Bigg Boss Kannada season 10

Bigg Boss Kannada
Season 10
Presented by	Sudeepa
No. of days	418
No. of housemates	21
No. of episodes	419 (Deferred Live)
Release
Original network	Colors Kannada JioCinema
Original release	8 October 2023 (2023-10-08) – present
Season chronology

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 Jio Cinema, with Kichcha Sudeep as a host for the tenth time in a row.

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)

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 98 days (or 14 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.

Housemate Status

S.no.	Housemate	Day Entered	Day Exited	Status
01	Avinash	Day 50		Nominated
02	Karthik	Day 1		Nominated
03	Michael	Day 1		Nominated
04	Namratha	Day 1
05	Pavi	Day 50		Nominated
06	Prathap	Day 1		Nominated
07	Sangeetha	Day 1		Nominated
08	Santhosh	Day 1
09	Siri	Day 1		Nominated
10	Snehith	Day 1		Nominated
11	Tanisha	Day 1	Day 51	Walked
		Day 54		Nominated
12	Varthur	Day 1	Day 15	Ejected
		Day 23
13	Vinay	Day 1
14	Neethu	Day 1	Day 49	Evicted
15	Bhagyashree	Day 1	Day 42	Evicted
16	Eshani	Day 1	Day 41	Evicted
17	Rakshak	Day 1	Day 28	Evicted
18	Gaurish	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
19	Shyam	Day 1	Day 7	Evicted
20	Chitral	Day 1	Day 1	Evicted
21	Avinash	Day 1	Day 1	Evicted

Housemates

The list of contestants in the order of entering the house:

Original Entrants

• Namratha Gowda - Actress, model and influencer.
• Snehith Gowda - Actor
• Eshani Chandrashekar - Singer and rapper
• Vinay Gowda - Actor
• Avinash Surasundra - Actor, writer and entrepreneur.
• Prathap Drone - Entrepreneur
• Santhosh Kumar - Comedian
• Tanisha Kuppanda - Actress and model
• Neethu Vanajaksshi - Model, tattoo artist, and Miss Trans Queen India 2019.
• Siri Sirija - Actress
• Rakshak Sena - Actor
• Sangeetha Sringeri - Actress and model
• Snake Shyam - Snake conservationist
• Chitral Rangaswamy - Actress and fitness model
• Varthur Santosh - 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

Twists

Public choses 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.

Housemate	BB%	Status
Namratha	86%	Selected
Snehith	81%	Selected
Eshani	83%	Selected
Vinay	89%	Selected
Avinash	27%	Rejected
Parthap	41%	On Hold
Santhosh	93%	Selected
Tanisha	68%	On Hold
Neethu	86%	Selected
Siri	83%	Selected
Rakshak	53%	On Hold
Sangeeta	76%	On Hold
Shyam	84%	Selected
Chitral	38%	Rejected
Bhagyashree	81%	Selected
Varthur	78%	On Hold
Gaurish	82%	Selected
Michael	81%	Selected
Karthik	76%	On Hold
Avinash		Selected
Pavi		Selected

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
Karthik	Low			High
Michael	High
Namratha	High
Prathap	Low		High
Sangeeta	Low			High
Santhosh	High
Snehith	High
Siri	High
Tanisha	Low			High
Varthur	Low		High
Vinay	High
Neethu	High
Bhagyashree	High
Eshani	High
Rakshak	Low		High
Gaurish	High
Shyam	High	Low	High
Chitral	Rejected
Avinash	Rejected

Guest appearances

Week(s)	Day(s)	Guest(s)	Notes
Grand Premiere	Day 1	Chandan Shetty	Launch Day
		Manju Pavagada
		Pratham
		Shruti
Week 1	Day 3	Pradeep Eshwar	Guest appearance
	Day 4	Pratham	As a dictator
Week 2	Day 12	Brundavana TV Show cast	To promote the show Brundavana
	Day 14	Dhananjaya	To promote their movie Tagaru Palya
		Amrutha Prem
		Vasuki Vaibhav
Week 3	Day 16	Tara	To celebrate Dasara
Week 6	Day 36	Sushma K. Rao	To celebrate Diwali and promote the show Bhagyalakshmi
	Day 37	Varthur Santosh's mother	To motivate Varthur Santosh
Week 7	Day 43-45	Narendra Babu Sharma aka Brahmanda Guruji	To umpire nomination and grocery Tasks for housemates.

