Bigg Boss Kannada season 10

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. 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.]
 * 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.]

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.

Partners
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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
 * Tanisha Kuppanda: Actress and Model
 * Neethu Vanajakshi: Tatoo 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.

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 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

Ticket to finale
Win Lost Partial Guessing Not eligible

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.

Nominations table



 * indicates the House Captain.
 * indicates the Nominees for house captaincy.
 * indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nomination 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 the fifth 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.