Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series)

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Bigg Boss
Bigg Boss Tamil Poster.jpg
Show's eighth logo featuring host Vijay Sethupathi
Presented by Kamal Haasan (1-7) [1]
Vijay Sethupathi (8 - present)
Voices ofSasho Sathish Sarathy
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes734
Production
Production location Chennai
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time
  • 90 minutes (seasons 1,2; weekdays)
  • 120 minutes (seasons 1,2; weekends)
  • 60 minutes (season 3 to 8; weekdays)
  • 90 minutes (season 3 to 8; weekends)
Production company Endemol Shine India
Original release
Network Star Vijay
Release25 June 2017 (2017-06-25) 
present

Bigg Boss, also known as BB, is an Indian Tamil-language version of the reality television program of the same name. The program follows the Big Brother format developed by Endemol in the Netherlands. Over seven years, Bigg Boss has aired seasons with Kamal Haasan as host. [2] Since 2024, the show has been hosted by actor Vijay Sethupathi.

Contents

The first season and the launch of the franchise premiered on 25 June 2017. [3]

Overview

Bigg Boss Tamil is a reality show based on the original Dutch Big Brother format developed by John de Mol Jr. Unlike original Big Brother, Bigg Boss Tamil features celebrity and commoner contestants. The contestants (known as "housemates") live in a house that is isolated from the world. Following anonymous internal voting by the housemates and external voting by television audiences, one housemate is "evicted" (removed) from the house each week. During the final week, the final four or five housemates vote to determine the show's winner. The eponymous Bigg Boss character serves as an omnipresent authority figure and represents the show's producers. He often interacts with the housemates to assign challenges and ask questions.

Rules

Housemates are bound by various rules. For example, contestants must speak Tamil, may not tamper with objects in the house, may not leave the premises without permission, may not discuss the nomination process, may not sleep during the day, and may not commit violence against fellow housemates. Do not write in paper or written format. The complete rules are not revealed to the audience.

Airing

Daily episodes present the main events of the previous day while weekend episodes focus on discussion of the main problems of the week and interviews with evicted contestants. On the Sunday episode the host announces the evicted contestant.

Eviction

Contestants are nominated for eviction each week by their housemates. Viewers cast their votes in favour of the contestants they would like to save from eviction. Each viewer is entitled to cast one vote per day (used to be 50 votes for S1 -S4 ,10 votes for S5). The contestant with the fewest votes is out. Contestants who break the rules or who leave the house for medical reasons are evicted. During week 14 or 15 (before finale), Contestants get an option to be evicted from the game by their own decision by accepting the cash prize eviction and self evict themselves.

Broadcast

Bigg Boss Tamil is aired on Star Vijay and also available on Disney+ Hotstar. Everyday episodes contain the main happenings of the previous day. Every Sunday episode mainly focuses on an interview of an evicted contestant by the host. The unseen episode will be available as Bigg Boss Unseen on Vijay Music (sister channel to Star Vijay).

Series details

SeriesHostLocationHouse ThemeEpisodesOriginally airedHousematesDaysLaunch TRP RatingsFinale TRP RatingsPrize MoneyWinnerRunner up
First airedLast airedNetwork
1 Kamal Haasan Chennai Middle Class House9825 June 2017 (2017-06-25)30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) Star Vijay 19987.4 TVR14.25 TVR50 lakh (US$60,000) Arav Nafeez Snehan
2 Steampunk Gear10617 June 2018 (2018-06-17)30 September 2018 (2018-09-30)171059.7 TVR13.25 TVR50 lakh (US$60,000) Riythvika Aishwarya Dutta
3 Chettinad Museum10623 June 2019 (2019-06-23)6 October 2019 (2019-10-06)171057.8 TVR15.05 TVR50 lakh (US$60,000) Mugen Rao Sandy
4 Lavish & Vibrant Aesthetic 1064 October 2020 (2020-10-04)17 January 2021 (2021-01-17)1810511.61 TVR16.60 TVR50 lakh (US$60,000) Aari Arujunan Balaji Murugadoss
5 Nature & Five Elements of Earth1063 October 2021 (2021-10-03)16 January 2022 (2022-01-16)201058.60 TVR10.25 TVR50 lakh (US$60,000) Raju Jeyamohan Priyanka Deshpande
6 Luxury Mansion 1069 October 202222 January 2023211055.54 TVR7.47 TVR50 lakh (US$60,000) [lower-alpha 1] Mohammed Azeem Vikraman Radhakrishnan
7 Fairy tale World1061 October 202314 January 2024231059.90 TVR8.67 TVR50 lakh (US$60,000) [lower-alpha 2] Archana Ravichandran Manichandra
8 Vijay Sethupathi TBATBA6 October 2024 (2024-10-06)TBATBATBATBATBATBATBATBA

  Male Winners   Female Winners

Reception

Season 1

Bigg Boss Tamil programme is regarded as the most expensive Tamil television show. [5] It received an opening TRP of 7.4 TVR on the grand launch day and a 14.25 TVR on the grand finale day. [6]

Season 2

The launch of season 2 opened with 9.72 TVR. [7]

Season 3

The launch of season 3 opened with 7.8 TVR. [8] [9]

