Bigg Boss (Season 2)
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Bigg Boss Season 2 in 2008 was the second season of the Indian reality TV
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 programme Bigg Boss. It began airing on 17 August 2008 on Colors. Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar , she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been...

 replaced Arshad Warsi
Arshad Warsi
Arshad Warsi is an Indian actor who debuted in 1996 with the film Tere Mere Sapne which was a success but he is best known for his role as "Circuit" in the comedy films Munnabhai M.B.B.S. and Lage Raho Munnabhai and his role as Babban in Ishqiya which won him acclaim.-Early life and...

 as host of the show. Fourteen handpicked housemates entered during the launch and were described '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 24x7 supervision of 32 cameras fitted around the Bigg Boss house at Lonavala, a hill station
Hill station
A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley. The term was used mostly in colonial Asia , but also in Africa , for towns founded by European colonial rulers as refuges from the summer heat, up where temperatures are cooler...

 about 100 KM east of Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

.

On the second day of the show, the British guest on exchange in the house, Jade Goody
Jade Goody
Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody was an English celebrity. She came into the public spotlight while appearing on the third series of the Channel 4 reality TV programme Big Brother in 2002, an appearance which led to her own television programmes and the launch of her own products after her eviction from...

 walked out of the Bigg Boss house due to the revelation that she had developed cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

. 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
Rahul Mahajan
Rahul Mahajan may refer to:* Rahul Mahajan , American blogger and author* Rahul Mahajan , Indian TV personality, son of Pramod Mahajan...

.

The season lasted for 98 continuous days in total, ending with the finale on 22 November 2008. Ashutosh Kaushik
Ashutosh Kaushik
Ashutosh Kaushik is the winner of MTV Hero Honda Roadies 5.0 and the second season of Bigg Boss.- Biography :Ashutosh Kaushik is an owner of a hotel dhaba in Saharanpur,Uttar Prades in India which is located on khumran pul in saharanpur. He shot to fame when he took part in MTV Hero Honda Roadies...

 emerged as the winner going away with an award of Rs. 1 crore. Raja Chaudhary was the runner-up of the show. Rahul Mahajan
Rahul Mahajan
Rahul Mahajan may refer to:* Rahul Mahajan , American blogger and author* Rahul Mahajan , Indian TV personality, son of Pramod Mahajan...

 won the Aveo UVA car as he was selected as the Bada Dilwala of the show.

Ahsaan

Ahsaan Qureshi
Ahsaan Qureshi
Ahsaan Qureshi is an Indian stand-up comedian. He is the 2005 runner-up of the The Great Indian Laughter Challenge on Star One. Qureshi has been a stage performer for the last 20 years. Most of his jokes focus on political satire and social issues...

is a stand-up comedian and finalist of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge
The Great Indian Laughter Challenge
The Great Indian Laughter Challenge is one of the very successful reality shows on Indian television. It is a competition of stand up comedians that is presented on STAR One...

Season 1. Ahsaan also acted in a Bollywood movie.

Alina

Alina Wadiwala is a non-celebrity contestant appearing on the show this series.

Ashutosh

Ashutosh Kaushik
Ashutosh Kaushik
Ashutosh Kaushik is the winner of MTV Hero Honda Roadies 5.0 and the second season of Bigg Boss.- Biography :Ashutosh Kaushik is an owner of a hotel dhaba in Saharanpur,Uttar Prades in India which is located on khumran pul in saharanpur. He shot to fame when he took part in MTV Hero Honda Roadies...

was the winner of MTV Roadies
MTV Roadies
MTV Roadies is a youth-based popular reality television show on MTV India.When asked about the show, executive producer said, "Roadies has travel, adventure, drama, touch of voyeurism..."-Format:...

season 5, who comes from the small town of Saharanpur. He emerged as the winner of the show.

Debojit

Debojit Saha
Debojit Saha
Debojit Saha, , is Indian-Bengali singer and was the winner of Zee TV's reality series, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005.-On Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005:He is a Silcharite....

is a singer, and winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005
Hero Honda Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 was a reality series, an extension of the famous Sa Re Ga Ma Pa programme that was first aired in 1995 on Zee TV...

.

Diana

Diana Hayden is a model and former Miss World
Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...

 of 1997 who was also the runner up for Miss India
Miss India
Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India, one of the most recognized contests to produce international beauty queens in the 90s, which annually selects three winners to compete globally. It is organized by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co...

. She was also seen in the movie AB-BAS with Shawar Ali.

Jade

Jade Goody
Jade Goody
Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody was an English celebrity. She came into the public spotlight while appearing on the third series of the Channel 4 reality TV programme Big Brother in 2002, an appearance which led to her own television programmes and the launch of her own products after her eviction from...

was a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 television celebrity who appeared on Big Brother 3
Big Brother 2002 (UK)
Big Brother 3 was the third series of Big Brother UK. The series started on 24 May 2002, ending on 26 July 2002 and the final of this series drew 10.0 million viewers. Votes in the final week totalled 8.6 million...

in the UK in 2002, and Celebrity Big Brother
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK)
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 was the highly controversial fifth series of the United Kingdom reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off of Big Brother. The series was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK , and involved a number of celebrities referred to as 'housemates', who live in the...

in 2007, where an alleged racism scandal
Celebrity Big Brother racism controversy
The Celebrity Big Brother racism controversy was a series of events related to incidents of perceived racist behaviour by contestants on the television series Celebrity Big Brother 2007 shown on British television station Channel 4...

 took place between her and Bigg Boss (Season 2) host Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar , she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been...

