Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) season 9

Bigg Boss
Season 9
Season 9 eye logo
Presented by	Nagarjuna
No. of days	105
Companion show	Bigg Boss Agnipariksha Bigg Boss Buzzz
Release
Original network	Star Maa JioHotstar
Original release	7 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

#	Housemate	Day entered	Day exited	Status	Ref.
1	Bharani	Day 1
2	Divya	Day 18
3	Emmanuel	Day 1
4	Harish	Day 1
5	Kalyan	Day 1
6	Pavan	Day 1
7	Sanjjana	Day 1	Day 19	Evicted by Housemates
		Day 21
8	Srija	Day 1
9	Rithu	Day 1
10	Suman	Day 1
11	Flora	Day 1
12	Thanuja	Day 1
13	Ramu	Day 1
14	Priya	Day 1	Day 21	Evicted
15	Manish	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
16	Shrasti	Day 1	Day 7	Evicted	[6]

Housemates

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

Original entrants

Celebrities

• Tanuja Puttaswamy – Actress. She is known for her appearances in television dramas Muddha Mandaram and Agnipariksha. She is one of the finalists in the cooking reality show Cooku with Jathiratnalu. ^[8]
• Flora Saini – Actress. She is commonly known as Asha Saini and has worked in various Telugu and other films. Saini is popular for playing the role Asha in Nuvvu Naaku Nachav . ^[9]
• Jabardasth Emmanuel – Actor and comedian. He is best known for his appearance in the comedy show Jabardasth. ^[10]
• Shrasti Verma – Choreographer. She has choreographed various songs in blockbuster films such Jailer, Vikrant Rona , Game Changer, Rangasthalam , Pushpa, and Maaveeran. ^[11]
• Rithu Chowdary – Actress and television presenter. She has appeared in television dramas Inti Guttu and Mounaraagam. ^[12]
• Bharani Shankar – Actor. He is best known for the television drama Mahalakshmi. He has also apapeared films like Baahubali, Dheera, Crazy Uncles and Aaviri . ^[13]
• Sanjjana – Actress. She is best known for her supporting role in the film Bujjigadu . She was a contestant on Bigg Boss Kannada Season 1 , evicted on Day 14. ^[14]
• Ramu Rathod – Singer and songwriter. He is known for folk songs "Bombai Ki Ranu" and "Sommasilli Pothunnave". ^[15]
• Suman Setty – Actor and comedian. He is known for his comedic roles. His notable works include Jayam , 7/G Brindavan Colony, Avunanna Kaadanna and Ullasamga Utsahamga . ^[16]

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 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 1 [a]	Day 4	Day 7	Day 11	Day 12	Day 13 [b]	Day 14
Bharani	Tenant		Owner
Emmanuel	Tenant					Owner		Captain|
Flora	Tenant					Owner
Harish	Owner					Tenant
Kalyan	Owner					Tenant
Pavan	Owner			Captain		Tenant
Priya	Owner					Tenant
Ramu	Tenant				Owner
Rithu	Tenant					Owner
Sanjjana	Tenant	Captain		Tenant		Owner
Srija	Owner					Tenant
Suman	Tenant					Owner
Thanuja	Tenant					Owner
Manish	Owner					Tenant
Shrasti	Tenant

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

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

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 1	Day 2
Nominees for House Captain	None		Emmanuel Harish Pavan Sanjjana Shrasti	Bharani Emmanuel Manish Pavan
House Captain			Sanjjana	Pavan Pavan
Captain's Nomination			Suman (to evict)	Sanjjana Suman Flora Rithu Harish Priya (to evict) Srija (to save)
Vote to:	Evict			Evict/Save
Bharani	Not eligible	Sanjjana Pavan	Priya Pavan	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)
Emmanuel	Not eligible	Nominated	Manish Harish	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)
Flora	Not eligible	Nominated	Thanuja Pavan	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)
Harish	Sanjjana	Suman	Bharani Emmanuel	Sanjjana Suman Flora Rithu Harish
Kalyan	Sanjjana	Sanjjana	Bharani Harish	Sanjjana Suman Flora Rithu Harish
Pavan	Sanjjana	Not eligible	Flora Bharani	House Captain
Priya	Sanjjana	Ramu	Flora Bharani	Sanjjana Suman Flora Rithu Harish
Ramu	Not eligible	Suman	Kalyan Harish	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)
Rithu	Not eligible	Nominated	Harish Flora	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)
Sanjjana	Not eligible	Nominated	House Captain	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)
Srija	Sanjjana	Thanuja	Bharani Harish	Sanjjana Suman Flora Rithu Harish
Suman	Not eligible	Sanjjana	Priya Manish	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)
Thanuja	Not eligible	Sanjjana	Harish Flora	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)
Manish	Sanjjana	Not eligible	Bharani Rithu	Evicted (Day 14)
Shrasti	Not eligible	Nominated	Evicted (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
Evicted	Shrasti		Manish	Priya

  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

• ^1 : On Day 1, House owners had to mutually nominate one tenant.
• ^2 : In Week 1, two Tenants competed in a race to grab a hammer. The first housemate to grab it had to nominate one Tenant and then select an Owner to decide whether to accept or deny the nomination. The Tenant who lost the race was automatically nominated. At the end of the nominations, the Owners not chosen were in danger and Bharani as only tenant not nominated had the power to nominate one owner in danger for eviction.
• ^3 : In Week 2, Captain Sanjjana had the power to directly nominate one housemate for eviction. She chose Suman.
• ^4 : Due to an unfair decision by task umpire Rithu, Pavan's captaincy was revoked. A rematch task was held, in which Pavan once again emerged victorious.
• ^5 : In Week 3, the House tenants had to mutually nominate five housemates, ensuring that at least one nominee was a tenant. Then, the House owners had to mutually save two housemates from the nomination board and nominate four housemates.
• ^6 : Captain Pavan had the power to save one nominated housemate from eviction. He chose Srija.

Related shows

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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