Bigg Boss
Season 7
Bigg boss Tamil 7 Logo
Slogan:ரெண்டுல ஒண்ணு பாக்கலாம்
Transliteration: Rendula Onnu Paakkalaam
Translation:You can see one of the two
Presented byKamal Haasan
No. of days66
No. of housemates23
WinnerTBA
Runner-upTBA
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes67 (Deferred Live)
Release
Original networkStar Vijay
Disney+ Hotstar
Original release1 October 2023 (2023-10-01) –
present
Season chronology

Bigg Boss 7 is the seventh season of the Tamil version of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss, launched on Star Vijay and digitally streaming on Disney+ Hotstar on 1 October 2023. Kamal Haasan is hosting the show for the seventh time.[1] The house will once again be located in EVP Film City, Chennai.

Production

The eye logo was officially released on 18 August 2023. The logo of the season was shaped in an oval kind of manner with a full bronze/gold iris and dark grey designs in the eye.[2]

House themes

The house will once again be located in EVP Film City, Chennai, for the eighth time, including the Bigg Boss Ultimate (season 1) series, which was located in EVP. During the launch promo, it is said that this season will contain "Two Separate Houses".[3]

Luxury house

The main (luxury) house looked much different than the previous season's house. This time the theme was fantasy land and there were bright and sweet colour shades such as pink, purple, light blue and magenta shades.

Rooms/Areas in the house include:

  • confession room
  • dining room
  • storeroom
  • massive, shared bedroom
  • living area
  • bathroom
  • jail
  • garden area
  • smoke corners

Small House

The "Small House" or "chinna veedu" was revealed on the day of the launch day. On Day 1, the house captain selects six housemates from the main house to be shifted to the Small House following a task. Contestants need to overcome certain tasks and missions to re-enter the main house.

Rooms/Areas in the side house include:

  • a small confession room
  • kitchen
  • single/shared bedroom consisting of four beds
  • couches have been replaced with floor mats
  • glass to see through the main house
  • small outdoor sitting area

Concept

The concept for this season of Bigg Boss was "Rendula Onnu Paakkalaam", which means the audience would be able to see double entertainment.[4]

Teaser

Star Vijay officially released the "Sneak Peak Teaser" on 18 August 2023 featuring actor Kamal Haasan as the host for the seventh time in the series.[5] The launch promo of the season was released on 25 August 2023, with Kamal Haasan explaining the new season's twists.[6] The second promo was released on September 1, 2023, the expected third promo was released on September 15, 2023 at 7 pm officially by Vijay television, with a launch date of October 1, 2023 at 6 PM.[7] Streaming time 6PM to 1:45 AM

Voting process

The host Kamal Haasan and television network Star Vijay had informed the audience that only one vote can be made through the Disney+ Hotstar app (per account) and missed call (per mobile number) unlike earlier where users were allowed to make ten votes per Disney+Hostar account and per phone number.

Release

The season was officially debuted on 1 October 2023 on Star Vijay, with Kamal Haasan returning as the host for the seventh time in the franchise.

Sponsors

Category Sponsor
Presented By Vim Liquid
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Powered by Vasanth & Co
Brooke Bond 3 Roses Coffee
Associate Partners Atomberg
Kajaria Tiles
Chik Shampoo
Iswarya Fertility Center
Haier Appliances
Mutual Funds in India
Fantastic Jeyachandran

Housemate status

S.No Housemates Day Entered Day Exited Housemate Status
1 Ananya Day 1 Day 7 Evicted
Day 56
2 Archana Day 28
3 Dinesh Day 28
4 Manichandra Day 1
5 Maya Day 1
6 Nixen Day 1
7 Poornima Day 1
8 Raveena Day 1
9 Suresh Day 1
10 Vichitra Day 1
11 Vickram Day 1
12 Vijay Day 1 Day 21 Evicted
Day 56
13 Vishnu Day 1
14 Jovika Day 1 Day 63 Evicted
15 Akshaya Day 1 Day 56 Evicted
16 Bravo Day 28 Day 55 Evicted
17 Bala Day 28 Day 49 Evicted
18 Aishu Day 1 Day 42 Evicted
19 Annabharathi Day 28 Day 35 Evicted
20 Pradeep Day 1 Day 34 Ejected
21 Vinusha Day 1 Day 28 Evicted
22 Yugendran Day 1 Day 28 Evicted
23 Bava Day 1 Day 8 Walked

Housemates

Entry of housemates into the house:

