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] 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]
Bigg Boss Kannada | |
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Season 5 | |
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Presented by | Sudeep |
No. of days | 105 |
No. of housemates | 20 |
Winner | Chandan Shetty |
Runner-up | Divakar |
Country of origin | India |
No. of episodes | 106 |
Release | |
Original network | Colors Super |
Original release | 15 October 2017 – 28 January 2018 |
Season chronology |
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 |
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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 | ||
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. |
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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 |
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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
- Shruti Prakash – television actress and singer.[15][16] She is known for her role of Sita Modi in the Star Plus popular show Saath Nibhaana Saathiya which starred Devoleena Bhattacharjee and Mohammad Nazim.
- Karthik Jayaram – Actor, Model and engineer.[15] He is known for appearing in many Sandalwood films like Varadanayaka and Care of Footpath 2. He also is well known for playing Ravana in Star Plus popular show Siya Ke Ram.
- Tejaswini Prakash – Actress and model.[15][17] She is known for appearing in Sandalwood films like Savi Savi Nenapu and Preethi Nee Heegeke.
- Krishi Thapanda – Model and actress.[15][18] She is known for making her Bollywood film debut with Akira in 2016 with Anish Tejeshwar.
- Chandan Shetty – Rapper.[15][3] He is known for singing many songs for Sandalwood films.
- Sihi Kahi Chandru – Television actor and presenter.[19] He appeared in many Sandalwood films like Josh, Julie, Naanu Nanna Kanasu. He also played the main lead in the show Sihi Kahi.
- Samyuktha Hegde – Actress.[20] She is known for appearing in the Sandalwood film Kirik Party. She participated in MTV Roadies.
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 | |
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Event | Captaincy Task Nominations |
Weekly Task | Varada Kathe Kicchana Jothe & Eviction |
Super Sunday with Sudeepa & Kicchan time |
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 Final | |||
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House Captain | Anupama | Shruti | Sameer | Riaz | Chandan | Nivedita | Karthik | Jagan | Krishi | None | Riaz | Sameer | Anupama | None | |||
Captain's Nomination | Niveditha | Karthik | Anupama | Karthik | Riaz | Chandru | Diwakar | None | Sameer | Diwakar | Anupama | Chandan | |||||
Vote to: | Evict | Save | Evict | Save | Evict | - | Evict | - | Evict | - | |||||||
Chandan | Karthik Riaz |
Krishi Karthik |
Niveditha Dayal |
Anupama Chandru |
House Captain |
Shruti Riaz |
Diwakar Niveditha |
Nominated | Chandan | Samyuktha Krishi |
Jaya Karthik |
Karthik Shruti |
Shruti Riaz |
Nominated | Winner (Day 106) | ||
Diwakar | Jaya Karthik |
Krishi Jagan |
Niveditha Chandru |
Tejaswini Jagan |
Jagan Krishi |
Shruti Anupama |
Chandan Ashitha |
Nominated | Diwakar | Anupama Niveditha |
Niveditha Krishi |
Secret Room |
Niveditha Riaz |
Nominated | 1st Runner-up (Day 106) | ||
Karthik | Diwakar Krishi |
Sameer Diwakar |
Riaz Jaya |
Niveditha Jay |
Riaz Diwakar |
Riaz Jaya |
House Captain |
Nominated | Jagan | Samyuktha Niveditha |
Sameer Niveditha |
Riaz Chandan |
Diwakar Sameer |
Nominated | 2nd Runner-up (Day 106) | ||
Niveditha | Diwakar Jagan |
Sameer Diwakar |
Dayal Jaya |
Jagan Anupama |
Anupama Ashitha |
House Captain |
Chandan Jaya |
Nominated | Chandan | Sameer Sreenivasan |
Jaya Krishi |
Shruti Krishi |
Karthik Riaz |
Nominated | 3rd Runner Up (Day 105) | ||
Shruti | Sameer Niveditha |
House Captain |
Niveditha Riaz |
