Bigg Boss Kannada (season 4)

The fourth season of the Kannada-language version of Indian reality television series Bigg Boss premiered on October 9, 2016 (2016-10-09) on Colors Kannada at 6pm. Sudeep remained as the host as he hosted previous seasons.[1]

Bigg Boss Kannada
Season 4
Season 4 eye logo
Presented bySudeep
No. of days112
No. of housemates18
WinnerPratham
Runner-upKeerthi Kumar
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes113
Release
Original networkColors Kannada
Original release9 October 2016 (2016-10-09) –
29 January 2017 (2017-01-29)
Season chronology

Sudeep had signed a ₹18 crore (US$2.5 million) deal with the channel Colors Kannada to host the next five seasons starting from the previous season.[2][3] The first promo for the show aired on the channel on 8 September 2016.[4] None of the contestants' details were revealed until the grand opening of the show. The Bigg Boss house built for the previous season in the Innovative Film City at Bidadi, Bengaluru was reconstructed for this season.[5][6]

The show was aired on Colors Kannada and Colors Kannada HD simultaneously from 9:00 pm to 10:00 om every day. This was the first season of Bigg Boss Kannada to be shot and aired in High-Definition. A spin-off show, Bigg Boss Night Shift was produced and aired on Colors Super from 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm every day. This contained unseen footage from the original airing and was hosted by Rehman Haseeb, alumnus from Season 3 of Bigg Boss Kannada.

The season was extended by two weeks (to 113 days) instead of the regular 98 days format of the show. The first 98 days of Season 4 was aired on Colors Kannada while the remaining 14 days were aired exclusively on Colors Super channel. The grand finale was aired on 28 and 29 January 2017 on Colors Kannada, Colors Kannada HD and Colors Super simultaneously.

Among the five finalists, Pratham emerged as the winner with the highest number of public votes, followed by Kirik Keerthi as runner-up, and Rekha, Malavika Avinash and Mohan Shankar as third, fourth and fifth respectively. Nagendra bhat was the writer for this season.

Housemates

Keerthi Shankaraghatta (Kirik Keerthi)

Kirik Keerthi program producer and a reporter in Kannada news channels.

Pratham

Pratham is a film director.

Malavika Avinash

An Indian actress, television personality and politician.

Sheetal Shetty

Sheetal Shetty is a news anchor who presented news shows and discussions on TV9 and BTV News.

Kavya Shastri

Kavya Shastri is a television presenter and a serial actress. She has hosted numerous TV shows and acted in the serial 'Shubha Vivaha' that aired on Zee Kannada.

Bhuvan Ponnanna

Bhuvan Ponnanna is a model and an alumnus of reality show 'Indian' that was broadcast on ETV Kannada.

Sanjana Chidanand

Sanjana is a model and a serial actress.

Chaitra

Chaitra is a singer who has sung various songs in Kannada films.

Dodda Ganesh

Dodda Ganesh is a retired cricketer who played in international level and a politician under Janata Dal (Secular).

Vanishree

Vanishree is a serial actress who has acted in several serials and films.

Niranjan Deshpande

Niranjan Deshpande is a show host, Radio Jockey, and an actor. He has acted both in daily serials and movies.

Karunya Ram

Karunya Ram is an actress, who is well known for her role in Vajrakaya,[7] "Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu and Eradu Kanasu.

Mohan Shankar

Mohan Shankar is an actor, comedian and director who has acted in few films.

Rekha

Rekha Sandesh is an actress known for her role in film Sparsha" And "Majestic"

Wild-Card Entries

Om Prakash Rao

Om Prakash Rao is a film director and comedian in Kannada.

Sukrutha Wagle

Sukrutha Wagle, is an Indian film actress, she is well noted for her role in the film Bahuparak and Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu.

Masthan Chandra

Masthan is an actor, debuting with Devayani, a movie of his own production, currently under development.

gollark: Nobody is going to support fully self-driving no-manual-driving ones.
gollark: Yes, that's why I suggested "Faraday cage" or something - saying "jamming" implies you're actively doing something rather than just having thick walls.
gollark: Jamming public communication stuff is I think illegal here in the UK.
gollark: I mean, except by making the entire school a Faraday cage.
gollark: They'll never succeed in separating teenagers from stuff on the internet.

References
  1. "Sudeep keen to host Bigg Boss season 3?". The Times of India.
  2. "'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.
  3. "OMG! What Is Sudeep's Remuneration To Host Bigg Boss?". www.filmibeat.com.
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u9FpSF48ac
  5. "Bigg Boss kannada shooting set shifted to bidadi". kannadaprabha.com.
  6. "Big Boss 3 to be shot at Bidadi?". The Times of India.
  7. "Director has done brilliant piece of work in 'Vajrakaaya'". m.indiaglitz.com.
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