Bigg Boss (Telugu season 3)

Bigg Boss 3 is the third season of the Telugu-language version of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss.. It premiered on 21 July 2019 on Star Maa. Akkineni Nagarjuna was the host of the season.[1] Ramya Krishnan was guest host for Week 6 instead of Nagarjuna who was then in Spain for celebrating his 60th birthday.

Bigg Boss
Season 3
Season 3 eye logo caption: "No Acting..Only Reality!!!"
Presented by	Akkineni Nagarjuna (Week 1–5, 7–15) Ramya Krishnan (Week 6)
No. of days	105
No. of housemates	17
Winner	Rahul Sipligunj
Runner-up	Sreemukhi
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	106
Release
Original network	Star Maa
Original release	21 July – 3 November 2019
Season chronology

The season concluded on 3 November 2019 after 106 days. Rahul Sipligunj was crowned the winner, who received ₹50,00,000 prize money. Sreemukhi was the runner-up.

Housemates

	Housemate	Occupation	Day entered	Day exited	Result	Refs
	Rahul Sipligunj	Singer	Day 1	Day 62	Fake Evicted
			Day 64	Day 105	Winner
	Sreemukhi Rathod	Anchor	Day 1	Day 105	1st Runner Up
	Baba Bhaskar	Choreographer	Day 1	Day 105	2nd Runner Up
	Varun Sandesh	Actor	Day 1	Day 105	3rd Runner Up
	Ali Reza	Actor	Day 1	Day 49	Evicted	[2]
			Day 67	Day 105	4th Runner Up
	Shiva Jyothi	News presenter	Day 1	Day 98	Evicted
	Vithika Sheru	Actress	Day 1	Day 91	Evicted
	Mahesh Vitta	Actor	Day 1	Day 84	Evicted
	Punarnavi Bhupalam	Actress	Day 1	Day 77	Evicted
	Ravi Krishna	TV Actor	Day 1	Day 70	Evicted
	Himaja	Actress	Day 1	Day 63	Evicted
	Shilpa Chakravarthy	TV Host	Day 43	Day 56	Evicted
	Ashu Reddy	Internet celebrity	Day 1	Day 35	Evicted
	Rohini Reddy	TV Actress	Day 1	Day 28	Evicted
	Tamanna Simhadhri	Actress	Day 8	Day 21	Evicted
	Jaffar Babu	Journalist	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
	Hema	Actress	Day 1	Day 7	Evicted

Guests

Week	Day	Guest(s)	Purpose of Visit
2	14	Ram Pothineni and Nidhhi Agerwal	To celebrate iSmart Shankar movie success.
3	21	Vennela Kishore	To promote Manmadhudu 2 movie in which the host Akkineni Nagarjuna is lead actor.
6	42	Ramya Krishnan	Entered the house for the Eviction Process.
7	49	Nani	To promote Gang Leader movie.
8	56	P. V. Sindhu and Pullela Gopichand	To celebrate 2019 BWF World Championships victory.
9	60	Family members of Housemates	To take part in a Task to meet their family member.
	63	Varun Tej	To promote Gaddalakonda Ganesh movie.
12	79	Akkineni Nagarjuna	Entered the house on the Occasion of Vijayadashami festival.
13	86	Krithika (Vithika's Sister); Masuma (Ali's Wife); Gangulu (Siva Jyothi's Husband)	Entered the house as a part of "BB Hotel" Luxury Budget Task Guests.
	87	Revathi, Arjun & Lakshana (Baba Bhaskar's Family); Rajya Laxmi (Varun's Grandmother); Sudha Rani (Rahul's Mother); Latha (Sreemukhi's Mother)
	90	Pooja (Varun's Sister); Rama Krishna Rathod (Sreemukhi's Father); Swapna (Siva Jyothi's Sister); Anantha Laxmi (Vithika's Mother); Anchor Ravi (Ali's Friend); Singer Noel Sean (Rahul's Friend); Shobana (Baba Bhaskar's Sister)	To take part in a Task to predict the 5 Finalist of the season.
14	98	Vijay Deverakonda, Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam, Abhinav Gomatam and Naveen George Thomas	To promote Meeku Maathrame Cheptha movie. (Only Vijay entered the house)
15	99	Suma Kanakala	Entered the house on the Occasion of Deepavali festival.
	103	Subhash & Phani Kumar	Entered the house as winners of content in HELO App.
		All Evicted Housemates	Entered the house to encourage the Finalists.
	105	Raashi Khanna, Maruthi Dasari	To escort Ali Reza (Fourth Runner Up).
		Srikanth, Catherine Tresa	To escort Varun Sandesh (Third Runner Up).
		Anjali	To escort Baba Bhaskar(Second Runner Up).
		Nidhhi Agerwal, Anurag Kulkarni	Performed on the occasion of Grand Finale.
		Chiranjeevi	To present the trophy to the winner.

