Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) explained

Presenter:Kamal Haasan (1-7)[1]
Vijay Sethupathi (8 - present)
Country:India
Language:Tamil
Num Seasons:8
Num Episodes:734
Runtime:
  • 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)
Camera:Multi-camera
Network:Star Vijay
Company:Endemol Shine India
Last Aired:present
Location:Chennai
Voices:Sasho Sathish Sarathy

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.

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

Overview

'the.raghul is the woner of '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

Male Winners Female Winners

Reception

Season 1

Bigg Boss Tamil programme is regarded as the most expensive Tamil television show.[4] It received an opening TRP of 7.4 TVR on the grand launch day and a 14.25 TVR on the grand finale day.[5]

Season 2

The launch of season 2 opened with 9.72 TVR.[6]

Season 3

The launch of season 3 opened with 7.8 TVR.[7] [8]

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.[9]

Season 5

Season 5 received generally negative 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.[10] The TRP ratings for this season went down in the first three weeks.[11]

Season 6

The launch of season 6 received a TRP rating of 5.54 TVR which is considered below average for a season premiere.[12] Season 6 recorded the lowest viewership for a season finale in Bigg Boss Tamil franchise and the channel received a lot of negative reaction and criticism for choosing the winner.[13]

Season 7

The launch of season 7 received a TRP rating of 9.9 TVR which was seen as a comeback for the franchise.[14] 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.[15]

Season 8

Coming Soon in October 2024

Bigg Boss Ultimate

See main article: 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.[16]

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.

Housemates pattern

OccupationSeason 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7Season 8
Film actor/actressAnuya BhagvathAishwarya DuttaFathima BabuAari ArjunanAbhinay VaddiMaheshwari ChanakyanAkshaya Udayakumar
BharaniDaniel Annie PopeKasthuriGabriella CharltonCiby Bhuvana ChandranSheriina
Bindu MadhaviJanani IyerReshma PasupuletiJithan RameshSanjeev VenkatVikraman RadhakrishnanMaya S. Krishnan
Ganesh VenkatramanMahat RaghavendraSakshi AgarwalRamya PandianVarun KamalPradeep Antony
Harish KalyanMumtazSaravananRekhaVichithra
Kaajal PasupathiPonnambalamSherin Shringar
NamithaRiythvikaVanitha Vijayakumar
OviyaShariq Hassan
Shakthi VasudevanVijayalakshmi Feroz
SriYashika Aannand
Suja Varunee
ComedianAarthiDhaadi BalajiJangiri MadhumithaAranthangi NishaImman AnnachiAmudhavananAnnabharathi
Ganja KaruppuSendrayan
Vaiyapuri
ChoreographerGayathri RaghuramSandyAmirRobert RajManichandra
Shanthi Arvind
ModelAravMeera MitunBalaji MurugadossAkshara Reddy
Raiza WilsonTharshan ThiyagarajahSamyukthaNadia Chang
Sanam ShettyNiroop Nandakumar
Suruthi Periyasamy
Radio/video jockeyVaishnavi PrasadRam RamasamyRJ Bravo
Kathirravan
Vocal coachAnanth Vaidyanathan
Singer/Rapper/Song WriterSnehanRamya NSKMohan VaidyaAajeedh KhaliqueChinnaponnuDinesh KanagaratnamNixen
Mugen RaoIsaivaniAsal KolaarYugendran
VelmuruganIykki BerryGana Bala
DancerAyshu ADS
Vijay Varma
TV personalityMamathi ChariAbhirami VenkatachalamAnitha SampathPavni ReddyMohammed AzeemArchana Ravichandran
Kavin RajArchana ChandhokePriyanka DeshpandeRachitha MahalakshmiRaveena Daha
Losliya MariyanesanRio RajRaju JeyamohanMyna NandhiniSaravana Vickram
Shivani NarayananAyesha ZeenathVinusha Devi
Suresh ChakravarthiJanany KunaseelanVishnu Vijay
Manikandan RajeshDinesh Gopalsamy
Nivaashiyni Saravanan
Queency Stanly
DirectorCheran
Martial artistSom Shekar
Fashion DesignerMadhumitha Raghunathan
YouTuber / Instagram fameAbishek RaajaGP MuthuAnanya Rao
Poornima Ravi
Writer
TranspeopleNamitha MarimuthuShivin Ganesan
Non-CelebrityMaria JulianaNithya BalajiThamarai SelviDhanalakshmiJovika Vijayakumar
Winner First runner-up Finalist Ticket to finale Cash walkout

