Bigg Boss Kannada season 5

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

Production

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Sudeep had signed a 20 crore (US$2.4 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 Diwakar are auditioned contestants, where as Chandan, Karthik and Shruti are celebrities.

Housemates status

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Sr Housemate Day entered Day exited Status
1 Chandan Day 1 Day 106 Winner
2 Diwakar Day 1 Day 106 1st runner-up
3 Kartik Day 1 Day 106 2nd runner-up
4 Niveditha Day 1 Day 105 3rd runner-up
5 Shruthi Day 1 Day 105 4th runner-up
6 Sameer Day 1 Day 101 Evicted
7 Anupama Day 1 Day 98 Evicted
8 Riyaz Day 1 Day 91 Evicted
9 Krishi Day 1 Day 35 Evicted
Day 42 Day 84 Evicted
10 Jaya Day 1 Day 77 Evicted
11 Lasya Day 58 Day 70 Evicted
12 Samyuktha Day 58 Day 66 Ejected
13 Jagan Day 1 Day 63 Evicted
14 Ashitha Day 1 Day 56 Evicted
15 Vaishnavi Day 50 Day 54 Walked
16 Chandru Day 1 Day 49 Evicted
17 Tejaswini Day 1 Day 23 Walked
Day 26 Day 28 Evicted
18 Dayal Day 1 Day 21 Evicted
19 Megha Day 1 Day 14 Evicted
20 Suma Day 1 Day 7 Evicted

Housemates

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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. Nagendra bhat bilalige was the writer for this season.

Housemates Occupation Ref.
Chandan Shetty Rapper [12]
Diwakar 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

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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

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Episodes

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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

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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
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 -
Niveditha
Dayal
Anupama
Chandru
House
Captain
Shruti
Riaz
Diwakar
Niveditha
No
Nominations
Chandan Samyuktha
Krishi
Jaya
Karthik
Karthik
Shruti
Shruti
Riaz
Winner
(Day 106)
Niveditha
Chandru
Tejaswini
Jagan
Jagan
Krishi
Shruti
Anupama
Chandan
Ashitha
No
Nominations
Diwakar Anupama
Niveditha
Secret
Room
Niveditha
Riaz
1st runner-up
(Day 106)
Riaz
Jaya
Niveditha
Jay
Riaz
Diwakar
Riaz
Jaya
House
Captain
No
Nominations
Jagan Samyuktha
Niveditha
Sameer
Niveditha
Riaz
Chandan
Diwakar
Sameer
2nd runner-up
(Day 106)
Dayal
Jaya
Jagan
Anupama
Anupama
Ashitha
House
Captain
Chandan
Jaya
No
Nominations
Chandan Sameer
Sreenivasan
Jaya
Krishi
Shruti
Krishi
Karthik
Riaz
3rd runner-up
(Day 105)
Niveditha
Riaz
Niveditha
Sameer
Niveditha
Riaz
Chandan
Anupama
Chandru
Jagan
No
Nominations
Shruti Sameer
Diwakar
Sameer
Niveditha
Niveditha
Riaz
Sameer
Niveditha
4th runner-up
(Day 105)
House
Captain
Chandru
Tejaswini
Chandru
Jagan
Jaya
Shruti
Riaz
Anupama
No
Nominations
Diwakar Samyuktha
Anupama
Krishi
Shruti
House
Captain
Shruti
Karthik
Evicted
(Day 99)
Riaz
Jaya
Sameer
Chandan
Niveditha
Riaz
Sameer
Chandan
Ashitha
Jagan
No
Nominations
Shruti Sameer
Diwakar
Sameer
Niveditha
Riaz,
Niveditha
House
Captain
Evicted
(Day 98)
Dayal
Anupama
House
Captain
Ashitha
Krishi
Shruti
Jagan
Sameer
Ashitha
No
Nominations
Jaya Niveditha
Shruti
House
Captain
Krishi
Anupama
Niveditha
Chandan
Evicted
(Day 91)
Jaya
Riaz
Sreenivasan,
Sameer
Riaz
Jaya
Evicted
(Day 35)
Shruti
Anupama
No
Nominations
House
Captain
Sameer
Chandan
Sameer
Niveditha
Niveditha
Riaz
Evicted
(Day 84)
Dayal
Jagan
Jagan
Chandru
Chandru
Karthik
Chandru
Jagan
Niveditha
Shruti
No
Nominations
Jaya Lasya
Niveditha
Chandan
Diwakar
Evicted
(Day 77)
Not In House Exempt Jaya
Sameer
Evicted
(Day 70)
Not In House Exempt Sameer
Jaya
Ejected
(Day 66)
Jaya
Riaz
Jaya
Niveditha
Riaz
Niveditha
Chandan
Sameer
Ashitha
Anupama
House
Captain
Jagan Evicted
(Day 63)
Riaz
Jaya
Sameer
Jaya
Riaz
Niveditha
Sameer
Jaya
Jagan
Diwakar
No
Nominations
Evicted
(Day 56)
Not In House Walked
(Day 54)
Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Against
public
vote
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
Fewest votes
(out of 5)
Niveditha
Fewest votes
(out of 4)
Sameer Karthik
Fewest votes
(out of 3)
Diwakar
Fewest votes
(out of 2)
Chandan
Most votes
to win

Notes

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  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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