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-language version of Indian

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series ''

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'' was telecast on

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and produced by

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. The show premiered on 29 June 2014 with

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as the host. Among four finalists

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emerged as the title winner with maximum votes and performance in house followed by

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as runner-up,

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and

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as third and fourth respectively

Housemates status

Housemates

Original entrants

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, son of late

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, is known for his villain roles in

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is a Kannada actress notable for a leading role in the 2012 movie Chingari along with

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is a Kannada actress notable for roles in movies ''

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who appeared in movies like ''

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'' and ''

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.'' # Rohith Patel is a RJ of FM show ''No tension'' on BIG FM 92.7. #Santhosh Aryan is an actor who had played a lead role in movies like ''Nooru Janumaku'' (2010), ''Abhiram'' (2010) and ''Ishta'' (2014).actor #

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, son of late

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and Girija Lokesh, is an actor and a popular host of TV programs ''Maja With Sruja'' (

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), ''Chota Champion'' (

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), "Maja Talkies" (

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. She also acted in

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's serials ''Arundhati'' and ''Sukanya''.

Wild card entries

Guruprasad

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is a director of hit movies '' Mata'', ''

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'' 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.

Guests

Bullet Prakash

Prakash is well known as

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. He is a famous comedian in Kannada industry. He had acted with many legend actors like

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etc.

Episodes

The episodes were broadcast by

channel at a time slot of 8 to 9 pm daily.

Daily summary

Nominations table

Notes

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

Marketing and sponsors

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

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. Sponsors: the show has

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.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

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, website, social media and online-voting was handled b
Fuego Systems
Promotion: Promos, ads, and special programs on

's sister channels

Suvarna Plus Star Suvarna is an Indian Kannada language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The channel telecasts Kannada language programmes such as dra ...

and

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were aired to promote the show.

References

External links

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