Bigg Boss Kannada season 2

The second season of the Kannada-language version of Indian reality television series Bigg Boss[1] was telecast on Asianet Suvarna and produced by Endemol India. The show premiered on 29 June 2014 with Sudeep as the host.[2][3][4]

Bigg Boss Kannada
Season 2
Season 2 eye logo
Presented bySudeep
No. of days98
No. of housemates15
WinnerAkul Balaji
Runner-upSrujan Lokesh
Release
Original networkAsianet Suvarna
Original release29 June (2014-06-29) –
5 October 2014 (2014-10-05)
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 1
Next →
Season 3

Among four finalists Akul Balaji emerged as the title winner with maximum votes and performance in house followed by Srujan Lokesh as runner-up, Deepika Kamaiah and Shwetha Chengappa as third and fourth respectively [5]

Housemates status

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Sr Housemate Day entered Day exited Status
1 Akul Day 1 Day 99 Winner
2 Srujan Day 1 Day 99 1st runner-up
3 Deepika Day 1 Day 99 2nd runner-up
4 Swetha Day 1 Day 99 3rd runner-up
5 Anupama Day 1 Day 91 Evicted
6 Guruprasad Day 47 Day 84 Evicted
7 Neethu Day 1 Day 77 Evicted
8 Santhosh Day 1 Day 70 Evicted
9 Rohith Day 1 Day 70 Evicted
10 Aadhi Day 1 Day 63 Evicted
11 Harshika Day 1 Day 14 Evicted
Day 35 Day 49 Evicted
12 Mayur Day 1 Day 42 Evicted
13 Laya Day 1 Day 28 Evicted
14 Shakila Day 1 Day 21 Evicted
15 Anita Day 1 Day 7 Evicted

Housemates

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Original entrants

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  1. Adi Lokesh, son of late Mysore Lokesh, is known for his villain roles in Kannada film industry.
  2. Akul Balaji is a host of Kannada reality shows, Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star (2014) being the most recent. Akul Balaji currently the winner of Bigg Boss Kannada Season 2.
  3. Anita Bhat Prabhakar Mandya
  4. Anupama Bhat anchored morning show and Kitchen Taare on (Udaya TV) and was a contestant in Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star.
  5. Deepika Kamaiah is a Kannada actress notable for a leading role in the 2012 movie Chingari along with Darshan Thoogudeep.
  6. Harshika Poonacha is a Kannada actress notable for roles in movies Thamassu, Jackie and Mangana Kaili Maanikya.
  7. Laya Kokila, elder brother of Sadhu Kokila, is cast as a comedian in the movies Devarane (2013) and Rangappa Hogbitna.
  8. Mayur Patel is an actor since 2000. Some of his movies are Mani (2003), Gunna (2005), Udees (2005), Muniya (2009), Hunja (2010) and Slum (2013).
  9. Neethu Shetty is an actress from Mangalore who appeared in movies like Jokefalls, Gaalipata and Manasaare.
  10. Rohith Patel is a RJ of FM show No tension on BIG FM 92.7.
  11. Santhosh Aryan is an actor who had played a lead role in movies like Nooru Janumaku (2010), Abhiram (2010) and Ishta (2014).actor
  12. Shakeela is a film actress and glamour model. She is also seen in comic roles in several South Indian films.
  13. Srujan Lokesh, son of late Lokesh and Girija Lokesh, is an actor and a popular host of TV programs Maja With Sruja (Suvarna TV), Chota Champion (Zee Kannada), "Maja Talkies" (Colors Kannada) and currently "Comedy Talkies" (Colors Kannada)
  14. Swetha Changappa is a Kannada telesoap actress who became a household name by her role of Kadambari in Kannada soap Kadambari.She also hosted TV shows Yaariguntu Yaarigilla and Kuniyonu Baara on Zee Kannada. She also acted in ETV Kannada's serials Arundhati and Sukanya.

Wild card entries

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Guruprasad

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Guruprasad is a director of hit movies Mata, Eddelu Manjunatha and Director's Special. He was a judge for the dance reality show Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star (2014).Presently he is hosting Life Super Guru in Zee Kannada. Guruprasad's stay in Bigg Boss has been controversial, marred by his inability to get along with the other contestants.[6][7][8][9]

Guests

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Bullet Prakash

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Prakash is well known as Bullet Prakash. He is a famous comedian in Kannada industry. He had acted with many legend actors like Ravichandran, Sudeep, Sadhu Kokila etc.

