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Bigg Boss Ultimate was the first season of the Tamil Indian reality Streaming television of Bigg Boss Ultimate, the spin-off to Bigg Boss Tamil and the first series to be released exclusively on Star India streaming service Disney+ Hotstar. The season launched on 30 January 2022 with Kamal Haasan as a host, but he has exited the show from week 3 onwards, due to scheduling conflicts with his upcoming film Vikram. Later, Silambarasan continued as a host from week 4 onwards.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The Grand Finale of the show took place on 10 April 2022 and Balaji Murugadoss emerged as the winner, while Niroop Nandakumar became the runner-up.[8]
Thamarai Selvi and Maria Juliana became the first 2 commoner contestants to make it to the grand finale and becoming finalists in the whole Bigg Boss Tamil franchise.
This version of Bigg Boss was somewhat successful for the Bigg Boss Tamil franchise and topped trp charts with a high of 6.12 trp on the grand finale night which is impressive for an OTT platform. However it still remains a underrated season in the franchise.[9]
This version of Bigg Boss only lasted for 70 days (10 weeks) making it the shortest season of the Bigg Boss Tamil franchise.
Teaser
During the finale of Bigg Boss Tamil 5, Kamal Haasan and Sivakarthikeyan unveiled the eye logo for the brand new Digital edition of Bigg Boss Tamil titled as Bigg Boss Ultimate.[10] [11] The teaser of the show released on 17 January 2022, on Disney+ Hotstar.[12]
Broadcast
Apart from the usual hour-long episode, viewers will also have access to the direct 24x7 camera footage. The show will be telecasted 7 days a week (Monday to Sunday). The episodes will be first telecasted through 24 Hours Live Channel on the paid subscription of Disney+ Hotstar. This version of Bigg Boss Tamil will not be aired on Star Vijay like the main series seasons.[13] [14] Disney+ Hotstar will be streaming a deferred 24/7 live stream with a 24-hour delay.
House
The house for the season is the same design that was used for the fifth season with only minor changes to furniture. Only an additional luxurious private room was added for the Trending Player.
Change of host
Since actor Kamal Haasan was busy with his film's shooting Vikram he stepped down as host at the end of the third week of the show. Actor Simbu was replaced as the host from Week 4 onwards.[15]
Extension of the show
The makers of the ultimate version decided to extend the show for extra two weeks originally the show only contained 8 weeks, however, later being extended to 10 weeks.
Former contestants
Contestants from the previous seasons of the main Bigg Boss Tamil series would participate as contestants yet again in the first season of the Bigg Boss Ultimate digital version.[16] [17] [18] Contestants from the 1st till the 5th season are allowed to participate except the winners in all the season won't be able to participate in this version. However, some new contestants who never participated in the series at all can only join the show as wildcard contestants.
Features
Viewers of the show will get the chance to see live nominations, luxury budget tasks, punishments, and evictions every week.
This version of Bigg Boss contained six finalists. However, every day leading up to the Grand Finale which is known as the Pre finale, each finalist will be sent out of the finale race based on their live voting position. Only the top four finalists who have the highest votes will last till the Grand Finale on the 70th day. While the remaining two finalist out of the six will be sent out only few days before the grand finale which is known as the pre finale days.
Sr. | Housemates | Day Entered | Day Exited | Status | |
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1 | Balaji M | Day 1 | Day 70 | ||
2 | Niroop | Day 1 | Day 70 | ||
3 | Ramya | Day 38 | Day 70 | ||
4 | Thamarai | Day 1 | Day 70 | 3rd runner-up | |
5 | Juliana | Day 1 | Day 67 | ||
6 | Abhirami | Day 1 | Day 66 | ||
7 | Suruthi | Day 1 | Day 62 | ||
8 | Sathish | Day 28 | Day 56 | ||
9 | Suresh | Day 1 | Day 7 | ||
Day 28 | Day 52 | ||||
10 | Anitha | Day 1 | Day 49 | ||
11 | Snehan | Day 1 | Day 42 | ||
12 | Balaji T | Day 1 | Day 35 | ||
13 | Vanitha | Day 1 | Day 24 | ||
14 | Abhinay | Day 1 | Day 21 | ||
15 | Shariq | Day 1 | Day 21 | ||
16 | Suja | Day 1 | Day 14 |
Number | Contestant | Total | Final position | |
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| Juliana | 10 | 4th runner up | |
| Suruthi | 7 | Walked | |
| Anitha | 6 |
These following housemates have received a improvement in their status and overall positions in this version of Bigg Boss compared to when they played in their previous seasons.
