Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series)

Bigg Boss also known as BB is an Indian Tamil-language version of the reality TV program of the same name. The program follows the Big Brother format developed by Endemol in the Netherlands. Over six years, Bigg Boss has rolled out seven seasons and Kamal Haasan has continued as a host for seven seasons and broadcast by Star Vijay and streamed on Disney+ Hotstar.

The first season and the launch of the franchise was premiered on 25 June 2017.

Overview
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

Season 1
Bigg Boss Tamil programme is regarded as the most expensive Tamil television show. It received an opening TRP of 7.4 TVR on the grand launch day and a 14.25 TVR on the grand finale day.

Season 2
The launch of season 2 opened with 9.72 TVR.

Season 3
The launch of season 3 opened with 7.8 TVR.

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.

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. The TRP ratings for this season went down in the first three weeks.

Season 6
The launch of season 6 received a TRP rating of 5.54 TVR which is considered below average for a season premiere. 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.

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

Season 8
Coming Soon

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.

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.