Original entrants

  1. Cool Suresh, a film and television actor and self-proclaimed fan of actor Silambarasan[8][9]
  2. Poornima Ravi, an actress and YouTuber known for her YouTube channel Araathi and her role in the film Plan Panni Pannanum (2021) and Annapoorani (2023).[10]
  3. Raveena Daha, a film and television actress who had a lead role in the TV serial Mouna Raagam 2[11]
  4. Pradeep Antony, an actor and aspiring film director known for his roles in the films Aruvi (2016), Vaazhl (2021) and Dada (2023)[12]
  5. Nixen, a rapper, lyricist and actor[13]
  6. Manichandra, a dancer and choreographer
  7. Jovika Vijayakumar, a social media influencer and star kid, elder daughter of Season 3 and Bigg Boss Ultimate contestant Vanitha Vijayakumar[14]
  8. Akshaya Udayakumar, an actress who appeared in the film Love Today (2022)[15]
  9. Vinusha Devi, an actress and model who played the titular character in the TV serial Bharathi Kannamma and also played the lead role in the sequel Bharathi Kannamma 2[16]
  10. Aishu ADS, a dancer and social media influencer[8]
  11. Vishnu, a television and film actor who played the lead role in the TV serials Office, Sathya and its sequel Sathya 2
  12. Maya S. Krishnan, a theatre and film actress, model and singer who appeared in films such as Vaanavil Vaazhkai (2015), Thodari (2016), Vikram (2022) and Leo (2023)[15]
  13. Saravana Vickram, a television actor who played the role of Kannan in the first season of the TV serial Pandian Stores[8]
  14. Yugendran, a playback singer and YouTuber known for his roles in the films Poovellam Un Vaasam (2001), Bagavathi (2002) and Thirupaachi (2005). He is the son of the legendary playback singer Malaysia Vasudevan.[17]
  15. Vichithra, a former film and television actress who appeared in the films Thalaivasal (1992), Rasigan (1994), Muthu (1995) and Villadhi Villain (1995) and participating in the comedy-based cooking show, Cooku with Comali (season 4)[13]
  16. Bava Chelladurai, a Tamil writer, storyteller, activist and actor who appeared in the films Naadodigal 2 (2020), Walter (2020) and Jai Bhim (2021)[13]
  17. Ananya Rao, a television personality and model, who appeared in Netflix India's Original IRL - In Real Love (2023)
  18. Vijay Varma, a dancer and model who has appeared in various dance reality shows and films including Thalaivaa (2013) as a backup dancer[18]

Wildcard entrants

  1. Dinesh Gopalsamy, a television actor known for his roles in television series such as Poove Poochudava, Nachiyarpuram and Kizhakku Vaasal. He is the estranged husband of Season 6 contestant Rachitha Mahalakshmi.[19][20]
  2. Annabharathi, an actress, comedy artist, and social media influencer known for her standup comedies and debate shows[21]
  3. VJ Archana, a video jockey, a television personality and television actress known for her role as Archana in the television serial Raja Rani 2[19][22]
  4. RJ Bravo, a radio jockey, social media influencer and entrepreneur who has hosted radio programs in the UAE[19]
  5. Gana Bala, a playback singer and actor who predominantly sings Tamil movie songs belonging to the Gaana genre of Tamil Nadu[19]

Guest entrants

Twists

Launch Day Captaincy

On launch day, each housemate must convince the others that he or she deserves to become the captain of the first week. The ultimate winner of this verbal battle becomes the captain for the first week.

Star Medal

In this season, the best performers of weekly tasks will be awarded a star medal. The housemate who collects five star medals can use it as an eviction free pass to escape from eviction. This pass is only valid till Week 10.

Cursed Stone (Sabakkal)

On Day 17, Bigg Boss revealed a new twist called "Sabakkal" (which is Cursed Stone). The housemates need to vote for someone from Bigg Boss House to receive this cursed stone. The housemate receiving this stone will be sent to Small Boss House and will be directly nominated for Week 4. However, this stone will not remain with the same person as it will switch to another housemate given by the one holding the stone until the Bigg Boss announces the final person to move to another house.

Earthquake (Boogambam)

On Day 50, Bigg Boss announced that each housemate must complete three tasks in order to prevent three wildcard contestants from entering the house. The wildcard contestants pending to enter are former housemates who were evicted from the house earlier in the season. Each failed task will result in one wildcard contestant entering the house and each completed task will prevent one wildcard contestant from entering the house.

Tasks Result Wildcard Entry Entrants
Task 1 FAILED CONFIRMED ANANYA RAO
Task 2 PASSED BLOCKED
Task 3 FAILED CONFIRMED VIJAY VARMA

Main House vs. Small House

Introduction of Small Boss house

For the first time in the history of Big Boss Tamil, this season has two houses: Big Boss house and Small Boss house. The following rules have to be obeyed in the respective houses.

  1. Every week, members of the Small Boss house will be nominated by the captain. The nominated members have to be inside the Small House for that whole week and are not expected to leave that house for any reason.
  2. The Small House is controlled by "Chinna Boss" (Small Boss). They cannot listen to the voice of Big Boss.
  3. Housemates in the main house need to nominate housemates from the Small House for eviction process and Small House members need to nominate Bigg Boss housemates for eviction.
  4. House activities for every week including Cooking and Vessel Washing should only be done by Small House members. House cleaning and bathroom cleaning for every week will be decided based on the tasks given by Big Boss. The losers of these tasks should perform those activities.
  5. Weekly tasks and all other tasks must only be done by Big Boss members; Small House members cannot participate in any task given by Bigg Boss.
  6. Daily menu for cooking will be decided by Bigg Boss housemates and will be put up in board, Small house members have to cook accordingly from the ration provided to them. They have no rights to change the menu.
  7. Unlike previous seasons, house rations have to be acquired by shopping in Bigg Boss market and the bill amount has to repaid by various Shopping Repayment Tasks.

Housemates in the Small House are expected to not leave that house for any reason. If they fail to follow instructions, they will face consequences in their stay at the Bigg Boss House. The Small House is controlled by Chinna Boss (Small Boss).

Chinna Boss

Unlike previous seasons, where a single main voice, the Bigg Boss, controlled the whole house, this season "Chinna Boss" has been introduced only to act as the main voice for housemates in the Small House. Housemates in the side house will only follow orders given by Chinna Boss and will not hear the voice of Bigg Boss like the housemates in the Bigg House.