Niveditha Sameer |
Niveditha Riaz |
Chandan Anupama |
Chandru Jagan |
Nominated | Shruti | Sameer Diwakar |
Sameer Niveditha |
Niveditha Riaz |
Sameer Niveditha |
Nominated | 4th Runner Up (Day 105) | ||
Sameer | Jagan Suma |
Karthik Ashita |
House Captain |
Chandru Tejaswini |
Chandru Jagan |
Jaya Shruti |
Riaz Anupama |
Nominated | Diwakar | Samyuktha Anupama |
Krishi Shruti |
House Captain |
Shruti Karthik |
Nominated | Evicted (Day 99) | ||
Anupama | House Captain |
Diwakar Chandan |
Riaz Jaya |
Chandan |
Niveditha Riaz |
Sameer Chandan |
Ashitha Jagan |
Nominated | Shruti | Sameer Diwakar |
Sameer Niveditha |
Riaz, Niveditha |
House Captain |
Nominated | Evicted (Day 98) | ||
Riaz | Jaya Jagan |
Dayal Krishi |
Dayal Anupama |
House Captain |
Ashitha Krishi |
Shruti Jagan |
Sameer Ashitha |
Nominated | Jaya | Niveditha Shruti |
House Captain |
Krishi Anupama |
Niveditha Chandan |
Evicted (Day 91) | |||
Krishi | Diwakar Suma |
Diwakar Megha |
Jaya Riaz |
Sreenivasan, Sameer |
Riaz Jaya |
Evicted (Day 35) |
Shruti Anupama |
Nominated | House Captain |
Sameer Chandan |
Sameer Niveditha |
Niveditha Riaz |
Evicted (Day 84) | ||||
Jaya | Dayal Diwakar |
Jagan Ashita |
Dayal Jagan |
Jagan Chandru |
Chandru Karthik |
Chandru Jagan |
Niveditha Shruti |
Nominated | Jaya | Lasya Niveditha |
Chandan Diwakar |
Evicted (Day 77) | |||||
Lasya | Not in House |
Exempt | Jaya Sameer |
Evicted (Day 70) | |||||||||||||
Samyuktha | Not in House |
Exempt | Sameer Jaya |
Ejected (Day 66) | |||||||||||||
Jagan | Megha Diwakar |
Megha Riaz |
Jaya Riaz |
Jaya Niveditha |
Riaz Niveditha |
Chandan Sameer |
Ashitha Anupama |
House Captain |
Jagan | Evicted (Day 63) | |||||||
Ashitha | Diwakar Suma |
Sameer Riaz |
Riaz Jaya |
Sameer Jaya |
Riaz Niveditha |
Sameer Jaya |
Jagan Diwakar |
Nominated | Evicted (Day 56) | ||||||||
Vaishnavi | Not in House |
Walked (Day 54) | |||||||||||||||
Chandru | Diwakar Jaya |
Megha Diwakar |
Dayal Riaz |
Niveditha Sameer |
Sameer Diwakar |
Chandan Riaz |
Anupama Ashitha |
Evicted (Day 49) | |||||||||
Tejaswini | Megha Chandan |
Megha Diwakar |
Jaya Niveditha |
Jaya Sameer |
Evicted (Day 28) | ||||||||||||
Dayal | Megha Ashitha |
Megha Sameer |
Jaya Riaz |
Evicted (Day 21) | |||||||||||||
Megha | Jagan Niveditha |
Dayal Anupama |
Evicted (Day 14) | ||||||||||||||
Suma | Karthik Jagan |
Evicted (Day 7) | |||||||||||||||
Notes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||
Against public vote |
Diwakar Jagan Jaya Karthik Megha Niveditha Suma |
Ashitha Dayal Diwakar Jagan Krishi Megha Sameer Riaz |
Anupama Dayal Diwakar Jaya Niveditha Riaz Shruti |
Anupama Chandru Jagan Jaya Karthik Niveditha Sameer Tejaswini |
Ashitha Chandru Diwakar Jagan Krishi Niveditha |
Anupama Chandan Chandru Jagan Jaya Riaz Sameer Shruti |
Chandru Diwakar Jaya Krishi Riaz Sameer |
All Housemates | Chandan Diwakar Jagan Jaya Sameer Shruti |
Anupama Diwakar Jaya Lasya Niveditha Sameer Samyuktha |
Diwakar Jaya Krishi Niveditha Sameer |
Anupama Karthik Krishi Niveditha Riaz Shruti |
Chandan Karthik Niveditha Riaz Sameer Shruti |
Anupama Chandan Diwakar Karthik Niveditha Sameer Shruti |
Chandan Diwakar Karthik Niveditha Shruti | ||
Re-entered | none | Tejaswini | none | Krishi | none | ||||||||||||
Walked | none | Tejaswini | none | Vaishnavi | none | ||||||||||||
Ejected | none | Samyuktha | none | ||||||||||||||
Evicted | Suma | Megha | Dayal | Tejaswini | Krishi | No eviction |
Chandru | Ashitha | Jagan | Lasya | Jaya | Krishi | Riaz | Anupama | Shruti | Niveditha | Karthik |
Diwakar | Chandan | ||||||||||||||||
Sameer |
Notes
- This housemate was the current House Captain.
- This Housemate was directly nominated for eviction by Bigg Boss.
- This Housemate was granted immunity from nominations.
- This Housemate was Ejected from the house.
- ^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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