Bigg Boss Kannada 3 (BBK3), (Kannada: ಬಿಗ್ ಬಾಸ್ ಕನ್ನಡ - ೩) is the third season of the Kannada reality television series Bigg Boss Kannada. The show premiered on October 25, 2015 and the finale was aired on January 31 2016 on Colors Kannada. Sudeep, the host of previous seasons remains as the host. He has signed a INR 18 crore deal with the channel Colors Kannada to host the next five seasons. Among 5 finalists Shruthi emerged as the title winner with maximum votes and performance in house followed by Chandan Kumar as runner-up, Master Anand, Rahman Haseeb and Pooja Gandhi as third, fourth and fifth respectively
The Bigg Boss house located in Lonavala is believed to be omitted for this season, replacing it with the venue to be built in Innovative Film City at Bidadi, Bengaluru. Gurudas Shenoy and Subramania.M were the reality episode directors. Chinmay Subraya Bhat was the reality writer of this season.
Bhavana Belegere is a TV host and the daughter of journalist Ravi Belagere. She is married to actor Srinagar Kitty.
Model and actor Chandan Kumar appeared in the television serials Lakshmi Baaramma and Radha Kalyana. He has also acted in films like Parinaya, Katte, Eradondla Mooru and recently in Luv U Alia.
Huccha Venkat is an actor, director and producer. He was the first contestant to be ejected out of the house in the history of Bigg Boss Kannada for assaulting a housemate.
Jayashree Ramaiah is a model and dancer by profession.
Kruthika is a Kannada film and serial artist. She made her debut on silver screen with the Kannada film ‘Patre Loves Padma’ which was a box-office failure, in spite of having hit songs because of its bad plot and acting. She came into prominence with the lead role in daily soap opera ‘Radha Kalyana’ which aired on Zee Kannada.