Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 7

Bigg Boss 7 was the seventh season of the Tamil version of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss, launched on Star Vijay and digitally streamed on Disney+ Hotstar from 1 October 2023. Kamal Haasan hosted the show for the seventh time. The house was once again located in EVP Film City, Chennai. Vim liquid and G Square plots were the new sponsors for this season.

The Grand Finale of the show took place on 14 January 2024, Archana Ravichandran made history by becoming the first ever wild card entrant to emerge as winner with the most votes in the mainstream TV franchise of Bigg Boss (excluding the digital spin-off known as Bigg Boss OTT 2), Manichandra was the runner-up.

Eye logo
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.

House themes
The house was once again 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 was said that this season will contain "Two Separate Houses".

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 included:
 * 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 launch day. On Day 1, the house captain selected six housemates from the main house to be shifted to the Small House following a task. Contestants had to accomplish certain assignments to re-enter the main house.

Rooms/Areas in the side house included:
 * 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.

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. The launch promo of the season was released on 25 August 2023. The second promo was released on 1 September 2023, the expected third promo was released on 15 September 2023, with a launch date of 1 October 2023.

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 Haasan returning as the host for the seventh time in the franchise.

Housemates
Entry of housemates into the house:

Original entrants

 * 1) Cool Suresh, a film and television actor and self-proclaimed fan of actor Silambarasan
 * 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).
 * 3) Raveena Daha, a film and television actress who had a lead role in the TV serial Mouna Raagam 2
 * 4) Pradeep Antony, an actor and aspiring film director known for his roles in the films Aruvi (2016), Vaazhl (2021) and Dada (2023)
 * 5) Nixen, a rapper, lyricist and actor
 * 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
 * 8) Akshaya Udayakumar, an actress who appeared in the film Love Today (2022)
 * 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
 * 10) Aishu ADS, a dancer and social media influencer
 * 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)
 * 13) Saravana Vickram, a television actor who played the role of Kannan in the first season of the TV serial Pandian Stores
 * 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.
 * 15) Vichithra, a former film and television actress who appeared in the films Thalaivasal (1992), Rasigan (1994), Muthu (1995) and Villadhi Villain (1995) and participated in the comedy-based cooking show, Cooku with Comali (season 4)
 * 16) Bava Chelladurai, a Tamil writer, storyteller, activist and actor who appeared in the films Naadodigal 2 (2020), Walter (2020) and Jai Bhim (2021)
 * 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

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.
 * 2) Annabharathi, an actress, comedy artist, and social media influencer known for her standup comedies and debate shows
 * 3) Archana Ravichandran, a video jockey, a television personality and television actress known for her role as Archana in the television serial Raja Rani 2
 * 4) RJ Bravo, a radio jockey, social media influencer and entrepreneur who has hosted radio programs in the UAE
 * 5) Gana Bala, a playback singer and actor who predominantly sings Tamil movie songs belonging to the Gaana genre of Tamil Nadu

Launch Day Captaincy
On launch day, each housemate must convince the others that he or she deserves to become the captain of Week 1. The winner of this verbal battle becomes the captain for Week 1.

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.

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.

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).
 * 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 expected to not 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.

Chinna Boss
Unlike previous seasons, where a single main voice, the Bigg Boss, controlled the whole house, this season "Chinna Boss" has been introduced to be 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


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 Week 10, hence they will escape eviction for one week. Saravana Vickram had the most stars after Week 10 and was saved from Week 11 nominations. He was also given the power to directly nominate one contestant.

Bigg Boss Jail
Female housemates Male housemates

Nomination table


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 the housemate has accepted a cash-prize eviction from Bigg Boss and left the show with a cash prize.
 * indicates that the contestant was evicted.

Nomination notes
 * : Since Vichithra and Yugendran broke the house rules on Day 2, they were banished to the Small House.
 * : On Day 7, host Kamal gave Vijay a Strike Warning for being abusive towards Pradeep in Week 1.
 * : On Day 8, Bava Chelladurai walked out of the house due to health issues in Week 2.
 * : 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.
 * : On Day 17, Akshaya, who was holding the Sabakkal given by Bigg Boss housemates, was sent to Small Boss House
 * : Akshaya was directly nominated by housemates, through the Sabakkal twist in Week 3.
 * : 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.
 * : On Day 28, Annabharathi, Archana, Bravo, Bala and Dinesh entered the house as wildcard housemates.
 * : During a task, Akshaya was nominated to be sent to the Bigg Boss Jail for lacking performance in tasks.
 * : Jovika broke household rules in the Bigg Boss house so she was sent to the Small House.
 * : 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.
 * : Housemates chose between evicting Pradeep or allowing him to remain in the house. The majority voted to evict him.
 * : Vishnu was given the power to directly nominate two housemates as he won the Star task. He chose Maya and Akshaya.
 * : Since the housemates lost 2 of the 3 earthquake (boogambam) tasks, 2 evicted housemates will reenter the game as wildcard housemates.
 * : Ananya Rao and Vijay Varma reentered the game.
 * : During a task in Week 8, all the housemates directly nominated Dinesh for Week 9 nomination process.
 * : Ananya Rao was eliminated on Day 74, with a surprise twist of mid-week eviction, compensating for the cancellation of elimination the previous week.
 * : As the winner of Gold Star task, Vickram was saved from Week 11 nominations.
 * : Vickram was given the power to directly nominate one housemate as he won the Gold Star task. He chose Vishnu.
 * : Vishnu was originally nominated for Week 13 nomination. However, since he won a ticket to the finale he was saved from nomination.
 * : All housemates are nominated for the cash-prize eviction including Vishnu, since the cash-prize eviction is for the housemate to accept or reject.
 * : All housemates are nominated for week 14 nomination besides Vishnu who is the 1st finalist.
 * : On Day 96, Poornima accepted the cash-prize eviction and left the Bigg Boss house.
 * : Vijay Varma was eliminated on Day 101 during a midweek eviction in finale week.
 * : Archana, Dinesh, Manichandra, Maya and Vishnu officially became finalists of Bigg Boss 7.
 * : On Day 105, Vishnu Vijay became the 4th runner up of Bigg Boss 7.
 * : On Day 105, Dinesh Gopalsamy became the 3rd runner up of Bigg Boss 7.
 * : On Day 105, Maya S Krishnan became the 2nd runner up of Bigg Boss 7.
 * : On Day 105, Manichandra became the 1st runner up of Bigg Boss 7.
 * : On Day 105, Archana Ravichandran became the winner of Bigg Boss 7 and won the season trophy as well as the 50 Lakh cash prize.