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.
1AyshaDay 35
2DivyaDay 18
3EmmanuelDay 1
4GauravDay 35
5KalyanDay 1
6MadhuriDay 35
7NikhilDay 35
8PavanDay 1
9RamuDay 1
10RamyaDay 35
11RithuDay 1
12SayeeDay 35
13SanjjanaDay 1Day 19Evicted by Housemates [6]
Day 20
14SumanDay 1
15ThanujaDay 1
16BharaniDay 1Day 42Evicted [7]
17SrijaDay 1Day 35Evicted by Firestorms [8]
18FloraDay 1Day 35Evicted [9]
19HarishDay 1Day 28Evicted [10]
20PriyaDay 1Day 21Evicted [11]
21ManishDay 1Day 14Evicted [12]
22ShrastiDay 1Day 7Evicted [13]

Housemates

The participants in the order of appearance and entered to the house are: [14]

Original entrants

Celebrities

Commoners

All the commoners were selected through Bigg Boss Agnipariksha , a digital pre-show. [24]

  • Kalyan Padala – An army soldier. [25]
  • Harita Harish – Entrepreneur. He is known as "Mask Man" as he wore a black face mask. [25]
  • Demon Pavan – Social media personality. [25]
  • Srija Dammu – Social media personality. [25]
  • Priya Shetty – Doctor and social media personality. [25]
  • Maryada Manish – Entrepreneur. [25]

Wildcard entrants

Commoner

  • Divya Nikitha Velamuri – Social media personality. Entered the house on day 18 as a wild-card entrant. [26]

Firestorms

Six housemates entered the house as Firestorm Wildcard housemates. [27] [28]

  • Ramya Moksha – Social media personality. Famous for her pickles business and online persona under Alekhya Chitti Pickles.
  • Sreenivasa Sayee – Actor. He is best known for the supporting role in the film Golconda High School .
  • Madhuri Divvala – Social media personality.
  • Nikhil Nair – Actor. He is known for the television drama Intinti Gruhalakshmi . [27] [28]
  • Aysha Zeenath – Actress. She is best known for the television drama Savitramma Gari Abbayi . She was a contestant on Bigg Boss Tamil 6 , evicted on Day 63.
  • Gaurav Gupta – Actor. He is known for the television drama Geetha L.L.B.

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. [29]

Key:

  indicates Owner (Week 1-4)
  indicates Tenant (Week 1-4)
  indicates Captain
  indicates Danger Zone (Week 5)
  indicates Safe Zone (Week 5)
Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5
Day 1 [a] Day 4Day 7Day 11Day 12Day 13 [b] Day 14Day 18Day 19Day 20Day 21Day 26Day 27 [c] Day 30 [d] Day 32Day 33Day 35
DivyaNot in houseTenantDangerSafe
EmmanuelTenantOwnerCaptainOwnerSafe
KalyanOwnerTenantDangerSafeCaptain
PavanOwnerCaptainTenantCaptainTenantCaptainTenantDangerSafe
RamuTenantOwnerCaptainSafe
RithuTenantOwnerDangerSafe
SanjjanaTenantCaptainTenantOwnerOwnerTenantDangerSafe
SumanTenantOwnerDanger
ThanujaTenantOwnerDangerSafe
BharaniTenantOwnerDangerSafe
SrijaOwnerTenantDanger
FloraTenantOwnerDanger
HarishOwnerTenant
PriyaOwnerTenant
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.
  3. As punishment for stealing food, Sanjjana was moved to Tenant for a week.
  4. On Day 30, Bigg Boss dissolved Owners and Tenants concept and introduced Danger Zone and Safe Zone Twist.

