Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) season 8

Bigg Boss
Season 8
Season 8 Logo
Presented by	Nagarjuna
No. of days	105
No. of housemates	22
Winner	Nikhil Maliyakkal
Runner-up	Gautham Krishna
Release
Original network	Star Maa Disney+ Hotstar
Original release	1 September (2024-09-01) – 15 December 2024 (2024-12-15)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 7

Bigg Boss 8, also known as Bigg Boss 8: Limitless, is a reality show and the eighth season of the Indian Telugu-language reality television series Bigg Boss, produced by Banijay. ^[1] The show premiered on 1 September 2024, on Star Maa and Disney+ Hotstar, with Nagarjuna returning as a host for the sixth time in a row. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

The season's finale took place on 15 December 2024 with Nikhil Maliyakkal winning the title along with ₹55 lakh prize money and a car, while Gautham Krishna emerged as the first runner-up. ^[6]

Production

Logo

The logo of the season was revealed on 21 July 2024 representing infinity theme by symbolising the digit eight as an infinitum. ^{[7] [8]}

Teasers

The teaser featuring the show's Host Akkineni Nagarjuna was released on 2 August 2024 and then a promo in continuation with teaser was released on 11th Aug 2024 in which the concept of infinity, twists and turns was explained. ^[9]

Concept

Infinite/limitless possibilities. ^[9]

24x7 streaming

The show is scheduled to be streamed 24/7 on Disney+ Hotstar and an hour-long episode every day on Star Maa. The episodes will be shown on a 24-hour live stream, from Monday to Friday. ^[10]

Housemates Status

#	Housemate	Day entered	Day exited	Status	Ref.
1	Nikhil	Day 1	Day 105	Winner	[11]
2	Gautham	Day 35	Day 105	1st Runner-up	[12]
3	Nabeel	Day 1	Day 105	2nd Runner-up	[13]
4	Prerana	Day 1	Day 105	3rd Runner-up	[14]
5	Avinash	Day 35 [a]	Day 105	4th Runner-up	[15]
6	Vishnupriya	Day 1	Day 98	Evicted
7	Rohini	Day 35	Day 97	Evicted
8	Prithvi	Day 1	Day 91	Evicted
9	Teja	Day 35	Day 90	Evicted
10	Yashmi	Day 1	Day 84	Evicted	[16]
11	Hariteja	Day 35	Day 70	Evicted
12	Gangavva	Day 35	Day 69	Walked
13	Pavani	Day 35	Day 63	Evicted	[17]
14	Mehaboob	Day 35	Day 56	Evicted	[18]
15	Manikanta	Day 1	Day 49	Walked	[19] [20]
16	Seetha	Day 1	Day 42	Evicted	[21]
17	Nainika	Day 1	Day 35	Evicted	[22]
18	Aditya	Day 1	Day 32	Evicted	[23]
19	Soniya	Day 1	Day 28	Evicted	[24]
20	Abhay	Day 1	Day 21	Evicted	[25]
21	Shekar	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted By Housemates	[26]
22	Bebakka	Day 1	Day 7	Evicted	[27]

Housemates

The participants in the order of appearance and entered to the house are:

Original entrants

• Yashmi Gowda – Actress. She is known for her appearances in the fantasy television series Naga Bhairavi and the drama series Krishna Mukunda Murari . ^[28]
• Nikhil Maliyakkal – Actor. He is known for his appearances in the television dramas Gorintaku, Oorvasivo Raakshasivo and Ammaku Teliyani Koilamma . ^[29]
• Abhay Bethiganti – Actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as Vishnu in the film Pelli Choopulu (2016). ^[30]
• Prerana Kambam – Actress. She is best known for the drama series Krishna Mukunda Murari . ^[31]
• Madhoo Nekkanti – Internet celebrity. Popularly known as "Bezawada Bebakka", she is popular for her short comedy videos. ^[32]
• Shekar Basha – Radio jockey and activist. He is popular for his stint as a radio jockey in the 92.7 Big FM. ^[33]
• Aditya Om – Actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his performance in the films Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo (2002) and Preminchukunnam Pelliki Randi (2004). ^{[34] [35]}
• Soniya Akula – Actress. She has debuted with George Reddy (2019) and is best known for her role as Aasha in the 2022 docudrama Aasha Encounter . ^[36]
• Kirrak Seetha – Actress. She is best known for her role as Seetha in the film Baby (2023). ^[37]
• Naga Manikanta – Actor. He is known for his appearances in the television drama Kasthuri. ^[38]
• Prithviraj Shetty – Actor. He is known for his appearances in the television fantasy series Nagapanchami. ^{[39] [40]}
• Vishnupriyaa Bhimeneni – Actress and television presenter. She is best known as television presenter in the game show Pove Pora . She is also known her appearances in the film Wanted Pandugod (2022) and the crime thriller series Dayaa . ^[41]
• Nainika Anasuru – Choreographer. She is popular for her performance in the reality dance competition shows Dance India Dance and Dhee. ^[42]
• Nabeel Afridi – Internet celebrity. Founded the YouTube channel "Warangal Dairies" and popular for his comedy and parody videos. He has also appeared in Sharathulu Varthisthai (2024). ^[43]

