Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 8

Bigg Boss
Season 8
Bigg Boss Tamil 8 logo
Presented by	Vijay Sethupathi
No. of days	105
No. of housemates	24
Release
Original network	Star Vijay Disney+ Hotstar
Original release	6 October 2024 (6 October 2024) – present
Season chronology

Bigg Boss 8 also known as Bigg Boss : Aalum Puthusu, Aatamum Puthusu is the eighth season of the Indian Tamil-language reality television series Bigg Boss. It premiered on 6 October 2024 on Star Vijay and Disney+ Hotstar. Vijay Sethupathi joined this season.

Production

Eye logo

The eye logo was officially released on 4 September 2024. The logo of the season was shaped with two grey semi-circles and the numeral 8 in light blue featuring as the pupil of the eye.

House

The House of this season had a "'Boys vs Girls'" theme. The house was again located in EVP Film City, Chennai for the ninth time, including Bigg Boss Ultimate (season 1). The house is split with a line in the middle dividing the male and female contestants. The house had a forest and nature theme for the season. The house has a six sections of area: living area, kitchen area, dining and sitting area, bedroom area, garden area and a confession room. This season features two separate bedrooms for the first time since Bigg Boss 5.

Host

Over seven years, Bigg Boss Tamil has aired seasons with Kamal Haasan as host. However, in August 2024, Kamal Haasan announced his exit from Bigg Boss Tamil, due to scheduling conflicts with his upcoming films. Vijay Sethupathi has joined as new host after Sun TV's Namma Ooru Hero and MasterChef India – Tamil.

Teasers

The first teaser was released on 4 September 2024 featuring the reveal of new host Vijay Sethupathi. The first promo was released on 11 September 2024, with Sethupathi saying "This time, new man, new play".

Housemates status

17

Sr	Housemates	Day entered	Day exited	Housemate status
1	Anshida	Day 1
2	Arun	Day 1
3	Deepak	Day 1
4	Jacquline	Day 1
5	Jeffry	Day 1
6	Manjari	Day 28
7	Muthukumaran	Day 1
8	Pavithra	Day 1
9	Raanav	Day 28
10	Ranjith	Day 1
11	Rayan	Day 28
12	Riya	Day 28
13	Sachana	Day 1	Day 1	Evicted by Housemates
		Day 5
14	Sathya	Day 1
15	Shiva	Day 28
16	Soundariya	Day 1
Sunitha	Day 1
18	Tharshika	Day 1
19	Varshini	Day 28
20	Vishal	Day 1
21	RJ ananthi	Day 1	Day 35	Evicted
22	Dharsha	Day 1	Day 21	Evicted
23	Arnav	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
24	Ravindar	Day 1	Day 7	Evicted

Housemates

Entry of housemates into the house:

Original entrants

• Ravindar Chandrasekar also known as "Fatman", a film producer and actor, known for Munnarivaan, Nalanum Nandhiniyum
• Sachana Namidass, an actress known for her role in Maharaja
• Dharsha Gupta, a television and film actress known for her appearances in Oh My Ghost and Cooku With Comali (Season 2)
• Sathya, a television actor known for his roles in Neelakuyil, Velaikkaran and Panivizhum Malarvanam
• Deepak Dinkar, an actor and television presenter known for his roles in Thendral, Thirumathi Selvam and Thamizhum Saraswathiyum
• RJ Ananthi, an actress and Radio Jockey known for her roles in Comali, Bigil, Netrikann and D Block
• Sunita Gogoi, an actress, dancer and performer, known for her appearances in Jodi Number One Season 5 and Cooku With Comali
• Jeffry, a gaana singer and performer
• Ranjith, a film and television actor known for his roles in Pasupathi c/o Rasakkapalayam, Pandavar Bhoomi and Baakiyalakshmi.
• Pavithra Janani, a television actress known for her roles in Eeramana Rojave and Thendral Vandhu Ennai Thodum
• Soundariya Nanjundan, an actress and model known for her roles in Thamizh Padam 2, Draupathi, and Vera Maari Office
• Arun Prasath, a television actor known for his role in Bharathi Kannamma
• Tharshika, a television actress known for her appearances in Thalattu, Ponni and Jodi Are U Ready
• VJ Vishal, a television actor known for his roles in Kalyanamam Kalyanam, Aranmanai Kili and Baakiyalakshmi
• Anshida, a television actress known for her roles in the TV serial Chellamma and Malayalam serials such as Kabani and Koodevide
• Arnav Amjath, a television actor known for his roles in the TV serials Sakthi, Keladi Kanmani and Chellamma
• Muthukumaran, a social media influencer and presenter
• Jacquline Lydia, an actress and television presenter known for her roles in Kolamaavu Kokila, Jodi Fun Unlimited and Thaenmozhi B.A

Wildcard entrants

• Riya Thiyagarajan, a singer, social media influencer and model
• Raanav V C, an actor and model
• Varshini Venkat, an actress and model known for her role in Kannana Kanne
• Manjari Narayanan, a social media influencer and public speaker
• Shiva Kumar, an actor known for his role in the film Singakutty and winning BB Jodigal (Season 2)
• Rayan, a television actor known for his roles in Thamizhum Saraswathiyum and Panivizhum Malarvanam

Special episodes

Week(s)	Title	Date	Guest(s)	Notes
4	Bigg Boss – Grand Launch 2	3 November 2024	None	3 Hour Episode 6 new wildcard housemates entry

Twists

Boys vs girls

On launch day, Bigg Boss announced that the theme of the season is going to be boys vs. girls hence both boys and girls need to collaborate to obtain privileges over the Bigg Boss house facilities with the other gender.

24-hour eviction

Host Vijay Sethupathi announced that for the first time in Bigg Boss history there will be an eviction within 24 hours after the grand launch. Sachana was evicted by fellow housemates.

Point system

Both teams will record their points for each weekly and daily task they win. The team with the most points closer to the end of the season will receive special advantages.

