Bigg Boss Tamil, the popular reality TV show that was all the rage last year, is back again with its most-awaited second season. The show first premiered on Vijay TV in June last year.
The contestants in Season 2 were revealed one after the other on Sunday evening. While the show’s tagline last season was ‘Odavum mudiyadhu, oliyavum mudiythu’ (you can’t run, you can’t hide), this time it is ‘Nallavar yaar? Kettavar yaar?’ (who’s bad? who’s good?). The season is once again hosted by Kamal Haasan who recently made his foray into politics.
While Bigg Boss Season One had 15 participants initially, the show took in four others mid-season. This time around, Bigg Boss season two has 16 participants with one surprise addition. Here’s the complete list of participants this year:
1.Actor Yashika Aanand of Iruttu Arayil Muruttu Kuthu fame
2.Stunt master/actor Ponambalam
3.Actor Mahath Raghavendra of Mangatha fame
4.Daniel Annie Pope of Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara fame
5.RJ Vaishnavi (granddaughter of prominent Tamil writer Saavi)
6.Actor Janani Iyer
7.Voice trainer Ananth Vaidyanathan
8.Singer Ramya NSK
9.Actor-comedian Sendrayan
10.Actor Riythvika of Kabali fame
11.Actor Mumtaz
12.RJ-VJ Bhalajie
13.Actor Mamathi Chari
14.Bhalajie’s wife Nithya
15.Shariq Hassan - son of actors Riyaz Khan and Uma Riyaz
16.Actor Aishwarya Dutta
The rules of the reality show, that follows Big Brother format originally developed and aired in the Netherlands in 1999, is very simple. A small group of people are confined inside a house with no access to the outside world for 100 days. The housemates take turns to cook, do chores etc. while their interactions are closely monitored by surveillance cameras.
The contestants are then eliminated from the house in stages based on their popularity rating. They are given tasks to gain access to certain privileges inside the house.
Bigg Boss Tamil Season One gained a lot of attention when it aired last year with people taking sides, and forming campaigns for their favourites. Some of the popular contestants from last time include Julie, dance master/actor Gayathri, lyricist Snegan, actor Namitha, actor/model Harish, actor/model Raiza, etc.
Actor Oviya is one notable example for having gained huge fandom after appearing on the show. She will be appearing as a guest this time around, for a few days. Raiza and Harish have gone to sign films deals post-show. Actor Aarav emerged victorious at the end of the first season, winning Rs 50 lakhs cash prize.