. On Day 2 of the show, Goody left the House after it was revealed she had cervical cancer. She died on 22 March 2009.

Ketaki

Ketaki Dave is a TV actress who became popular with her role in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi was an Indian Soap Opera that aired on STAR Plus. This is ranked at top, number 1, on the list of STAR Plus top 10 shows of all time.This show was Asia's #1 most watched and awarded show...

. She also worked in some Bollywood movies- most notable movie Kal Ho Na Ho as Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. He is the son of the late former Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and actress Sharmila Tagore. He has two sisters: Saba Ali Khan and actress Soha Ali Khan....

's mother.

Monica

Monica Bedi
Monica Bedi
-Early life:Bedi was born to Dr. Prem Kumar Bedi and Shakuntala on January 18, 1975 in a village named Chabbewal in the district Hoshiarpur, Punjab. Her parents migrated to Norway when she was 10 months old where they run a garment store. She has a brother Bobby Bedi. She went to school in Norway...

is a former starlet
Starlet
Starlet may refer to:*Toyota Starlet, car*Corby Starlet, airplane*The Starlet, reality TV show*Starlet sea anemone, a species of sea anemone native to the east coast of the United States...

and the ex-girlfriend of underworld don Abu Salem
Abu Salem
Abu Salem is an underworld don originally from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh, India. He is convicted for the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case and killing of India's music baron Gulshan Kumar in 1997. He has unsuccessfully attempted to kill Bollywood film directors Rajiv Rai and Rakesh Roshan....

. It is rumored that because of her connection with underworld- she got roles in movies like Jodi No. 1, Jaanam Samjha Karo
Jaanam Samjha Karo
Jaanam Samjha Karo is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Andaleeb Sultanpuri who is the son of veteran lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri. It was released on 2 April 1999...

 and Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat
Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat
Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat is a Bollywood Romance film written and directed by Rajiv Rai and starring Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Kirti Reddy and introducing Arjun Rampal....

. She also has a short role in Hadh Kar Di Aapne
Hadh Kar Di Aapne
Hadh Kar Di Aapne is a 2000 Hindi movie directed by Manoj Agrawal. The film stars Govinda and Rani Mukerji.- Synopsis :...

.

Payal

Payal Rohatgi
Payal Rohatgi
Payal Rohatgi is an Indian actress and model who appears in Bollywood films.-Early life:Rohatgi was born in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India. She is the daughter of Veena Rohatgi and Shashank Rohatgi. She has a brother named Gaurav Rohatgi. She was brought up in a middle class family and grew up in...

is an actress who has worked in movies including 36 China Town and Corporate, Dhol
Dhol
Dhol can refer to any one of a number of similar types of double-headed drum widely used, with regional variations, throughout the Indian subcontinent and nearby regions. Its range of distribution in India and Pakistan primarily includes northern areas such as the Assam Valley, Bengal, Gujarat,...

, Dil Kabaddi
Dil Kabaddi
Dil Kabaddi is a Hindi film directed by debutante Anil Sharma . The film stars Irrfan Khan, Rahul Bose, Konkona Sen Sharma, Soha Ali Khan, Payal Rohatgi, Rahul Khanna and special appearance by Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan....

.

Rahul

Rahul Mahajan
Rahul Mahajan (politician)
Rahul Mahajan is an Indian reality show entertainer.He first came into the news when his father Pramod Mahajan was shot by Pravin Mahajan, Rahul Mahajan's uncle. His father died twelve days later from his wounds. Television footage showed him comforting his sister and mother and maintaining a...

is the only son of politician Pramod Mahajan
Pramod Mahajan
Pramod Venkatesh Mahajan was a prominent Indian politician. He was one of the most powerful second generation leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and, at the time of his death, was locked in a power struggle over who would take over the reins of the BJP when the current aging leadership...

. Rahul was reportedly admitted to a hospital for drugs overdose right after his father's death in May 2006. In a more recent controversy, his newly wedded wife Sweta claimed to the media that she was being abused by Rahul. In August, 2008, two weeks before his joining Bigg Boss (Season 2) they got divorced. Rahul made a voluntary exit in the last week of the show. He won a car on the last day and was named the Bada Dil Wala of the show.

Raja

Raja Choudhary
Raja Choudhary
Raja Chaudhary is a Bhojpuri film actor and producer, known more famously as a participant of Bigg Boss 2, the Indian version of the British reality TV show Big Brother, and also as the estranged husband of television actress Shweta Tiwari....


is a Bhojpuri actor and the ex-husband of the actress Shweta Tiwari
Shweta Tiwari
Shweta Tiwari is an Indian film and television actress. She gained popularity for her role of Prerna in Balaji Telefilms's television serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay that used to be aired on an Indian television channel STAR Plus...

. He was the runner up of the show.

Rakhi

Rakhi Vijan
Rakhee Tandon
Rakhee Tandon Vijan is an Indian comedy actress. She is the sister-in-law of Indian actress Raveena Tandon.She played in the serial Heena....

is a TV actress famous for her portrayal as Sweety in Hum Paanch
Hum Paanch
Hum Paanch was an Indian sitcom. It was first aired in 1995. It ran for few years before it went off-the-air. It returned for a second season in 2005 and was taken off-the-air again in mid 2006...