Guest appearances

WeekDayEventGuest(s)Purpose of the visitRef.
Week 1Day 0Premiere Bindu Madhavi, Navdeep and Sreemukhi To reveal the commoner selected by the Jury [30]
Day 7 Teja Sajja, Ritika Nayak and Vishwa PrasadTo promote their film Mirai [31]
Week 3Day 21Dasara
Special
Siddhu Jonnalagadda, Srinidhi Shetty, Harsha Chemudu, Raashii Khanna and Neeraja Kona To promote their film Telusu Kada [32]
Harika AlekhyaDance performance
Shruthi Ranjani, Anirudh Suswaram, Dhanunjay Seepana and Sahithi ChagantiSpecial performance
Ritika Nayak Dance performance
Harsh Roshan and Sridevi AppallaDance performance and to promote their film Band Melam
Kiran Abbavaram and Yukti Thareja To promote their film K-Ramp
Week 4Day 33Abhinav Manikanta and Payal ChengappaTo promote their TV series Rambo in Love
Week 5Day 35Firestorm
Event
Sudeepa ( Bigg Boss Kannada Host)To reveal the Firestorm Special Powers to Wildcard housemates
Mohanlal (Bigg Boss Malayalam Host)
Vijay Sethupathi (Bigg Boss Tamil Host)
Pradeep Ranganathan, Mamitha Baiju and R. Sarathkumar To promote their film Dude
Week 6Day 42Diwali
Special
Shivani NagaramDance performance
Saketh KomanduriDedicating songs to housemates
Sonakshi Sinha, Shilpa Shirodkar, Sudheer Babu and Shivin Narang To promote their film Jatadhara [33]
AnandhiDance performance
Hyper Aadi Special commentary about housemates
Apsara RaniDance performance

Nomination Table

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15
Day 1Day 2Day 15Day 18Day 19Day 20Day 23Day 27Day 29Day 35
Nominees
for
House Captain
NoneEmmanuel
Harish
Pavan
Sanjjana
Shrasti
Bharani
Emmanuel
Manish
Pavan
Bharani
Divya
Emmanuel
Suman
Thanuja
Harish
Pavan
Ramu
Rithu
Sanjjana
Emmanuel
Kalyan
Ramu
Rithu
Bharani
Divya
Emmanuel
Kalyan
Ramu
Thanuja
Aysha
Gaurav
Madhuri
Ramya
Sayee
Suman
Gaurav
Nikhil
House
Captain
SanjjanaPavan
Pavan
EmmanuelPavanRamuKalyanSuman
Gaurav
Captain's
Nomination
Suman
(to evict)
Sanjjana
Suman
Flora
Rithu
Harish
Priya
(to evict)
Srija
(to save)
N/ANot
eligible
Sanjjana
(to save)
Not
eligible
FloraNot
eligible
Not
eligible
Ramu
(to evict)
Not
eligible

