Bigg Boss 9, 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. Nagarjuna hosts the show for the seventh time in a row. The season premiered on 7 September 2025 on Star Maa and JioHotstar.
Production
Teasers The teaser featuring the show's host 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.
Concept The concept for the season is "Ranarangam" with two houses, one house for celebrities and other house for commoners.
24x7 streaming The show was streamed 24/7 on JioHotstar and an hour-long episode every day on Star Maa. The episodes were shown on a 24-hour live stream, from Monday to Friday.
Housemates Status #HousemateDay enteredDay exitedStatusRef.1Kalyan Day 1Day 1052ThanujaDay 1Day 1053PavanDay 1Day 1054EmmanuelDay 1Day 1055Sanjjana Day 1Day 19 Day 20Day 1054th Runner-up6BharaniDay 1Day 42 Day 50Day 987SumanDay 1Day 978RithuDay 1Day 919DivyaDay 18Day 8410GauravDay 35Day 7011NikhilDay 35Day 6912Srinivas Day 35Day 6313Ramu Day 1Day 6214MadhuriDay 35Day 5615RamyaDay 35Day 4916Aysha Day 35Day 4717SrijaDay 1Day 35 Evicted By WildcardsDay 50Day 5418Flora Day 1Day 3519HarishDay 1Day 28 20Priya Day 1Day 2121ManishDay 1Day 1422ShrastiDay 1Day 7
Housemates The participants in the order of appearance and entered to the house are:
Original entrants
Celebrities Thanuja 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. 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. Emmanuel – Actor and comedian. He is best known for his appearance in the comedy show Jabardasth. Shrasti Verma – Choreographer. She has choreographed various songs in blockbuster films such Jailer, Vikrant Rona, Game Changer, Rangasthalam, Pushpa, and Maaveeran. Rithu Chowdary – Actress and television presenter. She has appeared in television dramas Inti Guttu and Mounaraagam. 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. 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. Ramu Rathod – Singer and songwriter. He is known for folk songs "Bombai Ki Ranu" and "Sommasilli Pothunnave". 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.
Commoners All the commoners were selected through Bigg Boss Agnipariksha 1, a digital pre-show. Kalyan Padala- Army soldier Harita Harish – Entrepreneur. He is known as "Mask Man" as he wore a black face mask. Demon Pavan– Software employee/ Social media personality. Srija Dammu – Social media personality. Priya Shetty – Doctor and social media personality. Maryada Manish – Entrepreneur.
Wildcard entrants
Commoner Divya Nikhita– Social media personality. Entered the house on day 18 as a wild-card entrant.
Firestorms Six housemates entered the house as Firestorm wildcard housemates.
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 Duvvada – Social media personality.Runs a saree business known as vakula silks Nikhil Nair – Actor. He is known for the television drama Intinti Gruhalakshmi. 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.
Guest appearances WeekDayEventGuest(s)Purpose of the visitRef.Week 1Day 0PremiereBindu Madhavi, Navdeep and SreemukhiTo reveal the commoner selected by the JuryDay 7 Teja Sajja, Ritika Nayak and Vishwa PrasadTo promote their film MiraiWeek 3Day 21DasaraSpecialSiddhu Jonnalagadda, Srinidhi Shetty, Harsha Chemudu, Raashii Khanna and Neeraja KonaTo promote their film Telusu KadaHarika AlekhyaDance performanceShruthi Ranjani, Anirudh Suswaram, Dhanunjay Seepana and Sahithi ChagantiSpecial performanceRitika NayakDance performanceHarsh Roshan and Sridevi AppallaDance performance and to promote their film Band MelamKiran Abbavaram and Yukti TharejaTo promote their film K-RampWeek 4Day 33Abhinav Manikanta and Payal ChengappaTo promote their TV series Rambo in LoveWeek 5Day 35FirestormEventSudeepa (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 DudeWeek 6Day 