Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) season 1

Bigg Boss 1 is the first season of the Telugu-language version of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss. was premiered on 16 July 2017 on Star Maa. Jr NTR hosted the show.^[1][2] For this season of Bigg Boss, a lavish house set was constructed in Lonavala. Siva Balaji^[3] was the winner. The prize money for the winner was Rs. 50 lakhs (5,000,000 or 50,00,000).

Bigg Boss
Season 1
Season 1 Logo
Presented by	Jr. NTR
No. of days	70
No. of housemates	16
Winner	Siva Balaji
Runner-up	Aadarsh Balakrishna
No. of episodes	71
Release
Original network	Star Maa
Original release	16 July (2017-07-16) – 24 September 2017 (2017-09-24)
Season chronology
Next → Season 2

Housemates status

Sr	Housemate	Day entered	Day exited	Status
1	Siva	Day 1	Day 70	Winner
2	Aadarsh	Day 1	Day 70	1st Runner-up
3	Hariteja	Day 1	Day 70	2nd Runner-up
4	Navdeep	Day 28	Day 70	3rd Runner-up
5	Archana	Day 1	Day 70	4th Runner-up
6	Dikhsa	Day 15	Day 63	Evicted
7	Prince	Day 1	Day 56	Evicted
8	Mumaith	Day 1	Day 10	Ejected
		Day 37	Day 49	Evicted
9	Dhanraj	Day 1	Day 42	Evicted
10	Karthika	Day 1	Day 41	Evicted
11	Kalpana	Day 1	Day 28	Evicted
12	Mahesh	Day 1	Day 27	Evicted
13	Sameer	Day 1	Day 21	Evicted
14	Madhupriya	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
15	Sampoornesh	Day 1	Day 9	Walked
16	Jyothi	Day 1	Day 7	Evicted

Housemates

The participants in the order they entered the house are:^[4] ! Entered

Original Entrants

1. Archana Shastry — Film actress
3. Sameer Hasan — Film actor
4. Mumaith Khan — Film actress
5. Prince Cecil — Film actor
6. Madhu Priya — Singer
7. Jyothi Lakshmi — Film actress
8. Siva Balaji — Film actor
9. Kalpana Raghavendar — Singer
10. Mahesh Kathi — Movie critic
11. Kathi Karthika — Television presenter
12. Sampoornesh Babu— Film actor
13. Aadarsh Balakrishna — Film actor
14. Hari Teja — Film actress
15. Dhanraj — Comedian

Wild Card entries

1. Diksha Panth — Film actress
2. Navdeep Pallapolu — Film actor

Reception

The Bigg Boss Telugu program is regarded as one of the most expensive Telugu television shows.^[5] The launch of season 1 opened with 16.18 TVR and became the most watched Telugu television show.^[6]

References

1. "Junior NTR's Bigg Boss Is The 'Most Expensive' Telugu Show. Details Here". Ndtv.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
2. . Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
3. "బిగ్‌ బాస్‌ తెలుగు సీజన్స్ లో టైటిల్ గెలుచుకున్న విన్నర్స్, రన్నర్స్‌ లిస్ట్". Telugu Global.
4. "Bigg Boss Telugu Contestants Names, The Complete list". The Times of India.
5. "Junior NTR's Bigg Boss Is The 'Most Expensive' Telugu Show". NDTV. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
6. Hooli, Shekhar H. (27 July 2017). "Jr NTR's Bigg Boss Telugu tops TRP charts making Star Maa No. 1 Telugu TV channel". www.ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

External links

• Official website at Hotstar
• NTR's Big Boss Telugu promo videos