Bigg Boss was the first season of the Tamil-language reality TV show Bigg Boss Tamil which is the Tamil version of the Big Brother. The first season aired on Star Vijay from June 25, 2017 to September 30, 2017.[1][2] The season's presenter was Kamal Haasan and a lavish house set was constructed at EVP theme park, Chennai. This season is the shortest season in the Bigg Boss Tamil series excluding the Ultimate series.[3]

Quick Facts Presented by, No. of days ...
Bigg Boss
Season 1
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Bigg Boss Tamil 1 logo
Presented byKamal Haasan
No. of days98
No. of housemates19
WinnerArav Nafeez
Runner-upSnehan Sivaselvam
No. of episodes100
Release
Original networkStar Vijay
Original release25 June (2017-06-25) 
30 September 2017 (2017-09-30)
Season chronology
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The winner of the season was model/actor, Arav Nafeez who received a cash prize of 50 lakh. Lyricist Snehan Sivaselvam was the runner-up.

Snehan, Suja Varunee and Maria Juliana returned as contestants in Bigg Boss Ultimate season 1. While Bindu Madhavi returned as a contestant in Bigg Boss Non-Stop season 1 and eventually she won it.

Housemate status

More information SR, Housemate ...
SR Housemate Day entered Day exited Housemates Status
1 Arav Day 1 Day 98 Winner
2 Snehan Day 1 Day 98 1st runner-up
3 Harish Day 53 Day 98 2nd runner-up
4 Ganesh Day 1 Day 98 3rd runner-up
5 Bindu Day 35 Day 97 4th runner-up
6 Suja Day 52 Day 77 Evicted
Day 77 Day 91 Evicted
7 Vaiyapuri Day 1 Day 84 Evicted
8 Kaajal Day 54 Day 70 Evicted
9 Raiza Day 1 Day 65 Evicted
10 Gayathri Day 1 Day 56 Evicted
11 Shakthi Day 1 Day 49 Evicted
12 Juliana Day 1 Day 42 Evicted
13 Oviya Day 1 Day 41 Walked
14 Namitha Day 1 Day 28 Evicted
15 Harathi Day 1 Day 21 Evicted
16 Ganja Day 1 Day 14 Evicted
17 Bharani Day 1 Day 14 Ejected
18 Anuya Day 1 Day 7 Evicted
19 Sri Day 1 Day 4 Walked
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Housemates

The list of contestants in the order of entering the house:

Original entrants

  1. Sri, an actor best known for playing the lead role in the films Vazhakku Enn 18/9 (2012) and Maanagaram (2017).
  2. Anuya Bhagvath, an actress best known for playing the lead role in Siva Manasula Sakthi (2009).
  3. Vaiyapuri, an actor who has primarily appeared as a comedian in Tamil films.
  4. Gayathri Raghuram, an actress, choreographer and politician who has worked in Tamil films.
  5. Bharani, an actor best known for playing a lead role in Naadodigal (2009).
  6. Raiza Wilson, a model and former beauty-pageant contestant from Bangalore.
  7. Snehan, a lyricist, poet, actor and motivational speaker who has worked in Tamil films.
  8. Oviya, an actress who has appeared in leading roles in the films Kalavani (2010), Marina (2012) and Kalakalappu (2012).
  9. Harathi Ganesh, an actress who has primarily appeared as a comedienne in Tamil films.
  10. Arav Nafeez, a model and actor from Tiruchchirapalli who has starred in Saithan (2016).
  11. Ganja Karuppu, an actor who has primarily appeared as a comedian in Tamil films.
  12. Maria Juliana, a former nurse who rose to fame as an activist during the 2017 Jallikattu protests.
  13. Ganesh Venkatraman, an actor and former model who has appeared in supporting roles in the films Abhiyum Naanum (2008), Unnaipol Oruvan (2009), and Thani Oruvan (2015).
  14. Shakthi Vasudevan, an actor best known for playing leading roles in Thottal Poo Malarum (2007) and Shivalinga (2017).
  15. Namitha, an actress who has appeared in leading roles in the films Aai (2004), Billa (2007) and Azhagiya Tamil Magan (2007).


Wildcard entrants

  1. Bindu Madhavi, an actress who has appeared in leading roles in the films Kazhugu (2012), Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (2013), and Desingu Raja (2013).
  2. Suja Varunee, an actress and dancer who has appeared in supporting roles in the films Milaga (2010) and Pencil (2016).
  3. Harish Kalyan, an actor best known for playing leading roles in the films Sindhu Samaveli (2010) and Poriyaalan (2014).
  4. Kaajal Pasupathi, an actress and video jockey known for her roles in Ko (2011) and Mounaguru (2011).

