List of Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) controversies

Bigg Boss is a television reality show broadcast on Star Vijay in India. It follows the Big Brother format, which was first developed by Endemol in the Netherlands. Seven seasons of the show have been broadcast, from 2017 to 2024.

Season 1

 * Oviya and Arav liplock kiss made headlines with national television.
 * Bharani climbed over the fence of the Bigg Boss house and tried to escape due to suffering to mental health issues in the house.
 * Oviya told the host of the season Kamal Haasan that she was getting bullied and verbally and mentally abused by Gayathri Raguram during their stay in the house.
 * During a task Juliana was pulled by Oviya while Juliana was on a red carpet and the fight later turned ugly.
 * Oviya attempted suicide by drowning in the pool, which was located in the garden of the house after a massive verbal argument she had with Arav, and, on mental health grounds, she walked out of the show.
 * During a luxury budget task, Suja Varunee ripped Snehan's T-shirt and punched him on his back and later calling him "Nai" (dog).

Season 2

 * Contestant Aishwarya Dutta had caused ruckus inside the house during Hitler roleplay in the house. She also chucked rubbish on her co contestant Thaadi Balaji during a heated argument.
 * Aishwarya Dutta passed on a racist remake to her co contestant Riythvika calling her "Chennai dog". Her remark burst in Twitter and people wanted Aishwarya to be sent out for foul behavior.
 * Thaadi Balaji joined Bigg Boss 2 without knowing his ex spouse Nithya will be featured as a contestant in the same season too, During their stay in the house, Nithya and Thaadi Balaji got into dirty arguments and accusing each other of death treats.
 * Aishwarya Dutta claimed to Bigg Boss that during the "Hitler task" Ponnambalam strangled Aishwarya and pushed her into the pool.
 * Ponnambalam also apologized to Aishwarya Dutta about the foul language he used against her which was referring to down grading women.
 * Mahat Raghavendra insulted Thaadi Balaji's occupation in the house calling him a "Comedian in cinema and a comedian in real life" this speech triggered a major fight in the house.
 * Mahat Raghavendra also verbally abused and tried to infuriate the fellow contestant, Mumtaj. This has led into so much criticism that the host of the show, Kamal Hassan had to evict Mahat with the red card.

Season 3

 * Actor Saravanan revealed that he touched and talked to women inappropriately on a bus before entering the show, due that issue Saravanan was ejected from the show immediately without any second chances.
 * Jangiri Madhumitha cut her wrist on 16 August of 2019 as a result of provocation. It is reported that she already had problems with the contestants of the house except Cheran and Kasthuri as she stated that the male contestants of the house, especially Kavin, Mugen and Tharshan use the female contestants of the house like Abhirami, Losliya, Sherin and Sakshi to retain themselves at the house. During a discussion about the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka Kaveri issue, Madhumitha's words were criticized by the housemates and later, this provoked her by her identity as a Tamil woman. Out of erupting anger, Madhumitha cut her wrist and thus, ejected by the Bigg Boss for her safety.
 * Contestant Sakshi Agarwal made a controversial speech during a conversation with co contestant Sherin Shringar saying that "Public people are non stop barking dogs who bark for no reason" her speech made viewers think negative of her and she was later evicted. After her eviction she made a public apology for her words of what she said in the house.
 * During a heated argument between Jangiri Madhumitha and Vanitha Vijayakumar, Madhumitha told Vanitha to "Shut Up" and said her to keep her voice down and quiet.
 * Vanitha Vijayakumar told her co contestant Abhirami Venkatachalam during an unhealthy argument saying that "This is not a fish market to yell in!".
 * During a weekend episode, Jangiri Madhumitha told host Kamal Haasan that Abhirami Venkatachalam wore an inappropriate dress and acts inappropriate which is not right for Tamil culture. Her co housemates Vanitha Vijayakumar, Sakshi Agarwal and Sherin Shringar told off Madhumitha for her "pathetic speech".
 * During a conversation which later turned into an ugly fight, Abhirami Venkatachalam told Mugen Rao that he is not a "Hero" but rather he is a "Zero", while the argument was getting worse Mugen Rao took a chair and almost hit Abhirami with it.
 * During a reunion episode, Vanitha Vijayakumar accuses Sherin Shringar of being the blame of their fellow contestant Tharshan Thiyagarajan eviction, later the argument turns into a cat fight.
 * During one of the episodes, Tamil Nadu police department entered the Bigg Boss house to investigate Vanitha Vijayakumar regarding a legal issue that she left hanging from outside.
 * Contestant Meera Mitun was also involved a money robbery case before her appearance on Bigg Boss and the police department yet again returned to the house to charge her for her crime while she was still on the show.
 * During a luxury budget task Cheran accidentally pushed Meera Mitun, However Meera took the act of Cheran seriously and stated saying that Cheran "Manhandled" her and "touched her inappropriately".
 * After the eviction of Meera Mitun, she attended an interview and told to the interviewer that Cheran "Was racist and violent towards me in the Bigg Boss house" and she also said that she felt "violated" by Cheran.
 * After Jangiri Madhumitha walked out of the house, she told the press saying that she got "gang-ragged by everyone except Kasthuri and Cheran".
 * During a school luxury budget task, Kasthuri passed on a fat shaming remake to Vanitha Vijayakumar, and Vanitha later caused havoc in the house and wanted Kasthuri evicted on spot after her negative remake towards her.
 * Vanitha Vijayakumar accused her fellow housemate Sherin Shringar of having an affair with another housemate Tharshan Thiyagarajah. Sherin totally denied Vanitha's statement and told Vanitha "How dare you bloody call my relationship with him an affair".
 * On day 98th, Tharshan Thiyagarajah was evicted from the house and fans of the season and Tharshan's fans were not happy with the eviction commenting "Tharshan was one of the contestants that had the highest amount of votes in the unofficial voting, its totally unfair to be evicting him he deserved to be a finalist".

