Bigg Boss (Tamil season 5)

Bigg Boss 5 was the fifth season of the Tamil version of the reality television show Bigg Boss broadcast in India. The show premiered on 3 October 2021 on Star Vijay and Disney+ Hotstar with Kamal Haasan as the host for the fifth time. Nippon Paint was the main sponsor for the fifth season.^[1] While, Ramya Krishnan as appeared as a guest host for a week.^[2]

Bigg Boss
Season 5
Bigg Boss Tamil 5 logo
Presented by	Kamal Haasan (Weeks 1 - 7 & 9 - 15) Ramya Krishnan (Week 8)
No. of days	105
No. of housemates	20
Winner	Raju Jeyamohan
Runner-up	Priyanka Deshpande
Country of origin	India
No. of episodes	106
Release
Original network	Star Vijay
Original release	3 October 2021 (2021-10-03) – 16 January 2022 (2022-01-16)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 4 Next → Season 6

The grand finale took place on 16 January 2022. Raju Jeyamohan emerged as the winner, while Priyanka Deshpande emerged as the runner up of the season.

Niroop Nandakumar, Thamarai Selvi, Abhinay Vaddi and Suruthi Periyasamy returned as contestants in Bigg Boss Ultimate (season 1).

Production

Eye Logo

An eye, with a white cornea and pink sclera.

Bigg Boss House

Changes to other parts of the house were also visible compared to the last season. Instead of last season's aesthetic theme background with contrast sparkling colors, this season's theme mainly keeps up natural colors and followed the theme of "Nature".

Teaser

On 4 September 2021, incorporating a paradigm shift in a Tamil wedding scene and co-relating it with the Bigg Boss house.^[3] Two more promotional teasers were released in September 2021, featuring different commentaries from Kamal Haasan.^[4]

Audience

On set for the weekend episodes after the ease of COVID-19 restrictions in Tamil Nadu.^[5]

Housemate status

Sr.	Housemates	Day entered	Day exited	Status
1	Raju	Day 1	Day 105	Winner
2	Priyanka	Day 1	Day 102	Walked
		Day 104	Day 105	1st runner-up
3	Pavani	Day 1	Day 105	2nd runner-up
4	Amir	Day 51	Day 105	3rd runner-up
5	Niroop	Day 1	Day 105	4th runner-up
6	Thamarai	Day 1	Day 98	Evicted
7	Ciby	Day 1	Day 95	Walked
8	Sanjeev	Day 53	Day 91	Evicted
9	Varun	Day 1	Day 84	Evicted
10	Akshara	Day 1	Day 84	Evicted
11	Abhinay	Day 1	Day 77	Evicted
12	Imman	Day 1	Day 70	Evicted
13	Abishek	Day 1	Day 35	Evicted
		Day 48	Day 63	Evicted
14	Iykki	Day 1	Day 56	Evicted
15	Isaivani	Day 1	Day 49	Evicted
16	Mathumitha	Day 1	Day 42	Evicted
17	Suruthi	Day 1	Day 35	Evicted
18	Chinnaponnu	Day 1	Day 28	Evicted
19	Nadia	Day 1	Day 14	Evicted
20	Namitha	Day 1	Day 6	Walked

Housemates

Original contestants

• Isaivani, a Gaana and folk artist
• Raju Jeyamohan, an actor known for his role in Natpuna Ennanu Theriyuma and the television series Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar Season 2.
• Mathumitha Raghunathan, a fashion designer, and model from Germany.
• Abishek Raaja, a narrator and YouTuber.
• Namitha Marimuthu, a model and actress, is also the first transgender contestant to enter Bigg Boss Tamil.
• Priyanka Deshpande, an anchor, known for her presence in Vijay TV and her comedy humor.
• Abhinay Vaddi, the grandson of Gemini Ganesan and Savitri, an actor, appeared in the films Ramanujan (2014) and Chennai 600028 II (2016).
• Pavni Reddy, an actress, known for acting in soap operas such as Rettai Vaal Kuruvi, Chinna Thambi, and Rasaathi.
• Chinnaponnu, a folk singer, who is known for singing many folk songs.
• Nadia Chang, a model, and TikToker who hails from Malaysia.
• Imman Annachi, a stand-up comedian, host of famous kid's show and actor known for his appearance in films such as Goli Soda (2014) and Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani (2014).
• Suruthi Periyasamy, a runway model and actress.
• Akshara Reddy, a model known for winning the beauty pageant Miss globe 2019 and her appearance in the show Villa To Village (2018).
• Iykki Berry, a rapper and singer, and is also a physician and cosmetic surgeon.
• Thamarai Selvi, a commoner contestant and a housewife.
• Ciby Bhuvana Chandran, an actor known for his roles in films like Vanjagar Ulagam (2018) and Master (2021).
• Niroop Nandakumar, an actor, and model known for many beauty pageants.
• Varun, an actor known for acting in the movie Thalaivaa.

Wildcard contestants

• Amir, a choreographer known for working in many television shows and movies.
• Sanjeev Venkat, a television and film actor known for acting in the television series such as Kanmani and Thirumathi Selvam, and in the film Master (2021).

Nominations faced

Number	Contestant	Total	Final position
1	Pavni	13	3
2	Priyanka	11	2
3	Akshara	10	10
4	Niroop	9+2	5
5	Ciby	9+1	7
6	Abhinay	9	11
7	Thamarai	8+1	6
8	Raju	8	1

Twists

The show routinely features tasks as part of the gameplay, following are few of the tasks:

Power Medal Task

In the third week (Day 16), housemates were given a task to steal 5 medals all representing the five basic elements in the world. The 5 housemates who manage to steal the medals win a super power to save themselves from eviction in the future and topple captaincy. However, the power can only be used once and is only available until week 10.

