Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series)
Bigg Boss also known as BB is an Indian Tamil-language version of the reality TV program Bigg Boss. The program follows the Big Brother format developed by Endemol in the Netherlands. Over six years, Bigg Boss has rolled out seven seasons and Kamal Haasan has continued as a host for seven seasons and broadcast by Star Vijay and streamed on Disney+ Hotstar.[2]
Bigg Boss | |
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Presented by | Kamal Haasan[1] |
Voices of | Sasho |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Tamil |
No. of seasons | 7 |
No. of episodes | 734 (as of March 2025) |
Production | |
Production location | Chennai |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time |
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Production company | Endemol Shine India |
Release | |
Original network | Star Vijay |
Original release | 25 June 2017 – present |
The first season and the launch of the franchise was 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 ten votes per day. 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
Series | Host | Location | House Theme | Episodes | Originally aired | Housemates | Days | Launch TRP Ratings | Finale TRP Ratings | Prize Money | Winner | Runner up | |||
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First aired | Last aired | Network | |||||||||||||
1 | Kamal Hasan | Chennai | Middle Class House | 98 | 25 June 2017 | 30 September 2017 | Star Vijay | 19 | 98 | 5.4 TVR | 14.25 TVR | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Arav Nafeez | Snehan | |
2 | Gear | 106 | 17 June 2018 | 30 September 2018 | 17 | 105 | 9.7 TVR | 13.25 TVR | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Riythvika | Aishwarya Dutta | ||||
3 | Chettinad Museum | 106 | 23 June 2019 | 6 October 2019 | 17 | 105 | 7.8 TVR | 15.05 TVR | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Mugen Rao | Sandy Master | ||||
4 | Lavish & Vibrant Aesthetic | 106 | 4 October 2020 | 17 January 2021 | 18 | 105 | 11.1 TVR | 16.60 TVR | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Aari Arujunan | Balaji Murugadoss | ||||
5 | Nature & Five Elements of Earth | 106 | 3 October 2021 | 16 January 2022 | 20 | 105 | 8.6 TVR | 10.25 TVR | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Raju Jeyamohan | Priyanka Deshpande | ||||
6 | Luxury Mansion | 106 | 9 October 2022 | 22 January 2023 | 21 | 105 | 5.5 TVR | 5.47 TVR | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000)[lower-alpha 1] | Mohammed Azeem | Vikraman Radhakrishnan | ||||
7 | Fairy Tale World | TBA | 1 October 2023 | TBA | 23 | TBA | 9.9 TVR | TBA | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | TBA | TBA |
Male Winners Female Winners
Reception
Season 1
Bigg Boss Tamil programme is regarded as the most expensive Tamil television show. The season was an overall success and was stated as one of the best season so far of the Bigg Boss Tamil franchise [5] and received an opening TRP of 5.4 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 which was impressive and welcoming for the franchise.[7] Overall this season was only seen as decent compared to its first season in the franchise it did not blow up major and received average reviews from critics. The TRP of 13.25 TVR for the grand finale was recorded.
Season 3
The launch of season 3 opened with 7.8 TVR, which is bigger than the previous season.[8] Overall this season emerged as a great success getting positive response from critics and all sections of audience. The Grand Finale episode received a TRP rating of 15.05 TVR which is a huge number since season 1. This season received high TRP ratings for all weeks and overall it became a big success.[9] Season 3 is considered as the most popular and entertaining season by the fans in Bigg Boss Tamil history.
