Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 2

Bigg Boss
Season 2
Bigg Boss Tamil 2 Logo (Bigg Boss Eye)
Presented by	Kamal Hassan
No. of days	105
No. of housemates	17
Winner	Riythvika
Runner-up	Aishwarya Dutta
No. of episodes	106
Release
Original network	Star Vijay
Original release	17 June – 30 September 2018
Season chronology

Bigg Boss Tamil 2 was the second season of the reality TV game show Bigg Boss Tamil, hosted by Kamal Haasan. This season had 17 housemates (inclusive of wildcard entries) with 60 cameras. The season commenced on 17 June 2018 and ended on 30 September 2018 after 105 days. The show aired on Star Vijay from 9-10:30 PM on weekdays and 9-11 PM on weekends. From Season 2, Hotstar also provided content not aired on television, through segments such as Morning Masala, Midnight Masala, Unseen on TV and What's Cooking and also a parallel weekly programme Fun Unlimited hosted by actor Rio Raj, which described the events in the Bigg Boss house in a humorous manner.

A lavish house set, which was used in the first season was renovated just prior to the commencement of the programme. The set is located on the outskirts of the Chennai city in the EVP Film City at Chembarambakkam. The renovated house for the second season included special features including a jail room to increase the level of punishments to the contestants who commits mistakes.

The winner of the second season of Bigg Boss Tamil was character actress Riythvika, who took home a trophy and a cash prize of ₹ 50 lakhs for her victory. Actress Aishwarya Dutta was the runner-up.

Housemates

The housemates, in order of their entry to the house, are as follows:

Entrants

Housemate	Contestant Type	Occupation	Day entered	Day exited	Status
Riythvika	Original	Actress	0	105	Winner
Aishwarya Dutta	Original	Actress	0	105	Runner-up
Vijayalakshmi	Wildcard	Actress	67	105	3rd Place
Janani Iyer	Original	Actress	0	105	4th Place
Yashika Anand	Original	Model and Actress	0	98	Evicted
Thadi Balaji	Original	Comedian	0	98	Evicted
Mumtaz	Original	Actress	0	91	Evicted
Sendrayan	Original	Actor	0	84	Evicted
Daniel Annie Pope	Original	Actor	0	77	Evicted
Mahat Raghavendra	Original	Actor	0	70	Evicted
Vaishnavi Prasad	Original	Radio Jockey	0	42	style="backgWinner
			46	63	Evicted
Ponnambalam	Original	Actor	0	56	Evicted
Shariq Hassan	Original	Actor	0	49	Evicted
Ramya NSK	Original	Playback Singer	0	35	Evicted
Nithya Balaji	Original	Commoner	0	28	Evicted
Ananth Vaidhyanathan	Original	Voice Trainer	0	21	Evicted
Mamathi Chari	Original	Television Actress	0	14	Evicted

Original Entrants

1. Yashika Aannand, a model and actress known for her roles in the films Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016) and Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu (2018).
2. Ponnambalam, an actor and stunt master who has appeared primarily in antagonist roles in Tamil films.
3. Mahat Raghavendra, an actor known for his roles in the films Mankatha (2011), Jilla (2014) and Chennai 600028 II (2016).
4. Daniel Annie Pope, an actor, theatre artist and television producer known for his role in the film Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013).
5. Vaishnavi Prasad, a journalist, writer, activist and radio jockey, granddaughter of Tamil writer Saavi.
6. Janani Iyer, an actress best known for playing the lead role in the films Avan Ivan (2011), Thegidi (2014) and Adhe Kangal (2017).
7. Ananth Vaidyanathan, a voice expert best known for his role as a voice trainer in Star Vijay's Super Singer and also known for playing a role in Avan Ivan (2011).
8. Ramya NSK, playback singer, granddaughter of N. S. Krishnan and T. A. Mathuram.
9. Sendrayan, an actor known for his roles in the films Moodar Koodam (2013) and Metro (2016).
10. Riythvika, an actress known for her roles in the films Madras (2014), Kabali (2016) and Iru Mugan (2016).
11. Mumtaz, an actress and dancer who has appeared primarily in character and item number roles in Tamil films.
12. Thadi Balaji, an actor who has primarily appeared as a comedian in Tamil films as well as in Tamil teleserials and is a judge in Star Vijay's Kalakka Povathu Yaaru.
13. Mamathi Chari, a television actress, anchor and video jockey, popular for hosting the show Hello Tamizha and has acted in the Sun TV teleserial Vani Rani.
14. Nithya Balaji, estranged wife of Thadi Balaji.
15. Shariq Hassan Khan, an actor who appeared in the film Pencil (2016), son of Riyaz Khan and Uma Riyaz Khan and grandson of Kamala Kamesh.
16. Aishwarya Dutta, an actress who has appeared in the films Tamizhuku En Ondrai Azhuthavum (2015) and Paayum Puli (2015).

