The season one of the

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version of Indian

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series ''

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'' was broadcast on ''

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'' in 2013. The show was hosted by

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. A prize amount of 50,00,000 was announced for the winner. The show lasted for 99 days starting from 24 March 2013 (''Grand Premiere'') to 30 June 2013 (''Grand Finale''). A total of 15 contestants and 2 guests had entered the show. The Bigg Boss house, located in

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, was fixed with 47 cameras to capture the activities in the house. Among the four finalists,

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emerged as the title winner with maximum votes, followed by Arun Sagar as runner-up.

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came third and Narendra Babu was fourth. Gurudas Shenoy was the Editor-in-chief for the house reality of this season.

Housemates status

Housemates

Wild card entries

Guests

Episodes

The episodes were broadcast by

channel at a time slot of 8 to 9 pm daily. After the Grand Finale, the channel continued to telecast ''Autograph series'' in which the contestants shared their experience in the house. Programmes * Grand Premiere: Bigg Boss Kannada * Daily Highlights * Varada Kathe Kicchana Jothe * Super Saturday with Sudeep * Unseen Episode * Grand Finale: Curtain Raiser * Grand Finale * Grand Finale: Final Cut * Grand Finale: Unseen Episode * Autograph

Nominations table

Notes

*: Rishikumara, being a new entry, was safe from the nomination process. *: Vachan pecial rights granted by Bigg Boss during evictionchoose Chandrika to be safe from the nomination process. *: Jayalakshmi re-entered the house after the weekly nomination process. *: Jayalakshmi, being a new entry, was safe from nomination process but was granted the right to vote. *: Rishika entered the house after the weekly nomination process. *: Rohan entered the house after the weekly nomination process. *: Bigg Boss informed Thilak that all the housemates were nominated for eviction irrespective of the nomination process. Thilak was not asked to vote. *: Anushree pecial rights granted by Bigg Bossdirectly nominated Chandrika for eviction. *: Rishika, being a new entry, was safe from the nomination process. *: Rohan, being a new entry, was safe from the nomination process. *: Jayalakshmi pecial rights granted by Bigg Boss during evictionchoose Rohan & Anushree to be directly nominated for eviction. *: In a twist, eviction was canceled but the nomination was conducted. *: Narendra Sharma pecial rights granted by Bigg Boss during nominationchoose Chandrika to be safe from the eviction. *: In a twist, nominated candidates (Nikita, Narendra) were declared as safe, and the rest had to face eviction. *: Chandrika was evicted after facing the public vote, but re-entered the house after a day. *: Chandrika pecial rights granted by Bigg Boss during evictionchoose Arun Sagar to be safe from the nomination process. Thus, Arun became the first finalist. *: Among the four finalists, Vijay Raghavendra, was declared as the winner after facing the public vote.

Weekly summary

Reception and viewership

As per Indiantelevision.com's news release, the show achieved the highest

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than any other Kannada GEC. The launch episode had a rating of 4.7 TRP and the eviction episodes on Fridays reached 6.3 TRP. The week average was about 4.7 TRP. The SMS votes by the audience were claimed to be approximately 47,000 per contestant and touched a lakh during the finals.

Awards

GCC Puraskar Media :- * Best Reality Show -

References

External links

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Bigg Boss Kannada Vote
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