# Bigg Boss Kannada season 8

The eighth season of the Indian Kannada-language reality television game show Bigg Boss premiered on 28 February 2021. It is produced by Endemol Shine India under the control of Banijay and broadcast on Colors Kannada with Kiccha Sudeepa as the host.
The season was suspended on 8 May 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The last episode was aired after a show run for 71 days and later it continued from 23 June 2021 onwards.
Since the show was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic on day 71 and the day 72 resumed from 23 June 2021 onwards with a new title called Bigg Boss Second Innings and twelve non evicted contestants have entered the house to compete till the finale of the 8th season.

## Housemate status

| Sr | Housemate | Day entered | Day exited | Status |
| 1 | Manju | Day 1 | Day 71 | Sent Home |
| 1 | Manju | Day 72 | Day 119 | Winner |
| 2 | Aravind | Day 1 | Day 71 | Sent Home |
| 2 | Aravind | Day 72 | Day 119 | 1st runner-up |
| 3 | Divya U | Day 1 | Day 68 | Walked |
| 3 | Divya U | Day 72 | Day 119 | 2nd runner-up |
| 4 | Vaishnavi | Day 1 | Day 71 | Sent Home |
| 4 | Vaishnavi | Day 72 | Day 119 | 3rd runner-up |
| 5 | Prashanth | Day 1 | Day 71 | Sent Home |
| 5 | Prashanth | Day 72 | Day 119 | 4th runner-up |
| 6 | Divya S | Day 1 | Day 71 | Sent Home |
| 6 | Divya S | Day 72 | Day 115 | Evicted |
| 7 | Shamanth | Day 1 | Day 71 | Sent Home |
| 7 | Shamanth | Day 72 | Day 112 | Evicted |
| 8 | Shubha | Day 1 | Day 71 | Sent Home |
| 8 | Shubha | Day 72 | Day 111 | Evicted |
| 9 | Chakravarthy | Day 1 | Day 71 | Sent Home |
| 9 | Chakravarthy | Day 72 | Day 107 | Evicted |
| 10 | Priyanka | Day 38 | Day 71 | Sent Home |
| 10 | Priyanka | Day 72 | Day 98 | Evicted |
| 11 | Raghu | Day 1 | Day 71 | Sent Home |
| 11 | Raghu | Day 72 | Day 91 | Evicted |
| 12 | Nidhi | Day 1 | Day 71 | Sent Home |
| 12 | Nidhi | Day 72 | Day 84 | Evicted |
| 13 | Rajeev | Day 1 | Day 56 | Evicted |
| 14 | Vishwanath | Day 1 | Day 49 | Evicted |
| 15 | Vyjayanthi | Day 38 | Day 42 | Walked |
| 16 | Shankar | Day 1 | Day 35 | Evicted |
| 17 | Chandrakala | Day 1 | Day 28 | Evicted |
| 18 | Geetha | Day 1 | Day 21 | Evicted |
| 19 | Nirmala | Day 1 | Day 14 | Evicted |
| 20 | Dhanushree | Day 1 | Day 7 | Evicted |

## Telecast

Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 is telecasted everyday on Colors Kannada. On the digital platform, Voot owns the show. It contains:
* Main Episode (The main episode that is telecasted on Colors Kannada)
* TV Ginta Modalu (Main Episode telecast before the airing on TV, only on Voot Select)
* 24/7 Live Channel (Live telecast from Bigg Boss house, on weekdays, only on Voot Select)
* Unseen Kathegalu (Unseen Clips, only on Voot Select)
* Extra Masala (Extra Clips)
* Bigg Inn (Entry Interview)
* Bigg Bang (Exit Interview)
* Voot Weekly (Best Compilations)
* Voot Fryday (Special Friday Tasks)
* Voot Video Vichara (Audience can share their views about the contestants through a video)
* Voting
The show is most viewed on the digital platform rather than the TV platform which includes double viewership than that of the TV platform.