Wildcard Entrant

1. Vijayalakshmi Feroz, an actress and producer known for playing the lead role in the films Chennai 600028 (2007), Anjathe (2008) and Chennai 600028 II (2016) and had also acted in the lead role in the Sun TV teleserial Nayaki, daughter of director Agathiyan.

Guests

Week	Day	Guest(s)	Purpose of Visit
1	Day 0	Oviya (Season 1 contestant)	To give the housemates a piece of advice and wish them luck.
4	Day 26	Karthi, Soori and Pandiraj	To promote their film Kadaikutty Singam.
5	Day 30	Snehan (Season 1 runner-up)	To take a class as part of the Week 5 luxury budget task.
	Day 32	Children from some Chennai orphanages	To enjoy and spend their time with the housemates.
6	Day 41	Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah, Sathyaprakash and Mohamaad Ghibran	To promote their film Vishwaroopam 2.
7	Day 47	Arya, Sathish, Dhivyadharshini and Santhosh P. Jayakumar	To promote their film Ghajinikanth.
8	Day 54	Harish Kalyan and Raiza Wilson (Season 1 contestants) and Elan	To promote their film Pyaar Prema Kaadhal.
	Day 56	Kamal Haasan (host of the show)	To announce the evicted housemate for Week 8.
11	Day 72	Mumtaz's mother, brother and nephew	To surprise Mumtaz, Janani and Yashika respectively as part of the week's luxury budget task.
		Janani's mother and sister
		Yashika's brother and sister
	Day 73	Daniel's mother and girlfriend	To surprise Daniel, Aishwarya and Riythvika respectively as part of the week's luxury budget task.
		Aishwarya's mother
		Riythvika's parents
		A joker	To entertain the housemates as part of the week's luxury budget task.
	Day 74	Sendrayan's wife and parents	To surprise Sendrayan, Balaji and Vijayalakshmi respectively as part of the week's luxury budget task.
		Nithya Balaji (ex-contestant) and Poshika Balaji
		Vijayalakshmi's husband and son
13	Day 85 - 91	Gayathri Raghuram, Harathi Ganesh, Snehan, Suja Varunee and Vaiyapuri (Season 1 contestants)	They entered the house as guests for a week.
	Day 88 - 89	Aarav (Season 1 winner)	To announce the Ticket to Finale task and to release the first look of his debut film Raja Bheema.
14	Day 97	Samvitha and Jayakumar (Amazon SMS Contest winners)	To bring the items bought with the week's luxury budget.
15	Day 99	Vaishnavi Prasad and Ramya NSK (ex-contestants)	To spend time with the finalists, give them a piece of advice and wish them luck.
	Day 100	Shariq Hassan Khan and Nithya Balaji (ex-contestants)
	Day 101	Yashika Aannand and Thadi Balaji (ex-contestants)
	Day 102	Sendrayan and Mahat Raghavendra (ex-contestants)
	Day 103	All evicted housemates except Ponnambalam and Mumtaz	Reunion with the finalists.
	Day 104	Aishwarya's friend Swaroopa	To spend time with Aishwarya, Riythvika, Janani and Vijayalakshmi respectively.
		Kalaiyarasan
		Ashok Selvan
		Kreshna and Sunaina
	Day 105
		All evicted housemates except Ponnambalam	Invited to the Bigg Boss Tamil 2 Grand Finale.
		Vijay Devarakonda	To unveil the Bigg Boss Tamil 2 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 (host of the show)	To take 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 entered the house on Day 0.
	House Captain	Janani
	Captain's Competition	Mahat and Mumtaz
	In Jail	None
	Nominations	Ananth, Mumtaz, Nithya and Riythvika
