Bigg Boss Kannada season 12

Indian TV show season

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Bigg Boss Kannada 12 is a reality show and the twelfth season of the Indian Kannada-language reality television series Bigg Boss produced by Banijay. The show began on 28 September 2025, on Colors Kannada and JioHotstar, with Kichcha Sudeep as a host for the twelfth time in a row. The premiere episode started with a real-time viewers' voting of deciding the entrance of housemates either as solo ("onti") or as duo ("janti") contestants pitted against each other.

The show was suspended on 8 October 2025, due to environmental issues, and the contestants were sent outside the house for a few hours. On 9 October, the show resumed and the contestants were sent back inside the Bigg Boss house.

This season was won by Gilli Nata (Nataraj) who has received the honourable BBK 12 trophy. Rakshitha Shetty was the runner up and Ashwini Gowda won the 3rd prize.

Closure notice by Pollution Board

On 7 October 2025, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board ordered for an immediate closure of the studio until further notice, citing violations of environmental regulations at the premises. The board issued a notice to Vels Studios and Entertainment Private Limited directing that all activities at the site be stopped with immediate effect.

Telecast

The Bigg Boss season 12 is telecasted on Colors Kannada TV nightly and live on JioHotstar OTT platform including previously broadcast episodes.

Housemates status

Contestants listed in alphabetical order of their names.

Secret Room status

Housemates

With the new concept of "Onti" (solo) and "Janti" (duo), this season has featured 19 contestants, originally entering the house on the grand opening day on 29 September 2025.

Original entrants

Sudhir Balraj: Actor, best known as Cockroach Sudhir in Tagaru.
Kavya Shaiva: Actress mainly works in kannada television and cinema, best known for Kenda Sampige and Kothalavadi.
Satish Cadaboms: Businessman, celebrity dog breeder.
Gilli Nata: Television and film actor, comedian best known for Comedy KhiladigaLu Season 4,and Bharjari Bachelors.
Jahnvi: Actress, television personality and anchor, best known for Adhipatra.
Dhanush Gowda: Television actor, best known for Geetha and Nooru Janmaku.
Chandra Prabha: Television personality and comedian.
Manju Bhashini: Television actress, best known for Silli Lalli, Puttakkana Makkalu.
Rashika Shetty: Model and actress, best known for Manada Kadalu.
Abhishek Shrikanth: Television actor, best known for Lakshana and Vadhu.
Mallamma: Social media personality popularly called as "Maathina Malli".
Ashvini S: Television actress, best known for Muddulakshmi.
Dhruvanth Talwar: Television actor, best known for Muddulakshmi.
Rakshita Shetty: Social media influencer and vlogger.
Karibasappa: Fitness enthusiast and body builder, winner of Mr. India and International Body Building Gold awards.
Malu Nipanal: Folk and playback singer, best known for "Hitalaka Karibyada Mava" from Karataka Damanaka.
Spandana Somanna: Model and television actress, best known for Karimani.
Ashwini Gowda: Actress and Pro-Kannada activist.
RJ Amit Pawar: Radio jockey and content creator.

Wildcard entrants

Raghavendra Hondadakeri(Raghu): A international powerlifter, coach, entrepreneur and also an actor in kannada film industry. He is a Kreeda Ratna awardee, honored by the Government of Karnataka for representing India in various international Powerlifting and strongman competitions.
Risha Gowda: Model and actress who won Miss Mysore 2019 and Miss Karnataka 2020.
Suraj Singh: Engineer, model, chef and fitness enthusiast from Mysuru.

Guest entrants

Rajath: one of the contestant of Bigboss season 11, got the opportunity for the mid-season Wild Card entry.
Chaithra Kundapur: one of the contestant of Bigboss season 11, also got the midseason Wild Card entry.

Twists

Onti or Janti twist

Upon entrance of each housemate, the live audience voted for housemates to either enter as solo ("onti") or as duo ("janti"). A housemate should received 75% or above to enter as Solo housemate. On Day 15, the duo housemates twist was ended and all housemates were solo housemates.

Nomination table

indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction.

indicates that the Housemate was immune prior to nominations.

indicates the contestant has been evicted.

indicates the contestant walked out due to emergency.

indicates the contestant has been ejected.

indicates the house captain.

Nomination notes

^1 : During premiere, Malu, Rakshita & Spandana were left not selected by fellow housemates, and thus were nominated. Fellow housemates(only solo housemates) had to mutually decide to evict one nominated housemate. They chose Rakshita.
^2 : In this week's nominations, housemates had to nominate one solo housemate and one duo housemate.
^3 : On Day 5, finalist contenders - Chandra & Satish, Dhanush, Mallamma and Sudhir competed for Immunity. Sudhir won the Finalist task and secured his safety from that week’s eviction. He also had to name a replacement nominee, he chose to nominate Mallamma.
^4 : On Day 9, Finalist Sudhir had power to directly nominated one housemate. He chose Ashwini G. In Week 2, the nomination process, Finalist Sudhir had to nominate three solo housemates and three duo housemates. Only his nominees for final nominations for eviction.
^5 : On Day 10, the show was suspended due to violations of environmental regulations at the premises, and the housemates were temporarily evacuated. In the early hours of Day 11, they re-entered the house.
^6 : On Day 14, Host Sudeepa revealed that out of the nominated housemates, Malu & Spandana received the most votes and become Finalists.
^7 : In week 3 nominations, all non-finalist housemates were nominated as individual housemates.
^8 : On Day 18, Satish was evicted in a mid-week Eviction.
^9 : Voting lines were open for all housemates.
^10 : As part of the First Final, Sudhir was announced as the Winner, while Ashvini S and Manju were Rejected and evicted. The remaining housemates advanced to the next level of the season. Meanwhile, Raghu, Risha, and Suraj entered the house.
^11 : Only the three new housemates were eligible to compete as the first Captaincy contenders.
^12 : Only the Captain was eligible to nominate.
^13 : Housemates competed for safety. Abhishek, Jhanvi, Kavya, Malu, Raghu and Risha were saved.
^14 : Risha was directly nominated.
^15 : Ashwini G and Jhanvi were directly nominated.
^16 : At the end of nominations, Captain Raghu had the special power to directly nominate one housemate.
^17 : At the start of nominations, Captain Abhishek had the special power to directly nominate one housemate, which also made that housemate ineligible in the nomination process.
^18 : Malu was directly nominated.
^19 : As wild-cards, Chaitra and Rajat were exempt from this week's nominations.
^20 : Abhishek & Spandana became the first pair captain.
^20 : After Abhishek was evicted, Spandana became the solo Captain. Eventually, on Day 72, Spandana was replaced by Chaitra as Captain after Chaitra chose the Yellow Buzzer, which Bigg Boss introduced under the concept of “Villain.”
^21 : Captain Chaitra had the power to assign each housemate a number from 0 to 5. Housemates could nominate as many housemates as the number given to them by the Captain. Ashwini and Rakshitha received 0, meaning they did not have the power to nominate anyone.
^22 : Dhruvanth and Rakshita were fake evicted and moved to Secret Room.