	Elements	Original holder of medal	Stole by	Current medal holder	Status of medal	Power Week	Validity of medal
The 5 Power Medals	Fire	Isaivani	None	Isaivani	Used	Week 4	Permanently Destroyed
	Land	Priyanka	Niroop		Used	Week 5	Permanently Destroyed
	Sky	Pavni	None	Pavni	Used	Week 6	Permanently Destroyed
	Air	Thamarai	Suruthi		Unused	N/A	Permanently Destroyed
	Water	Varun	None	Varun	Used	Week 7	Permanently Destroyed

Notes:

1. Mathumitha captured the Land Power Medal initially, transferring it to the later Original Holder of the Medal, Priyanka. As Priyanka stored it behind the House's refrigerator, her friend Niroop caught hold of the Medal afterwards.
2. Ciby took the Air Power Medal at first, in front of Thamarai and Varun and later gave it to Thamarai to save herself from the nominations. However, the Medal was later stolen by Suruthi but it was destroyed before its power week as Suruthi was eliminated before the Power of Medals started.
3. Pavni, Suruthi and Abhinay joined hands to take a Medal and later, Pavni caught hold of the Sky Power Medal.
4. Isaivani attained the Fire Power Medal with the help of her friends, Iykki and Ciby.
5. Raju, Akshara, Varun and Imman planned to take a Medal and later, Varun grabbed the Water Power Medal in the Garden Area.

