Bigg Boss Kannada season 2

The second season of the Kannada-language version of Indian reality television series Bigg Boss was telecast on Asianet Suvarna and produced by Endemol India. The show premiered on 29 June 2014 with Sudeep as the host.

Bigg Boss Kannada
Season 2
Season 2 eye logo
Presented by	Sudeep
No. of days	98
No. of housemates	15
Winner	Akul Balaji
Runner-up	Srujan Lokesh
Release
Original network	Asianet Suvarna
Original release	29 June (2014-06-29) – 5 October 2014 (2014-10-05)
Season chronology

Among four finalists Akul Balaji emerged as the title winner with maximum votes and performance in house followed by Srujan Lokesh as runner-up, Deepika Kamaiah and Shwetha Chengappa as third and fourth respectively

Housemates status

Sr	Housemate	Day entered	Day exited	Status
1	Akul	Day 1	Day 99	Winner
2	Srujan	Day 1	Day 99	1st runner-up
3	Deepika	Day 1	Day 99	2nd runner-up
4	Swetha	Day 1	Day 99	3rd runner-up
5	Anupama	Day 1	Day 91	Evicted
6	Guruprasad	Day 47	Day 84	Evicted
7	Neethu	Day 1	Day 77	Evicted
8	Santhosh	Day 1	Day 70	Evicted
9	Rohith	Day 1	Day 70	Evicted
10	Aadhi	Day 1	Day 63	Evicted
11	Harshika	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
		Day 35	Day 49	Evicted
12	Mayur	Day 1	Day 42	Evicted
13	Laya	Day 1	Day 28	Evicted
14	Shakila	Day 1	Day 21	Evicted
15	Anita	Day 1	Day 7	Evicted

Housemates

Original entrants

1. Adi Lokesh, son of late Mysore Lokesh, is known for his villain roles in Kannada film industry.
2. Akul Balaji is a host of Kannada reality shows, Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star (2014) being the most recent. Akul Balaji currently the winner of Bigg Boss Kannada Season 2.
3. Anita Bhat Prabhakar Mandya
4. Anupama Bhat anchored morning show and Kitchen Taare on (Udaya TV) and was a contestant in Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star.
5. Deepika Kamaiah is a Kannada actress notable for a leading role in the 2012 movie Chingari along with Darshan Thoogudeep.
6. Harshika Poonacha is a Kannada actress notable for roles in movies Thamassu, Jackie and Mangana Kaili Maanikya.
7. Laya Kokila, elder brother of Sadhu Kokila, is cast as a comedian in the movies Devarane (2013) and Rangappa Hogbitna.
8. Mayur Patel is an actor since 2000. Some of his movies are Mani (2003), Gunna (2005), Udees (2005), Muniya (2009), Hunja (2010) and Slum (2013).
9. Neethu Shetty is an actress from Mangalore who appeared in movies like Jokefalls, Gaalipata and Manasaare.
10. Rohith Patel is a RJ of FM show No tension on BIG FM 92.7.
11. Santhosh Aryan is an actor who had played a lead role in movies like Nooru Janumaku (2010), Abhiram (2010) and Ishta (2014).actor
12. Shakeela is a film actress and glamour model. She is also seen in comic roles in several South Indian films.
13. Srujan Lokesh, son of late Lokesh and Girija Lokesh, is an actor and a popular host of TV programs Maja With Sruja (Suvarna TV), Chota Champion (Zee Kannada), "Maja Talkies" (Colors Kannada) and currently "Comedy Talkies" (Colors Kannada)
14. Swetha Changappa is a Kannada telesoap actress who became a household name by her role of Kadambari in Kannada soap Kadambari.She also hosted TV shows Yaariguntu Yaarigilla and Kuniyonu Baara on Zee Kannada. She also acted in ETV Kannada's serials Arundhati and Sukanya.

Wild card entries

Guruprasad

Guruprasad is a director of hit movies Mata, Eddelu Manjunatha 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 Bullet Prakash. He is a famous comedian in Kannada industry. He had acted with many legend actors like Ravichandran, Sudeep, Sadhu Kokila etc.

Episodes

The episodes were broadcast by Asianet Suvarna channel at a time slot of 8 to 9 pm daily.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Event	Nominations	Weekly Task		House Captaincy	1-Day Task	Eviction Kicchina Kathe Kicchana Jothe	Guests / Post Eviction Sakkath Sunday with Sudeep

