# Bigg Boss Kannada season 5

The fifth season of the Kannada-language version of Indian reality television series Bigg Boss premiered on 15 October 2017. Sudeep reprised his role as the host of the show.
The finale of the season took place 28 January 2018, and rapper Chandan Shetty was declared the winner of the show and was awarded the prize money of ₹50 lakh. Sales representative Diwaker was voted the runner-up.

## Production

Sudeep had signed a ₹20 crore (US$2.4 million) deal with the channel Colors Kannada to host the next five seasons starting from the previous season. During the grand finale of Season 4, it was announced that the next season will start with new contestants and a renovated Bigg Boss house built for the previous season in the Innovative Film City at Bidadi, Bangalore. This will be the first season to allow non-celebrities to the Bigg Boss house with online auditions taking place from July 2017.
The application process of the auditions for non-celebrities was exclusively carried by mobile app called Voot. Nagendra Bhat Bilalige (Naabhi) was the reality writer for this season.
The show was extended by one week (106 days) instead of 98 days. Among the five finalists Niveditha and Diwakar are auditioned contestants, where as Chandan, Karthik and Shruti are celebrities.

## Housemates status

| Sr | Housemate | Day entered | Day exited | Status |
| 1 | Chandan | Day 1 | Day 106 | Winner |
| 2 | Diwakar | Day 1 | Day 106 | 1st runner-up |
| 3 | Kartik | Day 1 | Day 106 | 2nd runner-up |
| 4 | Niveditha | Day 1 | Day 105 | 3rd runner-up |
| 5 | Shruthi | Day 1 | Day 105 | 4th runner-up |
| 6 | Sameer | Day 1 | Day 101 | Evicted |
| 7 | Anupama | Day 1 | Day 98 | Evicted |
| 8 | Riyaz | Day 1 | Day 91 | Evicted |
| 9 | Krishi | Day 1 | Day 35 | Evicted |
| 9 | Krishi | Day 42 | Day 84 | Evicted |
| 10 | Jaya | Day 1 | Day 77 | Evicted |
| 11 | Lasya | Day 58 | Day 70 | Evicted |
| 12 | Samyuktha | Day 58 | Day 66 | Ejected |
| 13 | Jagan | Day 1 | Day 63 | Evicted |
| 14 | Ashitha | Day 1 | Day 56 | Evicted |
| 15 | Vaishnavi | Day 50 | Day 54 | Walked |
| 16 | Chandru | Day 1 | Day 49 | Evicted |
| 17 | Tejaswini | Day 1 | Day 23 | Walked |
| 17 | Tejaswini | Day 26 | Day 28 | Evicted |
| 18 | Dayal | Day 1 | Day 21 | Evicted |
| 19 | Megha | Day 1 | Day 14 | Evicted |
| 20 | Suma | Day 1 | Day 7 | Evicted |

## Housemates

Along with the usual celebrity contestants, the housemates of this season includes contestants selected through online audition process. The total of 17 housemates include 11 celebrities and 6 commoners. Nagendra bhat bilalige was the writer for this season.
| Housemates | Occupation |
| Chandan Shetty | Rapper |
| Diwakar | Sales representative |
| Karthik Jayaram | Television and film actor |
| Niveditha Gowda | Student |
| Shruti Prakash | Singer and television actress |
| Sameer Acharya | Priest |
| Anupama Gowda | Television actress |
| Riaz Basha | Radio jockey |
| Krishi Thapanda | Model and actress |
| Jaya Sreenivasan | Numerologist |
| Jagannath Chandrashekhar | Television actor |
| Ashitha Chandrappa | Television actress |
| Sihi Kahi Chandru | Actor and television presenter |
| Tejaswi Prakash | Film and television actress |
| Dayal Padmanabhan | Film director, producer and actor |
| Megha | Student |
| Suma Rajkumar | Homemaker and ventriloquist |

### Wild-card entries

| Housemate | Occupation | Contestant type |
| Vaishnavi Chandran Menon | Film actress | Wild card Contestant |
| Lasya Nagaraj | Actress | Wild card Contestant |
| Samyuktha Hegde | Actress | Long-term Guest |
Three contestants entered the house through wild cards. Presenter Akul Balaji was the second entrant who promoted his new dance reality television reality show Master Dancer. Actresses Lasya and Samyuktha Hegde were the final two entrants. Hegde was evicted from the house a few days later after she assaulted Sameer Acharya for allegedly touching her inappropriately. However, later she admitted in the confession room that Acharya was not at fault and that she reacted at the "heat of the moment".

