''Bigg Boss 2'' is the second season of the

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-language version of the Indian reality television series ''

Bigg Boss ''Bigg Boss'' is an Indian reality television game show franchise based on the Dutch reality show '' Big Brother''. It is produced by Endemol Shine India through Viacom18 and Disney Star. Subsequently, the various versions of the show are made ...

.'' It premiered on 10 June 2018 on

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. Nani hosted the show. It was the second longest season (112 days) in Indian versions of ''Bigg Boss''. Unlike the first season, this season featured general public along with celebrities as housemates. For this season of Bigg Boss, a lavish house set has been constructed in Backlots of

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7 Acres,

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, Hyderabad. The season was extended by one week (112 days) instead of the actual 105 days format of the show. Among the five finalists, Kaushal Manda emerged as the winner with highest number of public votes, followed by

Geetha Madhuri Geetha Madhuri is an Indian playback singer and voice artist. Madhuri has sung over 1800 songs in several languages including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. She is a recepeint of numerous Nandi Awards and Filmfare awards. Personal life ...

as runner-up, Tanish Alladi, Deepti Nallamothu and Samrat Reddy as third, fourth and fifth respectively.

Housemates status

Housemates

Original entrants

The participants in the order they entered the house are:

Celebrities

- Singer # Amit Tiwari - Actor # Deepti Nallamothu - TV9 Anchor # Tanish Alladi - Actor #

Babu Gogineni Babu Gogineni (born Rajaji Ramanadh in 1968) is an Indian Humanist, rationalist, and human rights activist, who served as Executive Director of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU). Gogineni is the founder of, South Asian Hu ...

- Indian humanist, rationalist and human rights activist # Bhanu Sree - Actress #

Roll Rida Rahul Kumar Velpula (born 26 Jan 1989), known professionally as Roll Rida, is an Indian rapper, songwriter and actor in Telugu films and music. He became popular with his YouTube rap song on Sankranthi, ''Patang'', was a huge hit with over 17 ...

- Rapper and singer # Syamala - Anchor and actress # Kireeti Damaraju - Actor # Deepthi Sunaina - Social media personality and actress # Kaushal Manda - Actor and model #

Tejaswi Madivada Tejaswi Madivada is an Indian actress and model, who works predominantly in the Telugu film industry. A dance tutor turned actress, she made her acting debut in 2013 with '' Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu'' and became noted after starring ...

- Actress # Samrat Reddy - Actor and cricketer

Commoners

# Ganesh - Radio Jockey, Vijayawada. # Sanjana Anne - Model, Miss Hyderabad, Miss India Participant, Vijayawada. # Nutan Naidu - Social Activist, Visakhapatnam.

Wild Card

Nandini Rai Neelam Gouhrani, known professionally as Nandini Rai, is an Indian actress and model who works in Telugu films. She is the winner of the Miss Andhra Pradesh title of 2010. After modelling, she went to pursue a career in acting. Biography Nandi ...

- Actress, Model #

Pooja Ramachandran Pooja Ramachandran is an Indian actress, VJ and model. After her studies, she participated in beauty pageants, winning the 'Miss Coimbatore 2004' title and was the runner up for Miss Kerala 2005. She then went on to become a VJ at SS Music bef ...

- Actress, Model

Reception

* Host Nani has been targeted for biased hosting. Later, host Nani responded to accusations of bias and replied that he is not biased and he treats every housemate equally. * The audience expressed their annoyance with host Nani,

and producer Endemol Shine India about voting and evictions of the show.

Guests

References

External links

Official Website
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