Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) season 4

Bigg Boss
Season 4
Season 4 eye logo
Presented by	Nagarjuna (Week 1–6, 8–15) Samantha (Week 7)
No. of days	105
No. of housemates	19
Winner	Abijeet
Runner-up	Akhil Sarthak
No. of episodes	106
Release
Original network	Star Maa
Original release	6 September (2020-09-06) – 20 December 2020 (2020-12-20)
Season chronology
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Bigg Boss 4 is the fourth season of the Telugu version of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss based on Dutch series Big Brother. The show premiered on 6 September 2020 on Star Maa and Disney+ Hotstar with Nagarjuna hosting the season for the second time, while Samantha appeared as a guest host for a week.

The season's finale took place on 20 December 2020 with Abijeet winning the title along with ₹25 lakh prize money and a bike, while Akhil Sarthak emerged as the first runner-up. ^[1]

Production

Delay

The makers were scheduled to launch on the last week of June 2020 but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2] On 20 July 2020, the makers unveiled the title logo. ^[3] Season 4 was initially planned to launch on 30 August 2020 but was pushed to 6 September 2020. ^[4]

Bigg Boss 4 Buzzz

Bigg Boss 4 Buzzz is an Indian Telugu-language television talk show about the reality television series Bigg Boss Telugu . The host Rahul Sipligunj conducts the talk show with the evicted contestants of Bigg Boss 4 on every Monday. The show premiered on 7 September 2020 onwards on Star Maa Music. The unseen portions of episodes that were not aired on television are streamed on Disney+ Hotstar and aired on Star Maa Music as Bigg Boss 4 Buzzz . ^[5]

Reception

The launch of season 4 opened with 18.5 TVR, the highest among all Bigg Boss editions. ^[6]

On Week 7, Samantha hosted the show in absence of the main host Nagarjuna due to his movie shooting and the episode was also extended to 3 hours, from the usual 1½ hours.^{[ citation needed ]}

The grand finale of season 4 became the most-watched and created a record with viewership as it garnered the highest TRP rating of 19.51 TVR and in the two Telugu speaking states it received 21.7 TVR. ^{[7] [8]}

Voting process

Bigg Boss 4 Telugu voting process took place online, viewers voted for their favourite contestant through Disney+ Hotstar or by giving a missed call.

Housemates status

Sr	Housemate	Day entered	Day exited	Status
1	Abhijeet	Day 1	Day 105	Winner
2	Akhil	Day 1	Day 105	1st Runner-up
3	Sohel	Day 1	Day 105	Walked, 2nd Runner-up
4	Ariyana	Day 1	Day 105	3rd Runner-up
5	Harika	Day 1	Day 105	4th Runner up
6	Monal	Day 1	Day 98	Evicted
7	Avinash	Day 11	Day 91	Evicted
8	Lasya	Day 1	Day 77	Evicted
9	Mehaboob	Day 1	Day 70	Evicted
10	Amma	Day 1	Day 63	Evicted
11	Noel	Day 1	Day 53	Walked
12	Divi	Day 1	Day 49	Evicted
13	Kumar	Day 7	Day 42	Evicted
14	Sujatha	Day 1	Day 35	Evicted
15	Gangavva	Day 1	Day 34	Walked
16	Swathi	Day 19	Day 28	Evicted
17	Devi	Day 1	Day 21	Evicted
18	Kalyani	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
19	Surya	Day 1	Day 7	Evicted

Housemates

The participants in the order of appearance as they entered in the house.

Original entrants

• Monal Gajjar – Indian film actress and a model. She appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi films. ^[9]
• Surya Kiran - Indian director who works in Telugu language films. He is known for directing Satyam . ^[9]
• Lasya Manjunath – Film actress, model, and a TV presenter. She worked in many Telugu television programs like Mondi Mogudu Penki Pellam, andMaa Voori Vanta. ^[9]
• Abijeet Duddala – Indian film actor prominently working for Telugu film industry. He made his acting debut with the film Life Is Beautiful (2012) ^[9]
• Jordaar Sujatha – News presenter in HMTV. She became famous with popular shows like Teenmaar vaarthalu, Jordhar Vaarthalu. ^[9]
• Mehaboob Shaikh – YouTube personality, Dancer, TikTok Artist. He is known as "Mehaboob Dilse". ^[9]
• Devi Nagavalli – News presenter, journalist for the popular Telugu news channel TV9. She became popular with her show Weekend live discussions. ^{[10] [9]}
• Alekhya Harika – YouTube personality dancer, film actress, model.
• Syed Sohel – Television actor. He is best known for his role in the Krishnaveni serial on Star Maa. He appeared in the movie Eureka ^[9]
• Ariyana Glory – TV presenter, part of Gemini Comedy. She worked in well known channels like Studio Network and Sun TV Network. ^[9]
• Amma Rajasekhar – Choreographer and Indian director. He predominantly works for the Telugu film industry. ^{[11] [9]}
• Karate Kalyani – Indian film actress and comedian. She is known for appearing in the film Chatrapathi (2005). ^{[12] [9]}
• Noel Sean – Playback singer, rapper, actor and composer working in the Indian Telugu film industry. He is the first rapper in the Tollywood industry. ^{[13] [9]}
• Divi Vadthya – Model and Indian film actress. She is known for her portrayal of Pooja's friend in the Telugu action-drama film Maharshi in 2019. ^[9]
• Akhil Sarthak – Television actor. He is best known for his role in the Kalyani serial. He is the "Third Most Desirable Man" on Television. ^[9]
• Gangavva – YouTube personality, actress. She is best known for web series My Village Show Comedy with her grandson. ^[9]

Wildcard entrants

• Kumar Sai – Film actor. He is best known for his role in films such as Ee Rojullo (2011) and Bus Stop (2012). ^[14]
• Avinash – Film actor, comedian. He is best known for the Indian Telugu-language reality television comedy show Jabardasth . ^[15]
• Swathi Deekshith – Film actress. She has worked in the Telugu, Bengali, and Tamil film industries. She is well known in Telugu films Jump Jilani and Ladies & Gentlemen . ^[16]

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