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. Sudeep reprised his role as the host of the show.

Bigg Boss Kannada
Season 5
Season 5 eye logo
Presented by	Sudeep
No. of days	105
No. of housemates	20
Winner	Chandan Shetty
Runner-up	Diwakar
No. of episodes	106
Release
Original network	Colors Super
Original release	15 October 2017 (2017-10-15) – 28 January 2018 (2018-01-28)
Season chronology

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.

Production

Sudeep had signed a ₹20 crore (US$2.5 million) deal with the channel Colors Kannada to host the next five seasons starting from the previous season. 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. This will be the first season to allow non-celebrities to the Bigg Boss house with online auditions taking place from July 2017.

The application process of the auditions for non-celebrities was exclusively carried by mobile app called Voot. 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

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 28	Evicted
18	Dayal	Day 1	Day 21	Evicted
19	Megha	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
20	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. Nagendra bhat bilalige was the writer for this season.

Housemates	Occupation	Ref.
Chandan Shetty	Rapper
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

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. 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".

Celebrities claim to fame

• Shruti Prakash – television actress and singer. 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. 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. She is known for appearing in Sandalwood films like Savi Savi Nenapu and Preethi Nee Heegeke.
• Krishi Thapanda – Model and actress. She is known for making her Bollywood film debut with Akira in 2016 with Anish Tejeshwar.
• Chandan Shetty – Rapper. He is known for singing many songs for Sandalwood films.
• Sihi Kahi Chandru – Television actor and presenter. 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. 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
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
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	No Nominations	Chandan	Samyuktha Krishi	Jaya Karthik	Karthik Shruti	Shruti Riaz	No Nominations	No Nominations	Winner (Day 106)
Diwakar	Jaya Karthik	Krishi Jagan	Niveditha Chandru	Tejaswini Jagan	Jagan Krishi	Shruti Anupama	Chandan Ashitha	No Nominations	Diwakar	Anupama Niveditha	Niveditha Krishi	Secret Room	Niveditha Riaz	No Nominations	No Nominations	1st runner-up (Day 106)
Karthik	Diwakar Krishi	Sameer Diwakar	Riaz Jaya	Niveditha Jay	Riaz Diwakar	Riaz Jaya	House Captain	No Nominations	Jagan	Samyuktha Niveditha	Sameer Niveditha	Riaz Chandan	Diwakar Sameer	No Nominations	No Nominations	2nd runner-up (Day 106)
Niveditha	Diwakar Jagan	Sameer Diwakar	Dayal Jaya	Jagan Anupama	Anupama Ashitha	House Captain	Chandan Jaya	No Nominations	Chandan	Sameer Sreenivasan	Jaya Krishi	Shruti Krishi	Karthik Riaz	No Nominations	No Nominations	3rd runner-up (Day 105)
Shruti	Sameer Niveditha	House Captain	Niveditha Riaz	Niveditha Sameer	Niveditha Riaz	Chandan Anupama	Chandru Jagan	No Nominations	Shruti	Sameer Diwakar	Sameer Niveditha	Niveditha Riaz	Sameer Niveditha	No Nominations	No Nominations	4th runner-up (Day 105)
Sameer	Jagan Suma	Karthik Ashita	House Captain	Chandru Tejaswini	Chandru Jagan	Jaya Shruti	Riaz Anupama	No Nominations	Diwakar	Samyuktha Anupama	Krishi Shruti	House Captain	Shruti Karthik	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 99)
Anupama	House Captain	Diwakar Chandan	Riaz Jaya	Sameer Chandan	Niveditha Riaz	Sameer Chandan	Ashitha Jagan	No Nominations	Shruti	Sameer Diwakar	Sameer Niveditha	Riaz, Niveditha	House Captain	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 98)
Riaz	Jaya Jagan	Dayal Krishi	Dayal Anupama	House Captain	Ashitha Krishi	Shruti Jagan	Sameer Ashitha	No Nominations	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	No Nominations	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	No Nominations	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	No Nominations	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 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

  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.