Scoreboard
Week(s)	Task	Men	Women
1	Weekly	0	2
	Daily	—	—
2	Weekly	5 + 5	3 + 3
	Daily	1	2
3	Weekly
	Daily	1 + 0 + 0	0 + 1 + 1
4	Weekly
	Daily	1 + 0 + 0	0 + 1 + 1
5	Weekly
	Daily	1 + 1	0 + 0

Goibibo's all-expenses-paid trip to dream destination

Team Boys and Team Girls will need to entertain and perform well every week. At the end of every week, one best performer will be chosen from each team by their housemates, which in turn will reward them with a Goibibo stamp in their Goibibo passport. The contestant who collects the most stamps towards the end of the season will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to their dream destination.

Week(s)	Best performer
	Team Boys	Team Girls
1	—
2	Ranjith	Tharshika
3	Muthukumaran	Ananthi
4	Sathya
5	Arun	Soundariya

Contestant swap and direct nomination

A contestant from each team is interchanged every week in order to support their respective teams. The two contestants are allowed to directly nominate a contestant from the house for the upcoming eviction process directly.

Week(s)	From Team Boys to Team Girls	Directly nominated to next week	From Team Girls to Team Boys	Directly nominated to next week
1	Muthukumaran	Jacquline	Pavithra	Deepak
2	Deepak	Dharsha	Dharsha	Arun
3	Jeffry	Anshida	Sachana	Deepak
4	Vishal	Jacquline	Soundariya	Vishal
5	Raanav		Jacquline

Weekly nomination free-pass

Each week the teams will need to complete 3 rounds of tasks assigned by Bigg Boss and the team that wins the most tasks will receive a nomination free pass token which will allow them to save a housemate from their team who is in the week's nomination list.

Week(s)	Team won	Used free-pass on
1	None
2	Team Girls	Jacquline
3	Team Girls	Pavithra
4	Team Girls	Sunita
5	Team Boys	Ranjith

Guest appearances

Week	Day	Guest(s)	Purpose of visit
Week 1	Day 1	VJ Mahalakshmi, Ramya NSK, Syamantha Kiran, Nehah Menon, VJ Sriya Surendran	To support the contestants Ravindar, Sathya, Pavithra, VJ Vishal and Anshida respectively
Week 3	Day 19	Sivakarthikeyan	To promote the upcoming movie Amaran. Released in Diwali 2024
Week 4	Day 25	Kavin	To promote the upcoming movie Bloody Beggar. Released in Diwali 2024
	Day 28	Suja Varunee	To support the contestant Shiva Kumar

Weekly summary

The main events in the Bigg Boss 8 house are summarised in the table below.

