Bigg Boss
Season 1
Bigg Boss Tamil 1 logo
Presented by	Kamal Haasan
No. of days	98
No. of housemates	19
Winner	Arav Nafeez
Runner-up	Snehan Sivaselvam
No. of episodes	100
Release
Original network	Star Vijay
Original release	25 June (2017-06-25) – 30 September 2017 (2017-09-30)
Season chronology
Next → Season 2

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]

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.

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

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).

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).

	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	Sri	none				Oviya	none
Ejected	none	Bharani	none
Evicted	Anuya	Ganja	Harathi	Namitha	No Eviction	Juliana	Shakthi			Gayathri	Raiza	Kaajal	Suja	Vaiyapuri	Suja	Bindu	Ganesh	Harish
																	Snehan	Arav

  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 declared 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]

• 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.

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]

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