. She also played a small role in the movie Golmaal Returns
Golmaal Returns
Golmaal Returns is a 2008 Bollywood comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty. The film is a sequel to the 2006 film, Golmaal Fun Unlimited with Ajay Devgn, Tusshar Kapoor and Arshad Warsi reprising their roles and Shreyas Talpade taking on the role originally played by Sharman Joshi. Kareena Kapoor,...

.

Sambhavana

Sambhavana Seth is an item girl. She has also appeared in Bhojpuri films
Bhojpuri cinema
Bhojpuri films are films in the Bhojpuri language, mainly watched by people from Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh in North India and Terai in southern Nepal.- Overview :...

.

Zulfi

Zulfi Syed
Zulfi Syed
Zulfi Syed also known as Zulfikar Syed is an Indian Super model and actor.Six Feet Two Inches tall Syed Zulfi is a former winner of Gladrags Manhunt Contest. He is from Bangalore,Karnataka State, South India.-Biography:...

is an actor and model hailing from southern state Karnataka. He starred in an Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 movie which is released in Pakistan and India, Akbar Khan's Taj Mahal and the controversial movie "Deshdrohi". Zulfi also acted in other Bollywood movies in small roles. Zulfi is the second runner up of Bigg Boss season 2.

Sana Wadiwala

Sana is a twin-sister of house-mate Alina where both are identical twins. At the end of week five on day 33 when Alina was later evicted from the house Bigg Boss introduced Sana into the house for a while by replacing Alina. She was to impersonate Alina and if she could do so for a whole day Bigg Boss announced that she may be introduced into the house as a regular house-mate beside Alina. Sana's entry remained short-lived as her impersonation was quickly identified by the house-mates.

Abhishek Bachchan

Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 actor Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and is married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai....

 entered the house for awhile as a guest during the (fake) eviction process on day 40 at the end of week six. Abhishek was promoting his upcoming Bollywood film Drona
Drona (film)
Drona is a 2008 Bollywood superhero film directed by Goldie Behl, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kay Kay Menon and Jaya Bachchan. Drona has been described as Harry Potter meets Prince of Persia, but with an original story. Drona's special effects shots were worked on by EyeQube headed...

.

Kut

Kut is the name of a Labrador puppy who was sent into the house as a task for the contestants.

Ravi Kishan

Ravi Kishan
Ravi Kishan
Ravi Kishan is an Indian film actor and television personality, who works in Hindi cinema and Bhojpuri cinema. In 2006, he participated in Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Big Brother.-Early life:...

 was sent into the house for sometime. Ravi Kisen was part of Bigg Boss (season 1).

Jumbo

Jumbo, an elephant was sent on the last day to the Bigg Boss house to promote the upcoming movie, Jumbo.

Akshay Kumar

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...

 was sent on the last day to the Bigg Boss house. He also announced the winner.

Weekly summary

Week 1 Tasks
  • Truth or Dare: The housemates were asked by Bigg Boss to sit and form a circle and spin an arrow for the task of paying the game Truth or Dare. The person towards whom the arrow points, has to either answer a question posed by the opposite person or do a daring task set by him/her.
Punishments
Exits
  • Jade Goody left due to cancer diagnosis.
  • Sanjay Nirupam was evicted after facing public vote.
  • Week 2 Tasks
  • Janmastami: Aligning with the actual celebrations of Krishna Janmastami, Bigg Boss directed all housemates to celebrate the festival inside the house also. Rahul and Payal were appointed as Krishna
    Krishna
    Krishna is a central figure of Hinduism and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Bhagavad Gita. He is the supreme Being and considered in some monotheistic traditions as an Avatar of Vishnu...

     and Radha
    Radha
    Radha , also called Radhika, Radharani and Radhikarani, is the childhood friend and lover of Krishna in the Bhagavata Purana, and the Gita Govinda of the Vaisnava traditions of Hinduism...

     respectively, and the rest were to rever them and provide seva.
  • Punishments
    Exits
  • Rakhi Vijan was evicted after facing public vote.
  • Week 3 Tasks
  • Sarkar: Housemates were asked by Bigg Boss to vote for and form a Sarkar (government) within the house by contesting an election between any two housemates with the help of one supporter each. Sambhavna and Raja were selected by the members as the two candidates. Ahsaan was chosen as a supported by Raja, and Rahul became the supporter of Sambhavna. The task was successful and Raja got elected as the leader and was called Sarkar Raja.
  • Bigg Boss Song: Bigg Boss gave all house mates a task of composing a song for Bigg Boss Season 2 where Ahsaan, a poet and stand-up comic, was asked to write the lyrics and Debojit, a singer by profession, was to compose and sing the song along with the rest of the housemates.
  • Punishments
  • Ashutosh, Alina and Sambhavana were not allowed to nominate this week as punishment from Bigg Boss for breaking house rules.
  • Twists
  • Open nominations: In a surprising move for all housemates, Bigg Boss decided to have the nomination process in the group where each member had to nominate two people for eviction and also state reasons for doing so.
  • Exits
  • Monika Bedi was evicted after facing public vote.
  • Week 4 Tasks
  • Pathshala: Bigg Boss directed all housemates towards a three-day task of creating a Pathshala (school) in the house. Alina, Rahul, Raja, Sambhavna and Zulfi were to role-play of school children. The remaining housemates were to play the role of teachers. Ketaki was appointed vice-principal and was a PT teacher, Ahsaan was the teacher for Hindi literature, Debojit played the role of music teacher and Payal was appointed as dancing teacher. Ashutosh was appointed by Bigg Boss as the principal of the school. For three days all students were to participate in at least one class every day by each teacher. The third day was set as the day of the exam, where the best student was to be awarded. Sambhavna was unanimously selected as the best student by all teachers.
  • Punishments
    Twists
  • Through the successful weekly task of being the leader Bigg Boss gave Raja a special privilege to name one person who would be nominated for eviction for week four irrespective of nomination vote-count.
  • On day 30, Diana Hayden was introduced into the house through a wild-card entry.
  • Exits
  • Ketaki Dave was evicted after facing public vote.
  • Week 5 Tasks
  • Kabaddi: Bigg Boss assigns Kabaddi
    Kabaddi
    Kabaddi is a South Asian team sport...

