Bigg Boss 2, also known as Bigg Boss 2: Iss Nazar Se Kaun Bachega, is the second season of the Indian reality TV programme Bigg Boss. Hosted by Bollywood actress and producer Shilpa Shetty, the second season began airing on 21 August 2008 on Colors TV. The housemates, considered strangers to each other, spent 98 days locked up together under one roof under the 24×7 supervision of 32 cameras fitted around the Bigg Boss house.
On the second day of the show, the British guest on exchange in the house, Jade Goody, walked out of the Bigg Boss house due to the revelation that she had developed cancer. On Day 30 of the show, an additional entry to the house was made in the form of Diana Hayden, who was the fifteenth contestant of the reality game show. The show topped the rating charts in its last week due to a voluntary exit by a popular housemate, Rahul Mahajan.
The season lasted for 98 continuous days in total, ending with the finale on 22 November 2008. Ashutosh Kaushik emerged as the winner with an award of Rs. 1 crore. Raja Chaudhary was the runner-up of the show. Rahul Mahajan won the Aveo UVA car as he was selected as the (One with big heart) of the show.
Production
The show is based on the Big Brother format developed by John de Mol. A number of contestants (known as "housemates") lived in a purpose-built house and were isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, housemates nominated two of their peers for eviction, and the housemates who received the most nominations would face a public vote. Of these, one would eventually leave, having been "evicted" from the House. However, there were exceptions to this process as dictated by Bigg Boss. In the final week, there were three housemates remaining, and the public voted for who they wanted to win.
Tasks were set by Bigg Boss each week. The housemates were allowed to gamble on task outcomes and were rewarded with extra money to order more supplies if they won.
Housemates status
Sr Housemate Status 1 Ashutosh Day 1 Day 90 Day 90 Day 97 2 Raja Day 1 Day 90 Day 91 Day 97 3 Zulfi Day 1 Day 90 Day 91 Day 97 4 Rahul Day 1 Day 90 Day 91 Day 93 5 Monica Day 1 Day 19 Day 49 Day 89 6 Diana Day 30 Day 78 7 Debojit Day 1 Day 70 8 Ehsaan Day 1 Day 63 9 Payal Day 1 Day 54 Day 78 Day 84 10 Sambhavna Day 1 Day 47 Day 78 Day 84 11 Alina Day 1 Day 33 12 Ketki Day 1 Day 26 13 Rakhi Day 1 Day 12 14 Sanjay Day 1 Day 7 15 Jade Day 1 Day 2
Housemates Original entrants The participants in the order of appearance and entrance in the house are: Ketki Dave – Television actress. She is popular for her role of Daksha Virani in Ekta Kapoor's show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. Zulfi Syed – Model and actor. He starred in Akbar Khan's Taj Mahal and the controversial movie "Deshdrohi". Zulfi also played small roles in other Bollywood movies. Raja Chaudhary – Actor. He has appeared in many Bhojpuri films. He was in a controversial relationship with Shweta Tiwari whom he later divorced. Monica Bedi – Actress. She is a former starlet and the former partner of underworld don Abu Salem. She appeared in movies like Jodi No. 1, Jaanam Samjha Karo and Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat. Rahul Mahajan – Political leader. He is a former pilot and the only son of politician Pramod Mahajan. He was reportedly admitted to a hospital for drugs overdose right after his father's death in May 2006. In a more recent controversy, his newly wedded wife Shweta claimed that she was being abused by Rahul. In August 2008, two weeks before him joining Bigg Boss they got divorced. Rakhi Vijan – Actress She is known for her roles in the show Hum Paanch and film Golmaal Returns. Sambhavna Seth – Actress and Item girl. Ehsaan Qureshi – Stand-up comedian. He participated in the reality show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge and became a finalist. Alina Wadiwala – Model. Payal Rohatgi – Model and actress. She has appeared in films like Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?, 36 China Town and Heyy Babyy. She participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 1. Debojit Saha – Singer. He participated and became the winner of Zee TV's singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005. Ashutosh Kaushik – Model and reality TV actor. He participated and became the winner of MTV Roadies in 2007. Sanjay Nirupam – Politician. He is a politician and a member of the Congress (I) Party. Jade Goody – British television personality. She participated in the reality show Big Brother UK 3 (2002). She later participated in Celebrity Big Brother in its fifth season where she was in an international racist controversy after she bullied fellow housemate Shilpa Shetty, along with two other contestants Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara. She died in March 2009 due to cervical cancer.
Wild card entrants Diana Hayden – Model. She became the winner of Miss World and runner up of Miss India in 1997.