	Luxury Budget Tasks	Housemates providing feedback on each other. Feela Peela (Housemates are divided into 2 teams, one team tells a story and the other team must expose the lies in the story.) Ivar Yaar Endru Therigiradha (Housemates are divided into 2 teams, with members of 1 team telling a story and the other team finding out who wrote the story.) Sonnapadi Kelu (Housemates are divided into 8 teams of 2 members each, each team has to follow what is written in an envelope.)
	Exits	None.
Week 2
	House Captain	Nithya
	Captain's Competition	Mamathi and Ponnambalam
	In Jail	None
	Nominations	Ananth, Mamathi, Mumtaz and Ponnambalam
	Luxury Budget Tasks	Intha Veetil Yaar Sirapaaga Nirvaagam Seyya Koodiyavargal - Aangala Pengala? (Housemates were divided into 2 teams based on their gender. Initially, the male team acted as the owners with the female team acting as the servants. Each male housemate is assigned one female housemate as his servant, who has to obey the orders of the male owner. Later, the roles reversed, with the males acting as the servants and the females as the owners.)
	Exits	Mamathi was evicted on Day 14.
Week 3
	House Captain	Vaishnavi
	Captain's Competition	Sendrayan
	In Jail	None
	Nominations	Ananth, Balaji, Mumtaz, Nithya and Ponnambalam
	Luxury Budget Tasks	Thanni La Kandam (Housemates are divided into 2 teams, each team must stop water flowing out of a tank with their hands.)
	Exits	Ananth was evicted on Day 21.
Week 4
	House Captain	Ramya, Nithya (Former captain shown in Italic)
	Captain's Competition	All housemates (Ramya), self-nominated (Nithya)
	In Jail	Ponnambalam, Yashika, Nithya and Mahat
	Nominations	Balaji, Nithya, Ponnambalam and Yashika
	Luxury Budget Tasks	Thittam Pottu Thirudara Kootam (Housemates are divided into 3 teams. One team is made up of thieves, the other team police and the third team as common citizens. The police and common citizens need to stop the thieves from robbery and the police will determine the appropriate punishment for the thieves if they are caught.)
	Exits	Nithya was evicted on Day 28.
Week 5
	House Captain	Mahat
	Captain's Competition	Balaji and Shariq
	In Jail	Balaji
	Nominations	Aishwarya, Balaji, Janani, Ponnambalam and Ramya
	Luxury Budget Tasks	Kanaa Kaanum Kaalangal (School-related tasks.)
	Exits	Ramya was evicted on Day 35.
Week 6
	House Captain	None
	Captain's Competition	N/A
	In Jail	Mahat and Balaji
	Nominations	Mahat, Mumtaz, Ponnambalam, Vaishnavi and Yashika
	Luxury Budget Tasks	Enga Area Ulla Varadha (Housemates are split into 2 teams and given tasks to win and rule over different parts of the house.)
	Exits	Vaishnavi was sent to the Secret Room on Day 42.
Week 7
	Entrances	Vaishnavi Prasad re-entered the house on Day 46 after spending 4 days in the Secret Room.
	House Captain	Aishwarya
	Captain's Competition	All housemates
	In Jail	All housemates except Aishwarya, Daniel, Janani and Balaji
	Nominations	Balaji, Mahat, Mumtaz, Ponnambalam, Riythvika and Shariq
	Luxury Budget Tasks	Rani Maharani (Housemates must obey the orders of Aishwarya, who is assigned as the dictator of the house.)
	Exits	Shariq was evicted on Day 49.
Week 8
	House Captain	Shariq, Yashika (Former captain shown in Italic)
	Captain's Competition	Riythvika (Shariq), Chosen by Shariq (Yashika)
	In Jail	None
	Nominations	Janani, Ponnambalam and Sendrayan
	Luxury Budget Tasks	Yennaipol Oruvan (Housemates are divided into 2 teams, each team member must impersonate a housemate belonging to the other team.)
	Exits	Ponnambalam was evicted on Day 56.
Week 9
	House Captain	Aishwarya
	Captain's Competition	Janani
	In Jail	None