     day task to the housemates. He informs them that for this, they have to form two teams with four members each and select one person as a referee. Furthermore the captain of the winning team in every round will get Rs 500. And all this will take place in the garden area but since it is raining, they can do this in the gym area. Sambhavana is the captain of the team composed of Raja, Zulfi and Debojit whereas Rahul is the captain of the team composed of Payal, Ashutosh and Alina.
  • Paani Bachao: Bigg Boss calls Ashutosh in the confession room and gives the task. The task assigned is 'Paani Bachao', a weekly and 24 hours task. A tank full of water has been provided to the housemates in the garden area. The tank has 4 holes and four stoppers. Once the stopper is removed, the same stopper cannot be put back again. The housemates will have to stop the water from leaking by putting their fingers inside the holes. So at any given time, 4 housemates will have guard the tank and cover the holes with fingers. The tank has various levels starting from 20 till 100. As the water leaks, the weekly budget will reduce. In the end, the weekly budget will be decided on the basis on the water left in the tanker till what level.
  • Kam Se Kam Isko Toh Bachao: Bigg Boss calls Diana in the confession room and assigns the task Kam Se Kam Isko Toh Bachao.
  • Twists
  • Sana, Alina Wadiwala's twin sister, was sent into the house as a guest by briefly swapping her with Alina. Both sisters are identical twins.
  • Punishments
  • During a heated verbal exchange between Sambhavna and Raja a day prior to nomination day, Bigg Boss found Raja guilty of breaking important house rules on the account of use of foul language. As a warning to all housemates and as a penalty for Raja, Bigg Boss himself nominated Raja for eviction and banned him from using his nomination right for week five.
  • Bigg Boss declare open nominations: Bigg Boss also informs the housemates that since few members broke rules last time, the repercussion of this will be seen today. To everyone's surprise, Bigg Boss declare open nominations, wherein each housemate will have to declare their votes in front of the entire housemates.
  • Exits
  • Alina Wadiwala was evicted after facing public vote.
  • Week 6 Tasks
  • To play pool volleyball in a game of three sets.
  • To arrange for a dancing competition by creating three teams, one each under the three female housemates.
  • Sing 'n' Dance: Bigg Boss sents in the Sing n Dance task where each housemate has to dance on a song assigned to him/her along with a partner and a prop. The song assigned to the memebrs is as follows: Ahsaan: Hai Huku.. Hai Huku.. - umbrella; Ashutosh: Bhole Bhali Ladki - jhadu (broom); Debojit: Pelhi Nazar - guitar; Diana: Ye Ladka Hai Alla Kaisa Hai Deewana - pom pom; Rahul: Piya Tu Ab To Aaja - cleaning brush; Raja: Aa Dekhe Zara Kisme Kitna Hai Dum - matki (earthen pot); Payal: Jab Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya - magic wand; Sambhavana: Chama Chama - hoola hoop; Zulfi: Pappu Can't Dance - skate board; Group dance: Bigg Boss song - all props.
  • Bonfire: On the evening of day 40 housemates were asked to arrange for a bonfire party in the garden area around a camp-fire and dance to the tunes played by Bigg Boss.
  • Twists
  • Fake eviction: Although Rahul and Raja were nominated to face the public vote for eviction, in reality the voting lines remained close for the sixth week. Bigg Boss decided to change the formate of the show by introducing "fake eviction" where Bigg Boss would select one of the two nominated people to be evicted and reintroduced into the house. The person would undergo the normal eviction process, but after meeting with show anchor Shilpa outside, the member would be re-entered into the house immediately. For the first two days, however, the person would be kept in isolation in a secret room from where the person would be able to watch other house-mates without them knowing. The member would then be reintroduced into the main house with the rest of house-mates once the nomination process for week seven is over. On the day of eviction, Bigg Boss selected Raja to undergo fake eviction. All housemates, including Raja, remained unaware of this change of format. Raja was told of his re-entry only after he was first evicted from the house by Bigg Boss.
  • On day 40 Abhishek Bachchan was sent into the Bigg Boss house as a guest. The (fake) eviction process for the week was carried out through him.
  • Punishments
  • The night before the nomination day, Rahul disconnected the loudspeakers from men's bedroom. Raja raised the protest to Bigg Boss citing Rahul's act as a violation of an important house-rule and demanded similar penalty as he was given the week before for a house-rule violation. Bigg Boss found Rahul guilty. Bigg Boss himself nominated Rahul and he was also banned from voting for week six.
  • Sambhavna and Diana did not participate in the given task of pool Volleyball. Zulfi and Ahsaan decided to overrule Bigg Boss for their assigned roles in the task. Bigg Boss penalised them by sending in a dummy, called Mr. Rathod, and asking these four of entertain the dummy by dancing before him for one whole day. The four took turns for dancing.
  • Rahul was penalised for complaining of pain in the legs and so not participating in the weekly tasks. Bigg Boss sent in a wheelchair for Rahul and asked him to use it.
  • Exits
  • None. Raja was selected to undergo "Fake eviction".
  • Week 7 Tasks
  • Releasing Balloons with Messages: Bigg Boss asked all housemates to blow in total 3000 balloons using Helium gas and release them in batches of 500 balloons at a time along with messages. The Helium gas tank and other material was provided.
  • Statue of Bigg Boss: Bigg Boss urged the housemates to use their imagination and create a statue of Bigg Boss as they see him from inside the house.
  • Eid celebrations: Bigg Boss arranged for cooking for a special feast for the housemates on the occasion of Eid ul-Fitr
    Eid ul-Fitr
    Eid ul-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr, Id-ul-Fitr, or Id al-Fitr , often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting . Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity," while Fiṭr means "breaking the fast"...