Wildcard entrants in Reloaded event

In week 4 and week 5, original entrants housemates had to take part in Survival of the Fittest Task to stop the number of wildcards to enter the house. They were successful to stop four of the twelve wild card entries. Eight housemates entered the house as part of the Royal Clan. ^{[44] [45]}

• Hari Teja — Actress. She was the second runner-up in season 1. ^{[46] [47]}
• Tasty Teja – Internet celebrity and comedian. He is known for his food vlogs on YouTube. Teja has also appeared in the television comedy show Jabardasth. He was evicted on Day 63 in season 7. ^{[46] [47]}
• Nayani Pavani – Internet celebrity. She was evicted on Day 42 in season 7. ^{[46] [47]}
• Mehaboob Shaikh – Internet celebrity. He is known as "Mehaboob Dilse". He was evicted on Day 70 in season 4. ^{[46] [47]}
• Rohini Noni Reddy – Actress. She is known for the comedy show Jabardasth . She was evicted on Day 28 in season 3. ^{[46] [47]}
• Gautham Krishna – Actor and doctor. He is known for his leading role in the film Aakasa Veedhullo. He was evicted on Day 91 in season 7. ^{[46] [47]}
• Avinash – Actor and comedian. He is best known for his appearance in the television comedy show Jabardasth . He was evicted on Day 91 in season 4. ^{[46] [47]}
• Gangavva – Internet celebrity and actress. She is best known for web series My Village Show Comedy with her grandson. She walked on Day 34 in season 4. ^{[46] [47]}

Twists

Buddy twist

14 housemates have entered the house as pairs. Later 8 housemates have entered the house as pairs during the wildcard reload event.

Buddy No.	Pairs
1	Yashmi and Nikhil
2	Abhay and Prerana
3	Aditya and Sonia
4	Bebakka and Sekhar
5	Seetha and Manikanta
6	Prithviraj and Vishnupriyaa
7	Nainika and Nabeel
Wildcard reload
8	Hariteja and Teja
9	Nayani and Mehaboob
10	Rohini and Gautham
11	Avinash and Gangavva

Launch bad news

On launch day, three bad news were revealed to the housemates ^[48]

• No captain: This season there will be no captaincy and no immunity.
• No ration: This season, housemates have to earn their ration each week.
• Zero cash prize: This season's winner cash prize is zero, but the housemates will get chances to make the prize money limitless.

Week		Prize Money
Week 1	Day 1	₹0
	Day 7	₹5,00,000▲
		₹3,00,000 ▼ [b]
Week 2	Day 11	₹5,45,000▲ [c]
	Day 14	₹5,60,000▲ [d]
Week 3		₹11,60,000▲ [e]
Week 4	Day 25	₹14,60,000▲ [f]
	Day 28	₹15,00,000▲ [g]
Week 5	Day 31	₹18,00,000▲ [h]
	Day 35	₹38,00,000▲ [i]
Week 6	Day 37	₹37,50,000 ▼ [j]
	Day 41	₹38,66,500▲ [k]
Week 7	Day 47	₹39,16,500▲ [l]
Week 8	Day 50	₹38,16,500 ▼ [m]
	Day 54	₹40,16,000▲ [n]
	Day 56	₹41,16,000▲ [o]
Week 9		₹42,16,000▲ [p]
Week 10	Day 66	₹49,12,000▲ [q]
	Day 70	₹49,07,000 ▼ [r]
Week 11		₹50,30,000▲ [s]
Week 13		₹54,30,000▲ [t]
Week 14		₹54,99,999▲ [u]
Week 15		₹55,00,000▲ [v]