Season 4

 * During a discussion between Sanam Shetty and Balaji Murugadoss. Balaji described Sanam's modeling title as a 'Dubakur' (fake one) and are acquired through her, involving in casting couch. This was clearly shown in one of the Promos. Followed by controversies, the promo was deleted from Vijay TV social media handles. Sanam was not happy about the remark Balaji gave her and they both got in a nasty fight. However, during her re-entry, Sanam forgave Balaji for his abusive words.
 * During another argument between Sanam Shetty and Balaji Murugadoss, during a ranking task, Sanam said she deserves to be in the 2nd position but Balaji did not agree to her opinion and started to argue with her. At last, he started self abusing himself by hitting himself with his own slipper.
 * Suresh Chakravarthy assaulted co-contestant Anitha Samapth's profession in a discussion, Suresh saying that "Newsreaders spit every time they read the news". This later, broke into a nasty fight between Anitha and Suresh.
 * During a task Suresh Chakravarthy hits Sanam Shetty with a scepter later admitting to it as an "Accident". However, housemates disagree with Suresh and tell him to apologize to Sanam. Suresh later burst into tears in the confession room after knowing his mistake. Meanwhile, Sanam was raged and requested Bigg Boss to eject Suresh for his behavior.
 * Eliminations of Suresh Chakravarthy on Day 35 and Sanam Shetty on Day 63 led to a wide oppose by audience questioning the genuineness of people's vote.
 * Contestants Archana Chandhoke, Rio Raj, Somashekar, Gabriella Charlton, Jithan Ramesh and Aranthangi Nisha formed an alliance called the "Love Bed", where they agreed not to nominate the members of the alliance and target particular contestants like Aari, Anitha and Sanam. As this was highly criticized by the audience and even questioned by the host, Archana said that it was just a group of friends who had nothing to favour between themselves during tasks. She also stated that "Love is her Strategy".
 * While Aari Arujunan and Balaji Murugadoss were sent to the Bigg Boss jail as a punishment, Aari started accusing of the things Balaji's hasn't done in the house. Aari also called Balaji "Lazy" and "Useless". Balaji burst into anger and later said that he has done his share of job and need not sweep the place that is clean. He also stated that, "Aari isn't capable of living in this house". Later, Aari apologizes to Balaji.
 * Contestant Samyuktha Shanmuganathan, accused co-contestant Aari Arujunan that he made an inappropriate talk on her motherhood. She also mocked at Aari's "Valarpu" (upbringing) and commented it to be wrong. Later Samyuktha's accusation was proved to be false and she was evicted that week after going through a "kurumpadam".

Season 5

 * The controversial relationship with Abhinay Vaddi and Pavni Reddy was questioned by many viewers since Abhinay was already married but still being very intimate with Pavni on the show. Pavni clarified about this with Abhinay earlier, but still there was no response about this from Abhinay.
 * Namitha Marimuthu walked out of the show on the 4th day after urgently rushed to the hospital due to some personal issues.
 * During a task, Suruthi Periyasamy and Pavni Reddy stole a medal from Thamarai Selvi. After stealing her medal Thamarai bursts into tears and accuses Suruthi and Pavni of "betraying her trust".
 * In a school task,Ciby Bhuvana Chandran had started ill treating Akshara Reddy out of spite.This had caused Akshara to lash out at Ciby.
 * During the ticket to finale task, Thamarai Selvi and Priyanka Deshpande started getting physical with each other.
 * During a heated argument between Niroop Nandhakumar and Priyanka Deshpande, Niroop started calling Priyanka as "Evil, Selfish and Heartless and the worst person in the house".
 * After her eviction, Thamarai Selvi revealed that during the show, she became so sick, to the point she had to go to the hospital and was accompanied by both contestants, Akshara and Priyanka.Though it is unclear if she meant within the house premise or outside an actual hospital, Viewers still questioned the actual authenticity of the show.
 * During a heated argument Raju Jeyamohan and Ciby Bhuvana Chandran accused Pavani Reddy of forming a "Love Track" with Abhinay Vaddi and trying to use him for the Game Show. However Pavani yelled at Ciby and Raju saying "Stop invading my privacy!".
 * Viewers started questioning the fairness of the show and their votes when Abishek Raja joined back the show as a wildcard, after being the second contestant eliminated.
 * During the ticket to finale task, Niroop was discriminated by his co housemates and was the first contestant removed from the task race. He later complained to the host of show Kamal Haasan that "Here, the housemates are discriminated based on diplomacy".
 * After the eviction of Abhinay Vaddi, his wife Aparna filled a divorce case against him saying "Abhinay seemed to have an affair with his co contestant Pavani Reddy while inside the Bigg Boss house". And fans of the show were shocked to see her response to the "Affair" controversy.