     on Oct 2. Housemates prepared special meals in the garden area. All housemates, especially Zulfi and Ahsaan, sent Eid greetings to their respective families through Bigg Boss.
  • Twists
  • Raja makes a re-entry: After spending three nights and two days in the secret room, Raja was reintroduced into the Bigg Boss house on Monday morning after the nominations for week seven were over. All housemates, including Raja, remain unaware that Raja's eviction the previous Friday was a "fake eviction", and considers his re-entry as a wild-card entry which normally is given to an evicted member.
  • On day 47 the eviction process was managed by Bigg Boss himself. The show hostess Shilpa Shetty normally anchors the eviction process from the studio along with invited guests of the show. On day 47, however, Shilpa remained absent, and the show was not anchored from the studio.
  • Punishments
  • None.
  • Exits
  • Sambhavana Seth was evicted after facing public vote.
  • Week 8 Tasks
  • Modern Family Drama - Shaq Ki Sui: Bigg Boss gives the housemates this week's weekly task as they will have to perform a "Modern Family Drama" for an audience in the age group of 12–50 years. The housemates named their drama Shaq Ki Sui meaning "A needle of doubt". The task demands that every housemate should have a prominent role and that the drama should demonstrate different kind of emotions. Also, there should be 2 songs in the drama.
  • Ahsaan's secret tasks: Earlier in the week Bigg Boss called Ahsaan in the confession room and set him two tasks that he must perform in secrecy without the knowledge of other housemates. Bigg Boss gave Ahsaan a digital still camera and expected him to capture a front-profile of each and every housemate present in the house during that week. Ahsaan was to return the camera back to Bigg Boss by Wednesday night or earlier after the task was done. As a second secret task, Bigg Boss asked Ahsaan to keep a watch on adherence of the rule book within the house and draw Bigg Boss's attention towards any event that might have indicated breaking of important house-rules by other housemates (such as discussion of nomination strategy). Ahsaan was to alert Bigg Boss by tugging at his own collars. When asked, Bigg Boss informed him that both the tasks were mandatory, and if successful Ahsaan would be rewarded for it, else punished. Bigg Boss also expected Ahsaan to give articulated report of the daily happenings to him in the confession room. Later Ahsaan submitted the camera back to Bigg Boss claiming the task was done successfully.
  • Dandiya: On the occasion of Dasara, Bigg Boss gives the housemates opportunity to play dandiya
    Dandiya
    Raas or Dandiya Raas is the traditional folk dance form of Vrindavan, India, where it is performed depicting scenes of Holi, and lila of Krishna and Radha. Along with Garba, it is the featured dance of Navratri evenings in Western India.-Etymology:...

    .
  • Twists
  • Monica Bedi gets a Wild Card entry!: Monica Bedi is slated to enter the Bigg Boss 2 House again, thanks to the Wild Card Entry system. She has got the highest number of votes from among the four people nominated for a Wild Card Entry – the other three being Rakhi Vijan, Sambhavana Seth and Alina Wadiwala.
  • Punishments
  • None.
  • Exits
  • Payal Rohatgi was evicted after facing public vote.
  • Week 9 Tasks
  • Making of Diwali Diya's: Bigg Boss assigned the housemates the task of making 2000 Diyas
    Diya (light)
    A Diya, divaa, deepam, or deepak is an oil lamp usually made from clay, with a cotton wick dipped in ghee or vegetable oils....