Notes

1. Exited the house on Day 56 for a short period due to medical emergency. He has re-entered the house on the same day.
2. All the housemates lost ₹2,00,000 for breaking the house rules.
3. Housemates from Keratam Clan won ₹2,45,000 in various tasks.
4. Housemates from Shakti Clan won ₹15.000 in the "Sunday Funday" game task.
5. Each female housemate from Shakti and Kantara Clan won ₹1,00,000 for their performance in the "Contender" task.
6. Housemates from Shakti and Kantara Clan won ₹2,00,000 and ₹1,00,000 respectively in the "Survival Of The Fittest" task.
7. Housemates from Kantara Clan won ₹40,000 in the "Sunday Funday" game task.
8. Housemates from Shakti Clan won ₹3,00,000 in Round 2 of the "Survival Of The Fittest" task.
9. Hariteja and Teja from Royal Clan won ₹20,00,000 in the "Reload Event" task.
10. Housemates spent ₹50,000 for extra ration.
11. Housemates from Royal Clan won ₹1,16,500 in the "BB Hotel" task.
12. Avinash from Royal Clan won ₹50,000 in the "Haircut" task.
13. Hariteja had the nominations shield from which she can be immune from nominations. Each nomination vote by a housemate deducts ₹50,000 from the prize money. ₹1,00,000 was thus deducted due to two nomination votes.
14. Vishnupriyaa from OG Clan won ₹2,00,000 in the "Mega Cheif" task.
15. Nikhil and Yashmi from OG Clan won ₹1,00,000 in the "Deepawali Special" task.
16. Nikhil won ₹1,00,000 in the "Sunday Funday" game task.
17. Rohini won ₹1,80,000; Nabeel won ₹1,25,000, Prithviraj won ₹99,000, Prerana won ₹2,12,000 and Yashmi won ₹75,000 in the "Mega Cheif contender" task.
18. ₹1,80,000 were deducted for taking extra ration even after the allotted time is completed, but they bargained Biigg Boss and only ₹5,000 was deducted.
19. Housemates' family members raised a total of ₹1,23,000 during the "Family Week" task.
20. Housemates had to bet on Ticket to Finale contenders, they bet ₹4,00,000 on Avinash.
21. Housemates won all the tasks in the "BB vs Maa Parivaram" task and raised ₹69,000 to the winner's prize money.
22. Gautam won the final task and raised ₹1.

Clans

This season each Chief had a clan. The biggest clan had privileges like luxurious room with special treats exclusively for them and didn't have to do any of the household duties. From Day 58 of Week 9 onwards there is only one clan named "BB".

Key:

indicates Anthuleni Veerulu Clan (Week 1–2)   indicates Keratam Clan (Week 1–2)   indicates Akhanda Clan (Week 1–2)   indicates Shakti Clan (Week 3–5)   indicates Kantara Clan (Week 3–5)

indicates OG Clan (Week 6–9)   indicates Royal Clan (Week 6–9)   indicates BB Clan (Week 9–15)   indicates no Clan

	Week 1		Week 2			Week 3	Week 4		Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10		Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15
	Day 3	Day 5	Day 12	Day 13	Day 14		Day 23	Day 26						Day 69	Day 70
Nikhil	Chief			Chief					No Clan	OG			BB
Gautham										Royal			BB
Nabeel	Anthuleni Veerulu			No Clan	Kantara				No Clan	OG			BB
Prerana	Akhanda			No Clan	Kantara				No Clan	OG			BB			Mega Chief	BB
Avinash										Royal			BB	Mega Chief		BB	Mega Chief	BB
Vishnupriyaa	Anthuleni Veerulu			No Clan	Shakti		Kantara		No Clan	OG			Mega Chief	BB
Rohini										Royal			BB					Mega Chief	BB
Prithviraj	Akhanda			No Clan	Shakti				No Clan	OG			BB
Teja										Royal			BB
Yashmi	Chief			No Clan	Kantara		Shakti		No Clan	OG			BB
Hariteja										Royal			BB
Gangavva										Royal			BB
Nayani										Royal			BB
Mehaboob										Royal
Manikanta	Keratam			No Clan	Kantara		Shakti	Kantara	No Clan	OG
Seetha	Anthuleni Veerulu			No Clan	Shakti		Chief		No Clan	OG
Nainika	Chief			No Clan	Shakti		Kantara		No Clan
Aditya	Anthuleni Veerulu			No Clan	Kantara			Shakti	No Clan
Soniya	Keratam	Akhanda		No Clan	Shakti
Abhay	Akhanda			Chief
Shekar	Akhanda			No Clan	Shakti
Bebakka	Keratam

Bedroom allotment

This season's house had three bedrooms: Dragonfly Bedroom, Peacock Bedroom and Zebra Bedroom with different privileges.

