Tenth season of the reality TV series Bigg Boss Kannada
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Bigg Boss Kannada 10 is a reality show and the tenth season of the Indian Kannada-language reality television series Bigg Boss produced by Endemol Shine India (now merged with Banijay). The show began on 8 October 2023, on Colors Kannada and Jio Cinema, with Kichcha Sudeep[1] as a host for the tenth time in a row. In the last week of Finale the makers of Bigg Boss announced the for the first time among all seasons, the season 10 has top six contestants stepped into the Grande Finale where one finalist was evicted one day before the ultimate day of the show.
Actor and model, Karthik Mahesh, won the Season 10 title.[2] with Prathap being the Runner-Up and Sangeeta Sringeri as Second Runner-Up. The Bigg Boss Kannada 10 has soared to new heights as it received highest TRP (Television Rating point) of 7.9 TVR Across Karnataka, making a significant milestone.[3]
Telecast
Bigg Boss Kannada Season 10 is telecasted everyday on Colors Kannada and 24/7 live stream on JioCinema.[4] It contains:
Main episode (The main episode that is telecasted on Colors Kannada)
24/7 Live Channel (Live telecast from Bigg Boss house, on weekdays, only on JioCinema)[JioCinema 24/7 Live channel Ended on January 27, 2024 (11:50am) prior to Grand Finale.]
Production
Theme
Then theme of this year's Bigg Boss is "Happy Bigg Boss" to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Bigg Boss Kannada.
Contestants
The show is sticking to the original format of the reality programme and it will only have celebrities who will be entering the house as contestants.
Format
The show follows selected contestants who are isolated from the outside world for 112 days (or 16 weeks) in a custom-built house. The housemates are dictated by an omnipresent entity named Bigg Boss. Each week, one or more of the housemates are evicted by a public vote. The last week, the housemate who gets the most votes, wins the game.[5]
Partners
Powered by Freedom Refined Oil and Nippon Paint, Special Partners Levista Instant Coffee, Cera, Swastiks Masala and India Gate basmati rice, health partner Amrith Noni and restaurant partner Haldiram’s, and prize partner Confident Group.[6]
Housemate status
Sr
Housemate
Day entered
Day exited
Housemates Status
1
Karthik
Day 1
Day 112
Winner
2
Prathap
Day 1
Day 60
Walked
Day 62
Day 88
Walked
Day 90
Day 112
1st runner-up
3
Sangeetha
Day 1
Day 60
Walked
Day 62
Day 112
2nd runner-up
4
Vinay
Day 1
Day 112
3rd runner-up
5
Varthur
Day 1
Day 15
Ejected
Day 23
Day 112
4th runner-up
6
Santosh
Day 1
Day 111
5th runner-up
7
Namratha
Day 1
Day 105
Evicted
8
Tanisha
Day 1
Day 51
Walked
Day 54
Day 102
Evicted
9
Michael
Day 1
Day 91
Evicted
10
Siri
Day 1
Day 84
Evicted
11
Avinash
Day 50
Day 77
Evicted
12
Pavi
Day 50
Day 70
Evicted
13
Snehith
Day 1
Day 63
Evicted
14
Neethu
Day 1
Day 49
Evicted
15
Bhagyashree
Day 1
Day 42
Evicted
16
Eshani
Day 1
Day 41
Evicted
17
Rakshak
Day 1
Day 28
Evicted
18
Gaurish
Day 1
Day 14
Evicted
19
Shyam
Day 1
Day 7
Evicted
20
Chitral
Day 1
Evicted
21
Avinash
Day 1
Evicted
Housemates
The list of contestants in the order of entering the house:
Original entrants
Namratha Gowda: Serial Actress and Model
Snehith Gowda: Serial Actor and Model
Eshani Chandrashekar: Rapper and Singer
Vinay Gowda: Actor and Fitness Trainer
Avinash Surasundra: Actor, Writer, and Entrepreneur (Not selected)
The winning contestant of Bigg Boss 10 Kannada will get the sum of 50 lakh rupees in addition to the trophy and other gifts, including Maruthi Suzuki Brezza and Bounce Infinity electric scooters.[7]
Twists
Public chooses housemates
After each contestant was introduced at the premiere, the viewers had the opportunity to vote them into the house. Housemates with at least 80% of the public vote were official contestants, those between 40 and 80% were put on hold and had to earn their way into the house, while those with less than 40% were evicted from the game on the day of premiere itself.