Housemate | Previous status | Previous overall position | Current status | Current overall position | |
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Balaji M | 2nd | 1st | |||
Niroop | 4th runner-up | 5th | 2nd | ||
Ramya | 3rd runner-up | 4th | 2nd runner-up | 3rd | |
Thamarai | 6th | 3rd runner-up | 4th | ||
Juliana | 12th | 4th runner-up | 5th | ||
Abhirami | 10th | 6th | |||
Suruthi | 17th | 7th |
Housemates | Previous Season | Status | |
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Abhinay | Season 5 | ||
Abhirami | Season 3 | ||
Anitha | Season 4 | ||
Balaji M | Season 4 | ||
Balaji T | Season 2 | ||
Juliana | Season 1 | ||
Niroop | Season 5 | 4th runner-up | |
Ramya | Season 4 | 3rd runner-up | |
Shariq | Season 2 | ||
Snehan | Season 1 | ||
Suresh | Season 4 | ||
Suja | Season 1 | ||
Suruthi | Season 5 | ||
Vanitha | Season 3 | ||
Thamarai | Season 5 |
Following are the housemates taking part in Bigg Boss Ultimate Season 1, including the regular Bigg Boss Tamil season they had earlier taken part in and where they finished in that season, in order of entry to the Bigg Boss Ultimate house:
Each week contestants who break the rules of the house will be sent to the underground ultimate prison.
Week | In Prison | Day | ||||
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1 | Suja | Balaji M | Launch Day | |||
2 | Anitha | Thamarai | Juliana | Day 8 | ||
Abhinay | Balaji M | Anitha | Thamarai | Day 9 | ||
3 | Suruthi | Niroop | Thamarai | Day 19 | ||
4 | None | |||||
5 | ||||||
6 | ||||||
7 | Suruthi | Bala | Juliana | Day 54 | ||
8 | None | |||||
9 | ||||||
10 |
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Each week the audience gets to vote for the housemate who will be exempt from that week's nomination process.
Week | Trending player |
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1 | No Trending Player |
2 | Vanitha |
3 | No Trending Player |
4 | Balaji M |
5 | No Trending Player |
6 | |
7 | |
8 | |
9 | |
10 |
Each week the evicted contestant of the week has the option to give one of the competing housemates a cash reward using "Bigg Boss Ultimate money" and another housemate a bomb punishment which they will be punished for the whole week. However, both rewards and punishments can also be awarded to a single housemate.
Week | Awarded by evicted housemate | Money reward | Bomb punishment |
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1 | Suresh | Thamarai | Thamarai |
2 | Suja | Juliana | Niroop |
3 | Shariq | Balaji T | Abhinay (Evicted) |
Abhinay | Balaji M | Suruthi and Abhirami | |
4 | None | ||
5 | Balaji T | Snehan | Sathish |
6 | Snehan | Anitha | Sathish |
7 | Anitha | Niroop | Suruthi |
8 | Sathish | Thamarai | None |
9 | None | ||
10 |
Week 1 | Entrances | None | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Twist | Ultimate Season held nominations for the first week of Bigg Boss which was unusual in the Bigg Boss Tamil Franchise. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominations | Vanitha Vijayakumar, Suresh Chakravarthi, Maria Juliana, Abhinay Vaddi, Anitha Sampath, Snehan, Suruthi Periyasamy and Niroop Nandhakumar were nominated for the Week 1 Elimination Process. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tasks |
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House Captain | Shariq Hassan Khan was the Captain of the Bigg Boss Ultimate House for Week 1 and thus, exempted from the nomination process. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Prison | Suja Varunee and Balaji Murugadoss were sent to the prison on the Launch Day by Bigg Boss due to rule break. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Captaincy Results | Winner (Captaincy Task) – Shariq | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Failed (Captaincy Task) – All other housemates | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | ---Nil--- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Report Card |
Shariq was exempt from the report card since he was the house captain. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Saved contestants | Niroop, Anitha, Snehan, Suruthi, Juliana, Abhinay and Vanitha received enough public votes to stay in the Bigg Boss Ultimate house. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Exits | Suresh Chakravarthi was evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 7 after receiving the fewest votes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Week 2 | Nominations | Abhinay Vaddi, Balaji Murugadoss, Thaadi Balaji, Maria Juliana, Suja Varunee and Thamarai Selvi were nominated for the Week 2 Elimination Process. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Task | Police vs Thief's, all the housemates are split into 2 different teams one being the police team and the other being the thief teams. The task lasted from day 9 till day 11. However, after 1 day the groups will exchange roles in the task.
