Bigg Boss Kannada (season 8)

Bigg Boss Kannada
Season 8
Season 8 logo
Presented by	Sudeep
No. of days	71 47 (Second Innings)
No. of housemates	20
Winner	Manju Pavagada
Runner-up	Aravind KP
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	120
Release
Original network	Colors Kannada Voot Select
Original release	28 February (2021-02-28) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Season chronology
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The eighth season of the Indian Kannada-language reality television game show Bigg Boss premiered on 28 February 2021.^[1] It is produced by Endemol Shine India under the control of Banijay and broadcast on Colors Kannada with Kiccha Sudeepa as the host.

The season was suspended on 8 May 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The last episode was aired after a show run for 71 days and later it continued from 23 June 2021 onwards.^[2][3]

Telecast[]

Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 is telecasted everyday on Colors Kannada. On the digital platform, Voot owns the show. It contains:

1. Main Episode (The main episode that is telecasted on Colors Kannada)
2. TV Ginta Modalu (Main Episode telecast before the airing on TV, only on Voot Select)
3. 24/7 Live Channel (Live telecast from Bigg Boss house, on weekdays, only on Voot Select)
4. Unseen Kathegalu (Unseen Clips, only on Voot Select)
5. Extra Masala (Extra Clips)
6. Bigg Inn (Entry Interview)
7. Bigg Bang (Exit Interview)
8. Voot Weekly (Best Compilations)
9. Voot Fryday (Special Friday Tasks)
10. Voot Video Vichara (Audience can share their views about the contestants through a video)
11. Voting

The show is most viewed on the digital platform rather than the TV platform which includes double viewership than that of the TV platform.^{[citation needed]}

Production[]

Delay[]

The show was going on air from October, but the eight season get delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and on 15 February 2021 the channel confirmed that the show is going to launch on 28 February 2021.^[4]

House[]

The Bigg Boss house is built in Innovative Film City at Bidadi, Bengaluru. While the show is returning to Kannada television after a gap of an year, new norms and changes have been taken as part of safety precautions due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

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 due to it is taking place amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the makers have taken all necessary precautions to ensure a COVID-free environment for everyone involved in the production.^[6][7]

Format[]

The show follows selected contestants who are isolated from the outside world for 106 days (or 15 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.

Second Innings[]

Bigg Boss Second Innings
Bigg Boss Second Innings logo
Presented by	Sudeep
No. of episodes	47
Release
Original network	Colors Kannada Voot Select
Original release	21 June (2021-06-21) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)

Bigg Boss Second Innings is continuation of Bigg Boss 8 Kannada , since the show was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic on day 71 and the day 72 resumed from 23 June 2021 onwards with a new title called Bigg Boss Second Innings and twelve non evicted contestants have entered the house to compete till the finale of the 8th season.^{[8] [9][10]}

Housemates status[]

Housemates[]

The participants of Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 are as follows:

• Dhanushree – Social media personality
• Shubha Poonja – Film Actress
• Shankar Ashwath – Veteran Actor
• Vishwanath Haveri – Singer
• Vaishnavi Gowda – Serial Actress
• Aravind KP – Motorcyclist
• Nidhi Subbaiah – Film Actress
• Shamanth Gowda – Social media personality
• Geetha Bharathi Bhat – Serial actress
• Manju Pavagada – Comedian
• Nirmala Chennappa – Actress & Director
• Raghu Gowda – Youtuber
• Divya Suresh – Actress and Model
• Divya Uruduga – Actress
• Chandrakala Mohan – Serial Actress
• Prashanth Sambargi – Businessman & Activist
• – Actor & Cricketer

Wildcard entrants

• Chakravarthy Chandrachud - Journalist, Writer and Director
• Vyjayanthi Adiga - Actress
• Priyanka Thimmesh - Film actress

