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.

Akul

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

Anita

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 in 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

Laya Kokila, elder brother of Sadhu Kokila, is cast as a comedian 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). He is son of Actor/Director Madan Patel.

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 an actor who has had played lead role in movies like Nooru Janmaku (2010), Abhiram (2010) and Ishta (2011).

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 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.

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	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 28.
	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 public vote. Special Rights: Anita choose Rohith to wash all utensils in the house, which was effective for 3 days.
	6	Day 7	Guests on stage	Crazy Star Ravichandran was invited as a guest on Sunday. Evicted housemate Anita was interviewed.
	7	Day 8	Nominations	Harshika (captain's nomination), Rohith (7 votes) and Akul (5 votes) were nominated.
	8	Day 9	Task 2 Sampathige Saval Points [1200/1400]	Division: Housemates were divided in two teams adrustavantaru and nathadrustaru, each lead 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 10
	10	Day 11	House Captain Aadhi	Three housemates volunteered for house captaincy. Voting Results: Aadhi (10 votes), Deepika (2 votes) and Mayur (1 votes)
	11	Day 12	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 13	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 14	Guests on stage	Singer Vijay Prakash and villain Ravi Shankar were invited as guests on Sunday. Evicted housemate Harshika 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	Aadhi	Akul
Captain's Nomination		Harshika	Rohith	Santhosh
Vote to:	Evict			Save
Aadhi	Shakeela	Akul Santhosh	House Captain	Swetha Anupama
Akul	Anita	Rohith Mayur	Laya Mayur	House Captain
Anupama	Rohith	Neethu Deepika	Neethu Deepika	Swetha Srujan
Deepika	Anita	Mayur Anupama	Laya Anupama	Neethu Santhosh
Laya	Shakeela	Akul Rohith	Shakeela Santhosh	Srujan Deepika
Mayur	Anita	Santhosh Akul	Neethu Laya	Aadhi Laya
Neethu	Rohith	Anupama Rohith	Laya Santhosh	Deepika Aadhi
Rohith	Santhosh	Swetha Akul	Laya Neethu	Mayur Anupama
Santhosh	Aadhi	Rohith Laya	Neethu Shakeela	Rohith Deepika
Srujan	Shakeela	House Captain	Santhosh Shakeela	Laya Swetha
Swetha	Anita	Rohith Neethu	Deepika Neethu	Anupama Srujan
Shakeela	Mayur	Rohith Laya	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 20)
Harshika	Shakeela	Akul Rohith	Evicted (Day 13)
Anita	Santhosh	Evicted (Day 6)
Notes	1		2	3
Nominated	Shakeela Anita Santhosh Rohith	Harshika Rohith Akul	Rohith Neethu Laya Shakeela Santhosh	Aadhi Laya Mayur Neethu Rohith
Evicted	Anita	Harshika	Shakeela

Notes

• ^Note 1 : Housemates were asked to pair and participate in the nomination process.
• ^Note 2 : Harshika (Special rights) choose Shakeela to be deprived from voting rights.
• ^Note 3 : Akul (House captain) choose Santhosh to be safe from eviction.

Nomination count

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Nominations received	Evictions faced
Aadhi	10	0	0												1	0
Akul	0	5	0												5	1
Anupama	0	2	1												3	0
Deepika	0	1	2												3	0
Laya	0	2	5												7	1
Mayur	1	2	1												4	0
Neethu	0	2	5												7	1
Rohith	2	7	–												10	3
Santhosh	2	2	3												7	2
Srujan	0	0	0												0	0
Swetha	0	1	0												1	0
Shakeela	4	0	3	Evicted											7	2
Harshika	0	–	Evicted												1	1
Anita	4	Evicted													4	1

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