Bigg Boss Kannada (season 1)
The season one of the Kannada version of Indian reality television series "Bigg Boss" was broadcast on "ETV Kannada" in 2013. The show was hosted by Sudeep. 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 Lonavala, was fixed with 47 cameras to capture the activities in the house. Among the four finalists, Vijay Raghavendra emerged as  the title winner with maximum votes, followed by Arun Sagar as runner-up. Nikita Thukral came third and Narendra Babu was fourth. Gurudas Shenoy was the Editor-in-chief for the house reality of this season. Episodes. The episodes were broadcast by ETV Kannada 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 Reception and viewership. As per Indiantelevision.com's news release, the show achieved the highest TRPs 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 :-