Week 1	Entrances	Ravindar, Sachana, Dharsha, Sathya, Deepak, Ananthi, Sunita, Jeffry, Ranjith, Pavithra, Soundariya, Arun, Tharshika, Vishal, Anshida, Arnav, Muthukumaran and Jacquline entered the Bigg Boss house on Day 1. On Day 5, Sachana re-entered the house after being evicted by housemates.
	Twists	Boys vs Girls theme: On launch day, the housemates from each team must choose which portion of the house they will occupy, based on the Boys Vs Girls theme. Team Boys proposed that Team Girls not nominate anyone from Team Boys on a week that they choose. The housemates from the Team Girls accepted this condition and occupied the left portion of the house while the Team Boys occupied the right portion of the house. 24 hours eviction: Host Vijay Sethupathi announced that for the first time in Bigg Boss history there will be an eviction within 24 hours of the grand launch. On Day 1, Sachana was evicted by fellow housemates. Contestant swap and direct nomination power: On Day 2, one member from each team, Muthukumaran and Pavithra, were switched to the opposing teams. Bigg Boss entitled them to directly nominate a contestant for the eviction process. Mixed nomination process: The nominations for the Week 1 eviction process will be based on each participant being free to nominate members of either team. Viduthalai pass (Nomination free pass): On Day 5, each team was allowed to decide amongst themselves, one member from each house to be given the Nomination free pass which can be used by the recipients to save themselves from the Week 2 nomination process. Re-entry: Sachana Namidass re-entered the house on Day 5, after being evicted by the housemates within the 24-hour eviction process, which was announced by Vijay Sethupathi on the launch episode.
	Captaincy Task	Thalaivana Thalaiviaa (Naarkali yaaru Gaali): The boys and girls teams will be placed in each side with 8 chairs lined up. When the buzzer is rung one housemate from each team will run to the opposite side chair and sit on it. The last person to not be eliminated from the task becomes the house captain for Week 1.
		Winner: Tharshika
		Lost: Remaining housemates
	House Captain	Tharshika
	Nominations	Anshida, Arnav, Jacquline, Muthukumaran, Ravindar, Sachana and Sathya were nominated for the Week 1 open eviction process by housemates.
		Arun, Jacquline, Muthukumaran, Ranjith, Ravindar and Soundariya were nominated for the Week 1 eviction process.
	Tasks	House chores task (Vaa ma Minnal): There will be 5 sets of challenges. 5 housemates from each team will participate in the challenge. The losing team will have to do the work around the house for all of Week 1.
		Winner: Team Boys (won 3/5 challenges)
		Lost: Team Girls (won 2/5 challenges)
		Weekly task (Pota Poti): Team Boys and Team Girls have two rounds of debate and will decide which gender is capable of achieving more in life and why their gender is superior.
		Winner: Team Girls (won 2/2 rounds)
		Lost: Team Boys (won 0/2 rounds)
		Viduthalai pass (Nomination free pass): Both team boys and girls will need to discuss among their group and pick a housemate from each of their own groups to decide who is worthy to be given the nomination free pass power for the Week 2 nomination process. Team Boys selected Arun as their candidate, but Team Girls could not select a housemate from their team, so only Arun won the pass and was saved from Week 2 elimination.
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	Punishments	Team Girls will need to do a whole week of house chores after losing the House chores task.
	Exits	On Day 1, Sachana Namidass was evicted after facing the housemates votes during open nomination.
		On Day 7, Ravindar Chandrasekar was evicted after facing public votes.
Week 2	Twists	Opposite nomination process: The nominations for the Week 2 eviction process will be based on team members nominating participants from the opposing team. Contestant swap and direct nomination power: On Day 8, one member from each team, Deepak and Dharsha, were switched to the opposing teams. Bigg Boss entitled them to directly nominate a contestant for the eviction process. Weekly nomination free pass: Both the teams could earn the Nomination free pass and award it to one of their teammates, granting them immunity from the Week 2 eviction process, by winning 2 of 3 tasks testing their knowledge, skill and teamwork. On Day 12, Team Girls won most of the tasks and awarded the pass to Jacquline. Goibibo passport stamp: Ranjith and Tharshika were chosen as the best performers by their respective teams based on their overall performance during Week 2.
	Captaincy Task	Thalaivana Thalaiviaa (Block la Lock): Six wooden blocks labelled with numbers ranging from 1 to 6 is arranged in the garden area. When the buzzer sounds, all the six participants (three from each team) for Captaincy task will stand on each of those blocks. A die with red and blue faces is kept on the opposite side of the blocks. One member from each team rolls the die. If it lands with blue facing up, a female participant selects a male participant to remove their wooden block, whereas if the die lands with red facing up, the opposite will happen. The participant once chosen has the choice to switch over to any of the other available blocks before the buzzer sounds again failing which may result in their elimination. The last person not eliminated from this task becomes the house captain for Week 2.
		Winner: Sathya
		Lost: Deepak, Jacquline, Pavithra, Soundariya and Vishal
	House Captain	Sathya
	Nominations	Deepak and Jacquline were directly nominated by Pavithra and Muthukumaran using their Direct nomination power from Week 1 for the Week 2 eviction process.
		Arnav, Dharsha, Jeffry, Muthukumaran, Ranjith, Sachana, Soundariya and Vishal were nominated for the Week 2 eviction process.
	Tasks	Shopping task (Uruttu): There are two levels in this task, Levels 1 and 2. Each team will choose someone to participate on their behalf. The selected competitors will wear the given jacket and must apply glue all over it. Bigg Boss (BB) currency will be spread throughout the garden. When the buzzer sounds, both competitors will roll themselves along with their jacket and collect as much BB currency as possible on their jackets by making it stick to them. They will be able to use the BB currency collected from this task for their respective teams. When the buzzer sounds again, signalling the end of this task, both of them will report to the currency counting area in order to determine the exact amount of money collected by each team.
		Team Boys: Arnav and Arun (collected 8700 BB currency)
		Team Girls: Sachana and Sunita (collected 7600 BB currency)
