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	Aysha	Day 35
2	Divya	Day 18
3	Emmanuel	Day 1
4	Gaurav	Day 35
5	Kalyan	Day 1
6	Madhuri	Day 35
7	Nikhil	Day 35
8	Pavan	Day 1
9	Ramu	Day 1
10	Ramya	Day 35
11	Rithu	Day 1
12	Sayee	Day 35
13	Sanjjana	Day 1	Day 19	Evicted by Housemates	[6]
		Day 20
14	Suman	Day 1
15	Thanuja	Day 1
16	Bharani	Day 1	Day 42	Evicted	[7]
17	Srija	Day 1	Day 35	Evicted by Firestorms	[8]
18	Flora	Day 1	Day 35	Evicted	[9]
19	Harish	Day 1	Day 28	Evicted	[10]
20	Priya	Day 1	Day 21	Evicted	[11]
21	Manish	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted	[12]
22	Shrasti	Day 1	Day 7	Evicted	[13]

Housemates

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

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. ^[15]
• 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 . ^[16]
• Emmanuel – Actor and comedian. He is best known for his appearance in the comedy show Jabardasth. ^[17]
• Shrasti Verma – Choreographer. She has choreographed various songs in blockbuster films such Jailer, Vikrant Rona , Game Changer, Rangasthalam , Pushpa, and Maaveeran. ^[18]
• Rithu Chowdary – Actress and television presenter. She has appeared in television dramas Inti Guttu and Mounaraagam. ^[19]
• Bharani Shankar – Actor. He is best known for the television drama Mahalakshmi. He has also appeared in films like Baahubali, Dheera, Crazy Uncles and Aaviri . ^[20]
• Sanjjanaa Galrani – Actress. She is best known for her supporting role in the film Bujjigadu . She was a contestant on Bigg Boss Kannada 1 , evicted on Day 14. ^[21]
• Ramu Rathod – Singer and songwriter. He is known for folk songs "Bombai Ki Ranu" and "Sommasilli Pothunnave". ^[22]
• 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 . ^[23]

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 1			Week 2				Week 3				Week 4		Week 5
	Day 1 [a]	Day 4	Day 7	Day 11	Day 12	Day 13 [b]	Day 14	Day 18	Day 19	Day 20	Day 21	Day 26	Day 27 [c]	Day 30 [d]	Day 32	Day 33	Day 35
Divya	Not in house							Tenant						Danger	Safe
Emmanuel	Tenant					Owner			Captain	Owner				Safe
Kalyan	Owner					Tenant								Danger	Safe	Captain
Pavan	Owner			Captain		Tenant	Captain		Tenant		Captain	Tenant		Danger			Safe
Ramu	Tenant				Owner							Captain				Safe
Rithu	Tenant					Owner								Danger			Safe
Sanjjana	Tenant	Captain		Tenant		Owner					Owner		Tenant	Danger			Safe
Suman	Tenant					Owner								Danger
Thanuja	Tenant					Owner								Danger		Safe
Bharani	Tenant		Owner											Danger	Safe
Srija	Owner					Tenant								Danger
Flora	Tenant					Owner								Danger
Harish	Owner					Tenant
Priya	Owner					Tenant
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.
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

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	[30]
	Day 7	–	Teja Sajja, Ritika Nayak and Vishwa Prasad	To promote their film Mirai	[31]
Week 3	Day 21	Dasara Special	Siddhu Jonnalagadda, Srinidhi Shetty, Harsha Chemudu, Raashii Khanna and Neeraja Kona	To promote their film Telusu Kada	[32]
			Harika Alekhya	Dance performance
			Shruthi Ranjani, Anirudh Suswaram, Dhanunjay Seepana and Sahithi Chaganti	Special performance
			Ritika Nayak	Dance performance
			Harsh Roshan and Sridevi Appalla	Dance performance and to promote their film Band Melam
			Kiran Abbavaram and Yukti Thareja	To promote their film K-Ramp
Week 4	Day 33	–	Abhinav Manikanta and Payal Chengappa	To promote their TV series Rambo in Love
Week 5	Day 35	Firestorm 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 6	Day 42	Diwali Special	Shivani Nagaram	Dance performance
			Saketh Komanduri	Dedicating songs to housemates
			Sonakshi Sinha, Shilpa Shirodkar, Sudheer Babu and Shivin Narang	To promote their film Jatadhara	[33]
			Anandhi	Dance performance
			Hyper Aadi	Special commentary about housemates
			Apsara Rani	Dance performance

