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Bigg Boss Telugu 3: Most entertaining and controversial contestants of the season

Last updated on - Oct 29, 2019, 14:04 IST
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Bigg Boss Telugu 3: Most entertaining and controversial contestants of the season

Bigg Boss Telugu season 3 is inching towards the finale after entertaining the viewers for over 100 days. With just a few days to go, here’s a look at the most entertaining and controversial contestants of the season.

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Baba Bhaskar

He is unarguably one of the most entertaining contestants this season. He earned a huge following with his sheer wit, comic timing and easy-going nature. He, along with evicted contestant Jaffar, initially entertained the viewers with their conversations. Baba was later criticized by host Nagarjuna for not opening up much and not being serious about nominations or performance in other tasks. Nagarjuna even called him ‘Baba Masker’. However, he shined in the ticket to finale tasks and emerged as one of the finalists of the season.

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Rahul Sipligunj

He is one of the most chilled out and laid back contestants of the season, who used to easily give up in tasks and cook up excuses for it. However, his close proximity with Punarnavi and major fights with Sreemukhi and besties Varun, Vithika made him extremely popular. His fake elimination and subsequent re-entry created quite a stir in the house. Rahul often entertained with his impromptu songs on his co-contestants and BB journey.

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Sreemukhi

The ace TV host is a livewire in real life and is popularly called ‘the loudspeaker of the house’. Known for her wit and shrewd strategies, Sreemukhi wooed her fans with her performances in various tasks. Her animosity with Rahul Sipligunj in the show, fights with Siva Jyothi and other contestants made her one of the most controversial contestants too.

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Punarnavi Bhupalam

The Psychology graduate is known for her devil-may-care attitude. Her close proximity with Rahul Sipligunj was often the most talked about on social media. She is the only contestant to always address host Nagarjuna as ‘Nagarjuna garu’ and the way she abused Rahul and Ravikrishna was criticized by the host and fans alike.

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Vithika Sheru

Vithika, the doting wife of Varun Sandesh was often dubbed as the most manipulative contestant in the house. Her PDA and catfights with hubby Varun Sandesh in the house were one of the most entertaining elements of the show. The way she won the battle of medallion, outwitting Baba, was one of her most controversial moments in the show.

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Tamanna Simhadri

The first transgender contestant of Bigg Boss Telugu TV series, Tamanna Simhadri was one of the most hot-headed and controversial contestants of all time. Her personal attack on Ravikrishna and fights with Ali Reza kept the viewers glued to the show. She stated on the show that she wishes to be a role model for transgender community with her BB stint. However, rumour mill has it that her community was disappointed with her behaviour in the house and wanted her to be eliminated.

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Ali Reza

He is popular as one of the most aggressive and strongest contestants on the show. Ali was the winner in most of the tasks this season. On the other hand, he was considered to be ‘loud’ and ‘aggressive’ especially during the tasks and he was voted out of the show in the 50th episode. It was one of the most unexpected evictions and most emotional episode of this season. Notably, the hashtag #BringBackAliReza went viral on social media and he eventually made a re-entry into the show.

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Himaja

The actress was considered to be a loner in the house. She triggered the first fight of the season which eventually led to the eviction of Hema, a senior actress. She grabbed attention with her fights with Ali Reza, Ashu Reddy and Punarnavi and earned the tag of being ‘The Dare and Dashing girl’ out of the rest of the housemates. She didn’t hesitate to speak her mind about nominations, the show and her co-contestants like Sreemukhi even after her elimination.

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Hema

Expectations were sky high over this controversial actress-politician. She picked a fight with co-contestants Rahul and Ali for her alleged dominance in the kitchen. She was massively trolled on social media for this issue. Hema recently made controversial comments on finalist Sreemukhi accusing her of plotting her eviction.

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Mahesh Vitta

Mahesh earned the tag of a ‘controversial contestant’ with his share of major fights in the house with Varun Sandesh, Ali Reza and differences with Baba Bhaskar as well. The popular comedian was expected to entertain with his comic timing and gags. But, he turned out to be a shrewd player who stole attention with his aggression.

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