## Production
### Delay

The show was going on air from October, but the eight season get delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and on 15 February 2021 the channel confirmed that the show is going to launch on 28 February 2021.

### House

The Bigg Boss house is built in Innovative Film City at Bidadi, Bengaluru. While the show is returning to Kannada television after a gap of an year, new norms and changes have been taken as part of safety precautions due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

### Contestants

The show is sticking to the original format of the reality programme and it will only have celebrities who will be entering the house as contestants due to it is taking place amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the makers have taken all necessary precautions to ensure a COVID-free environment for everyone involved in the production.

### Format

The show follows selected contestants who are isolated from the outside world for 106 days (or 15 weeks) in a custom-built house. The housemates are dictated by an omnipresent entity named Bigg Boss. Each week, one or more of the housemates are evicted by a public vote. The last week, the housemate who gets the most votes, wins the game.

## Housemates

The participants of Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 are as follows:
* Dhanushree – Social media personality
* Shubha Poonja – Film Actress
* Shankar Ashwath – Veteran Actor
* Vishwanath Haveri – Singer
* Vaishnavi Gowda – Serial Actress
* Aravind KP - biker
* Nidhi Subbaiah – Film Actress
* Shamanth Gowda – Social media personality
* Geetha Bharathi Bhat – Serial actress
* Manju Pavagada – Comedian
* Nirmala Chennappa – Actress & Director
* Raghu Gowda – Youtuber
* Divya Suresh – Actress and Model
* Divya Uruduga – Actress
* Chandrakala Mohan – Serial Actress
* Prashanth Sambargi – Businessman & Activist
* Rajeev Hanu – Actor & Cricketer

### Wildcard entrants

* Chakravarthy Chandrachud - Journalist, Writer and Director
* Vyjayanthi Adiga - Actress
* Priyanka Thimmesh - Film actress