Weekly summary

Week 1	Entrances	Abhinay, Abishek, Akshara, Ciby, Chinnaponnu, Imman, Iykki, Isaivani, Mathumitha, Nadia, Namitha, Niroop, Pavni, Priyanka, Raju, Suruthi, Thamarai, and Varun entered the House on Day 1.
	Days	Day 1 - Day 7
	Twist	None
	Nominations
	Captaincy Task
	Luxury Budget Task	Oru Kathai Sollatuma: Housemates of the Bigg Boss House shared their past life, their sorrows, strengths, and how they achieved their dreams, with the other housemates. The other housemates have to paste a heart, like, or a dislike sticker if the housemate's story was relatable, inspirational, or non-inspirational.
	Punishments	None
	House Captain
	Exits	Namitha Marimuthu Walked out of the house due to medical issues on Day 6.
Week 2	Entrances	None
	Days	Day 8 - Day 14
	Twist	During the Week 2 nomination process, any housemate who received at least one vote from inmates was nominated for the Week 2 eviction process.
	Nominations	Abhinay, Abishek, Akshara, Chinnaponnu, Ciby, Imman, Isaivani, Iykki, Nadia, Niroop, Mathumitha, Priyanka, Raju, Suruthi, and Varun were nominated for the Week 2 Eviction Process.
	Captaincy Task	All the contestants will have a balloon in their backs, whenever the alarm bell goes of they need to get the balloon popper and pop one of the other housemate's balloons in order for them to be out, the final person with the balloon wins captaincy.
	Captaincy Task Results
	Winner: Thamarai Selvi
	Defeat: The other housemates
	Luxury Budget Task	Oru Kathai Sollatuma: (continuation) The remaining 10 housemates who are yet to convey their stories to the other housemates are given the chance to share their life stories with the other housemates from Day 8 to Day 12. '
	Vijayadashami special drama task	All the contestants are dressed up as certain characters and need to put on a drama play to celebrate the festival Vijayadashami.
	Punishments	None
	House Captain	Thamarai Selvi was the Week 2 House Captain and was hence, exempted from the nomination process.
	Safe contestants	Isaivani, Priyanka, Raju, Akshara, Imman, Ciby, Iykki, Niroop, Abhinay, Suruthi, Varun, Mathumitha, Chinnaponnu, and Abishek were saved from Week 2 Elimination Process on Day 13 & 14.
	Exits	Nadia Chang was evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 14 after receiving the fewest votes.
Week 3	Entrances	None
	Days	Day 15 - Day 21
	Twist	Isaivani, Niroop, Pavni, Thamarai, and Varun manage to steal a medal and were awarded major powers in the game.
	Nominations	Abhinay, Abishek, Akshara, Chinnaponnu, Isaivani, Iykki, Pavni, Priyanka, and Thamarai were nominated for the Week 3 Eviction Process.
	Captaincy Task	Enna Feeling'u: The four best performers of the week Ciby, Isaivani, Raju, Imman, and Pavni were told to stand on a platform and try to avoid reacting to the co-contestants putting on skits and jokes in front of them. The housemate who stood the longest without showing or changing his/her reaction wins the task. As Ciby stood the longest, he won the Captaincy Task and became the House Captain of Week 3.
	Captaincy Task Results
	Winner: Ciby
	Defeat: Imman, Pavni, Raju and Isaivani
	Luxury Budget Task	Pancha Thandhiram: There are 5 medals in the outdoors, the person who takes the medal in a secretive way will be saved from the elimination list. Isavani steals the Fire coin, Niroop steals the Land coin, Pavni steals the Sky coin, Thamarai steals the Air coin and Varun steals the Water coin.
	Punishments	Niroop, Priyanka, and Suruthi was in jail by Ciby the house captain for this week.
	House Captain	Ciby Bhuvana Chandran was the Week 3 House Captain and was hence, exempted from the nomination process.
	Safe contestants	Priyanka, Pavni, Akshara, Isaivani, Abhinay, Thamarai, Iykki, and Chinnaponnu were saved from Week 3 Elimination Process on Day 20 & 21.
	Exits	Abishek Raaja was evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 21 after receiving the fewest votes.
Week 4	Entrances	None
	Days	Day 22 - Day 28
	Twist	The fire medal was the powerful medal of Week 4, and the owner of the medal Isaivani had full control of the kitchen and dining area.
	Nominations	Abhinay, Akshara, Chinnaponnu, Imman, Isaivani, Pavni, Priyanka, Suruthi, and Varun were nominated for the Week 4 Eviction Process.
	Captaincy Task	All housemates sit at the dining table and need to point at a housemate but say another housemate's name. The last housemate remaining wins captaincy.
	Winner: Mathumitha
	Defeat: The other housemates
	Luxury Budget Task	Graamam vs Nagaram (Village vs City): The contestants have been split into two teams representing village and city, where Akshara and Niroop are the team captains, respectively. As Isaivani is the holder of the Fire Coin she is the adjudicator for the task.
	Punishments	After being chosen as the worst performer and Abhinay, Mathumitha, Pavni, and Varun must sit outside and keep the fire on until morning without sleeping.
	House Captain	Mathumitha Raghunathan was the Week 4 House Captain and was hence, exempted from the nomination process.
	Safe contestants	Priyanka, Pavni, Akshara, Imman, Isaivani, Suruthi, Abhinay, and Varun were saved from Week 4 Elimination Process on Day 27 & 28.
	Exits	Chinnaponnu Kumar was evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 28 after receiving the fewest votes.
Week 5	Entrances	None
	Days	Day 29 - Day 35
	Twist	Air medal was permanently destroyed The earth medal was the powerful medal of Week 5, and the owner of the medal Niroop had full control over the bedroom area.
	Nominations	Abhinay, Akshara, Ciby, Isaivani, Iykki, Mathumitha, Niroop, Pavni, and Suruthi were nominated for the Week 5 Eviction Process.
	Captaincy Task	Best performer from previous week luxury budget task, Ciby, and Raju play cup mukkiyam bigile task. The task is to play soccer using a gym ball and score more goals. Ciby won the task with 3-0 goals. Varun used a coin for himself to change the captain.
	Winner: Ciby Varun swapped the captaincy using WATER power medal
	Defeat: Raju
	Luxury Budget Task	Cinema Cinema: Each housemate was given different characters from famous iconic Kollywood movies and was asked to stage perform those characters and also live like that.
	Punishments	None
	House Captain	Varun Kamal was the Week 5 House Captain and was hence, exempted from the nomination process.
	Safe contestants	Akshara, Ciby, Pavni, Iykki, Niroop, Abhinay, Isaivani, and Mathumitha were saved from Week 5 Elimination Process on Day 34 & 35.
	Exits	Suruthi Periyasamy was evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 35 after receiving the fewest votes.
Week 6	Entrances	None
	Days	Day 36-Day 42
	Twist	The sky medal was the powerful medal of Week 6, and the owner of the medal Pavni had full control over the living room area.
	Nominations	Abhinay, Akshara, Ciby, Imman, Mathumitha, Pavni, and Raju were nominated for the Week 6 Eviction Process.
	Captaincy Task	Neeum bommai Naanum bommai theriyum unmai: All the housemates were asked to run to a tent by picking a doll which had names of housemates. The last to go into will not be exempted but the name of the housemate in the doll will be exempted from captaincy.
	Captaincy Task Results
	Winner: Abhinay Isaivani swapped the captaincy using FIRE power medal
	Defeat: Akshara, Mathumitha, Niroop Pavni, Priyanka and Varun
	Luxury Budget Task	Neeyum Bommai Naanum Bommai Theriyum Unmai: For the task, there was a circus tent built in the garden area. Dolls will send to them through the storeroom. They wanna get ready soon and place the dolls nearby the Bathroom Area. 12 takes buzzer will ring inside the hose. Whenever buzzer rings they wanna take someone's doll and enter into the tent. They are not allowed to take their own doll. Whom entering last in the tent holding Doll's owner will be out of the task. Like this, they wanna repeat this who stay longer will be the winner. They wanna nominate two-person who didn't perform well and who backstabbed them.
	Punishments	Housemates selected two persons whom they thought to be not real. Raju, and Imman were punished.
	House Captain	Isaivani was the Week 6 House Captain and hence, exempted from the nomination process.
	Safe contestants	Raju, Akshara, Imman, Pavni, Ciby, and Abhinay were saved from Week 6 Elimination Process on Day 41 & 42.
	Exits	Mathumitha Raghunathan was evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 42 after receiving the fewest votes.
Week 7	Entrances	Abishek Raaja re–entered the House as a wildcard contestant on Day 47.
	Days	Day 43 - Day 49
	Twist	The water medal was the powerful medal of Week 7, and the owner of the medal Varun had full control over the bathroom and garden room area
	Nominations	Abhinay, Akshara, Ciby, Imman, Isaivani, Iykki, Niroop, Pavni, and Thamarai were nominated for the Week 7 Eviction Process.
	Captaincy Task	All the housemates had to self–vote for their preferred captain within the four nominees (Ciby, Iykki, Niroop, and Priyanka). Gaining the most votes, Priyanka was elected the Captain of Week 7.