Nomination 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	Week 16	Week 17
																			Day 113	Day 115
Nominees for House Captaincy	Shamanth Nidhi Dhanushree Shubha Nirmala	None	Chandrakala Divya U Geeta Manju Raghu Rajeev Shankar Shubha Vaish Vishwanath	Aravind Divya S Divya U Vishwanath	Aravind Divya U Manju Nidhi Prashanth Shankar Vishwanath	Manju Nidhi Prashanth Raghu Shubha Vaishnavi	Aravind Nidhi Prashanth	Aravind Divya S Nidhi	Rajeev Manju Prashanth Raghu	Aravind Chakravarthy Manju		Show discontinued Day 71; (From 9 May to 23 June)	U Prashanth Shubha	Aravind Divya U Manju Priyanka Raghu Shamanth	Aravind Divya U Prashanth Chakravarthy Shamanth Vaishanavi	Aravind Divya S Manju Shamanth Vaishnavi	Chakravarty Divya S Divya U Manju Shamanth	Aravind Divya U Manju Shamanth Vaishnavi	None
House Captain	Shamanth	Shamanth	Rajeev	Aravind	Vishwanath	Manju	Prashanth	Aravind	Raghu	Chakravarthy			Prashanth	Manju	Divya U	Aravind	Divya S	Divya U	None
Captain's Nomination	Shankar (to save)	Shubha (to evict)	Shankar (to save)	No Nominations	Divya S (to save)	Rajeev (to evict)	Divya U (to evict)	Rajeev (to evict)	Shubha (to evict)	No Nominations			None		Shubha (to save)	None	Manju (to save)	None
Vote to:	Evict			None	Evict					None		Evict
Manju	Rajeev Aravind	Divya U Rajeev	Aravind Shamanth	No Nominations	Aravind Vaishnavi	House Captain	Chakravarthy Aravind	Raghu Divya U	Prashanth Aravind	No Nominations	Sent Home (Day 71)	Prashanth Chakravarthy		Nominated	Saved	Aravind Vaishnavi	Saved	Nominated	Winner (Day 119)
Aravind	Shankar Divya U	Nirmala Shankar	Divya S Shankar	House Captain	Prashanth Shubha	Divya S Shubha	Manju Shubha	House Captain	Manju Chakravarthy	No Nominations	Sent Home (Day 71)	Divya S Manju		Nominated	House Captain	Manju Prashanth	Saved	Nominated	1st Runner-up (Day 119)
Divya U	Shankar Manju	Nidhi Nirmala	Divya S Shankar	No Nominations	Shankar Nidhi	Shamanth Prashanth	Chakravarthy Raghu	Manju Divya S	Manju Chakravarthy	No Nominations	Walked (Day 68)	Divya S Manju		House Captain	Saved	Manju Prashanth	House Captain	Nominated	2nd Runner-up (Day 119)
Vaishnavi	Shankar Dhanushree	Divya S Nirmala	Geeta Shamanth	No Nominations	Shankar Prashanth	Shamanth Prashanth	Vishwanath Chakravarthy	Manju Divya S	Prashanth Chakravarthy	No Nominations	Sent Home (Day 71)	Chakravarthy Manju		Nominated	Nominated	Manju Shamanth	Saved	Nominated	3rd Runner up (Day 118)
Prashanth	Manju Shankar	Divya S Nirmala	Nidhi Shamanth	No Nominations	Shankar Aravind	Aravind Shamanth	House Captain	Manju Divya S	Manju Divya U	No Nominations	Sent Home (Day 71)	Nidhi Raghu		Nominated	Nominated	Divya U Shubha	Nominated	Nominated	4th Runner up (Day 118)
Divya S	Shankar Nidhi	Chandrakala Geeta	Nidhi Shamanth	No Nominations	Shamanth Nidhi	Prashanth Shamanth	Rajeev Vishwanath	Prashanth Raghu	Prashanth Shamanth	No Nominations	Sent Home (Day 71)	Chakravarthy Prashanth		Nominated	Saved	House Captain	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Day 115)
Shamanth	House Captain		Divya U Vishwanath	No Nominations	Shankar Divya S	Aravind Divya S	Rajeev Vishwanath	Divya S Rajeev	Manju Shubha	No Nominations	Sent Home (Day 71)	Manju Raghu		Nominated	Saved	Divya U Shubha	Nominated	Evicted (Day 112)
Shubha	Manju Shankar	Nidhi Nirmala	Nidhi Shamanth	No Nominations	Shankar Shamanth	Aravind Shamanth	Vishwanath Chakravarthy	Prashanth Shamanth	Prashanth Chakravarthy	No Nominations	Sent Home (Day 71)	Chakravarthy Prashanth		Saved	Nominated	Prashanth Shamanth	Nominated	Evicted (Day 112)