Housemate allotment

Housemate Launch Day Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15
Day 1 Day 2
Ananya Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓
Archana Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓ Main House ↑
Dinesh Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑
Manichandra Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓ Main House ↑
Maya Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑
Nixen Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓
Poornima Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓
Raveena Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓
Suresh Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓ Main House ↑
Vickram Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓
Vichithra Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓ Main House ↑
Vijay Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓
Vishnu Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓ Main House ↑
Jovika Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓ Main House ↑
Akshaya Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑
Bravo Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓
Bala Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑
Aishu Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑
Annabharathi ' Main House ↔ Small House ↓
Pradeep Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑
Vinusha Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓ Main House ↑
Yugendran Main House ↔ Small House ↓ Main House ↑ Small House ↓
Bava Main House ↔ Small House ↓

Gold Stars

Housemates individually receive a gold star from Bigg Boss if they complete a task outstandingly or with work and task ethic. The housemate with the most gold stars by Week 10 of the season will receive the special power to save themselves from the nomination process in any week they desire after the tenth week, hence they will escape eviction for one week.

Housemates Gold Stars Recorded
Ananya 0
Archana 0
Dinesh
Mani Chandra
Maya
Nixen
Poornima
Raveena 0
Suresh
Vichithra
Vickram
Vijay
Vishnu
Jovika 0
Akshaya 0
Bravo 0
Aishu 0
Bala 0
Annabharathi 0
Pradeep 0
Vinusha 0
Yugendran 0
Bava 0

Bigg Boss Jail

Week In Jail Day(s)
1 None
2 None
3 None
4 None
5 Akshaya Day 33
6 Vishnu Day 39
7 Vichithra Archana Day 47
8 None
9 None
10
11
12
13
14
15

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Guest appearances

Week Day Guest(s) Purpose of Visit
Week 7 Day 43 Srushti Dange, Pugazh Guests for Deepavali festival
Week 9 Days 57–58 Harish Kalyan To promote his upcoming film
Week 9 Day 58 Indhuja Ravichandran To promote her upcoming film
Week 9 Day 60 Selva Mani (Team Player), Raghu (Sports Guru), Muthu (Sports Commentator) Tamil Thalaivas Pro Kabaddi Promotions

Weekly summary

Week 1 Entrances Suresh, Poornima, Raveena, Pradeep, Nixen, Vinusha, Manichandra, Akshaya, Jovika, Aishu, Maya, Vickram, Yugendran, Vichithra, Bava, Ananya and Vijay entered the Bigg Boss house on Day 1.
Captaincy Task On launch day, each housemate must convince the others that he or she deserves to become the captain of the first week. The ultimate winner of this verbal battle becomes the captain for the first week.
House Captain Vijay Varma
Nominations Aishu, Ananya, Chelladurai, Jovika, Pradeep, Raveena and Yugendran were nominated for the Week 1 nomination process.
Weekly Task Know Your Housemates:
  • Two housemates debate against each other and speak their opinions on their popularity within the house. Fellow housemates listen to the housemates' speeches and decide who is verified (opinion supported) and who is blocked (opinion rejected)
  • Conference task: Housemates can argue their issues with their fellow housemates and settle a conflict that has arisen during the week.
House Activity Tasks For House Cleaning: Two housemates (Jovika and Pradeep) from Bigg Boss house and two from the Small Boss house (Nixen and Ananya) had to participate in a puzzle to correctly organise the shuffled map of the Bigg Boss house. The losers of this task have to clean the house for the week.
  • Bigg Boss members (winners)
  • Small house members (lost)

For Bathroom Cleaning: 1 housemate from each house (Raveena and Vickram) participated in the quiz task about the Bigg Boss house. The losers of this task have to perform bathroom cleaning for the week.

  • Bigg Boss members (winners)
  • Small house members (lost)
Shopping Budget Tasks
  • Task 1-Weight party: Big Boss housemates have to stand on a weighing machine so that the total weight has to be equal to the weight displayed by the Big Boss. The winners of this task will have their makeup items saved.
  • Task 2: Big Boss housemates have to pass the electric rod through a puzzle board without touching it. Housemates who fail at this task will have all their clothing confiscated by the Big Boss.
Jail None
Saved contestants Aishu, Chelladurai, Jovika, Pradeep, Raveena and Yugendran were saved after facing a public vote.
Exits On Day 7, Ananya S Rao was evicted after facing public votes.
Week 2 Entrances None
Captaincy Task Wrong Turn:
  • Saravana Vickram, Jovika Vijayakumar and Nixen participated in the captaincy task. In this week task, housemates must enter the maze in the activity area, collect the maximum gold stars inside it, and have to exit the maze within the stipulated time. The first to exit with maximum stars will be the captain for Week 2.
Winner–Saravana Vickram
Failed- Jovika
Failed- Nixen
House Captain Saravana Vickram
Nominations Akshaya, Jovika, Maya, Poornima, Pradeep, Vichithra and Vishnu were nominated for the Week 2 nomination process
House Activity Tasks For House Cleaning: One housemate from each house (Akshaya and Vijay Varma) participated in this belief task. Housemates must arrange the cups in the table in a certain orientation also they should try to alter the opponent's orientation, too. The housemate whose orientation has more cups on the table is the winner. The losers of this task have to clean the house for the week.
  • Bigg Boss members (Lost)
  • Small house members (Winners)