Season 4
The launch of season 4 opened with highest ever 11.61 TVR benefited from the impact of highly successful season 3 and lockdown, also broke the records for viewership for Bigg Boss Tamil on a grand opening day, the ratings of the season 4 proved that the audience for Bigg Boss is getting bigger year by year.[10] The season overall was a successful season receiving positive reviews from critics and audiences. The Grand Finale episode received 16.60 TVR and was recorded as the highest ratings on charts for Bigg Boss Tamil till date for a grand finale episode
Season 5
The launch of season 5 received TRP rating of 8.60 TVR . Season 5 received below average to negative reviews from both critics and audience. Especially it received negative response from audience for the way they conducted Ticket to Finale week without any proper tasks.[11] The TRP ratings for this season went down every week as the show ran by.[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. Season 6 received mixed to negative reviews from critics and public for its biased eviction of contestants and the TRP ratings deteriorated week by week as the season went by. Season 6 recorded the lowest viewership for a season finale in Bigg Boss Tamil franchise and the channel received a lot of criticism for choosing the winner [13]
Season 7
The launch of season 7 received a TRP rating of 9.9 TVR [14] which was considered a comeback for the show following the lower viewership it recorded for its previous seasons 5 & 6, viewers were said to be drawn to the show to witness the new 2 house concept and the revamped format.
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.[15]
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.
Year | Season | Show | Host | Notes |
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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 |
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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 Khan | — | — | — | — | — | |
Shakthi Vasudevan | Vijayalakshmi Feroz | — | — | — | — | — | |
Sri | Yashika Aannand | — | — | — | — | — | |
Suja Varunee | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Comedian | Aarthi | Dhaadi Balaji | Jangiri Madhumitha | Aranthangi Nisha | Imman Annachi | Amudhavanan | — |
Ganja Karuppu | Sendrayan | — | — | — | — | — | |
Vaiyapuri | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Choreographer | Gayathri Raghuram | — | Sandy | — | Amir | Robert Raj | Mani Chandra |
— | — | — | — | — | Shanthi Arvind | — | |
Model | Arav Nafeez | — | Meera Mitun | Balaji Murugadoss | Akshara Reddy | — | — |
Raiza Wilson | — | Tharshan Thiyagarajah | Samyuktha Karthik | Nadia Chang | — | — | |
— | — | — | Sanam Shetty | Niroop Nandakumar | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | Suruthi Periyasamy | — | — | |
Radio/video jockey | — | Vaishnavi Prasad | — | — | — | Ram Ramasamy | — |
— | — | — | — | — | Kathirravan Kabilan | — | |
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 | — | — | |
Dancer | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ayshu ADS |
— | — | — | — | — | — | Vijay Varma | |
TV personality | — | Mamathi Chari | Abhirami Venkatachalam | Anitha Sampath | Pavni Reddy | Mohammed Azeem | Ananya Rao |
— | — | Kavin Raj | Archana Chandhoke | Priyanka Deshpande | Rachitha Mahalakshmi | Raveena Daha | |
— | — | Losliya Mariyanesan | Rio Raj | Raju Jeyamohan | Myna Nandhini | Saravanan Vickram | |
— | — | — | Shivani Narayanan | — | Ayesha Zeenath | Vinusha Devi | |
— | — | — | Suresh Chakravarthi | — | Janany Kunaseelan | Vishnu | |
— | — | — | — | — | Manikandan Rajesh | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | Nivaashiyni Saravanan | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | Queency Stanly | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Director | — | — | Cheran | — | — | — | — |
Martial artist | — | — | — | Som Shekar | — | — | — |
Fashion Designer | — | — | — | — | Madhumitha Raghunathan | — | — |
YouTube Sensation / Instagram fame | — | — | — | — | Abishek Raaja | GP Muthu | Jovika Vijayakumar |
— | — | — | — | — | — | Poornima Ravi | |
Writer | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bava Chelladurai |
Transwomen | — | — | — | — | Namitha Marimuthu | Shivin Ganesan | — |
Non-Celebrity | Maria Juliana | Nithya Balaji | — | — | Thamarai Selvi | Dhanalakshmi | — |
Winner 1st Runner-up Finalist Current contenders |
Controversies
Notes
- The winner won ₹50 lakh and was also awarded the new Suzuki Brezza car.[4]
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External links
- Bigg Boss at IMDb
- Official Website at Hotstar