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House Captain | Snehan Sivaselvam was the Captain of the Bigg Boss Ultimate House for Week 2 and thus, exempted from the nomination process. However, Snehan's captaincy was given to him by Suresh Chakravarthi who was stripped from the captaincy after getting evicted in week 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Prison | Anitha Sampath, Thamarai Selvi and Maria Juliana were sent to the prison on Day 8 by Bigg Boss due to rule break.Balaji Murugadoss was sent to the prison on Day 9 by Bigg Boss due to a rule break during the BB Police Station task. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Punishments | All the housemates who were thieves during the Police vs Thief's task were able to be sent to the prison anytime by the police. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Trending Player | Vanitha Vijayakumar was selected as the of the week and was exempt from the Week 2 nomination process. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results | Winner (Captaincy Task) – Snehan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Failed (Captaincy Task) – Abhirami, Anitha and Balaji M | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stripped (Captaincy Task) – Suresh (Evicted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Report Card |
Snehan was exempt from the report card since he was the house captain. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Saved contestants | Balaji M, Balaji T, Thamarai Selvi, Juliana, and Abhinay Vaadi received enough public votes to stay in the Bigg Boss Ultimate house. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Exits | Suja Varunee was evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 14 after receiving the fewest votes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Week 3 | Nominations | Abhinay Vaadi, Balaji Murugadoss, Anitha Sampath, Maria Juliana, Niroop Nandakumar, Shariq Hassan Khan, Snehan and Thamarai Selvi were nominated for the Week 3 Elimination Process. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Valentines Day task | All the housemates will be divided into duos with another housemate. Each duo will be given a heart-shaped balloon for them, however, they should not let the balloons be dropped, burst, or let out into the air. The last duo with the balloon wins the task.
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Tasks | Back to the 80's, all the housemates need to dress up like a person from the 1980s and need to do various tasks featuring the 80's theme. If all the housemates complete the tasks successfully they will receive luxury budget points. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results | Winner (Captaincy Task) – Vanitha | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Failed (Captaincy Task) – Suruthi and Niroop | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stripped (Captaincy Task) – Suja (Evicted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
House Captain | Vanitha Vijayakumar was the Captain of the Bigg Boss Ultimate House for Week 3 and thus, exempted from the nomination process. However, Vanitha's captaincy was given after she won a captaincy task after the eviction of the former house captain Suja Varunee who was stripped from the position after being evicted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Report Card |
Vanitha was exempt from the report card since she was the house captain. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Punishments | Since all the housemates didn't play the luxury budget task properly, Bigg Boss announced that 2 contestants will be evicted based on public voting that week. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Prison | Niroop Nandhakumar, Thamarai Selvi and Suruthi Periyasamy were sent to the prison on O'Day 19 after being voted as the worst performers of the week by co housemates. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Saved contestants | Balaji M, Thamarai Selvi, Juliana, Anitha Sampath, Niroop Nandhakumar and Snehan received enough public votes to stay in the Bigg Boss Ultimate house. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Exits | DOUBLE EVICTION Abhinay Vaddi and Shariq Hassan Khan was evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 21 after receiving the fewest votes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Week 4 | Entrances | Sathish Kumar entered the Bigg Boss Ultimate House on Day 28 as a wildcard contestant.Suresh Chakravarthi re entered the Bigg Boss Ultimate House on Day 28 as a wildcard contestant. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominations | Abhirami Venkatachalam, Anitha Sampath, Maria Juliana, Niroop Nandakumar, Suruthi Periyasamy, Snehan, Thaadi Bhalaji and Vanitha Vijayakumar were nominated for the Week 4 Elimination Process. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tasks | Devil vs Angel All housemates will be divided into 2 separate groups, one being the devil and the other being the angel.