     (clay lamp).
  • Punishments
  • Diana was punished by Bigg Boss for not being careful of wearing the microphone all the time despite reminders and warnings. Bigg Boss called her in the confession room and gave her the punishment of not speaking with any of the housemates until Bigg Boss advices otherwise. She was allowed to use sign-language instead.
  • Ashutosh was punished by Bigg Boss for oversleeping in the morning, and also for falling asleep during the day. The punishment for Ashutosh was to sleep for the whole day while other housemates go about assigned tasks, and to do so until Bigg Boss is convinced that Ashutosh is contented with sleeping.
  • Exits
  • Ahsaan Qureshi was evicted after facing public vote.
  • Week 10 Tasks
  • Dolay: Acting on screenplay of Movie Sholay: Bigg Boss assigned the housemates the task of choosing one of the seven characters of the Bollywood movie Sholay
    Sholay
    Sholay is a 1975 Indian action-adventure film produced by G.P. Sippy and directed by his son Ramesh Sippy. It is considered among the greatest films in the history of Indian cinema. Released on 15 August 1975, it stars Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bhaduri and...

     and to act on its screenplay.
  • Punishments
  • As a disciplinary punishment for all the housemates, Bigg Boss withdraws the normal nomination voting process by the housemates; instead Bigg Boss nominates the entire house - all remaining seven members - up for eviction for week 10.
  • Exits
  • Debojit Saha was evicted after facing public vote.
  • Week 11 Tasks
  • Light the Diyas: Bigg Boss assigned the housemates the task of lighting 1500 diyas on the occasion of Diwali
    Diwali
    Diwali or DeepavaliThe name of the festival in various regional languages include:, , , , , , , , , , , , , popularly known as the "festival of lights," is a festival celebrated between mid-October and mid-December for different reasons...

     - the festival of light. The housemates were given oil and cotton to complete the task. The diyas should be kept alight for the whole night of Day 71. For keeping this vigil Bigg Boss asked the housemates to build a magic float with the help of the given items and procedure. By wearing the assigned (sailor) uniform one housemate was to sit on this magic float in the swimming pool and keep watch on the diyas. The housmate on the watch was also given a brass bell such that the person could notify others when needed.
  • Twists
  • No Eviction on Diwali: As a gift on the occasion of Diwali festival Bigg Boss announced to the public for week 11 that no housemate would be evicted from the Bigg Boss house at the end of week 11. This was in spite of nomination voting process conducted as usual by housemates at the start of the week. The housemates remained unaware of this decision and twist by Bigg Boss. The voting lines remained closed for week 11.
  • Ashutosh spends the night in the secret room: On day 72 Monday morning Bigg Boss called Ashutosh in the confession room and inquired about the general mood in the house. Bigg Boss also gave Ashutosh his luggage bag and asked him to take it with him while he leaves the confession room. Later in the evening, Bigg Boss announced that he is going to award one of the housemates the title of the most true person. Bigg Boss asked all housemates to get ready and assemble in the living area. The award goes to Ashutosh and was asked to give a speech from the performance area. As a special gift Ashutosh was given 15 minutes to pack his bags and get inside the confession room. After reaching confession room, Ashutosh was moved into the secret room of the house by Bigg Boss where he spent one night watching movies. The other housemates remained unaware of this twist and kept speculating about Ashutosh's eviction.
  • Exits
  • None.
  • Week 12 Tasks
  • Each housemate has to take care of a baby doll.
  • Bigg Boss gives a task to the housemates -The Airtel Delhi Half Marathon. In this task all the housemates have to run 21 km on the treadmill wearing the Airtel T- Shirt and the task has to continue without stopping.
  • Twists
  • Payal and Sambhavna return to Bigg Boss: A new twist in the house of Bigg Boss season 2, Payal and Sambhavna are back in the house as guest but nobody in the house knows about their guest presence. They are thinking that they are back in the game.
  • Exits
  • Daina was evicted after facing public vote
  • Week 13 Tasks
  • The housemates to take care of the surprised visitor a Dog named Kut.
  • Bigg Boss gives ‘Bigg Boss Man hunt’ task to the housemates wherein the boys will have to walk the ramp in 3 different costumes i.e. Ethnic, Formal and Party Wear. Monica is the judge for this task. After the ramp walk gets over, Raja claims that Monica is biased towards Rahul and that’s why she has given more marks to Rahul. But eventually Raja is chosen as Mr. Bigg Boss and after hearing this he becomes very happy.
  • The housemates to conduct Dance Show using single ear phone pluged cd player.
  • Twists
  • Bigg Boss informs Raja that a special guest is going to enter the house and the housemates will have to take care of the visitor. They will have to do special arrangements to welcome the guest. Bigg Boss also gives them a ‘thali of flowers’ and red carpet is laid down to welcome the guest. All of them get ready to greet the guest and are very excited to see the new guest. All the housemates get surprised after seeing a Dog named Kut unexpected visitor and welcome him by showering flowers on him.
  • Exits
  • Monica Bedi was evicted after facing public vote
  • Week 14 Tasks
  • Pathshala: Bigg Boss directed to create a Pathshala (school). Raja and Zulfi were to role-play of school children and Ashutosh was to play the role of teacher.
  • Twists
  • Rahul along with other inmates Raja Choudhary, Zulfi Sayed and Ashutosh Kaushik had attempted to jump out of the House by climbing the wall after they believed that they were not being given enough food to survive on.
  • Rahul was asked to leave the show when he refused to apologise for breach of discipline.
  • Rahul Mahajan has won the Sabse Bada Dilwala title and Chevrolet Aveo U-Va car as prize.
  • Zulfi was declared the second runner-up, while Raja Chaudhry became the first runner-up.
  • Ashutosh Kaushik on walked away with the Bigg Boss 2 title and a whopping Rs.1 crore in cash.
  • Exits
  • Zulfi and Raja was evicted after facing public vote

