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.[1] 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.[2] 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.

Bigg Boss
Season 2
Title card of season 2
Presented by	Shilpa Shetty
No. of days	98
No. of housemates	15
Winner	Ashutosh Kaushik
Runner-up	Raja Chaudhary
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	99
Release
Original network	Colors TV
Original release	17 August – 22 November 2008
Season chronology

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.[3] 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,[2] 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.

Shilpa Shetty 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 (known as "housemates") 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:

• Monica Bedi – Actress.[4][5] She is a former starlet and the widow of underworld don Abu Salem. She appeared in movies like Jodi No. 1, Jaanam Samjha Karo and Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat.
• Debojit Saha – Singer.[6] He participated and became the winner of Zee TV's singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005.
• Sambhavana Seth – Actress and item girl.[7][8]
• Rakhee Tandon – Actress[9] She is known for her roles in the show Hum Paanch and the film Golmaal Returns.
• Rahul Mahajan – Political leader.[10] He is the only son of politician Pramod Mahajan and former pilot. He has produced TV shows in delhi. 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.
• Payal Rohatgi – Model and actress.[11][12] She has appeared in films like Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?, 36 China Town and Heyy Babyy.
• Sanjay Nirupam – Politician.[13] is a politician and a member of the Congress (I) Party.
• Zulfi Syed – Model and actor.[14] He starred in an Urdu 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.[15]
• Raja Chaudhary – Actor.[16] He is an actor who has appeared in many Bhojpuri films. He was in a controversial relationship with Shweta Tiwari whom later divorced. He participated in Nach Baliye.
• Ashutosh Kaushik – Model and reality star.[17] He participated and became the winner of MTV Roadies in 2007.
• Ahsaan Qureshi – Stand Up comedian.[18][19] He participated in the reality show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge and became a finalist.
• Ketaki Dave – Television actress.[20][21] She is popular for her role of Daksha Virani in Ekta Kapoor's show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. She also participated in Nach Baliye.
• Elina Wadiwala – Model.[22] is an Indian Model and has done a small role in Mani Ratnam's film Guru.
• Jade Goody – British television personality.[23] She was famous for participating in the popular reality show Big Brother UK 3 (2002). She later participated in Celebrity Big Brother in its fifth season where she was in an international racist controversy after she bullied fellow housemate Shilpa Shetty (where it happened over stock cubes), along with two other contestants Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara. She died in March 2009 due to cervical cancer.

Wild card entrants

• Diana Hayden – Model.[24][25] She is a model and former Miss World of 1997 who was also the runner up for Miss India. She was also seen in the movie AB-BAS with Shawar Ali.

Housemates Status

Housemates	Entered	Exited	Result
Ashutosh	Day 1	Day 98	Winner
Raja	Day 1	Day 98	1st Runner Up
Zulfi	Day 1	Day 98	2nd Runner Up
Rahul	Day 1	Day 93	Ejected
Monica	Day 1	Day 20	Evicted
	Day 52	Day 90	Evicted
Diana	Day 30	Day 83	Evicted
Debojit	Day 1	Day 69	Evicted
Ahsaan	Day 1	Day 62	Evicted
Payal	Day 1	Day 55	Evicted
Sambhavana	Day 1	Day 48	Evicted
Elina	Day 1	Day 34	Evicted
Ketaki	Day 1	Day 27	Evicted
Rakhee	Day 1	Day 13	Evicted
Sanjay	Day 1	Day 6	Evicted
Jade	Day 1	Day 2	Walked

