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Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 9

Bigg Boss 9 is the ninth season of the Indian Tamil-language reality television series Bigg Boss, produced by Banijay. Vijay Sethupathi is returning as a host for the second time in a row. The season premiered on 5 October 2025 on Star Vijay and JioHotstar. Unseen episodes this seasons will be aired on Colors Tamil.

The Grand Finale of the show took place on 18 January 2026, Divya Ganesh was declared the winner, while Sabarinathan was declared as runner-up.

Production

The creative team for the season includes Deepak Dhar as the project head. The show is produced by the Banijay Entertainment Group. Rupali Kanchankumar Bandawane serves as the production designer for this season.

Promotions

The official first look and logo were unveiled on 1 September 2025, confirming the season's launch with Vijay Sethupathi returning as the host.

On 5 September 2025, the second teaser was released, featuring Sethupathi emphasising the idea of "trying something new", hinting at a season filled with surprises and unpredictability. The tagline of the season was "Paakka Paakka thaan theriyum" ("You'll only know by watching").

On 13 September 2025, the season's poster, which included the launch date, was released.

Eye logo

The logo features the number nine symbolised in purple neon shades as the iris, with a silver frame.

Broadcast

The show streams 24/7 on JioHotstar, with the main daily episode broadcast on Star Vijay, reflecting a digital-first approach. An unseen episode featuring additional footage not included in the one-hour broadcast is aired on Colors Tamil.

Sponsors

Haier serves as a key sponsor for the season of Bigg Boss, providing home appliances for the house.

House

The Bigg Boss 9 house, located in EVP Film City, Chennai, features an ancient civilisation-inspired theme, primarily influenced by Egyptian and Mesopotamian architecture. The interior design incorporates walls engraved with hieroglyphic-style symbols, colossal sculpted faces reminiscent of pharaohs and deities, and ornate golden and bronze detailing that evoke the grandeur of ancient temples. Symbolic motifs such as wings, triangular emblems, and carved relics highlight the mystical and regal ambience of the space, blending historical opulence with a modern aesthetic.

  • Living area: Circular sand-coloured sofa with Egyptian-style carvings.
  • Kitchen and dining area: Round dining table with brown finish and white chairs.
  • Bedrooms: Two separate bedrooms, including a common bedroom following the Egyptian theme with artwork and nine beds. A super deluxe bedroom with an attached bathroom and private Jacuzzi is also provided.
  • Bathroom: Updated wallpapers featuring a palette inspired by ancient architecture.
  • Confession room: Sand-coloured room styled like an Egyptian palace, with carvings of a mummy behind the seating area.
  • Garden and outdoor area: Artificial turf, swimming pool, and lounge chairs.
  • Medical room: Dedicated space for health check-ups and emergencies.
  • Activity area: Located near the medical room and used for tasks and challenges.
  • Smoking area: Designated space in the garden area.

This season also marks the return of the jail feature, which was absent in the previous season, and the revival of the swimming pool, which had remained empty since Season 3 and had been removed entirely after Season 7. Additionally, for the first time in the show's history, the main entrance to the house has been shifted from the garden-facing area to the location previously used as the activity area entrance.

Housemates status

Housemates

The list of housemates:

  • T. Diwagar, YouTuber, physiotherapist.
  • Aurora Sinclair, actress, model, influencer.
  • Fredrick Johnson (FJ), an actor and beat-boxer, who gained recognition through the web series ' and the film Aranmanai 4.
  • VJ Parvathy, VJ, supporting actress and TV personality.
  • Tushaar Jayaprakash, a dancer, model and content creator.
  • Kani Thiru, winner of CwC season 2 who has acted in the Tamil web series Parachute. She is the sister of Bigg Boss 2 contestant and Survivor Tamil winner Vijayalakshmi Feroz.
  • Sabarinathan, an actor in the Tamil industry, who has appeared in films including Natpe Thunai, Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja, and acted in TV shows like Velaikkaran, Bharathi Kannamma and Ponni.
  • Pravin Gandhi, an Indian film director, known for directing films such as Ratchagan and Jodi.
  • Vyshali Kemkar, popularly known as (Mirchi Kemy), who featured in a Tamil reality cooking show Cooku with Comali season 5 and began her screen-debut in shows like Yatrika and Office.
  • Aadhirai Soundarajan, an Indian actress, known for her roles in Tamil films and television. She gained recognition through films like Bigil, Varalaru Mukkiyam and Theerkadarishi. She is also known for a TV show Mahanadhi, airing on Star Vijay.
  • Ramya Joo (Stella), a stage dancer.
  • Gana Vinoth Kumar, is an Indian folk music artist.
  • Viyana (Rasheeda Bhanu and Raksha), a model, actress and social media influencer
  • Praveen Raj Devasagayam, a television actor and comedian, recognized for Tamil serials like Bharathi Kannamma, Kizhakku Vaasal and Eeramana Rojave.
  • Subiksha Kumar, a social media influencer and YouTube blogger known for her blogs on fishing and marine life.
  • Apsara CJ, a Tamil transgender model and social media influencer from Kanyakumari.
  • Nandhini R, a yoga teacher
  • Vikkals Vikram, a stand-up comedian, actor and content creator.
  • Kamrudin K, an Indian actor who appears in the Tamil television serial Mahanadhi.
  • Kalaiyarasan, an Indian cultural trainer.

Wildcard entrants

Twists

Badge selection

Upon entering the house on launch day, housemates will be able to pick a badge from the fire or water column. This selection will decide their bedroom allotment.

Bedroom allotment

The 2 bedrooms are depicted as 2 different statues within the one house resembling a common bedroom while the other bedroom is a deluxe bedroom. While there is also separate exclusive bedroom for the house captain is also established. The bedrooms are:

* Common bedroom: With a set of 9 beds and a separate attached room and bed located for the house captain, the room's serves as a standard room with combination of sand and Egyptian themed designs.
* Deluxe bedroom: This room is surrounded by neon lighting of black, blue and purple creating a luxurious atmosphere. The room has comfortable beds and an attached spacious and high class toilet with gold finish and a personal Jacuzzi for the housemates in the room only.
* Captain bedroom: An exclusive personal room has been designated for the house captain for this season. Hence the house captain will have his/her own bedroom in the house neither sharing a common or deluxe room.
* BB Jail: The weak performers of the week will be sent to BB Jail.

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Secret task

In Week 5, Sandra was assigned a secret task that required Sandra to select a partner. Upon successful completion of the task, the pair were awarded two advantages: a nomination-free pass for one of them and a special power allowing them to directly nominate a housemate for eviction. Prajean used the nomination-free pass to secure his safety, and together they exercised the special power to directly nominate Subiksha for the Week 6 eviction.

Maruti Suzuki eviction task

  • On Day 49, nominated housemates Kemy and Prajean who were in the eviction hot seat were given a Maruti Suzuki car each for them to get into and both cars will leave the house, however only one car with the saved housemate will return to the house while the other won't return.

Double ejection (red card)

In the last task of the ticket to finale, the car task, Kamrudin and VJ Paaru used vulgar language like "Scamdra" And many words that a human can't tolerate been told towards a fellow housemate, Sandra Amy and pushed her out from the car by using their legs. Sandra Amy suffered a panic attack and needed medical attention after she was pushed out of the car. For these reasons, both VJ Paaru and Kamrudin were given a red card each and were ejected from the house on day 90. Yet VJ Paaru didn't realize her mistake and have a stubborn and arrogance after the incident. This was the first time a double red card had happened on Bigg Boss.

Guest appearances

Guest Appearances in Bigg Boss season 9 Tamil are mentioned below.

Weekly summary

The main events in the Bigg Boss 9 house are summarised in the table below.