Episodes

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The episodes were broadcast by Asianet Suvarna channel at a time slot of 8 to 9 pm daily.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Event Nominations Weekly Task House Captaincy 1-Day Task Eviction
Kicchina Kathe Kicchana Jothe
Guests / Post Eviction
Sakkath Sunday with Sudeep

Daily summary

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29 Day 1[permanent dead link] Launch
  • Fourteen contestants entered the Bigg Boss house located in Lonavala.
  • Birthday celebrations were held on stage for contestant Srujan Lokesh who turned 34 on 28 June.
30 Day 2 Nominations

Day 2 nomination starts off with a twist. Housemates are asked to pair (own choice) and wear a handcuff thereby breaking one large group into a bit of two which narrowed the decision making.

  • Shakeela (4 votes), Anita (4 votes), Santhosh (2 votes) and Rohith (2 votes) were nominated.
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1 Day 3 Task 1
Tulabhara Seva
Points
[2200 / 2800]

Duration: 24 hours
Description: Task 1 was to balance a large scale with two housemates on one side and objects on the other side.
Rules:

  • Housemates could use objects like suitcases filled with clothing and/or iron weights (50 kg) which were provided.
  • The housemates would lose 200 points each time if any of the scale side touches the ground.
  • One housemate would lose his/her suitcase, if the sides touch the ground every 5th time.
2 Day 4
3 Day 5 House Captain
Srujan
Shakeela (special rights) suggested two names for captaincy: Surjan and Harkshika.
Voting Results: Srujan (11 votes) and Harshika (3 votes)
4 Day 6 Day Task 1
Naane Best
All housemates had to talk about their lifetime achievements and designate a number [1-14] to indicate their superiority.
1 Shakeela 2 Laya 3 Akul 4 Harshika 5 Neethu 6 Swetha 7 Anupama 8 Deepika 9 Mayur 10 Rohith 11 Anita 12 Santhosh 13 Aadhi 14 Srujan

Punishment : Srujan was caged for 4 hours as he had violated the house/captain rules.

5 Day 7 Eviction Anita was evicted from the house after facing public vote. Special Rights: Anita choose Rohith to wash all utensils in the house, which was effective for 3 days.
6 Day 8 Guests on stage Crazy Star Ravichandran was invited as a guest on Sunday. Evicted housemate Anita was interviewed.
7 Day 9 Nominations
  • Harshika (captain's nomination), Rohith (7 votes) and Akul (5 votes) were nominated.
8 Day 10 Task 2
Sampathige Saval
Points
[1200/1400]

Division: Housemates were divided in two teams adrustavantaru and nathadrustaru, each led by a captain.

  • Adrustavantaru had the luxury to stay in-house and enjoy special meals send by Bigg Boss. They were relieved from household duties, but had to retain their position to win the task.
  • Nathadrustaru had to stay outside the house, cook an ordinary meal, wear poor clothes and engage in all household activities. Their task was to attain the position of Adrustavantaru by replacing badges/keys.

Gameplay: Three wooden stands with keys were placed at different locations in the house. Team nathadrustaru had to tactically replace two of the three keys with badges (or vice versa), whereas team adrustavantaru had to prevent it. Bigg Boss would announce the end game and the housemates who were on the side of adrustavantaru were declared as the winner.

Coordinator: Srujan
Team Captain Teammates Result
Akul Swetha, Laya, Shakeela, Rohith, Anupama Lost
Aadhi Deepika, Santhosh, Harshika, Neethu, Mayur Won

Punishment : After the weekly task completion, Bigg Boss ordered Santhosh to be quiet for the next 19 hours as a punishment for extensive use of English language. He could communicate non-verbally and Deepkia would translate it.

