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Bigg Boss
Season 5
Bigg Boss Tamil 5 logo
Presented byKamal Haasan (Weeks 1 - 7 & 9 - 15)
Ramya Krishnan (Week 8)
No. of days105
No. of housemates20
WinnerRaju Jeyamohan
Runner-upPriyanka Deshpande
No. of episodes106
Release
Original networkStar Vijay
Original release3 October 2021 (2021-10-03) –
16 January 2022 (2022-01-16)
Season chronology
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Season 6

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]

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

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This season, the logo is pink eye with a pupil that represents blue eyes with small stars, surrounded by a gold outline of the eye.

Bigg Boss House

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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

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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

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

Housemate status

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Sr. Housemates Day entered Day exited Status
1 Raju Day 1 Day 105 Winner
2 Priyanka Day 1 Day 105 1st runner-up
3 Pavni 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 Evicted
11 Abhinay Day 1 Day 77 Evicted
12 Imman Day 1 Day 70 Evicted
13 Abishek Day 1 Day 21 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 4 Walked

Housemates

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

The cast of the fifth season of Bigg Boss.

First row: Isaivani, Raju, Mathumitha, Abishek and Namitha
Second row: Priyanka, Abhinay, Pavni, Chinnaponnu and Nadia
third row: Varun, Imman, Suruthi, Akshara and Iykki
fourth row: Thamarai, Ciby and Niroop
Not pictured: Amir and Sanjeev

Original contestants

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Wildcard contestants

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  • 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

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Number Contestant Total Final position
1 Pavni 11 2nd runner up
2 Priyanka 10 1st runner up
3 Akshara 10 Evicted in 10th position
4 Niroop 9 4th runner up
5 Ciby 9 walked in 7th position
6 Abhinay 9 Evicted in 11th position
7 Thamarai 8 Evicted in 6th position
8 Raju 8 Winner

Twists

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

Power Medal Task

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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

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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

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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

  Male housemates   Female housemates

Guest appearance

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Through virtual contact

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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

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  • 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

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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
None
House
Captain
No
Captain
Thamarai Ciby Mathumitha Ciby Abhinay Priyanka Abhinay Imman Amir No
Captain
Thamarai No
Captain
Varun Isaivani Niroop Pavni
Captain's
Nomination
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
No Nominations
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
Walked Namitha None Ciby None
Sent to BB Prison None Niroop
Priyanka
Suruthi
None Amir
Niroop
Niroop
Pavni
None
Punishment None Abhinay
Mathumitha
Pavni
Varun
None Raju
Imman
None
Evicted No
Eviction
Nadia Abishek Chinnaponnu Suruthi Mathumitha Isaivani Iykki Abishek Imman Abhinay Akshara Sanjeev No
Eviction
Thamarai Niroop Amir Pavni
Varun Priyanka Raju

Notes

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  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

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  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"". The Times of India. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Bigg Boss Tamil 5: Kamal Haasan highlights the lack of liberty to gossip in the house; watch". The Times of India. 17 September 2021. 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.
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