Bigg Boss Telugu 9, hosted by Nagrjuna Akkineni, made her debut on OTT platform Gehotstar and TV channel Star Ma on 7 September 2025. As the show is away from a new season, it features 15 contestants, including 9 celebrities and 6 commoners.
Interestingly, this is the first time in the history of the show that common people have been included in the program. If you are wondering who the contestants are, then there is a complete list here.
Bigg Boss 9 List of Telugu Contestants
1. Flora Saini
Actress Flora Saini is the biggest name for leaving Bigg Boss on Telugu this season. Known for his performance in South Indian and Hindi films, he is one of the top contestants in the show.
He was last seen in a web series like Kajol starrer The Trial and Rana Naidu, which featured Venkatesh Daggubati and Rana Daggubati.
2. Thanuja Putswami
Thanuja Putswami is a soap opera actress who appears mainly in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada television shows. She is known for her roles in a series such as Mounargam, Agnipriksha and legally Veer.
3. Kalyan Padala
Kalyan is an army veteran, who entered the Bigg Boss Telugu House after competing in Digital Pre-Show, Bigg Boss: Agnipricas.
4. Demon wind
The demon holy (original name Pawan) is a fitness affecting a fitness that is known to promote a healthy lifestyle. He is also widely recognized for her love for anime.
5. Sanjana Galrani
Sanjana Galarani, actress and Nikki Galrani’s sister are also part of the popular game show. He made his debut in Telugu cinema with an uncontrolled role in the film Soggadu (2005).
Later, he expanded his career in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada Industries. Galarani has also been part of chains like Shit Has and Aver.
6. Sansi Verma
Sansi Verma is a popular internet personality who has worked as an assistant choreographer of Jani Master. Thanks to her association with the famous dance master, she has been in films such as jailer, wick -rona, game changer, Rangasthalam, Pushpa and Mavran.
7. Harita Harish
Harita Harish is also a common man who entered the Bigg Boss Telugu House with pre-show, which appeared as a masked man.
8. Priya Shetty
Priya Shetty is a doctor who wishes to become an actress.
9. Ramu Rathore
Ramu Rathore is an Indie musician and folk singer, known to chronic several tracks such as Pacha Bote and Diya Diya.
10. Bharani Shankar
Bharani Shankar is a widely recognized television actress known for her show Kartika Deepam. She has also appeared in films like Aaviri, Dhera, and Chiranjeevi Starer Waltair Veerayya.
11. Shreeja dumu
Sreeja Dmmu is a material manufacturer known for her dance and lifestyle content.
12. Merida Manish
Merida Manish is an entrepreneur and co-founder of the startup, called Fellow, a platform that rewards users to invest in various markets, making finance more attractive. He was also depicted in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
13. Suman Shetty
Suman Shetty is a popular comedy actor in Telugu and Tamil cinema. He has acted contrary to many stars like Ravi Mohan, Vishal, Ram Pothaineni, Dhanush and Ajit Kumar.
14. Rithu Chaudhary
Rithu Chaudhary is an actress known for the TV shows such as Prema Anta Madhuram and Int Guttu. He has also painted in films like Mouname Ishtam and Drunker Sai.
15. Emmanuel
Jabardasth Emmanuel is a popular actor and comedian who mainly works in the Telugu television and cinema industry. He is popularly known for his show Jabardasth, where he uses his funny comedic punchline.
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