## Nominations table

   | | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 10 | Second Innings | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 17 | Week 17 | Week 17 |
   | Nominees for House Captaincy | Shamanth Nidhi Dhanushree Shubha Nirmala | None | Chandrakala Divya U Geetha Manju Raghu Rajeev Shankar Shubha Vaish Vishwanath | Aravind Divya S Divya U Vishwanath | Aravind Divya U Manju Nidhi Prashanth Shankar Vishwanath | Manju Nidhi Prashanth Raghu Shubha Vaishnavi | Aravind Nidhi Prashanth | Aravind Divya S Nidhi | Rajeev Manju Prashanth Raghu | Aravind Chakravarthy Manju | Aravind Chakravarthy Manju | Nominees for House Captaincy | Nidhi Prashanth Shubha | Aravind Divya U Manju Priyanka Raghu Shamanth | Aravind Divya U Prashanth Chakravarthy Shamanth Vaishanavi | Aravind Divya S Manju Shamanth Vaishnavi | Chakravarty Divya S Divya U Manju Shamanth | Aravind Divya U Manju Shamanth Vaishnavi | Aravind Divya U Manju Shamanth Vaishnavi | No Captain | No Captain | No Captain | No Captain |
   | House Captain | Shamanth | Shamanth | Rajeev | Aravind | Vishwanath | Manju | Prashanth | Aravind | Raghu | Chakravarthy | Chakravarthy | House Captain | Prashanth | Manju | Divya U | Aravind | Divya S | Divya U | Divya U | | No Captain | No Captain | No Captain | No Captain |
   | Captain's Nomination | Shankar (to save) | Shubha (to evict) | Shankar (to save) | No Nominations | Divya S (to save) | Rajeev (to evict) | Divya U (to evict) | Rajeev (to evict) | Shubha (to evict) | No Nominations | No Nominations | Captain's Nomination | Nidhi Raghu | None | Shubha (to save) | None | Manju (to save) | None | None | None | None | None | None |
   | Vote to: | Evict | Evict | Evict | None | Evict | Evict | Evict | Evict | Evict | None | None | Vote to: | Evict | Evict | Evict | Evict | Evict | Evict | Evict | Evict | Evict | Evict | Evict |
   | Manju | Rajeev Aravind | Divya U Rajeev | Aravind Shamanth | No Nominations | Aravind Vaishnavi | House Captain | Chakravarthy Aravind | Raghu Divya U | Prashanth Aravind | No Nominations | Sent Home (Day 71) | Manju | Prashanth Chakravarthy | House Captain | Nominated | Saved | Aravind Vaishnavi | Saved | Saved | No Nominations | Winner (Day 119) | Winner (Day 119) | Winner (Day 119) |
   | Aravind | Shankar Divya U | Nirmala Shankar | Divya S Shankar | House Captain | Prashanth Shubha | Divya S Shubha | Manju Shubha | House Captain | Manju Chakravarthy | No Nominations | Sent Home (Day 71) | Aravind | Divya S Manju | No Nominations | Nominated | House Captain | Manju Prashanth | Saved | Saved | No Nominations | 1st runner-up (Day 119) | 1st runner-up (Day 119) | 1st runner-up (Day 119) |
   | Divya U | Shankar Manju | Nidhi Nirmala | Divya S Shankar | No Nominations | Shankar Nidhi | Shamanth Prashanth | Chakravarthy Raghu | Manju Divya S | Manju Chakravarthy | No Nominations | Walked (Day 68) | Divya U | Divya S Manju | No Nominations | House Captain | Saved | Manju Prashanth | House Captain | House Captain | No Nominations | 2nd runner-up (Day 119) | 2nd runner-up (Day 119) | 2nd runner-up (Day 119) |
   | Vaishnavi | Shankar Dhanushree | Divya S Nirmala | Geetha Shamanth | No Nominations | Shankar Prashanth | Shamanth Prashanth | Vishwanath Chakravarthy | Manju Divya S | Prashanth Chakravarthy | No Nominations | Sent Home (Day 71) | Vaishnavi | Chakravarthy Manju | No Nominations | Nominated | Nominated | Manju Shamanth | Saved | Saved | No Nominations | 3rd runner-up (Day 118) | 3rd runner-up (Day 118) | 3rd runner-up (Day 118) |
   | Prashanth | Manju Shankar | Divya S Nirmala | Nidhi Shamanth | No Nominations | Shankar Aravind | Aravind Shamanth | House Captain | Manju Divya S | Manju Divya U | No Nominations | Sent Home (Day 71) | Prashanth | House Captain | No Nominations | Nominated | Nominated | Divya U Shubha | Nominated | Nominated | No Nominations | 4th runner-up (Day 118) | 4th runner-up (Day 118) | 4th runner-up (Day 118) |
