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 JioCinema, with Kichcha Sudeep 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. 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.
Telecast Bigg Boss Kannada Season 10 is telecasted everyday on Colors Kannada and 24/7 live stream on JioCinema. 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.
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Housemate status
Sr Housemate Status1KarthikDay 1Day 112 2PrathapDay 1Day 1123SangeethaDay 1Day 112 4Vinay Day 1Day 1125VarthurDay 1 Day 15Day 23Day 112 6 Santosh Day 1Day 1115th runner-up7NamrathaDay 1Day 1058TanishaDay 1Day 1029MichaelDay 1Day 9110SiriDay 1Day 8411AvinashDay 50Day 7712Pavi Day 50Day 7013SnehithDay 1Day 6314Neethu Day 1Day 4915BhagyashreeDay 1Day 4216EshaniDay 1Day 4117RakshakDay 1Day 2818Gaurish Day 1Day 1419Shyam Day 1Day 720ChitralDay 121AvinashDay 1
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) Drone Prathap: Self-Proclaimed Young Scientist Santhosh Kumar: Comedian SRK : Content Creator Binny Joseph: Social Activist and a Tv Actress Tanisha Kuppanda: Actress and Model Neethu Vanajakshi: Tattoo Artist and Model Siri Sirija: Actress Rakshak Bullet: Social Media Influencer Sangeetha Sringeri: Actress and Model Snake Shyam: Snake Conservationist Chitral Rangaswamy: Actress and Fitness Model (Not selected) Varthur Santhosh: Influencer and Cattle Brand Ambassador Bhagyashree Rao: Actress Gaurish Akki: News Anchor and Journalist Michael Ajay: Model and Fitness Trainer Karthik Mahesh: Actor and Model
Wild card entrants Avinash Shetty: Actor and Model Pavi Poovappa: Model
Prize money
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.
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. HousemateBB%StatusNamratha86%Selected Snehith81%Selected Eshani83%SelectedVinay89%SelectedAvinash 27%Rejected Prathap41%Santhosh 93%SelectedTanisha68%Neethu86%SelectedSiri83%Selected Binny Joseph 86%SelectedSiri83%Selected Rakshak53%Sangeeta76%Shyam84%SelectedChitral38%Rejected Bhagyashree81%SelectedVarthur78%Gaurish82%SelectedMichael81%SelectedKarthik76%AvinashSelectedPaviSelected
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 50KarthikLowHighPrathapLowHighSangeethaLowHigh VinayHigh VarthurLowHighSanthoshHighNamrathaHighTanishaLowHighMichaelHighSiriHigh AvinashHighPaviHighSnehithHighNeethuHighBhagyashreeHighBinny Joseph HighEshaniHighRakshakLowHighGaurish HighShyamHighLowHighChitralRejected AvinashRejected
Ticket to finale Housemate Ticket To Finale Tasks & PointsTask 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4 Task 5 Task 6 Task 7 Task 8 Total Final Namratha Tanisha Varthur Prathap Vinay Karthik Sangeetha SanthoshSangeetha3003010050050403003Prathap50405004001001404201Namratha05000301003002101Varthur100010000000200PrathapVinay000010030050180NamrathaKarthik040004050400170SangeethaSanthosh403000400030140SangeethaTanisha01000040000140Sangeetha Win Lost Partial Guessing Not eligible
Top 6 ranking Housemate Top 6 RankingRank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Rank 5 Rank 6 KarthikKarthikVinaySanthoshVarthurSangeethaPrathapPrathpPrathapSangeethaVarthurSanthoshKarthikVinaySangeethaSangeethaPrathapVinayVarthurSanthoshKarthikSanthoshSanthoshVarthurVinayKarthikSangeethaPrathapVarthurVarthurSanthoshSangeethaVinayKarthikPrathapVinayVinayKarthikSangeethaSanthoshVarthurPrathap
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.
Guest appearances Week(s)Day(s)Guest(s)NotesGrand PremiereDay 1Chandan Shetty Launch DayManju PavagadaPrathamShrutiWeek 1Day 3Pradeep EshwarTo motivate housemates Day 4PrathamAs a BB dictatorWeek 2Day 12Brundavana TV Show castTo promote the show BrundavanaDay 14Dhananjaya/Jayanth Kumar To promote their movie Tagaru PalyaAmrutha PremVasuki VaibhavWeek 3Day 16TaraTo celebrate DasaraWeek 6Day 36Sushma K. RaoTo celebrate Diwali and promote the show BhagyalakshmiDay 37Varthur Santhosh's motherTo motivate Varthur SanthoshWeek 7Day 43 - 45Narendra Babu Sharma aka Brahmanda GurujiTo umpire nomination and grocery Tasks for housemates. Week 11Day 76Shruti As a BB House Justice Day 77Shine Shetty Guest appearancesShubha PoonjaWeek 12Day 79Namratha Gowda's mother and cousin As a part of the Freeze task and to select captaincy contender for week 12.Varthur Santhosh's motherSanthosh Kumar’s wifeMichael Ajay’s motherDay 80Karthik Mahesh’s motherSiri Sirija’s sister and daughter Sangeetha Sringeri’s father, mother, brother and sister-in-law Day 81Tanisha Kuppanda‘s father, mother, and sister Vinay Gowda’s wife and sonDrone Prathap’s father, mother and brotherDay 83Sapthami GowdaGovernment scheme promotionWeek 13Day 86Vidya Shankarananda Saraswati Guruji To motivate housemates Week 15 Day 100Karthik Attavar and Amulya Gowda To promote the serial Shri GowriDay 100 - 102Eshani and Neethu VanajakshiFor reunion with housematesRakshak BulletMichael Ajay Bhagyashree Rao Siri SirijaSnehith GowdaWeek 16Day 107Kirik Keerthi and Jhanvi MehtaAs a BB news reporters Day 112Nannamma Super star Season 3 contestantTo promote their new showsGicchi GiliGili
Nominations table