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
Release
Original network	Star Maa Disney+ Hotstar
Original release	1 September 2024 (2024-09-01)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 7 Next → Season 9

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]}

Production

Logo

The logo of the season was revealed on 21 July 2024 representing infinity theme by symbolising the digit eight as an infinitum. ^{[6] [7]}

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. ^[8]

Concept

Infinite/limitless possibilities. ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Housemates status

#	Housemate	Day entered	Day exited	Status	Ref.
1	Gautham	Day 35
2	Nabeel	Day 1
3	Nikhil	Day 1
4	Prerana	Day 1
5	Prithviraj	Day 1
6	Rohini	Day 35
7	Teja	Day 35
8	Vishnupriyaa	Day 1
9	Avinash	Day 35
10	Yashmi	Day 1	Day 77	Evicted
11	Hariteja	Day 35	Day 70	Evicted
12	Gangavva	Day 35	Day 69	Walked
13	Nayani	Day 35	Day 63	Evicted	[10]
14	Mehaboob	Day 35	Day 56	Evicted	[11]
15	Manikanta	Day 1	Day 49	Walked	[12] [13]
16	Seetha	Day 1	Day 42	Evicted	[14]
17	Nainika	Day 1	Day 35	Evicted	[15]
18	Aditya	Day 1	Day 32	Evicted	[16]
19	Soniya	Day 1	Day 28	Evicted	[17]
20	Abhay	Day 1	Day 21	Evicted	[18]
21	Shekar	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted By Housemates	[19]
22	Bebakka	Day 1	Day 7	Evicted	[20]

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 . ^[21]
• Nikhil Maliyakkal – Actor. He is known for his appearances in the television dramas Gorintaku and Ammaku Teliyani Koilamma . ^[22]
• Abhay Bethiganti – Actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as Vishnu in the film Pelli Choopulu (2016). ^[23]
• Prerana Kambam – Actress. She is best known for the drama series Krishna Mukunda Murari . ^[24]
• Madhoo Nekkanti – Internet celebrity. Popularly known as "Bezawada Bebakka", she is popular for her short comedy videos. ^[25]
• Shekar Basha – Radio jockey and activist. He is popular for his stint as a radio jockey in the 92.7 Big FM. ^[26]
• Aditya Om – Actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his performance in the films Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo (2002) and Preminchukunnam Pelliki Randi (2004). ^{[27] [28]}
• 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 . ^[29]
• Kirrak Seetha – Actress. She is best known for her role as Seetha in the film Baby (2023). ^[30]
• Naga Manikanta – Actor. He is known for his appearances in the television drama Kasthuri. ^[31]
• Prithviraj Shetty – Actor. He is known for his appearances in the television fantasy series Nagapanchami. ^{[32] [33]}
• 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 . ^[34]
• Nainika Anasuru – Choreographer. She is popular for her performance in the reality dance competition shows Dance India Dance and Dhee. ^[35]
• 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). ^[36]

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. ^{[37] [38]}

• Hari Teja — Actress. She was the second runner-up in season 1. ^{[39] [40]}
• 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. ^{[39] [40]}
• Nayani Pavani – Internet celebrity. She was evicted on Day 42 in season 7. ^{[39] [40]}
• Mehaboob Shaikh – Internet celebrity. He is known as "Mehaboob Dilse". He was evicted on Day 70 in season 4. ^{[39] [40]}
• Rohini Noni Reddy – Actress. She is known for the comedy show Jabardasth . She was evicted on Day 28 in season 3. ^{[39] [40]}
• 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. ^{[39] [40]}
• 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. ^{[39] [40]}
• 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. ^{[39] [40]}

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	Bebakka and Shekar
4	Aditya and Soniya
5	Seetha and Manikanta
6	Prithviraj and Vishnupriyaa
7	Nabeel and Nainika
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 ^[41]

