Bigg Boss Ultimate

This article is about the digital edition. For the main edition, see Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series).

Bigg Boss Ultimate
Show's first season eye logo with host Silambarasan
Presented by	Kamal Haasan Silambarasan
Voices of	Sasho
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	71
Production
Production location	Chennai
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Banijay
Original release
Network	Disney+ Hotstar
Release	30 January (2022-01-30) – 10 April 2022 (2022-04-10)
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Bigg Boss

Bigg Boss Ultimate (or BB Ultimate for short) is a spin-off Indian Tamil-language reality streaming television show that airs exclusively on Disney+ Hotstar. Hosted by Silambarasan.

The first season of the show premiered on 30 January 2022 with Kamal Haasan as host. However the host has exited the show from week 3 onwards, due to scheduling conflicts with his upcoming film Vikram, Silambarasan continued as a host from week 4 onwards.

Concept

As with the televised series, the group of contestants—referred to as Housemates—are enclosed in the Bigg Boss House under constant surveillance of cameras and microphones. However, the contestants that participate in this edition are all the popular contestants who participated in the original edition Bigg Boss in various different seasons and brand new celebrity contestants as well. The winner of Bigg Boss Ultimate will receive ₹35 lakh and the "Ultimate edition" trophy.

What separated this from the main televised series was that the show is a 24/7 non-stop show unlike the 1 hour time for the original edition.

Development

The spin-off edition was officially announced on 16 January 2022, by Star Vijay while the grand finale of the fifth season was still in progress. However, after the conclusion of the fifth season from the main edition, The makers announced that the Bigg Boss house will be the same from the fifth season however minor changes will be done to the designs of the house. The makers also announced that unlike the original series where each season lasts for 105 days and 15 weeks, the Ultimate edition will only contain 56 days and 8 weeks each season but Season 1 was extended to 70 Days.

Broadcasts

There was no television coverage for this edition; instead, it would be completely streamed online at Disney+ Hotstar for 24×7 coverage. However a daily 1.30 hour main coverage episodes telecast on Disney+ Hotstar everyday at 9:00 pm.

House

The location for the house is still set to remain at Chennai like how it did for the original series. However minor changes and renovation is done to the house for this edition. The house contains a living area, One large bedroom, kitchen, garden, bathroom, store room, smoking room and an underground jail (for punishment purposes only). The house also contains a confession room where contestants speak private matters to Bigg Boss.

Series overview

Series	Hosts	House Location	Episodes		Originally aired			Days	Housemates	Prize Money	Winner	Runner-up
					First aired	Last aired	Network
1	Kamal Haasan Silambarasan	Chennai	71		30 January 2022 (2022-01-30)	10 April 2022 (2022-04-10)	Disney+ Hotstar	70 [1] [2]	16	₹35 lakh (US$42,000)	Balaji Murugadoss	Niroop Nandakumar

  Female Winners   Male Winners

Housemates Pattern

Clique	Season 1
Film & TV Actor/Actress	Abhinay Vaddi
	Anitha Sampath
	Shariq Hassan Khan
	Suja Varunee
	Suresh Chakravarthi
	Thaadi Balaji
	Vanitha Vijayakumar
	Ramya Pandian
	Abhirami Venkatachalam
Model	Balaji Murugadoss
	Niroop Nandakumar
	Suruthi Periyasamy
Non-celebrity	Thamarai Selvi
	Maria Juliana
Singer/Lyricist	Snehan
Comedian	Sathish Kumar
Winner  Runner-up  Finalist

Controversies

Bigg Boss Ultimate 1

• Vanitha Vijayakumar argued with all the co housemates and Bigg Boss demanding that she won't participate in the luxury budget task until she receives coffee. She later went on to hide every housemates tea and milk since she isn't given her coffee. ^[3]
• During the pressmeet luxury budget task, Niroop Nandhakumar confessed to every housemate saying that he was in a relationship with his co housemate Abhirami Venkatachalam before joining the game. ^[4]
• During the live streaming, the camera focused on Abhirami Venkatachalam who was caught smoking in the smoking room. However the video wasn't censored and was telecasted, however audience were shocked by the act and accusing the company of promoting smoking. ^[5]
• Niroop used cuss words against fellow contestant Maria Juliana, and the host's failure to punish him resulted in severe condemnation by the audience.
• Finale results of Maria Juliana and Thamarai ending up in 4th, 5th spots was questioned by the audience, who had expected them to be in the top 3. The legitimacy of the audience voting feature was questioned as a result.
• Niroop and Ramya were accused of bribing Pradeep Mil Roy to earn their spot in top 3

References

1. "Kamal Haasan 'constrained' to opt out of 'Bigg Boss Ultimate' owing to rescheduling of 'Vikram' - Times of India". The Times of India. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
2. "It's official: Silambarasan replaces Kamal Haasan as the host of Bigg Boss Ultimate". indianexpress.com. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
3. "Bigg Boss Ultimate: Vanitha creates ruckus at house as there's no coffee, says no tea for others". 31 January 2022.
4. "Bigg Boss Ultimate: Niroop Nandhakumar confesses his past relationship with Abhirami; leaves other housemates shocked". The Times of India. 1 February 2022.
5. "Bigg Boss Ultimate: Smoking Video of Abhirami Venkatachalam Goes Viral". 2 February 2022.

External links

• Bigg Boss Ultimate at IMDb
• Official Website at Hotstar