Bigg Boss Kannada season 2

Bigg Boss Kannada 2 (BBK2) is the second season of the Kannada reality television series Bigg Boss Kannada. Asianet Suvarna channel acquired the broadcast rights from Endemol India. The show premiered on 29 June 2014 with Sudeep as the host.

Housemates

Aadhi

Aadhi Lokesh, son of late Mysore Lokesh, is famous for his villain roles in Kannada film industry. hahaha

Akul

Akul Balaji is a leading host of Kannada reality shows, Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star (2014) being the most recent.

Anita Bhat

Anita Bhat is a glamorous actress cast in movies Psycho (2008), Sugreeva, Nage Bomb and Dirty Picture: Silk Sakkath Hot.

Anupama

Anupama Bhat anchored Kitchen Taare on (Udaya TV) and was a contestant on Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star.

Deepika

Deepika Kamaiah is a new actress who has had a couple of roles in Kannada movies. She has also acted in Tamil and Hindi movies.

Harshika

Harshika Poonacha is a Kannada actress notable for roles in movies Thamassu, Jackie and Mangana Kaili Maanikya.

Laya Kokila

Laya Kokila, elder brother of Sadhu Kokila, was cast in the movies Devarane (2013) and Rangappa Hogbitna.

Mayur

Mayur Patel is an actor since 2003. Some of his movies are Mani (2003), Gunna (2005), Udees (2005), Muniya (2009), Hunja (2010) and Slum (2013).

Neethu

Neethu Shetty is an actress from Mangalore who gained fame from hit movies like Jokefalls, Gaalipata and Manasaare.

Rohith

Rohith Patel is a RJ of FM show No tension on BIG FM 92.7.

Santhosh

Santhosh is a Software engineer turned actor played lead role many a Sandalwood movies

Shakeela

Shakeela is a soft porn actress. She is also seen in comic roles in several South Indian films.

Srujan

Srujan Lokesh, son of late Lokesh and Girija Lokesh, is an actor and a popular host of TV programs Maja With Sruja (Suvarna TV) and Chota Champion (Zee Kannada).

Swetha

Swetha Changappa hosted TV shows Yaariguntu Yaarigilla and Kuniyonu Baara on Zee Kannada. She has acted in ETV Kannada's serials Arundhati and Sukanya.

Daily Summary

J U N E	29	Premier	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 June 28th.
	30	Day 1	Nominations	Day 1 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 2	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 3
	3	Day 4	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 5	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 6	Eviction	Anita was evicted from the house after facing the public vote. Special Rights: Anita choose Rohith to wash all utensils in the house.
	6	Day 7	Guests on stage	Crazy Star Ravichandran was invited as a guest on Sunday. Evicted housemate Anita was interviewed.

Voting History

	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
Captain's Nomination
Vote to:	Evict
Aadhi	Shakeela
Akul	Anita
Anupama	Rohith
Deepika	Anita
Harshika	Shakeela
Laya	Shakeela
Mayur	Anita
Neethu	Rohith
Rohith	Santhosh
Santhosh	Aadhi
Shakeela	Mayur
Srujan	Shakeela	House Captain
Swetha	Anita
Anita	Santhosh	Evicted (Day 6)
Notes	1
Nominated	Shakeela Anita Santhosh Rohith
Evicted	Anita

Notes

• ^Note 1 : Housemates were asked to pair and participate in the nomination process.

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 crore to Rs 2.5 crore. Sources estimate that the production cost of the show is about Rs 16 crore to Rs 17 crore across the 100 episodes, with the total cost pegged at around Rs 30 crore to Rs 35 crore.

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.

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

External links

• Bigg Boss Kannada-Season #2 at IMDb
• Bigg Boss Kannada at IMDb
• Twitter #BBK2
• Bigg Boss Kannada 2 Official Promo