	Nominations	Daniel, Janani, Riythvika, Sendrayan and Vaishnavi
	Luxury Budget Tasks	Bommalattam (Housemates are divided into 2 teams and each team must make toys out of the raw material brought from outside. A supervisor from each team will then check the other team's toys and accept/reject them.)
	Exits	Vaishnavi was evicted on Day 63.
Week 10
	Entrances	Vijayalakshmi Feroz entered the house on Day 67.
	House Captain	Yashika
	Captain's Competition	Mahat
	In Jail	None
	Nominations	Balaji, Mahat, Mumtaz and Sendrayan
	Luxury Budget Tasks	Uthama Villaingal (Housemates are divided into 2 teams, one consisting of super-heroes and the other comprising super-villains. The superheroes need to save a dummy locked up in the jail, while the super-villains should irritate the super-heroes such that they retaliate. Both teams interchanged their roles a day after, where now the objective was for the super-heroes team to stop the super-villains team from making bombs.)
	Exits	Mahat was evicted on Day 70.
Week 11
	House Captain	Mahat, Sendrayan (Former captain shown in Italic)
	Captain's Competition	Aishwarya, Mumtaz, Sendrayan and Yashika (Mahat), Chosen by Kamal Haasan (Sendrayan)
	In Jail	None
	Nominations	Balaji, Daniel and Janani
	Luxury Budget Tasks	Freeze and Release (Housemates must freeze in their positions when Bigg Boss says Freeze and should not move again until Bigg Boss says Release. Housemates will be punished for failure.)
	Exits	Daniel was evicted on Day 77.
Week 12
	House Captain	Yashika
	Captain's Competition	Aishwarya, Mumtaz, Riythvika, Sendrayan and Vijayalakshmi
	In Jail	None
	Nominations	Aishwarya, Janani, Mumtaz, Sendrayan and Vijayalakshmi
	Luxury Budget Tasks	Housemates are told through telephone that they are directly nominated for the following week eviction process and must convince another housemate to perform a particular task in order to save themselves from the direct nomination.
	Exits	Sendrayan was evicted on Day 84.
Week 13
	House Captain	Riythvika
	Captain's Competition	All housemates
	In Jail	None
	Nominations	Aishwarya, Mumtaz, Riythvika and Vijayalakshmi
	Luxury Budget Tasks	Housemates played various tasks with some of the Season 1 contestants, who stayed in the house during the week as guests. Ticket to Finale task - Suthi Suthi Vandheenga (Housemates have to walk on a circular platform continuously with a bowl of water in their hand. After each round, the water levels of the bowls are checked. The housemate with the least amount of water in his/her bowl will be disqualified. The last housemate standing will achieve immunity till the final week.)
	Exits	Mumtaz was evicted on Day 91.
Week 14
	House Captain	None
	Captain's Competition	N/A
	In Jail	None
	Nominations	Aishwarya, Balaji, Riythvika, Vijayalakshmi and Yashika
	Luxury Budget Tasks	Housemates have to take part in various tasks to accumulate points. The housemate with the maximum points at the end of all the tasks will receive a special prize.
	Exits	Balaji and Yashika were evicted on Day 98.
Week 15 Final
	House Captain	None
	Captain's Competition	N/A
	In Jail	None
	Luxury Budget Tasks	N/A
	Finalists	During the final week the public vote for who they want to win Bigg Boss. The finalists for the title are as following: Aishwarya Dutta Janani Iyer Riythvika Vijayalakshmi Feroz
	Winner	Riythvika
	Runner-up	Aishwarya Dutta
	Third place	Vijayalakshmi Feroz
	Fourth place	Janani Iyer

