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Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 9

Bigg Boss Tamil Season 9 (பிக் பாஸ் தமிழ்), the ninth edition of the Tamil Bigg Boss reality show, aired on Star Vijay and JioHotstar from October 5, 2025 to January 18, 2026, hosted by Vijay Sethupathi; wildcard Divya Ganesan won Rs 50 lakh after the Paaru-Kamaruddin red card controversy.

Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) season 8

Bigg Boss Telugu Season 8 (Bigg Boss 8: Limitless), the 2024 eighth season of the Telugu Bigg Boss reality show on Star Maa, hosted by Nagarjuna; won by Nikhil Maliyakkal over runner-up Gautham Krishna, with a record 18.9 TVR premiere and ₹55 lakh prize.

Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) season 9

Hosted by Akkineni Nagarjuna, Bigg Boss Telugu 9 aired from September 7 to December 21, 2025. It featured a double house format with celebrities and commoners.

Bigg Boss (बिग बॉस)

Bigg Boss (बिग बॉस) is India's Big Brother reality franchise by Endemol Shine India: contestants live surveilled in a house, evicted by audience vote. Hindi edition since 2006, Colors, Salman Khan hosting since 2010; six language editions premiered simultaneously in 2026.

Bigg Boss (बिग बॉस) (Hindi TV series)

Bigg Boss (बिग बॉस), the Hindi adaptation of Big Brother, is an Indian reality TV series on Colors TV and JioHotstar since 2006, hosted by Salman Khan since season 4, with 20 seasons and a six-language franchise.

Bigg Boss (பிக் பாஸ்) (Tamil TV series)

Bigg Boss Tamil (பிக் பாஸ்) is the Tamil edition of the Bigg Boss reality franchise on Star Vijay, launched 2017 with host Kamal Haasan, later Vijay Sethupathi; season 9 winner Divya Ganesh.

Bigg Boss (బిగ్ బాస్ తెలుగు) (Telugu TV series)

Bigg Boss Telugu (బిగ్ బాస్ తెలుగు) is an Indian Telugu-language reality competition series based on the Big Brother format, first aired in 2017 on Star Maa and hosted by Nagarjuna Akkineni.

Bigg Boss Agnipareeksha

Bigg Boss Agnipareeksha (Agnipariksha, Agniparikshe) is a Bigg Boss pre-show selecting commoner contestants, begun in Telugu in 2025 and extended in 2026 to Malayalam, Kannada, and Tamil editions.

Bigg Boss Agnipariksha

Bigg Boss Agnipariksha (Agnipareeksha) is the Telugu digital pre-show of Bigg Boss Telugu on JioHotstar that selects commoner contestants via multi-level auditions, tasks, and jury and audience voting; six Season 1 hopefuls entered the Bigg Boss Telugu 9 house.

Bigg Boss Agnipariksha season 1

Bigg Boss Agnipariksha season 1 (Telugu) is the 2025 JioHotstar pre-show to Bigg Boss Telugu 9, hosted by Sreemukhi with judges Abijeet, Bindu Madhavi, and Navdeep, in which 45 commoners competed over 15 episodes for a main-house seat.

Bigg Boss Agnipariksha season 2

Bigg Boss Agnipariksha Season 2 (అగ్నిపరీక్ష సీజన్ 2), the 2026 Star Maa/JioHotstar pre-show selecting commoners for Bigg Boss Telugu 10, hosted by Sreemukhi; Singer Jhansi won the direct ticket and six contestants entered the house.

Bigg Boss Bangla season 3

Bigg Boss Bangla season 3 (বিগ বস বাংলা সিজন ৩), the 2026 Bengali revival of Bigg Boss on Star Jalsha and JioHotstar, hosted by Sourav Ganguly, premiered 30 August 2026 with 15 contestants after a ten-year hiatus; produced by EndemolShine India for JioStar.

Bigg Boss Halla Bol

Bigg Boss Halla Bol (बिग बॉस हल्ला बोल) was a four-week 2015 extension of Bigg Boss 8 (Hindi) on Colors, hosted by Farah Khan, pitting five Champions against five Challengers; Gautam Gulati won Rs 50 lakh.

Bigg Boss Kannada (ಬಿಗ್ ಬಾಸ್ ಕನ್ನಡ)

Bigg Boss Kannada (ಬಿಗ್ ಬಾಸ್ ಕನ್ನಡ), the Kannada Bigg Boss/Big Brother reality series, runs since 2013 on ETV, Suvarna, then Colors Kannada and JioHotstar, hosted every season by Kichcha Sudeep, with Season 13 premiering September 2026.

