Bigg Boss
Season 4
Season 4 eye logo
Presented by	Nagarjuna (Week 1–6, 8–15) Samantha (Week 7)
No. of days	105
No. of housemates	19
Winner	Abijeet
Runner-up	Akhil Sarthak
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	106
Release
Original network	Star Maa
Original release	6 September (2020-09-06) – 20 December 2020 (2020-12-20)
Season chronology
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Bigg Boss 4 is the fourth season of the Telugu version of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss based on Dutch series Big Brother. The show premiered on 6 September 2020 on Star Maa and Disney+ Hotstar with Nagarjuna hosting the season for the second time, while Samantha appeared as a guest host for a week.

The season's finale took place on 20 December 2020 with Abijeet winning the title along with ₹25 lakh prize money and a bike, while Akhil Sarthak emerged as the first runner-up.^[1]

Production

Delay

The makers were scheduled to launch on the last week of June 2020 but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] On 20 July 2020, the makers unveiled the title logo.^[3] Season 4 was initially planned to launch on 30 August 2020 but was pushed to 6 September 2020.^[4]

Bigg Boss 4 Buzzz

Bigg Boss 4 Buzzz is an Indian Telugu-language television talk show about the reality television series Bigg Boss Telugu. The host Rahul Sipligunj conducts the talk show with the evicted contestants of Bigg Boss 4 on every Monday. The show premiered on 7 September 2020 onwards on Star Maa Music. The unseen portions of episodes that were not aired on television are streamed on Disney+ Hotstar and aired on Star Maa Music as Bigg Boss 4 Buzzz.^[5]

Reception

The launch of season 4 opened with 18.5 TVR, the highest among all Bigg Boss editions.^[6]

On Week 7, Samantha hosted the show in absence of the main host Nagarjuna due to his movie shooting and the episode was also extended to 3 hours, from the usual 1½ hours.^{[citation needed]}

The grand finale of season 4 became the most-watched and created a record with viewership as it garnered the highest TRP rating of 19.51 TVR and in the two Telugu speaking states it received 21.7 TVR.^[7][8]

Voting process

Bigg Boss 4 Telugu voting process took place online, viewers voted for their favorite contestant through Disney+ Hotstar or by giving a missed call.

Housemates status

Housemates

The participants in the order of appearance as they entered in the house.

Original entrants

• Monal Gajjar – Indian film actress and a model. She appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi films.^[9]
• Surya Kiran - Indian director who works in Telugu language films. He is known for directing Satyam.^[9]
• Lasya Manjunath – Film actress, model, and a TV presenter. She worked in many Telugu television programs like Mondi Mogudu Penki Pellam, andMaa Voori Vanta.^[9]
• Abijeet Duddala – Indian film actor prominently working for Telugu film industry. He made his acting debut with the film Life Is Beautiful (2012)^[9]
• Jordaar Sujatha – News presenter in HMTV. She became famous with popular shows like Teenmaar vaarthalu, Jordhar Vaarthalu.^[9]
• Mehaboob Shaikh – YouTube personality, Dancer, TikTok Artist. He is known as "Mehaboob Dilse".^[9]
• Devi Nagavalli – News presenter, journalist for the popular Telugu news channel TV9. She became popular with her show Weekend live discussions.^[10][9]
• Alekhya Harika – YouTube personality dancer, film actress, model.
• Syed Sohel – Television actor. He is best known for his role in the Krishnaveni serial on Star Maa. He appeared in the movie Eureka^[9]
• Ariyana Glory – TV presenter, part of Gemini Comedy. She worked in well known channels like Studio Network and Sun TV Network.^[9]
• Amma Rajasekhar – Choreographer and Indian director. He predominantly works for the Telugu film industry.^[11][9]
• Karate Kalyani – Indian film actress and comedian. She is known for appearing in the film Chatrapathi (2005).^[12][9]
• Noel Sean – Playback singer, rapper, actor and composer working in the Indian Telugu film industry. He is the first rapper in the Tollywood industry.^[13][9]
• Divi Vadthya – Model and Indian film actress. She is known for her portrayal of Pooja's friend in the Telugu action-drama film Maharshi in 2019.^[9]
• Akhil Sarthak – Television actor. He is best known for his role in the Kalyani serial. He is the "Third Most Desirable Man" on Television.^[9]
• Gangavva – YouTube personality, actress. She is best known for web series My Village Show Comedy with her grandson.^[9]

Wildcard entrants

• Kumar Sai – Film actor. He is best known for his role in films such as Ee Rojullo (2011) and Bus Stop (2012).^[14]
• Avinash – Film actor, comedian. He is best known for the Indian Telugu-language reality television comedy show Jabardasth.^[15]
• Swathi Deekshith – Film actress. She has worked in the Telugu, Bengali, and Tamil film industries. She is well known in Telugu films Jump Jilani and Ladies & Gentlemen.^[16]