	Captaincy Task Results
	Winner: Priyanka
	Defeat: Ciby, Iykki, and Niroop
	Luxury Budget Task	Ulladhai Ullapadi Kaatum Kannadi: Housemates had to pair in two's and mirror each other's actions throughout the week. Later on, the housemates came together on the platform and conveyed their opinion on their partners on the stage. They further earned badges if they performed the task well. Pairs: Akshara and Ciby, Abhinav and Niroop, Imman and Isaivani, Pavni and Raju, Priyanka and Thamarai, Iyikki and Varun.
	Punishments	None
	House Captain	Priyanka Deshpande was the Week 7 House Captain and was hence, exempted from the nomination process.
	Safe contestants	Akshara, Ciby, Imman, Pavni, Iykki, Niroop, and Abhinay were saved from Week 7 Elimination Process on Day 48 & 49.
	Exits	Isaivani was evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 49 after receiving the fewest votes.
Week 8	Entrances	Amir, and Sanjeev Venkat entered the House as wildcard contestants respectively on Day 51 and 53.
	Days	Day 50 - Day 56
	Twist	None
	Nominations	Imman, Iykki, Niroop, Priyanka, Pavni, and Thamarai were nominated for the Week 8 Eviction Process.
	Captaincy Task	The 6 housemates selected to compete for the captaincy (Abhinay, Akshara Imman, Varun, Raju, and Thamarai) had to stuff as much cotton into the boxes they were provided with. They had to weigh their boxes on the weighing scale and the housemate with the heaviest box would be selected as the Captain. With the heaviest box, Abhinay was elected the Captain of Week 8.
	Captaincy Task Results
	Winner: Abhinay
	Defeat: Abhinay, Akshara, Imman, Raju, Thamarai and Varun
	Luxury Budget Task	Kanaa Kaanum Kaalangal: The Bigg Boss house was recreated as a school and the housemates assumed the role of characters working in a typical school. Headmaster: Ciby Tamil Lecturer: Raju Personal Development Teacher: Abishek Physical Education Teacher: Amir Leader of Physical Education Class: Akshara Students: Abhinay, Akshara, Imman, Iykki, Niroop, Pavni, Priyanka, Thamarai, and Varun The other housemates assumed the role of classmates in the house. They had to obey the rules of the teachers and if they failed to do so, they will be punished by the headmaster.
	Punishments	Amir and Niroop were sent to jail
	House Captain	Abhinay Vaddi was the Week 8 House Captain and was hence, exempted from the nomination process.
	Safe contestants	Priyanka, Imman, Pavni, Thamarai, and Niroop were saved from Week 8 Elimination Process on Day 55 & 56.
	Exits	Iykki Berry was evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 56 after receiving the fewest votes.
Week 9	Entrances	None
	Days	Day 57 - Day 63
	Twist	None
	Nominations	Abhinay, Abishek, Akshara, Ciby, Imman, Pavni, Priyanka, Raju, Thamarai, and Varun were nominated for the Week 9 Eviction Process.
	Captaincy Task	The three contestants selected for Captaincy Task (Imman, Abishek, Ciby) had to build a tower with the help of cubes given by Bigg boss and protect it from the other housemates attack Imman won that task but Niroop exchanged the captaincy for him with the power of the coin
	Captaincy Task Results
	Winner: Imman Niroop swapped the captaincy using EARTH power medal
	Defeat: Abishek, Ciby, Imman
	Luxury Budget Task	Bigg Boss Breaking News Task Everyone ads complaining 24 hours show but only telecasting for 1 hour. It's an opportunity to explain to the audience what actually happened in these 50 days and explain their side to them. Task name Bigg Boss Breaking News. Housemates wanna divide into two teams. Both teams wanna telecast different news. The team names are the Blue and Red TV teams. Both teams have two reporters and two News Readers. When they are collecting the news they wanna make sure it's against the opposite team. They can bring the person for an interview in their channel. The reporter will collect the news and newsreaders will read it. Sanjeev will be a judge and announce the result in the evening. They divide the team as Red and Blue. Team Blue: Akshara, Amir, Imman, Pavni, Raju, Thamarai Team Red: Abhinay, Abishek, Ciby, Niroop, Priyanka, and Varun Judge: Sanjeev
	Punishments	Niroop, and Pavni were sent to jail.
	House Captain	Niroop Nandakumar was the Week 9 House Captain and was hence, exempted from nomination process.
	Safe contestants	Raju, Priyanka, Pavni, Ciby, Thamarai, Imman, Akshara, and Varun were saved from Week 9 Elimination Process on Day 62 & 63.
	Exits	Abishek Raaja was re-evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 63 after receiving the fewest votes.
Week 10	Entrances	None
	Days	Day 64 - Day 70
	Twist	Niroop was given then chance to swap his nomination and replace his nomination with another housemate who isn't nominated, Niroop choose Sanjeev and they both were given a tie-breaker task and the one who loses the task will be nominated for eviction.
	Nominations	Abhinay, Akshara, Amir, Ciby, Imman, Niroop, and Thamarai were nominated for the Week 10 Eviction Process.
	Captaincy Task	All the contestants all selected to the captaincy task suthi suthi vanthinga had to run in a circle with music when the music stops they will sit in a chair at last who had the chair they will be the captain of the week Amir won the task but Pavni exchanged the captaincy with the help of the power of medal so Pavni is the captain of week 10
	Captaincy Task Results
	Winner: Amir Pavni swapped the captaincy using SKY power medal
	Defeat: The other housemates
	Luxury Budget Task	Bigg Boss Maanadu Housemates divide into Three political parties. They can complain inside the house and say to people what will they do for their house after that, they win the election. Team A: Abhinay, Amir, Pavni, and Priyanka Team B: Ciby, Niroop, Raju, and Thamarai Team C: Akshara, Imman Sanjeev, and Varun
	Punishments	None
	House Captain	Pavni Reddy was the Week 10 House Captain and was hence, exempted from the nomination process.
	Safe contestants	Ciby, Akshara, Thamarai, Abhinay, Amir, and Niroop were saved from Week 10 Elimination Process on Day 69 & 70.
	Exits	Imman Annachi was evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 70 after receiving the fewest votes.
Week 11	Entrances	None
	Days	Day 71 - Day 77
	Twist	All the housemates were automatically nominated in Week 10 for immunity-based challenges that were conducted as part of the Week 10 Luxury Budget Task.
	Nominations	Abhinay, Akshara, Amir, Ciby, Niroop, Pavni, Priyanka, Raju, Sanjeev, Thamarai and Varun were automatically nominated for the Week 11 Eviction Process. Abhinay, Akshara, Pavni, Priyanka, Raju and Varun were nominated for the Week 11 Eviction Process, after all the immunity task.
	Captaincy Task	None
	Luxury Budget Task	1st Immunity Task: Housemates have to arrange themselves in order from #1 to #12, Ciby stood in the #1 position and was exempted from the Week 10 nomination process. This week's task is to save the nominated contestant from nomination. 2nd Immunity Task: Housemates have to survive in a bus kept in a garden area overcoming all the hurdles. Housemates have to get down Voluteerly Or vote out when Bus horn is blown at each time. Later Niroop was stayed long on the bus and was exempted from the Week 10 nomination process. 3rd Immunity Task: Housemates have to stand in an ice cube tub and has to peel a potato kept in hot water and have to count for 5 minutes in mind while peeling off the potato. Whom finish counting in 5 minutes can stop their work and press the bell. Whom is nearly close to the 5 minutes counting will go to the next level and the higher one will be out of the game. Later Varun finishes it in 8.20 min. He came as last so he is out of the game. 4th Immunity Task: In the garden area equal balloons are given to the nominated contestant. They have to protect their ballons and also to decrease other participants' balloons also at the same time. Whom has fewer ballons will be out of the game rest all can go to the next level. Later Sanjeev balloons are broken first so he is out of the game. 5th Immunity Task: There are rings kept on a pedestal. When the buzzer plays they wanna throw that ring in the stand. Who has fewer rings will be out of the game. Later Priyanka is out of the game. 6th Immunity Task: Bigg Boss will show some pictures to the Housemates and have to notice and answer the question. Later Pavni is out of the game with the least scores. 7th Immunity Task: Nominated housemates photo printed dice kept in the garden area. When buzzer plays they wanna roll it whose picture coming in front will be out of the game. Later Akshara is out of the game. 8th Immunity Task: In the first stage they wanna finish drinking one bottle of water which is kept on the pedestal. In the second stage, they wanna crawl under the next. In the third stage, they wanna solve the puzzle. In the last stage, they wanna jump inside the sack and drink the raw egg without spitting it out and pressing the bell to finish it. Later Raju is out of the game. 9th Immunity Task: There is cow dung filled in the tub and kept in the Activity area. They wanna collect the coins from the Cow dung. Whom collect fewer coins will be out of the game. Later Amir is out of the game. 10th Immunity Task: It's a card game whose getting x mark will be out of the game. Later Abhinay is out of the game and Thamarai win the immunity task and was exempted from the Week 10 nomination process. 11th Immunity Task: Last chance for contestants to save themselves from nomination task, 8 nominated housemates have to divide into two teams. Amir and Pavni, Raju and Sanjeev, Akshara and Varun, Abhinay and Priyanka are the pairs. In the activity area, there is two booths were kept there. Bigg Boss asks both of them to enter the booth and keeps the headset in their ears. Bigg Boss says to them that they can save themselves or their partner in it. If both show the same picture then they are saved. Priyanka chooses herself, Abhinay chooses himself, Amir chooses himself, Pavni chooses Amir, Akshara chooses Varun, Varun chooses Akshara, Raju chooses Sanjeev and Sanjeev choose himself. Later Amir and Sanjeev were saved and were exempted from the Week 10 nomination process.
