Bigg Boss Kannada
Season 3
Season 3 eye logo
Presented bySudeep
No. of days98
No. of housemates18
WinnerShruthi
Runner-upChandan Kumar
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes99
Release
Original networkColors Kannada
Original release25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) 
31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)
Season chronology

The third season of the Kannada-language version of Indian reality television series Bigg Boss started on 25 October 2015 and ended on 31 January 2016 on Colors Kannada. Sudeep, the host of previous seasons remains as the host.[1]

Among five finalists Shruthi emerged as the title winner with maximum votes and performance in house followed by Chandan Kumar as runner-up, Master Anand, Rehman Haseeb and Pooja Gandhi as third, fourth and fifth respectively[2]

Production

Sudeep has signed a INR 18 crore deal with the channel Colors Kannada to host the next five seasons.[3][4] The Bigg Boss house located in Lonavala is believed to be omitted for this season, replacing it with the venue to be built in Innovative Film City at Bidadi, Bengaluru.[5][6] Gurudas Shenoy and Subramania.M were the reality episode directors. Chinmay Subraya Bhat was the reality writer of this season.

Housemates

  1. Bhavana Belegere is a TV host and the daughter of journalist Ravi Belagere. She is married to actor Srinagar Kitty.
  2. Chandan Kumar appeared in the television serials Lakshmi Baaramma and Radha Kalyana. He has also acted in films like Parinaya, Katte, Eradondla Mooru and recently in Luv U Alia.
  3. Huccha Venkat is an actor, director and producer. He was the first contestant to be evicted out of the house in the history of Bigg Boss Kannada for assaulting a housemate.
  4. Jayashree Ramaiah is a model and dancer by profession.
  5. Kruttika Ravindra is a Kannada film and serial artist. She made her debut on silver screen with the Kannada film ‘Patre Loves Padma’ which was a box-office failure, in spite of having hit songs because of its bad plot and acting. She came into prominence with the lead role in daily soap opera ‘Radha Kalyana’ which aired on Zee Kannada.
  6. Madhuri Itagi played lead actress in the movies Rambo and Ouija
  7. Master Anand is extremely talented and started his acting career as a child artiste and now a popular face on television. He has directed numerous Kannada movies and TV serials. He is also the winner of "Dancing Star 2".
  8. Neravanda Aiyappa is a cricketer who played for Karnataka team in Ranji and other domestic tournaments. He is also the younger brother of Kannada actress Prema.
  9. Neha Gowda is an air hostess.
  10. Pooja Gandhi is an actress, movie producer & politician who has acted in over 50 films in multiple languages, including Mungaaru Male. She was evicted from the show but kept in a secret room and returned later..
  11. Pradeep alias Tsunami Kitty was the winner of reality show "Indian". He also won the first season of "Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star". He is a vegetable vendor by profession and is based out of Heggada Devana Kote, it's one of the taluk of Mysore district.
  12. Ravi Mooruru is a singer and music composer, who has mainly worked for television serials. He has performed numerous of live concerts with singers like Puttur Narasimha Nayak, Pravin Godkhindi, Sangeetha Katti, Fayaz Khan, and C. Ashwath.
  13. Rehman Haseeb/Hassan is a popular TV news presenter from TV 9. He is from Hassan District. He is a TV news presenter for the last 10 years. He currently resides in Bangalore. He is married to his co-worker Sameena .
  14. RJ Nethra is a two time national award-winning radio jockey working for 91.1 FM. She has also acted in movies like "Aatagara" and "Ring Road".
  15. Shruti is an actress and politician. She has not only acted in Kannada but also in Tamil and Malayalam. She is serving as the chief Secretary in BJP women's wing of Karnataka. She won the Bigg Boss 3 thereby fulfilling her daughter's dream.