		House chores task (Ulla Veliya): All the housemates will assemble in the activity area and stand on the two yellow lines, one for each team. Both teams will need to complete a puzzle with photos of members of the opposing team. When the buzzer sounds, one member from each team will approach the board and solve the puzzle. This game will carry on the basis of a relay system. Members who completely solve one puzzle will be moved to the red line zone. The team which completes this task first will not be required to do any housework for the whole week. The losing team will do the household chores for that week.
		Winner: Team Girls
		Lost: Team Boys
		Weekly task (King TV vs Queen TV): Team Boys will control King TV while Team Girls will control Queen TV. Each team will choose a member to act as their CEO, who will make all the decisions for their respective team. Before the task begins, the CEO's from both teams will hold their individual press conferences while the members from the opposing team will act as reporters. Each team will need to host special shows such as music shows, debate why their TV is superior then their opponents' channel and record a higher viewership. One member from each team will judge the performances of King TV and Queen TV.
		Winner: Team Boys (King TV)
		Lost: Team Girls (Queen TV)
		Ranking task: Each housemate has to rank themselves with a valid reason stating why they deserve good ranking positions in the King TV vs Queen TV task from 1 to 17 in order, with 1 being the best and 17 being the worst. Rank Contestants 1 Muthukumaran 2 Vishal 3 Ananthi 4 Jacquline 5 Tharshika 6 Ranjith 7 Pavithra 8 Deepak 9 Jeffry 10 Arun 11 Dharsha 12 Sathya 13 Sunita 14 Sachana 15 Anshida 16 Arnav 17 Soundariya
		Nomination free pass tasks: There are three levels to this task: 1) Level 1 - Knowledge task (Yaaru Gethu): This round will test the knowledge of all housemates. Team Boys and Team Girls will be seated opposite each other and asked common sense and historical questions by Bigg Boss. Participants who know the answer will need to press the buzzer first and provide the correct answer to earn points. A correct answer rewards their team with 5 points, but an incorrect answer will deduct 5 points. The team which obtains the most points after answering 20 questions wins.
		Winner: Team Girls
		Lost: Team Boys
		2) Level 2 - Skill task (Cup ku kotayaa Kanavu kotayaa): This round will test the skill of housemates and how they focus especially under pressure. There will be a circle in the garden area with a table in the middle of it. One person from each team chosen needs to stack 45 cups to build a tower. When the buzzer sounds, the chosen person can start building the tower, but while doing so will be opposed by 3 housemates from the opposite team. The opposing housemates will throw balls in order to disrupt the person building the tower. The person stacking the tower can call 3 of their teammates in order to defend their tower but only after they have built the base of the tower. If the person is able to build the entire tower within the allotted time, then their entire team wins. The time duration for this task will be 3 minutes per team.
		Winner: Team Boys
		Lost: Team Girls
		3) Level 3 - Teamwork task (Nyaabagam Varuthe Nyaabagam Varuthe): This round will test the teamwork and memory ability of housemates. Three members will be chosen to represent each team. Each person one at a time from a team will enter the confession room and memorize the list of 15 items shown in the TV in front of them. Memorizing the order of the items shown in the list is very important. After doing so, each one will enter the activity area, and assemble the given items from the table on the 15 pedestals labelled with numbers 1 to 15 preserving the order of the items in the list. After arranging, finally they must name the items along with their respective numbers to complete this task. Each item positioned correctly will award them with a point. The team that obtains the most points wins this task. Potential total points per person: 15. Potential total points per team: 45
		Winner: Team Girls
		Lost: Team Boys
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	Punishments	Team Boys will need to do a whole week of house chores after losing the House chores task. Arnav and Sachana were voted among the housemates as the least contributing housemates to the house and Bigg Boss gave them a punishment to be tied to each other with handcuffs for 24 hours.
	Exits	On Day 14, Arnav Amjath was evicted after facing public votes.
Week 3	Twists	Contestant swap and direct nomination power: On Day 15, one member of each team, Jeffry and Sachana, were switched to the opposing teams. Bigg Boss entitled them to directly nominate a contestant for the eviction process. Mixed nomination process: The nominations for the Week 3 eviction process will be based on each member of each team nominating members of either team. Weekly nomination free pass: Both the teams could earn the Nomination free pass and award it to one of their teammates, granting them immunity from the Week 3 eviction process, by winning 2 of 3 tasks testing their teamwork, intelligence and patience. On Day 19, Team Girls won most of the tasks and awarded the pass to Pavithra. Goibibo passport stamp: Ananthi and Muthukumaran were chosen as the best performers by their respective teams based on their overall performance during Week 3.
	Captaincy Task	Thalaivana Thalaiviaa (Quack Quack): Ranjith and Tharshika were chosen as the contenders for this task during Week 2 after being declared the best performers by their respective teams. This task will be held in the activity area. Both contenders will be blindfolded and handed with a soft bat one at a time. Six housemates from the opposite teams will have a rubber duck tied on both of their legs. When the buzzer sounds, the contender, when blindfolded, will try to hit the opposing housemates with their soft bat to eliminate them from the game. The contender who eliminates the most housemates from the opposing team in the shortest amount of time will become the house captain for Week 3.
		Winner: Tharshika
		Lost: Ranjith
	House Captain	Tharshika
	Nominations	Arun and Dharsha were directly nominated by Dharsha and Deepak using their Direct nomination power from Week 2 for the Week 3 eviction process.
		Anshida, Jacquline, Muthukumaran, Pavithra, Sathya and Soundariya were nominated for the Week 3 eviction process.
	Tasks	Shopping task (Bumper Bonanza): Three members from each team will participate in this task. This task will be held in the garden area. Three denominations of BB currency (500 BB, 1000 BB and 2000 BB) will be placed on three levels of the podium respectively. The potential BB currency that can be earned from this task is 35,000 BB currency. An elastic rope along with some balls will be given for this task. Two of the three members must hold both ends of the elastic rope while the third member must use the ball along with rope similar to a catapult in order to launch and aim it towards the arrow marked on the intended denomination of BB currency, when the buzzer sounds. Each team will receive ten chances in each of two rounds. The BB currency earned from this task can be used by each team to purchase their food items from the shop.