Key:

  indicates Dragonfly Room

  indicates Peacock Room

  indicates Zebra Room

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15
Nikhil	Peacock Room		Dragonfly Room	Peacock Room
Gautham						Zebra Room
Nabeel	Zebra Room		Peacock Room	Dragonfly Room
Prerana	Dragonfly Room		Peacock Room	Dragonfly Room
Avinash						Zebra Room
Vishnupriyaa	Zebra Room		Dragonfly Room
Rohini						Zebra Room
Prithviraj	Dragonfly Room			Peacock Room
Teja						Zebra Room
Yashmi	Dragonfly Room		Peacock Room			Dragonfly Room
Hariteja						Peacock Room
Gangavva						Zebra Room
Nayani						Peacock Room
Mehaboob						Zebra Room
Manikanta	Peacock Room				Dragonfly Room
Seetha	Zebra Room		Dragonfly Room
Nainika	Zebra Room		Dragonfly Room
Aditya	Zebra Room	Peacock Room		Dragonfly Room	Peacock Room
Soniya	Dragonfly Room			Peacock Room
Abhay	Dragonfly Room		Peacock Room
Shekar	Dragonfly Room
Bebakka	Peacock Room

Infinity Room

On day 42, the Infinity Room was opened where special housemates will get to ask any request from Bigg Boss until the Bigg Boss Universe.^{[ citation needed ]}

Week		Housemate	Request
Week 7	Day 42	Nabeel	Extra time to take ration.
Week 14	Day 93	Prerana	Vote appeal to win the season.
	Day 94	Nabeel
	Day 95	Vishnupriyaa
	Day 96	Nikhil