	Punishments	None
	House Captain
	Safe contestants	Raju, Priyanka, Pavni, Akshara, and Varun were saved from Week 11 Elimination Process on Day 76 & 77.
	Exits	Abhinay Vaddi was evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 77 after receiving the fewest votes
Week 12	Guests Entrances	Akshara Reddy: Mother and Brother, Ciby Bhuvana Chandran: Father and Wife, Niroop Nandakumar: Father and Friend Raju Jeyamohan Mother and Wife, Pavni Reddy: Mother, Sister and Niece, Varun Kamal: Mother and Brother, Priyanka Deshpande: Mother and Brother, Thamarai Selvi: Son and Husband, Sanjeev Venkat: Wife, Son and Daughter, Amir: Family.
	Days	Day 78 - Day 84
	Twist	None
	Nominations	Akshara, Ciby, Niroop, Pavni, Priyanka, and Varun were nominated for the Week 12 Eviction Process.
	Captaincy Task	Vitratheenga eppothume: All Housemates had to hold a long rope given by biggboss and has to hold without leaving the rope. Housemates leaving the rope will be disqualified from the captaincy task of this week.Later Thamarai won the task by holding the rope for 16 hours and becoming a captain of this week
	Captaincy Task Results
	Winner: Thamarai Selvi
	Defeat: The other housemates
	Luxury Budget Task	Oru Kathai Sollatuma: Wildcards of the Bigg Boss House shared their past life, their sorrows, strengths, and how they achieved their dreams, with the other housemates. The other housemates have to paste a heart, like, or a dislike sticker if the housemate's story was relatable, inspirational, or non-inspirational. Freeze or Release Task: Bigg boss will take full control over the task. He will instruct the housemates by using words like freeze, release, rewind, fast forward, sleep mode, and loop.
	Punishments	None
	House Captain	Thamarai Selvi was the Week 12 House Captain and was hence, exempted from the nomination process.
	Safe contestants	Priyanka, Pavni, Ciby, and Niroop were saved from Elimination Process on Day 83 & 84.
	Exits	Varun Kamal and Akshara Reddy were evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 84 after receiving the fewest votes
Week 13	Entrances	None
	Days	Day 85 - Day 91
	Twist	Ticket to Finale announcement made. Just one housemate can make it to the Finale Week without facing a public vote for 2 weeks
	Nominations	Amir, Ciby, Niroop, Priyanka, Pavni, Sanjeev, Thamarai, and Raju were automatically nominated for the Week 13 Eviction Process. Ciby, Niroop, Priyanka, Pavni, Sanjeev, Thamarai, and Rajuwere nominated for the Week 13 Eviction Process, after all the Ticket to Finale task.
	Captaincy Task	None
	Luxury Budget Task	Ticket to Finale tasks Contestants should compete in various challenges to earn the most points. The contestant who has the most points at the end of the week will automatically be saved until the Finale Week escaping public vote. Ticket to finale Task 1: They wanna give one black rose to a person who doesn't deserve to go to finals. Later Housemates decides to give the black rose to Niroop, and he is out of Ticket to Finale. Ticket to finale Task 2: They will give 10 eggs and a nest to the contestants equally. They wanna protect their egg as well as they wanna break others' eggs. Whom has less egg in their nest will be eliminated from this game. Later Pavni and Thamarai out of Ticket to Finale. Ticket to finale Task 3: Housemates cut out kept in the garden. Bigg Boss will say some questions to them. They wanna an answer to it while throwing the given egg to the cutout. Whose cut out has more colors will be evicted from this race. Later Priyanka and Raju out of Ticket to Finale. Ticket to finale Task 4: Housemates can also play in this task along with contestants. It's a Yes or No game. Housemates can able to raise their questions to the contestants. If contestants have the same answer as housemates they can take the first step forward. Who has fewer points will be out of the game. Later Sanjeev out of Ticket to Finale. Ticket to finale Task 5: Two frames were kept for Amir and Cibi in the garden area. Two sacks of sand were tied in the rope with a borderline. They wanna stand on the wooden stage and hold the sack rope. The important rule is they might stand in one leg they shouldn't chance their legs. If that sack goes out of the borderline that person will be evicted. Later Ciby out of Ticket to Finale and Amir won Ticket to Finale.
	Ticket To Finale Winner : Amir
	Punishments	None
	House Captain
	Safe contestants	Raju, Priyanka, Pavni, Niroop, Thamarai, and Ciby were saved from Week 13 Elimination Process on Day 90 & 91.
	Exits	Sanjeev Venkat was evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 91 after receiving the fewest votes.
Week 14	Guests Entrances	Sarathkumar Ramanathan entered the House to challenge the contestants with a box of cash prize on Day 93.
	Days	Days 92 - Day 98
	Twist	A housemate has the chance to take the money amount which starts off at 3 lakhs and increases to 12 lakhs.
	Nominations	Ciby, Niroop, Priyanka, Pavni, Thamarai, and Raju were automatically nominated for the Week 14 Eviction Process. Niroop, Priyanka, Pavni, Thamarai, and Raju were nominated for the Week 14 Eviction Process, after the Cash Prize Eviction.
	Captaincy Task	None
	Luxury Budget Task	Bigg Boss reintroduces the Sacrifice-Dare task which originally started in Bigg Boss Season 1 and 2. Housemates will be given a dare and or a sacrifice which they must complete which will ensure their entrance to their Finale Week. 1st Sacrifice: Onions, salt, and sugar for the whole week. This may help them gain a special offer and luxury budget. 2nd Sacrifice: Housemates should give their favorite two sets of dresses to Orphanage. 1st Dare: All nominated housemates have to take a bath with water that was mixed with cow dung.
	Punishments	None
	House Captain	None
	Safe contestants	Niroop was saved from the Week 14 Elimination Process on Day 97 after winning the Ticket To Finale.
		Raju, Priyanka and Pavni were saved from the Week 14 Elimination Process on Days 97 & 98 and became the finalists of Bigg Boss 5 Tamil.
	Ticket To Finale Winners : Niroop, Raju, Priyanka, Pavni
	Exits	Ciby Bhuvana Chandran walked out after taking 12 lakh worth of money from the BB suitcase on Day 95.
		Thamarai Selvi was evicted from the Bigg Boss House on Day 98 after receiving the fewest votes.
Week 15 Finale Week	Days	Days 98 - Day 105
	Entrance (Housemates Reunion)	Nadia Chang, Suruthi Periyasamy, Ciby Bhuvana Chandran and Abhinay Vaddi entered the House as guests on Day 101.
		Thamarai Selvi, Varun Kamal and Akshara Reddy entered the House as guests on Day 102
	Happenings	Pongal Celebration on Day 103: Housemates celebrated the Pongal with wishing the audience by themselves. Bigg boss had arranged a task where housemates joined and played them with winning Pongal gifs.
		Bigg Boss asked Housemates to share their journey, as all housemates came in front and talked about it on Day 103.
		All housemates gave 10 poses to the photo at garden area and then they enjoyed with dancing for songs which was played at the moment. Except Finalists, remained housemates who came as guests, left bb house after collecting gifts on Day 103.
		At garden area, each finalist was shown their bb journey by a video separately only towards them on Day 104.
	Finalists	During the final week the public vote for who they want to win Bigg Boss. The finalists for the title were as following: Amir Niroop Nandhakumar Pavni Reddy Priyanka Deshpande Raju Jeyamohan
Grand Finale Day 105
4th Runner Up		Niroop Nandhakumar
3rd Runner Up		Amir
2nd Runner Up		Pavni Reddy
1st Runner Up		Priyanka Deshpande
Winner		Raju Jeyamohan