Wild card contestants

  1. Mithra is a famous Kannada comedian.(Janesha in "Silli Lalli")
  2. Gowthami Gowda is a Kannada TV actress. She was acted in the name of serial chi sow savithri telecasted on Zee TV Kannada.
  3. Sushma Veer is a theatre and dance artist. Also Sushma Veer, is the daughter of singer and veteran actress B Jayashree.

Weekly summary

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Event Nominations Weekly Task
Highlights
Captain Nomination Elimination Promotion & Interview
Week 1 Entrances
  • Bhavana Belagere, Chandan Kumar, Huccha Venkat, Jayashree, Kruthika, Madhuri, Master Anand, NC Aiyappa, Neha Gowda, Pooja Gandhi, Pradeepa, Ravi Mooruru, Rehman Haseeb, RJ Nethra and Shruthi entered the Bigg Boss house on Day 1.
Nominations
  • Tsunami Kitty, Maduri Itagi, Ravi and Kruthika.
Immunity
    House Captain
    • Shruthi
    Tasks
    • Shaanthi kaanthi
    Highlights
    • Huccha Venkat V/S Pooja Gandhi.
    • Started off due to Venkat where he ordered Pooja not to wear western clothes while she told that if he thought that he was her brother then he shouldn't be bothered about what is below her eyes.
    Exit
    • Madhuri Itagi
    Guest on Stage
    Week 2 Nominations
    • Tsunami Kitty, Jayashree
    Immunity
    • R J Nethra
    House Captain
    • Shruthi
    Tasks
    • Baduku JaTaka BanDi
    Highlights
    • Huccha Venkat punished for not singing. Anand was made to carry Huccha Venkat on him 5 rounds around the pool as punishment.
    • Ravi Mooruru fought with Huccha Venkat for failing on two occasions to complete task
    • Huccha Venkat received special individual 200 points in the Baduku JaTaka BanDi task, since he did highest number of rounds (76).
    • R J Nethra was given secret task to spoil the Baduku JaTaka BanDi task and in turn get immunity for following week. She dropped the knife and broke the rules of the task. She received immunity for Week 3.
    Exit
    • Jayashree
    Guest on Stage
    Week 3 Nominations
    • Kruthika Ravindra, Neha Gowda, Ravi Mooruru
    Immunity
    • Kruthika Ravindra
    House Captain
    • Master Anand
    Tasks
    • aLu arasa (servant-master)
    Highlights
    • Kruthika Ravindra direct nomination from captain. Neha Gowda nominated from the team, second highest votes and also by captain.
    • Huccha Venkat participated in aaLu(slave)-arasa(king) task only when he was arasa and refused to participate when it was his turn to be aalu.[7]
    • Huccha Venkat was asked to keep his father's slipper on his head.[8]
    • Huccha Venkat ejected for beating Ravi Mooruru.[9]
    Exit
    • Huccha Venkat
    Guest on Stage
    Week 4 Nominations
    • RJ Nethra, Chandan, Neha Gowda, Ravi Moorur
    Immunity
      House Captain
      • Rehman Haseeb
      Tasks
        Highlights
          Exit
          • Ravi Moorur
          Guest on Stage

