Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) season 2
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. It was the second longest season 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 Annapurna Studios 7 Acres, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.
The season was extended by one week 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.
Housemates status
| Housemate | Status | ||
| Kaushal | Day 1 | Day 112 | |
| Geetha | Day 1 | Day 112 | |
| Tanish | Day 1 | Day 112 | |
| Deepti | 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 | |
| Syamala | Day 54 | Day 91 | |
| Nutan | Day 1 | Day 14 | |
| Nutan | Day 54 | Day 68 | |
| Nutan | Day 75 | Day 84 | |
| Ganesh | Day 1 | Day 83 | |
| Pooja | Day 45 | Day 77 | |
| Deepthi S | Day 1 | Day 70 | |
| Babu G | Day 1 | Day 63 | |
| Nandini | Day 8 | Day 56 | |
| Tejaswi | Day 1 | Day 42 | |
| Bhanu Sri | Day 1 | Day 35 | |
| Kireeti | Day 1 | Day 21 | |
| Sanjana | Day 1 | Day 7 |
Housemates
Original entrants
The participants in the order they entered the house are:Celebrities
- Geetha Madhuri - Singer
- Amit Tiwari - Actor
- Deepti Nallamothu - TV9 Anchor
- Tanish - Actor
- Babu Gogineni - Indian humanist, rationalist and human rights activist
- Bhanu Sree - Actress
- Roll Rida - Rapper and singer
- Syamala - Anchor and actress
- Kireeti Damaraju - Actor
- Deepthi Sunaina - Social media personality and actress
- Kaushal Manda - Actor and model
- Tejaswi Madivada - 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 - Actress, Model
- Pooja Ramachandran - 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, Star Maa and producer Endemol Shine India about voting and evictions of the show.