Bigg Boss 2 is the second season of the Tamil-Indian reality television series, Bigg Boss, and was hosted by Kamal Haasan. The season had 17 housemates (including wildcard entries), and was filmed with 60 cameras. It ran for 15 weeks (from 17 June to 30 September 2018), and aired on Star Vijay weekdays from 9–10:30 am and 9–11:00 pm on weekends. Hotstar provided content not aired on television and provided Fun Unlimited, a parallel weekly programme. Hosted by Rio Raj, it humorously described events in the house.Bigg Boss
The first season's lavish house set, on the outskirts of Chennai at EVP Film City in Chembarambakkam, was renovated just before the start of this season. The renovated house included a "jail room" to increase the severity of punishment for contestant mistakes.
The winner of Bigg Boss Tamil 2 was Riythvika, who won a trophy and a cash prize of 50 lakhs (5 million). Aishwarya Dutta was the runner-up, and the other finalist was Janani Iyer. Even though Riythvika won the title, actress Mumtaz was widely talked about during this season telecast which earned her lot of fans
This is the first season to have a female winner in the Bigg Boss Tamil franchise.
Thaadi Balaji and Shariq Hassan returned as contestants in Bigg Boss Ultimate season 1.
Housemate status
SR.1RiythvikaDay 1Day 1052AishwaryaDay 1Day 1053Vijayalakshmi Day 67Day 1054JananiDay 1Day 105 3rd Runner-up5YashikaDay 1Day 986BalajiDay 1Day 977Mumtaz Day 1Day 918SendrayanDay 1Day 849Daniel Day 1Day 7710MahatDay 1Day 7011VaishnaviDay 1Day 42Secret RoomDay 44Day 6212PonnambalamDay 1Day 5613Shariq Day 1Day 4914RamyaDay 1Day 3515Nithya Day 1Day 2816Ananth Day 1Day 2117Mamathi ChariDay 1Day 14
Housemates Original entrants
Yashika Aannand, a model and actress known for her roles in the films Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016) and Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu (2018) Ponnambalam, an actor and stuntman who has appeared primarily as an antagonist in Tamil films Mahat Raghavendra, an actor known for his roles in the films Mankatha (2011), Jilla (2014) and Chennai 600028 II (2016) Daniel Annie Pope, an actor known for his role in the film Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013) Vaishnavi, a journalist, writer, activist and radio jockey who is the granddaughter of Tamil writer Saavi. Janani Iyer, an actress known for playing lead roles in the films Avan Ivan (2011), Thegidi (2014) and Adhe Kangal (2017) Ananth Vaidyanathan, a singing trainer known for his roles in Star Vijay's Super Singer and Avan Ivan (2011) Ramya NSK, playback singer and granddaughter of N. S. Krishnan and T. A. Mathuram Sendrayan, an actor known for his roles in the films Moodar Koodam (2013) and Metro (2016) Riythvika, an actress known for her roles in the films Madras (2014), Kabali (2016) and Iru Mugan (2016) Mumtaz, an actress and dancer who has appeared primarily in character roles and item numbers in Tamil films Thadi Balaji, an actor who has appeared as a comedian in Tamil films and Tamil TV serials and is a judge in Star Vijay's Kalakka Povathu Yaaru Mamathi Chari, a television actress, anchor and video jockey who hosted Hello Tamizha and appeared in the Sun TV series Vani Rani Nithya, a mom of one and she is the commoner contestant of this season. She is the spouse of co–housemate Balaji Shariq Hassan, an actor who appeared in the film Pencil (2016) and the son of Riyaz Khan and Uma Riyaz Khan and grandson of Kamala Kamesh Aishwarya Dutta, an actress who appeared in the films Tamizhuku En Ondrai Azhuthavum (2015) and Paayum Puli (2015)
Wildcard entry 1.Vijayalakshmi Feroz, actress, producer and daughter of director Agathiyan who starred in the films Chennai 600028 (2007), Anjathe (2008) and Chennai 600028 II (2016) and the Sun TV series Nayaki
Guests appearance
Week Day Guest(s)Purpose of visit 1 0 Oviya (Season 1 contestant) To give the housemates advice and wish them luckBigg Boss Tamil 2 highlights: Oviya re-enters, this time as a guest; Kamal Haasan returns with a bang4 26Karthi, Soori and Pandiraj To promote their film, Kadaikutty Singam5 30Snehan (Season 1 runner-up) To take a class as part of the week-five luxury-budget task 32Children from Chennai orphanages To spend time with the housematesBigg Boss Tamil Season 2 Jul 19 Preview: Housemates Turn Emotional As Orphaned Kids Pay Them A Visit6 41Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah, Sathyaprakash and Mohamaad GhibranTo promote their film, Vishwaroopam 2Bigg Boss Tamil 2 weekly updates: Contestants escape