   | Divya S | Shankar Nidhi | Chandrakala Geetha | Nidhi Shamanth | No Nominations | Shamanth Nidhi | Prashanth Shamanth | Rajeev Vishwanath | Prashanth Raghu | Prashanth Shamanth | No Nominations | Sent Home (Day 71) | Divya S | Chakravarthy Prashanth | No Nominations | Nominated | Saved | House Captain | Nominated | Nominated | No Nominations | Evicted (Day 115) | Evicted (Day 115) | Evicted (Day 115) |
   | Shamanth | House Captain | House Captain | Divya U Vishwanath | No Nominations | Shankar Divya S | Aravind Divya S | Rajeev Vishwanath | Divya S Rajeev | Manju Shubha | No Nominations | Sent Home (Day 71) | Shamanth | Manju Raghu | No Nominations | Nominated | Saved | Divya U Shubha | Nominated | Nominated | Evicted (Day 112) | Evicted (Day 112) | Evicted (Day 112) | Evicted (Day 112) |
   | Shubha | Manju Shankar | Nidhi Nirmala | Nidhi Shamanth | No Nominations | Shankar Shamanth | Aravind Shamanth | Vishwanath Chakravarthy | Prashanth Shamanth | Prashanth Chakravarthy | No Nominations | Sent Home (Day 71) | Shubha | Chakravarthy Prashanth | No Nominations | Saved | Nominated | Prashanth Shamanth | Nominated | Nominated | Evicted (Day 112) | Evicted (Day 112) | Evicted (Day 112) | Evicted (Day 112) |
   | Chakaravarthy | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Divya S Shamanth | Rajeev Vaishnavi | Manju Vaishnavi | Manju Nidhi | House Captain | Sent Home (Day 71) | Chakravarthy | Divya S Raghu | No Nominations | Nominated | Saved | Shamanth Shubha | Nominated | Evicted (Day 107) | Evicted (Day 107) | Evicted (Day 107) | Evicted (Day 107) | Evicted (Day 107) |
   | Priyanka | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Vishwanath Nidhi | Prashanth Vaishnavi | Manju Aravind | No Nominations | Sent Home (Day 71) | Priyanka | Nidhi Raghu | No Nominations | Nominated | Nominated | Evicted (Day 98) | Evicted (Day 98) | Evicted (Day 98) | Evicted (Day 98) | Evicted (Day 98) | Evicted (Day 98) | Evicted (Day 98) |
   | Raghu | Shankar Manju | Prashanth Vishwanath | Geetha Shamanth | No Nominations | Shamanth Manju | Shamanth Aravind | Vishwanath Chakravarthy | Divya S Priyanka | House Captain | No Nominations | Sent Home (Day 71) | Raghu | Prashanth Chakravarthy | No Nominations | Nominated | Evicted (Day 91) | Evicted (Day 91) | Evicted (Day 91) | Evicted (Day 91) | Evicted (Day 91) | Evicted (Day 91) | Evicted (Day 91) | Evicted (Day 91) |
   | Nidhi | Shankar Manju | Divya S Prashanth | Divya U Vishwanath | No Nominations | Shankar Divya S | Aravind Raghu | Aravind Divya S | Prashanth Chakravarthy | Prashanth Chakravarthy | No Nominations | Sent Home (Day 71) | Nidhi | Prashanth Priyanka | No Nominations | Evicted (Day 84) | Evicted (Day 84) | Evicted (Day 84) | Evicted (Day 84) | Evicted (Day 84) | Evicted (Day 84) | Evicted (Day 84) | Evicted (Day 84) | Evicted (Day 84) |
   | Rajeev | Dhanushree Manju | Geetha Nirmala | House Captain | No Nominations | Divya S Divya U | Shamanth Prashanth | Manju Divya U | Manju Divya S | Evicted (Day 56) | Evicted (Day 56) | Evicted (Day 56) | Rajeev | 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) | Evicted (Day 56) | Evicted (Day 56) |
   | Vishwanath | Shankar Dhanushree | Nirmala Prashant | Nidhi Shamanth | No Nominations | House Captain | Subha Rajeev | Manju Divya S | Evicted (Day 49) | Evicted (Day 49) | Evicted (Day 49) | Evicted (Day 49) | Vishwanath | Evicted (Day 49) | Evicted (Day 49) | Evicted (Day 49) | Evicted (Day 49) | Evicted (Day 49) | Evicted (Day 49) | Evicted (Day 49) | Evicted (Day 49) | Evicted (Day 49) | Evicted (Day 49) | Evicted (Day 49) |