  • Bigg Boss members (Lost)
  • Small house members (Winners)
Weekly Task
  • Each housemate has to debate how they are better than other housemates in entertaining the people and also about their contributions to the house and show for the past ten days.
  • After the debate, housemates have to vote to choose the winner of the star medal.
Shopping Budget Tasks
  • Task 1-Chain Reaction: Five Big Boss housemates, Jovika, Mani, Nixen, Yugendran and Poornima, have to balance the given pieces of boxes horizontally between each of their hands for the given time period. Housemates who succeed at this task will retain their grooming and toiletry items.
  • Task 2-Mud Cycling: Five Big Boss housemates, Raveena, Mani, Nixen, Vinusha and Poornima, have to cycle through the ramp surrounded by clay in the activity area to get the flag within the buzzer. Four flags have to be acquired to win this task. Housemates who fail at this task will have all their clothing confiscated by the Big Boss.
  • Task 3-Aaryamala Aaryamala: Three Big Boss housemates, Raveena, Yugendran and Vichithra, participated in this mental stability task. All three of them must remain within the activity area till the buzzer, patiently listening to all the disturbances. If even one of them leaves the area before the buzzer, they fail. Housemates who win at this task will have food cooked by Small House members.
Jail None
Saved contestants Akshaya, Jovika, Maya, Poornima, Pradeep, Vichithra and Vishnu were saved. No eviction.
Exits On Day 8, Bava Chelladurai walked out of the house due to his poor health.
Week 3 Entrances None
Captaincy Task
  • Block Stacking three contestants nominated for the captaincy had to stack blocks by size from largest on the bottom and to the smallest on the top. Nominees are allowed to have another contestant help to build and stack the blocks. The housemate who successfully protects their stacked blocks from attacks will win the task.
Winner– Yugendran
Failed– Jovika
Failed- Aishu
House Captain Yugendran
Nominations Akshaya, Aishu, Manichandra, Maya, Nixen, Poornima, Pradeep, Vichithra, Vikram, Vijay and Vinusha were nominated for the Week 3 Eviction Process.
House Activity Tasks
  • For House Cleaning: One housemate from each house (Vishnu (Small Boss) and Manichandra (Bigg House)) will participate in this task. This is a task where the housemate needs to balance the ball in the middle of the tube. If they manage to balance the ball, that person is the winner. The losers of this task have to clean the house for the week. The result is Bigg House (Loss) and Small House (Winner).


  • For Bathroom Cleaning: One housemate from each house, (Pradeep (Small Boss) and Cool Suresh (Bigg House), will participate in this task. This task is where the housemates need to stack plates and cups like a tower in the water. If they manage to balance it out, they are declared the winners. The losers of this task have to clean the house for the week. The result is Bigg House (Winner) and Small House (Loss).
Star Medal Task Selected housemates had to talk about their life. The person who had the most touching story was given the Star Medal by the Small Boss house contestants.
Weekly Task
  • Oru Kathai Sollatuma: The housemates of Bigg Boss House shared their past life, their sorrows, strengths, and how they achieved their dreams, with the other housemates. The other housemates have to paste a heart, like, or dislike sticker if the housemate's story was relatable, inspirational, or non-inspirational.
  • Oxygen Task: This task pitted Small House and Bigg House against each other. There are thirty oxygen tanks in the garden. The housemates must collect oxygen tanks in order to win each round. There were two rounds held, both of which were won by Bigg House, where they had the power to choose two contenders for captaincy and one direct nomination from Small House.
Shopping Budget Tasks
  • Task 1: Code Red: The housemates (Aishu, Jovika, Raveena and Nixen) will see the video color sequence on the screen, and after that, they will show the row to cut the color wire. If successful, their repayment will succeed. If they lose, they have to surrender their clothing for the rest of the week. Only Raveena and Nixen won this task. Therefore, the housemates failed at this task.