Nominations table

	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8		Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15 Grand Finale
	Day 0	Day 1
House Captain	No Captain			Varun	No Captain	Ali	Shiva	Varun	Bhaskar		Vithika	Mahesh	Sreemukhi	No Captain
Captain's Nomination				Mahesh Sreemukhi		Bhaskar (to evict)	Rahul	Ravi Ali	Ravi (to save)		Himaja (to evict)	Shiva Vithika Rahul Bhaskar	No Nominations
							Varun (to evict)
Vote to:	none		Evict								Save		none
Rahul	Nominated	Nominated	Himaja Sreemukhi	Mahesh Ali	Rahul	Himaja Sreemukhi	Varun Ravi Bhaskar Himaja	Ali Sreemukhi		Ravi Sreemukhi	Punarnavi	Shiva Vithika Punarnavi	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	No Nominations	Winner (Day 105)
Sreemukhi	Nominated	Safe	Himaja Mahesh	Rahul Vithika	Nominated	Rahul Ashu	Punarnavi Ravi Mahesh Rahul	Rahul Ali		Punarnavi Shilpa	Varun	Vithika Varun Punarnavi	House Captain	No Nominations	Nominated	Nominated	1st Runner Up (Day 105)
Bhaskar	Nominated	Safe	Vithika Rahul	Vithika Punarnavi	Bhaskar	Rahul Ashu	Punarnavi Ravi Himaja Vithika	Rahul Ali	House Captain		Sreemukhi	Shiva Vithika Rahul	No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	Nominated	2nd Runner Up (Day 105)
Varun	Nominated	Safe	Jaffar Sreemukhi	House Captain	Varun	Rahul Mahesh	Ali Mahesh Himaja Rahul	House Captain		Mahesh Himaja	Himaja	Sreemukhi Ravi Punarnavi	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	3rd Runner Up (Day 105)
Ali	Safe	Safe	Himaja Varun	Tamanna Rahul	Immune	House Captain	Varun Mahesh Sreemukhi Vithika	Rahul Mahesh	Evicted (Day 49)				No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	Nominated	4th Runner Up (Day 105)
Shiva	Safe	Safe	Sreemukhi Jaffar	Vithika Tamanna	Shiva	Punarnavi Rahul	House Captain	Rahul Mahesh		Shilpa Punarnavi	Ravi	Ravi Rahul Bhaskar	No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Day 98)
Vithika	Nominated	Nominated	Not eligible	Shiva Bhaskar	Ravi	Mahesh Ashu	Varun Ravi Mahesh Sreemukhi	Ali Ravi		Ravi Mahesh	House Captain	Sreemukhi Rahul Punarnavi	No Nominations	Used Medallion	Nominated	Evicted (Day 91)
Mahesh	Safe	Safe	Vithika Varun	Rahul Punarnavi	Varun	Rahul Varun	Punarnavi Ravi Himaja Vithika	Ali Sreemukhi		Varun Punarnavi	Shiva	House Captain	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Day 84)
Punarnavi	Safe	Nominated	Himaja Sreemukhi	Shiva Bhaskar	Immune	Himaja Rahul	Ravi Bhaskar Himaja Vithika	Ali Ravi		Mahesh Sreemukhi	Rahul	Sreemukhi Vithika Rahul	Nominated	Evicted (Day 77)
Ravi	Safe	Safe	Himaja Jaffar	Tamanna Himaja	Ravi	Rahul Himaja	Punarnavi Mahesh Himaja Rahul	Rahul Mahesh		Rahul Shilpa	Bhaskar	Shiva Varun Bhaskar	Evicted (Day 70)
Himaja	Safe	Nominated	Punarnavi Rahul	Rahul Punarnavi	Rahul	Punarnavi Ashu	Punarnavi Ravi Mahesh Rahul	Rahul Mahesh		Shilpa Vithika	Mahesh	Evicted (Day 63)
Shilpa	Not in house							Ali Sreemukhi		Shiva Himaja	Evicted (Day 56)
Ashu	Safe	Safe	Sreemukhi Rahul	Sreemukhi Tamanna	Bhaskar	Himaja Rahul	Evicted (Day 35)
Rohini	Safe	Safe	Punarnavi Mahesh	Tamanna Punarnavi	Shiva	Evicted (Day 28)
Tamanna	Not in house		Varun Vithika	Bhaskar Rohini	Evicted (Day 21)
Jaffar	Nominated	Nominated	Vithika Mahesh	Evicted (Day 14)
Hema	Monitor	Nominated	Evicted (Day 7)
Notes	1, 2, 3		4, 5	6, 7	8, 9, 10, 11	6, 11	6, 12, 13, 14	15	16		17	18	19	19	19	19	-
Against Public Vote	Hema Himaja Jaffar Punarnavi Rahul Vithika		Himaja Jaffar Mahesh Punarnavi Rahul Sreemukhi Varun Vithika	Bhaskar Punarnavi Rahul Tamanna Vithika	Bhaskar Rahul Ravi Rohini Shiva Varun	Ashu Bhaskar Himaja Mahesh Punarnavi Rahul Shiva	Himaja Mahesh Punarnavi Rahul Ravi Varun	Ali Mahesh Rahul Ravi Sreemukhi	Himaja Mahesh Punarnavi Shilpa Sreemukhi		Himaja Mahesh Rahul	Bhaskar Ravi Sreemukhi Varun	Mahesh Punarnavi Rahul Varun	Mahesh Rahul Varun	Ali Bhaskar Rahul Shiva Sreemukhi Varun Vithika	Ali Bhaskar Shiva Sreemukhi Varun	Ali Bhaskar Rahul Sreemukhi Varun
Evicted	Hema		Jaffar	Tamanna	Rohini	Ashu	No Eviction	Ali	Shilpa		Rahul	Ravi	Punarnavi	Mahesh	Vithika	Shiva	Ali	Varun	Bhaskar
											Himaja							Sreemukhi	Rahul

