Bigg Boss (Malayalam TV series) season 2 explained

Season Number:	2
Image Alt:	2
Bgcolor:	3f002b
Module1:	Num Days: 75 Num Contestants: 22 Num Housemates: 23 Winner: No Winner
Num Episodes:	76
Network:	Asianet
Episode List:	List of Bigg Boss (Malayalam TV series) episodes
Prev Series:	Season 1

The second season of the Malayalam-language version of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss premiered on 5 January 2020.^[1] It was produced by Endemol Shine India and broadcast on Asianet. Mohanlal returned as the host. The show follows 22 contestants, who are isolated from the outside world for 105 days (or 15 weeks) in a custom built house.

The house was situated at EVP Film City in Chennai, where 17 contestants entered on Day 1 and six joined later as wildcard entries. All housemates were public figures, such as film, television, music, radio, stage, and internet personalities, and models. The winner of the season received a flat worth ₹5 million (₹50 lakh) along with a trophy. The show aired daily at 9:00pm IST. The second season introduced an aftershow titled BB Cafe. On 20 March 2020, the show was stopped due to COVID-19.^[2]

Production

The season two of the Malayalam-language version of Bigg Boss is produced by Endemol Shine India and telecast on Asianet.^[3] In September 2019, it was confirmed that Mohanlal will return as the host for the second season as well and Asianet announced that season two would take off soon and asked viewers to suggest contestants to be featured on the show through their social media pages.^[4] Season two comes with the tagline: Ini Valiya Kalikalumalla, Kalikal Vere Level (it's no longer just big games, now the games will be on its next level).^{[5] [6]} The newly designed eye logo was unveiled in November 2019, first promo for the show was also relea on that month.^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

House

The House for the first season of Bigg Boss was built at Goregaon Film City, Mumbai. Since season 13 of Hindi Bigg Boss was ongoing at the location, the location has to be shifted to EVP Film City, Chennai, where the first three seasons of Bigg Boss Tamil were filmed.^{[12] [13]} The 6000 square feet House was redesigned in the traditional architectural style of Kerala. Along with all the facilities that were available in the first season, the major new addition was a jail room with an attached toilet for incarcerating housemates who violate the rules of the House. The essential facilities retained from the first season were the dining area, living area, store room, kitchen, two bedrooms with eight beds, washroom, TV, swimming pool, confession room for interacting with Bigg Boss (voice), and smoke room for smokers.^[14]

Broadcast

The second season is telecast on Asianet, initially from Monday to Friday at 9:30pm IST and at 9:00pm IST on Saturdays and Sundays.^[15] From 9 March 2020 onward, the duration was extended and the airing time was changed to 9:00pm on weekdays too. Asianet also airs an aftershow BB Cafe hosted by Rajesh Keshav and Gopika. The show is available for streaming on the over-the-top platform Hotstar.^[16] It is aired in two parts—Bigg Boss and Bigg Boss Plus. Hotstar may or may not contain a few bits aired on television at the original airing time.^[17] Additionally, the YouTube channel of Asianet also uploads short "UnCut" clips not broadcast on television and Hotstar. The 30-minute BB Cafe Live regularly reads live comments on YouTube and Facebook about each day's episodes.^[18]

Housemates status

Housemate			Status
Arya	Day 1	Day 75
Abhirami	Day 49	Day 75
Amritha	Day 49	Day 75
Fukru	Day 1	Day 75
Sujo	Day 1	Day 32
	Day 49	Day 75
Saju	Day 1	Day 75
Alasandra	Day 1	Day 32
	Day 49	Day 75
Daya	Day 21	Day 39
	Day 55	Day 75
Alina	Day 1	Day 38
	Day 55	Day 75
Raghu	Day 1	Day 32
	Day 49	Day 75
Reshma	Day 1	Day 32
	Day 55	Day 70
Rajith	Day 1	Day 65
Veena	Day 1	Day 63
Jazla	Day 21	Day 56
Sooraj	Day 28	Day 56
Manju	Day 1	Day 48
Pradeep	Day 1	Day 42
Pavan	Day 28	Day 40
Thesni	Day 1	Day 27
Pareekutty	Day 1	Day 21
Suresh	Day 1	Day 21
Somadas	Day 1	Day 15
Rajini	Day 1	Day 14

Housemates

The participants in the order of appearance and entrance in the house are:

Original entrants

• Rajini Chandy, Film Actress
• Alina Padikkal, TV Host, TV Actress
• Raghu Subhash, Radio Jockey
• Arya Badai, TV Host
• Saju Navodaya, Film Actor
• Veena Nair, Film & TV Actress
• Manju Pathrose, TV Actress
• Pareekutty Perumbavoor, tiktok, Internet Celebrity, singer
• Thesni Khan, Film Actress
• Rajith Kumar, Social Activist
• Pradeep Chandran, Film & TV Actor
• Fukru (Krishna Jeev), Internet Celebrity
• Reshma Rajan, Model
• Somadas Haridasan, Singer
• Alasandra Johnson, Model
• Sujo Mathew, Model
• Suresh Krishnan, Director

Wild card entrants

• Daya Ashwathy, Social Activist, Internet Celebrity
• Jazla Madasseri, Social Activist
• Sooraj V V, Radio Jockey
• Pavan Gino Thomas, Model
• Abhirami Suresh, Singer, Actress
• Amrutha Suresh, Singer

Guests

Week(s)	Day(s)	Guest(s)	Purpose of visit
align=center	1	align=center	Day 6	align=center	Dharmajan Bolgatty	Invited guest, disguised as new entrant in front of housemates and was evicted on the same day by Bigg Boss for leaking outside information.
align=center	2	align=center	Day 74	align=center	Mohanlal	To suspend the show due to COVID-19 outbreak

Episodes

See main article: List of Bigg Boss (Malayalam TV series) episodes.

