Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 Grand Launch LIVE Updates: Suman Shetty, Sanjjanaa Galrani, Flora Saini and 12 other contestants enter Nagarjuna’s show

In the final twist of the evening, host Nagarjuna announced that commoner contestants Srija Dammu, Priya Shetty, Demon Pawan, Harita Harish, Kalyan Padala, and Manish Maryada will occupy the main Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 house. Meanwhile, celebrity contestants Sanjjanaa Galrani, Suman Shetty, Thanuja Puttaswamy, Flora Saini, Jabardasth Emmanuel, Rithu Chowdary, Bharani Shankar, Shrasti Verma, and Ramu Rathod will stay in the second house, which has lesser amenities.

Bigg Boss Agnipariksha jury member and actor Bindu Madhavi picks Manish Maryada as the sixth commoner contestant to enter the Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 house.

Host Nagarjuna welcomes comedian Suman Shetty, the 13th contestant to enter the Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 house. Suman has worked across south Indian film industries.

Bigg Boss Agnipariksha jury member and actor Navdeep picks Srija Dammu as the fourth commoner contestant to enter the Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 house.

Host Nagarjuna welcomes actor Sanjjanaa Galrani, the 10th contestant to enter the Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 house. She is known for her performances in films like Ganda Hendathi, Bujjigadu, Dandupalya 2, among others. In her introduction clip, Sanjjanaa opens up about being dragged into the 2020 drug racket case.

Demon Pawan enters the Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 house as the third commoner contestant, chosen through audience voting.

Host Nagarjuna welcomes social media influencer Rithu Chowdary, the seventh contestant to enter the Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 house.

Commoner Harita Harsh is assigned the task of selecting a co-contestant for housekeeping duties for a week, and he chooses celebrity contestant Jabardasth Emmanuel.

Host Nagarjuna welcomes choreographer Shrasti Verma, the fifth contestant to enter the Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 house. She has worked on several major films, including Pushpa 2, Jailer, Vikrant Rona, Game Changer, and Rangasthalam.

Commoner Kalyan is tasked with selecting either Flora Saini or Thanuja Puttaswamy to handle washroom cleaning duties for a week, and he picks Flora.

Host Nagarjuna welcomes Flora Saini, the second contestant to enter the Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 house. Flora has appeared in over 50 films across the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi film industries. In her introduction clip, she also opened up about facing domestic abuse.

After touring the Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 houses, host Nagarjuna meets the top 13 commoner contestants selected through the pre-show Bigg Boss Agnipariksha.

Host Nagarjuna completes a series of tasks to unlock access to areas like the kitchen, bedroom, lounge area and more inside the Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 house.

Bigg Boss Telugu 9 host Nagarjuna kick-starts the show with a high-energy performance to the Ratchagan song "Soniya Soniya".

The wait is almost over! Just 30 minutes to go for the grand launch of Nagarjuna-hosted Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9. The show will air on Star Maa and stream on JioHotstar from 7 pm.

According to reports, the celebrities expected to participate in Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 include Ritu Chowdary, Tanuja Gowda, Sanjana Galrani, Asha Saini, Shrashti Varma, Debjani, Bharani Kumar, Suman Setty, Ramu Rathod, and Jabardasth Emmanuel.

In an innovative twist, the makers of Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 introduced a special pre-show event called Agnipariksha to select commoner contestants. The event, hosted by Sreemukhi, spanned two weeks and featured former contestants Abijeet, Bindu Madhavi, and Navdeep as judges. After rigorous rounds of testing, they selected Divya, Prasanna, Pawan, Shreya, Anusha, and Swetha to enter the Bigg Boss Telugu 9 house.

Wondering where to watch the launch of Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9? The grand premiere will be telecast live on Star Maa and simultaneously streamed on JioHotstar from 7 PM tonight.