BB Prison

Each week, housemates who did not perform satisfactorily in the Luxury Budget Task, are sent to the Bigg Boss underground prison. The prison is devoid of any facilities except a bed and a water bucket.

Week	In Prison			Day(s)
1	None
2
3	Niroop	Priyanka	Suruthi	Day 17
4	None
5
6
7
8	Amir		Niroop	Day 54
9	Niroop		Pavni	Day 61
10	None
11
12
13
14
15

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Guest appearance

Through virtual contact

Week(s)	Day(s)	Guest(s)	Purpose of visit
Week 3	19	Harish Kalyan and Priya Bhavani Shankar	To promote their film Oh Manapenne!
Week 6	37	Pavni reddy's Family and Friends	Pavni's birthday celebration
Week 11	77	Hiphop Tamizha, T. G. Thyagarajan, Aswin Raam & Napolion	To promote their film Anbarivu
Week 12	81	Varun Kamal's Family, Friends, Iykki Berry, Imman Annachi, Mathumitha Raghunathan, Dr. Ishari K. Ganesh	Varun's birthday celebration
Week 12	84	Dr. Ishari K. Ganesh along with Varun Kamal	To Promote Their film Joshua Imai Pol Kaakha
Week 14	98	Ex- contestants; Imman Annachi, Abishek Raaja, Akshara Reddy, Varun Kamal, Ciby Bhuvana Chandran and Suruthi Periyasamy	To support their friends

Physical appearances

• Through glass house - T
• Direct entry - D * (Who entered directly to the BB house was quarantined before entering)

Week(s)	Day(s)	Guest(s)	T or D	Purpose of visit
Week 5	33	Madurai Muthu, Ma Ka Pa Anand, Sridhar Sena, Manasi, super singer crew and Bala	T	Diwali celebration
Week 12	79	Akshara Reddy's Mother and Brother	D	As a part of the luxury budget task
		Ciby Bhuvana Chandran's Father and Wife
	80	Niroop Nandakumar's Father and Friend, Yashika Aannand
		Raju Jeyamohan's Mother and Wife
	81	Pavni Reddy's Mother, Sister and Niece
		Varun Kamal's Mother and Brother
		Priyanka Deshpande's Mother and Brother
	82	Thamarai Selvi's Husband and Son
		Sanjeev Venkat's Wife, Son and Daughter
	83	Amir's Family
Week 14	93	Sarathkumar	T	To challenge the contestants with a box of cash prize
Week 15	Day 102	Cast of TV shows; Senthoora Poove and Eeramana Rojave		To carry out special tasks
	Day 101 -Day 104	Nadia Chang, Suruthi Periyasamy, Ciby Bhuvana Chandran and Abhinay Vaddi	D	To spend the last few days with the rest of the contestants and celebrate Pongal (festival).
	Day 102 - Day 104	Thamarai Selvi, Varun Kamal and Akshara Reddy
	Day 105	Kamal Haasan		To escort finalists Raju Jeyamohan and Priyanka Deshpande and light off the bb house.