Nomination table

Notes

indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction.
indicates that the Housemate was immune prior to nominations.
indicates the contestant has been evicted.
indicates the contestant walked out due to emergency.
indicates the contestant has been ejected.
indicates the house captain.
indicates the winner.
indicates the first runner up.
indicates the second runner up.
indicates the third runner up.
indicates the contestant as the weak performer of the week.
indicates the contestant has re-entered the house.
  • : On Day 1 during first week nomination, Bigg Boss announced that all the housemates can come to a conclusion and grant 3 Deluxe room housemates an exemption from public voting. Hence they choose Ramya, Subhiksha and Tushaar to be exempt.
  • : On Day 5, Nandhini left the house due to mental health reasons.
  • : On Day 5, Vinoth and Viyana were sent to the BB jail due to lack of performance during activities.
  • : On Day 8 during second week nomination, Bigg Boss announced that all the housemates can come to a conclusion and grant 3 Deluxe room housemates an exemption from public voting. Hence they choose Aadhirai, Vinoth and Viyana to be exempt.
  • : On Day 11, Bigg Boss revoked Tushaar from his captaincy after failing to fulfil his duties as the house captain of the Bigg Boss house.
  • : Since Kamrudin won the mask task he was granted an exemption in week 3's nomination process
  • : On Day 15 during third week nomination, Bigg Boss announced that all the housemates can come to a conclusion and grant 2 Deluxe room housemates an exemption from public voting. Hence they choose Dhiwagar and FJ to be exempt.
  • : Since Praveen and Subiksha received the most coins in the Bigg Boss juice factory task in their own respective teams, they were granted exemption in week 4's nomination process
  • : Since Praveen was not able to be granted 2 powers which included the nomination free pass and captaincy, Bigg Boss announced that he should grant either his immunity to a co housemate and he chose to grant the free-pass to Kani, hence Kani was granted an exemption in week 4's nomination process
  • : Since Subiksha won the Juice Factory task, Bigg Boss gave her a special power to save another housemate of her choice in week 4's nomination process and she chose Viyana to be saved.
  • : On Day 22 during fourth week nomination, Bigg Boss announced that all the housemates can come to a conclusion and grant 2 Deluxe room housemates an exemption from public voting. Hence they choose FJ and Sabarinathan to be exempt.
  • : Since Kalaiyarasan and Kani won the story task (week 1-4), they won a nomination free pass in week 5.
  • : Amit, Prajean and Sandra were given exemption from nomination in week 5 since they entered the house only 1 week earlier.
  • : In week 5, Sandra and Prajean were given a secret task. In that task if they successfully completed it they would be given a nomination free pass for one of them and a special power to directly nominate a housemate for eviction. Hence Prajean took the nomination free pass and was saved, and both of them directly nominated Subiksha for the week 6 nomination.
  • : On Day 50, FJ was nominated for eviction but however since he won the captaincy task he was exempt from nomination in week 8.
  • : On Day 56, Aadhirai re-entered the Bigg Boss house.
  • : No eviction took place in week 8 due to severe weather warning in Tamil Nadu.
  • : In week 8, FJ was nominated as one of the worst performers in the "BEE BEE school task" hence as a consequence he was not able to participate in the week 9 captaincy task.
  • : In week 13, Aurora won the ticket to finale task and was exempt from the nomination process.
  • : Since Aurora won the ticket to finale task, she became the 1st finalist of the season.
  • : Parvathy and Kamrudin ejected via red card by the host
  • : On Day 96, Vinoth walked out after accepting the 18 lakh cash prize offer.
  • ': Sandra Amy was evicted on Day 98 making this season have only four finalists.
  • : Aurora Sinclair become 3rd runner-up.
  • : Vikkals Vikram become 2nd runner-up.
  • : Sabarinathan become 1st runner-up.
  • : Divya Ganesan become the winner of this season.

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