Bigg Boss (Telugu season 4)
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 Duddala winning the title along with 25 lakh prize money and a bike, while Akhil Sarthak emerged as the first runner-up. 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. On 20 July 2020, the makers unveiled the title logo. Season 4 was initially planned to launch on 30 August 2020 but was pushed to 6 September 2020. Section::::"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". Reception. The launch of season 4 opened with 18.5 TVR, the highest among all "Bigg Boss" editions. 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. 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. Voting process. As the "Bigg Boss 4" Telugu vote online process has been started, viewers can vote for their favorite contestant through Disney+ Hotstar or by giving a missed call. Housemates. The participants in the order of appearance as they entered in the house. Special episodes. Dussehra Celebration. On Day 49, the show was hosted by Samantha in absence of the main host Nagarjuna due to his movie shooting schedule, and the episode was also extended to 3 hours, from the usual 1  hour. It started at 6:00 pm rather than the usual 9:00 pm. Geetha Madhuri, Sravana Bhargavi, Manisha Eerabathini, Akhil Akkineni, Bhaskar, Payal Rajput, Hyper Aadi and Kartikeya Gummakonda appeared as guests in this episode. Crossover episode. On Day 62, "Bigg Boss 4 Telugu" had a crossover episode with "Bigg Boss 4 Tamil", in which the hosts Akkineni Nagarjuna and Kamal Haasan met each other virtually. The contestants in both "Bigg Boss" variations met each other virtually and the show celebrated the "Bigg Boss Tamil" host Kamal Haasan's birthday. Kamal Haasan was also told to save 1 contestant from the  nomination and he announced Harika safe from the nominations. 100th Day Special. On Day 100, the former contestants of "Bigg Boss Telugu" Hariteja (season 1), Geetha Madhuri (season 2), Sreemukhi (season 3) and Ali Reza (season 3) visited the house virtually and grilled the five finalists about their game plan and also wished them all the best for the finale.