Housemate
BB%
Status
Namratha
86%
Selected
Snehith
81%
Selected
Eshani
83%
Selected
Vinay
89%
Selected
Avinash
27%
Rejected
Prathap
41%
On Hold
Santhosh
93%
Selected
Tanisha
68%
On Hold
Neethu
86%
Selected
Siri
83%
Selected
Rakshak
53%
On Hold
Sangeeta
76%
On Hold
Shyam
84%
Selected
Chitral
38%
Rejected
Bhagyashree
81%
Selected
Varthur
78%
On Hold
Gaurish
82%
Selected
Michael
81%
Selected
Karthik
76%
On Hold
Avinash
Selected
Pavi
Selected
Housemate level status
High had privileges in the house whereas the Lows had to do all the house duties, had restricted access to facilities and wear orange suit for the first week
Housemate
Day 1
Day 3
Day 6
Day 7
Day 50
Karthik
Low
High
Prathap
Low
High
Sangeetha
Low
High
Vinay
High
Varthur
Low
High
Santhosh
High
Namratha
High
Tanisha
Low
High
Michael
High
Siri
High
Avinash
High
Pavi
High
Snehith
High
Neethu
High
Bhagyashree
High
Eshani
High
Rakshak
Low
High
Gaurish
High
Shyam
High
Low
High
Chitral
Rejected
Avinash
Rejected
Ticket to finale
Housemate
Ticket To Finale Tasks & Points
Task 1
Task 2
Task 3
Task 4
Task 5
Task 6
Task 7
Task 8
Total
Final
Namratha
Tanisha
Varthur
Prathap
Vinay
Karthik
Sangeetha
Santhosh
Sangeetha
30
0
30
100
50
0
50
40
300
3
Prathap
50
40
50
0
40
0
100
140
420
1
Namratha
0
50
0
0
30
100
30
0
210
1
Varthur
100
0
100
0
0
0
0
0
200
Prathap
Vinay
0
0
0
0
100
30
0
50
180
Namratha
Karthik
0
40
0
0
40
50
40
0
170
Sangeetha
Santhosh
40
30
0
0
40
0
0
30
140
Sangeetha
Tanisha
0
100
0
0
40
0
0
0
140
Sangeetha
Win
Lost
Partial
Guessing
Not eligible
Top 6 ranking
Housemate
Top 6 Ranking
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
Rank 6
Karthik
Karthik
Vinay
Santhosh
Varthur
Sangeetha
Prathap
Prathp
Prathap
Sangeetha
Varthur
Santhosh
Karthik
Vinay
Sangeetha
Sangeetha
Prathap
Vinay
Varthur
Santhosh
Karthik
Santhosh
Santhosh
Varthur
Vinay
Karthik
Sangeetha
Prathap
Varthur
Varthur
Santhosh
Sangeetha
Vinay
Karthik
Prathap
Vinay
Vinay
Karthik
Sangeetha
Santhosh
Varthur
Prathap
Finale week
The finale week of Bigg Boss Season 10 had total of Six contestants after Namratha Gowda being eliminated from show on last panchayat of Kiccha Sudeep, he also had stated that during finale week one contestant will be eliminated before Grand Finale and this was later called off by Bigg Boss. Contestants entering Finale week are Karthik Mahesh, Drone Prathap, Sangeetha Sringeri, Varthur Santhosh, Thukali Santhosh and Vinay Gowda.
indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nomination process.
indicates that the housemate went to secret room.
indicates that the Housemate was granted immunity from nominations.
indicates the winner.
indicates the first runner up.
indicates the second runner up.
indicates the third runner up.
indicates the fourth runner up.
indicates the fifth runner up.
indicates a new wildcard contestant.
indicates the contestant has been walked out of the show.
indicates the contestant has been evicted.
indicates the contestant was not eligible.
Notes
^Note 1 : Avinash & Chitral were rejected by the audience, and thus were evicted on the premiere itself.
