The fifth season of the Kannada-language version of Indian reality television series Bigg Boss premiered on 15 October 2017. Sudeep reprised his role as the host of the show.[2] The finale of the season took place 28 January 2018, and rapper Chandan Shetty was declared the winner of the show and was awarded the prize money of ₹50 lakh. Sales representative Diwaker was voted the runner-up
Housemates
Chandan Shetty - Rapper
Divakar - Sales representative
Karthik Jayaram - Television and film actor
Niveditha Gowda - Student
Shruti Prakash - Singer and television actress
Sameer Acharya - Priest
Anupama Gowda - Television actress
Riaz Basha - Radio jockey
Krishi Thapanda - Model and actress
Jaya Sreenivasan - Numerologist
Jagannath Chandrashekhar - Television actor
Ashitha Chandrappa - Television actress
Sihi Kahi Chandru - Actor and television presenter
Tejaswi Prakash - Film and television actress
Dayal Padmanabhan - Film director, producer and actor
Megha - Student
Suma Rajkumar - Homemaker and ventriloquist
Wild-card entries
Vaishnavi Chandran Menon - Film actress
Lasya Nagaraj - Actress
Samyuktha Hegde - Actress