Bigg Boss Kannada

Bigg Boss Kannada
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Current season Bigg Boss Kannada 4 Housemates In the House: Pratham Kirik Keerthi Malavika Avinash Bhuvan Ponnanna Sanjana Chidanand Mohan Rekha Sheetal Shetty Shalini Karunya Ram Sukrutha Wagle Masthan Chandra Out of the House: Housemates were evicted unless noted. Vanishree (Day 7) Dodda Ganesh (Day 14) Chaitra (Day 21) Kavya Shastri (Day 35) Omprakash Rao (Day 49) Niranjan Deshpande (Day 56)
Previous season Bigg Boss Kannada 3 Winner: Shruthi Runner-up: Chandan Kumar Others: Bhavana Belagere, Huccha Venkat, Jayashree Ramaiah, Kruthika Ravindra, Madhuri Itagi, Master Anand, NC Aiyappa, Neha Gowda, Pooja Gandhi, Tsunami Kitty, Ravi Mooruru, Rehman Hassan, RJ Nethra, Mithra, Gowthami Gowda, Sushma Veer Bigg Boss Kannada 2 Winner: Akul Balaji Runner-up: Srujan Lokesh Others: Aadhi Lokesh, Anupama Bhat, Deepika Kamaiah, Harshika Poonacha, Laya Kokila, Mayur Patel, Neethu Shetty, Rohith Patel, Santhosh, Shakeela, Swetha Changappa, Guruprasad, Bullet Prakash Bigg Boss Kannada 1 Winner: Vijay Raghavendra Runner-up: Arun Sagar Others: Narendra Sharma, Aparna, Anushree, Rishi Kuamr, Jayalakshmi, Chandrika, Vinayak Joshi, Thilak Shekar, Shwetha Pandit, Sanjjanaa, Nikitha Thukral, Rohan Gowda, Rishika Singh, Yogesh, Rajesh

Bigg Boss Kannada (ಬಿಗ್ ಬಾಸ್ ಕನ್ನಡ in Kannada, or simply 'Bigg Boss') is the Kannada version of the reality TV show Bigg Boss which is broadcast in India; currently on Viacom 18's Colors Kannada. The show is produced by Endemol, currently through Endemol Shine India^[1] who owns the global format of Big Brother. Kannada actor Sudeep was roped in to host the reality show in 2013 for the first season.^[2][3] Sudeep continues to be the part of the show as of fourth season in 2016.^[4] The first season of the show on ETV Kannada became popular^[5] and turned out to be a TRP magnet,^[6] eventually became the No.1 reality show in South India.^[7]

Bigg Boss Kannada moved to Star Network's Suvarna TV^[8] for the second season and grew even bigger in the market.^[9][10] The channel claimed an approximate increase of 25% in viewers for the season.^[11] The show returned to Viacom 18^[12] and was aired on Colors Kannada, re-branded from ETV Kannada for the next seasons and the third season saw a slight fall in the TRP because of a controversy involving a housemate following his immediate ejection.^[13][14] A year later, during the press meet for the fourth season, it was clarified that the TRP fall was a false claim and the ratings actually went up after the ejection.^[15]

The fame of the show as of fourth season reached to an extent where the film producers from the Kannada Film Industry and the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce held a protest in front of Innovative Film City in Bidadi, where the Bigg Boss house is located, demanding the actors not to participate or host reality shows on television, also tried to impose a ban on the show because of its popularity affecting the performances of movies in the box office.^[16]

The 'Bigg Boss' House

A 'Bigg Boss' House is built for every season. For the first two seasons, the house was located in an undisclosed place at Lonavala, Pune district of Maharashtra. From the third season, the Kannada incarnation of Bigg Boss House is built at Innovative Film City in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The house would be usually well-furnished and decorated. It would have all the modern amenities and a large, common bedroom with beds for all contestants. There was an addition in the form of a luxurious single bedroom for the captain starting from second season. The house would also have common toiletries, swimming pool, gymnasium and spacious gardens. Apart from these, show specific activity areas and a small sound-proof room with controlled entrance called as the 'confession room' is built in the house where the housemates would be called in by the Bigg Boss for nomination process and other conversational activities.^[17] A secret room with bed and other facilities was incorporated into the house starting from season 2 where an evicted contestant, if selected by the Bigg Boss to continue the game, would retained in this room for a week or two and would be put back into the game. The House has no television connection (except for the day where the show host Sudeep converses with the contestants through the TV), no telephones, no access to internet, no clocks, no articles to write, complying with the rules of Big Brother around the world.^[18]

The 'Eye' Logo

Each season gets its own Bigg Boss 'Eye' logo similar to the Bigg Boss and Big Brother shows. The first season of Kannada Bigg Boss on ETV Kannada inherited its logo from the sixth season of its Hindi counterpart in the form of a human eye with an eyeball displaying the SMPTE color bars, against a purple, lightning storm background. The second season, moved to Suvarna TV and got its dedicated logo in the form of a more detailed human eye against a background which split the 'hot' (orange) and 'cold' (blue) sides of the personalities in the house. This logo also had the text 'Season 2' below the 'Eye'.

The third season returned to the original broadcaster, then re-branded as Colors Kannada and the logo was adopted from the one used for the first season. The same eye was used against a purple tornado background and there was no mention about the season number. The fourth season had a make-over with the new 'Eye' that resembles a futuristic design, with different elements inside the eye, against a background that uses many tech elements and a dominant blue color. The season number is not mentioned in the fourth logo too.