Guest appearances

Week	Day	Event	Guest(s)	Purpose of visit	Ref.
Week 1	Day 0	Premiere	Rana Daggubati, Nivetha Thomas and Vishwadev Rachakonda	To promote their film 35.	[49]
			Nani and Priyanka Mohan	To promote their film Saripodhaa Sanivaaram .	[50]
			Anil Ravipudi	To conduct a game related to the "third bad news".	[51]
Week 5	Day 35	Reload Event	Sree Vishnu, Ritu Varma and Daksha Nagarkar	To promote their film Swag.	[52]
			Suhas, Dil Raju, Sandeep Reddy Bandla and Sangeerthana Vipin	To promote their film Janaka Aithe Ganaka .
			Sudheer Babu, Sayaji Shinde and Aarna Vohra	To promote their film Maa Nanna Superhero .
Week 6	Day 42	Dasara Special	Amritha Aiyer	Dance performance.	[53] [54]
			Mangli	Special performance and Bathukamma celebrations with housemates.
			Sreenu Vaitla and Gopichand	To promote their film Viswam .
			Dimple Hayathi	Dance performance.
			Faria Abdullah	Dance performance.
Week 8	Day 55	–	Suriya, Siva and K. E. Gnanavel Raja	To promote their film Kanguva .	[55]
	Day 56	Deepawali Special	Anasuya Bharadwaj	Dance performance.	[56] [57] [58]
			Kiran Abbavaram, Nayan Sarika, Tanvi Ram	To promote their film KA.
			Mehreen Pirzada	Dance performance.
			Sameera Bharadwaj	Parody song performance.
			Dulquer Salmaan, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Venky Atluri	To promote their film Lucky Baskhar .
			Saanve Megghana	Dance performance.
			Sivakarthikeyan, Sai Pallavi, Rajkumar Periasamy	To promote their film Amaran.
			Hyper Aadi	Special commentary.
Week 10	Day 70	–	Varun Tej	To promote his film Matka .	[59]
Week 11	Day 72		Nusrat, Nabeel's mother	Family reunion week.	[60]
			Govindamma, Rohini's mother
	Day 73		Sulekha, Nikhil's mother		[61]
			Ramesh, Yashmi's father		[62]
			Anuja, Avinash's wife
	Day 74		Mohan, Vishnupriyaa's father		[63] [64]
			Satyabhama, Pritiviraj's mother		[65]
			Jagadeesh, Gautham's brother		[66]
	Day 75		Shripad Deshpande, Prerana's husband		[67]
			Lakshmi, Teja's mother
	Day 76		Roopa (Prerana's mother), Prakruthi Kambam (Prerana's sister), Mamilla Shailaja Priya	To support Prerana.	[68]
			Pavani (Vishnupriyaa's sister), Anchor Ravi	To support Vishnupriyaa.
			Simhadri (Rohini's father), Sivaji	To support Rohini.
			Vikram (Pritiviraj's brother), Darsini Gowda	To support Prithviraj.
			Manga Devi (Gautham's mother), Syed Sohel Ryan	To support Gautham.
			Sharjeel Ali (Nabeel's brother), Bhole Shavali	To support Nabeel.
	Day 77		Sri Satya, Samyuktha VJ	To support Yashmi.	[69] [70]
			Srinivasa Reddy (Teja's father), VJ Sunny	To support Teja.
			Ashok, Kona Venkat	To support Avinash.
			Shashi (Nikhil's father), Amardeep Chowdary	To support Nikhil.
Week 12	Day 81		Vishwak Sen	To promote his film Mechanic Rocky .	[71] [72]
Week 13	Day 86		Akhil Sarthak, Alekhya Harika	To conduct "Ticket to Finale" tasks.	[73]
	Day 87		Maanas Nagulapalli, Priyanka Jain		[74]
	Day 88		Punarnavi Bhupalam, Vithika Sheru		[75]
	Day 89		Sreemukhi		[76]
Week 14	Day 93		Sekhar	To promote his song "Peelings" from the film Pushpa 2: The Rule .	[77]
	Day 94		Sanjay Thumma	Special dinner for the housemates.
	Day 95		Band Jammers	Special performance for the housemates.
	Day 96		Ohmkar	To promote the third season of his television show Ismhart Jodi.
Week 15	Day 99		Arjun Kalyan, Anumita Datta	To promote their television show Nuvvunte Naa Jathaga and participate in "BB vs Maa Parivaram" task	[78]
			Prabhakar Podakandla, Aamani	To promote their television show Illu Illalu Pillau and participate in "BB vs Maa Parivaram" task	[79]
	Day 100		Deepika Rangaraju	To participate in "BB vs Maa Parivaram" task
			Akarsh Byramudi, Suhasini
	Day 101		Vaishnavi, Krishna		[80]
			Shravan Kumar, Kruthika Umashankar
	Day 104		Suma Kanakala	To conduct special games	[81]
	Day 105	Grand Finale	Sri Krishna, Geetha Madhuri	Music performance.	[82] [83]
			Upendra	To promote his film UI.
			Nabha Natesh	Dance performance.
			Raai Laxmi	Dance performance.
			Vijay Sethupathi, Manju Warrier	To promote their film Vidudala Part 2.
			Ram Charan	To announce the winner.