Nomination table

	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 71	Day 72		Day 85	Day 85	Day 92	Day 93	Day 96	Day 97	Day 102	Day 103	Day 104	Day 105
Nominees for Captaincy	None	All Housemates	Ciby Imman Isaivani Pavni Raju	All Housemates	Ciby Raju	Abhinay Akshara Mathumitha Niroop Pavni Priyanka Varun	Ciby Iykki Niroop Priyanka	Abhinay Akshara Imman Raju Thamarai Varun	Abishek Ciby Imman	All Housemates	None		All Housemates	No Captain
House Captain	No Captain	Thamarai	Ciby	Mathumitha	Ciby	Abhinay	Priyanka	Abhinay	Imman	Amir	No Captain		Thamarai
					Varun	Isaivani			Niroop	Pavni
Captain's Nominations	No Nominations	Chinnaponnu Mathumitha	Priyanka Abishek	Isaivani Iykki	Thamarai Akshara	Akshara Mathumitha Imman	Iykki Imman Akshara	Imman Thamarai	Ciby Varun Imman	Raju Thamarai Akshara	No Nominations		Niroop Pavni Priyanka
Sent to BB Prison	None		Niroop Priyanka Suruthi	None				Amir Niroop	Niroop Pavni	None
Punishment	None			Abhinay Mathumitha Pavni Varun	None	Raju Imman	None
Power Medal of the week	None			Fire Medal	Earth Medal	Sky Medal	Water Medal	None
Owner of Power Medal	None			Isaivani	Niroop	Pavni	Varun	None
Power Medal Destroyed	None				Air Medal	None	Fire Medal	None
Vote to:	None	Evict			Save	Evict						Task	Evict		Task	Evict	Task	Evict		WIN
Raju	No Nominations	Abhinay Priyanka	Chinnaponnu Pavni	Pavni Abhinay	Imman Niroop	Niroop Priyanka Thamarai	Pavni Abhinay Iykki	Priyanka Iykki	Pavni Abhinay Varun	Abhinay Niroop Akshara	Nominated	Lost Immunity Task #8 (Nominated)	Niroop Pavni Ciby	Niroop Pavni	Lost Ticket to finale Task #3 (Nominated)	Pavni (to evict) Ciby (to evict) Priyanka (to save) Niroop (to evict) Amir (to evict) Thamarai (to save)	Rejected Eviction	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	No Nominations	No Nominations	Winner (Day 105)
Priyanka		Akshara Iykki	Chinnaponnu Suruthi	Suruthi Chinnaponnu	Mathumitha Isaivani	Iykki Imman Raju	House Captain	Imman Akshara	Imman Raju Akshara	Akshara Thamarai Niroop	Nominated	Lost Immunity Task #5 (Nominated)	Ciby Varun Sanjeev	Sanjeev Niroop	Lost Ticket to finale Task #3 (Nominated)	Thamarai Niroop	Rejected Eviction	Nominated	Nominated	Walked (Day 102)		No Nominations	1st runner-up (Day 105)
Pavni		Niroop Ciby	Akshara Abishek	Niroop Akshara	Suruthi Abhinay	Thamarai Iykki Raju	Iykki Thamarai Akshara	Raju Thamarai	Raju Akshara Thamarai	House Captain	Nominated	Lost Immunity Task #6 (Nominated)	Akshara Varun Ciby	Niroop Thamarai	Lost Ticket to finale Task #2 (Nominated)	Raju Ciby	Rejected Eviction	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	No Nominations	No Nominations	2nd runner-up (Day 105)
Amir	Not In House								Thamarai Akshara Abishek	Imman Akshara Thamarai	Nominated	Lost Immunity Task 9th (Nominated)	Niroop Akshara Priyanka	Sanjeev Pavni	Finalist	Raju Thamarai	Rejected Eviction	Finalist	Finalist	Nominated	No Nominations	No Nominations	3rd runner-up (Day 105)
Niroop	No Nominations	Abhinay Varun	Akshara Thamarai	Akshara Chinnaponnu	Imman Priyanka	Abhinay Raju Akshara	Varun Ciby Akshara	Thamarai Varun	House Captain	Sanjeev Ciby Amir	Nominated	Won Immunity Task #2 (Saved)	Varun Ciby Priyanka	Ciby Raju	Lost Ticket to finale Task #1 (Nominated)	Ciby Thamarai	Rejected Eviction	Nominated	Finalist	Nominated	No Nominations	No Nominations	4th runner-up (Day 105)
Thamarai		House Captain	Pavni Abhinay	Imman Ciby	Raju Iykki	Abhinay Pavni Imman	Pavni Isaivani Ciby	Priyanka Pavni	Priyanka Pavni Ciby	Priyanka Abhinay Imman	Nominated	Won Immunity Task #10 (Saved)	House Captain	Pavni Niroop	Lost Ticket to finale Task #2 (Nominated)	Priyanka Niroop	Rejected Eviction	Nominated	No Nominations	Evicted (Day 98)
Ciby		Imman Isaivani	House Captain	Isaivani Suruthi	Mathumitha Imman	Varun Akshara Abhinay	Iykki Akshara Niroop	Niroop Iykki	Thamarai Akshara Abishek	Niroop Varun Imman	Nominated	Won Immunity Task #1 (Saved)	Akshara Pavni Niroop	Niroop Amir	Lost Ticket to finale Task #5 (Nominated)	Niroop Raju	Accepted Eviction	Walked with ₹12L (Day 95)
Sanjeev	Not In House								Pavni Priyanka Raju	Niroop Abhinay Imman	Nominated	Lost Immunity Task #4 (Nominated)	Ciby Priyanka Pavni	Priyanka Amir	Lost Ticket to finale Task #4 (Nominated)	Evicted (Day 91)
Varun	No Nominations	Isaivani Chinnaponnu	Niroop Abishek	Chinnaponnu Abhinay	House Captain	Pavni Abhinay Ciby	Niroop Pavni Isaivani	Niroop Priyanka	Abhinay Pavni Ciby	Amir Niroop Abhinay	Nominated	Lost Immunity Task #3 (Nominated)	Priyanka Niroop Amir	Evicted (Day 84)
Akshara		Isaivani Suruthi	Abishek Pavni	Pavni Priyanka	Thamarai Iykki	Ciby Imman Pavni	Ciby Imman Niroop	Priyanka Niroop	Ciby Priyanka Abishek	Priyanka Amir Ciby	Nominated	Lost Immunity Task #7 (Nominated)	Priyanka Pavni Amir	Evicted (Day 84)
Abhinay		Isaivani Raju	Isaivani Thamarai	Chinnaponnu Thamarai	Priyanka Raju	Imman Ciby Raju	Imman Niroop Iykki	House Captain	Imman Raju Varun	Raju Amir Imman	Nominated	Lost Immunity Task #10 (Nominated)	Evicted (Day 77)
Imman		Abhinay Ciby	Isaivani Pavni	Chinnaponnu Isaivani	Raju Niroop	Priyanka Akshara Mathumitha	Abhinay Pavni Thamarai	Priyanka Pavni	Abishek Priyanka Pavni	Abhinay Amir Ciby	Evicted (Day 70)
Abishek		Nadia Akshara	Akshara Chinnaponnu	Evicted (Day 21)				Imman Thamarai	Varun Imman Akshara	Evicted (Day 63)
Iykki		Abishek Niroop	Priyanka Abishek	Pavni Suruthi	Thamarai Imman	Pavni Mathumitha Ciby	Pavni Isaivani Ciby	Ciby Pavni	Evicted (Day 56)
Isaivani		Chinnaponnu Imman	Abhinay Priyanka	Akshara Imman	Thamarai Suruthi	House Captain	Thamarai Iykki Imman	Evicted (Day 49)
Mathumitha		Isaivani Niroop	Thamarai Iykki	House Captain	Priyanka Pavni	Akshara Varun Raju	Evicted (Day 42)
Suruthi		Akshara Niroop	Imman Iykki	Akshara Varun	Thamarai Isaivani	Evicted (Day 35)
Chinnaponnu		Isaivani Imman	Abishek Pavni	Priyanka Varun	Evicted (Day 28)
Nadia		Niroop Imman	Evicted (Day 14)
Namitha		Walked (Day 6)
Against Public Vote	No Nominations	Abhinay Abishek Akshara Chinnaponnu Ciby Imman Iykki Isaivani Mathumitha Nadia Niroop Priyanka Raju Suruthi Varun	Abhinay Abishek Akshara Chinnaponnu Iykki Isaivani Pavni Priyanka Thamarai	Abhinay Akshara Chinnaponnu Imman Isaivani Pavni Priyanka Suruthi Varun	Abhinay Akshara Ciby Isaivani Iykki Mathumitha Niroop Pavni Suruthi	Abhinay Akshara Ciby Imman Mathumitha Pavni Raju	Abhinay Akshara Ciby Imman Isaivani Iykki Niroop Pavni Thamarai	Imman Iykki Niroop Pavni Priyanka Thamarai	Abhinay Abishek Akshara Ciby Imman Pavni Priyanka Raju Thamarai Varun	Abhinay Akshara Amir Ciby Imman Niroop Thamarai	Abhinay Akshara Amir Ciby Niroop Pavni Priyanka Raju Sanjeev Thamarai Varun		Akshara Ciby Niroop Pavni Priyanka Varun	Amir Ciby Niroop Pavni Priyanka Raju Sanjeev Thamarai		Ciby Niroop Pavni Priyanka Raju Thamarai		Niroop Pavni Priyanka Raju Thamarai		Amir Niroop Pavni Priyanka Raju
Re-entered	None					Abishek	None															Priyanka	None
Walked	Namitha	None															Ciby	None		Priyanka	None
Evicted	No Eviction	Nadia	Abishek	Chinnaponnu	Suruthi	Mathumitha	Isaivani	Iykki	Abishek	Imman	Abhinay		Akshara		Sanjeev		No Eviction	Thamarai		Niroop		Amir
													Varun							Pavni	Priyanka		Raju

