Bigg Boss (Hindi season 2)


Bigg Boss 2 is the second season of the Indian reality TV programme Bigg Boss. It began airing on 21 August 2008 on Colors. Shilpa Shetty replaced Arshad Warsi as host of the show. Fourteen handpicked housemates entered during the launch and were described as newsmakers rather than celebrities, though the majority of the contestants were associated with Bollywood or Indian TV channels and other realities shows. The housemates, considered strangers for each other, spent 98 days or nearly 14 weeks locked out together under one roof under the 24×7 supervision of 32 cameras fitted around the Bigg Boss house at Lonavala, a hill station about 100 km east of Mumbai.
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 Bada Dilwala of the show.
Housemates Rahul Mahajan and Sambhavana Sheth returned to compete in Bigg Boss Halla Bol. They became the third and fourth housemates to be evicted, on Day 21 and 24 respectively.
became the new host for the series.

Production

The show is based on the Big Brother format developed by John de Mol. A number of contestants 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

Original Entrants

The participants in the order of appearance and entrance in the house are:
HousematesEnteredExitedResult
AshutoshDay 1Day 98
Winner
RajaDay 1Day 98
1st Runner Up
ZulfiDay 1Day 98
2nd Runner Up
RahulDay 1Day 93
MonicaDay 1Day 20rowspan=2
MonicaDay 52Day 90-
DianaDay 30Day 83
DebojitDay 1Day 69
AhsaanDay 1Day 62
PayalDay 1Day 55
SambhavanaDay 1Day 48
ElinaDay 1Day 34
KetakiDay 1Day 27
RakheeDay 1Day 13
SanjayDay 1Day 6
JadeDay 1Day 2

Guests

Nominations table

Nomination notes

On other accounts of breaking house-rules such as falling asleep during afternoons, Bigg Boss conducted the nomination voting process for week five in open group as against to the usual process that takes place individually within the secrecy of the confession room. The numbers in the individual's box above show the order in which Bigg Boss asked the members to declare their two nominations along with their reasons in front of all other housemates.
Diana Hayden entered the house Monday after the nomination process for week 5 was over and so she remained exempt for week 5.