  • Task 2: Ping Ball: The housemates (Raveena, Mani and Yugendran) have to complete the puzzle; however, they must throw the ball while completing the puzzle. If they lose the challenge, they would be unable to eat anything for the entire week. Since Raveena failed to catch the ball, the team failed.
Jail None
Saved contestants Akshaya, Aishu, Manichandra, Maya, Nixen, Poornima, Pradeep, Vichithra, Vikram and Vinusha were saved after facing the public.
Exits On Day 21, Vijay Varma was evicted after facing a public vote.
Week 4 Entrances On Day 28, Dinesh Gopalsamy, Annabharati, VJ Archana, RJ Bravo and Gana Bala entered the Bigg Boss House as wildcard housemates.
Captaincy Task
  • Captain Campaign: Each captain contender (Nixen, Poornima Ravi and Vijay Varma) must tell how they will run their captaincy and what to prove in the upcoming week. Then, other housemates must choose a number, which will be an OTP number, which contains a four-digit number. The housemates holding that number must decide who becomes captain after listening to the contenders' speeches.
Winner– Poornima
Failed– Vijay
Failed– Nixen
House Captain Poornima
Nominations Akshaya, Jovika, Manichandra, Maya, Nixen, Pradeep, Suresh, Vickram, Vinusha, Vishnu and Yugendran were nominated for the Week 4 Eviction Process.
House Activity Tasks
  • Football: The housemates (Manichandra and Vishnu) need to sit while playing football. If the housemates fail to kick the ball inside goalkeeping, which gives them points, the house with the most points wins. The Small House won and the Bigg House lost.
  • Clean The Teeth: The same housemates who played previously must also compete in the game. The housemates must clean their board teeth fully within the time. The results are that Small House lost and Bigg House won.
Weekly Task
  • Battery Dead: All 15 housemates must participate in the task. Each housemate must take someone's phone to charge at the charging station. However, the housemates are unable to charge the phone, and the housemate who is on the phone will be removed from the task. This housemate who wins will receive two stars. Jovika won the task and received two stars with the help of Akshaya.
  • Likes or Dislikes: All 15 housemates must participate in the task. Each housemate needs to choose two housemates from the house, then they receive videos from the families or friends of the chosen housemates. After analyzing the video, the housemates must decide whether they dislike or like someone they choose. The housemates with the most likes will receive one star. Pradeep won the task and received one star.
  • Ranking: All 15 housemates must participate in this task. Each housemate must explain why they deserve the ranks they choose. The housemates will be ranked based on whether their peers found their presentation convincing.
Shopping Budget Tasks
  • Pass The Board: One housemate from each house (Maya and Yugendran) must compete in this task. In this task, two housemates pass the blue and red board to each another within the time limit. If they manage to pass every board to the other person, they win. However, they failed in this task.
  • Memory Task: The housemates (Akshaya, Aishu and Vickram) need to compete in this task. In this task, housemates need to remember the card order they see on the screen. Then, the housemates need to put in the order of the card that was put out in the garden. The housemates failed in this task.
Jail None
Saved contestants Akshaya, Jovika, Manichandra, Maya, Nixen, Pradeep, Suresh, Vickram and Vishnu were saved from eviction.
Exits On Day 28, Yugendran Vasudevan and Vinusha Devi were evicted after facing a public vote.
Week 5 Entrances None
Captaincy Task Feels the Reels: Poornima Ravi, Aishu ADS and Jovika Vijayakumar compete in a competition where each of them needs to tie cloth to make reels for cassette tape with the help of other housemates. The housemate with the longest tape wins the competition.
Winner-Poornima
Failed-Aishu
Failed-Jovika
House Captain Poornima
Nominations Akshaya, Annabharathi, Archana, Aishu, Bala, Bravo, Dinesh, Manichandra and Maya were nominated for the Week 5 Eviction Process.
House Activity Tasks
  • Stick To Stick: Five housemates from each house need to hold the ball with a stick without covering it. If they are able to goal the ball, they win. The Bigg Boss House won with the most goals in this task.
  • Blow It: Six housemates from each house need to blow the ball to enter each horseshoe. If the housemates succeed, they win. The Bigg Boss House won again in the cleaning task.
Weekly Task
  • Bell In The Head: Each housemate wears bell headgear. Each of them needs to stand still after the buzzer; if they move, that housemate will lose. The housemate who wins will receive one gold star. Vichithra won the Gold Star task.
  • BB Talent Show: The Bigg Boss House was divided into two teams, led by Maya (originally Pradeep) and Suresh. Each team provided solo, duet, and group performances, which were judged by the Small House. And for the first time, the audience was included to support. Suresh's team won, and Aishu and Raveena were named the best performers. Vichithra awarded Aishu a gold star.
Shopping Budget Tasks
  • Hole In The Wall: Bigg Boss House will compete to repay their debt, which means each housemate needs to go through each wall if they are able to enter all the walls. The Bigg Boss House completed the task.
Jail Akshaya Udayakumar was sent to the jail.
Saved contestants Akshaya, Archana, Aishu, Bala, Bravo, Dinesh, Manichandra and Maya were saved from eviction.
Exits On Day 34, Pradeep Anthony was ejected with the Red Card.

On Day 35, Annabharathi was evicted after facing a public vote.

Week 6 Entrances None
Captaincy Task Basement Weak: Maya S.Krishnan, Cool Suresh and Vichithra have to stand still on one leg for a long time to win the competition.
Winner–Maya
Failed–Suresh
Failed-Vichithra
House Captain Maya
Nominations Aishu, Archana, Bravo, Dinesh, Poornima and Vichithra were nominated for the Week 6 Eviction Process.
House Activity Tasks Kamal Haasan Birthday Task: All housemates dress as popular characters from the host's films. All housemates pair with another housemate and perform a dance.
  • Maya and Bala
  • Aishu and Nixen
  • Suresh and Vichithra
  • Vishnu and Poornima
  • Archana and Dinesh
  • Akshaya and Vickram
  • Raveena and Manichandra
  • Jovika and Bravo

Dinesh and Archana also were appointed as the judges for the dancing competition show, they both pressed the "outstanding performance" buzzer for Suresh and Vichithra. They both won 80,000 BB dollars.

Weekly Task Bigg Boss Court: Housemates select one housemate as a judge and another with whom they have had a conflict in the week to try to resolve the conflict.
  • Poornima VS Vishnu - Raveena (judge)
  • Poornima VS Vichithra - Nixen (judge)
Shopping Budget Tasks Archana and Maya, who both did the luxury budget shopping for the sixth week, were called to the confession room by Bigg Boss, and were asked what they bought and how much of the items they purchased from the BB grocery hall. Both Archana and Maya answered wrongly to most of the questions given by Bigg Boss and failed to repay the debt of the shopping.

As a punishment, Bigg Boss demanded a housemate be sent to the jail from the main house, hence Vishnu was chosen after receiving the majority votes to be sent to jail.