Nominations table

More information Week 1, Week 2 ...
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
(GRAND FINALE)
Day 43 Day 46 Day 97 Day 98
House
Captain
Snehan Gayathri Ganesh Shakthi Snehan No
Captain
Raiza Bindu Harish No
Captain
Vaiyapuri Arav Snehan No
Captain
Captain's Nomination Juliana
Sri
Bharani
Ganja
Oviya
Harathi
Vaiyapuri
Namitha
Juliana
Oviya
Nominations
Rejected
Vaiyapuri Gayathri
Arav
Raiza
Bindu
Suja
Harish
Snehan
Harish
Immune
Vote to: Evict Save Evict Win
Arav Anuya
Raiza
Bharani
Ganja
Harathi
Juliana
Ganesh
Namitha
Juliana
Gayathri
Shakthi
Oviya
Nominations
Rejected
Vaiyapuri Gayathri
Raiza
Snehan
Bindu
Suja
Vaiyapuri
Suja
Ganesh
House
Captain
Nominated Finalist Winner
(Day 98)
Snehan House
Captain
Bharani
Oviya
Oviya
Vaiyapuri
Vaiyapuri
Oviya
House
Captain
Juliana
Oviya
Nominations
Rejected
Vaiyapuri Ganesh
Arav
Raiza
Ganesh
Arav
Kaajal
Arav
Ganesh
Arav
Harish
House
Captain
Ticket To
Finale Winner
Finalist
1st Runner-Up
(Day 98)
Harish Not in
House
Exempt House
Captain
Kaajal
Arav
Ganesh
Bindu
Vaiyapuri
Arav
Nominated Finalist 2nd Runner-Up
(Day 98)
Ganesh Ganja
Sri
Bharani
Ganja
House
Captain
Oviya
Namitha
Oviya
Juliana
Oviya
Juliana
Nominations
Rejected
Vaiyapuri Gayathri
Raiza
Raiza
Vaiyapuri
Arav
Kaajal
Suja
Snehan
Vaiyapuri
Bindu
Nominated Finalist 3rd Runner-Up
(Day 98)
Bindu Not in
House
Juliana
Gayathri
Nominations
Rejected
Vaiyapuri House
Captain
Raiza
Snehan
Kaajal
Arav
Suja
Harish
Vaiyapuri
Snehan
Nominated Finalist 4th Runner-Up
(Day 97)
Suja Not in
House
Exempt Vaiyapuri
Raiza
Arav
Kaajal
Bindu
Snehan
Arav
Snehan
Nominated Evicted
(Day 91)
Vaiyapuri Sri
Anuya
Bharani
Namitha
Namitha
Oviya
Ganesh
Namitha
Gayathri
Juliana
Juliana
Raiza
Nominations
Rejected
Himself Gayathri
Raiza
Raiza
Ganesh
Kaajal
Suja
House
Captain
Harish
Bindu
Evicted
(Day 84)
Kaajal Not in
House
Exempt Vaiyapuri
Snehan
Vaiyapuri
Bindu
Evicted
(Day 70)
Raiza Gayathri
Juliana
Juliana
Oviya
Juliana
Oviya
Oviya
Juliana
Juliana
Oviya
Oviya
Ganesh
House
Captain
Vaiyapuri
Gayathri
Vaiyapuri
Snehan
Evicted
(Day 65)
Gayathri Raiza
Juliana
House
Captain
Oviya
Juliana
Ganesh
Oviya
Oviya
Arav
Oviya
Arav
Nominations
Rejected
Vaiyapuri Raiza
Vaiyapuri
Evicted
(Day 56)
Shakthi Sri
Ganja
Raiza
Bharani
Harathi
Oviya
House
Captain
Oviya
Arav
Oviya
Juliana
Nominations
Rejected
Vaiyapuri Evicted
(Day 49)
Juliana Anuya
Raiza
Bharani
Ganja
Harathi
Vaiyapuri
Oviya
Namitha
Arav
Ganesh
Oviya
Ganesh
Evicted
(Day 42)
Oviya Ganja
Sri
Ganja
Raiza
Gayathri
Raiza
Ganesh
Namitha
Juliana
Ganesh
Arav
Raiza
Walked
(Day 41)
Namitha Sri
Anuya
Bharani
Oviya
Vaiyapuri
Juliana
Ganesh
Oviya
Evicted
(Day 28)
Harathi Juliana
Sri
Ganesh
Arav
Shakthi
Juliana
Evicted
(Day 21)
Bharani Sri
Raiza
Ganja
Namitha
Ejected
(Day 14)
Ganja Sri
Anuya
Bharani
Oviya
Evicted
(Day 14)
Anuya Harathi
Juliana
Evicted
(Day 7)
Sri Gayathri
Shakthi
Walked
(Day 4)
Note 1 2 none 3, 4 5, 6, 7, 9 8, 10, 11, 12 13 13, 14 7, 15 16, 17, 18 19, 20 21 7, 22
Against
public vote
Anuya
Juliana
Raiza
Sri
Bharani
Ganja
Oviya
Raiza
Harathi
Juliana
Oviya
Vaiyapuri
Raiza
Ganesh
Namitha
Oviya
Arav
Juliana
Oviya
Raiza
Juliana
Oviya
Vaiyapuri
Arav
Bindu
Ganesh
Gayathri
Shakthi
Snehan
Vaiyapuri
Arav
Bindu
Ganesh
Gayathri
Shakthi
Snehan
Raiza
Gayathri
Raiza
Raiza
Snehan
Vaiyapuri
Arav
Kaajal
Snehan
Suja
Bindu
Ganesh
Harish
Suja
Arav
Harish
Snehan
Vaiyapuri
Arav
Bindu
Ganesh
Harish
Suja
Arav
Bindu
Ganesh
Harish
Snehan
Walked SrinoneOviyanone
Ejected noneBharaninone
Evicted Anuya Ganja Harathi Namitha No
Eviction
Juliana Shakthi Gayathri Raiza Kaajal Suja Vaiyapuri Suja Bindu Ganesh Harish
Snehan Arav
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Notes