Events

• The partial audio launch of the Kamal Haasan's film Vishwaroopam 2 was held on 30 June 2018 during the ongoing season with Shruti Haasan invited as a special guest of the show to inaugurate the audio launch.
• In episode 53 (Day 52) aired on 8 August 2018, the Bigg Boss housemates were issued the notice of the death of 5-time former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi who died on 7 August 2018. They paid tribute to him and shared their memories of him during the show.
• On 10 September 2018 an air conditioning mechanic fell from the second floor of the set. His injuries resulted in death.
• On 26 September 2018, the Bigg Boss 2 votings were viewed in Vijay TV. When viewed, the votes of actresses Janani Iyer and Vijayalakshmi Feroz had decreased after a couple of hours instead on increasing. A rumour spread that the voting process is fake and the deducted votes from them were transferred to actress Aishwarya Dutta's votes in the final week of Bigg Boss 2.

Nominations 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 Final
House Captain	Janani	Nithya	Vaishnavi	Ramya	Mahat	No Captain	Aishwarya	Shariq	Aishwarya	Yashika	Mahat	Yashika	Riythvika	No Captain
				Nithya				Yashika			Sendrayan
Captain's Nomination	Vaishnavi Ananth	Mumtaz Daniel	Mahat Balaji	Daniel	Sendrayan Vaishnavi		Ponnambalam Riythvika	Janani (to evict)	Riythvika (to evict)	Aishwarya (to save)	No Nominations	Balaji Sendrayan	Vijayalakshmi Aishwarya Mumtaz (to evict)
Vote to:	Evict														Win
Riythvika	Nithya Mumtaz	Vaishnavi Ananth	Balaji Mumtaz	Nithya	Aishwarya Ponnambalam	Yashika Aishwarya	Balaji Mahat	Sendrayan Ponnambalam	Vaishnavi Daniel	Mahat	No Nominations	Mumtaz Aishwarya	House Captain	Nominated	Winner (Day 105)
Aishwarya	Nithya Riythvika	Janani Riythvika	Ponnambalam Balaji	Yashika	Janani Balaji	Herself (to save)	House Captain	Janani Riythvika	House Captain	Mumtaz	No Nominations	Janani Vijayalakshmi	Not Eligible	Nominated	Runner-up (Day 105)
Vijayalakshmi	Not in House									Exempt	No Nominations	Mumtaz Aishwarya	Not Eligible	Nominated	Third Place (Day 105)
Janani	House Captain	Mumtaz Mamathi	Balaji Mumtaz	Balaji	Aishwarya Shariq	Yashika Aishwarya	Mumtaz Shariq	Sendrayan Balaji	Daniel Vaishnavi	Daniel	Nominated	Aishwarya Sendrayan	Not Eligible	Immune	Fourth Place (Day 105)
Yashika	Ananth Mumtaz	Ponnambalam Ananth	Ponnambalam Balaji	Herself	Janani Balaji	Ponnambalam Vaishnavi	Balaji Riythvika	House Captain	Vaishnavi Janani	House Captain	No Nominations	House Captain	Not Eligible	Nominated	Evicted (Day 98)
