Bigg Boss Kannada season 8

Bigg Boss Kannada
Season 1
Season 8 logo
Presented by	Sudeep
No. of days	120
No. of housemates	20
Winner	Manju Pavagada
Runner-up	Aravind KP
No. of episodes	120
Release
Original network	Colors Kannada Voot Select
Original release	28 February (2021-02-28) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Season chronology
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The eighth season of the Indian Kannada-language reality television game show Bigg Boss premiered on 28 February 2021.^[1] 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.^[2][3]

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.^{[4] [5][6]}

Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 is telecasted everyday on Colors Kannada. On the digital platform, Voot owns the show. It contains:

1. Main Episode (The main episode that is telecasted on Colors Kannada)
2. TV Ginta Modalu (Main Episode telecast before the airing on TV, only on Voot Select)
3. 24/7 Live Channel (Live telecast from Bigg Boss house, on weekdays, only on Voot Select)
4. Unseen Kathegalu (Unseen Clips, only on Voot Select)
5. Extra Masala (Extra Clips)
6. Bigg Inn (Entry Interview)
7. Bigg Bang (Exit Interview)
8. Voot Weekly (Best Compilations)
9. Voot Fryday (Special Friday Tasks)
10. Voot Video Vichara (Audience can share their views about the contestants through a video)
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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[7]

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.^[8]

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.^[9][10]

The show follows selected contestants who are isolated from the outside world for 106 days (or 15 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.

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

• Dhanushree – Social media personality
• Shubha Poonja – Film Actress
• Shankar Ashwath – Veteran Actor
• Vishwanath Haveri – Singer
• Vaishnavi Gowda – Serial Actress
• Aravind KP - biker
• Nidhi Subbaiah – Film Actress
• Shamanth Gowda – Social media personality
• Geetha Bharathi Bhat – Serial actress
• Manju Pavagada – Comedian
• Nirmala Chennappa – Actress & Director
• Raghu Gowda – Youtuber
• Divya Suresh – Actress and Model
• Divya Uruduga – Actress
• Chandrakala Mohan – Serial Actress
• Prashanth Sambargi – Businessman & Activist
• Rajeev Hanu – Actor & Cricketer

Wildcard entrants

• Chakravarthy Chandrachud - Journalist, Writer and Director
• Vyjayanthi Adiga - Actress
• Priyanka Thimmesh - Film actress

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5		Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10		Second Innings	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Finale level of bigg boss	Week 15	Week 16		Week 17	Week 18	week 19	Week 20 (Grand#finale#week)
Nominees for House Captaincy						Nominees for house captaincy							Nominees for House Captaincy												No Captain
House Captain						House captain							House Captain
Captain's Nomination						Captain's nomination							Captain's Nomination
Gold Star winner/s						Golden star
Power astra winner	MAYA					Power astra winner	LOSLIYA
Vote to:	Evict			None	Evict						None		Vote to:	Evict											Finale nomination		WIN
Mahath
Mahath	Archana kavin					Mahath							Mahath					Vijay							Nominated	Winner (Day 119)
Vijay						Vijay												Ramya							Nominated	1st runner-up (Day 119)
Ramya						Ramya												Shivin							Nominated	2nd runner-up (Day 119)
Shivin						Shivin												Kathiravan							Nominated	3rd runner-up (Day 118)
Kathiravan						Kathiravan																			Nominated	4th runner-up (Day 118)
Snehan																										Evicted (Day 115)
Aishwarya																									Evicted (Day 112)
Jithan																									Evicted (Day 112)
Vijayalakshmi																					Evicted (Day 107)
Losliya							Moved to third level												Evicted (Day 98)
Maya	Moved to second Level																Evicted (Day 91)
Som																Evicted (Day 84)
Aajeedh										Evicted (Day 56)				Evicted (Day 56)
Ciby									Evicted (Day 49)					Evicted (Day 49)
Aarav								Walked (Day 42)						Walked (Day 42)
Tharshan							Evicted (Day 35)							Evicted (Day 35)
Pradeep					Evicted (Day 28)									Evicted (Day 28)
Abhinay				Evicted (Day 21)										Evicted (Day 21)
Dhanalakshmi			Evicted (Day 14)											Evicted (Day 14)
Archana	Nominated	Evicted (Day 7)											Archana	Evicted (Day 7)
Notes													Notes
Against Public Vote	Archana												Against Public Vote													Mahath vijay Ramya shivin kathiravan
Re-entered	None												Re-entered
Walked	None												Walked	None
Evicted	Archana																									Kathiravab	shivin
																										Ramya
																										Vijay	Mahath