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		Day 15	Day 18	Day 19	Day 20	Day 23	Day 27	Day 29	Day 35
Nominees for House Captain	None		Emmanuel 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			Sanjjana	Pavan Pavan		Emmanuel		Pavan	Ramu		Kalyan		Suman
													Gaurav
Captain's Nomination			Suman (to evict)	Sanjjana Suman Flora Rithu Harish Priya (to evict) Srija (to save)	N/A	Not eligible	Sanjjana (to save)	Not eligible	Flora	Not eligible	Not eligible	Ramu (to evict)	Not eligible Aysha (to save)
Vote to:	Evict			Evict/Save	none	Evict	Evict/Save	Evict	Least Impact	none	Evict	Evict/Save	Evict
Aysha	Not in House										Srija	Sanjjana (to save) Thanuja (to evict)	Rithu
Divya	Not in House				Guest	Exempt	Not eligible	Srija	Flora	Nominated	Safe	Not eligible	Aysha Sayee
Emmanuel	Not eligible	Nominated	Manish Harish	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)	N/A	Red Seed	House Captain	Not eligible	Harish	Saved	Safe	Not eligible	Not eligible
Gaurav	Not in House										Suman	Ramu (to save) Bharani (to evict)	House Captain
Kalyan	Sanjjana	Sanjjana	Bharani Harish	Sanjjana Suman Flora Rithu Harish	N/A	Sanjjana	Not eligible	Not eligible	Flora	Nominated	House Captain		Sanjjana
Madhuri	Not in House										Srija	Bharani (to save) Divya (to evict)	Not eligible
Nikhil	Not in House										Srija	Ramu (to save) Suman (to evict)	Not eligible
Pavan	Sanjjana	Not eligible	Flora Bharani	House Captain		Sanjjana	Not eligible	House Captain	Flora	Nominated	Safe	Not eligible	Not eligible
Ramu	Not eligible	Suman	Kalyan Harish	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)	N/A	Sanjjana	Not eligible	Rithu Sanjjana Harish	House Captain		Safe	Rithu Pavan	Not eligible
Ramya	Not in House										Srija	Rithu (to save) Pavan (to evict)	Thanuja
Rithu	Not eligible	Nominated	Harish Flora	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)	N/A	Red Seed	Sanjjana (to save)	Srija	Flora	Nominated	Safe	Bharani Divya	Aysha Ramu
Sayee	Not in House										Suman	Not eligible	Kalyan
Sanjjana	Not eligible	Nominated	House Captain	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)	N/A	Red Seed	Evicted by Housemates (Day 19)	Flora Divya	Harish	Nominated	Safe	Ramu Bharani	Divya
							Secret Room (Days 19-20)
Suman	Not eligible	Sanjjana	Priya Manish	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)	N/A	Red Seed	Sanjjana (to evict)	Rithu Sanjjana Harish	Harish	Nominated	Nominated	Thanuja Sanjjana	House Captain
Thanuja	Not eligible	Sanjjana	Harish Flora	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)	N/A	Red Seed	Sanjjana (to save)	Srija	Flora	Nominated	Safe	Ramu Suman	Ramya
Bharani	Not eligible	Sanjjana Pavan	Priya Pavan	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)	N/A	Sanjjana	Sanjjana (to save)	Flora Divya	Harish	Nominated	Safe	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 42)
Srija	Sanjjana	Thanuja	Bharani Harish	Sanjjana Suman Flora Rithu Harish	N/A	Red Seed	Sanjjana (to evict)	Flora Divya	Flora	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted by Wildcards (Day 35)
Flora	Not eligible	Nominated	Thanuja Pavan	Sanjjana Suman (to save) Kalyan Priya Ramu Srija (to evict)	N/A	Immune	Not eligible	Rithu Sanjjana Harish	Black Star	Nominated	Evicted (Day 35)
Harish	Sanjjana	Suman	Bharani Emmanuel	Sanjjana Suman Flora Rithu Harish	N/A	Sanjjana	Not eligible	Not eligible	Black Star	Evicted (Day 28)
Priya	Sanjjana	Ramu	Flora Bharani	Sanjjana Suman Flora Rithu Harish	N/A	Red Seed	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 21)
Manish	Sanjjana	Not eligible	Bharani Rithu	Evicted (Day 14)
Shrasti	Not eligible	Nominated	Evicted (Day 7)
Potential Housemates
Anusha	Not in house				Guest	Not Selected (Day 18)
Naga	Not in house				Guest	Not Selected (Day 18)
Shakib	Not in house				Guest	Not 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	None	Divya 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-entered	None						Sanjjana	None
Secret Room	None					Sanjjana	None
Evicted	Shrasti		Manish	Priya		Sanjjana		Harish		Flora	Srija	Bharani