Guests

• Sana Wadiwala[26]
• Abhishek Bachchan[27]
• Ravi Kishan
• Akshay Kumar

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.[28]
	Punishments
	Exits	Jade Goody left due to cancer diagnosis.[29] Sanjay Nirupam was evicted after facing public vote.[30]
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 and Radha respectively, and the rest were to rever them and provide seva.[31]
	Punishments
	Exits	Rakhi Vijan was evicted after facing public vote.[32]
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.[33] 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.[34]
	Punishments	Ashutosh, Elina 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.[35]
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.[36]
	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.[37] On day 30, Diana Hayden was introduced into the house through a wild-card entry.[3]
	Exits	Ketaki Dave was evicted after facing public vote.[38]
Week 5	Tasks	Kabaddi: Bigg Boss assigns Kabaddi 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.[39] 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.[39] Kam Se Kam Isko Toh Bachao: Bigg Boss calls Diana in the confession room and assigns the task Kam Se Kam Isko Toh Bachao.[3]
	Twists	Sana, Elina Wadiwala's twin sister, was sent into the house as a guest by briefly swapping her with Alina. Both sisters are identical twins.[26]
	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.[40] 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.[39]
	Exits	Elina Wadiwala was evicted after facing public vote.[41]
Week 6	Tasks	To play pool volleyball in a game of three sets.[42] 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 members is as follows:[43] 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.[44]
	Twists	Fake eviction:[45] 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.[27]
	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.[43] 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.[46] 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.[47]
	Exits	None. Raja was selected to undergo "Fake eviction".[45]
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.[48] 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 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:[45] 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.[49]
	Punishments	None.
	Exits	Sambhavana Seth was evicted after facing public vote.[50]
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.[51] 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.[52] Dandiya: On the occasion of Dasara, Bigg Boss gives the housemates opportunity to play dandiya.[52]
	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.[53]
	Punishments	None.
	Exits	Payal Rohatgi was evicted after facing public vote.[54]
Week 9	Tasks	Making of Diwali Diya's: Bigg Boss assigned the housemates the task of making 2000 Diyas (clay lamp).[55]
	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.[55] 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.[56]
	Exits	Ahsaan Qureshi was evicted after facing public vote.[57]
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 and to act on its screenplay.[58]
	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.[59]
	Exits	Debojit Saha was evicted after facing public vote.[60]
Week 11	Tasks	Light the Diyas: Bigg Boss assigned the housemates the task of lighting 1500 diyas on the occasion of Diwali - 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 housemate on the watch was also given a brass bell such that the person could notify others when needed.[61]
	Twists	No Eviction on Diwali:[62] 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:[63] 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	Week 14 Final
Ashutosh	Ashaan Rahul	Rahul Rakhi	Banned	Elina Debojit	^1 Debojit Rahul	Debojit Sambhavana	Debojit Sambhavana	Payal Rahul	Debojit Zulfi	No nominations	Monica Rahul	^6 Monica Zulfi	Monica Zulfi	Winner (Day 98)
Raja	Debojit Sanjay	Rahul Rakhee	Monica Rahul	Ketaki	Banned & Nominated	Ahsaan Sambhavana	Exempt	Payal Rahul	Debojit Zulfi	No nominations	Monica Rahul	^5Ashutosh Diana	Monica Zulfi	1st Runner-up (Day 98)
Zulfi	Ashutosh Rakhee	Rahul Rakhee	Monica Rahul	Ashutosh Ketaki	^2 Elina Sambhavana	Raja Sambhavana	Rahul Sambhavana	Ashutosh Raja	Ashutosh Raja	No nominations	Ashutosh Raja	^2Ashutosh Raja	Monica Rahul	2nd Runner-up (Day 98)
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	Ejected (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	Elina Sambhavana	^5 Elina Ashutosh	Ashutosh Raja	Ashutosh Zulfi	Ahsaan Ashutosh	Ahsaan Ashutosh	No nominations	Evicted (Day 69)
Ahsaan	Raja Zulfi	Rahul Rakhee	Monica Rahul	Elina Payal	^4 Elina Payal	Ashutosh Raja	Ashutosh Debojit	Payal Rahul	Ashutosh Diana	Evicted (Day 62)
Payal	Raja Sambhavana	Rakhee Sambhavana	Monica Sambhavana	Ketaki Sambhavana	^6 Elina Sambhavana	Raja Sambhavana	Ashutosh Sambhavana	Ahsaan Raja	Evicted (Day 55)			Guest	Re-Evicted
Sambhavana	Rakhee Sanjay	Rahul Rakhee	Banned	Payal Zulfi	^3 Elina Ashutosh	Ashutosh Raja	Ashutosh Debojit	Evicted (Day 48)				Guest	Re-Evicted
Elina	Raja Sanjay	Ahsaan Payal	Banned	Payal Zulfi	^8 Payal Zulfi	Evicted (Day 34)
Ketaki	Raja Sanjay	Raja Rakhee	Monica Rahul	Ashutosh Zulfi	Evicted (Day 27)
Rakhee	Ketaki Raja	Ahsaan Sambhavana	Evicted (Day 13)
Sanjay	Debojit Raja	Evicted (Day 6)
Jade	Raja Sanjay	Walked (Day 2)
Notes		None							None				None
Against public votes	Raja Sanjay	Rakhee Rahul	Monica Rahul	Ketaki Elina Payal Zulfi	Elina Raja	Rahul Raja	Ashutosh Debojit Sambhavana	Payal Rahul Raja	Ashutosh Ahsaan Debojit	All Housemates	None	Ashutosh Diana	Monica Zulfi	Ashutosh Raja Zulfi
Ejected	none													Rahul
Walked	Jade	None
Evicted	Sanjay	Rakhee	Monica	Ketaki	Elina	Raja (Fake eviction)	Sambhavana	Payal	Ahsaan	Debojit	No eviction	Diana	Monica	Zulfi	Raja
															Ashutosh

  indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction.

  indicates that the Housemate was immune prior to nominations.

  indicates the winner.

  indicates the first runner up.

  indicates the second runner up.

  indicates the third runner up.

  indicates the contestant has been evicted.

  indicates the contestant walked out due to emergency.

  indicates the contestant has been ejected.

  house captain.

  indicates the contestant is nominated.

Nomination notes

• ^1 Jade left the House due to medical reasons.
• ^2 Ashutosh, Alina and Sambhavana were not allowed to nominate this week as punishment from Bigg Boss for breaking house rules.
• ^3 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 the normal voting process. Raja remained immune from nomination for week four.
• ^4 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.
• ^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 a 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.
• ^6 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.
• ^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.
• ^8 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 housemates; instead Bigg Boss nominates the entire house - all seven members - up for eviction for week 10.
• ^9 For week 11 Bigg Boss announced to the public that on the occasion of Diwali 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 the 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.
• ^10 Starting the nominations voting process, Bigg Boss announced that as per his knowledge the housemates like discussing, deciding and divulging nominations a lot, which is also breaking of an important house rule. Thus, Bigg Boss called for 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.
• ^11 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 the 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 the public vote for the final on day 98.
• ^11 On Saturday, day 98, Ashutosh Kaushik was announced as the winner of Big Boss 2.

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External links

• "Bigg Boss Season 8"