Balaji	Ananth Ponnambalam	Mumtaz Mamathi	Shariq Aishwarya	Himself	Mumtaz Aishwarya	Mumtaz Aishwarya	Ponnambalam Shariq	Daniel Sendrayan	Mahat Janani	Aishwarya	Nominated	Mumtaz Aishwarya	Not Eligible	Nominated	Evicted (Day 98)
Mumtaz	Nithya Riythvika	Vaishnavi Sendrayan	Ponnambalam Janani	Balaji	Vaishnavi Janani	Sendrayan Vaishnavi	Mahat Janani	Sendrayan Mahat	Daniel Sendrayan	Mahat	No Nominations	Vijayalakshmi Aishwarya	Not Eligible	Evicted (Day 91)
Sendrayan	Mamathi Ramya	Mamathi Shariq	Mumtaz Ponnambalam	Ponnambalam	Aishwarya Yashika	Mumtaz Vaishnavi	Mumtaz Ponnambalam	Mahat Vaishnavi	Mahat Janani	Aishwarya	House Captain	Janani Mumtaz	Evicted (Day 84)
Daniel	Ananth Mumtaz	Ponnambalam Ananth	Balaji Mumtaz	Nithya	Balaji Ponnambalam	Vaishnavi Ponnambalam	Riythvika Ponnambalam	Vaishnavi Janani	Janani Vaishnavi	Janani	Nominated	Evicted (Day 77)
Mahat	Nithya Ananth	Ponnambalam Ananth	Ponnambalam Sendrayan	Yashika	House Captain	Nominated	Mumtaz Ponnambalam	Sendrayan Ponnambalam	Vaishnavi Sendrayan	Mumtaz	Evicted (Day 70)
Vaishnavi	Mumtaz Aishwarya	Mamathi Mumtaz	House Captain	Ponnambalam	Aishwarya Ponnambalam	Daniel Mumtaz	In Secret Room	Sendrayan Ponnambalam	Sendrayan Daniel	Evicted (Day 62)
Ponnambalam	Mamathi Riythvika	Daniel Mumtaz	Mumtaz Aishwarya	Himself	Balaji Sendrayan	Daniel Yashika	Mahat Mumtaz	Daniel Sendrayan	Evicted (Day 56)
Shariq	Riythvika Ponnambalam	Mamathi Sendrayan	Sendrayan Balaji	Ponnambalam	Janani Vaishnavi	Vaishnavi Ponnambalam	Mumtaz Ponnambalam	Evicted (Day 49)
Ramya	Ananth Riythvika	Mamathi Ponnambalam	Balaji Ponnambalam	Nithya	Ponnambalam Balaji	Evicted (Day 35)
Nithya	Ananth Mahat	House Captain	Mumtaz Balaji	House Captain	Evicted (Day 28)
Ananth	Vaishnavi Mumtaz	Daniel Mumtaz	Ponnambalam Balaji	Evicted (Day 21)
Mamathi	Ponnambalam Vaishnavi	Aishwarya Mahat	Evicted (Day 14)
Notes	1		2	3, 4, 5		6, 7, 8, 10	9	11, 12, 13	14	15, 16, 17	18, 19, 20		21, 22	6, 23, 24, 25
Against public vote	Ananth Mumtaz Nithya Riythvika	Ananth Mamathi Mumtaz Ponnambalam	Ananth Balaji Mumtaz Nithya Ponnambalam	Balaji Nithya Ponnambalam Yashika	Aishwarya Balaji Janani Ponnambalam Ramya	Mahat Mumtaz Ponnambalam Vaishnavi Yashika	Balaji Mahat Mumtaz Ponnambalam Riythvika Shariq	Janani Ponnambalam Sendrayan	Daniel Janani Riythvika Sendrayan Vaishnavi	Balaji Mahat Mumtaz Sendrayan	Balaji Daniel Janani	Aishwarya Janani Mumtaz Sendrayan Vijayalakshmi	Aishwarya Mumtaz Riythvika Vijayalakshmi	Aishwarya Balaji Riythvika Vijayalakshmi Yashika	Aishwarya Janani Riythvika Vijayalakshmi
Evicted	No Eviction	Mamathi	Ananth	Nithya	Ramya	Vaishnavi	Shariq	Ponnambalam	Vaishnavi	Mahat	Daniel	Sendrayan	Mumtaz	Balaji	Janani	Vijayalakshmi
														Yashika	Aishwarya	Riythvika