Season 4

The launch of season 4 opened with highest ever 11.61 TVR benefited from the impact of season 3 and lockdown, also broke the records for viewership for Bigg Boss Tamil on a grand opening day. [10]

Season 5

Season 5 received generally mixed response from audience for the way they conducted Ticket to Finale week without any proper tasks and it was one of the few seasons with a low viewership. [11] The TRP ratings for this season went down in the first three weeks. [12]

Season 6

The launch of season 6 received a TRP rating of 5.54 TVR which is considered below average for a season premiere. [13] Season 6 recorded the lowest viewership for a season finale in Bigg Boss Tamil franchise and the channel received a lot of mixed reaction for choosing the winner. [14]

Season 7

The launch of season 7 received a TRP rating of 9.9 TVR which was seen as a comeback for the franchise. [15] The season finale had a TRP rating of 8.67 TVR. In its season finale, it was reported that this had been the biggest season in the Bigg Boss Tamil franchise in terms of viewership and number of votes. [16]

Season 8

Coming Soon in October 2024

Bigg Boss Ultimate

The series is also set to roll out a digital version of the show called Bigg Boss Ultimate which is also going to be hosted by Kamal Haasan and broadcast by Disney+ Hotstar for 24×5 coverage. The series was eventually hosted by Silambarasan after Haasan had to opt out due to scheduling conflicts with his latest release, Vikram . [17]

Bigg Boss Fun Unlimited

Bigg Boss Fun Unlimited is an Indian Tamil-Indian language Reality Talk show with former housemates from the previous season of reality television series Bigg Boss Tamil. The show features former housemates talking about the present contestants in the current season, its aired on Disney+ Hotstar. However this show was only for Bigg Boss 2 and later discontinued from Bigg Boss 3.

YearSeasonShowHostNotes
2018 2 Bigg Boss Fun Unlimited Rio Raj Future Contestant in Bigg Boss 4

Housemates pattern

Occupation Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8
Film actor/actress Anuya Bhagvath Aishwarya Dutta Fathima Babu Aari Arjunan Abhinay Vaddi Maheshwari Chanakyan Akshaya Udayakumar
Bharani Daniel Annie Pope Kasthuri Gabriella Charlton Ciby Bhuvana Chandran Sheriina Cool Suresh
Bindu Madhavi Janani Iyer Reshma Pasupuleti Jithan Ramesh Sanjeev Venkat Vikraman Radhakrishnan Maya S. Krishnan
Ganesh Venkatraman Mahat Raghavendra Sakshi Agarwal Ramya Pandian Varun Kamal Pradeep Antony
Harish Kalyan Mumtaz Saravanan Rekha Vichithra
Kaajal Pasupathi Ponnambalam Sherin Shringar
Namitha Riythvika Vanitha Vijayakumar
Oviya Shariq Hassan
Shakthi Vasudevan Vijayalakshmi Feroz
Sri Yashika Aannand
Suja Varunee
Comedian Aarthi Dhaadi Balaji Jangiri Madhumitha Aranthangi Nisha Imman Annachi AmudhavananAnnabharathi
Ganja Karuppu Sendrayan
Vaiyapuri
Choreographer Gayathri Raghuram SandyAmir Robert Raj Manichandra
Shanthi Arvind
Model Arav Meera Mitun Balaji MurugadossAkshara Reddy
Raiza Wilson Tharshan Thiyagarajah Samyuktha Nadia Chang
Sanam Shetty Niroop Nandakumar
Suruthi Periyasamy
Radio/video jockey Vaishnavi Prasad Ram RamasamyRJ Bravo
Kathirravan
Vocal coach Ananth Vaidyanathan
Singer/Rapper/Song Writer Snehan Ramya NSK Mohan Vaidya Aajeedh Khalique Chinnaponnu Dinesh Kanagaratnam Nixen
Mugen Rao Suchitra Ramadurai Isaivani Asal Kolaar Yugendran
Velmurugan Iykki Berry Gana Bala
DancerAyshu ADS
Vijay Varma
TV personality Mamathi Chari Abhirami Venkatachalam Anitha Sampath Pavni Reddy Mohammed Azeem Archana Ravichandran
Kavin Raj Archana Chandhoke Priyanka Deshpande Rachitha Mahalakshmi Raveena Daha
Losliya Mariyanesan Rio Raj Raju Jeyamohan Myna Nandhini Saravana Vickram
Shivani Narayanan Ayesha Zeenath Vinusha Devi
Suresh ChakravarthiJanany Kunaseelan Vishnu Vijay
Manikandan Rajesh Dinesh Gopalsamy
Nivaashiyni Saravanan
Queency Stanly
Director Cheran
Martial artistSom Shekar
Fashion DesignerMadhumitha Raghunathan
YouTuber / Instagram fameAbishek RaajaGP MuthuAnanya Rao
Poornima Ravi
Writer Bava Chelladurai
TranspeopleNamitha MarimuthuShivin Ganesan
Non-Celebrity Maria Juliana Nithya BalajiThamarai SelviDhanalakshmiJovika Vijayakumar
 Winner  First runner-up  Finalist  Ticket to finale   Cash walkout

Controversies

Notes

  1. The winner won 50 lakh and was also awarded the new Suzuki Brezza car. [4]
  2. The winner won 50 lakh and was also awarded the new Maruti Suzuki Nexa grand Vitara car and a plot worth 15.

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