Daily summary

J U N E	29	Day 1	Launch	Fourteen contestants entered the Bigg Boss house located in Lonavala. Birthday celebrations were held on stage for contestant Srujan Lokesh who turned 34 on 28 June.
	30	Day 2	Nominations	Day 2 nomination starts off with a twist. Housemates are asked to pair (own choice) and wear a handcuff thereby breaking one large group into a bit of two which narrowed the decision making. Shakeela (4 votes), Anita (4 votes), Santhosh (2 votes) and Rohith (2 votes) were nominated.
J U L Y	1	Day 3	Task 1 Tulabhara Seva Points [2200 / 2800]	Duration: 24 hours Description: Task 1 was to balance a large scale with two housemates on one side and objects on the other side. Rules: Housemates could use objects like suitcases filled with clothing and/or iron weights (50 kg) which were provided. The housemates would lose 200 points each time if any of the scale side touches the ground. One housemate would lose his/her suitcase, if the sides touch the ground every 5th time.
	2	Day 4
	3	Day 5	House Captain Srujan	Shakeela (special rights) suggested two names for captaincy: Surjan and Harkshika. Voting Results: Srujan (11 votes) and Harshika (3 votes)
	4	Day 6	Day Task 1 Naane Best	All housemates had to talk about their lifetime achievements and designate a number [1-14] to indicate their superiority. 1 Shakeela 2 Laya 3 Akul 4 Harshika 5 Neethu 6 Swetha 7 Anupama 8 Deepika 9 Mayur 10 Rohith 11 Anita 12 Santhosh 13 Aadhi 14 Srujan Punishment : Srujan was caged for 4 hours as he had violated the house/captain rules.
	5	Day 7	Eviction	Anita was evicted from the house after facing public vote. Special Rights: Anita choose Rohith to wash all utensils in the house, which was effective for 3 days.
	6	Day 8	Guests on stage	Crazy Star Ravichandran was invited as a guest on Sunday. Evicted housemate Anita was interviewed.
	7	Day 9	Nominations	Harshika (captain's nomination), Rohith (7 votes) and Akul (5 votes) were nominated.
	8	Day 10	Task 2 Sampathige Saval Points [1200/1400]	Division: Housemates were divided in two teams adrustavantaru and nathadrustaru, each led by a captain. Adrustavantaru had the luxury to stay in-house and enjoy special meals send by Bigg Boss. They were relieved from household duties, but had to retain their position to win the task. Nathadrustaru had to stay outside the house, cook an ordinary meal, wear poor clothes and engage in all household activities. Their task was to attain the position of Adrustavantaru by replacing badges/keys. Gameplay: Three wooden stands with keys were placed at different locations in the house. Team nathadrustaru had to tactically replace two of the three keys with badges (or vice versa), whereas team adrustavantaru had to prevent it. Bigg Boss would announce the end game and the housemates who were on the side of adrustavantaru were declared as the winner. Coordinator: Srujan Team Captain Teammates Result Akul Swetha, Laya, Shakeela, Rohith, Anupama Lost Aadhi Deepika, Santhosh, Harshika, Neethu, Mayur Won Punishment : After the weekly task completion, Bigg Boss ordered Santhosh to be quiet for the next 19 hours as a punishment for extensive use of English language. He could communicate non-verbally and Deepkia would translate it.
	9	Day 11
	10	Day 12	House Captain Aadhi	Three housemates volunteered for house captaincy. Voting Results: Aadhi (10 votes), Deepika (2 votes) and Mayur (1 votes)
	11	Day 13	Day Task 2 Laya Pranaya Prasanga	The task was to readying the housemate Laya to go on a dinner date. This involved complete body makeover, outfit selection, behavior and dating/dinner tips. Laya choose Deepika for the date.
	12	Day 14	Eviction	Harshika was evicted from the house after facing public vote. Special Rights: Harshika choose Shakeela to be deprived from voting rights during the next nomination process.
	13	Day 15	Guests on stage	Singer Vijay Prakash and villain Ravi Shankar were invited as guests on Sunday. Evicted housemate Harshika was interviewed.