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Trending Player | Balaji M was selected as the of the week and was exempt from the Week 4 nomination process. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
House Captain | Thamarai Selvi was the Captain of the Bigg Boss Ultimate House for Week 4 and thus, exempted from the nomination process. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results | Winner (Captaincy Task) – Thamarai | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Failed (Captaincy Task) – All housemates | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Report Card |
Thamarai was exempt from the report card since she was the house captain. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Walked | Vanitha Vijayakumar walked out of the Bigg Boss house on Day 24. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Exits | NO EVICTION Eviction of Week 4 in the Bigg Boss Ultimate House was cancelled as contestant Vanitha Vijayakumar walked out. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Week 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominations | Abhirami Venkatachalam, Anitha Sampath, Maria Juliana, Snehan, Suruthi Periyasamy, Thaadi Bhalaji and Thamarai Selvi were nominated for the Week 5 Elimination Process. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Twists | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Tasks | |||||||||||||||||||||||
House Captain | Balaji Murugadoss was the Captain of the Bigg Boss Ultimate House for Week 5 and thus, exempted from the nomination process. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results | Winner (Captaincy Task) – Balaji M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Failed (Captaincy Task) – Thamarai, Snehan, Abhirami and Juliana | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Report Card | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Exits | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Day 66 Day 67 Day 70 Nominees
For
CaptaincyAll Housemates Anitha
Abhirami
Balaji M
SureshNiroop
Suja
Suruthi
VanithaAll Housemates Abhirami
Anitha
Balaji T
Juliana
Snehan
Suruthi
ThamaraiAll Housemates All Housemates Abhirami
Anitha
Balaji M
Juliana
Suruthi
ThamaraiNo
CaptainHouse
CaptainShariq Suresh Suja Thamarai Balaji M Niroop Abhirami & Balaji M Thamarai Snehan Vanitha Captain's
NominationsSuresh
VanithaThamarai
AnithaAnitha
SuruthiAnitha
Suruthi
NiroopAnitha
Suruthi
SnehanAnitha
ThamaraiAnitha
SathishSathish
Ramya
JulianaSuresh Trending
PlayerNo
Trending
PlayerVanitha No
Trending
PlayerBalaji M No
Trending
PlayerTrending
Player's
NominationJuliana
SujaBalaji T
Snehan
VanithaVote to: Evict Save Evict Save Evict None WIN Balaji M Snehan
VanithaAnitha
SuruthiAbhirami
NiroopTrending Player House Captain Thamarai
SathishHouse Captain
Abhirami
(to save)No
NominationsNo
NominationsNo
NominationsNo
Nominations
(Day 70)Niroop Abhirami
SureshAbhinay
AnithaAnitha
AbhiramiJuliana
Abhirami
VanithaJuliana
Abhirami
Balaji THouse Captain Sathish
Suresh
Juliana
Thamarai
Thamarai
(to save)No
NominationsNo
NominationsNo
NominationsNo
Nominations
(Day 70)Ramya Not In House Sathish
Juliana
Juliana
(to save)No
NominationsNo
NominationsNo
NominationsNo
Nominations
(Day 70)Thamarai Abhinay
VanithaBalaji T
SujaShariq
Balaji THouse Captain Snehan
Balaji TSuruthi
AbhiramiSuruthi
JulianaHouse Captain No
NominationsNo
NominationsNo
NominationsNo
Nominations
(Day 70)Juliana Suresh
SuruthiSuja
Balaji MAbhinay
SuruthiSuruthi
Balaji T
VanithaSuruthi
Anitha
NiroopSathish
AbhiramiNiroop
Balaji M
(to save)No
NominationsNo
NominationsNo
Nominations
(Day 67)Abhirami Anitha
NiroopJuliana
SujaBalaji M
NiroopVanitha
Balaji T
SnehanAnitha
Suruthi
NiroopJuliana
Balaji MHouse Captain
Juliana
(to save)No
NominationsNo
Nominations
(Day 66)Suruthi Juliana
VanithaThamarai
Balaji MBalaji T
ShariqAbhirami
Balaji T
JulianaAbhirami
Balaji T
JulianaAnitha
ThamaraiThamarai
Anitha
Niroop
(to save)No
NominationsSathish Not In House Thamarai
Balaji T
JulianaSuresh
AnithaJuliana
SuruthiRamya
(to save)Evicted
(Day 56)Suresh Juliana
AbhinayEvicted
(Day 7)Balaji T
Snehan
SuruthiSathish
ThamaraiNiroop
Juliana
Abhirami
(to save)Anitha Vanitha
JulianaSuja
JulianaBalaji M
AbhinayBalaji T
Vanitha
AbhiramiBalaji T
Abhirami
JulianaThamarai
SnehanSathish
Suresh
JulianaEvicted
