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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.
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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.
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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 (50kg) 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.
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Day 4
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Day 8
Guests on stage
Crazy Star Ravichandran was invited as a guest on Sunday. Evicted housemate Anita was interviewed.
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Day 9
Nominations
Harshika (captain's nomination), Rohith (7 votes) and Akul (5 votes) were nominated.
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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.
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Day 11
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Day 12
House Captain Aadhi
Three housemates volunteered for house captaincy. Voting Results: Aadhi (10 votes), Deepika (2 votes) and Mayur (1 votes)
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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.
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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.
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Day 15
Guests on stage
Singer Vijay Prakash and villain Ravi Shankar were invited as guests on Sunday. Evicted housemate Harshika was interviewed.
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.[10]
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
↑ "Endemol India". Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
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