42DiwaliSpecialShivani NagaramDance performanceSaketh KomanduriDedicating songs to housematesSonakshi Sinha, Shilpa Shirodkar, Sudheer Babu and Shivin NarangTo promote their film JatadharaAnandhiDance performanceHyper AadiSpecial commentary about housematesApsara RaniDance performanceWeek 7Day 46Ambati Arjun and Amardeep ChowdaryAs police inspectors in the Task to elect captain contenders Week 8Day 50Priya, Manish, Flora, Srija, Shrasti, BharaniTo participate in the weekly nomination processDay 56Rashmika Mandanna and Rahul RavindranTo promote their film The GirlfriendWeek 9Day 62Amala Akkineni and Ram Gopal VarmaTo promote the re-release of their film ShivaWeek 10Day 70Naga Chaitanya, Akhilesh and racers of Hyderabad BlackbirdsTo promote their team Hyderabad Blackbirds in Indian Racing LeagueWeek 11Day 72FamilyWeekLasya (Suman's wife)Family reunion weekShresta (Thanuja's niece), Pooja (Thanuja's sister) Padma (Pavan's mother)Day 73Azeez Pasha (Sanjjana's husband), Alarik and Ajina (Sanjjana's children)Sri Laxmi (Divya's mother)Laxmi (Kalyan's mother)Day 74Rajini (Rithu's mother)Aarti (Bharani's daughter)Nanamma (Emmanuel's mother)Day 76Vijay Laxmi (Bharani's mother), Nagendra BabuTo support Bharani.Laxman Rao Padala (Kalyan's father), Balu (Kalyan's brother)To support Kalyan.Vamshi (Emmanuel's brother), AvinashTo support Emmanuel.Varanasi Rama Sharma (Divya's grandfather), Saloni (Divya's friend)To support Divya.Day 77Gautham & Rupika (Suman's children), Srinivasa ReddyTo support Suman.Anita (Sanjjana's mother), Jamil (Sanjjana's nephew)To support Sanjjana.Jathin (Rithu's brother), Akhil SarthakTo support Rithu.Haritha, Pavan SaiTo support Thanuja.Durga Prasad (Pavan's father), Pavan (Pavan's friend)To support Pavan.Week 12Day 79Priyanka Jain (season 7)Former Best Captain housemates from past seasons.To challenge a housemate in the "Final Captain Contender" tasks.Gautham Krishna (season 7 & season 8)Day 80Prerana Kambam (season 8)Alekhya Harika (season 4)Maanas (season 5)Prince Yawar (season 7)Day 81Shobha Shetty (season 7)Syed Sohel (season 4)Week 14Day 97Smita, Noel Sean and Vijay Binni To promote their pop song "Masaka Masaka"Day 98Thaman S and Aniesh To promote their film Itllu ArjunaWeek 15Day 104Finale WeekSivaji, Laya and Master Rohan RoyTo promote their film Sampradayini Suppini SuddapoosaniNidhhi AgerwalTo promote her film The RajaSaabPradeep Machiraju and SreemukhiTo promote their television show BB Jodi 2Day 105Grand FinaleRoshan Meka and Anaswara RajanTo promote their film ChampionMangliMusical performanceSrikanthTo announce the 4th Runner-upSekhar, Sadha and Sridevi VijaykumarTo promote their television show BB Jodi 2Naveen Polishetty and Meenakshi ChaudharyTo promote their film Anaganaga Oka Raju and announce the 3rd Runner-upRavi Teja, Dimple Hayathi and Ashika RanganathTo promote their film Bhartha Mahasayulaku WignyapthiPayal RajputDance performance
Nomination table Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15Day 1Day 2Day 15Day 18Day 19Day 20Day 23Day 27Day 29Day 35Grand FinaleNomineesforHouse CaptainNoneEmmanuelHarishPavanSanjjanaShrastiBharaniEmmanuelManishPavanBharaniDivyaEmmanuelSumanThanujaHarishPavanRamuRithuSanjjanaEmmanuelKalyanRamuRithuBharaniDivyaEmmanuelKalyanRamuThanujaAyshaGauravMadhuriRamyaSayeeSuman GauravDivyaEmmanuelKalyanNikhilRithuThanujaBharaniDivyaNikhilSayeeThanujaBharaniDivyaEmmanuelRithuSumanThanujaNikhilRithuThanujaRithuSumanDivyaEmmanuelKalyanPavanRithuSanjjanaNoneNoneHouseCaptainSanjjanaPavanPavanEmmanuelPavanRamuKalyanSumanEmmanuelDivyaEmmanuelThanujaRithuKalyanBharaniGauravCaptain'snominationSuman(to evict)SanjjanaSumanFloraRithuHarishPriya(to evict)Srija(to save)N/ANoteligibleSanjjana(to save)NoteligibleFloraNoNominationsNoteligibleRamu(to evict)Noteligible