva |
| Madhoo Nekkanti | ||||||||
| Gangavva | Pallavi Prasanth | Mehaboob Shaikh | ||||||
| Shanmukh Jaswanth | Shrihan Shaik | Nabeel Afridi | ||||||
| Mehaboob Shaikh | Teja | Nayani Pavani | ||||||
| Teja | ||||||||
| Commoner | None | Ganesh | None | None | None | Adi Reddy | None | None |
| Nutan Naidu | ||||||||
| Sanjana Anne | ||||||||
| Total | 16 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 22 |
| Winner Runner-up Finalist | ||||||||
Bigg Boss Non-Stop
editThe 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.[21][22][23]
Reception
editSeason 1
editBigg Boss Telugu programme is regarded as the most expensive Telugu television show.[24] The launch of season 1 opened with 16.18 TVR and became as the most watched Telugu television show.[25]
Season 2
editThe launch of season 2 opened with 15.05 TVR.
Season 3
editThe launch of season 3 opened with 17.9 TVR, which is bigger than the previous seasons.[26] 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.[27]
Season 4
editThe 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,[citation needed] 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.[28]
Season 5
editThe 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 and millions of views on Disney+ Hotstar.[12]
Season 6
editThe 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.[29][30]
Season 7
editThe grand finale of season 7 garnered TRP ratings of 21.7 TVR.[31][32]
Season 8
editRelated shows
editBigg Boss Buzzz
editBigg 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 | Title | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Bigg Boss 3 Buzzz | Tanish | Second runner-up of Season 2[33] |
| 4 | Bigg Boss 4 Buzzz | Rahul Sipligunj | Winner of Season 3[34] |
| 5 | Bigg Boss 5 Buzzz | Ariyana Glory | Third runner-up of Season 4[35] |
| 6 | Bigg Boss 6 Buzzz | Shiva | Second Runner-up of BB Non-Stop 1[36] |
| 7 | Bigg Boss 7 Buzzz | Geetu | Contestant of Season 6[37] |
| 8 | Bigg Boss 8 Buzzz | Ambati Arjun | Fifth Runner-up of Season 7[38] |
BB Cafe
editBB 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
editNotes
edit- ^ However, the winner was awarded only ₹25 lakh after the 2nd runner-up opted to walk out with ₹25 lakh.[10]
- ^ The winner awarded with ₹50 lakh, a bike and a plot with worth ₹25 lakh.[13]
- ^ However, the winner was awarded only ₹10 lakh, a car and a plot with worth ₹25 lakh, after the runner up opted to walk out with ₹40 lakh.[16]
- ^ However, the winner was awarded with ₹35 lakh, ₹15 lakh worth diamond jewelry and a luxurious car, after the 3rd runner up opted to walk out with ₹15 lakh.[19]
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- ^ "Bigg Boss Telugu 3: From launch date to probable contestants, all you need to know about the upcoming season". The Times of India. 8 July 2019.
- ^ "N. T. Rama Rao Jr.'s Bigg Boss Telugu tops TRP charts making Star Maa No. 1 Telugu TV channel". International Business Times. 27 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Bigg Boss Telugu 3 grand finale TRPs: Chirnajeevi-Nag beats NTR and Nani's record". International Business Times.
- ^ a b "Bigg Boss Telugu 2 viewership report: Nani fails to beat N. T. Rama Rao Jr.'s TRP record". International Business Times. 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Nagarjuna Akkineni's Bigg Boss Telugu season 3 off to a good start; scores better than the first season hosted by N. T. Rama Rao Jr". The Times of India.
- ^ a b "Bigg Boss Telugu records highest TRPs among all editions". The News Minute. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Bigg Boss Telugu grand finale becomes the biggest show of 2020". Indian Television Dot Com. January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Bigg Boss Telugu 4 Winner Abhijeet Prize Money Cut: Here's Why". Sakshi. 21 December 2021.
- ^ a b "TV Ratings: Bigg Boss 5 Telugu Gets Good Start | greatandhra". www.greatandhra.com. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Bigg Boss 5 Telugu Finale episode acquires record breaking TRP but fails to beat 4th season". Tollywood. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "VJ Sunny wins Bigg Boss Telugu Season 5, takes home Rs 50 lakh, bike and a plot". India Today. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Bigg Boss 6 Telugu: Opening Weekends Clocks Lowest TRP". News18. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Bigg Boss 6 Telugu Finale TRP Ratings Out!". Sakshi Post. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Bigg Boss Telugu 6 finale highlights: LV Revanth lifts trophy, wins a car and Rs 25 lakh property". The Indian Express. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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- ^ Telugu360 (17 December 2023). "Bigg Boss 7 Telugu Grand Finale: Prashant Clinches the Crown". Telugu360.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Bigg Boss Telugu Season 8 on Star Maa records 18.9 TVR in launch week". 19 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Bigg Boss Telugu: New Season in Two Months". The Hans India. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Nagarjuna Akkineni-hosted Bigg Boss Telugu OTT announced; here's what the Telugu superstar has to say - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Bigg Boss Non-Stop to premiere on February 26; host Nagarjuna Akkineni confirms with a teaser, watch - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Junior NTR's Bigg Boss Is The 'Most Expensive' Telugu Show". NDTV. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ Hooli, Shekhar H. (27 July 2017). "N. T. Rama Rao Jr.'s Bigg Boss Telugu tops TRP charts making Star Maa No. 1 Telugu TV channel". www.ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Bigg Boss Telugu 3 launch ratings: Samantha Akkineni hails host Nagarjuna - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Finale of Bigg Boss 3 Telugu hits 18.29 TRP ratings, Chiranjeevi episode 22.4 ratings". www.tollywood.net. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Bigg Boss Telugu grand finale becomes the biggest show of 2020". Indian Television Dot Com. January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Bigg Boss 6 Telugu TRP Rating: Here Is The Reason Behind A Huge Drop In Akkineni Nagarjuna's Show!". www.filmibeat.com. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "Bigg Boss 6 Telugu Finale TRP Ratings Out!". Sakshi Post. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "Bigg Boss Telugu 7 TRP report: Nagarjuna - hosted show sets a new record". Pinkvilla.
- ^ "Bigg Boss Telugu Season 7's TRP hits the sky, the grand finale garners the highest viewership". Filmify.
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- ^ Bellamkonda (6 September 2021). "Ariyana Glory To Host Bigg Boss Buzz Telugu 5". The India Media. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Former Bigg Boss Telugu contestants Ariyana Glory and Shiva team up for 'BB Cafe'; watch promo - Times of India". The Times of India. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ BiggBossBuzzz - Watch Geetu's Exclusive Interviews on Recent Bigg Boss Evictions | Daily 10AM & 6 PM, retrieved 13 September 2023
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