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. 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.