### Celebrities claim to fame

* Shruti Prakash – television actress and singer. She is known for her role of Sita Modi in the Star Plus popular show Saath Nibhaana Saathiya which starred Devoleena Bhattacharjee and Mohammad Nazim.
* Karthik Jayaram – Actor, Model and engineer. He is known for appearing in many Sandalwood films like Varadanayaka and Care of Footpath 2. He also is well known for playing Ravana in Star Plus popular show Siya Ke Ram.
* Tejaswini Prakash – Actress and model. She is known for appearing in Sandalwood films like Savi Savi Nenapu and Preethi Nee Heegeke.
* Krishi Thapanda – Model and actress. She is known for making her kannada film debut with Akira in 2016 with Anish Tejeshwar.
* Chandan Shetty – Rapper. He is known for singing many songs for Sandalwood films.
* Sihi Kahi Chandru – Television actor and presenter. He appeared in many Sandalwood films like Josh, Julie, Naanu Nanna Kanasu. He also played the main lead in the show Sihi Kahi.
* Samyuktha Hegde – Actress. She is known for appearing in the Sandalwood film Kirik Party. She participated in MTV Roadies.

## Episodes

The episodes were broadcast on Colors Super between 8:00 and 9:30 p.m. (IST) daily. The episodes and highlights were also released on the website and app Voot after the telecast.
| | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Event | Captaincy Task Nominations | Weekly Task | Weekly Task | Weekly Task | Weekly Task | Varada Kathe Kicchana Jothe & Eviction | Super Sunday with Sudeepa & Kicchan time |