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
	Day 1	Day 2				Day 22	Day 23														Grand Finale
Nominees for House Captaincy	No Captain			Bhagyashree Gaurish Namratha Santhosh Snehith Vinay	Karthik Michael Rakshak Sangeetha Snehith	Michael Neethu Santhosh Tanisha		Eshani Namratha Neethu Rakshak Santhosh Snehith Siri Vinay	Bhagyashree Karthik Michael Prathap Sangeetha Tanisha Varthur	Karthik Namratha Prathap Santhosh Varthur	Michael Neethu Santhosh Tanisha			Avinash Namratha Sangeetha Snehith Vinay
House Captain				Snehith	Rakshak	Neethu		Vinay	Michael	Karthik	Neethu			Snehith
											Michael
Captain's Nomination				Karthik Tanisha	Eshani	Karthik	No	Karthik	Bhagyashree	Snehith Vinay (to evict) Michael (to save)	Sangeetha Siri Varthur			Not eligible
Vote to:	Evict						Nominate Varthur	Evict	Task		Evict			Task
Avinash	Not In House										Entered (Day 50)	Siri (to save)		Nominated
Karthik	On Hold	Not eligible		Bhagyashree Santhosh	Namratha Snehith Vinay	Siri Vinay	Yes	Eshani Namratha Neethu	Nominated	House Captain	Namratha Santhosh Vinay			Nominated
Michael	Selected	Karthik Prathap	Siri Vinay	Bhagyashree Santhosh	Bhagyashree Prathap Siri	Rakshak Siri	Yes	Bhagyashree Namratha Neethu	House Captain	Saved	House Captain			Nominated
Namratha	Selected	Tanisha Varthur	Michael Shyam	Rakshak Varthur	Bhagyashree Prathap Tanisha	Michael Tanisha	Yes	Karthik Sangeetha Tanisha	Nominated	Prathap Santhosh Tanisha Varthur	Prathap Tanisha Varthur			Saved
Pavi	Not In House										Entered (Day 50)	Santhosh (to save)		Nominated
Prathap	On Hold	Not eligible		Santhosh Tanisha	Michael Snehith Vinay	Santhosh Vinay	No	Namratha Snehith Tanisha	Saved	Namaratha Michael Santhosh Snehith	Namratha Sangeetha Vinay			Nominated
Sangeetha	On Hold	Not eligible		Bhagyashree Santhosh	Bhagyashree Santhosh Vinay	Santhosh Vinay	Yes	Namratha Neethu Snehith	Saved	Santhosh Tanisha	Michael Santhosh Varthur			Nominated
Santhosh	Selected	Karthik Sangeetha	Michael Siri	Michael Sangeetha	Prathap Tanisha Vinay	Not eligible	No	Bhagyashree Eshani Michael	Nominated	Namratha Sangeetha (to evict) Varthur (to save)	Namratha Sangeetha Siri			Saved
Siri	Selected	Prathap Rakshak	Michael Shyam	Gaurish Michael	Karthik Michael Vinay	Michael Vinay	Yes	Eshani Neethu Santhosh	Saved	Santhosh Varthur	Michael Tanisha Varthur			Nominated
Snehith	Selected	Prathap Varthur	Neethu Shyam	House Captain	Karthik Prathap Sangeetha	Not eligible	Yes	Bhagyashree Tanisha Varthur	Saved	Not eligible	Prathap Siri Varthur			House Captain	Nominated