  indicates the House Captain.
  indicates that the housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nominations process.
  indicates that the housemate was granted immunity from nominations.
  indicates that an evicted housemate returned temporarily to the house as a guest.
  indicates that the housemate moved to the Secret Room.
  • ^Note 1 : Sri left the show on day 4 because of his poor health conditions.[4]
  • ^Note 2 : Bharani was ejected from the show for breaking the Bigg Boss rule by trying to escape from the house.[5]
  • ^Note 3 : Raiza was automatically nominated for eviction for Week 5 during Week 4 as punishment for talking about the eviction nominees despite being forbidden to do so.[6]
  • ^Note 4 : There was no eviction during Week 5; however, the housemates still nominated their fellow housemates for eviction without knowing that there would be no eviction.[7]
  • ^Note 5 : Snehan was saved from eviction while Vaiyapuri was nominated for eviction for Week 6 during Week 5 by Arav and Gayathri, who both had the power to save and nominate one housemate each for eviction in their role of Junior Bigg Boss for a day.[8]
  • ^Note 6 : As the new housemate, Bindu Madhavi was granted immunity from nomination for Week 6.
  • ^Note 7 : There was no House Captain for Weeks 6, 10 and 14.
  • ^Note 8 : After ending up on the losing side in a daily task during Week 6, housemates in the winning team nominated Arav for eviction for Week 7.[9]
  • ^Note 9 : Oviya left the show because of mental stress arising due to tension in relationships with Arav and the other housemates.[10]
  • ^Note 10 : All the housemates except Raiza (and Arav who was already nominated) were nominated for eviction for Week 7 as they did not provide valid reasons while nominating a housemate for eviction, as a result of which Raiza became the House Captain for Week 7 by default.[11]
  • ^Note 11 : Vaiyapuri was chosen to be saved from the Week 7 eviction by the other housemates.[12]
  • ^Note 12 : Gayathri was saved from Week 7 eviction after winning a task in which housemates had to answer five questions about the Bigg Boss house.[13]
  • ^Note 13 : As the new housemates, Suja, Harish and Kajal were granted immunity from nominations for Weeks 8 and 9.
  • ^Note 14 : After winning a daily task during Week 8, Arav was granted immunity from nomination for Week 9.[14]
  • ^Note 15 : Snehan was nominated for Week 10 eviction during Week 9 at the end of the luxury budget task wherein the nomination for Week 10 eviction changed between the housemates.[15]
  • ^Note 16 : Although Harathi, Juliana and Shakthi were guests in the Bigg Boss house and ex-contestants, they were allowed to nominate the other housemates for eviction.
  • ^Note 17 : Though Snehan received a sufficient number of votes to be nominated for Week 11 eviction, he was saved from nomination by Ganesh with the help of the joker card he received as a prize for winning a daily task during Week 8. After being saved, Snehan nominated Bindu as his replacement for Week 11 eviction.[16]
  • ^Note 18 : Suja was evicted by the regular eviction process, however in accordance with the Secret Room twist, she was moved to a temporary abode and stayed there for a day before returning to the house on Day 78. Following her return, she has also exempted from nomination for the Week 12 eviction, though she could nominate the other housemates.[17][18]
  • ^Note 19 : Even though Arav was the House Captain for Week 12, he was still eligible to be nominated for Week 12 eviction.[18]
  • ^Note 20 : As Snehan won the Golden Ticket during Week 12, he was granted immunity till the final week.[19]
  • ^Note 21 : Since Snehan was already a finalist, he was made House Captain for Week 13 by default while the rest of the housemates were automatically nominated for eviction.[20]
  • ^Note 22 : All finalists were nominated for a mid-week eviction.[21] Bindu was evicted and decalred as the 4th runner up of Bigg Boss during the mid-week eviction as she received the fewest public votes to win Bigg Boss.[22]