Season 7

 * Housemate Bava Chelladurai was criticised for his controversial story about a woman whose waist was as "tender as butter" which led to arousal of questions from young contestants and cornering of Bava. He felt being misjudged and mentally frustrated for that so he insisted to walkout of the show for his own mental health on Day 8.
 * Housemate Jovika Vijayakumar got into an argument with fellow contestant Vichithra about the necessity of Education, which for the former, considered it as unimportant whilst Vichitra supported basic education. The general public supported mostly Vichitra because of the necessity of education to poor and middle classes. Also, people tended to agree that Education is not important for affluent people. The host, Kamal Hasan did not unanimously support Vichitra which received criticism from public.
 * Vijay Varma physically assaulted fellow contestant Pradeep Anthony during a task, by dropping him fiercely on the ground, banging his head against the ground which raised a lot of concern from common audience outside.
 * Housemates Maya S. Krishnan and Poornima Ravi grew affluent in the Bigg Boss House, by influencing other contestants on matters like nominations, captainship, small Boss contestant selection, tasks etc. This was widely criticised by people both inside and outside the show.
 * Maya S. Krishnan raised allegations that she was feeling unsafe around housemate Pradeep, whom she claimed to be manipulative and threatening; and "would kill her" when she's asleep.
 * Housemates Manichandra and Raveena Daha, who were supposedly lovers before the start of the show, were sent into the show together as co-contestants which raised a lot of eyebrows. Manichandra was also seen controlling Raveena's game, by disallowing her to speak against or share bonds of friendship with other housemates, which was remarked as dominating and toxic; and spoiling Raveena's game as a whole.
 * Nixen was seen describing fellow co-housemate Vinusha Devi in a derogatory manner, by telling how "her head and body aren't proportionate" and "she isn't my type". This was marked as body shaming and criticised heavily once it was revealed in one of the tasks given by Bigg Boss, after which Nixen claimed that he had already apologised about it to Vinusha. However, Vinusha stated that Nixen never brought this issue to her notice nor apologise to her and demanded an immediate action in this regard.
 * Housemates Maya and Poornima's friendship with other contestants including Ayshu, Nixen, Akshaya and Jovika was publicly influenced as "Bully Gang" by agenda driven social media influencers as they targeted and nominated contestants like Archana, Vichitra and Dinesh.
 * Housemate Pradeep Anthony was ejected by the contestants on Day 34, for the allegations of he was being "verbally abusive" and "invading the private space" of the others. Host Kamal Hassan gave the contestants an option to give the Red Card and eliminate Pradeep or allow him to continue the game. Since the majority lifted Red Card, Pradeep was ejected after receiving the Red Card.
 * Housemates who raised red card had involved in serious arguments with VJ Archana and Vichitra after Pradeep's ejection, as duo claimed that it was unfair and falsely pretended to bring him out of the race. This led to a nasty argument between the duo and the housemates, which resulted in the Duo was being felt as they were bullied.
 * During Maya's captaincy, She refused to give the basic amenities like toothbrushes to the Small Boss Housemates to provoke and receive an apology for what she called as the potential "disrespect" they caused towards her. This resulted in an official rule-break, where Archana and Vichitra walked out of the Small Boss House and refused to return until they received their toothbrushes.
 * Vichitra recalled her tragic and controversial backstory in a task, which was during her active days in cinema, where she was potentially risked into casting couch by a supposed Telugu star and sexually harassed by other junior artists during shoot which led to her retirement from the Industry. Though this was highly praised by the audience for the final revelation after 22 years, they were also equally interested in knowing the identity of the guilty.
 * Archana who was angered for Vishnu's that day morning task comments got herself angry and she triggered Vishnu into a nasty argument led to made bad comments on her and she showed the dustbin to Vishnu and saying "This is you!"
 * On Day 98, Vichitra was evicted from the show, which met with huge disapproval and backlash from the public, as she was expected by the majority to be in the Top 3 positions.
 * Paid PR bots was an important issue in this season because contestant Archana Ravichandran's vote bank was claimed to be dominated by PR set-up and bot votes although there is no proof to back this claim.