          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
          House Captain Shruthi Anand Rehman Shruthi Aiyappa Bhavana Chandan Kitty Gowthami Rehman Pooja None
          House Captain's Nomination Jayashree,
          Kitty
          Jayashree,
          Huccha
          Neha,
          Kruthika
          Shruthi
          Shruthi House Captain Neha,
          Ravi
          House Captain Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Winner
          (Day 98)
          Chandan Kitty,
          Ravi
          Neha,
          Jayashree
          Neha,
          Ravi
          Nominated Nominated House Captain Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Runner up
          (Day 98)
          Anand Neha,
          Ravi
          Neha,
          Kitty
          House Captain Exempt Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Third place
          (Day 98)
          Rehman Huccha,
          Kitty
          Huccha,
          Ravi
          Ravi,
          Bhavana
          House Captain Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated House Captain, Nominated Nominated Fourth place
          (Day 98)
          Pooja Kruthika,
          Huccha
          Neha,
          Aiyappa
          Neha,
          Ravi
          Nominated Evicted
          (Day 35)
          Exempt Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated House Captain Fifth place
          (Day 98)
          Aiyappa Kruthika,
          Ravi
          Kitty,
          Neha
          Kruthika,
          Ravi
          House Captain Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Evicted
          (Day 91)
          Kitty Aiyappa,
          Madhuri
          Aiyappa,
          Jayashree
          Kruthika,
          Ravi
          Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated House Captain Nominated Evicted
          (Day 84)
          Gowthami Not in
          House
          Exempt Nominated House Captain Nominated Evicted
          (Day 84)
          Sushma Not in
          House
          Exempt Nominated Nominated Evicted
          (Day 77)
          Bhavana Kruthika,
          Madhuri
          Neha,
          Jayashree
          Neha,
          Ravi
          House Captain Nominated Evicted
          (Day 70)
          Kruthika Aiyappa,
          Jayashree
          Huccha,
          Kitty
          Aiyappa,
          Ravi
          Nominated Nominated Nominated Evicted
          (Day 63)
          Mithra Not in
          House
          Exempt Nominated Evicted
          (Day 56)
          Nethra Kruthika,
          Madhuri
          Kitty,
          Jayashree
          Neha,
          Ravi
          Nominated Nominated Evicted
          (Day 49)
          Neha Madhuri,
          Ravi
          Huccha,
          Jayashree
          Huccha,
          Ravi
          Nominated Nominated Nominated Evicted
          (Day 42)
          Ravi Jayashree,
          Pooja
          Jayashree,
          Kitty
          Neha,
          Aiyappa
          Nominated Evicted
          (Day 28)
          Huccha Kitty,
          Neha
          Kitty,
          Jayashree
          Rehman,
          Aiyappa
          Ejected
          (Day 21)
          Jayashree Ravi,
          Kruthika
          Kitty,
          Chandan
          Evicted
          (Day 14)
          Madhuri Kitty,
          Nethra
          Evicted
          (Day 7)
          Notes None 1, 2 None
          Nominated Kitty,
          Madhuri,
          Ravi,
          Kruthika
          Kitty,
          Jayashree
          Kruthika,
          Neha,
          Ravi
          Chandan,
          Neha,
          Ravi,
          Nethra
          Pooja,
          Kitty,
          Rehman,
          Neha
          Anand,
          Kitty,
          Neha,
          Rehman
          Kitty,
          Kruthika,
          Nethra,
          Rehman,
          Shruthi
          Aiyappa,
          Chandan,
          Kruthika,
          Mithra,
          Rehman
          Anand,
          Kitty,
          Kruthika,
          Pooja,
          Shruthi
          Bhavana,
          Chandan,
          Gowthami,
          Pooja,
          Rehman,
          Shruthi,
          Sushma
          Aiyappa,
          Chandan,
          Pooja,
          Rehman,
          Sushma
          Aiyappa,
          Anand,
          Chandan,
          Gowthami,
          Kitty,
          Pooja,
          Rehman,
          Shruthi
          Aiyappa,
          Chandan,
          Rehman,
          Shruthi
          Anand,
          Chandan,
          Pooja,
          Rehman,
          Shruthi
          Ejected none Huccha none
          Evicted Madhuri Jayashree Eviction
          cancelled
          Ravi Pooja Neha Nethra Mitra Kruthika Bhavana Sushma Gowthami
          Kitty
          Aiyappa Pooja
          Fifth Place
          Rehman
          Fourth Place
          Anand
          Third Place
          Chandan
          Runner-Up
          Shruthi
          Winner

          Notes

          • ^Note 1 : Kruthika direct nomination by House Captain.
          • ^Note 2 : Huccha ejected because he manhandled Ravi.

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