		Team Boys (collected 5500 BB currency)
		Team Girls (collected 2000 BB currency)
		Weekly task (Bigg Boss Star Hotel): The two teams will be divided and take roles as hotel staff and the other group as hotel guests. Each team who is part of the hotel department will need to select a manager, chefs, room and housekeepers to look after the customers who are visiting the hotel. Bigg Boss Star Hotel Rounds Customers Hotel employees Manager Chefs Housekeeping Room service Receptionist Before dismissal After dismissal Under 1st manager Under 2nd manager Under 1st manager Under 2nd manager Under 1st manager Under 2nd manager Under 1st manager Under 2nd manager 1 Team Boys Pavithra Sunita Anshida, Sunita, Ananthi Dharsha, Jeffry, Tharshika Soundariya, Jeffry Pavithra, Anshida Dharsha, Tharshika Jacquline, Soundariya Jacquline Ananthi 2 Team Girls Muthukumaran Vishal Deepak, Ranjith, Sachana Sathya, Arun Muthukumaran, Arun Sathya, Arun Muthukumaran, Arun Vishal Sathya 3 Muthukumaran, Ranjith, Sunita, Pavithra, Arun, Dharsha, Jeffry, Tharshika Soundariya NA Jacquline, Vishal, Anshida NA Sachana, Sathya(SPA) NA Ananthi, Sachana NA Deepak NA
		Nomination free pass tasks: There are three levels to this task: 1) Level 1 - Teamwork task (Killer coin): This round will test the housemates' teamwork. A coin engraved with the words "Killer coin" will be kept in the middle of the garden area. This task will last for five rounds. When the buzzer sounds at the start of each round, all participating members from both teams will need to try to take the coin. Once they do so, they may either attempt to stick the killer coin on the jacket of the opposing team members or may choose to pass it among their own teammates. When the buzzer sounds at the end of each round, the person who either has the coin on their hands or has the coin stuck on their jacket will be eliminated from this task. The team with the most surviving members at the end of the 5th round will win this task. Supervisors for the task: Ananthi and Anshida
		Winner: Team Boys
		Lost: Team Girls
		2) Level 2 - Intelligence task (Dumb Charades): This round will test the housemates' intelligence. A bowl containing chits of paper with the names of movies will be kept in the activity area. Two members from each team will participate at a time. The first person will pick a chit from the bowl and assist the second person to guess the name of the movie they received through their gestures. Similarly, the second person will assist the next person from their team to guess the movie. This task will continue on the basis of a relay system. The time allocated to guess the name of each movie is 90 seconds. The team that correctly names the most movies after ten chances will win this task.
		Winner: Team Girls
		Lost: Team Boys
		3) Level 3 - Patience task: This round will test the patience of housemates. Each team will send 2 people to participate and they will need to carefully put 3 balls into 3 holes using a thin thread. If they drop the ball they will receive no points and are required to start again from the very start.
		Winner: Team Girls
		Lost: Team Boys
	Sponsored	Nandu Ramp Walk task: Housemates will wear the clothes sponsored by Nandu clothing and will do a mini-fashion-show with a ramp walk. Judges for this task: Deepak and Jacquline. MR NANDHU DHOTI ICON STAR WINNER: Vishal MS NANDHU DHOTI ICON STAR WINNER: Pavithra
	Punishments	Nil
	Exits	On Day 21, Dharsha Gupta was evicted after facing public votes.
Week 4	Entrances	Riya, Raanav, Varshini, Manjari, Shiva and Rayan entered the Bigg Boss house on Day 28.
	Twists	Opposite nomination process: The nominations for the Week 4 eviction process will be based on each member of each team nominating members from the opposing team. Contestant swap and direct nomination power: On Day 22, one member from each team, Vishal and Soundariya, were switched to the opposing teams. Bigg Boss entitled them to directly nominate a contestant for the eviction process. Weekly nomination free pass: Both the teams could earn the Nomination free pass and award it to one of their teammates, granting them immunity from the Week 4 eviction process, by winning 2 of 3 tasks testing their teamwork, intelligence and memory. On Day 26, Team Girls won most of the tasks and awarded the pass to Sunita. Goibibo passport stamp: Ananthi and Sathya were chosen as the best performers by their respective teams based on their overall performance during Week 4.
	Captaincy Task	Thalaivana Thalaiviaa (Twist mela twist): Ananthi and Muthukumaran were chosen as the contenders for this task during Week 3 after being determined to be the best performers by their respective teams. This task took place in the outdoor area where there will be cards scattered over the lawn with wording embedded in as "Captain King" and "Captain Queen". Each contender will need to flip the card in their favour and the amount of cards with either King or Queen faced up will win the captaincy task for Week 4.
		Winner: Muthukumaran
		Lost: Ananthi
	House Captain	Muthukumaran
	Nominations	Anshida and Deepak were directly nominated by Jeffry and Sachana using their Direct nomination power from Week 3 for the Week 4 eviction process.
		Arun, Jacquline, Jeffry, Pavithra, Ranjith, Sathya and Sunita were nominated for the Week 4 eviction process.
	Tasks	Shopping task (Balance pannu Mothamma allu): Six pipes and a bowl containing 10 balls is placed in the garden area. Each ball has a value labelled on it. Three players from each team will participate in this task. Each player can hold 1 pipe per hand respectively. When the buzzer sounds, the first player must balance the ball on the first pipe and guide it to the second pipe, following which the first player must then balance the ball on the second pipe and guide it to the third pipe of the second player. This process will apply to the second and third players in a similar manner. If the third player balances the ball on the second pipe and guide it to the holder, the value on that ball will be awarded to their team. Players must not use their hands to guide the ball from one pipe to another. If any player drops the ball during this process, then that particular turn will be discarded and they would be required to start the entire process from the first player again from scratch. The balance implemented in this task will determine the shopping balance for both the teams this week.
		Team Boys (collected 8400 BB currency)
		Team Girls (collected 6600 BB currency)
