Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) season 3

Bigg Boss
Season 3
Season 3 eye logo
Presented by	Nagarjuna (Week 1–5, 7–15) Ramya Krishnan (Week 6)
No. of days	105
No. of housemates	17
Winner	Rahul Sipligunj
Runner-up	Sreemukhi
No. of episodes	106
Release
Original network	Star Maa
Original release	21 July (2019-07-21) – 3 November 2019 (2019-11-03)
Season chronology
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Bigg Boss 3 is the third season of the Telugu-language version of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss . It premiered on 21 July 2019 on Star Maa. Nagarjuna was the host of the season. ^[1] Ramya Krishnan was guest host for Week 6 instead of Nagarjuna who was then in Spain for celebrating his 60th birthday.

The season concluded on 3 November 2019 after 105 days with Rahul Sipligunj winning the title along with ₹5,000,000 prize money while Sreemukhi emerged as the first runner-up. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Production

Bigg Boss 3 Buzzz

Bigg Boss 3 Buzzz is an Indian Telugu-language Television talk show about the reality television series Bigg Boss Telugu . The host Tanish conducts the talk show with the evicted contestants of Bigg Boss 3 on every Monday, the show premiered on 22 July 2019 onwards on Star Maa Music. The unseen portions of episodes that were not aired on television are streamed on Disney+ Hotstar and aired on Star Maa Music as Bigg Boss 3 Buzzz . ^[5]

Reception

The launch of season 3 opened with 17.9 TVR, which is bigger than the previous seasons. ^[6] The grand finale of season 3 of duration four and half hours scored 18.29 TVR being the highest ever rating achieved by the Bigg Boss Indian franchise. The last hour of telecast, featuring Chiranjeevi as chief guest, alone garnered 22.4 TVR. ^[7]

Bigg Boss 3 Voting Process

As the Bigg Boss 3 Telugu vote online process has been started, viewers can vote for their favorite contestant through Disney+ Hotstar or by giving a missed call.^{[ citation needed ]}

Housemates status

Sr	Housemate	Day entered	Day exited	Status
1	Rahul	Day 1	Day 105	Winner
2	Sreemukhi	Day 1	Day 105	1st Runner-up
3	Baba	Day 1	Day 105	2nd Runner-up
4	Varun	Day 1	Day 105	3rd Runner-up
5	Ali	Day 1	Day 49	Evicted
		Day 68	Day 105	4th Runner-up
6	Jyothi	Day 1	Day 98	Evicted
7	Vithika	Day 1	Day 91	Evicted
8	Mahesh	Day 1	Day 84	Evicted
9	Punarnavi	Day 1	Day 77	Evicted
10	Ravi	Day 1	Day 70	Evicted
11	Himaja	Day 1	Day 63	Evicted
12	Shilpa	Day 43	Day 56	Evicted
13	Ashu	Day 1	Day 35	Evicted
14	Rohini	Day 1	Day 28	Evicted
15	Tamanna	Day 7	Day 21	Evicted
16	Jaffar	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
17	Hema	Day 1	Day 7	Evicted

Housemates

The participants in the order of appearance and entered in house are:

Original entrants

• Shiva Jyothi – Presenter.
• Ravi Krishna – Television actor.
• Ashu Reddy – Internet celebrity.
• Jaffar – Journalist.
• Himaja – Actress.
• Rahul Sipligunj – singer.
• Rohini Noni – Television Actress.
• Baba Bhaskar – Choreographer & Director.
• Punarnavi Bhupalam – Actress.
• Hema Vani – Actress.
• Ali Reza – Actor & model.
• Mahesh Vitta – Actor.
• Sreemukhi – Actress & Television presenter.
• Varun Sandesh – Film actor
• Vithika Sheru –Actress.

Wild Card entrants

• Tamanna Simhadri – Actress and activist ^[8]
• Shilpa Chakravarthy – Television presenter. ^[9]

References

1. "Bigg Boss Telugu 3: Nagarjuna Akkineni to host the show". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
2. "Bigg Boss Telugu 3 Grand Finale Highlights: Rahul Sipligunj wins the trophy : Nagarjuna signs off thanking guest Chiranjeevi, audiences and the contestants for the memorable journey". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
3. "Bigg Boss Telugu 3 Grand Finale Highlights: Rahul Sipligunj wins the trophy". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
4. "Bigg Boss Telugu 3's runner up Sreemukhi gets emotional as she receives grand welcome post grand finale; WATCH". PINKVILLA. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
5. "Bigg Boss 3 Buzz: యాంకర్‌గానూ తనీష్ అట్టర్ ఫ్లాప్.. డిస్ లైక్స్ మోత". Samayam Telugu (in Telugu). Retrieved 24 January 2021.
6. "Bigg Boss Telugu 3 launch ratings: Samantha Akkineni hails host Nagarjuna - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
7. "Finale of Bigg Boss 3 Telugu hits 18.29 TRP ratings, Chiranjeevi episode 22.4 ratings". www.tollywood.net. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
8. "Tamanna Simhadri, the first trans woman contestant of Bigg Boss Telugu". The Indian Express. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
9. "Bigg Boss Telugu 3: TV anchor Shilpa Chakravarthy to step into the show as a wild card entry". PINKVILLA. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2021.