Tanisha	On Hold	Not eligible		Bhagyashree Gaurish	Namratha Prathap Snehith	Rakshak Vinay	No	Eshani Namratha Snehith	Nominated	Namratha Sangeetha	Prathap Sangeetha Vinay	Walked (Day 51)	Re-entered (Day 54)	Nominated
Varthur	On Hold	Not eligible		Gaurish Namratha	Ejected (Day 15)	Re-entered (Day 23)	Not eligible	Eshani Namratha Snehith	Saved	Namratha Siri	Namratha Sangeetha Vinay			Saved
Vinay	Selected	Karthik Sangeetha	Neethu Shyam	Bhagyashree Santhosh	Bhagyashree Karthik Tanisha	Not Eligible	Yes	House Captain	Nominated	Tanisha Varthur	Prathap Siri Varthur			Saved
Neethu	Selected	Prathap Rakshak	Snehith Vinay	Bhagyashree Gaurish	Bhagyashree Sangeetha Tanisha	House Captain		Eshani Tanisha Varthur	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Day 49)
Bhagyashree	Selected	Karthi Tanisha	Eshani Shyam	Neethu Sangeetha	Karthik Michael Vinay	Snehith Vinay	No	Eshani Namratha Varthur	Nominated	Evicted (Day 42)
Eshani	Selected	Tanisha Varthur	Gaurish Shyam	Bhagyashree Santhosh	Bhagyashree Karthik Prathap	Not eligible	Yes	Sangeetha Santhosh Tanisha	Nominated	Evicted (Day 41)
Rakshak	On Hold	Not eligible		Michael Prathap	House Captain	Not eligible	No	Evicted (Day 28)
Gaurish	Selected	Prathap Varthur	Michael Siri	Michael Siri	Evicted (Day 14)
Shyam	Selected	Prathap Varthur	Gaurish Neethu	Evicted (Day 7)
Chitral	Not Selected	Evicted (Day 1)
Avinash	Not Selected	Evicted (Day 1)
Notes	1, 2	3, 4	5	6, 7	8, 9, 10	11, 12	13, 14	15, 16, 17	18, 19, 20	21, 22, 23	24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Against Public Voting	All Housemates	Karthik Prathap Michael Neethu Shyam Siri Tanisha Varthur		Bhagyashree Gaurish Karthik Michael Sangeetha Santhosh	Bhagyashree Eshani Karthik Michael Neethu Prathap Snehith Tanisha Vinay	Karthik Michael Rakshak Santhosh Siri Snehith Tanisha Varthur Vinay		Bhagyashree Eshani Karthik Namratha Neethu Sangeetha Santhosh Snehith Tanisha Varthur	Bhagyashree Eshani Karthik Namratha Neethu Santhosh Tanisha Vinay	Namratha Neethu Michael Prathap Sangeetha Santhosh Siri Snehith Tanisha Varthur Vinay	Michael Namratha Prathap Sangeetha Santhosh Siri Snehith Tanisha Varthur Vinay
Best Performer	Tanisha			Rakshak	Michael	Vinay		Prathap	Santhosh	Santhosh	Namratha
					Neethu	Snehith
Worst Performer	Bhagyashree			Eshani	Snehith	Sangeetha		Eshani	Tanisha	Varthur	Santhosh
								Neethu			Prathap
Re-entered	none					Varthur		none			Tanisha
Ejected	none				Varthur	none
Walked	none										Tanisha
Evicted	Avinash	Shyam		Gaurish	No Eviction	Rakshak		No Eviction	Eshani	Neethu	No Eviction
	Chitral								Bhagyashree

