The sixth season of the Kannada-language version of Indian reality television series Bigg Boss premiered on 21 October 2018 at 6 p.m. Sudeep was the host of the show. The auditions for commoners was launched through the Voot platform in July 2018. This was the first season in Bigg Boss Kannada to feature a transgender contestant. The show was telecasted every day on Colors Super and Colors Kannada HD channels at 8 p.m. IST. Nagendra bhat was the writer for this season.
Housemates
Along with the usual celebrity contestants, the housemates of this season includes contestants selected the an online audition process. The total of eighteen housemates includes nine celebrities and nine commoners. (The following list of contestants is according to the contestants entering the house.) On Day 54 two more Housemates entered as wild card entries bringing the total number of Housemates to twenty.
Shashi Kumar - Agriculturist, part-time actor (civilian)
Naveen Sajju - Singer, music director
Kavitha Gowda - Actress
Andrew Jaypaul - Junior artist (civilian)
Rapid Rashmi - Radio personality and actress
Dhanraj CM - Voice Over Artist (civilian)
MJ Rakesh - Radio personality
Akshatha Pandavapura - Stage actress (civilian)
Muruli - TV presenter
Jeevitha - Actress
Megha Shree - Model (civilian)
Jayashree Raj - Actress
Naina Puttaswamy - Actress
Sonu Patil - Junior artist (civilian)
Anand Malgatti - Bus conductor (civilian)
AV Ravi - Actor, bodybuilder
Adam Pasha - Drag queen (civilian)
Sneha Acharya - Actress, dancer, presenter
Reema Dias - IT professional (civilian)
Rakshitha Rai - Sportswoman, presenter