9 Day 11
10 Day 12 House Captain
Aadhi
Three housemates volunteered for house captaincy.
Voting Results: Aadhi (10 votes), Deepika (2 votes) and Mayur (1 votes)
11 Day 13 Day Task 2
Laya Pranaya Prasanga
The task was to readying the housemate Laya to go on a dinner date. This involved complete body makeover, outfit selection, behavior and dating/dinner tips. Laya choose Deepika for the date.
12 Day 14 Eviction Harshika was evicted from the house after facing public vote. Special Rights: Harshika choose Shakeela to be deprived from voting rights during the next nomination process.
13 Day 15 Guests on stage Singer Vijay Prakash and villain Ravi Shankar were invited as guests on Sunday. Evicted housemate Harshika was interviewed.

Nominations table

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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 Srujan Aadhi Akul Deepika Rohith Santhosh Swetha Neethu Guruprasad Akul Swetha Srujan
Captain's Nominations Harshika Rohith Santhosh Anupama Rohith Guruprasad Rohith
Deepika
Guruprasad
(safe)
Guruprasad
Deepika
Akul
Deepika
Vote to: Evict Save Evict Not Win Evict
Akul Anita Rohith
Mayur
Laya
Mayur
House Captain Srujan
Rohith
Mayur
Swetha
Harshika
Aadhi
Rohith
Aadhi
No
Nominations
Anupama
Rohith
House Captain Srujan
Deepika
Deepika
Swetha
Winner
(Day 99)
Srujan Shakeela House Captain Santhosh
Shakeela
Laya
Swetha
Santhosh
Neethu
Mayur
Anupama
Deepika
Harshika
Guruprasad
Santhosh
No
Nominations
Santhosh
Neethu
Deepika
Neethu
Guruprasad
Akul
House Captain 1st runner-up
(Day 99)
Deepika Anita Mayur
Anupama
Laya
Anupama
Neethu
Santhosh
House Captain Swetha
Anupama
Anupama
Swetha
Aadhi
Srujan
No
Nominations
Rohith
Srujan
Swetha
Srujan
Guruprasad
Srujan
Swetha
Akul
2nd runner-up
(Day 99)
Swetha Anita Rohith
Neethu
Deepika
Neethu
Anupama
Srujan
Aadhi
Neethu
Mayur
Anupama
Harshika
Neethu
House Captain No
Nominations
Santhosh
Neethu
Deepika
Neethu
House Captain Akul
Deepika
3rd runner-up
(Day 99)
Anupama Rohith Neethu
Deepika
Neethu
Deepika
Swetha
Srujan
Neethu
Aadhi
Mayur
Swetha
Harshika
Neethu
Guruprasad
Santhosh
No
Nominations
Santhosh
Akul
Deepika
Neethu
Guruprasad
Deepika
Deepika
Akul
Evicted
(Day 91)
Guruprasad Not In House Exempt Mayur
Swetha
Neethu
Aadhi
Not
eligible
No
Nominations
House Captain Neethu
Deepika
Deepika
Srujan
Evicted
(Day 84)
Neethu Rohith Anupama
Rohith
Laya
Santhosh
Deepika
Aadhi
Swetha
Srujan
Secret Room Guruprasad
Anupama
Guruprasad
Akul
House Captain Santhosh
Anupama
Srujan
Swetha
Evicted
(Day 77)
Rohith Santhosh Swetha
Akul
Laya
Neethu
Mayur
Anupama
Aadhi
Akul
House Captain Akul
Deepika
Santhosh
Guruprasad
No
Nominations
Akul
Deepika
Evicted
(Day 70)
Santhosh Aadhi Rohith
Laya
Neethu
Shakeela
Rohith
Deepika
Srujan
Aadhi
Mayur
Srujan
House Captain Aadhi
Neethu
No
Nominations
Anupama
Rohith
Evicted
(Day 70)
Aadhi Shakeela Akul
Santhosh
House Captain Swetha
Anupama
Swetha
Santhosh
Swetha
Anupama
Akul
Deepika
Guruprasad
Santhosh
No
Nominations
Evicted
(Day 63)
Harshika Shakeela Akul
Rohith
Evicted
(Day 14)
Exempt Swetha
Deepika
Evicted
(Day 49)
Mayur Anita Santhosh
Akul
Neethu
Laya
Aadhi
Laya
Swetha
Santhosh
Swetha
Anupama
Evicted
(Day 42)
Laya Shakeela Akul
Rohith
Shakeela
Santhosh
Srujan
Deepika
Evicted
(Day 28)
Shakila Mayur Rohith
Laya
Not
eligible
Evicted
(Day 21)
Anita Santhosh Evicted
(Day 7)
Notes 1 2 3 4, 5 6,7 8,9 10 11, 12 12 12,13 12,14
Against
Public
Votes
Shakila
Anita
Santhosh
Rohith
Harshika
Rohith
Akul
Shakeela
Rohith
Neethu
Laya
Shakeela
Santhosh
Aadhi
Laya
Mayur
Neethu
Rohith
Anupama
Swetha
Neethu
Santhosh
Aadhi
Srujan
Anupama
Swetha
Mayur
Rohith
Harshika
Neethu
Deepika
Guruprasad
Santhosh
Aadhi
Akul
Anupama
Deepika
Guruprasad
Rohith
Santhosh
Srujan
Swetha
Anupama
Santhosh
Rohith
Anupama
Srujan
Swetha
Neethu
Deepika
Anupama
Deepika
Srujan
Guruprasad
Anupama
Akul
Deepika
Swetha
Akul
Deepika
Srujan
Swetha
Re-entered None Harshika None
Secret Room none Neethu None
Evicted Anita Harshika Shakila Laya No
Eviction
Mayur Harshika No
Eviction
Aadhi Rohith Neethu Guruprasad Anupama Swetha Deepika
Santhosh Srujan Akul