## Nominations table

   | | 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 | Week 15 Final | Week 15 Final | Week 15 Final |
   | House Captain | Anupama | Shruti | Sameer | Riaz | Chandan | Nivedita | Karthik | Jagan | Krishi | None | Riaz | Sameer | Anupama | None | None | None | None |
   | Captain's Nomination | Niveditha | Karthik | Anupama | Karthik | Riaz | Chandru | Diwakar | None | Sameer | None | Diwakar | Anupama | Chandan | None | None | None | None |
   | Vote to: | Evict | Save | Evict | Evict | Save | Evict | Evict | - | Evict | - | Evict | Evict | Evict | - | - | - | - |
   | | | | Niveditha Dayal | Anupama Chandru | House Captain | Shruti Riaz | Diwakar Niveditha | No Nominations | Chandan | Samyuktha Krishi | Jaya Karthik | Karthik Shruti | Shruti Riaz | | | Winner (Day 106) | Winner (Day 106) |
   | | | | Niveditha Chandru | Tejaswini Jagan | Jagan Krishi | Shruti Anupama | Chandan Ashitha | No Nominations | Diwakar | Anupama Niveditha | | Secret Room | Niveditha Riaz | | | 1st runner-up (Day 106) | 1st runner-up (Day 106) |
   | | | | Riaz Jaya | Niveditha Jay | Riaz Diwakar | Riaz Jaya | House Captain | No Nominations | Jagan | Samyuktha Niveditha | Sameer Niveditha | Riaz Chandan | Diwakar Sameer | | | 2nd runner-up (Day 106) | 2nd runner-up (Day 106) |
   | | | | Dayal Jaya | Jagan Anupama | Anupama Ashitha | House Captain | Chandan Jaya | No Nominations | Chandan | Sameer Sreenivasan | Jaya Krishi | Shruti Krishi | Karthik Riaz | | | 3rd runner-up (Day 105) | 3rd runner-up (Day 105) |
   | | | | Niveditha Riaz | Niveditha Sameer | Niveditha Riaz | Chandan Anupama | Chandru Jagan | No Nominations | Shruti | Sameer Diwakar | Sameer Niveditha | Niveditha Riaz | Sameer Niveditha | | | 4th runner-up (Day 105) | 4th runner-up (Day 105) |
   | | | | House Captain | Chandru Tejaswini | Chandru Jagan | Jaya Shruti | Riaz Anupama | No Nominations | Diwakar | Samyuktha Anupama | Krishi Shruti | House Captain | Shruti Karthik | | Evicted (Day 99) | Evicted (Day 99) | Evicted (Day 99) |
   | | | | Riaz Jaya | Sameer Chandan | Niveditha Riaz | Sameer Chandan | Ashitha Jagan | No Nominations | Shruti | Sameer Diwakar | Sameer Niveditha | Riaz, Niveditha | House Captain | | Evicted (Day 98) | Evicted (Day 98) | Evicted (Day 98) |
   | | | | Dayal Anupama | House Captain | Ashitha Krishi | Shruti Jagan | Sameer Ashitha | No Nominations | Jaya | Niveditha Shruti | House Captain | Krishi Anupama | Niveditha Chandan | Evicted (Day 91) | Evicted (Day 91) | Evicted (Day 91) | Evicted (Day 91) |
   | | | | Jaya Riaz | Sreenivasan, Sameer | Riaz Jaya | Evicted (Day 35) | Shruti Anupama | No Nominations | House Captain | Sameer Chandan | Sameer Niveditha | Niveditha Riaz | Evicted (Day 84) | Evicted (Day 84) | Evicted (Day 84) | Evicted (Day 84) | Evicted (Day 84) |
   | | | | Dayal Jagan | Jagan Chandru | Chandru Karthik | Chandru Jagan | Niveditha Shruti | No Nominations | Jaya | Lasya Niveditha | Chandan Diwakar | Evicted (Day 77) | Evicted (Day 77) | Evicted (Day 77) | Evicted (Day 77) | Evicted (Day 77) | Evicted (Day 77) |
   | | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Exempt | Jaya Sameer | Evicted (Day 70) | Evicted (Day 70) | Evicted (Day 70) | Evicted (Day 70) | Evicted (Day 70) | Evicted (Day 70) | Evicted (Day 70) |
   | | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Exempt | Sameer Jaya | Ejected (Day 66) | Ejected (Day 66) | Ejected (Day 66) | Ejected (Day 66) | Ejected (Day 66) | Ejected (Day 66) | Ejected (Day 66) |
   | | | | Jaya Riaz | Jaya Niveditha | Riaz Niveditha | Chandan Sameer | Ashitha Anupama | House Captain | Jagan | Evicted (Day 63) | Evicted (Day 63) | Evicted (Day 63) | Evicted (Day 63) | Evicted (Day 63) | Evicted (Day 63) | Evicted (Day 63) | Evicted (Day 63) |
   | | | | Riaz Jaya | Sameer Jaya | Riaz Niveditha | Sameer Jaya | Jagan Diwakar | No Nominations | Evicted (Day 56) | Evicted (Day 56) | Evicted (Day 56) | Evicted (Day 56) | Evicted (Day 56) | Evicted (Day 56) | Evicted (Day 56) | Evicted (Day 56) | Evicted (Day 56) |
   | | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Walked (Day 54) | Walked (Day 54) | Walked (Day 54) | Walked (Day 54) | Walked (Day 54) | Walked (Day 54) | Walked (Day 54) | Walked (Day 54) | Walked (Day 54) | Walked (Day 54) |
   | Notes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
   | Against public vote | | | | | Ashitha Chandru Diwakar Jagan Krishi Niveditha | Anupama Chandan Chandru Jagan Jaya Riaz Sameer Shruti | Chandru Diwakar Jaya Krishi Riaz Sameer | All Housemates | Chandan Diwakar Jagan Jaya Sameer Shruti | Anupama Diwakar Jaya Lasya Niveditha Sameer Samyuktha | Diwakar Jaya Krishi Niveditha Sameer | Anupama Karthik Krishi Niveditha Riaz Shruti | Chandan Karthik Niveditha Riaz Sameer Shruti | Anupama Chandan Diwakar Karthik Niveditha Sameer Shruti | Chandan Diwakar Karthik Niveditha Shruti | Chandan Diwakar Karthik Niveditha Shruti | Chandan Diwakar Karthik Niveditha Shruti |
   | Re-entered | none | none | none | Tejaswini | none | none | Krishi | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none |
   | Walked | none | none | none | Tejaswini | none | none | none | Vaishnavi | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none |
   | Ejected | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | Samyuktha | none | none | none | none | none | none | none |
   | Evicted | Suma | Megha | Dayal | Tejaswini | Krishi | No eviction | Chandru | Ashitha | Jagan | Lasya | Jaya | Krishi | Riaz | Anupama | Shruti Fewest votes (out of 5) | Niveditha Fewest votes (out of 4) | Niveditha Fewest votes (out of 4) |
   | Evicted | Suma | Megha | Dayal | Tejaswini | Krishi | No eviction | Chandru | Ashitha | Jagan | Lasya | Jaya | Krishi | Riaz | Sameer | Karthik Fewest votes (out of 3) | Karthik Fewest votes (out of 3) | Karthik Fewest votes (out of 3) |
   | Evicted | Suma | Megha | Dayal | Tejaswini | Krishi | No eviction | Chandru | Ashitha | Jagan | Lasya | Jaya | Krishi | Riaz | Sameer | Diwakar Fewest votes (out of 2) | Diwakar Fewest votes (out of 2) | Chandan Most votes to win |