House Rules

While all the rules have never been disclosed to the audience, the most prominent ones are clearly seen. The inmates are not permitted to talk in any other language than Kannada. They are not supposed to tamper with any of the electronic equipment or any other article in the House. They cannot leave the House premises at any time except when permitted to and are prohibited to discuss their nominations with their fellow housemates.^[19] They are not allowed to sleep during the day. Sometimes, the housemates may be nominated for other reasons, such as nomination by a person who has achieved special privileges (via tasks or other things), for breaking rules or other reasons. In case of serious situations, a contestant may be evicted directly, which is referred to as an 'ejection' from the house.

Series Summary

Season	Logo	Slogan	Sponsors	Network	Premiere	Finale	Duration	Housemates	Finalists
1		Howdu Swami! ಹೌದು ಸ್ವಾಮಿ!	Bhima Jewellers	ETV Kannada	24 March 2013	30 June 2013	99 Days	15	Vijay Raghavendra
									Arun Sagar
			Paragon Footwear						Nikita Tukral
									Narendra Babu Sharma
2		Thamashene Alla! ತಮಾಷೇನೇ ಅಲ್ಲ!	OLX.in	Suvarna	29 June 2014	5 October 2014	99 Days	15	Akul Balaji
			WeChat						Srujan Lokesh
			CERA Sanityware						Deepika Kamaiah
			Dollar Bigboss						Shwetha Chengappa
3		Naatakakke Illi Jaaga Illa! ನಾಟಕಕ್ಕೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಜಾಗ ಇಲ್ಲ!	OLX.in	Colors Kannada	25 October 2015	31 January 2016	98 Days	18	Shruthi
			Nisargalaya Bramhi Oil						Chandan Kumar
			Gemini Cooking Oil						Master Anand
			Eastern Spices						Rehman Haseeb
4		Kandiro Mukhagala Kanade Iro Mukha! ಕಂಡಿರೋ ಮುಖಗಳ ಕಾಣದೆ ಇರೋ ಮುಖ!	Vaseline	Colors Kannada	9 October 2016	15 January 2017	98 Days	18	TBA
			Ayurwin Nutrigain
			Airtel 4G						TBA
			McDowells No.1 Soda						TBA
			MTR Foods						TBA
Winner      Runner-Up      Finalist

Episode Format

The episodes are telecast throughout the week following a one-hour running time format including commercials. The show is currently aired on Colors Kannada and Colors Kannada HD from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM everyday. Post conclusion of a season, Bigg Boss Autograph is aired which consists of interviews on the journey of fellow contestants in the show. This spin-off programming for Season 3 was hosted by Rishika Singh, alumnus of the first season of Bigg Boss Kannada. Unseen content was aired for Seasons 1 and 2 but was omitted for the 3rd Season.

For the ongoing 4th Season, a spin-off programming named Bigg Boss Night Shift is being produced and aired on Colors Kannada's sister channel Colors Super from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM everyday. This show acts as the supplement for the main show and contains unseen footage. The spin-off is hosted by Rehman Haseeb, the Bigg Boss alumnus from 3rd Season. Also, on the Viacom 18's OTT platform Voot, two exclusive short-shows (referred to as Voot Shorts) are being streamed; both hosted by Rehman. Doddmane Suddi highlights the events of the day's show before going on air and Theremareya Kathe shows the unseen footage from the show which are not aired on the original shows. Rehman also hosts a 30-minute interview about the in-house experience of the evicted contestants every weekend in Just Maath Maathalli, yet another Voot exclusive show.

The first season was telecast from Mondays to Saturdays, with tasks and house activities taking place from Mondays to Thursdays following a special episode on Fridays, Varada Kathe Kicchana Jothe in which the show's host Sudeep would appear and carryout the eviction for the week. Sudeep's appearance would continue on the next day's special episode, Super Saturday with Sudeep where an interview of the evicted contestant and a promotion for an upcoming movie would take place. The unseen content was aired on Sundays for Season 1. For the next seasons, the week became longer including the Sundays and the house activities would take place from Mondays to Fridays. Eviction episodes with Sudeep (Kicchinca Kathe Kicchana Jothe for Season 2 and Varada Kathe Kicchana Jothe for Season 3) would take place on Saturdays continuing with special episodes for interviews and movie promotions (Sakkath Sunday with Sudeep for Season 2 and Super Sunday with Sudeep for Season 3) on Sundays.

Housemates and Guests

Awards & Nominations

Controversies

In the third season of Bigg Boss Kannada, Huccha Venkat was ejected from the show for breaking the rule and assaulting fellow housemate Ravi Mooruru. The season witnessed Venkat's opposition to almost every happenings on the show. He claimed to have formed and maintained an army named 'Huccha Venkat Sene' to fight against corruption and ban item numbers in movies. Mooruru had accused Venkat's non-involvement in the house tasks a day before Sudeep's weekend episode. While answering Sudeep's question on the weekend episode, he started to speak about Venkat's claim about the 'Sene' which enraged Venkat to manhandle Mooruru. He continued to slap Ravi until he was dragged away by other housemates causing Ravi to bleed. The act caused a direct ejection for Venkat and he was escorted out of the house by bouncers. Post ejection, he made statements against Ravi, show host Sudeep, and other housemates including Rehman and Chandan. Sudeep's fans revolted against this and Venkat was made to apologize for his statements against Sudeep on live TV. The act eventually led to Venkat's arrest.

In the ongoing fourth season, Huccha Venkat was again invited to be a guest for a task. Pratham, a current contestant and Venkat have been a part of heated exchange of words previously because of Pratham's offer of a cricket bookie role for Venkat in his upcoming film. The issue was shown on news channels during the start of the season and was portrayed that the two do not like each other. During the task on the show, Pratham tried to irritate Venkat with his choice of words only to end up getting assaulted by him. Venkat was escorted out of the Bigg Boss house by the bouncers, for the second time.

References

External links

• Bigg Boss Kannada at the Internet Movie Database