Bigg Boss Kannada (season 5)

The fifth season of the Kannada-language version of Indian reality television series Bigg Boss premiered on 15 October 2017.[1] Sudeep reprised his role as the host of the show.[2]

Bigg Boss Kannada
Season 5
Season 5 eye logo
Presented bySudeep
No. of days105
No. of housemates20
WinnerChandan Shetty
Runner-upDivakar
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes106
Release
Original networkColors Super
Original release15 October 2017 (2017-10-15) 
28 January 2018 (2018-01-28)
Season chronology

The finale of the season took place 28 January 2018, and rapper Chandan Shetty was declared the winner of the show and was awarded the prize money of 50 lakh. Sales representative Diwaker was voted the runner-up.[3]

Production

Sudeep had signed a 20 crore (US$2.8 million) deal with the channel Colors Kannada to host the next five seasons starting from the previous season.[4][5] During the grand finale of Season 4, it was announced that the next season will start with new contestants and a renovated Bigg Boss house built for the previous season in the Innovative Film City at Bidadi, Bangalore.[6][7] This will be the first season to allow non-celebrities to the Bigg Boss house with online auditions taking place from July 2017.[8][9][10]

The application process of the auditions for non-celebrities was exclusively carried by mobile app called Voot.[11] Nagendra Bhat Bilalige (Naabhi) was the reality writer for this season.

The show was extended by one week (106 days) instead of 98 days. Among the five finalists Niveditha and Divakar are auditioned contestants, where as Chandan, Karthik and Shruti are celebrities.

Housemates Status

Housemates Entered Exited Status
Chandan Day 1 Day 106 Winner
Diwakar Day 1 Day 106 Runner-up
Kartik Day 1 Day 106 3rd Place
Niveditha Day 1 Day 105 4th Place
Shruthi Day 1 Day 105 5th Place
Sameer Day 1 Day 99 Evicted
Anupama Day 1 Day 98 Evicted
Riyaz Day 1 Day 91 Evicted
Krishi Day 1 Day 35 Evicted
Day 42 Day 84 Evicted
Jaya Day 1 Day 77 Evicted
Lasya Day 58 Day 70 Evicted
Samyuktha Day 58 Day 66 Ejected
Jagan Day 1 Day 63 Evicted
Ashitha Day 1 Day 56 Evicted
Vaishnavi Day 50 Day 54 Walked
Chandru Day 1 Day 49 Evicted
Tejaswini Day 1 Day 28 Evicted
Dayal Day 1 Day 21 Evicted
Megha Day 1 Day 14 Evicted
Suma Day 1 Day 7 Evicted

Housemates

Along with the usual celebrity contestants, the housemates of this season includes contestants selected through online audition process. The total of 17 housemates include 11 celebrities and 6 commoners.

Housemates Occupation Ref.
Chandan Shetty Rapper [12]
Divakar Sales representative
Karthik Jayaram Television and film actor
Niveditha Gowda Student
Shruti Prakash Singer and television actress
Sameer Acharya Priest
Anupama Gowda Television actress
Riaz Basha Radio jockey
Krishi Thapanda Model and actress
Jaya Sreenivasan Numerologist
Jagannath Chandrashekhar Television actor
Ashitha Chandrappa Television actress
Sihi Kahi Chandru Actor and television presenter
Tejaswi Prakash Film and television actress
Dayal Padmanabhan Film director, producer and actor
Megha Student
Suma Rajkumar Homemaker and ventriloquist

Wild-card entries

Housemate Occupation Contestant type
Vaishnavi Chandran Menon Film actress Wild card Contestant
Lasya Nagaraj Actress
Samyuktha Hegde Actress Long-term Guest

Three contestants entered the house through wild cards. Presenter Akul Balaji was the second entrant who promoted his new dance reality television reality show Master Dancer.[13] Actresses Lasya and Samyuktha Hegde were the final two entrants. Hegde was evicted from the house a few days later after she assaulted Sameer Acharya for allegedly touching her inappropriately. However, later she admitted in the confession room that Acharya was not at fault and that she reacted at the "heat of the moment".[14]

Celebrities Claim to Fame

Episodes

The episodes were broadcast on Colors Super between 8:00 and 9:30 p.m. (IST) daily. The episodes and highlights were also released on the website and app Voot after the telecast.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Event Captaincy Task
Nominations
Weekly Task Varada Kathe Kicchana Jothe
& Eviction
Super Sunday with Sudeepa
& Kicchan time