Jail Vishnu Vijay was sent to the jail.
Saved contestants Archana, Bravo, Dinesh, Poornima and Vichithra were saved from eviction.
Exits On Day 42, Aishu ADS was evicted after facing a public vote.
Week 7 Entrances None
Captaincy Task Rolling the wheel task: Captaincy-nominated housemates had a wheel with a ball inside of it, they had to spin it and cross over a ramp while spinning the ball without it falling off. The housemate who finishes the task first wins captaincy for the seventh week.
Winner–Dinesh
Failed–Jovika
Failed–Aishu
House Captain Dinesh
Nominations Akshaya, Bala, Bravo, Manichandra, Poornima, Raveena, Vichithra and Vickram were nominated for the Week 7 Eviction Process.
House Activity Tasks
  • Deepavali Sweet Task: Housemates were given 45 pieces of Ladoo's and each housemate had to give 2 pieces to another 2 housemates with whom they had developed a strong connection. 3 of the 45 Ladoo's contained a golden star. Any housemate who received 2 stars was able to nominate 2 housemates for the Week 8 eviction process the following week.
  • Vichithra received 2 golden stars.
  • Manichandra received 1 golden star.
Weekly Task
  • Unnai Pol Uruthaan: Each housemate imitated the behaviour, dress, and attitude of a housemate of the opposite sex throughout the week.
Housemate Housemate Mimicking
Akshaya Bravo
Archana Vickram
Bala Akshaya
Bravo Jovika
Jovika Nixen
Manichandra Poornima
Maya Vishnu
Nixen Vichithra
Poornima Bala
Raveena Manichandra
Suresh Archana
Vichithra Suresh
Vickram Raveena
Vishnu Maya
  • Since there were one more male than female housemates in the house, one male was exempted from the task. The majority of female housemates voted to exempt Dinesh.
  • So Dinesh became the judge and observed the housemates' imitations. He rated Bala's the worst, so Bala was eliminated from the task and replaced by Dinesh.
  • Dinesh Secret Task: Dinesh was called to the confession room and the Bigg Boss instructed him to argue with housemates, thereby provoking them to stop their imitations and revert to their usual behaviour.
Task assigned to Task Status
Dinesh PASSED
  • Dinesh succeeded in the task by provoking housemates to abandon their mimicry.
Shopping Budget Tasks None
Jail Vichithra Williams and Archana Ravichandran were sent to the jail.
Saved contestants Akshaya, Bravo, Manichandra, Poornima, Raveena, Vichithra and Vickram were saved from eviction.
Exits On Day 49, Gaana Bala was evicted after facing a public vote.
Week 8 Entrances On Day 56, Vijay Varma and Ananya S Rao re-entered the Bigg Boss House as wildcard housemates.
Captaincy Task
Winner–Dinesh
Failed–Cool Suresh
Failed–Nixen
House Captain Dinesh
Nominations Akshaya, Archana, Bravo, Manichandra, Maya, Poornima, Raveena and Vichithra were nominated for the Week 8 Eviction Process.
House Activity Tasks Earthquake (Boogambam)

On Day 50, Bigg Boss announced that each housemate must complete three tasks in order to prevent three wildcard contestants from entering the house. The wildcard contestants pending to enter are former housemates who were evicted from the house earlier in the season. Each failed task will result in one wildcard contestant entering the house and each completed task will prevent one wildcard contestant from entering the house.

Tasks Result Wildcard Entry Entrants
Task 1 FAILED CONFIRMED VIJAY VARMA
Task 2 PASSED BLOCKED
Task 3 FAILED CONFIRMED ANANYA S RAO

Ananya S Rao and Vijay Varma re-entered the house as wildcard contestants.

Weekly Task None
Shopping Budget Tasks None
Jail None
Saved contestants Archana, Manichandra, Maya, Poornima, Raveena and Vichithra were saved from eviction.
Exits On Day 55, RJ Bravo was evicted after facing a public vote.

On Day 56, Akshaya Udayakumar was evicted after facing a public vote.

Week 9 Entrances
Captaincy Task
Winner– Nixen
Failed– Jovika
Failed- Vishnu
House Captain Nixen
Nominations Ananya, Suresh, Dinesh, Jovika, Manichandra, Poornima, Vichitra and Vickram were nominated for the Week 9 eviction process.
House Activity Tasks
Weekly Task
Shopping Budget Tasks
Jail
Saved contestants Ananya, Dinesh, Manichandra, Poornima, Suresh, Vichitra and Vickram were saved from eviction.
Exits On Day 63, Jovika Vijayakumar was evicted after facing a public vote.
Week 10 Entrances
Captaincy Task
Winner– Vishnu
Failed– Suresh
Failed - Archana
House Captain Vishnu
Nominations Archana, Dinesh, Manichandra, Nixen and Vichithra were nominated for the Week 10 eviction process.
House Activity Tasks
Weekly Task
Shopping Budget Tasks
Jail
Saved contestants
Exits
Week 11 Entrances
Captaincy Task
Winner–
Failed–
Failed
House Captain
Nominations
House Activity Tasks
Weekly Task
Shopping Budget Tasks
Jail
Saved contestants
Exits
Week 12 Entrances
Captaincy Task
Winner–
Failed–
Failed
House Captain
Nominations
House Activity Tasks
Weekly Task
Shopping Budget Tasks
Jail
Saved contestants
Exits
Week 13 Entrances
Captaincy Task
Winner–
Failed–
Failed
House Captain
Nominations
House Activity Tasks
Weekly Task
Shopping Budget Tasks
Jail
Saved contestants
Exits
Week 14 Entrances
Captaincy Task
Winner–
Failed–
Failed
House Captain
Nominations
House Activity Tasks
Weekly Task
Shopping Budget Tasks
Jail
Saved contestants
Exits
Week 15 Entrances
Captaincy Task
Winner–
Failed–
Failed
House Captain
Nominations
House Activity Tasks
Weekly Task
Shopping Budget Tasks
Jail
Exits
Finalists
Grand Finale
Day 105
4th Runner Up TBA
3rd Runner Up TBA
2nd Runner Up TBA
1st Runner Up TBA
Winner TBA

