Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series)

Bigg Boss
Presented by	Kamal Hassan
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	100
Production
Production location	Chennai
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Endemol India
Original release
Release	25 June 2017 (2017-06-25)

Bigg Boss Tamil is the Tamil-language version of the reality TV programme Bigg Boss broadcast in India. It follows the Big Brother format, which was first developed by Endemol in the Netherlands.

Kamal Haasan hosted the first season of Bigg Boss Tamil launched on 25 June 2017 on Star Vijay. In February 2018, Bigg Boss Tamil season 2 was confirmed by the channel head of Star Vijay in the 'Vijay stars London' show and he announced , "coming soon in June 2018."

Overview

Bigg Boss Tamil is a reality show based on the Hindi show Bigg Boss which too was based on the original Dutch Big Brother format developed by John de Mol Jr. A number of contestants (known as "housemates") live in a purpose-built house and are isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, housemates nominate two of their fellow housemates for eviction, and the housemates who receives the most nominations would face a public vote. Eventually, one housemate would leave after being "evicted" from the House. In the final week, there will be five housemates remaining, and the public will vote for who they wanted to win. Unlike other versions of Big Brother, the Tamil version uses celebrities as housemates, not members of the general public.

The House

The house is well-furnished and decorated. It has all kinds of modern amenities, but just two bedrooms, living area, kitchen, store room, smoking room, and four toilet bath rooms. There is a garden, pool, activity area and gym in the House. There is also a Confession Room, where the housemates may be called in by Bigg Boss for any kind of conversation, and for the nomination process. The House has no TV connection, no telephones, and no Internet connection.

Rules

They are not supposed to tamper with any of the electronic equipment or any other thing in the House. They cannot leave the House premises at any time except when permitted to. They cannot discuss the nomination process with anyone. They cannot sleep in the day time.

Sometimes, the housemates may be nominated for other reasons, such as nomination by a person who has achieved special privileges (via tasks or other things), for breaking rules or something else. If something is very serious, a contestant may be evicted directly

All the rules have never been told to the audience, the most prominent ones are clearly seen. The inmates are not permitted to talk in any other language than the language Tamil.

Broadcast

Bigg Boss Tamil is aired on Star Vijay and also Vijay Super from 9 to 10:30 {IST} on weekdays and 8:30 to 10{IST} on weekends. Everyday's episodes contain the main happenings of the previous day. Every weekend episode mainly focuses on an interview of the evicted contestant by the host.

Eviction

Contestants are nominated every week by their housemates. Viewers cast their vote in favour of the contestants they would like to save from eviction. Each viewer is entitled to 50 votes per day. The contestant with the least number of votes is evicted from the house.

Series Details

Season	Main host	Launch date	Finale date	Days (broadcast live)	Housemates	Winner	Runner-Up	Second Runner-Up
Season 1	Kamal Haasan	25 June 2017	30 September 2017	100	19	Aarav	Snehan	Harish
Season 2	Sarath kumar	June 2018	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

External links

• Bigg Boss Tamil winner at TamilGlitz
• Official Website at Hotstar