Aysha
(to save)
Vote to:EvictEvict/SavenoneEvictEvict/SaveEvictLeast ImpactnoneEvictEvict/SaveEvict
AyshaNot in
House
SrijaSanjjana
(to save)
Thanuja
(to evict)
Rithu
DivyaNot in
House
GuestExemptNot
eligible
SrijaFloraNominatedSafeNot
eligible
Aysha
Sayee
EmmanuelNot
eligible
NominatedManish
Harish
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
N/ARed
Seed
House
Captain
Not
eligible
HarishSavedSafeNot
eligible
Not
eligible
GauravNot in
House
SumanRamu
(to save)
Bharani
(to evict)
House
Captain
KalyanSanjjanaSanjjanaBharani
Harish
Sanjjana
Suman
Flora
Rithu
Harish
N/ASanjjanaNot
eligible
Not
eligible
FloraNominatedHouse
Captain
Sanjjana
MadhuriNot in
House
SrijaBharani
(to save)
Divya
(to evict)
Not
eligible
NikhilNot in
House
SrijaRamu
(to save)
Suman
(to evict)
Not
eligible
PavanSanjjanaNot
eligible
Flora
Bharani
House
Captain
SanjjanaNot
eligible
House
Captain
FloraNominatedSafeNot
eligible
Not
eligible
RamuNot
eligible
SumanKalyan
Harish
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
N/ASanjjanaNot
eligible
Rithu
Sanjjana
Harish
House
Captain
SafeRithu
Pavan
Not
eligible
RamyaNot in
House
SrijaRithu
(to save)
Pavan
(to evict)
Thanuja
RithuNot
eligible
NominatedHarish
Flora
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
N/ARed
Seed
Sanjjana
(to save)
SrijaFloraNominatedSafeBharani
Divya
Aysha
Ramu
SayeeNot in
House
SumanNot
eligible
Kalyan
SanjjanaNot
eligible
NominatedHouse
Captain
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
N/ARed
Seed
Evicted by Housemates
(Day 19)
Flora
Divya
HarishNominatedSafeRamu
Bharani
Divya
Secret Room
(Days 19-20)
SumanNot
eligible
SanjjanaPriya
Manish
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
N/ARed
Seed
Sanjjana
(to evict)
Rithu
Sanjjana
Harish
HarishNominatedNominatedThanuja
Sanjjana
House
Captain
ThanujaNot
eligible
SanjjanaHarish
Flora
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
N/ARed
Seed
Sanjjana
(to save)
SrijaFloraNominatedSafeRamu
Suman
Ramya
BharaniNot
eligible
Sanjjana
Pavan
Priya
Pavan
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
N/ASanjjanaSanjjana
(to save)
Flora
Divya
HarishNominatedSafeNot
eligible
Evicted
(Day 42)
SrijaSanjjanaThanujaBharani
Harish
Sanjjana
Suman
Flora
Rithu
Harish
N/ARed
Seed
Sanjjana
(to evict)
Flora
Divya
FloraNominatedNominatedEvicted by Wildcards
(Day 35)
FloraNot
eligible
NominatedThanuja
Pavan
Sanjjana
Suman
(to save)
Kalyan
Priya
Ramu
Srija
(to evict)
N/AImmuneNot
eligible
Rithu
Sanjjana
Harish
Black
Star
NominatedEvicted
(Day 35)
HarishSanjjanaSumanBharani
Emmanuel
Sanjjana
Suman
Flora
Rithu
Harish
N/ASanjjanaNot
eligible
Not
eligible
Black
Star
Evicted
(Day 28)
PriyaSanjjanaRamuFlora
Bharani
Sanjjana
Suman
Flora
Rithu
Harish
N/ARed
Seed
Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 21)
ManishSanjjanaNot
eligible
Bharani
Rithu
Evicted
(Day 14)
ShrastiNot
eligible
NominatedEvicted
(Day 7)
Potential Housemates
AnushaNot in
house
GuestNot Selected
(Day 18)
NagaNot in
house
GuestNot Selected
(Day 18)
ShakibNot in
house
GuestNot Selected
(Day 18)
Notes 1 2 3 4, 5, 6, 7 8 9 10, 11 11, 12, 13 14 14, 15, 16 17, 18 19 20, 21
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
Emmanuel
Priya
Rithu
Sanjjana
Srija
Suman
Thanuja
NoneDivya
Flora
Harish
Rithu
Sanjjana
Srija
Flora
Harish
Bharani
Divya

Emmanuel
Flora
Kalyan
Pavan
Rithu
Sanjjana
Srija
Thanuja
Suman
Bharani
Divya
Pavan
Ramu
Suman
Thanuja
Divya
Kalyan
Ramu
Ramya
Rithu
Sayee
Sanjjana
Thanuja
Re-enteredNoneSanjjanaNone
Secret
Room
NoneSanjjanaNone
EvictedShrastiManishPriyaSanjjanaHarishFloraSrijaBharani
  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. [34] This pre-show featured fifteen shortlisted commoners compete in tasks, judged by former contestants Abijeet, Bindu Madhavi, and Navdeep, [35] with host Sreemukhi. [36] 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. [37] 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. [38]

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