eviction; Vishwaroopam 2 team visits the house747Arya, Sathish, Dhivyadharshini and Santhosh P. JayakumarTo promote their film, GhajinikanthBigg Boss 2 Tamil, episode 48: Ghajinikanth team in house, Vaishnavi out of secret room854 Harish Kalyan and Raiza Wilson (Season 1 contestants) and Elan To promote their film, Pyaar Prema KaadhalBigg Boss Tamil 2 written update, 10 August 2018: Aishwarya Dutta becomes captain for the second time 56Kamal Haasan (host) To announce the evicted housemate for week eightBigg Boss Tamil 2 eviction: Ponnambalam is the sixth contestant to be eliminated from Kamal Haasan's show1172Mumtaz's mother, brother and nephew To surprise Mumtaz, Janani and Yashika as part of the week's luxury-budget taskBigg Boss Tamil 2 written update, 28 August 2018: Nithya's letter leaves Bhalajie heartbrokenJanani's mother and sisterYashika's brother and sister73Daniel's mother and girlfriend To surprise Daniel, Aishwarya and Riythvika as part of the week's luxury-budget taskBigg Boss Tamil 2 written update, 29 August 2018: Aishwarya Dutta's mom apologises to Bhalajie and MumtazAishwarya's motherRiythvika's parentsA jokerTo entertain the housemates as part of the week's luxury-budget task74Sendrayan's wife and parents To surprise Sendrayan, Balaji and Vijayalakshmi as part of the week's luxury-budget taskBigg Boss Tamil 2 written update, 30 August 2018: Sendrayan gets a pleasant surpriseNithya Balaji (ex-contestant) and Poshika BalajiVijayalakshmi's husband and son13 85–91 Gayathri Raghuram, Harathi Ganesh, Snehan, Suja Varunee and Vaiyapuri (Season 1 contestants) Guests for a weekBigg Boss Tamil 2 written update, 10 September 2018: Season 1 contestants visit the house 88–89 Aarav (Season 1 winner) To announce the Ticket to Finale task and release the first look of his film, Raja BheemaBigg Boss Tamil 2 weekly updates: Mumtaz evicted; Arav launches first look of Raja Bheema14 97Samvitha and Jayakumar (Amazon SMS Contest winners)To bring the items bought with the week's luxury budgetBigg Boss Tamil 2 written update, 22 September 2018: Bhalajie evicted from reality show hosted by Kamal Haasan15 99Vaishnavi Prasad and Ramya NSK (ex-contestants)To spend time with the finalists, give them advice and wish them luckBigg Boss Tamil 2 written update, 24 September 2018: Vaishnavi Prasad and Ramya NSK played a crazy prank with the inmatesBigg Boss Tamil 2 written update, 25 September 2018: Garbage throwing act leaves Nithya distressed over AishwaryaBigg Boss Tamil 2 written update, 26 September 2018: Bhalajie enters the house; Inmates revisit the controversial momentsBigg Boss Tamil 2 written update, 27 September 2018: Sendrayan and Mahat Raghavendra visit the house 100 Shariq Hassan Khan and Nithya Balaji (ex-contestants) 101 Yashika Aannand and Thadi Balaji (ex-contestants) 102 Sendrayan and Mahat Raghavendra (ex-contestants) 103 All evicted housemates, except Ponnambalam and Mumtaz Reunion with the finalistsBigg Boss Tamil 2 day 104 highlights: Finalists and ex-contestants gather for a reunion - The Times of India 104 Aishwarya's friend, Swaroopa To spend time with Aishwarya, Riythvika, Janani and Vijayalakshmi Kalaiyarasan Ashok Selvan Kreshna and Sunaina 105 All evicted housemates, except Ponnambalam Invited to the Bigg Boss Tamil 2 Grand Finale. Vijay Devarakonda To unveil the season's trophy Dancers To escort Janani out of the Bigg Boss house after she finished fourth Aarav (Season 1 winner) To escort Vijayalakshmi out of the Bigg Boss house after she finished third Kamal Haasan To bring the final two housemates, Riythvika and Aishwarya, from the Bigg Boss house to the stage
Weekly summary
Week 1 Entrances Yashika Aannand, Ponnambalam, Mahat Raghavendra, Daniel Annie Pope, Vaishnavi Prasad, Janani Iyer, Ananth Vaidyanathan, Ramya NSK, Sendrayan, Riythvika, Mumtaz, Thadi Balaji, Mamathi Chari, Nithya Balaji, Shariq Hassan Khan and Aishwarya Dutta House captain Janani Captain's competition Mahat and Mumtaz In jail None Nominations Ananth, Mumtaz, Nithya and Riythvika Luxury budget tasks Housemates provided feedback on each otherBigg Boss Tamil 2 Written update, 19 June 2018: Janani Iyer finishes the luxury budget task successfully Feela Peela: Housemates are divided into two teams; one team tells a story, and the other must expose the lies in the story. Ivar Yaar Endru Therigiradha: Housemates were divided into two teams, with one team telling a story and the other finding out who wrote it.Bigg Boss Tamil 2 written update, 21 June 2018: Inmates lose points for breaking the rules