   | Vyjayanthi | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Not In House | Walked (Day 42) | Walked (Day 42) | Walked (Day 42) | Walked (Day 42) | Walked (Day 42) | Vyjayanthi | Walked (Day 42) | Walked (Day 42) | Walked (Day 42) | Walked (Day 42) | Walked (Day 42) | Walked (Day 42) | Walked (Day 42) | Walked (Day 42) | Walked (Day 42) | Walked (Day 42) | Walked (Day 42) |
   | Shankar | Dhanushree Geetha | Divya S Prashanth | Nidhi Raghu | No Nominations | Prashanth Shubha | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) | Shankar | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) | Evicted (Day 35) |
   | Chandrakala | Shankar Nidhi | Divya S Vishwanath | Nidhi Raghu | No Nominations | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Chandrakala | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) | Evicted (Day 28) |
   | Geetha | Shankar Prashanth | Nirmala Prashanth | Aravind Shamanth | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Geetha | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) | Evicted (Day 21) |
   | Nirmala | Prashanth Dhanushree | Chandrakala Geetha | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Nirmala | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) | Evicted (Day 14) |
   | Dhanushree | Nidhi Shankar | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Dhanushree | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) | Evicted (Day 7) |
   | Notes | | | | | | | | | | | | Notes | | | | | | | | | | | |
   | Against Public Vote | Dhanushree Nirmala Raghu Shubha Vishwanath | Chandrakala Divya S Geetha Nidhi Nirmala Prashanth Shubha Vishwanath | Aravind Divya S Divya U Geetha Nidhi Prashanth Raghu Shamanth Vishwanath | Chandrakala Divya S Divya U Manju Nidhi Prashanth Raghu Rajeev Shamanth Shankar Shubha Vaishnavi Vishwanath | Aravind Nidhi Prashanth Shankar Shamanth Shubha | Aravind Divya S Nidhi Prashanth Rajeev Shamanth Shubha | Aravind Chakravarthy Divya S Divya U Manju Rajeev Shamanth Vishwanath | Divya S Manju Prashanth Raghu Rajeev Vaishnavi | Aravind Chakravarty Divya S Manju Prashanth Priyanka | Aravind Divya S Manju Prashanth Priyanka | None | Against Public Vote | Prashanth Chakravarthy Raghu Manju Divya S Nidhi Priyanka | Prashanth Chakravarthy Raghu Manju Divya S Nidhi Priyanka | Aravind Chakravarthy Divya S Manju Prashanth Priyanka Raghu Shamanth Vaishnavi | Prashanth Priyanka Shubha Vaishnavi | Chakravarthy Divya U Prashanth Shamanth Shubha | Chakravarthy Divya U Prashanth Shamanth Shubha | Chakravarthy Divya U Prashanth Shamanth Shubha | Aravind Divya S Divya U Manju Prashanth Vaishnavi | Aravind Divya U Manju Prashanth Vaishnavi | Aravind Divya U Manju Prashanth Vaishnavi | Aravind Divya U Manju Prashanth Vaishnavi |
   | Re-entered | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | Re-entered | Divya U | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
   | Walked | None | None | None | None | None | Vyajyanthi | None | None | None | Divya U | None | Walked | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
   | Evicted | Dhanushree | Nirmala | Geetha | Chandrakala | Shankar | No Eviction | Vishwanath | Rajeev | No Eviction | No Eviction | No Eviction | Evicted | No Eviction | Nidhi | Raghu | Priyanka | No Eviction | Chakravarthy | Shubha | Divya S | Prashanth | Vaishnavi | Vaishnavi |
   | Evicted | Dhanushree | Nirmala | Geetha | Chandrakala | Shankar | No Eviction | Vishwanath | Rajeev | No Eviction | No Eviction | No Eviction | Evicted | No Eviction | Nidhi | Raghu | Priyanka | No Eviction | Chakravarthy | Shamanth | Divya S | Divya U | Divya U | Divya U |
   | Evicted | Dhanushree | Nirmala | Geetha | Chandrakala | Shankar | No Eviction | Vishwanath | Rajeev | No Eviction | No Eviction | No Eviction | Evicted | No Eviction | Nidhi | Raghu | Priyanka | No Eviction | Chakravarthy | Shamanth | Divya S | Aravind | Manju | Manju |