The second season of Bigg Boss premiered on 17 August 2008, on new broadcaster Colors. The finale is currently scheduled to be on 9 November 2008.

The show will run for three months. Bigg Boss 2 returned with Shilpa Shetty as the new host, who previously won the fifth series of Celebrity Big Brother in the United Kingdom.

The new season featuring 14 contestants competing for a cash prize of Rs 7,500,000. As part of the format, 14 contestants are living in the Bigg Boss house built in Lonavala, located 96 kms away from Mumbai. The new house is much more stylish and modernized this time. It has a very contemporary gym for the contestants whose movements will be tracked over 84 days, 24x7 by 32 cameras. The show is aired on Colors at 10 PM daily.

After the first day at the House, the housemates have nominated Raja Choudhary and Sanjay Nirupam for eviction. One of them would be evicted on the basis of a nationwide poll by SMS. On the second day, Jade Goody was informed of her cervical cancer, and she left the show immediately

Sanjay to help Monica Bedi buy a house in Mumbai

Sanjay Nirupam, who is a participant in the ‘Bigg Boss’ reality show along with controversial starlet Monica Bedi and others, Wednesday declared he would help the actor in purchasing a house in Mumbai.

‘When we get out of this show, I will get you a house in Lokhandwala where all the Bollywood people stay or anywhere else you want,’ Nirupam stated during the episode aired Wednesday night.

He vowed to do so when gangster Abu Salem’s companion Monica spoke about her dire need for money to buy a house in India’s financial capital. She also shared her ordeal in dealing with people in Mumbai, who are wary of her due to her proximity with Salem.

Monica Bedi said: ‘The prize is very important. It holds a lot of meaning for me. People think Monica Bedi has a lot of money. But it is not so. I need this money to buy a home. Nobody gives me a house on rent also because people are scared of me.

The actor burst into tears and added: ‘I am grateful to ‘Bigg Boss’ for letting me be on this show, through which I can reveal my real self.’

Sherlyn to replace Jade Goody?

With Jade Goody leaving Bigg Boss 2 after being diagnosed with cancer, speculation is rife whether rising star Sherlyn Chopra will replace the Brit in the television show.

It can be recalled that after being in discussion for appearing on “Bigg Boss”, the firebrand was shown the door as her two conditions could not be met on time. She had asked for a sum of Rs 3 crore for her 3-month stay in the “Bigg Boss” house. Since, after her first music album “Outrageous”, her second album “Dard-e-Sherlyn” has also become a runaway success, she felt that only a decent price could keep her inside the house for three months.

But for Sherlyn to give her nod, she needs an incentive, said her publicist Dale Bhagwagar. “Only if she gets what she deserves to be away for three months from the promotions of her latest musical success Dard-e-Sherlyn, will she agree to be on the show,” he said.

It is also learnt that Sherlyn had suggested that the makers install cameras even in bathrooms of the house, so that she could flaunt her vast collection of colourful bikinis and inner wear while bathing.