Notes

  indicates that the housemate was directly nominated for eviction.

  indicates the housemate was immuned from nominations.

  indicates the nominees for the House Captaincy.

  indicates the House Captain.

  indicates the Former House Captain. (House Captain would have been stripped of the captaincy i.e., evicted/ejected/walked out after being nominated as the Captain)

  indicates the Trending Player.

  indicates a new wildcard contestant.

  indicates the contestant is nominated.

  indicates that the contestant has re-entered the house.

  indicates that the contestant walked out of the Bigg Boss house on their own.

  indicates the contestant has been ejected.

  indicates the contestant has been evicted.

  indicates the winner.

  indicates the first runner-up.

  indicates the second runner-up.

  indicates the third runner-up.

  indicates the fourth runner-up.

References

1. "Bigg Boss Tamil 5 teaser is out; Kamal Haasan as the host". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
2. "Ramya Krishnan to replace Kamal Haasan as guest host on Bigg Boss Tamil 5; a look at the actress' TV journey". The Times of India. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
3. "Bigg Boss Tamil 5's latest teaser is out; host Kamal Haasan says, "Expect the unexpected" - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
4. "Bigg Boss Tamil 5: Kamal Haasan highlights the lack of liberty to gossip in the house; watch - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
5. "Big-News: Audience Can Now Participate In Bigg Boss Tamil Season 5, Here's How?!". www.insydfeed.com. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

External links

• Bigg Boss at IMDb