^Note 2 : Bhagyashree, Eshani, Gaurish, Michael, Namratha, Neethu, Santhosh, Shyam, Snehith, Siri, and Vinay were selected housemates.
^Note 3 : Karthik, Prathap, Rakshak, Sangeetha, Varthur, and Tanisha were put on hold and had to perform weekly tasks to sustain in the house.
^Note 4 : Karthik, Prathap, Rakshak, Sangeetha, Varthur, and Tanisha, on-hold housemates were not eligible to nominate.
^Note 5 : Bhagyashree, Eshani, Gaurish, Michael, Namratha, Neethu, Santhosh, Shyam, Siri, Snehith, and Vinay, had to nominate from on-hold housemates, Karthik, Prathap, Rakshak, Sangeetha, Varthur, and Tanisha.
^Note 6 : Day 2, Bhagyashree, Eshani, Gaurish, Michael, Namratha, Neethu, Santhosh, Shyam, Siri, Snehith, and Vinay have to nominate each other.
^Note 7 : Snehith became the first house captain of Bigg Boss Kannada season 10.
^Note 8 : Day 8, Bhagyashree, Gaurish, Michael, Sangeetha, and Santhosh have to play an immunity task. Michael won the immunity from the task and saved the week 2 eviction process.
^Note 9 : Evicted housemate Gaurish directly nominated Neethu for the week 3 eviction process.
^Note 10 : Varthur, was ejected from the house on Day 15 under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 for wearing a tiger claw pendant on launch day.
^Note 11 : Bhagyashree, Eshani, Karthik, Michael, Prathap, Snehith, Tanisha, and Vinay had to play an immunity task. Vinay won the task, received immunity from the task, and saved the week 3 eviction process.
^Note 12 : Since Varthur's ejection, Host Kichcha Sudeep announced no eviction on week 3.
^Note 13 : Prathap and Karthik won the task, and Prathap selected Bhagyashree, Namratha, Sangeetha, Siri, Tanisha, and Karthik selected Michael to the nomination process and other housemates are not eligible to nominate.
^Note 15 : Housemates chose between nominate Vathur or not to nominate for week 4 eviction process. The majority voted to nominate Vathur.
^Note 16 : Best Performer was changed to Snehith after a discussion in the Saturday episode
^Note 17 : Prathap's team won task 1, and Prathap gave immunity to Bhagyashree and saved the week 5 eviction process.
^Note 18 : Prathap team won task 2, and Prathap gave the immunity to Sangeetha, saved the week 5 eviction, and permanently nominated Snehith for week 5 eviction.
^Note 19 : Prathap's team won task 3, and Prathap gave the immunity to Tanisha, saved the week 5 eviction process.
^Note 20 : Host Kichcha Sudeep used special power and announced no eviction on week 7.
^Note 21 : Week 6, Bigg Boss gives tasks as part of Nominations.
^Note 22 : Captain Michael directly nominated Bhagyashree for the week 6 eviction process.
^Note 23 : The remaining housemates have to make a group of 3, and housemates had to mutually decide to nominate and save for the week 6 eviction process.
^Note 24 : (Eshani-nominated, Neethu-nominated, and Siri-saved), (Karthik-nominated, Sangeetha-saved, and Tanisha-nominated), (Namratha-nominated, Snehith-saved, and Vinay-nominated) and (Prathap-saved, Santhosh-nominated, and Varthur-saved) for week 6 eviction process.
^Note 25 : Host Kichcha Sudeep announced this week's double elimination on Day 41 Eshani was evicted, and on Day 42 Bhagyashree was evicted.
^Note 26 : Week 7, Bigg Boss gives tasks as part of Nominations.
^Note 27 : Neethu, was directly nominated for the week 7 nomination process due to the week 6 letter task.
^Note 28 : Captain Karthik saved Michael from week 7 eviction process.
^Note 29 : Santhosh received an advantage from week 6 evicted housemate Bhagyashree, And he saved Varthur from week 7 eviction process.
^Note 30 : In Week 7, Neethu won captaincy and became the captain of Week 8. However, Neethu got evicted on Day 49 and was directly removed from Captaincy.
^Note 31 : Neethu was given the option to select a captain from housemates and she selected Michael as the Week 8 House Captain but didn’t get the immunity from saving week 8 eviction.