• 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 ▼ [a]
Week 2	Day 11	₹5,45,000▲ [b]
	Day 14	₹5,60,000▲ [c]
Week 3		₹11,60,000▲ [d]
Week 4	Day 25	₹14,60,000▲ [e]
	Day 28	₹15,00,000▲ [f]
Week 5	Day 31	₹18,00,000▲ [g]
	Day 35	₹38,00,000▲ [h]
Week 6	Day 37	₹37,50,000 ▼ [i]
	Day 41	₹38,66,500▲ [j]
Week 7	Day 47	₹39,16,500▲ [k]
Week 8	Day 50	₹38,16,500 ▼ [l]
	Day 54	₹40,16,000▲ [m]
	Day 56	₹41,16,000▲ [n]
Week 9		₹42,16,000▲ [o]
Week 10	Day 66	₹49,12,000▲ [p]
	Day 70	₹49,07,000 ▼ [q]
Week 11	Day 73	₹49,79,000▲ [r]
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15

Notes

1. All the housemates lost ₹2,00,000 for breaking the house rules.
2. Housemates from Keratam Clan won ₹2,45,000 in various tasks.
3. Housemates from Shakti Clan won ₹15.000 in the "Sunday Funday" game task.
4. Each female housemate from Shakti and Kantara Clan won ₹1,00,000 for their performance in the "Contender" task.
5. Housemates from Shakti and Kantara Clan won ₹2,00,000 and ₹1,00,000 respectively in the "Survival Of The Fittest" task.
6. Housemates from Kantara Clan won ₹40,00,000 in the "Sunday Funday" game task.
7. Housemates from Shakti Clan won ₹3,00,000 in Round 2 of the "Survival Of The Fittest" task.
8. Hariteja and Teja from Royal Clan won ₹20,00,000 in the "Reload Event" task.
9. Housemates spent ₹50,000 for extra ration.
10. Housemates from Royal Clan won ₹1,16,500 in the "BB Hotel" task.
11. Avinash from Royal Clan won ₹50,000 in the "Haircut" task.
12. 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.
13. Vishnupriyaa from OG Clan won ₹2,00,000 in the "Mega Cheif" task.
14. Nikhil and Yashmi from OG Clan won ₹1,00,000 in the "Deepawali Special" task.
15. Nikhil won ₹1,00,000 in the "Sunday Funday" game task.
16. 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.
17. ₹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.
18. Yashmi's father won ₹21,000 and Avinash's wife won ₹51,000 during the "Family Week" task.

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–)   indicates no Clan

	Week 1		Week 2			Week 3	Week 4		Week 5	Week 6-8	Week 9-15
	Day 3	Day 5	Day 12	Day 13	Day 14		Day 23	Day 26
Avinash										Royal	BB
Gautham										Royal	BB
Nabeel	Anthuleni Veerulu			No Clan	Kantara				No Clan	OG	BB
Nikhil	Chief			Chief					No Clan	OG	BB
Prerana	Akhanda			No Clan	Kantara				No Clan	OG	BB
Prithviraj	Akhanda			No Clan	Shakti				No Clan	OG	BB
Rohini										Royal	BB
Teja										Royal	BB
Vishnupriyaa	Anthuleni Veerulu			No Clan	Shakti		Kantara		No Clan	OG	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
Avinash						Zebra Room
Gautham						Zebra Room
Nabeel	Zebra Room		Peacock Room	Dragonfly Room
Nikhil	Peacock Room		Dragonfly Room	Peacock Room
Prerana	Dragonfly Room		Peacock Room	Dragonfly Room
Prithviraj	Dragonfly Room			Peacock Room
Rohini						Zebra Room
Teja						Zebra Room
Vishnupriyaa	Zebra Room		Dragonfly 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.

