Bigg Boss Kannada season 8


The eighth season of the Indian Kannada-language version of the Big Brother reality television franchise, known as Bigg Boss, premiered on 28 February 2021. It is produced by Endemol Shine India under the control of Banijay and broadcast on Colors Kannada with Kiccha Sudeepa as the host.
The season was suspended on 8 May 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The last episode was aired after a show run for 71 days and later it continued from 23 June 2021 onwards.
Since the show was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic on day 71 and the day 72 resumed from 23 June 2021 onwards with a new title called Bigg Boss Second Innings and twelve non evicted contestants have entered the house to compete till the finale of the 8th season.

Housemate status 1st Innings

SrHousemateStatus
1ManjuDay 1Day 71
2AravindDay 1Day 71
3Divya UDay 1Day 68
4VaishnaviDay 1Day 71
5PrashanthDay 1Day 71
6Divya SDay 1Day 71
7ShamanthDay 1Day 71
8ShubhaDay 1Day 71
9ChakravarthyDay 1Day 71
10PriyankaDay 38Day 71
11RaghuDay 1Day 71
12NidhiDay 1Day 71
13RajeevDay 1Day 56
14VishwanathDay 1Day 49
15VyjayanthiDay 38Day 42
16ShankarDay 1Day 35
17ChandrakalaDay 1Day 28
18GeethaDay 1Day 21
19NirmalaDay 1Day 14
20DhanushreeDay 1Day 7

Housemate status 2nd Innings

SrHousemateStatus
1ManjuDay 72Day 120
2AravindDay 72Day 120
3Divya UDay 72Day 120
4VaishnaviDay 72Day 1193rd Runner-up
5PrashanthDay 72Day 1194th Runner-up
6Divya SDay 72Day 116
7ShamanthDay 72Day 112
8ShubhaDay 72Day 111
9ChakravarthyDay 72Day 107
10PriyankaDay 72Day 98
11RaghuDay 72Day 91
12NidhiDay 72Day 84

Telecast

Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 is telecasted everyday on Colors Kannada.
On the digital platform, Voot owns the show. It contains:
  1. Main Episode
  2. TV Ginta Modalu
  3. 24/7 Live Channel
  4. Unseen Kathegalu
  5. Extra Masala
  6. Bigg Inn
  7. Bigg Bang
  8. Voot Weekly
  9. Voot Fryday
  10. Voot Video Vichara
  11. Voting
The show is most viewed on the digital platform rather than the TV platform which includes double viewership than that of the TV platform.

Production

Delay

The show was going on air from October, but the eight season get delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and on 15 February 2021 the channel confirmed that the show is going to launch on 28 February 2021.

House

The Bigg Boss house is built in Innovative Film City at Bidadi, Bengaluru. While the show is returning to Kannada television after a gap of an year, new norms and changes have been taken as part of safety precautions due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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 due to it is taking place amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the makers have taken all necessary precautions to ensure a COVID-free environment for everyone involved in the production.

Format

The show follows selected contestants who are isolated from the outside world for 106 days 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.

Housemates

The participants of Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 are as follows:
;Wildcard entrants

Nominations table