Controversies

See main article: article.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Bigg Boss Tamil 4 finalist Rio Raj shares his fanboy moment with actor-politician Kamal Haasan; see pic . The Times of India . en . 17 March 2021 . 13 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210313113728/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/bigg-boss-tamil-4-finalist-rio-raj-shares-his-fanboy-moment-with-actor-politician-kamal-haasan-see-pic/articleshow/81331765.cms . live .
  2. News: Salman Khan, Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal and Sudeep: How hosts impacted their Bigg Boss versions . The Indian Express . The Indian Express . 20 February 2021 . en . 17 March 2021 . 23 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210223093558/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/salman-khan-kamal-haasan-mohanlal-and-sudeep-how-hosts-impacted-their-bigg-boss-versions-7196067/ . live .
  3. Web site: 2022-08-26. Breaking! The first official announcement of 'Bigg Boss Tamil' season 6 is here. 2022-08-26. www.indiaglitz.com. en. 26 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220826153901/https://www.indiaglitz.com/bigg-bos-tamil-bigg-boss-6-official-video-announcement-kamal-haasan-vijay-tv-tamil-news-322606. live.
  4. News: 2017-08-11 . Bigg Boss Tamil and Telugu top the charts . The Times of India . 2023-10-17 . 0971-8257 . 30 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220930075041/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/bigg-boss-tamil-and-telugu-top-the-charts/articleshow/60024585.cms . live .
  5. Web site: Bigg Boss Tamil and Telugu top the charts. 2022-09-30. Times Of India. 11 August 2017. 30 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220930075041/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/bigg-boss-tamil-and-telugu-top-the-charts/articleshow/60024585.cms. live.
  6. Web site: Kamal Haasan's Bigg Boss 2 Tamil TRP ratings are impressive. 2022-09-30. www.hindustantimes.com. 28 June 2018. 30 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220930075040/https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/kamal-haasan-s-bigg-boss-2-tamil-trp-ratings-are-impressive/story-y1CQWYyRfLtzka2Cd3WQ6K.html. live.
  7. Web site: 2019-07-05 . Bigg Boss 3 Tamil Trp Ratings - 7.8 TVR (Barc Urban 15+, Week 26) . 2023-10-17 . www.indiantvinfo.com . en-US . 1 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033406/https://www.indiantvinfo.com/bigg-boss-3-tamil-trp/ . live .
  8. Web site: #BiggBossTamil3 #TRP reaches new heights! . 2023-10-10 . X (formerly Twitter) . en . 24 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240424081931/https://twitter.com/EndemolShineIND/status/1152176687745921025 . live .
  9. Web site: Bigg Boss most-watched show in 3 regions, including Tamil & Telugu speaking markets: BARC - Exchange4media . 2023-10-17 . Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media . en . 1 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033406/https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/bigg-boss-most-watched-show-in-3-regions-including-tamil-telugu-speaking-markets-barc-108584.html . live .
  10. News: Bigg Boss Tamil 5: From failure of wild card entries to eviction of Akshara and Thamaraiselvi, why this season is less exciting than the previous one . The Times of India . 2023-10-17 . 0971-8257 . 1 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231101034907/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/bigg-boss-tamil-5-from-failure-of-wild-card-entries-to-eviction-of-akshara-and-thamaraiselvi-why-this-season-is-less-exciting-than-the-previous-one/photostory/88847763.cms . live .
  11. Web site: #BiggBossTamil5 TRP Rating chart comparison (Week 1 to Week 3) . 2023-10-10 . X (formerly Twitter) . en . 29 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211029063731/https://twitter.com/TamilTvExpress/status/1453973709409030149 . live .
  12. Web site: Kamal Haasan likely to quit Bigg Boss Tamil 6: Reports . 2024-01-17 . India Today . en . 17 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240117115634/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/kamal-haasan-likely-to-quit-bigg-boss-tamil-6-reports-2312354-2022-12-22 . live .
  13. News: 2023-01-24 . Why are enraged viewers calling for Vijay TV's boycott after Big Boss Tamil season 6's contestant Azeem wins the show . The Economic Times . 2023-10-17 . 0013-0389 . 1 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033406/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/why-are-enraged-viewers-calling-for-vijay-tvs-boycott-after-big-boss-tamil-season-6s-contestant-azeem-wins-the-show/articleshow/97275825.cms?from=mdr . live .
  14. Web site: An overwhelming response for the Launch episode of Bigg Boss Tamil Season 7, Garnering a massive viewership of 9.9 TVR! . 2023-10-17 . X (formerly Twitter) . en . 24 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240424081925/https://twitter.com/EndemolShineIND/status/1712504902201798808 . live .
  15. Web site: Instagram . 2024-01-25 . www.instagram.com.
  16. Web site: Kamal Haasan to host Bigg Boss Ultimate on Disney+ Hotstar from January 30. Read details. 2022-01-17. India Today. en. 17 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220117060327/https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/television/reality-tv/story/kamal-haasan-to-host-bigg-boss-ultimate-on-disney-hotstar-from-january-30-read-details-1900821-2022-01-17. live.