Bigg Boss Kannada season 11

Bigg Boss Kannada season 11 was the eleventh season of the Kannada Bigg Boss, hosted by Kiccha Sudeep and won by wildcard entrant Hanumantha Lamani in January 2025.

Bigg Boss Kannada season 12

Bigg Boss Kannada season 12 (ಬಿಗ್ ಬಾಸ್ ಕನ್ನಡ 12), the twelfth season of the Kannada Bigg Boss reality show, aired 28 September 2025 to 18 January 2026 on Colors Kannada and JioHotstar, hosted by Kichcha Sudeep on the Onti vs Jenti solo-versus-duo theme; comedian Gilli Nata won the ₹50 lakh prize.

Bigg Boss Marathi (बिग बॉस मराठी)

Bigg Boss Marathi (बिग बॉस मराठी), the Marathi edition of Bigg Boss on Colors Marathi and JioHotstar, hosted by Mahesh Manjrekar then Riteish Deshmukh; six seasons 2018–2026, winners Megha Dhade through Tanvi Kolte, Marathi-only house rule.

Bigg Boss Marathi season 5

Bigg Boss Marathi season 5 (बिग बॉस मराठी ५), the fifth season of the Marathi Bigg Boss reality show, aired on Colors Marathi and JioCinema 28 July to 6 October 2024, hosted by Riteish Deshmukh instead of Mahesh Manjrekar, with 17 contestants, a Chakravyuh house theme, and winner Suraj Chavan.

Bigg Boss Marathi season 6

Bigg Boss Marathi season 6, the sixth Marathi edition of Bigg Boss, hosted by Riteish Deshmukh, aired January 11 to April 19, 2026 on Colors Marathi and JioHotstar; 17 premiere contestants, 99 days, won by Tanvi Kolte over runner-up Raqesh Bapat, with a ₹15 lakh prize and a record 3.1 TVR finale.

Bigg Boss Non-Stop

Bigg Boss Non-Stop is the first OTT edition of Bigg Boss Telugu, streamed 24x7 on Disney+ Hotstar and hosted by Nagarjuna Akkineni. It ran 26 February to 21 May 2022; Bindu Madhavi won Rs 40 lakh, becoming the first female Bigg Boss Telugu winner.

Bigg Boss OTT

Bigg Boss OTT was the Hindi digital-only spin-off of Bigg Boss, launched on Voot on 8 August 2021, hosted by Karan Johar, Salman Khan, and Anil Kapoor across three seasons, won by Divya Agarwal, Elvish Yadav, and Sana Makbul, and scrapped in January 2026.

Bigg Boss OTT (Hindi season 3)

Bigg Boss OTT 3, the 2024 third season of the Hindi digital Bigg Boss spin-off on JioCinema Premium, was hosted by Anil Kapoor instead of Salman Khan, ran 42 days with 17 contestants, and was won by Sana Makbul with Rs 25 lakh; the OTT format was later discontinued.

Bigg Boss The Common Man

Bigg Boss – The Common Man is the Tamil pre-show of Bigg Boss Tamil Season 10, premiering August 16, 2026 on Star Vijay and JioHotstar, hosted by Maya S. Krishnan, judged by Aari Arujunan, Raju Jeyamohan, and Oviya, selecting commoner contestants.

Bigg Boss Ultimate

Bigg Boss Ultimate is the 24x7 OTT spin-off of Bigg Boss Tamil, streaming on Disney+ Hotstar from January 30 to March 30, 2022, hosted first by Kamal Haasan, then Silambarasan, with 14 returning contestants.

Bigger (film)

Bigger is a 2018 American biographical drama directed by George Gallo about brothers Joe and Ben Weider, who built a bodybuilding empire and mentored a young Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Biggest ball of twine

Biggest ball of twine: disputed US roadside-attraction title held under different measures by Darwin MN (one man, 17,400 lbs), Cawker City KS (community sisal ball), Lake Nebagamon WI (24,100 lbs claim), and Branson MO.

Biggest Winner

Biggest Winner (普羅電子遊樂場) is a casino in Deyang Village, Jiaoxi, Yilan County, Taiwan, mapped in OpenStreetMap as node 4784276322 at 24.82842° N, 121.77365° E, near Philux King casino and Jiaoxi Hot Spring Square.

Biggie & Tupac

Biggie & Tupac is Nick Broomfield's 2002, 107-minute documentary arguing Suge Knight and off-duty LAPD officers killed Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, built on Russell Poole's claims.

Biggles

Biggles is the nickname of James Bigglesworth, a fictional pilot and adventurer created by English writer Captain W. E. Johns, who starred in nearly 100 books from 1932.

Bigha

The bigha is a traditional South Asian unit of land area used in Bangladesh, Nepal's Terai, and northern and eastern India, ranging from about 6,806 to 72,900 square feet.