Hanumantha Lamani

Hanumantha is from Haveri district, north Karnataka. He belongs to Lambani community.^[4] He did his schooling at Hukkerimath High School, Haveri and completed his graduation at Gudleppa Hallikeri College, Haveri.^[1]

Hanumantha is not a trained singer but took part in the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Kannada Season 15, a musical reality show, and finished as runner up. Later in 2024, he also took part in Dance Karnataka Dance Family War Season 2, hosted by Anushree.^[5]

On 26 January 2025, he won the Bigg Boss Kannada Season 11 trophy and a cash prize of Rs.5,000,000. He became the first contestant to enter as a wild card and win the trophy in the 11-year history of the Kannada reality show.^[6] He entered the Bigg Boss house on Day 21 and soon became a fan favourite.^[7] He received 52,389,318 votes from the viewers of the show and defeated Trivikram, who got over 20,000,000 votes.^[8]