Chakaravarthy	Not in House					Divya S Shamanth	Rajeev Vaishnavi	Manju Vaishnavi	Manju Nidhi	House Captain	Sent Home (Day 71)	Divya S Raghu		Nominated	Saved	Shamanth Shubha	Nominated	Evicted (Day 107)
Priyanka	Not in House						Vishwanath Nidhi	Prashanth Vaishnavi	Manju Aravind	No Nominations	Sent Home (Day 71)	Nidhi Raghu		Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Day 98)
Raghu	Shankar Manju	Prashanth Vishwanath	Geeta Shamanth	No Nominations	Shamanth Manju	Shamanth Aravind	Vishwanath Chakravarthy	Divya S Priyanka	House Captain	No Nominations	Sent Home (Day 71)	Prashanth Chakravarthy		Nominated	Evicted (Day 91)
Nidhi	Shankar Manju	Divya S Prashanth	Divya U Vishwanath	No Nominations	Shankar Divya S	Aravind Raghu	Aravind Divya S	Prashanth Chakravarthy	Prashanth Chakravarthy	No Nominations	Sent Home (Day 71)	Prashanth Priyanka		Evicted (Day 84)
Rajeev	Dhanushree Manju	Geeta Nirmala	House Captain	No Nominations	Divya S Divya U	Shamanth Prashanth	Manju Divya U	Manju Divya S	Evicted (Day 56)			Evicted in First Innings (Day 56)
Vishwanath	Shankar Dhanushree	Nirmala Prashant	Nidhi Shamanth	No Nominations	House Captain	Subha Rajeev	Manju Divya S	Evicted (Day 49)				Evicted in First Innings (Day 49)
Vyjayanthi	Not in House						Walked (Day 42)					Walked in First Innings (Day 42)
Shankar	Dhanushree Geeta	Divya S Prashanth	Nidhi Raghu	No Nominations	Prashanth Shubha	Evicted (Day 35)						Evicted in First Innings (Day 35)
Chandrakala	Shankar Nidhi	Divya S Vishwanath	Nidhi Raghu	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 28)							Evicted in First Innings (Day 28)
Geeta	Shankar Prashanth	Nirmala Prashanth	Aravind Shamanth	Evicted (Day 21)								Evicted in First Innings (Day 21)
Nirmala	Prashanth Dhanushree	Chandrakala Geeta	Evicted (Day 14)									Evicted in First Innings (Day 14)
Dhanushree	Nidhi Shankar	Evicted (Day 7)										Evicted in First Innings (Day 7)
Notes
Against Public Vote	Dhanushree Nirmala Raghu Shubha Vishwanath	Chandrakala Divya S Geeta Nidhi Nirmala Prashanth Shubha Vishwanath	Aravind Divya S Divya U Geeta Nidhi Prashanth Raghu Shamanth Vishwanath	Chandrakala Divya S Divya U Manju Nidhi Prashanth Raghu Rajeev Shamanth Shankar Shubha Vaishnavi Vishwanath	Aravind Nidhi Prashanth Shankar Shamanth Shubha	Aravind Divya S Nidhi Prashanth Rajeev Shamanth Shubha	Aravind Chakravarthy Divya S Divya U Manju Rajeev Shamanth Vishwanath	Divya S Manju Prashanth Raghu Rajeev Vaishnavi	Aravind Chakravarty Divya S Manju Prashanth Priyanka	Aravind Divya S Manju Prashanth Priyanka	Show discontinued (Day 71)	Prashanth Chakravarthy Raghu Manju Divya S Nidhi Priyanka		Aravind Chakravarthy Divya S Manju Prashanth Priyanka Raghu Shamanth Vaishnavi	Prashanth Priyanka Shubha Vaishnavi	Chakravarthy Divya U Prashanth Shamanth Shubha	Chakravarthy Divya U Prashanth Shamanth Shubha	Aravind Divya S Divya U Manju Prashanth Vaishnavi	Aravind Divya U Manju Prashanth Vaishnavi
Walked	None					Vyjayanthi	None					None
Evicted	Dhanushree	Nirmala	Geeta	Chandrakala	Shankar	None	Vishwanath	Rajeev	No Eviction	No Eviction		No Eviction	Nidhi	Raghu	Priyanka	No Eviction	Chakravarthy	Divya S	Prashanth	Vaishnavi	Divya U
																	Shubha			Aravind	Manju
																	Shamanth

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