Nominations table

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6			Week 7	Week 8		Week 9	Week 10	Week 11
House Captain	Rajini	Saju	Pradeep	Fukru	Rajith	Saju						Fukru	Rajith	Fukru		Show discontinued (Day 74)
Captain's Nomination	No Nominations	Rajith Sujo	Alasandra Rajith	Arya Veena	Pradeep Reshma	Jasla Rajith			Rajith Veena	Jasla	Fukru Jasla	Sujo	Not Eligible	Raghu
Vote to:	None	Evict											Evict/Save	Evict
Abhirami	Not In House										Exempt	Arya Saju	Themselves (to evict)	Alina Daya
Amritha	Not In House										Exempt	Arya Saju	Themselves (to evict)	Alina Daya
Alasandra	No Nominations	Rajini Somadas	Fukru Rajith	Pradeep Veena	Pradeep Reshma	Walked (Day 32)					Exempt	Abhirami Amritha Saju	Herself (to save)	Arya Saju
Alina	No Nominations	Somadas Thesni	Thesni Veena	Thesni Veena	Daya Veena	Daya Rajith			Walked (Day 39)			Exempt	Herself (to save)	Abhirami Amritha Sujo
Arya	No Nominations	Rajith Somadas	Alina Pareekutty	Raghu Rajith	Daya Raghu	Daya Rajith			Jasla Rajith	Jasla	Jasla Rajith	Abhirami Amritha Sujo	Herself (to save)	Alasandra Raghu
Daya	Not In House			Exempt	Pradeep Saju	Manju Pradeep			Walked (Day 39)	Exempt	Herself (to evict)	Alasandra Raghu
Fukru	No Nominations	Alina Rajini	Alasandra Alina	House Captain	Daya Reshma	Jasla Rajith			Rajith Veena	Sooraj	Rajith Veena	House Captain	Himself (to save)	House Captain
Raghu	No Nominations	Alina Somadas	Pareekutty Rajith	Pradeep Veena	Pradeep Veena	Walked (Day 32)					Exempt	Saju Veena	Himself (to evict)	Arya Daya
Saju	No Nominations	House Captain	Pareekutty Thesni	Alasandra Raghu	Daya Jasla	House Captain						Alasandra Raghu	Himself (to evict)	Alasandra Sujo
Sujo	No Nominations	Rajith Somadas	Pareekutty Rajith	Pradeep Veena	Pradeep Reshma	Walked (Day 32)					Exempt	Saju Veena	Himself (to save)	Alina Saju
Reshma	No Nominations	Rajini Somadas	Rajith Veena	Thesni Veena	Daya Fukru	Walked (Day 32)						Exempt	Herself (to evict)	Evicted (Day 70)
Rajith	No Nominations	Manju Suresh	Arya Reshma	Arya Saju	House Captain	Manju Veena			Fukru Manju	Sooraj	Fukru Jasla	Arya Saju	House Captain	Ejected (Day 69)
Veena	No Nominations	Rajith Sujo	Alina Rajith	Raghu Sujo	Daya Jasla	Daya Sooraj			Arya Rajith	Jasla	Fukru Rajith	Alasandra Raghu	Evicted (Day 63)
Jasla	Not In House			Exempt	Pradeep Veena	Daya Rajith			Manju Rajith	Not eligible	Arya Veena	Evicted (Day 63)
Sooraj	Not In House				Exempt	Arya Veena			Jasla Rajith	Not eligible	Rajith Veena	Evicted (Day 56)
Manju	No Nominations	Alina Rajith	Rajith Suresh	Raghu Veena	Daya Sujo	Daya Rajith			Rajith Veena	Sooraj	Evicted (Day 48)
Pradeep	No Nominations	Alasandra Rajith	House Captain	Rajith Thesni	Alasandra Daya	Daya Rajith			Evicted (Day 42)
Pavan	Not In House				Exempt				Walked (Day 40)
Thesni	No Nominations	Rajini Sujo	Pareekutty Suresh	Arya Veena	Evicted (Day 27)
Pareekutty	No Nominations	Alina Rajini	Raghu Saju	Evicted (Day 21)
Suresh	No Nominations	Reshma Somadas	Alasandra Reshma	Evicted (Day 21)
Somadas	No Nominations	Alasandra Rajini	Walked (Day 15)
Rajini	House Captain	Rajith Somadas	Evicted (Day 14)
Notes		1			2	3, 4, 5				6, 7		8, 9	10
Against Public Vote	None	Alasandra Alina Rajini Rajith Somadas Sujo	Alasandra Alina Pareekutty Rajith Reshma Suresh Thesni Veena	Arya Pradeep Rajith Raghu Thesni Veena	Daya Jasla Pradeep Reshma Veena	Arya Daya Jasla Manju Pradeep Rajith Sooraj Veena			Arya Fukru Jasla Manju Rajith Veena	Arya Fukru Jasla Rajith Sooraj Veena		Abhirami Amritha Alasandra Arya Raghu Saju Sujo Veena	Abhirami Amritha Daya Raghu Reshma Saju	Abhirami Amritha Alasandra Alina Arya Daya Raghu Saju Sujo
Re-entered	none									Alasandra		Alina	none
										Raghu		Daya
										Sujo		Reshma
Ejected	none												Rajith	none
Walked	none		Somadas	none		Alasandra	Pavan	Raghu	Alina	none
						Reshma	Sujo		Daya
Evicted	No Eviction	Rajini	Pareekutty	Thesni	No Eviction	Pradeep			Manju	Sooraj		Veena	Reshma	Eviction Cancelled
			Suresh							Jazla

