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Bigg Boss 2 is the second season of the Telugu-language version of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss. It premiered on 10 June 2018 on Star Maa. Nani hosted the show.[1] 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.[2] For this season of Bigg Boss, a lavish house set has been constructed in Backlots of Annapurna Studios 7 Acres, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.[3]
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 as runner-up, Tanish Alladi, Deepti Nallamothu and Samrat Reddy as third, fourth and fifth respectively.
| Housemate | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaushal Manda | Day 1 | Day 112 | ||
| Geetha Maduri | Day 1 | Day 112 | ||
| Tanish | Day 1 | Day 112 | ||
| Deepti Nalamothu | Day 1 | Day 112 | 3rd Runner up | |
| Samrat | Day 1 | Day 112 | 4th Runner up | |
| Roll Rida | Day 1 | Day 105 | ||
| Amit | Day 1 | Day 98 | ||
| Syamala | Day 1 | Day 28 | ||
| Day 54 | Day 91 | |||
| Nutan Naidu | Day 1 | Day 14 | ||
| Day 54 | Day 68 | |||
| Day 75 | Day 84 | |||
| Ganesh | Day 1 | Day 83 | ||
| Pooja | Day 45 | Day 77 | ||
| Deepthi Sunina | Day 1 | Day 70 | ||
| Babu Gogineni | Day 1 | Day 63 | ||
| Nandini | Day 8 | Day 56 | ||
| Tejaswi Madivada | Day 1 | Day 42 | ||
| Bhanu Sri | Day 1 | Day 35 | ||
| Kireeti | Day 1 | Day 21 | ||
| Sanjana | Day 1 | Day 7 |
The participants in the order they entered the house are:
| Week(s) | Guest(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Week 2 | Srinivas Reddy and Vennela Kishore | To promote the film Jamba Lakidi Pamba. |
| Week 4 | Sai Dharam Tej and Anupama Parameswaran | To promote the film Tej I Love You[8] |
| Week 6 | Pradeep Machiraju | To inform about his new show - Pradeep's Pelli Choopulu[9] |
| Lakshmi Manchu | To promote the film W/O Ram[10] | |
| Week 8 | Kamal Haasan, Pooja Kumar, Ghibran, and Shamdat Sainudeen | To promote the film Vishwaroopam II[11] |
| Week 11 | Anasuya Bharadwaj | As a guest to Mehendi Task[12] |
| Taapsee Pannu, Aadhi Pinisetty and Ritika Singh | To promote the film Neevevaro[13] | |
| Host Nani | On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan festival. | |
| Week 13 | Chandini Chowdary & Raja Goutham | To Promote the film Manu |
| Sunil Varma & Allari Naresh | To Promote the film Silly Fellows[14] | |
| Week 14 | All Housemates family members | As a part of weeks luxury budget task[15] |
| One Joker and six unknown people | To irritate housemates and stolen food from the house, While housemates are in freeze command by Bigg Boss | |
| Week 16 | Sudheer Babu and Nabha Natesh | To promote the film Nannu Dochukunduvate.[16] |
| Vangaveeti Santhosh (Common Audience) | Winner of amazon wild card entry contest entered the house to meet and present some gifts to all housemates.[17] | |
| All Evicted contestants except Nutan Naidu on day 110 | As a guests to family party of Bigg Boss 2.[18] | |
| Beauticians on day 111 | To give contestants a makeovers for the grand finale.[19] | |
| Venkatesh Daggubati on day 112 | To present the trophy to the winner.[20] |