  • Nominations table

    | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Final
    Week 14
    Ashutosh Ashaan
    Rahul
    Rahul
    Rakhi
    Banned Alina
    Debojit
    1 Debojit
    Rahul
    Debojit
    Sambhavana
    Debojit
    Sambhavana
    Payal
    Rahul
    Debojit
    Zulfi
    No
    nominations
    Monica
    Rahul
    6 Monica
    Zulfi
    Monica
    Zulfi
    Winner
    Raja Debojit
    Sanjay
    Rahul
    Rakhi
    Monica
    Rahul
    Ketaki (N) Banned &
    Nominated
    Ahsaan
    Sambhavana
    Exempt Payal
    Rahul
    Debojit
    Zulfi
    No
    nominations
    Monica
    Rahul
    5Ashutosh
    Diana
    Monica
    Zulfi
    Zulfi Ashutosh
    Rakhi
    Rahul
    Rakhi
    Monica
    Rahul
    Ashutosh
    Ketaki
    2 Alina
    Sambhavana
    Raja
    Sambhavana
    Rahul
    Sambhavana
    Ashutosh
    Raja
    Ashutosh
    Raja
    No
    nominations
    Ashutosh
    Raja
    2Ashutosh
    Raja
    Monica
    Rahul
    Rahul Ashutosh
    Raja
    Ahsaan
    Sambhavana
    Raja
    Zulfi
    Ahsaan
    Ketaki
    7 Ashutosh
    Sambhavana
    Banned &
    Nominated
    Ashutosh
    Diana
    Diana
    Raja
    Ahsaan
    Debojit
    No
    nominations
    Zulfi
    Raja
    4Ashutosh
    Diana
    Raja
    Zulfi
    Walked
    (Day 93)
    Monica Raja
    Zulfi
    Ahsaan
    Sambhavana
    Sambhavana
    Zulfi
    Evicted
    (Day 20)
    Exempt Ahsaan
    Ashutosh
    No
    nominations
    Ashutosh
    Raja
    1Ashutosh
    Diana
    Raja
    Zulfi
    Re-evicted
    (Day 90)
    Diana Not in
    house
    Exempt Ahsaan
    Raja
    Ahsaan
    Rahul
    Payal
    Rahul
    Monica
    Rahul
    No
    nominations
    Monica
    Rahul
    3 Monica
    Rahul
    Evicted
    (Day 83)
    Debojit Ashutosh
    Raja
    Ashutosh
    Payal
    Ketaki
    Sambhavana
    Alina
    Sambhavana
    5 Alina
    Ashutosh
    Ashutosh
    Raja
    Ashutosh
    Zulfi
    Ahsaan
    Ashutosh
    Ahsaan
    Ashutosh
    No
    nominations
    Evicted
    (Day 69)
    Ahsaan Raja
    Zulfi
    Rahul
    Rakhi
    Monica
    Rahul
    Alina
    Payal
    4 Alina
    Payal
    Ashutosh
    Raja
    Ashutosh
    Debojit
    Payal
    Rahul
    Ashutosh
    Diana
    Evicted
    (Day 62)
    Payal Raja
    Sambhavana
    Rakhi
    Sambhavana
    Monica
    Sambhavana
    Ketaki
    Sambhavana
    6 Alina
    Sambhavana
    Raja
    Sambhavana
    Ashutosh
    Sambhavana
    Ahsaan
    Raja
    Evicted
    (Day 55)
    Guest  
    Sambhavana Rakhi
    Sanjay
    Rahul
    Rakhi
    Banned Payal
    Zulfi
    3 Alina
    Ashutosh
    Ashutosh
    Raja
    Ashutosh
    Debojit
    Evicted
    (Day 48)
    Guest  
    Alina Raja
    Sanjay
    Ahsaan
    Payal
    Banned Payal
    Zulfi
    8 Payal
    Zulfi
    Evicted
    (Day 34)
    Ketaki Raja
    Sanjay
    Raja
    Rakhi
    Monica
    Rahul
    Ashutosh
    Zulfi
    Evicted
    (Day 27)
    Rakhi Ketaki
    Raja
    Ahsaan
    Sambhavana
    Evicted
    (Day 13)
    Sanjay Debojit
    Raja
    Evicted
    (Day 6)
    Jade Raja
    Sanjay
    Walked
    (Day 2)
    Walked Jade None Rahul
    Raja(10/14)
    Sanjay(5/14)
    Rakhi(7/12)
    Rahul(5/12)
    Monica(5/8)
    Rahul(4/8)
    Ketaki(N+3)
    Alina(3/10)
    Payal(3/10)
    Zulfi(3/10)
    Alina(5/8)
    Raja (N)
    Rahul (N)
    Raja(6/8)
    Ashutosh(5/8)
    Debojit (3/8)
    Sambhavana (3/8)
    Payal(4/8)
    Rahul(4/8)
    Raja(3/8)
    Ashutosh (4/8)
    Ahsaan(3/8)
    Debojit(3/8)
    ALL (N) None Ashutosh (4/6)
    Diana(3/6)
    Monica (3/5)
    Zulfi(4/5)
    Ashutosh
    Raja
    Zulfi
    Nomination Notes None None None
    Evicted Sanjay Rakhi Monica Ketaki Alina None
    (Fake eviction)
    Sambhavana Payal Ahsaan Debojit None Diana Monica Zulfi
    Raja