(Day 49)Snehan Balaji M
NiroopHouse Captain Thamarai
Balaji TAnitha
Suruthi
AbhiramiThamarai
Suruthi
AnithaSathish
SureshEvicted
(Day 42)Balaji T Suresh
ThamaraiAbhinay
JulianaSuruthi
SnehanSuruthi
Niroop
AbhiramiThamarai
Anitha
SuruthiEvicted
(Day 35)Vanitha Anitha
SnehanTrending Player House Captain Niroop
Abhirami
SuruthiAbhinay Suresh
VanithaNiroop
SujaJuliana
AbhiramiEvicted
(Day 21)Shariq House
CaptainSuja
AbhinayJuliana
Balaji TEvicted
(Day 21)Suja Abhinay
SuruthiBalaji T
JulianaEvicted
(Day 14)Notes 1,2 3,4 5 6 7,8,9 10 11 12,13,14,15 Against
Public
VoteAbhinay
Anitha
Juliana
Niroop
Snehan
Suresh
Suruthi
VanithaAbhinay
Anitha
Balaji M
Balaji T
Juliana
Suja
ThamaraiAbhinay
Anitha
Balaji M
Juliana
Niroop
Shariq
Snehan
ThamaraiAbhirami
Anitha
Balaji T
Juliana
Niroop
Snehan
SuruthiVanithaAbhirami
Anitha
Balaji T
Juliana
Snehan
Suruthi
ThamaraiBalaji M
Juliana
Snehan
SuruthiAnitha
Juliana
Niroop
SathishSuresh
Suruthi
ThamaraiAbhirami
Balaji M
Juliana
Ramya
SathishSuresh
SuruthiAbhirami
Balaji M
Juliana
Niroop
RamyaSuruthi
ThamaraiAbhirami
Balaji M
Juliana
Niroop
Ramya
ThamaraiRe-entered None Suresh None Walked None Vanitha None Suresh Suruthi None Evicted Suresh Suja Shariq No
EvictionBalaji T Snehan Anitha Sathish No
EvictionAbhirami Juliana Thamarai Abhinay Ramya Niroop Balaji M
indicates that the housemate was directly nominated for eviction.
indicates the housemate was immuned from nominations.
indicates the nominees for the House Captaincy.
indicates the House Captain.
indicates the Former House Captain. (House Captain would have been stripped of the captaincy i.e., evicted/ejected/walked out after being nominated as the Captain)
indicates the Trending Player.
indicates a new wildcard contestant.
indicates the contestant is nominated.
indicates that the contestant has re-entered the house.
indicates that the contestant walked out of the Bigg Boss house on their own.
indicates the contestant has been ejected.
indicates the contestant has been evicted.
indicates the winner.
indicates the first runner-up.
indicates the second runner-up.
indicates the third runner-up.
indicates the fourth runner-up.
indicates the fifth runner-up.
Suresh despite winning the captaincy task was evicted so he chose Snehan to be the captain in his place.
For the first time, the "Trending Player" format was introduced in Bigg Boss Tamil. The contestant who is chosen as the "Trending Player" is immune from nominations.
Suja despite winning the captaincy task was evicted so another captaincy task was held after which Vanitha became the captain.
Since the housemates weren't playing the luxury budget task properly, Bigg Boss announced that in Week 3 there will be a double eviction.
On Day 24, Vanitha walked out of the Bigg Boss house due to her conflicts with Niroop and Thamarai. She walked out mainly due to her not wanting to take any risks considering her mental health.
Sathish upon entry was immuned and Suresh also was immuned upon re-entrance from the nominations.
Ramya upon entry was immuned from nominations.
Due to both Abhirami and Balaji M winning the captaincy task, they both became Co-House Captain.
While Abhirami nominated contestants for eviction, Balaji M saved Suresh after the nominations.
On Day 52, Suresh walked out due to his health problems worsening.
On Day 62, Suruthi agreed to take the cash prize of ₹15 lakhs, thus walking out of the show.
After Suruthi walked out of the show, no eviction took place on Day 63, thus making all six remaining contestants finalists.
Ex-housemates started entering the house as guests as from Day 65.
On Day 66, Abhirami was eliminated from the Finale Race and ended as the fifth runner-up based on live voting.
On Day 67, Juliana was eliminated from the Finale Race and ended as the fourth runner-up based on live voting.
Week(s) | Day(s) | Guest(s) | Purpose of Visits | ||
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Week 8 | align=center | Day 52 | Sandy and Dheena | To interact with housemates | |
Week 10 | align=center | Day 65 | Mugen Rao and Hansika Motwani | To promote web series MY3 | |
Week 10 | align=center | Day 66 | Pavani Reddy and Priyanka Deshpande | To interact with housemates | |
Week 10 | align=center | Day 70 Grand Finale | Raju Jeyamohan and Riythvika | To reveal the Bigg Boss Ultimate trophy |