| Season Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Image Upright: | 1.1 | ||||||||
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| Num Episodes: | 120 | ||||||||
| Network: | Colors Kannada Voot Select | ||||||||
| Prev Series: | Season 7 | ||||||||
| Next Series: | Season 9 |
The eighth season of the Indian Kannada-language reality television game show Bigg Boss premiered on 28 February 2021.[1] It is produced by Endemol Shine India under the control of Banijay and broadcast on Colors Kannada with kishan 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.[2] [3]
| Sr | Housemate | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manju | Day 1 | Day 120 | winner | |
| 2 | Arvind | Day 1 | Day 120 | ||
| 3 | Divya U | Day 1 | Day 65 | ||
| Day 72 | Day 120 | ||||
| 4 | Vaishnavi | Day 1 | Day 119 | ||
| 5 | Prashanth | Day 1 | Day 119 | 4th runner-up | |
| 6 | Divya S | Day 1 | Day 116 | ||
| 7 | Shamanth | Day 1 | Day 42 | ||
| Day 42 | Day 112 | ||||
| 8 | Shubha | Day 1 | Day 112 | ||
| 9 | Chakravarthy | Day 30 | Day 106 | ||
| 10 | Priyanka | Day 38 | Day 98 | ||
| 11 | Raghavendra | Day 1 | Day 91 | ||
| 12 | Nidhi | Day 1 | Day 84 | ||
| 13 | Rajeev | Day 1 | Day 56 | ||
| 14 | Vishwanath | Day 1 | Day 49 | ||
| 15 | Vyjayanthi | Day 38 | Day 42 | ||
| 16 | Shankar | Day 1 | Day 35 | ||
| 17 | Chandrakala | Day 1 | Day 28 | ||
| 18 | Geeta | Day 1 | Day 21 | ||
| 19 | Nirmala | Day 1 | Day 14 | ||
| 20 | Dhanushree | Day 1 | Day 7 |
Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 is telecasted everyday on Colors Kannada. On the digital platform, Voot owns the show. It contains:
The show is most viewed on the digital platform rather than the TV platform which includes double viewership than that of the TV platform.
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.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6] [7]
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.
The participants of Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 are as follows:
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Second Innings Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Finale level of bigg boss Week 16 Week 17 Week 18 week 19 Week 20 (Grand#finale#week) Nominees for House Captaincy Tharshan Nominees for house captaincy Nominees for House Captaincy No Captain House
CaptainTharshan None Tharshan Vijayalakshmi None House captain House Captain Captain's
NominationCaptain's nomination Captain's Nomination Concept ended Gold Star winner/s Ramya Aajeedh Vijay, jithan Maya, Arav Tharshan, vijayalakshmi Maya, Losliya Golden star Power astra winner MAYA Power astra winner LOSLIYA No power astra winner Vote to: Evict None Evict None Vote to: Evict Nominnees Money eviction Finale nomination WIN Mahath Mahath Archana kavin Mahath Mahath Vijay Nominated Rejected the eviction Nominated Winner Vijay Vijay Ramya Nominated Rejected the eviction Nominated 1st runner-up Ramya Ramya Shivin Nominated Rejected the eviction Nominated 2nd runner-up Shivin Shivin Kathiravan Nominated Rejected the eviction Nominated 3rd runner-up Kathiravan Kathiravan Snehan Nominated Rejected the eviction Nominated 4th runner-up Snehan Aishwarya Nominated Rejected the eviction Evicted
(Day 115)Aishwarya Jithan Nominated Rejected the eviction Evicted
(Day 112)Jithan Vijayalakshmi Nominated Accepted the eviction Walked
(Day 108)Vijayalakshmi Losliya Nominated Evicted
(Day 107)Losliya Moved to third level Evicted
(Day 98)Maya Moved to second Level Evicted
(Day 91)Som Evicted
(Day 84)Aajeedh Evicted
(Day 56)Evicted
(Day 56)Ciby Evicted
(Day 49)Evicted
(Day 49)Aarav Walked
(Day 42)Walked
(Day 42)Tharshan Evicted
(Day 35)Evicted
(Day 35)Pradeep Evicted
(Day 28)Evicted
(Day 28)Abhinay Evicted
(Day 21)Evicted
(Day 21)Dhanalakshmi Evicted
(Day 14)Evicted
(Day 14)Archana Nominated Evicted
(Day 7)Archana Evicted
(Day 7)Notes Notes Against
Public
VoteArchana Dhanalakshmi Against
Public
VoteMahath vijay Ramya shivin kathiravan Re-entered None Re-entered Walked None Walked None Evicted Archana Dhanalakshmi Kathiravab shivin Ramya Vijay Mahath