Reports are that Bollywood hottie Shilpa Shetty has been roped in to host the second season of Bigg Boss.

The show is all set to go on air from August-end on the newly launched channel, Colors.

Shilpa, who became a hot favourite in Britain after her Big Brother win, has replaced Arshad Warsi .

Reports are that Shilpa has been signed on for a whopping Rs 8 crore by the production house and she is the first celebrity to be finalised on the show while the participants are yet to be finalised.

Reports add that it was not easy to get Shilpa to host the show after her brush with racial discrimination last year on Big Brother, and “she took her own time to decide if she wanted to be part of the show.”

The show is slated to go on air once Khatron Ke Khiladi, hosted by Akshay Kumar , ends in August.