Nominations table

References

  1. "Bigg Boss season 5 to go on air from October 15 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. "Sudeep keen to host Bigg Boss season 3?". The Times of India.
  3. "Congratulations! Chandan Shetty wins Bigg Boss Kannada Season 5". India Today. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. "'Bigg Boss Kannada': Kiccha Sudeep Turns 'Salman Khan of Sandalwood', Gets Record Offer to Host Show on Small Screen". International Business Times, India Edition. 21 July 2015.
  5. "OMG! What Is Sudeep's Remuneration To Host Bigg Boss?". www.filmibeat.com.
  6. "Bigg Boss kannada shooting set shifted to bidadi". kannadaprabha.com.
  7. "Big Boss 3 to be shot at Bidadi?". The Times of India.
  8. "Here's your chance to enter into Bigg Boss house - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  9. "Grab Your Only Chance To Be A Participant On The Reality Show, Bigg Boss Kananda Season 5". www.filmibeat.com. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  10. "Bigg Boss kannada Season 5". www.biggbosskannadaseason5.in. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  11. "Indiatimes - Bigg Boss Kannada Applications on Voot".
  12. "Bigg Boss Kannada: Here are the profiles of 17 contestants and photos". International Business Times. ibtimes.co.in. 16 October 2017. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  13. "BB Kannada: Akul Balaji promotes Master Dancer". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  14. "Bigg Boss Kannada: I am the fittest heroine in Sandalwood industry, says Samyuktha Hegde". The Times of India. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  15. "Here are the 17 contestants of Bigg Boss Kannada season 5". 15 October 2017.
  16. Uday (21 October 2017). "Belagavi girl Shruti Prakash in Bigg Boss Kannada - All About Belgaum". All About Belgaum. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  17. "Bigg Boss 5, Day 25 highlights: Tejaswini quits the show". 10 November 2017.
  18. "Bigg Boss Kannada: Krishi eliminated from Sudeep's show". 18 November 2017.
  19. "Bigg Boss Kannada 5: Sihi Kahi Chandru shown the door from Sudeep's show". 2 December 2017.
  20. "Bigg Boss Kannada: Samyuktha Hegde evicted from the house for assaulting Sameer Acharya". 21 December 2017.

Notes

  • ^1 : As the captain, Anupama had the power to directly nominate one housemate, and she picked Niveditha's name for eviction.
  • ^2 : Chandru had a Special Adhikara to nominate 3 housemates instead of two. Captain Shruti had the power to save one nominated housemate, and she decided to save Karthik.
  • ^3 : Diwakar and Shruti were directly nominated by Bigg Boss. Sameer became the first captain as a commoner. Anupama was directly nominated by Sameer.
  • ^4 : Sameer had a Special Adhikara to nullify the nominations made by one housemate, and he chose to nullify the nominations made by Anupama. Karthik was directly nominated by Captain Riaz. Tejaswini walked out of the house due to her father's health condition. She re-entered the house a day later.
  • ^5 : An open nomination process took place in the garden area in Week 5. But Karthik exercised his Super Adhikara by nominating two people in the confession room. Captain Chandan had the power to save one nominated housemate, and he decided to save Riaz.
  • ^6 : On account of winning the General Knowledge quiz, Niveditha became the youngest captain in the history of Bigg Boss Kannada. Chandru was directly nominated by Niveditha for eviction. There was no eviction in Week 6. Krishi re-entered the Bigg Boss House as a wild card contestant.
  • ^7 : Karthik became the captain of the house. The housemates were asked to nominate two people whom they want to save this week. Diwakar was directly nominated by Karthik for eviction.
  • ^8 : Jagan became the captain of the house. Vaishnavi enters the house as a wild card contestant. Except for Jagan and Vaishnavi, all the other housemates are directly nominated for eviction by Bigg Boss. Vaishnavi exited the house on Day 54 due to recurring health issues.
  • ^9 : Krishi became the new captain of the house. While Lasya Nagraj entered the house as a wild card contestant, Samyuktha Hegde entered as a guest. Sameer was directly nominated by Krishi for eviction.
  • ^10 : Bigg Boss announced that a captain will not be appointed this week. The women nominate two male housemates; the men nominate two female housemates. Karthik exercised his Super Adhikara to directly nominate Lasya. Samyuktha was ejected from the house for assaulting her fellow housemate, Sameer.
  • ^11 : Riaz became the captain for the second time and uses his powers to directly nominate Diwakar. Jaya is sent to the secret room. Sameer is evicted in a surprise midnight eviction, but he too joins Jaya in the secret room.
  • ^12 : Diwakar is sent to the secret room. Riaz exercises his Super Adhikara to nominate Krishi, Anupama, Shruti, and Karthik. Sameer becomes the captain for the second time and directly nominates Anupama for eviction.
  • ^13 : Anupama becomes the captain and directly nominates Chandan for eviction. Shruti exercises her Super Adhikara to learn the nominations made by Chandan and Riaz.
  • ^14 : All the housemates are nominated for eviction this week. As a result, a captain was not appointed as well.
  • ^15 : Sameer was the last housemate to be evicted before the finale. As a result, Niveditha, Chandan, Shruti, Diwakar, and Karthik qualify for the finale as the Top 5 finalists.
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