  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.
• ^7 : On Day 17, Flora won the Immunity task and secured her safety from that week's eviction.
• ^8 : On Day 18, four contestants from Bigg Boss Agnipariksha - Anusha, Divya, Naga and Shakib entered the Bigg Boss House as Potential Housemates. The housemates had to secretly vote for two contestants to enter. However, in a twist by Bigg Boss, despite receiving the least votes, Divya was granted entry as a housemate.
• ^9 : On Day 19, Bigg Boss introduced Red Seed twist, tasking the housemates with voting to evict one housemate holding it. Sanjjana was selected for eviction by the safe housemates but was instead moved to the Secret Room.
• ^10 : On Day 20, housemates were asked to make personal sacrifices to bring Sanjjana back. Four of the six accepted, leading to Sanjjana's return to the main house.
• ^11 : As Emmanuel sacrificed his Captaincy for Sanjjana's return. On Day 21, a Captaincy Task was held among five new contenders, where Pavan emerged victorious and became the new Captain.
• ^12 : On Day 22, housemates competed to win the Immunity badge. Suman and Thanuja won and secured their safety from that week's eviction.
• ^13 : In Week 4, the nomination process was conducted through a task, where housemates competed in four teams for the opportunity to nominate.
  •   Team Red - Kalyan (C), Emmanuel and Harish
  •   Team Yellow - Suman (C), Flora and Ramu
  •   Team Blue - Thanuja (C), Divya and Rithu
  •   Team Green - Bharani (C), Sanjjana and Srija
• ^14 : On Day 27, Host Nagarjuna introduced Black Star twist, tasking the housemates with voting for one housemates who has least impact in the house. Flora received the most votes and was directly nominated for next two weeks.
• ^15 : In Week 5, Bigg Boss nominated all housemates, except for Captain Ramu. Nominated housemates were given opportunity to win Immunity. Emmanuel won the Immunity task and secured his safety from that week's eviction.
• ^16 : Nominated housemates were given opportunity to win safety in series of tasks. On Day 32, Bharani, Divya and Kalyan won the task and were saved from that week's eviction. On Day 33, Thanuja won the task and was also saved.
• ^17 : On Day 35, Nominated housemates were given one more opportunity to win safety in series of tasks. Pavan, Rithu and Sanjjana won the tasks and were saved from that week's eviction. Srija and Suman remained in Danger Zone.
• ^18 : On Day 35, FireStorm Wild-card housemates had to evict one housemate in Danger Zone.
• ^19 : In Week 6, the wild-card contestants competed in a race to grab a ball. The first housemate to grab it had to give it to a housemate of their choice, granting them the power to nominate two housemates. The wild-card contestant then had to save one of the two nominated housemates.
• ^20 : On Day 39, Bigg Boss announced that there would be two House Captains for Week 7. Gaurav and Suman won the captaincy task.
• ^21 : Nikhil had the Firestorm Power to challenge one of the House Captains — if he won, he would take their place as House Captain. He challenged Gaurav but lost.
• ^22 : In Week 7, Suman and Gaurav had to choose between two pills. Gaurav chose the Blue Pill, which gave him the power to save one housemate, but also made him eligible to be nominated by others. Suman chose the Red Pill, granting him immunity from nominations for the week.
• ^23 : As, Aysha, who had the Power of Nominations, and Emmanuel, who had the Power Astra, competed in a task to earn nomination cards. Aysha received two cards to nominate one housemate each and one card for a direct nomination. Emmanuel received two cards to nominate two housemates each and three cards to nominate one housemate each. Both had the distribute these cards to housemates of their choice.

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. ^[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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