		House chores task (Naan veezhven endru ninaithayo): This task will be held in the garden area and comprises of 7 rounds in total. An even number of players will participate in this task. Sponge bats and boxes will be provided for this task. In each round, one player from each team will compete against a player from the opposing team. Both of them must hold the sponge bat in one hand and the box on the other. When the buzzer sounds, the competing players must use their sponge bat to knock out the box from their opponent while defending their own box. The player who does so will be awarded a point. The team that obtains the most points at the end of the 7th round will win. Supervisor for the task: Pavithra Team Boys vs Team Girls Winner Muthukumaran Ananthi Muthukumaran Jeffry Sachana Jeffry Sathya Vishal Sathya Soundariya Anshida Soundariya Deepak Jacquline Jacquline Arun Tharshika Arun Ranjith Sunita Sunita
		Winner: Team Boys (obtained 5/7 points)
		Lost: Team Girls (obtained 2/7 points)
		Weekly task (Aal Maaratam): Each housemate will imitate another housemate from his or her team. They will imitate the behaviour, dressing sense and mannerisms of the other housemate. Housemate Acting as Jacquline Anshida Anshida Jacquline Pavithra Tharshika Tharshika Pavithra Sunita Sachana Sachana Ananthi Ananthi Soundariya Soundariya Sunita Arun Sathya Sathya Arun Muthukumaran Ranjith Ranjith Jeffry Jeffry Deepak Deepak Vishal Vishal Muthukumaran
		Nomination free pass tasks: There are three levels to this task: 1) Level 1 - Teamwork task (Ready Steady Rope): This round will test the housemates' teamwork. Three members from the boys team and three members from the girls team must participate in this task. The task involves a rope to which all 6 housemates are attached and they will have to reach out to their set of coloured balls and put them in a basket while the opposing housemates will try to pull the rope away from them, preventing them from completing the task. Team Boys: Jeffry, Muthukumaran and Sathya Team Girls: Sachana, Sunita and Vishal
		Winner: Team Boys
		Lost: Team Girls
		2) Level 2 - Intelligence task (Sink or Float): This round will test the housemates' intelligence. This task will be held in the activity area where there will be a box containing various items and a glass tank filled with water. Three members from each team will participate in this task. Each of them will be given two cards, one containing the word Sink and the other containing the word Float. Once an item is drawn, the players must determine whether that item will sink or float in the water present in the glass tank using one of their two cards. There are 20 items in total. The team that obtains the most points, by guessing the correct answer for each item, will win this task. Team Participants Points obtained Total points obtained Boys Deepak 15 40 Ranjith 11 Soundariya 14 Girls Ananthi 17 48 Jacquline 17 Tharshika 14
		Winner: Team Girls (obtained 48 points)
		Lost: Team Boys (obtained 40 points)
		3) Level 3 - Memory task (Aattama Therottama): This round will test the housemates' memories. Three members from each team will participate. This task will be held in the garden area, where a performance will be dedicated to the players. Afterwards, the players must answer "true" or "false" to 15 questions based on the performance. The team that correctly answers the most questions will win this task. Team Participants Points obtained Total points obtained Boys Arun 11 31 Jeffry 10 Sathya 10 Girls Ananthi 11 36 Pavithra 11 Sunita 14
		Winner: Team Girls (obtained 36 points)
		Lost: Team Boys (obtained 31 points)
	Sponsored	Gold winner Palagaaram task: The housemates from each team will need to make Palagaaram food by using the given Gold Winner food products and must exchange and share the food items with each other in order to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights. Palagaaram food made by Team Boys: Murukku Palagaaram food made by Team Girls: Adhirsam
	Punishments	Team Girls will need to do a whole week of house chores after losing the House chores task. Jeffry and Sachana were voted among the housemates as the least contributing housemates to the house and Bigg Boss gave them a punishment to become invisible until the next announcement from Bigg Boss.
	Exits	No eviction due to Diwali week.
Week 5	Twists	Opposite open nomination process: The nominations for the Week 5 eviction process will be based on each member of each team nominating members from the opposing team in the presence of all housemates. Contestant swap and direct nomination power: On Day 29, one member from each team, Raanav and Jacquline, were switched to the opposing teams. Bigg Boss entitled them to directly nominate a contestant for the eviction process. Weekly nomination free pass: Both the teams could earn the Nomination free pass and award it to one of their teammates, granting them immunity from the Week 5 eviction process, by winning 2 of 3 tasks testing their focus and coordination. On Day 31, Team Boys won most of the tasks and awarded the pass to Ranjith. Goibibo passport stamp: Arun and Soundariya were chosen as the best performers by their respective teams based on their overall performance during Week 5.
	Captaincy Task	Thalaivana Thalaiviaa (Ball mela Ball, Balance panna poradhu yaaru): Ananthi and Sathya were chosen as the contenders for this task during Week 4 after being determined to be the best performers by their respective teams. Two wobbly platforms containing three holders each are placed in the garden area. Both the contenders must stand on each of those platforms. One member from each team will act as a supporter for them. The supporter must stand in the marked zone and throw one ball at a time to the contender from their respective teams. The contenders must receive the balls thrown at them and place exactly three balls on the holders while simultaneously maintaining their balance on the wobbly platform. The contender who manages to do so will win the captaincy task for Week 5. Supporters for the task: Muthukumaran for Sathya and Jacquline for Ananthi
		Winner: Sathya
		Lost: Ananthi
	House Captain	Sathya
	Nominations	Jacquline and Vishal were directly nominated by Vishal and Soundariya using their Direct nomination power from Week 4 for the Week 5 eviction process.
		Ananthi, Anshida, Arun, Deepak, Muthukumaran, Pavithra, Ranjith, Sachana and Sunita and were nominated in the presence of all housemates for the Week 5 eviction process.
	Tasks	Shopping task (Shopping vettai): A board with numerous holes is placed in the garden area. Five members from each team will participate in this task. The board has a holder in the center, and ropes are fastened to either side. The goal is to place one ball at a time in the holder and navigate it from the lower through the upper portions of the holes to the top hole with a red ring marked along its circumference on the board while simultaneously preventing it from ending up in any other holes. This task will adhere to a relay system. One thousand BB currency will be awarded for each ball that ends up in the top hole. The level of attentiveness implemented in this task will determine the shopping balance for both teams this week.