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.	[42]
			Nani and Priyanka Mohan	To promote their film Saripodhaa Sanivaaram .	[43]
			Anil Ravipudi	To conduct a game related to the "third bad news".	[44]
Week 5	Day 35	Reload Event	Sree Vishnu, Ritu Varma and Daksha Nagarkar	To promote their film Swag.	[45]
			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.	[46] [47]
			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 .	[48]
	Day 56	Deepawali Special	Anasuya Bharadwaj	Dance performance.	[49] [50] [51]
			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 .	[52]

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
Nominees For House Chief(s)		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
House Chief(s)		Nikhil Nainika Yashmi		Nikhil Abhay		Nikhil	Nikhil Seetha		Nabeel	Mehaboob	Gautham	Vishnupriyaa	Avinash	Prerana	Avinash
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
Vote to:		Evict		Save	Evict		Save	Evict				Save/Evict	Evict
	Avinash	Not in house							Prithviraj Yashmi	Manikanta	Walked (Day 56) Prithviraj Nikhil	Teja (to save) Yashmi (to evict)	Mega Chief	Not eligible	Mega Chief
	Gautham	Not in house							Vishnupriyaa Yashmi	Vishnupriyaa Nabeel	Mega Chief	Not eligible	Yashmi	Prithviraj
Nabeel		Manikanta Bebakka	Nikhil Prithviraj	Aditya	Yashmi Prerana	Soniya Prithviraj	Manikanta	Vishnupriyaa Nainika Nikhil	Mega Chief	Teja	Prerana Hariteja	Not eligible	Vishnupriyaa	Not eligible
Nikhil		House Chief							Mehaboob Gangavva	Teja Teja Teja	Mehaboob Prerana	Not eligible	Gautham	Teja
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
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
	Rohini	Not in house							Yashmi Vishnupriyaa	Gautham	Nikhil Prithviraj	Avinash (to save) Prithviraj (to evict)	Yashmi	Vishnupriyaa
	Teja	Not in house							Seetha Manikanta	Yashmi	Vishnupriyaa Prithviraj	Not eligible	Prithviraj	Yashmi
Vishnupriyaa		Shekar Soniya	Manikanta Soniya	Aditya	Prerana Yashmi	Aditya Prerana	Manikanta	Nainika Nabeel Nikhil	Mehaboob Gangavva	Nayani	Prerana Nikhil	Mega Chief	Prerana	Not eligible
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
	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)
Seetha		Prerana Bebakka	Nikhil Prerana	Shekar	Yashmi Prithviraj	Prerana Manikanta	House Chief		Mehaboob Gangavva	Evicted (Day 42)
Nainika		House Chief		Aditya	Soniya Prerana	Manikanta Aditya	Soniya	Nabeel Vishnupriyaa Nikhil	Evicted (Day 35)
Aditya		Prithiviraj Shekar	Abhay Shekar	Nominated	Vishnupriyaa Manikanta	Prithviraj Soniya	Manikanta	Nainika Vishnupriyaa Nikhil	Evicted (Day 32)
Soniya		Bebakka Prerana	Nainika Seetha	Aditya	Nainika Yashmi	Nabeel Aditya	Nominated	Evicted by Housemates & Audience Votes (Day 28)
Abhay		Manikanta Bebakka	Vishnupriya Aditya	House Chief		Evicted (Day 21)
Shekar		Manikanta Bebakka	Manikanta Aditya	Nominated	Evicted by Housemates (Day 14)
Bebakka		Prithviraj Nabeel	Evicted (Day 7)
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
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 Soniya	Manikanta Soniya	Aditya Manikanta Soniya 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
Walked		None								Manikanta	Avinash	None	Gangavva
Re-entered		None									Avinash	None
Evicted		Bebakka	Shekar		Abhay	Soniya		Aditya	Seetha	No Eviction	Mehaboob	Nayani	Hariteja	Avinash
								Nainika

  indicates the returning housemate from previous season

  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 : Biggest Clan Chief, Yasmi 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 housemate faced the housemates' eviction vote.
• ^6 : Housemates were not eligible to nominate Chiefs housemates 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 Hero & Zero task, Manikanta received the most votes as Zero and was directly in Bottom two. Based on the public vote, Soniya was in the bottom two. Those two nominated housemate faced the housemates' eviction vote. ^[53]
• ^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 housemate had to race to the platforms, two housemate 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, this cancelled 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 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 nominate 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 medical issue Gangavva left the house.
• ^22 : In this week's nomination, housemates had to race to grab the paint brush, in five rounds the housemate with the paint brush nominate one housemate.

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Bigg Boss 8 Buzzz

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. ^[54]

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