Nomination table

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15
Day 29 Day 35 Day 50 Earthquake Task Day 56
Nominees for House Captaincy All
housemates		 Jovika
Nixen
Vickram		 Aishu
Jovika
Yugendran		 Nixen
Poornima
Vijay		 Aishu
Jovika
Poornima		 Maya
Suresh
Vichithra		 Aishu
Dinesh
Jovika		 Dinesh
Nixen
Suresh		 Not eligible Jovika
Nixen
Vishnu		 Archana
Suresh
Vishnu
House Captain Vijay Vickram Yugendran Poornima Maya Dinesh Nixen Vishnu
House Captain Nomination Bava
Ananya		 Vishnu
Suresh		 Maya
Pradeep		 Manichandra
Jovika		 Annabharathi
Bravo		 Yes Vichithra
Archana		 Poornima
Vickram		 Poornima
Vichithra		 Not eligible Archana
Vickram		 Nixen
Vijay
Small House members Aishu
Ananya
Bava
Nixen
Raveena
Vinusha
Vichithra
Yugendran		 Aishu
Bava
Suresh
Maya
Pradeep
Vishnu
Vijay		 Maya
Poornima
Pradeep
Vickram
Vinusha
Vishnu
Akshaya		 Akshaya
Jovika
Manichandra
Nixen
Pradeep
Yugendran		 Annabharathi
Archana
Bala
Bravo
Dinesh
Vichithra
Jovika		 Archana
Dinesh
Mani
Raveena
Suresh
Vichithra		 none Bravo
Jovika
Poornima
Vickram
Vichithra
Vishnu		 Not eligible Archana
Poornima
Suresh
Vickram
Vijay
Vishnu		 Ananya
Nixen
Poornima
Raveena
Vickram
Vijay
Vote to: Evict Eject Pradeep Evict Task Entry Evict
Ananya Jovika
Yugendran		 Evicted
(Day 7)		 Re entry confirmed Re-Entered
(Day 56)		 Poornima
Suresh		 Dinesh
Manichandra
Archana Not in House Entered
(Day 28)		 Manichandra
Akshaya		 No Akshaya
Vickram		 Maya
Poornima		 Poornima
Jovika		 Lost Task Not eligible Ananya
Jovika		 Nixen
Poornima
Dinesh Not in House Entered
(Day 28)		 Manichandra
Aishu		 No Poornima
Aishu		 House
Captain		 Lost Task Not eligible Vickram
Vishnu		 Nixen
Vickram
Manichandra Bava
Ananya		 Maya
Vishnu		 Poornima
Maya		 Maya
Vinusha		 Dinesh
Archana		 Yes Aishu
Bravo		 Akshaya
Bravo		 Poornima
Bravo		 Lost Task Not eligible Poornima
Vijay		 Ananya
Nixen
Maya Raveena
Nixen		 Manichandra
Vichithra		 Manichandra
Vichithra		 Manichandra
Nixen		 Bravo
Annabharathi		 Yes House Captain Manichandra
Bala		 Vishnu
Bravo		 Lost Task Not eligible Poornima
Vickram		 Ananya
Raveena
Nixen Pradeep
Jovika		 Pradeep
Vishnu		 Vinusha
Maya		 Suresh
Vickram		 Bravo
Annabharathi		 Yes Dinesh
Manichandra		 Vichithra
Manichandra		 Vichithra
Poornima		 Lost Task Not eligible House Captain Archana
Manichandra
Poornima Aishu
Ananya		 Pradeep
Suresh		 Vichithra
Manichandra		 House
Captain		 Dinesh
Vichithra		 Manichandra
Raveena		 Manichandra
Raveena		 Lost Task Not eligible Ananya
Manichandra		 Dinesh
Manichandra
Raveena Jovika
Yugendran		 Vishnu
Maya		 Maya
Poornima		 Yugendran
Jovika		 Dinesh
Bravo		 Yes Aishu
Bravo		 Vickram
Archana		 Vichithra
Jovika		 Lost Task Not eligible Poornima
Vickram		 Maya
Vichithra
Suresh Bava
Aishu		 Akshaya
Jovika		 Vickram
Pradeep		 Nixen
Jovika		 Bala
Archana		 No Aishu
Poornima		 Vickram
Akshaya		 Bravo
Vickram		 Lost Task Not eligible Maya
Vichithra		 Nixen
Vickram
Vichithra Ananya
Aishu		 Vishnu
Maya		 Maya
Vishnu		 Yugendran
Pradeep		 Maya
Manichandra		 No Aishu
Nixen		 Vickram
Raveena		 Manichandra
Raveena		 Lost Task Not eligible Suresh
Vickram		 Poornima
Vijay
Vickram Nixen
Ananya		 House Captain Vijay
Aishu		 Nixen
Pradeep		 Annabharathi
Bravo		 Yes Dinesh
Archana		 Vishnu
Bravo		 Manichandra
Archana		 Lost Task Not eligible Manichandra
Vichithra		 Archana
Vichithra
Vijay House Captain Akshaya
Poornima		 Vickram
Vinusha		 Evicted
(Day 21)		 Re entry confirmed Re-Entered
(Day 56)		 Manichandra
Raveena		 Dinesh
Manichandra
Vishnu Bava
Aishu		 Akshaya
Jovika		 Nixen
Akshaya		 Pradeep
Nixen		 Archana
Annabharathi		 Yes Vichithra
Archana		 Vickram
Akshaya		 Maya
Akshaya		 Lost Task Not eligible Ananya
Jovika		 House Captain
Jovika Aishu
Raveena		 Vishnu
Maya		 Vinusha
Vishnu		 Vickram
Suresh		 Dinesh
Archana		 Yes Dinesh
Vichithra		 Manichandra
Vickram		 Nixen
Archana		 Lost Task Not eligible Suresh
Vickram		 Evicted
(Day 63)
Akshaya Raveena
Aishu		 Pradeep
Vishnu		 Vinusha
Vickram		 Vinusha
Suresh		 Bala
Archana		 Yes Archana
Vichithra		 Vichithra
Manichandra		 Vichithra
Bravo		 Lost Task Evicted
(Day 56)
Bravo Not in House Entered
(Day 28)		 Maya
Aishu		 Yes Raveena
Vichithra		 Bala
Vichithra		 Archana
Manichandra		 Lost Task Evicted
(Day 55)
Bala Not in House Entered
(Day 28)		 Suresh
Vickram		 Yes Dinesh
Archana		 Poornima
Bravo		 Evicted
(Day 49)
Aishu Jovika
Pradeep		 Akshaya
Jovika		 Pradeep
Poornima		 Yugendran
Manichandra		 Dinesh
Archana		 Yes Archana
Dinesh		 Evicted
(Day 42)
Annabharathi Not in House Entered
(Day 28)		 Akshaya
Maya		 No Evicted
(Day 35)
Pradeep Vinusha
Ananya		 Poornima
Vichithra		 Akshaya
Aishu		 Suresh
Maya		 Archana
Bala		 Not eligible Ejected
(Day 34)
Vinusha Yugendran
Maya		 Maya
Vishnu		 Vijay
Nixen		 Pradeep
Yugendran		 Evicted
(Day 28)
Yugendran Raveena
Ananya		 Vishnu
Maya		 House Captain Vinusha
Maya		 Evicted
(Day 28)
Bava Suresh
Pradeep		 No Nominations Walked
(Day 8)
Notes 1, 2 3, 4 5 6, 7, 8 9, 10, 11, 12 13, 14, 15 16
Against
Public
Vote		 Aishu
Ananya
Bava
Jovika
Pradeep
Raveena
Yugendran		 Akshaya
Jovika
Maya
Pradeep
Poornima
Vichithra
Vishnu		 Akshaya
Aishu
Manichandra
Maya
Nixen
Poornima
Pradeep
Vichithra
Vickram
Vijay
Vinusha		 Akshaya
Suresh
Jovika
Manichandra
Maya
Nixen
Pradeep
Vickram
Vinusha
Vishnu
Yugendran		 Akshaya
Aishu
Archana
Annabharathi
Bala
Bravo
Dinesh
Manichandra
Maya		 Aishu
Archana
Bravo
Dinesh
Poornima
Vichithra		 Akshaya
Bala
Bravo
Manichandra
Poornima
Raveena
Vichithra
Vickram		 Akshaya
Archana
Bravo
Manichandra
Maya
Poornima
Raveena
Vichithra		 Ananya
Dinesh
Jovika
Manichandra
Poornima
Suresh
Vichithra
Vickram		 Archana
Dinesh
Manichandra
Nixen
Vichithra
Re-entered none Ananya none
Vijay
Walked none Bava none
Ejected none Pradeep none
Evicted Ananya Eviction
Cancelled		 Vijay Vinusha Annabharathi Aishu Bala Bravo Jovika
Yugendran Akshaya

