Bigg Boss 3 is the third season of the Telugu-language version of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss. It premiered on 21 July 2019 on Star Maa. Nagarjuna was the host of the season. Ramya Krishnan was guest host for Week 6 instead of Nagarjuna who was then in Spain for celebrating his 60th birthday.
The season concluded on 3 November 2019 after 105 days with Rahul Sipligunj winning the title along with prize money while Sreemukhi emerged as the first runner-up.
Production Bigg Boss 3 Buzzz Bigg Boss 3 Buzzz is an Indian Telugu-language Television talk show about the reality television series Bigg Boss Telugu. The host Tanish conducts the talk show with the evicted contestants of Bigg Boss 3 on every Monday, the show premiered on 22 July 2019 onwards on Star Maa Music. The unseen portions of episodes that were not aired on television are streamed on Disney+ Hotstar and aired on Star Maa Music as Bigg Boss 3 Buzzz.
Reception The launch of season 3 opened with 17.9 TVR, which is bigger than the previous seasons. The grand finale of season 3 of duration four and half hours scored 18.29 TVR being the highest ever rating achieved by the Bigg Boss Indian franchise. The last hour of telecast, featuring Chiranjeevi as chief guest, alone garnered 22.4 TVR.
Bigg Boss 3 Voting Process As the Bigg Boss 3 Telugu vote online process has been started, viewers can vote for their favorite contestant through Disney+ Hotstar or by giving a missed call.
Housemates status
Sr Housemate Status 1 Rahul Day 1 Day 105 2 Sreemukhi Day 1 Day 105 3 Baba Day 1 Day 105 4 Varun Day 1 Day 1053rd Runner-up 5 Ali Day 1 Day 49 Day 68 Day 1054th Runner-up 6 Jyothi Day 1 Day 98 7 Vithika Day 1 Day 91 8 Mahesh Day 1 Day 84 9 Punarnavi Day 1 Day 77 10 Ravi Day 1 Day 70 11 Himaja Day 1 Day 63 12 Shilpa Day 43 Day 56 13 Ashu Day 1 Day 35 14 Rohini Day 1 Day 28 15 Tamanna Day 7 Day 21 16 Jaffar Day 1 Day 14 17 Hema Day 1 Day 7
Housemates The participants in the order of appearance and entered in house are:
Original entrants Shiva Jyothi – Presenter. Ravi Krishna – Television actor. Ashu Reddy – Internet celebrity. Jaffar – Journalist. Himaja – Actress. Rahul Sipligunj – singer. Rohini Noni – Television Actress. Baba Bhaskar – Choreographer & director. Punarnavi Bhupalam – Actress. Hema Vani – Actress. Ali Reza – Actor & model. Mahesh Vitta – Actor. Sreemukhi – Actress & Television presenter. Varun Sandesh – Film actor Vithika Sheru –Actress.
Wild Card entrants Tamanna Simhadri – Actress and activist Shilpa Chakravarthy – Television presenter.
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