Nomination table

		Week 1		Week 2				Week 3	Week 4			Week 5	Week 6		Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13		Week 14	Week 15
				Day 8		Day 14			Day 22		Day 28										Day 85	Day 90
Nominees For House Chief(s)/ Mega Chief		Bebakka Nabeel Nainika Nikhil Shekar Yashmi				Abhay Aditya Manikanta Nabeel Prerana Prithviraj Seetha Shekar Soniya Vishnupriyaa			Nikhil Soniya		Aditya Manikanta Nabeel Nainika Prerana Prithviraj Seetha Soniya Vishnupriyaa Yashmi		Nabeel Prithviraj		Avinash Gautham Hariteja Manikanta Mehaboob Nayani Rohini	Avinash Gangavva Gautham Hariteja Manikanta Mehaboob Nayani Prerana Rohini Teja VIshnupriyaa Yashmi	Prithviraj Nikhil Prerana Rohini Teja Vishnupriyaa	Avinash Nikhil Hariteja Teja Nabeel Prerana	Nabeel Prerana Prithviraj Rohini Yashmi	Avinash Gautham Nabeel Nikhil Prerana Prithviraj Rohini Vishnupriyaa Yashmi	Prithviraj Rohini Teja Vishnupriyaa Yashmi		No Mega Chief
House Chief(s)/ Mega Chief		Nikhil Nainika Yashmi				Nikhil Abhay			Nikhil		Nikhil Seetha		Nabeel		Mehaboob	Gautham	Vishnupriyaa	Avinash	Prerana	Avinash	Rohini
Chiefs' Nominations		Prithviraj Shekar Soniya Manikanta (x2) Bebakka Bebakka Manikanta (x2) Shekar Vishnupriyaa		Prerana Prithviraj Prerana Prithviraj Prerana (to save) Vishnupriyaa (to evict)		Aditya (to save) Aditya (to save)		Abhay (to evict) Abhay (to evict)	Nainika (to save)		Soniya (to save) Manikanta (to save)	Vishnupriyaa Manikanta Manikanta Vishnupriyaa	Mehaboob Gangavva		Not eligible	Hariteja (to save)	Gautham Prerana Teja Nayani Nabeel	Rohini (to save) Nikhil (to evict)	Gautham	Not eligible	Vishnupriyaa Nabeel	Lost TTF
Vote to:		Evict					Save	Evict			Save	Evict					Save/Evict	Evict				Ticket to Finale	Evict	none
Nikhil			House Chief		House Chief									Mehaboob Gangavva	Teja Teja Teja	Mehaboob Prerana	Not eligible	Gautham	Teja	Not eligible	Gautham Prerana	Lost TTF	Rohini	Winner (Day 105)
	Gautham	Not in house												Vishnupriyaa Yashmi	Vishnupriyaa Nabeel	Mega Chief	Not eligible	Yashmi	Prithviraj	Not eligible	Nikhil Prerana	Out of the race	Nikhil	1st Runner-up (Day 105)
Nabeel			Manikanta Bebakka		Nikhil Prithviraj		Aditya	Yashmi Prerana		Soniya Prithviraj	Manikanta	Vishnupriyaa Nainika Nikhil		Mega Chief	Teja	Prerana Hariteja	Not eligible	Vishnupriyaa	Not eligible	Not eligible	Gautham Vishnupriyaa	Black Star	Nominated	2nd Runner-up (Day 105)
Prerana			Manikanta Soniya		Nikhil Seetha		Aditya	Seetha Vishnupriyaa		Manikanta Nainika	Manikanta	Manikanta Aditya Nikhil		Mehaboob Gangavva	Gautham Prithviraj Nabeel	Vishnupriyaa Prithviraj	Prithviraj (to save) Teja (to evict)	Hariteja	Mega Chief	Not eligible	Vishnupriyaa Gautham	Black Star	Nominated	3rd Runner-up (Day 105)
	Avinash	Not in house												Prithviraj Yashmi	Manikanta	Walked (Day 56) Prithviraj Nikhil	Teja (to save) Yashmi (to evict)	Mega Chief	Not eligible	Mega Chief	Prithviraj Vishnupriyaa	Won TTF	Vishnupriyaa	4th Runner-up (Day 105)
Vishnupriyaa			Shekar Soniya		Manikanta Soniya		Aditya	Prerana Yashmi		Aditya Prerana	Manikanta	Nainika Nabeel Nikhil		Mehaboob Gangavva	Nayani	Prerana Nikhil	Mega Chief	Prerana	Not eligible	Not eligible	Teja Prerana	Black Star	Gautham	Evicted (Day 98)
	Rohini	Not in house												Yashmi Vishnupriyaa	Gautham	Nikhil Prithviraj	Avinash (to save) Prithviraj (to evict)	Yashmi	Vishnupriyaa	Not eligible	Mega Chief		Nominated	Evicted (Day 97)
Prithviraj			Bebakka Manikanta		Manikanta Nainika		Aditya	Seetha Nainika		Nabeel Manikanta	Soniya	Nainika Manikanta Seetha		Mehaboob Gangavva	Avinash	Prerana Rohini	Nabeel (to save) Avinash (to evict)	Rohini	Avinash	Not eligible	Avinash Gautham	Out of the race	Evicted (Day 91)