Notes

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  • ^Note 1 : Housemates were asked to pair and participate in the nomination process.
  • ^Note 2 : Harshika (Special rights) chose Shakeela to be deprived from voting rights.
  • ^Note 3 : Akul (House captain) chose Santhosh to be safe from eviction.
  • ^Note 4 : Guruprasad entered the house after the weeks' nomination process.
  • ^Note 5 : Neethu moved to secret room instead of being evicted.
  • ^Note 6 : Harshika (Special rights) chose Srujan, Anupama, Swetha and Mayur to face nomination (others were safe).
  • ^Note 7 : House captain Rohith's nomination was counted as 2 votes.
  • ^Note 8 : No elimination week.
  • ^Note 9 : Shweta (House captain) chose Guruprasad to be deprived from voting rights.
  • ^Note 10 : All housemates except the captain were nominated for eviction by Bigg Boss.
  • ^Note 11 : Housemates were asked to take two names who does not deserve to win the Bigg Boss title.
  • ^Note 12 : Twist - Anupama, Santhosh and Rohith were directly nominated for the remaining weeks and were not eligible for captainship.
  • ^Note 13 : Twist - Housemates' family members were asked to nominate.
  • ^Note 14 : Open nominations, held at living area.

Marketing and sponsors

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Production: The channel claims that 14 contestants (initially) will compete for a cash prize of 50 lakhs and the show will last 100 episodes. The amount for retaining host Sudeep is about Rs 1.5 crores to Rs 2.5 crores Sources estimate that the production cost of the show is about Rs 16 crores to Rs 17 crores across the 100 episodes, with the total cost pegged at around Rs 30 lakh to Rs 35 lakh.[10]

Sponsors: the show has OLX.in as title sponsor, CERA as the powered sponsor, and Dollar Bigg Boss as associate sponsor.

Marketing: Advertising was purchased on buses, hoardings, FM stations, multiplex, and print media. The channel is promoting the show on the digital platform like websites and social networking..The entire digital marketing, website, social media and online-voting was handled by Fuego Systems

Promotion: Promos, ads, and special programs on Suvarna TV's sister channels Suvarna Plus and Suvarna News were aired to promote the show.

References

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  1. ^ "Endemol India". Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  2. ^ "BBK2 starts June 29", IndianTelevision.com
  3. ^ Official promo on Youtube
  4. ^ BBK2 from today, Times of India
  5. ^ "Akul Balaji is the Winner of Bigg Boss Kannada Season 2?". 5 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Will Guruprasad be able to survive Bigg Boss?". Times of India. TNN. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Bigg Boss: Guruprasad protests for getting tortured". Times of India. TNN. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Adi Lokesh spills Bigg Boss's best kept secrets". Times of India. TNN. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Neethu's fight with Guruprasad turns ugly". Times of India. TNN. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  10. ^ Indiatelevision
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