		Team Girls (collected 7000 BB currency)
		Team Boys (collected 3000 BB currency)
		House chores task: A table is placed in the activity area, with a ring in the center. Ten little rolling logs and two sticks are placed on opposite sides of the table. Two players from each team will face off in each round. When the buzzer sounds, the players must use the stick to select a rolling log and toss it to their opponent's side. When the final buzzer sounds, the player with the fewest rolling logs on their side wins. A point is awarded for each win to a team. The team that obtains the most points will win this task. Team Boys vs Team Girls Winner Deepak Sunita Deepak Muthukumaran Manjari Muthukumaran Vishal Pavithra Vishal
		Winner: Team Boys (obtained 3/3 points)
		Lost: Team Girls (obtained 0/3 points)
		Weekly task (Naan kadanthu vantha pathai): Five housemates will be given three minutes to narrate their life story without interruption, including both their challenges and successes, in order to engage with the audience on Days 30, 31 and 32 respectively. The wildcard entrants will act as judges for this task. They will determine whether or not to let the housemates tell their complete story after the first three minutes. They can do so by showing a thumbs down card with a stop sign labeled on it. If at least three out of the six judges show the stop sign card any time after three minutes, the housemates will be unable to complete their story and receive a bomb placed on the pedestal. At the end of the story telling, the remaining housemates can ask questions to clarify their doubts. The housemate who has the bomb in possession at the end of this week will be directly nominated for the Week 6 eviction process. Judges for the task: Manjari, Raanav, Rayan, Riya, Shiva and Varshini Result: Deepak was directly nominated for the Week 6 eviction process. Day Housemates who conveyed their story Interrupted by Housemate(s) in possession of the bomb 30 Jeffry Manjari Deepak Sachana Varshini Deepak Manjari, Riya, Varshini Vishal Muthukumaran None 31 Pavithra Varshini Jacquline None Tharshika Anshida Varshini Sathya None 32 Soundariya None Arun Sunita Manjari, Varshini Ananthi None Ranjith
		Morning task: This task is held in the living area. Day 31 - Identify the manipulator and the manipulated: Every housemate must choose two individuals from each team whom they feel are manipulating their fellow housemates, as well as two housemates whom they feel are being manipulated. Day 32 - Assigning nicknames to housemates: Every housemate must choose one person from each team and give them nicknames based on their personalities, mannerisms, and Bigg Boss incidents so far this season. Day 33 - Enhancing basic characteristics: Every housemate must choose one person and tell them how to improve their mannerisms, styling, and grooming.
		Anonymous letter task (Motta kaduthasi): Every housemate may choose any number of persons and write a letter to them anonymously, conveying their thoughts and opinions without hesitation.
		Nomination free pass tasks: There are three levels to this task: 1) Level 1 - Focus task (One pitch): This round will test the housemates' focus. This task is held in the garden area. Five members from each team will participate in this task. There are two parts to this task: Part 1: A bowl full of balls is kept on one side of a table, while a basket is kept on the other side. The players must pitch a ball once on the ground and pocket it inside the basket. The players who do so will proceed to Part 2 of this task. Part 2: A wooden board with five columns is kept on the table. Four out of the five columns are filled with balls with a mixture of red and blue colors. The boys team will use blue balls, while the girls team will use red balls. To win this task, both teams can use the vacant column in the center of the board to fill any two columns with their assigned balls. Team Boys: Rayan, Vishal, Jeffry, Ranjith and Muthukumaran Team Girls: Tharshika, Ananthi, Anshida, Sachana and Pavithra
		Winner: Team Boys
		Lost: Team Girls
		2) Level 2 - Coordination task (Thadai athai udai): This round will test the housemates' coordination. A table containing five obstacles is kept in the activity area. Five members from each team will participate in this task. A ball must be taken by the first player, who must then use the bat to tap it through the first obstacle's hole and deliver it to the second player. After receiving the ball from the first player, the second player must similarly use the bat to tap it through the second obstacle's hole and deliver it to the third player. This task will adhere to a relay system. The team that manages to put the maximum number of balls through all five obstacles in the allotted time will win this task.
		Winner: Team Boys
		Lost: Team Girls
		3) Level 3: This task was cancelled since the boys team had already won the first two Nomination free pass tasks.
		Task Cancelled
	Sponsored	Nil
	Punishments	Team Girls will need to do a whole week of house chores after losing the House chores task. The housemate who receives the bomb as part of the weekly task must take it with them everywhere at all times except while sleeping and using the restroom. Muthukumaran and Varshini were voted the least contributing housemates, and Bigg Boss punished them by making them learn how to perform properly, staying near Arun and Soundariya till the next Bigg Boss announcement.
	Exits	On Day 35, Sunita Gogoi was evicted after facing public votes.
Week 6	Twists
	Captaincy Task	Thalaivana Thalaiviaa (): Arun and Soundariya were chosen as the contenders for this task during Week 5 after being determined to be the best performers by their respective teams.
		Winner: Arun
		Lost: Soundariya
	House Captain	Arun
	Nominations	Deepak directly nominated for week eviction
	Tasks
	Sponsored
	Punishments
	Exits	TBA
Week 7	Twists
	Captaincy Task
	House Captain
	Nominations
	Tasks
	Sponsored
	Punishments
	Exits
Week 8	Twists
	Captaincy Task
	House Captain
	Nominations
	Tasks
	Sponsored
	Punishments
	Exits
Week 9	Twists
	Captaincy Task
	House Captain
	Nominations
	Tasks
	Sponsored
	Punishments
	Exits
Week 10	Twists
	Captaincy Task
	House Captain
	Nominations
	Tasks
	Sponsored
	Punishments
	Exits
Week 11	Twists
	Captaincy Task
	House Captain
	Nominations
	Tasks
	Sponsored
	Punishments
	Exits
Week 12	Twists
	Captaincy Task
	House Captain
	Nominations
	Tasks
	Sponsored
	Punishments
	Exits
Week 13	Twists
	Captaincy Task
	House Captain
	Nominations
	Tasks
	Sponsored
	Punishments
	Exits
Week 14	Twists
	Captaincy Task
	House Captain
	Nominations
	Tasks
	Sponsored
	Punishments
	Exits
Week 15 Finale Week	Twists
	Captaincy Task
	House Captain
	Nominations
	Tasks
	Sponsored
	Punishments
	Exits
Day 105 Grand Finale
4th Runner Up
3rd Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
1st Runner-up
Winner