Notes

  indicates the House Captain.

  indicates the former House Captain. (former meaning that the House Captain would have been stripped of the captaincy, or else evicted after being nominated as the Captain)

  indicates that the housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nominations process.

  indicates that the housemate was granted immunity from nominations.

  indicates that the housemate moved to the Secret Room.

• ^Note 1 : There was no eviction during the first week, though the housemates were unaware about it and each nominated two housemates for eviction.
• ^Note 2 : Nithya and Ananth were nominated for Week 3's eviction by male and female housemates, respectively as they had performed poorly during the second week's luxury budget task. However, Daniel and Riythvika, who was nominated as the best performers of the same luxury budget task by the male and female housemates respectively, were saved from the following week eviction.
• ^Note 3 : For the Week 4 eviction, housemates were divided into groups and each group had to decide among themselves who would be nominated for eviction. While Balaji, Ponnambalam and Yashika accepted the decision of their groups to nominate them for eviction and nominated themselves as well, Nithya nominated Daniel even though the rest of her group nominated her for eviction.
• ^Note 4 : Ramya was stripped of the Week 4 captaincy and nominated for the following week eviction by Bigg Boss after she refused to take part in the luxury budget task for the week. She was replaced by Nithya as captain for the rest of the week.
• ^Note 5 : Even though Nithya became the captain in the middle of Week 4, she was not granted immunity from eviction and was evicted at the end of the week with the least public votes.
• ^Note 6 : There was no House Captain for Weeks 6, 14 and 15.
• ^Note 7 : Mahat was sent to jail and directly nominated for eviction by Bigg Boss on Week 6 for frequently breaking the house rules.
• ^Note 8 : Aishwarya was nominated for the Week 6 eviction, but she saved herself using the superpower she obtained after winning a daily task during the previous week.
• ^Note 9 : Sendrayan and Yashika were nominated as the best performer for their teams during the Week 6 luxury budget task and hence were saved from the following week eviction.
• ^Note 10 : Vaishnavi was evicted through the public voting process, but in accordance with the Secret Room twist, she was moved to a separate room and remained there for 4 days before returning to the house on Day 46.
• ^Note 11 : As a result of Aishwarya's performance during the Week 7 luxury budget task, Bigg Boss granted her immunity from nomination for the following week eviction.
• ^Note 12 : Shariq was supposed to be the house captain during Week 8, but since he was evicted at the end of Week 7, he chose Yashika as the Week 8 captain.
• ^Note 13 : Janani was directly nominated for Week 8 eviction by house captain Yashika, who had the power to directly nominate a housemate for eviction.
• ^Note 14 : Riythvika was directly nominated for Week 9 eviction by house captain Aishwarya, who had the power to directly nominate a housemate for eviction.
• ^Note 15 : Balaji and Sendrayan were nominated as the worst performer for their teams during the Week 9 luxury budget task and hence were automatically nominated for the following week eviction.
• ^Note 16 : Aishwarya was nominated for the Week 10 eviction, but she was saved by house captain for the week Yashika, who had the power to save a nominated housemate from the eviction.
• ^Note 17 : Vijayalakshmi was granted immunity from nominations for Week 10 as the new entrant.
• ^Note 18 : Balaji, Daniel, Janani and Riythvika were nominated as the worst performers of the Week 10 luxury budget task and hence were directly nominated for the Week 11 eviction. However, Riythvika was granted immunity by Kamal Haasan as a prize for her honest opinions about her fellow housemates' strategy during an interaction with Kamal which happened a week earlier.
• ^Note 19 : Mahat was supposed to be the Week 11 house captain, but since he was evicted at the end of Week 10, Kamal Haasan decided to nominate Sendrayan as the captain for Week 11 since he had not got the opportunity to be house captain and also as per the wishes of the other housemates.
• ^Note 20 : There was no nomination process during Week 11. Balaji, Daniel and Janani, who were directly nominated for the eviction after being adjudged as the worst performers of the previous week's luxury budget task, faced the public vote.
• ^Note 21 : Riythvika was directly nominated for the Week 13 eviction after failing to convince Mumtaz to perform the task assigned by the telephone caller to save herself from the direct nomination. She did not get immunity as well even though she was the house captain.
• ^Note 22 : For the Week 13 nomination, housemates had to decide among themselves who would be nominated for the eviction. As none of them were able to come to a decision on who should be nominated, Riythvika, as the house captain, decided to directly nominate Vijayalakshmi, Aishwarya and Mumtaz for the eviction, which was accepted by the rest of the housemates.
• ^Note 23 : Janani achieved immunity till the final week after winning the Ticket to Finale task.
• ^Note 24 : There was a double-eviction during Week 14. Both Balaji and Yashika were evicted during this double eviction process.
• ^Note 25 : Except Janani, the remaining housemates were automatically nominated by Bigg Boss for the Week 14 eviction.

Nominations Count

	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 Final	Nominations Received to Evict	Nominations Received to Save	Eviction Faced
Riythvika	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	5
Aishwarya	1	1	2	0	5	4	0	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	20	2	4
Vijayalakshmi										0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	3
Janani	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	2	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	16	0	5
Yashika	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	3
Balaji	0	0	10	3	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		22	0	7
Mumtaz	5	6	6	0	1	3	5	0	0	2	0	4	1			33	0	8
Sendrayan	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	7	3	0	0	2				19	0	4
Daniel	0	3	-	1	0	2	0	2	4	1	0					13	0	2
Mahat	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	2	2						12	0	3
Vaishnavi	3	2	0	0	3	5	0	2	5							20	0	2
Ponnambalam	3	4	7	4	4	3	6	3								34	0	7
Shariq	0	1	1	0	1	0	2									5	0	1
Ramya	1	0	0	0	0											1	0	1
Nithya	4	0	0	3												7	0	3
Ananth	7	4	0													11	0	3
Mamathi	2	6														8	0	1

External links

• Official Website at Hotstar
• Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 2 at IMDb
• Design and Inside the House on YouTube