Notes

     indicates the House Captain.

     indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nominations process.

     indicates that the chghhte was granted immunity from nominations.

• ^Note 1 : On Launch Night, Siva Jyothi, Ravikrishna & Ashu were given a task to ask few questions given by BIGG BOSS, they had to choose 6 Housemates on the bases of their answers. As a result, Rahul, Bhaskar, Sreemukhi, Jaffar, Varun & Vithika were Nominated.      And other housemates were Safe.
• ^Note 2 : :      On Day 1, Rahul, Bhaskar, Sreemukhi, Jaffar, Varun & Vithika had to mutually decide one housemate to be the Monitor. They choose Hema.
• ^Note 3 : Housemates were given a Nomination Task where the 6 nominated housemates had a chance to replace 1 safe housemate, but the decide will be made by Monitor Hema. Monitor Hema was also up for replace for the sixth nominee and the decision was taken by other housemates and nominated Hema.
• ^Note 4 : During the nomination process, Vithika was discussing nominations. Bigg Boss immediately took away her nomination eligibility.
• ^Note 5 : Bhaskar denied Bigg Boss to nominate two housemates. Bigg Boss gave him a choice to nominate 2 housemates or all the housemates will be nominated for eviction. Bhaskar decided to nominate two housemates.
• ^Note 6 : Face-to-face nominations.
• ^Note 7 : During the nomination process, Punarnavi self-nominated and denied to nominate two housemates. Bigg Boss gave her choice to nominate 2 housemates or she will be nominated for the entire season. Punarnavi decided to nominate two housemates.
• ^Note 8 : On Day 17, during the task Sreemukhi broke task property. Bigg Boss directly nominated her for Week 4.
• ^Note 9 : In Week 3, Ali & Punarnavi successfully competed their Secret Task and won immunity from Week 4's nominations.
• ^Note 10 : For this nomination process, housemates were called in pairs to the Confession Room, then had to mutually decide to save one of them from eviction and nominate the other.
• ^Note 11 : During the nomination process, Siva Jyothi & Rohini were discussing nominations. As Siva Jyothi was already nominated for Week 4's Eviction, Bigg Boss nominated Rohini. And directly nominated both of them for Week 5.
• ^Note 12 : In this nomination process, Bigg Boss asked the housemates to pair-up. Then other housemates had to nominate one of the housemate from each pair. The one with more nominations was nominated and incase of a tie in votes, the Captain Siva Jyothi had to break the tie. Later Captain Siva Jyothi had a special power to directly nominate one of the non-nominated housemates. She chose Varun.
• ^Note 13 : On Day 37, three of the six nominee had a chance to save themselves from nominations. Ravikrishna, Rahul & Varun successfully competed their tasks and were saved from nominations.
• ^Note 14 : This week there was no Eviction, even though the public voting was open.
• ^Note 15 : Nominations were done in pairs.
• ^Note 16 : In Week 8, before the nominations Bigg Boss divided the housemates into two groups.      Group 1 – Sreemukhi, Ravikrishna, Himaja, Siva Jyothi and Mahesh and      Group 2 – Punarnavi, Rahul, Varun, Vithika & Shilpa. Each housemate could only nominate 2 housemates from the other group.
• ^Note 17 : In Week 9, one had to do a sacrifice given by Bigg Boss to save the other contestant from nominations.
• ^Note 18 : In Week 10, Bigg Boss paired-up housemates and each pair had to pitch themselves to show they are stronger player than the other. Then other housemates had to save one of the housemate from each pair.
• ^Note 19 : This Week, Bigg Boss gave a Task as part of Nominations.

