The fourth season of the Kannada-language version of Indian reality television series Bigg Boss premiered on 9 October 2016 on Colors Kannada at 6pm. Sudeep remained as the host as he hosted previous seasons. Among the five finalists, Pratham emerged as the winner with the highest number of public votes, followed by Kirik Keerthi as runner-up, and Rekha, Malavika Avinash and Mohan Shankar as third, fourth and fifth respectively.Nagendra bhat was the writer for this season.