^Note 32 : Snehith directly nominated from breaking rules.
^Note 33 : On Day 50 Avinash entered the house as wildcard housemates.
^Note 34 : On Day 50 Pavi entered the house as wildcard housemates.
^Note 35 : Avinash and Pavi save Santhosh and Siri from the week 8 eviction process.
^Note 36 : On Day 51, Tanisha walked out of the house due to injury in week 8.
^Note 37 : On Day 54, Tanisha re-entered the house.
^Note 38 : Host Kichcha Sudeep used special power and announced no eviction on week 8.
^Note 39 : Host Kichcha Sudeep directly nominated Michael and Snehith for the week 9 eviction process.
^Note 40 : Housemates directly nominated Avinash and Pavi for the week 9 eviction process.
^Note 41 : Week 9, Bigg Boss gives tasks as part of Nominations.
^Note 42 : The remaining housemates have to debate with the pair and Captain Snehith decides who is nominated and saved.
^Note 43 : (Sangeetha-nominated and Santhosh-saved), (Namratha-saved and Prathap-nominated), (Siri-nominated and Vinay-saved), and (Karthik-nominated, Tanisha-nominated, and Varthur-saved) for week 9 eviction process.
^Note 44 : On Day 61, Prathap walked out of the house due to an injury in week 9.
^Note 45 : On Day 60, Sangeetha walked out of the house due to injury in week 9.
^Note 46 : On Day 62, Prathap re-entered the house on the Weekend episode.
^Note 47 : On Day 62, Sangeetha re-entered the house on the Weekend episode.
^Note 48 : Host Kichcha Sudeep revoked captaincy from Varthur due to the unfair captaincy task.
^Note 49 : Week 10, no captain or captain nomination.
^Note 50 : Evicted housemate Snehith gave special power to Namratha from the Week 10 nomination process.
^Note 51 : On Day 65, housemates had to choose 4 contestants who would not have the power to nominate. Using a special power given by Snehith, Namratha had to do all the nominations. Housemates who were eligible to nominate could save 2 from the nominated list, but should also add another 2 to the nomination list.
^Note 52 : Avinash and Tanisha were saved and Prathap, Sangeetha, and Siri were nominated.
^Note 53 : Bigg Boss canceled the captaincy task due to the punishment.
^Note 54 : Week 11, no captain or captain nomination.
^Note 55 : Namratha chose Avinash, Sangeetha, and Varthur were not eligible to be nominated for the week 11 nomination process.
^Note 56 : Michael was directly nominated for week 12, due to last week's bottom 2 elimination.
^Note 57 : Housemates didn’t have a chance to nominate anybody for Siri and Tanisha, they are not eligible to nominate for the week 12 nominations process.
^Note 58 : Captain Namratha directly saves Prathap from the week 12 elimination process.
^Note 59 : Michael, Prathap, and Varthur received less amount from the task and they are not eligible to nominate for the week 13 nomination process.
^Note 60 : On Day 88, Prathap walked out of the house due to an injury in week 13.
^Note 61 : On Day 90, Prathap re-entered the house.
^Note 62 : Evicted housemate Siri gave special power to Sangeetha.
^Note 65 : Host Kichcha Sudeep announced no eviction on week 14.
^Note 66 : Sangeetha became the last house captain of Bigg Boss Kannada season 10.
^Note 67 : Tanisha was evicted on Day 102 during a midweek eviction on week 15.
^Note 68 : Sangeetha became the best performer of the Bigg Boss Kannada season 10.
^Note 69 : Prathap became the worst performer of the Bigg Boss Kannada season 10.
^Note 70 : Sangetha and Vinay receive the Kicchana Chappale of the Bigg Boss Kannada season 10.
^Note 71 : Sangeetha became the first finalist of Bigg Boss Kannada season 10 and directly entered into Grand finale week.
^Note 72 : Karthik, Prathap, Sangeetha, Santhosh, Varthur, and Vinay became the finalists of Bigg Boss Kannada season 10.
^Note 73 : Karthik, Prathap, Sangeetha, Santhosh, Varthur, and Vinay were directly nominated for the finale week to win. Santhosh was evicted on D111 with the lowest votes to win while the rest of the finalists moved on to D112 where their results were announced.