Guest appearances Week Day Guest(s) Purpose of Visit Ref(s) 1 Day 5 Tusshar Kapoor & Ekta Kapoor To promote their film C Kkompany 2 Day 12 Anupam Kher To promote his film Tahaan 3 Day 19 Rajniesh Duggal & Adah Sharma To promote their film 1920 4 Day 26 Amrita Rao To promote her film Welcome to Sajjanpur 5 Day 33 Sania Wadiwala To surprise and support sister Alina 6 Day 40 Abhishek Bachchan To promote his film Drona 7 Day 47 Sohail Khan To promote his film Hello 8 Day 54 Urmila Matondkar To promote her film Karzzzz 9 Day 61 Salman Khan & Preity Zinta To promote their film Heroes 10 Day 69 Ajay Devgan & Kareena Kapoor To promote their film Golmaal Returns 11 Day 76 Arjun Rampal & Malaika Arora To promote their film EMI - Liya Hai Toh Chukana Parega 12 Days 78–84 Payal Rohatgi & Sambhavna Seth Special appearances Day 82 Karan Johar, John Abraham & Priyanka Chopra To promote their film Dostana 13 Days 87–88 Shakuntala Bedi (Monica's mother) To see their loved ones on Family Week Poonam Mahajan (Rahul's sister) Biquar Syed (Zufli's brother) Day 89 Salman Khan & Katrina Kaif To promote their film Yuvvraaj 14 Day 96 Ravi Kishan Special appearance Day 97 Akshay Kumar To promote his film Jumbo
Weekly summary The main events in the house are summarised in the table below. A typical week began with nominations, followed by the shopping task, and then the eviction of a housemate during the Saturday episode. Evictions, tasks, and other events for a particular week are noted in order of sequence. Week 1 Entrances Day 1: Ketki, Zulfi, Raja, Monica, Rahul, Rakhi, Sambhavna, Ehsaan, Alina, Payal, Debojit, Ashutosh, Sanjay and Jade entered the main house. Nominations Day 2: Bigg Boss announced the first nominations where the housemates have to go in the confession room and tell which two housemates they would like to nominate to evict. Jade and Payal both safe as they both won immunity task so no housemate nominated them. As a result; Raja and Sanjay were nominated for this the first week's eviction. Tasks Truth or Dare The housemates were asked by Bigg Boss to sit and form a circle and spin an arrow for the task of paying the game Truth or Dare. The person towards whom the arrow points, has to either answer a question posed by the opposite person or do a daring task set by him/her. Reward After winning the first task, Jade and Payal were saved from eviction. Twists Exits Day 2: Jade Goody walked out of the house after hearing about her cancer. Day 5: Sanjay Nirupam was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. Week 2 Nominations Day 8: Nominations were announced and again had to pick two housemates to evict. As a result; Rahul and Rakhi were nominated for the second week's eviction. Tasks Janmastami Aligning with the actual celebrations of Krishna Janmastami, Bigg Boss directed all housemates to celebrate the festival inside the house also. Rahul and Payal were appointed as Krishna and Radha respectively, and the rest were to rever them and provide seva. Punishments Reward Twists Exits Day 12: Rakhi Vijan was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. Week 3 Nominations Day 15: Nominations were announced and again had to pick two housemates to evict. As a result; Monica and Rahul were nominated for the third week's eviction. Tasks Sarkar Housemates were asked by Bigg Boss to vote for and form a Sarkar (government) within the house by contesting an election between any two housemates with the help of one supporter each. Sambhavna and Raja were selected by the members as the two candidates. Ahsaan was chosen as a supported by Raja, and Rahul became the supporter of Sambhavna. The task was successful and Raja got elected as the leader and was called Sarkar Raja. Bigg Boss Song: Bigg Boss gave all house mates a task of composing a song for Bigg Boss Season 2 where Ahsaan, a poet and stand-up comic, was asked to write the lyrics and Debojit, a singer by profession, was to compose and sing the song along with the rest of the housemates. Punishments Ashutosh, Alina and Sambhavana were not allowed to nominate this week as punishment from Bigg Boss for breaking house rules. Reward Twists Open nominations: In a surprising move for all housemates, Bigg Boss decided to have the nomination process in the group where each member had to nominate two people for eviction and also state reasons for doing so. Exits Day 19: Monica Bedi was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. Week 4 Entrances Day 29: Diana Hayden entered as the first wild card entrant. Nominations Day 22: Nominations were announced and again had to pick two housemates to evict. As a result; Alina, Ketki, Payal and Zulfi were nominated for the fourth week's eviction. Tasks Pathshala Bigg Boss directed all housemates towards a three-day task of creating a Pathshala (school) in the house. Alina, Rahul, Raja, Sambhavna and Zulfi were to role-play of school children. The remaining housemates were to play the role of teachers. Ketaki was appointed vice-principal and was a PT teacher, Ehsaan was the teacher for Hindi literature, Debojit played the role of music teacher and Payal was appointed as dancing teacher. Ashutosh was appointed by Bigg Boss as the principal of the school. For three days all students were to participate in at least one class every day by each teacher. The third day was set as the day of the exam, where the best student was to be awarded. Sambhavna was unanimously selected as the best student by all teachers. Punishments Reward Twists Through the successful weekly task of being the leader Bigg Boss gave Raja a special privilege to name one person who would be nominated for eviction for week four irrespective of nomination vote-count. Exits Day 26: Ketki Dave was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. Week 5 Nominations Day 30: Nominations were announced and again had to pick two housemates to evict. As a result; Alina, Raja and Sania were nominated for the fifth week's eviction. Tasks Kabaddi Bigg Boss assigns Kabaddi day task to the housemates. He informs them that for this, they have to form two teams with four members each and select one person as a referee. Furthermore the captain of the winning team in every round will get Rs 500. And all this will take place in the garden area but since it is raining, they can do this in the gym area. Sambhavana is the captain of the team composed of Raja, Zulfi and Debojit whereas Rahul is the captain of the team composed of Payal, Ashutosh and Alina. Paani Bachao