  indicates the House Captain.

  indicates the Nominees for house captaincy.

  indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nominations process.

  indicates that the housemate went to secret room.

  indicates that the Housemate was granted immunity from nominations.

  indicates the winner.

  indicates the first runner up.

  indicates the second runner up.

  indicates the third runner up.

  indicates the fourth runner up.

  indicates a new wildcard contestant.

  indicates the contestant has been walked out of the show.

  indicates the contestant has been evicted.

  indicates the contestant was not eligible.

Notes

• ^Note 1 : Avinash & Chitral were rejected by the audience, and thus were evicted on the premiere itself.
• ^Note 2 : Karthik, Prathap, Rakshak, Sangeetha, Varthur, and Tanisha were put on hold and had to perform weekly tasks to sustain in the house.
• ^Note 3 : Karthik, Prathap, Rakshak, Sangeetha, Varthur, and Tanisha, on-hold housemates were not eligible to nominate.
• ^Note 4 : Bhagyashree, Eshani, Gaurish, Michael, Namratha, Neethu, Santhosh, Shyam, Siri, Snehith, and Vinay, had to nominate from on-hold housemates, Karthik, Prathap, Rakshak, Sangeetha, Varthur, and Tanisha.
• ^Note 5 : Day 2, Bhagyashree, Eshani, Gaurish, Michael, Namratha, Neethu, Santhosh, Shyam, Siri, Snehith, and Vinay have to nominate each other.
• ^Note 6 : Day 8, Bhagyashree, Gaurish, Michael, Sangeetha, and Santhosh have to play an immunity task. Michael, won the immunity from the task and saved week 2 eviction.
• ^Note 7 : Vinay, was exempted from the captaincy race for 2 weeks, due to the punishment of week 3.
• ^Note 8 : Varthur, was ejected from the house on Day 15 under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 for wearing a tiger claw pendant on launch day.
• ^Note 9 : Prathap and Vinay had to play an immunity task. And Vinay, won the task, received immunity from the task, and saved week 3 eviction.
• ^Note 10 : Neethu was directly nominated for week 3 eviction by evicted housemate Gaurish.
• ^Note 11 : Prathap and Karthik won the task, and Prathap selected Bhagyashree, Namratha, Sangeetha, Siri, Tanisha, and Karthik selected Michael to the nomination process and other housemates are not eligible to nominate.
• ^Note 12 : Day 22, Varthur re-entered the house.
• ^Note 13 : Housemates chose between nominate Vathur or not to nominate for week 4 eviction process. The majority voted to nominate Vathur.
• ^Note 14 : Best Performer was changed to Snehith after a discussion in the Saturday episode
• ^Note 15 : Prathap team won task 1, and Prathap gave the immunity to Bhagyashree, and saved the week 5 eviction.
• ^Note 16 : Prathap team won task 2, and Prathap gave the immunity to Sangeetha, saved the week 5 eviction, and permanently nominated Snehith for week 5 eviction.
• ^Note 17 : Prathap team won task 3, and Prathap gave the immunity to Tanisha, saved the week 5 eviction.
• ^Note 18 : Week 8, Bigg Boss gives task as part of Nominations.
• ^Note 19 : Captain Michael directly nomaited Bhagyashree for week 6 eviction.
• ^Note 20 : Remaining housemates have to make group of 3, and housemates had to mutually decide to nominate and save for week 6 eviction.
• ^Note 21 : Neethu, was directly nominated for week 7 nomination process due to the week 6 letter task.
• ^Note 22 : Captain Karthik saved Michael from week 7 eviction.
• ^Note 23 : Santhosh received an advantage from week 6 evicted housemate Bhagyashree, And he saved Varthur from week 7 eviction.
• ^Note 24 : In Week 7, Neethu won captaincy and became the captain of Week 8. However, Neethu got evicted on Day 49 and was directly removed from Captaincy.
• ^Note 25 : Neethu was given the option to select a captain from housemates and she selected Michael as the Week 8 House Captain but got the immunity from saving week 8 eviction.
• ^Note 26 : Snehith directly nominated from breaking rules.
• ^Note 27 : Avinash and Pavi entered the house as wildcard housemates.
• ^Note 28 : Avinash and Pavi save Snathosh and Siri from the week 8 eviction.
• ^Note 29 : On Day 51, Tanisha walked out of the house due to injured in week 8.
• ^Note 30 : On Day 54, Tanisha re-entered the house.