	Teja	Not in house												Seetha Manikanta	Yashmi	Vishnupriyaa Prithviraj	Not eligible	Prithviraj	Yashmi	Not eligible	Vishnupriyaa Prithviraj	Lost TTF	Evicted (Day 90)
Yashmi			House Chief				Aditya	Manikanta Nainika		Manikanta Soniya	Manikanta	Manikanta Aditya Seetha		Mehaboob Gangavva	Teja	Vishnupriyaa Mehaboob	Prerana (to save) Hariteja (to evict)	Gautham	Not eligible	Not eligible	Gautham	Evicted (Day 84)
	Hariteja	Not in house												Yashmi Prithviraj	Nikhil Manikanta Yashmi Teja Avinash	Prerana Mehaboob	Not eligible	Prerana	Evicted (Day 70)
	Gangavva	Not in house												Vishnupriyaa Yashmi	Prithviraj	Nikhil Vishnupriyaa	Not eligible	Yashmi	Walked (Day 69)
	Nayani	Not in house												Vishnupriyaa Seetha	Vishnupriyaa Vishnupriyaa	Mehaboob Nikhil	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 63)
	Mehaboob	Not in house												Seetha Yashmi	Mega Chief	Hariteja Nayani	Evicted (Day 56)
Manikanta			Vishnupriyaa Shekar		Aditya Shekar		Aditya	Yashmi Prithviraj		Prithviraj Aditya	Nominated	Nainika Yashmi Nikhil		Mehaboob Gangavva	Nikhil	Walked (Day 49)				Nikhil Nabeel
Seetha			Prerana Bebakka		Nikhil Prerana		Shekar	Yashmi Prithviraj		Prerana Manikanta	House Chief			Mehaboob Gangavva	Evicted (Day 42)					Prerana Yashmi
Nainika			House Chief				Aditya	Soniya Prerana		Manikanta Aditya	Soniya	Nabeel Vishnupriyaa Nikhil	Evicted (Day 35)							Nabeel Yashmi
Aditya			Prithiviraj Shekar		Abhay Shekar		Nominated	Vishnupriyaa Manikanta		Prithviraj Soniya	Manikanta	Nainika Vishnupriyaa Nikhil	Evicted (Day 32)							Yashmi Prerana
Soniya			Bebakka Prerana		Nainika Seetha		Aditya	Nainika Yashmi		Nabeel Aditya	Nominated	Evicted (Day 28)								Prerana Nikhil
Abhay			Manikanta Bebakka		Vishnupriya Aditya		House Chief		Evicted (Day 21)
Shekar			Manikanta Bebakka		Manikanta Aditya		Nominated	Evicted by Housemates (Day 14)												Prerana Yashmi
Bebakka			Prithviraj Nabeel	Evicted (Day 7)																Prithviraj Nikhil
Notes		1, 2			3, 4	5		6	1, 7		8	9, 10	1, 11, 12		1, 13, 14, 15	1, 16, 17, 18	1, 19	1, 20, 21	1, 22, 23	1, 24	1, 25, 26		26, 27	-
Against Public Vote		Bebakka Manikanta Prithviraj Shekar Soniya Vishnupriyaa			Aditya Manikanta Nainika Nikhil Prerana Prithviraj Seetha Shekar Vishnupriyaa	Aditya Shekar		Abhay Manikanta Nainika Prerana Prithviraj Seetha Vishnupriyaa Yashmi	Aditya Manikanta Nainika Soniya Prerana Prithviraj Nabeel		Manikanta Soniya	Aditya Manikanta Nabeel Nainika Nikhil Vishnupriyaa	Gangavva Mehaboob Prithviraj Seetha Vishnupriyaa Yashmi		Avinash Gautham Hariteja Manikanta Nabeel Nikhil Prerana Prithviraj Teja Yashmi	Hariteja Mehaboob Nayani Nikhil Prerana Prithviraj Vishnupriyaa	Gautham Hariteja Teja Yashmi Nayani	Gautham Hariteja Nikhil Prerana Prithviraj Rohini Vishnupriyaa Yashmi	Avinash Gautham Prithviraj Teja Vishnupriyaa Yashmi	Nabeel Nikhil Prerana Prithviraj Yashmi	Avinash Gautham Nabeel Nikhil Prerana Prithviraj Teja Vishnupriyaa		Gautham Nabeel Nikhil Prerana Rohini Vishnupriyaa	Avinash Gautham Nabeel Nikhil Prerana
Walked		None													Manikanta	Avinash	None	Gangavva	None
Re-entered															None	Avinash	None
Evicted		Bebakka			Shekar			Abhay	Soniya			Aditya	Seetha		No Eviction	Mehaboob	Nayani	Hariteja	Eviction Cancelled	Yashmi	Teja		Rohini	Avinash	Prerana
																								Nabeel	Gautham
												Nainika									Prithviraj		Vishnupriyaa	Nikhil