Color Keys

  indicates contestants in the Small House.
  indicates the House Captain.
  indicates the Nominees for house captaincy.
  indicates that the Housemate was safe prior to nominations.
  indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction before the regular nominations process.
  indicates the winner.
  indicates the first runner-up.
  indicates the second runner-up.
  indicates the third runner-up.
  indicates the fourth runner-up.
  indicates that the contestant has re-entered the house.
  indicates that the contestant walked out of the show.
  indicates that the contestant was ejected directly from the house.
  indicates that the contestant was evicted.

Nomination notes

  • ^Note 1 : Since Vichithra and Yugendran broke the house rules on Day 2, they were banished to the Small House.
  • ^Note 2 : On Day 7, host Kamal gave Vijay a Strike Warning for being abusive towards Pradeep in Week 1.
  • ^Note 3 : On Day 8, Bava Chelladurai walked out of the house due to health issues in Week 2.
  • ^Note 4 : Since Bava Chelladurai walked out of the house, Star Vijay announced on their social media platform that Week 2 will not have an eviction. However the housemates in the house are unaware that there will be no eviction.
  • ^Note 5 : On Day 17, Akshaya, who was holding the Sabakkal given by Bigg Boss housemates, was sent to Small Boss House
  • ^Note 6 : Akshaya was directly nominated by housemates, through the Sabakkal twist in Week 3.
  • ^Note 7 : During the Oxygen tank task in Week 3, the winning house (Bigg Boss House) chose Vishnu from the Small Boss House to be directly nominated for Week 4.
  • ^Note 8 : On Day 28, Annabharathi, Archana, Bravo, Bala and Dinesh entered the house as wildcard housemates.
  • ^Note 9 : During a task, Akshaya was nominated to be sent to the Bigg Boss Jail for lacking performance in tasks.
  • ^Note 10 : Jovika broke household rules in the Bigg Boss house so she was sent to the Small House.
  • ^Note 11 : Pradeep was ejected from the house with a red card due to breaking household protocols, verbally abusing fellow housemates and for allegedly misbehaving with the female housemates.
  • ^Note 12 : Housemates chose between evicting Pradeep or allowing him to remain in the house. The majority voted to evict him.
  • ^Note 13 : Vishnu was given the power to directly nominate two housemates as he won the Star task. He chose Maya and Akshaya.
  • ^Note 14 : Since the housemates lost 2 of the 3 earthquake (boogambam) tasks, 2 evicted housemates will reenter the game as wildcard housemates.
  • ^Note 15 : Ananya Rao and Vijay Varma reentered the game.
  • ^Note 16 : During a task in Week 8, all the housemates directly nominated Dinesh for Week 9 nomination process.

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