    Nomination notes

    For all the up for eviction (nominated) candidates who are voted by the housemates every week to face public vote for eviction, the numbers in the bracket indicate: (total nomination votes for eviction / total voters).Jade left the House due to medical reasons.Ashutosh, Alina and Sambhavana were not allowed to nominate this week as punishment from Bigg Boss for breaking house rules.Through a successful weekly task Bigg Boss gave Raja a special privilege to name one person who would be nominated for eviction for week four irrespective of nomination vote-count. Raja named Ketaki (indicated above by 'N'). Ketaki also received three nominations from other housemates by normal voting process. Raja remained immune
    Immunity (reality television)
    Immunity in reality television is a concept that is widely used in weekly elimination-type reality television shows by which a contestant participating in such a show may not be "kicked off" or eliminated from competition in a particular time period...

     from nomination for week four.During a heated verbal exchange between Sambhavna and Raja a day prior to nomination day, Bigg Boss found Raja guilty of breaking important house rules on the account of use of foul language. As a warning to all housemates and as a penalty for Raja, Bigg Boss himself nominated Raja for eviction and banned him from using his nomination right for week five.
    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.The night before the nomination day, Rahul disconnected the loudspeakers from men's bedroom. Raja raised the protest to Bigg Boss citing Rahul's act as a violation of an important house-rule and demanded similar penalty as he was given the week before for a house-rule violation. Bigg Boss found Rahul guilty. Bigg Boss himself nominated Rahul and he was also banned from voting for week six.Following his 'fake' eviction Raja Choudhary spent the weekend in the secret room of the Bigg Boss house and thus remained away and exempt from the nominations for week 7.Monica Bedi got a wild-card entry to re-enter the Bigg Boss house after being voted in by the people. Monica entered the house after the nomination process for week 8 was over. She thus remained exempt from the nominations.Bigg Boss gathers the entire house in the living area and observes that despite numerous earlier warnings to individuals for breaking important house-rules such as planning for nominations, the housemates continued disobeying the rules through the ninth week running. Bigg Boss finds each and every member of the house guilty of this disobedience, namely, discussing, revealing or planning for nominations. For week 10, Bigg Boss withdraws the normal nomination voting process by the housemantes; instead Bigg Boss nominates the entire house - all seven members - up for eviction for week 10.For week 11 Bigg Boss announced to the public that on the occasion of Diwali
    Diwali
    Diwali or DeepavaliThe name of the festival in various regional languages include:, , , , , , , , , , , , , popularly known as the "festival of lights," is a festival celebrated between mid-October and mid-December for different reasons...

     that falls during the said week no housemate would be evicted from the Bigg Boss house at the end of week 11. This was in spite of nomination voting process conducted as usual by housemates at the start of the week. The housemates remained unaware of this decision and twist by Bigg Boss. The voting lines remained closed for the public for week 11.Starting the nominations voting process, Bigg Boss announced that as per his knowledge the housemates like discussing, deciding and devulging nominations a lot, which is also breaking of an important house rule. Thus, Bigg Boss called for an open nominations for week 12. The numbers in the individual's box above show the order in which Bigg Boss asked the housemates to declare in front of all other housemates their two nominations along with their reasons.On Saturday, day 91, all housemates protested stating that they did not have adequate food items available to them in the house for cooking, and all the four left the Bigg Boss house by jumping over the compound wall. Later, all were reintroduced into the house by Bigg Boss after a discussion with the show producers. Citing this event as a breach of an important house-rule Bigg Boss announced to conduct nomination process for the final week. Each housemate was called into the confession room to name one person for eviction along with reasons. Rahul and Zulfi nominated Raja during their individual turns. Raja and Ashutosh individually named Zulfi the same way. Raja and Zulfi were declared as nominated for eviction by Bigg Boss for the final week. After Rahul walked out of the Bigg Boss house on day 93, the nominations were cancelled on day 94. All remaining housemates remained up for eviction and face public vote for the final on day 98.On Saturday, day 98, Ashutosh Kaushik was announced as winner of Big boss 2.

    See also

    • Bigg Boss (Season 1)
      Bigg Boss (Season 1)
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       - 2006 season of Bigg Boss.
    • Bigg Boss (Season 3)
      Bigg Boss (Season 3)
      Bigg Boss Season 3 in 2009 was the third season of the Indian reality TV programme Bigg Boss. It began airing on 4 October 2009 on Colors with Amitabh Bachchan as the host and aired for 84 days concluding on 26 December 2009. Vindu Dara Singh won the show while Pravesh Rana was declared the first...

       - 2009 season of Bigg Boss.
    • Big Brother (TV series)
      Big Brother (TV series)
      Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...

       - the parent format of Bigg Boss.
    • Reality television
      Reality television
      Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

    • Endemol
      Endemol
      Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...

       India - producer and format owner for Bigg Boss, who also produces other reality TV in India such as The Great Indian Laughter Challenge
      The Great Indian Laughter Challenge
      The Great Indian Laughter Challenge is one of the very successful reality shows on Indian television. It is a competition of stand up comedians that is presented on STAR One...

      , Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi
      Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi
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      , Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star
      Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star
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      , and Deal Ya No Deal
      Deal Ya No Deal
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      .

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