Weekly Summary

Week 1	Entrances	On Day 1, Shiva Jyothi, Ravi Krishna, Ashu Reddy, Jaffar, Himaja, Rohini, Rahul Sipligunj, Baba Bhaskar, Punarnavi Bhupalam, Hema, Ali Reza, Mahesh Vitta, Sreemukhi, Varun Sandesh and Vithika Sheru entered the house.
	Daily Tasks	On Day 1, Bigg Boss Bigg Boss gave a task to Siva Jyothi, Ravi Krishna and Ashu Reddy to ask few questions to the other entrants and at the end requested them to give six names based on their answers. From the results of the task six housemates are Rahul Sipligunj, Punarnavi Bhupalam, Jaffar, Himaja, Vithika Sheru and Hema Bigg Boss announced six housemates were nominated and everyone was shocked. On Day 2, Bigg Boss gave a chance to six nominated housemates to save themselves from nomination and request to select a monitor, who can help them to save from nomination. Unianonymously Hema has been selected as a monitor. Bigg Boss assigned a task to Hema that she has to listen out to the nominated housemates and can decide to save one of them and also can recommend other housemates to the nomination. Gong No. Nominated Housemate Replacement Choice Housemate Decision 1 Rahul Siva Jyothi Denied 2 Varun Punarnavi Granted 3 Vithika Ashu Denied 4 Sreemukhi Himaja Granted 5 Jaffar Mahesh Denied Special Bhaskar Hema Granted
	Captaincy Task	Captaincy contenders: Winner:
	Nomination	Rahul Sipligunj, Hema, Jaffar, Punarnavi Bhupalam, Vithika Sheru and Himaja
	Luxury Budget Task
	Exits	Hema
Week 2	Entrances	On Day 8, Tammanah Simhadri as wildcard.
	Daily Tasks	On Day 8, Each one of the housemates were called to the confession room by Bigg Boss
	Captaincy Task	Captaincy contenders: Varun, Ali, Himaja Winner: Varun
	Nomination	Sreemukhi,Himaja, Jaffar, Mahesh, Varun,Vithika, Punarnavi, Rahul
	Luxury Budget Task
	Exits	Jaffar
Week 3	Daily Tasks
	Captaincy Task	Captaincy contenders:Rahul,Ali,RaviKrishna Winner: Ali
	Nomination	Sreemukhi, Bhaskar, Vithika, Punarnavi, Rahul
	Luxury Budget Task
	Exits	Tamanna Simhadri
Week 4	Daily Tasks
	Captaincy Task	No Captain for Week 4
	Nomination	RaviKrishna, Baba Bhaskar, Rohini Reddy, Rahul, Varun Sandesh, Sreemukhi
	Luxury Budget Task
	Exits	Rohini Reddy
Week 5	Daily Tasks
	Nomination	SivaJyothi, Himaja, Ashu, Rahul, Mahesh, Punarnavi, Baba Bhaskar HouseCaptain Ali nominated Baba Baskar for the direct nomination to evict.
	Luxury Budget Task
	Exits	Ashu Reddy
Week 6	Daily Tasks
	Captaincy Task	Captaincy contenders:SivaJyothi and Vithika Winner: SivaJyothi
	Nomination
	Luxury Budget Task
	Exits	No Eviction

References

1. "Bigg Boss Telugu 3: Nagarjuna Akkineni to host the show". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
2. "Bigg Boss 3: Evicted contestant to re-enter the show". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 September 2019.