indicates the house captain.

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 to emergency.

Notes

• : On Day 15, Somadas walked-off the house due to his poor health conditions.^[19]
• : 5 housemates (including a nominated contestant) were hospitalized due to a viral infection, they were given a chance to get cured and move onto next week and so there was no eviction.
• : Due to illness and being hospitalized, Alassandra, Raghu, Pavan and Sujo were exempted from the nomination procedures.
• : After getting nominated on week 6, Jasla used her immunity power to save herself from the nomination.
• : On Day 40, Pavan had very poor health condition and decided to walk-off the house for his further treatment.
• : On Day 46, The housemates nominated Jasla and Sooraj for having weak characters in the house as part of the daily task. Both of them had 3 votes each and they were told to discuss so that one of them will be directly nominated to the Week 8 evictions. At the end, Sooraj stood himself to get nominated.
• : On Day 49, Alassandra, Raghu and Sujo re-entered the house along with two new wild card entries.
• : On Day 55, Alina, Daya and Reshma re-entered the house.
• : After getting nominated on week 9, Arya and Raghu used her immunity power to save herself from the nomination.
• : On Day 65, Bigg Boss temporarily ejected Rajith for violating the rules of the house after physically harming a lady contestant during a task. Later on Day 70, Rajith got ejected permanently after being rejected by Reshma to re-enter in the Bigg Boss house.

Television viewership rating and viewership

Official ratings are taken from BARC India.
(TRP of the episodes telecasting in Asianet only)

Notes and References

1. News: Entertainment desk. 6 January 2020. Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 2 launch: Highlights. The Indian Express. 19 January 2020.
2. Web site: Coronavirus: Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 2 to be called off. 2020-12-30. The Week.
3. News: Narayanan. Nirmal. Bigg Boss Malayalam 2: Mohanlal says why he decided to host a reality show. International Business Times. 16 November 2019.
4. News: Mohanlal to host Bigg Boss Malayalam season 2; team asks fans for suggestions . 6 January 2020 . . 18 September 2019.
5. News: Bigg Boss Malayalam 2: Host Mohanlal is back with a bang. The Times of India. 16 December 2019.
6. Web site: Bigg Boss Malayalam 2 Start Date, Timing, Host, Channel. Admin. 31 December 2019. Rddu Entertainment. 31 December 2019.
7. Web site: Bigg Boss Malayalam 2 First Promo: Mohanlal's show to come with unexpected surprises; Check it out. Pinkvilla.com. 17 November 2019.
8. Web site: Mohanlal's Bigg Boss Malayalam 2 to launch soon; Makers unveil the new logo. Pinkvilla.com. 14 November 2019.
9. News: Bigg Boss Malayalam 2 new promo has an important message for the audience. Times Now.
10. News: Bigg Boss Malayalam 2: Second promo highlights 'sharing and caring'. Times Now.
11. News: Bigg Boss Malayalam 2 will be more exciting than the previous season: Host Mohanlal. timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
12. News: Bigg Boss Malayalam 2 to be shot in Chennai?. The Times of India. 22 October 2019.
13. Web site: Bigg Boss Malayalam 2: Mohanlal's reality show to be shot in Chennai? Find out. Pinkvilla.com. 23 October 2019.
14. News: Bigg Boss Malayalam 2 house photos: Here's a sneak peek into the redesigned house . 6 January 2020 . . 5 January 2020.
15. Web site: Bigg boss malayalam show season 2 telecast time, repeat on asianet, middle east channels. 9 March 2020 .
16. Web site: Watch BB Cafe Videos Online on Hotstar . Hotstar. 12 February 2020.
17. Web site: Watch BB Plus Videos Online on Hotstar. Hotstar. 12 February 2020.
18. Web site: Bigg Boss Season 2. YouTube. Asianet. 12 February 2020.
19. Web site: Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 2: Somadas Walks Out Of The Show!. filmibeat.com. 21 January 2020.
20. Web site: Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 2 garners 20% growth in viewership over last season. exchange4media.