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
House Captain		Srujan	Aadhi	Akul	Deepika	Rohith	Santhosh	Swetha	Neethu	Guruprasad	Akul	Swetha	Srujan
Captain's Nominations		Harshika	Rohith	Santhosh	Anupama		Rohith	Guruprasad		Rohith Deepika	Guruprasad (safe)	Guruprasad Deepika	Akul Deepika
Vote to:	Evict			Save	Evict					Not Win	Evict
Akul	Anita	Rohith Mayur	Laya Mayur	House Captain	Srujan Rohith	Mayur Swetha	Harshika Aadhi	Rohith Aadhi	No Nominations	Anupama Rohith	House Captain	Srujan Deepika	Deepika Swetha	Winner (Day 99)
Srujan	Shakeela	House Captain	Santhosh Shakeela	Laya Swetha	Santhosh Neethu	Mayur Anupama	Deepika Harshika	Guruprasad Santhosh	No Nominations	Santhosh Neethu	Deepika Neethu	Guruprasad Akul	House Captain	1st runner-up (Day 99)
Deepika	Anita	Mayur Anupama	Laya Anupama	Neethu Santhosh	House Captain	Swetha Anupama	Anupama Swetha	Aadhi Srujan	No Nominations	Rohith Srujan	Swetha Srujan	Guruprasad Srujan	Swetha Akul	2nd runner-up (Day 99)
Swetha	Anita	Rohith Neethu	Deepika Neethu	Anupama Srujan	Aadhi Neethu	Mayur Anupama	Harshika Neethu	House Captain	No Nominations	Santhosh Neethu	Deepika Neethu	House Captain	Akul Deepika	3rd runner-up (Day 99)
Anupama	Rohith	Neethu Deepika	Neethu Deepika	Swetha Srujan	Neethu Aadhi	Mayur Swetha	Harshika Neethu	Guruprasad Santhosh	No Nominations	Santhosh Akul	Deepika Neethu	Guruprasad Deepika	Deepika Akul	Evicted (Day 91)
Guruprasad	Not In House				Exempt	Mayur Swetha	Neethu Aadhi	Not eligible	No Nominations	House Captain	Neethu Deepika	Deepika Srujan	Evicted (Day 84)
Neethu	Rohith	Anupama Rohith	Laya Santhosh	Deepika Aadhi	Swetha Srujan	Secret Room	Guruprasad Anupama	Guruprasad Akul	House Captain	Santhosh Anupama	Srujan Swetha	Evicted (Day 77)
Rohith	Santhosh	Swetha Akul	Laya Neethu	Mayur Anupama	Aadhi Akul	House Captain	Akul Deepika	Santhosh Guruprasad	No Nominations	Akul Deepika	Evicted (Day 70)
Santhosh	Aadhi	Rohith Laya	Neethu Shakeela	Rohith Deepika	Srujan Aadhi	Mayur Srujan	House Captain	Aadhi Neethu	No Nominations	Anupama Rohith	Evicted (Day 70)
Aadhi	Shakeela	Akul Santhosh	House Captain	Swetha Anupama	Swetha Santhosh	Swetha Anupama	Akul Deepika	Guruprasad Santhosh	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 63)
Harshika	Shakeela	Akul Rohith	Evicted (Day 14)			Exempt	Swetha Deepika	Evicted (Day 49)
Mayur	Anita	Santhosh Akul	Neethu Laya	Aadhi Laya	Swetha Santhosh	Swetha Anupama	Evicted (Day 42)
Laya	Shakeela	Akul Rohith	Shakeela Santhosh	Srujan Deepika	Evicted (Day 28)
Shakila	Mayur	Rohith Laya	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 21)
Anita	Santhosh	Evicted (Day 7)
Notes	1		2	3	4, 5	6,7		8,9	10	11, 12	12	12,13	12,14
Against Public Votes	Shakila Anita Santhosh Rohith	Harshika Rohith Akul Shakeela	Rohith Neethu Laya Shakeela Santhosh	Aadhi Laya Mayur Neethu Rohith	Anupama Swetha Neethu Santhosh Aadhi Srujan	Anupama Swetha Mayur	Rohith Harshika Neethu Deepika	Guruprasad Santhosh	Aadhi Akul Anupama Deepika Guruprasad Rohith Santhosh Srujan Swetha	Anupama Santhosh Rohith	Anupama Srujan Swetha Neethu Deepika	Anupama Deepika Srujan Guruprasad	Anupama Akul Deepika Swetha	Akul Deepika Srujan Swetha
Re-entered	None					Harshika	None
Secret Room	none					Neethu	None
Evicted	Anita	Harshika	Shakila	Laya	No Eviction	Mayur	Harshika	No Eviction	Aadhi	Rohith	Neethu	Guruprasad	Anupama	Swetha	Deepika
										Santhosh				Srujan	Akul

Notes

• ^Note 1 : Housemates were asked to pair and participate in the nomination process.
• ^Note 2 : Harshika (Special rights) chose Shakeela to be deprived from voting rights.
• ^Note 3 : Akul (House captain) chose Santhosh to be safe from eviction.
• ^Note 4 : Guruprasad entered the house after the weeks' nomination process.
• ^Note 5 : Neethu moved to secret room instead of being evicted.
• ^Note 6 : Harshika (Special rights) chose Srujan, Anupama, Swetha and Mayur to face nomination (others were safe).
• ^Note 7 : House captain Rohith's nomination was counted as 2 votes.
• ^Note 8 : No elimination week.
• ^Note 9 : Shweta (House captain) chose Guruprasad to be deprived from voting rights.
• ^Note 10 : All housemates except the captain were nominated for eviction by Bigg Boss.
• ^Note 11 : Housemates were asked to take two names who does not deserve to win the Bigg Boss title.
• ^Note 12 : Twist - Anupama, Santhosh and Rohith were directly nominated for the remaining weeks and were not eligible for captainship.
• ^Note 13 : Twist - Housemates' family members were asked to nominate.
• ^Note 14 : 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 Sudeep 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 OLX.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 digital marketing, website, social media and online-voting was handled by Fuego Systems

Promotion: Promos, ads, and special programs on Suvarna TV's sister channels Suvarna Plus and Suvarna News were aired to promote the show.

References

• "Bigg Boss Season 2 Kannada Generated Organic Fan Following". 31 October 2014.