Guests

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Week(s) Days(s) Guest(s) Purpose of Visit
3 Day 19 Jinendran S Jinendran, a school kid entered Bigg boss house. Meet and wished all the contestants and exited the house.
4 Day 25 Tamil Thalaivas To promote their team for the 2017 Pro Kabaddi League season.[23]
7 Day 45 A thief (Sridhar) and a clown As part of a daily task, to get the attention of the housemates.
8 Day 52 An exorcist As a part of a luxury budget, to play an exorcist role in the prank of a particular housemate.
9 Day 59 Masked man to steal eggs Punishment for the contestants, as Raiza broke the house rule by sleeping in the daytime.
Day 61 A referee and two wrestlers (one male and another female) To wrestle with the housemates as part of a daily task.
10 Day 64 – 70 Harathi Ganesh and Maria Juliana They re-entered the house as guests for a week.[24]
11 Day 70 – 77 Harathi Ganesh and Maria Juliana Stay as house guests extended for another week.[25]
Day 70 – 77 Shakthi Vasudevan Shakthi re-entered the house as a guest for a week.[25]
Day 73 Vaiyapuri's family, Bindu's friends and Harish's parents To surprise Vaiyapuri, Bindu and Harish respectively as part of the week's luxury budget task.[26]
Day 74 Snehan's father and Ganesh's wife Nisha Krishnan To surprise Snehan and Ganesh respectively as part of the week's luxury budget task.[27]
Day 75 Arav's friend, brother and nephew and Suja's mother and sister To surprise Arav and Suja respectively as part of the week's luxury budget task.[28]
Day 76 Vishnu and Catherine Tresa To promote their movie Kathanayagan.[29]
12 Day 84 Kamal Haasan Visited the house to announce the Golden Ticket winner.[19]
14 Day 92 Anjali To promote her movie Balloon.[30]
Day 96 A thief (Sridhar) and drummers (Arjun and Suman) To distract the housemates, as a part of the daily task.
Day 98 All evicted/ejected/walked housemates except Sri and Namitha Invited for the Bigg Boss Tamil grand finale.
Ganesh's wife Nisha Krishnan To escort Ganesh out of the Bigg Boss house after he finished fourth.
Oviya (ex-contestant) To escort Harish out of the Bigg Boss house after he finished third.
Kamal Haasan To escort the remaining two housemates  Arav and Snehan  from the Bigg Boss house to the finale stage.
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Controversies

  • Bigg Boss Tamil 1 fame Bharani was eliminated from the show as he tried to escape the BB house by jumping off the wall. He was mentally strained due to the treatment of the housemates. His exit sparked a controversy with the viewers slamming the contestants for their inappropriate behaviour towards Bharani.

