''Bigg Boss 3'' is the third season of the

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-language version of the Indian reality television series ''

Bigg Boss ''Bigg Boss'' is an Indian reality television game show franchise based on the Dutch reality show '' Big Brother''. It is produced by Endemol Shine India through Viacom18 and Disney Star. Subsequently, the various versions of the show are made ...

.''. It premiered on 21 July 2019 on

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was the host of the season.

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was guest host for Week 6 instead of Nagarjuna who was then in Spain for celebrating his 60th birthday. The season concluded on 3 November 2019 after 105 days with

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emerged as the first runner-up.

Production

Bigg Boss 3 Buzzz

''Bigg Boss 3 Buzzz'' is an Indian

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Television talk show about the reality television series ''

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''. The host

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conducts the talk show with the evicted contestants of Bigg Boss 3 on every Monday, the show premiered on 22 July 2019 onwards on Star Maa Music. The unseen portions of episodes that were not aired on television are streamed on

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and aired on Star Maa Music as ''

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''.

Reception

The launch of season 3 opened with 17.9 TVR, which is bigger than the previous seasons. The grand finale of season 3 of duration four and half hours scored 18.29 TVR being the highest ever rating achieved by the Bigg Boss Indian franchise. The last hour of telecast, featuring

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as chief guest, alone garnered 22.4 TVR.

Bigg Boss 3 Voting Process

As the Bigg Boss 3 Telugu vote online process has been started, viewers can vote for their favorite contestant through

or by giving a missed call.

Housemates status

Housemates

The participants in the order of appearance and entered in house are:

Original entrants

* Shiva Jyothi – Presenter. *

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– Television actor. * Ashu Reddy –

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. * Jaffar –

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. * Himaja –

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. *

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. * Rohini Reddy – Television

. *

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–

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. *

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– Actress. * Hema Vani – Actress. * Ali Reza – Actor & model. * Mahesh Vitta –

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. *

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–

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–

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* Vithika Sheru –

Wild Card entrants

Tamanna Simhadhri
– Actress and activist

–

References

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