  indicates the returning housemate from previous season

  indicates that the contestant was a guest entrant.

  indicates that the housemate was directly nominated for eviction.

  indicates that the housemate was immune prior to nominations.

  indicates that the housemate has been evicted.

  indicates that the housemate walked out due to emergency.

  indicates the chief.

Nomination notes

• ^1 : Chiefs housemates were immune from this week's nominations.
• ^2 : In week 1, housemates had to nominate two housemates each, but the Chiefs had the power to decide which one of their two nominations to be accepted.
• ^3 : Chief, was immune from this week's nominations and had the power to save one nominated housemate and directly nominate one housemate.
• ^4 : In week 2, housemates had to nominate two housemates from any other two clans.
• ^5 : Based on the public vote, the bottom two nominated housemates faced the housemates' eviction vote.
• ^6 : Housemates were not eligible to nominate Chiefs in this week's nominations. But the two Chiefs had to mutually decide to nominate one of them, they chose Abhay.
• ^7 : Chief Nikhil had the power to save one nominated housemate. He chose Nainika.
• ^8 : Based on the Hero & Zero task, Manikanta received the most votes as Zero and was directly in the Bottom two. Based on the public vote, Soniya was in the bottom two. Those two nominated housemates faced the housemates' eviction vote. ^[84]
• ^9 : In this week's nomination, each housemate had to nominate one of the two Chiefs, Nikhil received more votes and was nominated.
• ^10 : This week one housemate was evicted in mid-week eviction.
• ^11 : On day 35, Royal Clan housemates won the Nomination Shield and had to mutually decide to give it to one of them. They chose Nayani and she was immune from nominations.
• ^12 : In week 6, each Royal clan housemate had to nominate two housemates from the OG clan and OG clan housemates had to mutually nominate two housemates from the Royal clan.
• ^13 : In this week's nomination, Hariteja and Prerana were chosen as killer girls by Bigg Boss. Other housemates had to race to the platforms, two housemates had to nominate one housemate, and killer girls had to race to grab the cowboy hat first. Then the killer girl had to accept one nomination and cancel one nomination. As Hariteja grabbed the cowboy hat more time, Prerana was nominated.
• ^14 : On day 43, Royal Clan housemates used their Immunity Shield. They had to mutually decide to swap one nominated housemate from their clan. They chose to save Avinash and nominated Hariteja.
• ^15 : On Day 49, Manikanta decided to voluntary exit, which canceled that week's eviction.
• ^16 : In this week's nomination, Royal Clan housemates had the Nomination Shield and Mega Chief Gautam had to decide to give it to one of them. He chose Hariteja. And for every nomination vote, 50 thousand would be deducted from prize money.
• ^17 : Mega Chief Gautam had the power to save one nominated housemate. He chose Hariteja.
• ^18 : On Day 56, Avinash left the house for a medical check up and returned the same day.
• ^19 : Mega Chief Vishnupriyaa had the power to nominate five housemates and lock them in the Jail. Then the save housemates had to race to grab the Jail key, in five rounds the housemate with the key saved one housemate from the Jail and nominated one housemate to replace in the Jail.
• ^20 : In this week's nomination, housemates could nominate only one housemate. Mega Chief, Avinash had the power to save one nominated housemate and directly nominate one housemate.
• ^21 : On Day 69, due to a medical issue Gangavva left the house.
• ^22 : In this week's nomination, housemates had to race to grab the paintbrush, in five rounds the housemate with the paintbrush to nominate one housemate.
• ^23 : On Day 77, Nabeel used Eviction Shield on Avinash. As Avinash received the least votes in the public vote, eviction was canceled.
• ^24 : In this week's nomination, evicted housemates returned to nominate two housemates.
• ^25 : On Day 84, Evicted housemate Yashmi received the Bigg Bomb Power to nominate either Gautam or Nikhil before leaving (this counted as one nomination vote in next week’s nominations).
• ^26 : Avinash winning the ticket to finale task went directly to finale * ^27 : In this week's nomination, all housemates except Finalist Avinash were nominated. Later Finalist Avinash had to choose to keep one nominated housemate unsafe, then that housemate choosing another nominated until two housemates remain. Nabeel and Prerana were given a chance to buy the second spot in the Final by bidding money from the winner's cash prize, but both decided to cancel their bid and remained nominated.

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Bigg Boss 8 Buzzz is an Indian Telugu-language television talk show about the reality television series Bigg Boss Telugu. The show premiered on 9 September 2024 on Star Maa Music and unaired portions of episodes are streamed on Disney+ Hotstar and aired on Star Maa Music. ^[85]

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