Weekly summary

More information Week 1, Week 2 ...
Week's Context Notes
Week 1 Entrances
  • Sri, Anuya Bhagvath, Vaiyapuri, Gayathri Raguram, Bharani, Raiza Wilson, Snehan, Oviya, Harathi Ganesh, Arav, Ganja Karuppu, Maria Juliana, Ganesh Venkatraman, Shakthi Vasudevan entered the Bigg Boss house on Day 0. Namitha entered as a wildcard entrant on Day 1.
House Captain
  • Snehan
Nominations
  • Anuya, Juliana and Sri
Luxury Budget Tasks
  • Identifying childhood photos of fellow housemates
Exits
  • Sri left the house on Day 4 due to health problems.
  • Anuya was evicted on Day 7.[31]
Week 2
House Captain
  • Gayathri
Nominations
  • Bharani, Ganja and Oviya
Luxury Budget Tasks
  • Meendum Palli ku Pogalam (learning Tamil in school setting)
Exits
  • Ganja was evicted on Day 14.[32]
  • Bharani was ejected on Day 14 for trying to escape from the house.[5]
Week 3
House Captain
  • Ganesh
Nominations
  • Harathi, Juliana, Oviya and Vaiyapuri
Luxury Budget Tasks
  • Dance marathon (dressing up as a Tamil film star and dancing to his film song which is played at random)
Exits
  • Harathi was evicted on Day 21.[33]
Week 4
House Captain
  • Shakthi
Nominations
  • Ganesh, Namitha and Oviya
Luxury Budget Tasks
  • Thiruda Thiruda (who stole the diamond)
Exits
  • Namitha was evicted on Day 28.[34]
Week 5
House Captain
  • Snehan
Nominations
  • Arav, Juliana, Oviya and Raiza
Luxury Budget Tasks
  • Ottam Mudinthal Attam Mudiyum (cycling to access kitchen, bedroom and bathroom)
Exits
Week 6 Entrances
  • Bindu Madhavi entered the Bigg Boss house on Day 35.
House Captain
  • None
Nominations
  • Juliana and Vaiyapuri
Luxury Budget Tasks
  • Bigg Boss Research Centre (mental hospital tasks)
Exits
  • Oviya walked out of the show on Day 41[35]
  • Juliana was evicted on Day 42.[36]
Week 7 House Captain
  • Raiza
Nominations
  • Arav, Bindu, Ganesh, Gayathri, Shakthi, Snehan and Vaiyapuri
Luxury Budget Tasks
  • Bigg Boss Laundry Centre (washing, sewing and ironing clothes from outside in the traditional manner)
Exits
  • Shakthi was evicted on Day 49.[37]
Week 8 Entrances
  • Suja Varunee, Harish Kalyan & Kaajal Pasupathi entered the Bigg Boss house on Days 52, 53 & 54 respectively.
House Captain
  • Bindu
Nominations
  • Gayathri and Raiza
Luxury Budget Tasks
  • Bigg Boss Veettil Pei Nadamattam (secret task among housemates to select one housemate and make them believe the house is haunted by ghosts)
Exits
  • Gayathri was evicted on Day 56.[38]
Week 9
House Captain
  • Harish
Nominations
  • Raiza, Snehan and Vaiyapuri
Luxury Budget Tasks
  • Nominations Changer (changing nomination for Week 10 eviction between housemates)
Exits
  • Raiza was evicted on Day 63.[39]
Week 10
House Captain
  • None
Nominations
  • Arav, Kaajal and Snehan
Luxury Budget Tasks
  • NRI Kudumbam vs. Madurai Kudumbam (Housemates divided into 2 teams  NRI Kudumbam and Madurai Kudumbam  to perform the daily tasks. The winning team was exempted from performing the tasks for the rest of the week.)
Exits
  • Kaajal was evicted on Day 70.[25]
Week 11
House Captain
  • Vaiyapuri
Nominations
  • Bindu, Ganesh, Harish and Suja
Luxury Budget Tasks
  • Freeze and Release (Housemates must freeze in their positions when Bigg Boss says 'Freeze' and should not move again until Bigg Boss says 'Release'; housemates were punished for failure.)
Exits
  • Suja was sent to the Secret Room on Day 77.[17][18]
Week 12
Entrances
  • Suja Varunee re-entered the Bigg Boss house on Day 78 after spending a day in the Secret Room.
House Captain
  • Arav
Nominations
  • Arav, Harish, Snehan and Vaiyapuri
Luxury Budget Tasks
  • Ticket to Finale Part 1 (The winner of a series of tasks for the week will receive the Golden Ticket which will give immunity from eviction nomination for the rest of the show.)
Exits
  • Vaiyapuri was evicted on Day 84.[19]
Week 13
House Captain
  • Snehan
Nominations
  • Arav, Bindu, Ganesh, Harish and Suja
Luxury Budget Tasks
  • Ticket to Finale Part 2 (Housemates have to perform tasks assigned by the Bigg Boss who communicates through a telephone.)
Exits
  • Suja was evicted on Day 91.[21]
Week 14
House Captain
  • None
Luxury Budget Tasks
  • N/A
Finalists

During the final week the public vote for who they want to win Bigg Boss. The finalists for the title were as following:

Arav
Harish Kalyan
Ganesh Venkatraman
Bindu Madhavi
Snehan
WinnerArav[40]
Runner-UpSnehan
Third PlaceHarish Kalyan
Fourth Place Ganesh Venkatraman
Fifth Place Bindu Madhavi
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Reception

After the launch of the show, the viewership of the channel increased by 10%.[41] The series garnered a low rating of 5.2 TVR in debut week with 5.6 million impressions and 5.4 million impressions for premiere episode.[42][43] It improved further the following weeks where it averaged 8.4 TVR for a six weeks average ratings.[44]

References

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