Bigg Boss
Season 3
Season 3 eye logo
Presented byNagarjuna
(Week 1–5, 7–15)
Ramya Krishnan
(Week 6)
No. of days105
No. of housemates17
WinnerRahul Sipligunj
Runner-upSreemukhi
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes106
Release
Original networkStar Maa
Original release21 July (2019-07-21) –
3 November 2019 (2019-11-03)
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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.

Housemates status

Sr Housemate Day entered Day exited Result
1 Rahul Day 1 Day 105 Winner
2 Sreemukhi Day 1 Day 105 1st runner-up
3 Baba Bhaskar Day 1 Day 105 2nd runner-up
4 Varun Day 1 Day 105 3rd runner-up
5 Ali Reza Day 1 Day 49 Evicted
Day 68 Day 105 4th runner-up
6 Shiva 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 reddy 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

Wild Card entrants

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.
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