Nomination table

#BB8	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	Week 15
	Day 1	Day 2	Day 5	Day 8	Day 12	Day 15	Day 19	Day 22	Day 26	Day 29	Day 31	Day 36	Day TBA										Day 105
Nominees for Captaincy	No Captain	All housemates	Not eligible	Deepak Jacquline Pavithra Sathya Soundariya Vishal	Not eligible	Ranjith Tharshika	Not eligible	Ananthi Muthukumaran	Not eligible	Ananthi Sathya	Not eligible	Arun Soundariya	Not eligible
House Captain		Tharshika		Sathya		Tharshika		Muthukumaran		Sathya		Arun
Captain's nomination		Jacquline Ranjith	Not eligible	Sachana Soundariya	Not eligible	Muthukumaran Soundariya	Not eligible	Pavithra Sunita	Not eligible	Pavithra Sachana	Not eligible		Not eligible
Nomination free pass Winner Team	None				Team Girls	None	Team Girls	None	Team Girls	None	Team Boys	None
Eligible housemates For Nomination free pass					Dharsha Jacquline Sachana Soundariya		Anshida Dharsha Jacquline Pavithra Soundariya		Anshida Jacquline Pavithra Sunita		Arun Deepak Jacquline Muthukumaran Ranjith Vishal
Vote to:	24 Hours Elimination	Evict	None	Evict	Nomination free pass	Evict	Nomination free pass	Evict	Nomination free pass	Evict	Nomination free pass	Evict	Nomination free pass										Win
Ananthi	Ravindar	Deepak Arun	Not eligible	Ranjith Muthukumaran	Not eligible	Sathya Soundariya	Not eligible	Sathya Arun	Not eligible	Muthukumaran Deepak	Not eligible
Anshida	Sachana	Soundariya Ravindar	Not eligible	Ranjith Vishal	Not eligible	Muthukumaran Sathya	Rejected Nomination Free Pass	Arun Sathya	Rejected Nomination Free Pass	Muthukumaran Arun	Not eligible
Arun	Ravindar	Ravindar Soundariya	Not eligible	Soundariya Anshida	Not eligible	Jacquline Anshida	Not eligible	Jacquline Pavithra	Not eligible	Sunita Ananthi	Rejected Nomination free pass	House Captain	Not eligible
Deepak	Sachana	Jacquline Anshida	Not eligible	Soundariya Pavithra	Not eligible	Dharsha (to evict)	Not eligible	Soundariya Ananthi	Not eligible	Sachana Ananthi	Rejected Nomination free pass
Jacquline	Sachana	Vishal Sunita	Not eligible	Arnav Vishal	Granted Nomination Free Pass	Sathya Anshida	Rejected Nomination Free Pass	Arun Jeffry	Rejected Nomination Free Pass	Ranjith Arun	Rejected Nomination free pass
Jeffry	Sachana	Soundariya Ravindar	Not eligible	Soundariya Dharsha	Not eligible	Anshida Jacquline	Not eligible	Anshida (to evict)	Not eligible	Ananthi Sachana	Not eligible
Manjari	Not In House									Deepak Arun	Not eligible
Muthukumaran	Jacquline	Ranjith Arun	Not eligible	Jacquline (to evict)	Not eligible	Pavithra Anshida	Not eligible	House Captain	Not eligible	Anshida Soundariya	Rejected Nomination free pass
Pavithra	Arnav	Ranjith Jacquline	Not eligible	Deepak (to evict)	Not eligible	Sathya Vishal	Granted Nomination Free Pass	Ranjith Sathya	Rejected Nomination Free Pass	Muthukumaran Ranjith	Not eligible
Raanav	Not In House									Anshida Sunita	Not eligible
Ranjith	Sachana	Ravindar Muthukumaran	Not eligible	Soundariya Ananthi	Not eligible	Anshida Soundariya	Not eligible	Sunita Jacquline	Not eligible	Pavithra Tharshika	Granted Nomination free pass
Rayan	Not In House									Sachana Ananthi	Not eligible
Riya	Not In House									Ranjith Deepak	Not eligible
Sachana	Jacquline	Evicted by Housemates (Day 1)	Re Entered (Day 5)	Jeffry Muthukumaran	Rejected Nomination Free Pass	Soundariya Deepak	Not eligible	Deepak (to evict)	Not eligible	Ranjith Deepak	Not eligible
Sathya	Muthukumaran	Ravindar Muthukumaran	Not eligible	House Captain	Not eligible	Pavithra Jacquline	Not eligible	Jacquline Sachana	Not eligible	House Captain	Not eligible
Shiva	Not In House									Sachana Pavithra	Not eligible
Soundariya	Arnav	Arun Arnav	Not eligible	Muthukumaran Jeffry	Rejected Nomination Free Pass	Jacquline Sunita	Rejected Nomination Free Pass	Ranjith Arun	Not eligible	Vishal (to evict)	Not eligible
Tharshika	Ravindar	House Captain	Not eligible	Arnav Ranjith	Not eligible	House Captain	Not eligible	Ranjith Sathya	Not eligible	Ranjith Deepak	Not eligible
Varshini	Not In House									Ranjith Arun	Not eligible
Vishal	Jacquline	Jacquline Muthukumaran	Not eligible	Sachana Soundariya	Not eligible	Jacquline Soundariya	Not eligible	Jacquline Tharshika	Not eligible	Jacquline (to evict)	Rejected Nomination free pass
Sunita	Jacquline	Jacquline Ranjith	Not eligible	Ranjith Arnav	Not eligible	Soundariya Sathya	Not eligible	Jeffry Arun	Granted Nomination Free Pass	Ranjith Muthukumaran	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 35)
Dharsha	Sathya	Soundariya Arnav	Not eligible	Jeffry Ranjith	Rejected Nomination Free Pass	Arun (to evict)	Rejected Nomination Free Pass	Evicted (Day 21)
Arnav	Anshida	Ravindar Deepak	Not eligible	Dharsha Soundariya	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 14)
Ravindar	Sachana	Anshida Jeffry	Not eligible	(Day 7)
Notes	1, 2			3, 4, 5		6		7, 8		9, 10		11
Against Public Vote	None	Arun Jacquline Muthukumaran Ranjith Ravindar Soundariya		Arnav Deepak Dharsha Jacquline Jeffry Muthukumaran Ranjith Sachana Soundariya Vishal		Anshida Arun Dharsha Jacquline Muthukumaran Pavithra Sathya Soundariya		Anshida Arun Deepak Jacquline Jeffry Pavithra Ranjith Sathya Sunita		Ananthi Anshida Arun Deepak Jacquline Muthukumaran Pavithra Ranjith Sachana Sunita Vishal		Deepak
Re-entered	None		Sachana	None
Walked	None
Ejected	None
Evicted	Sachana	Ravindar		Arnav		Dharsha		No Eviction		Sunita

  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 housemate was evicted from the house.

  indicates that housemate was ejected from the house.

  indicates that housemate walked out from the house.

  indicates that housemate was evicted by other housemates votes.

  indicates the housemate is given the direct power to nominate another housemate for nomination.

  indicates the housemate joined the boys' team.

  indicates the housemate joined the girls' team.

  indicates the winner.

  indicates the first runner up.

  indicates the second runner up.

  indicates the third runner up.

  indicates the fourth runner up.

Nomination notes

• ^1 : Housemates must evict one teammate within 24 hours of the grand launch.
• ^2 : On Day 5, Sachana re-entered the house.
• ^3 : During a task, Arun won the nomination free task, saving him from the Week 2 nomination process and hence cannot be evicted that week.
• ^4 : Muthukumaran and Pavithra were allowed to nominate one housemate for a direct nomination in Week 2.
• ^5 : Team Girls won the nomination free pass and awarded it to Jacquline and she saved herself from Week 2 nomination.
• ^6 : Team Girls won the nomination free pass and awarded it to Pavithra and she saved herself from Week 3 nomination.
• ^7 : Team Girls won the nomination free pass and awarded it to Sunita and she saved herself from Week 4 nomination.
• ^8 : Host Vijay Sethupathi cancelled the eviction for Week 4 due to Diwali-week celebrations in house.
• ^9 : Manjari, Raanav, Rayan, Riya, Shiva and Varshini were granted immunity from nominations for Week 5 as the new entrants.
• ^10 : Team Boys won the nomination free pass and awarded it to Ranjith and he saved himself from Week 5 nomination.
• ^11 : During a task Deepak was selected as a least performer and hence was directly nominated for Week 6 nomination.

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