Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) season 9

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Bigg Boss
Season 9
Bigg Boss Telugu 9 Logo.png
Season 9 eye logo
Presented by Nagarjuna
No. of days105
Companion show Bigg Boss Agnipariksha Bigg Boss Buzzz
Release
Original network
Original release7 September 2025 (2025-09-07)
Season chronology
 Previous
Agnipariksha

Bigg Boss9, also known as Bigg Boss 9: Ranarangam, is a reality show and the ninth season of the Indian Telugu-language reality television series Bigg Boss, produced by Banijay. [1] Nagarjuna hosts the show for the seventh time in a row. [2] The season premiered on 7 September 2025 on Star Maa and JioHotstar. [3]

Production

Teasers

The teaser featuring the show's Host Akkineni Nagarjuna was released on 29 June 2025 in which the showmakers revealed that commoners can send in applications for the first time to be a participant in the show. [4]

Concept

The concept for the season is "Ranarangam" with two houses, one house for celebrities and other house for commoners. [5]

24x7 streaming

The show is streamed 24/7 on JioHotstar 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.

Housemates Status

#HousemateDay enteredDay exitedStatusRef.
1BharaniDay 1
2DivyaDay 18
3EmmanuelDay 1
4HarishDay 1
5KalyanDay 1
6PavanDay 1
7SanjjanaDay 1Day 19Evicted by Housemates
Day 21
8SrijaDay 1
9RithuDay 1
10SumanDay 1
11FloraDay 1
12ThanujaDay 1
13RamuDay 1
14PriyaDay 1Day 21Evicted
15ManishDay 1Day 14Evicted
16ShrastiDay 1Day 7Evicted [6]

Housemates

The participants in the order of appearance and entered to the house are: [7]

Original entrants

Celebrities

Commoners

All the commoners were selected through Bigg Boss Agnipariksha , a digital pre-show. [17]

  • Kalyan Padala – An army soldier. [18]
  • Harita Harish – Entrepreneur. He is known as "Mask Man" as he wore a black face mask. [18]
  • Demon Pavan – Social media personality. [18]
  • Srija Dammu – Social media personality. [18]
  • Priya Shetty – Doctor and social media personality. [18]
  • Maryada Manish – Entrepreneur. [18]
  • Divya Nikitha - Social media personality,well known as veg fried momo. [18]

Twists

Living Status

This season featured two houses: the In-House, designated for the Owners, and the Out-House, designated for the Tenants. Each house came with its own set of privileges and limitations, creating distinct dynamics between the two groups. [19]

Key:

  indicates Owner
  indicates Tenant
  indicates Captain (Temporary Owner)
Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15
Day 1 [a] Day 4Day 7Day 11Day 12Day 13 [b] Day 14
BharaniTenantOwner
EmmanuelTenantOwnerCaptain|
FloraTenantOwner
HarishOwnerTenant
KalyanOwnerTenant
PavanOwnerCaptainTenant
PriyaOwnerTenant
RamuTenantOwner
RithuTenantOwner
SanjjanaTenantCaptainTenantOwner
SrijaOwnerTenant
SumanTenantOwner
ThanujaTenantOwner
ManishOwnerTenant
ShrastiTenant
Notes
  1. On Launch, as the Commoners successfully completed the Agnipariksha, they were the Owners, while the Celebrities became Tenants.
  2. All housemates were swapped — the Owners became Tenants and the Tenants became Owners. As Bharani and Ramu won the task and secured the role of Owners, they retained their position.

Guest appearances

WeekDayEventGuest(s)Purpose of the visitRef.
Week 1Day 0Premiere Bindu Madhavi, Navdeep and Sreemukhi To reveal the commoner selected by the Jury [20]
Day 7 Teja Sajja, Ritika Nayak and Vishwa PrasadTo promote their film Mirai [21]

Nomination Table

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15
Day 1Day 2
Nominees
for
House Captain
NoneEmmanuel
Harish
Pavan
Sanjjana
Shrasti
Bharani
Emmanuel
Manish
Pavan
House
Captain
SanjjanaPavan
Pavan
Captain's
Nomination
Suman
(to evict)
Sanjjana
Suman
Flora
Rithu
Harish
Priya
(to evict)
Srija
(to save)
Vote to:EvictEvict/Save
BharaniNot
eligible
Sanjjana
Pavan
Priya
Pavan
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
EmmanuelNot
eligible
NominatedManish
Harish
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
FloraNot
eligible
NominatedThanuja
Pavan
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
HarishSanjjanaSumanBharani
Emmanuel
Sanjjana
Suman
Flora
Rithu
Harish
KalyanSanjjanaSanjjanaBharani
Harish
Sanjjana
Suman
Flora
Rithu
Harish
PavanSanjjanaNot
eligible
Flora
Bharani
House
Captain
PriyaSanjjanaRamuFlora
Bharani
Sanjjana
Suman
Flora
Rithu
Harish
RamuNot
eligible
SumanKalyan
Harish
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
RithuNot
eligible
NominatedHarish
Flora
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
SanjjanaNot
eligible
NominatedHouse
Captain
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
SrijaSanjjanaThanujaBharani
Harish
Sanjjana
Suman
Flora
Rithu
Harish
SumanNot
eligible
SanjjanaPriya
Manish
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
ThanujaNot
eligible
SanjjanaHarish
Flora
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
ManishSanjjanaNot
eligible
Bharani
Rithu
Evicted
(Day 14)
ShrastiNot
eligible
NominatedEvicted
(Day 7)
Notes 1 2 3 4, 5, 6
Against
Public
Vote
Emmanuel
Flora
Pavan
Ramu
Rithu
Sanjjana
Shrasti
Suman
Thanuja
Bharani
Flora
Harish
Manish
Pavan
Priya
Suman
Flora
Harish
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Rithu
Srija
EvictedShrastiManishPriya
  indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction.
  indicates that the Housemate was immune prior to nominations.
  indicates the contestant has been evicted.
  indicates the contestant walked out due to emergency.
  indicates the contestant has been ejected.
  indicates the house captain.

Nomination notes

Bigg Boss: Agnipariksha

Bigg Boss Agnipariksha is a digital pre-show of Bigg Boss9. It will feature 40 selected commoners compete to earn their spot in the Bigg Boss Telugu 9 house. This show is scheduled to premiere on 22 August 2025. [22] This pre-show featured fifteen shortlisted commoners compete in tasks, judged by former contestants Abijeet, Bindu Madhavi, and Navdeep, [23] with host Sreemukhi. [24] Winners will earn a place alongside celebrities in the main Bigg Boss house.

During the grand launch, Kalyan, Priya, and Pavan entered the house as public vote selections, while Harish, Manish, and Srija were chosen by the jury. Later on day 18, Divya entered into the house as wildcard receiving least votes from the housemates out of Nagaprashanth,Shakib and Anusha.

Bigg Boss 9 Buzzz

Bigg Boss 9 Buzzz is an Indian Telugu-language television talk show in which the Sivaji, a contestant of Bigg Boss 7, interviews the eliminated contestants. [25] The show premiered on 14 September 2025 on Star Maa Music and unaired portions of episodes are streamed on JioHotstar and aired on Star Maa. [26]

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