22-680: The Vijay Awards are presented by the Tamil television channel STAR Vijay to honour excellence in Tamil cinema . It has been given annually since 2006, with the latest—the 10th edition—of the award-giving ceremony having been held in May 2018. The awards are decided by a jury, consisting of noted film-makers, critics and technicians, while winners in a separate category named "Favourite awards" are chosen by public voting. The awards have been sponsored by Reliance Mobile , Univercell and Close Up. After
44-490: Is "evicted" (removed) from the house each week. During the final week, the final four or five housemates vote to determine the show's winner. The eponymous Bigg Boss character serves as an omnipresent authority figure and represents the show's producers. He often interacts with the housemates to assign challenges and ask questions. For all of the Bigg Boss seasons the house was located at EVP Film City, Chennai . The house
66-506: Is aired on Star Vijay and also available on Disney+ Hotstar . Everyday episodes contain the main happenings of the previous day. Every Sunday episode mainly focuses on an interview of an evicted contestant by the host. The unseen episode will be available as Bigg Boss Unseen on Vijay Music (sister channel to Star Vijay). The Bigg Boss Tamil program is regarded as the most expensive Tamil television show. The show continued to scale new heights, with exceptional ratings averaging 8.4 TVR over
88-444: Is also set to roll out a digital version of the show called Bigg Boss Ultimate which is also going to be hosted by Kamal Haasan and broadcast by Disney+ Hotstar for 24×5 coverage. The series was eventually hosted by Silambarasan after Haasan had to opt out due to scheduling conflicts with his latest release, Vikram . Bigg Boss Fun Unlimited is an Indian Tamil-Indian language Reality Talk show with former housemates from
110-598: Is an Indian Tamil-language version of the reality television program of the same name . The program follows the Big Brother format developed by Endemol in the Netherlands. Since its premiere on June 25, 2017 the show has rolled out eight seasons and one spin-off version. As of now, a total of 159 contestants have participated in Bigg Boss. Bigg Boss has aired a total of 734 episodes and currently, season 8
132-411: Is entitled to cast one vote per day (used to be 50 votes for S1 -S4, 10 votes for S5). The contestant with the fewest votes is out. Contestants who break the rules or who leave the house for medical reasons are evicted. During week 14 or 15 (before finale), Contestants get an option to be evicted from the game by their own decision by accepting the cash prize eviction and self evict themselves. Bigg Boss
154-415: Is on air. Bigg Boss is a reality show based on the original Dutch Big Brother format developed by John de Mol Jr. . Unlike original Big Brother , Bigg Boss features celebrity and commoner contestants. The contestants (known as "housemates") live in a house that is isolated from the world. Following anonymous internal voting by the housemates and external voting by television audiences, one housemate
176-565: Is telecasted on STAR Vijay only. However, it is not televised live. Except for the first edition, the ceremonies are held in May, June or July, though always before the announcement of the Filmfare Awards South . STAR Vijay Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel operated by Disney Star , a subsidiary of Disney India . The channel telecasts programmes such as serials , reality shows & Tamil films . The channel
198-408: Is well-furnished and decorated. It has a variety of modern amenities, but just one or multiple bedrooms and four toilet bath rooms. There is a garden, outdoor seating, pool, activity area, smoking zone, gym, jail and lounge room in the house. There is also a Confession Room, where the housemates may be called in by Bigg Boss for any kind of conversation, and for the nomination process. In season seven,
220-495: The audience for the way they conducted Ticket to Finale week without any proper tasks, and,, itwas one of the few seasons with a low viewershi p. The TRP ratings for this season went down in the first three weeks. The launch of season 6 received a TRP rating of 5.54 TVR, which is considered below average for a season premiere. Season 6 recorded the lowest viewership for a season finale in Bigg Boss Tamil franchise, and
242-486: The audience. Daily episodes present the main events of the previous day while weekend episodes focus on discussion of the main problems of the week and interviews with evicted contestants. On the Sunday episode the host announces the evicted contestant. Contestants are nominated for eviction each week by their housemates. Viewers cast their votes in favour of the contestants they would like to save from eviction. Each viewer
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#1732794150311264-576: The channel and rebranded it as Star Vijay. Star acquired 51 percent stake in Vijay TV with UTV holding the remaining 49 percent. In 2004, UTV Software Communications offloaded its entire 44 percent stake in Vijay TV to Star India for ₹31 crores. This channel, along with Star One , was launched in Hong Kong in 2007. The High-Definition feed, Star Vijay HD, was launched on 29 May 2016. On 25 August 2016, its sibling channel Star Vijay Super
286-466: The channel received a lot of backlash for choosing the winner. The launch of season 7 received a TRP rating of 9.9 TVR, which was seen as a comeback for the franchise. The season finale had a TRP rating of 8.67 TVR. In its season finale, it was reported that this had been the biggest season in the Bigg Boss Tamil franchise in terms of viewership and number of votes. Throughout the season,
308-481: The channel—which had been 10%-15%—increased by 10%, being the second most-watched Tamil television channel. In week 48 of 2020, Star Vijay became the most watched Tamil GEC in prime time while being the second most watched Tamil GEC overall after Sun TV. In week 50, it garnered its highest viewership ratings of 7,14,002 AMAs ( average minute audience (in hundreds)) being the fifth most watched Indian television channel. Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) Bigg Boss
330-424: The first 6 weeks. It received a 14.25 TVR on the grand finale day. The launch of season 2 opened with 9.72 TVR. The launch of season 3 opened with 7.8 TVR. The launch of season 4 opened with the highest ever 11.61 TVR, benefited from the impact of season 3 and lockdown, and also broke the records for viewership for Bigg Boss Tamil on a grand opening day. Season 5 received a generally mixed response from
352-404: The grand launch of Bigg Boss season 4 by Kamal Haasan . The channel was replaced and rebranded as Star Vijay Takkar from 10 October 2022 onwards. When Star India took over the channel from UTV Communications, the channel's revenue, shares and advertising rates increased. A revamp in 2017 brought with it a new logo and launched Bigg Boss Tamil Season 1 , after which the audience share of
374-446: The house was split and there was another added confession room. Housemates are bound by various rules. For example, contestants must speak Tamil , may not tamper with objects in the house, may not leave the premises without permission, may not discuss the nomination process, may not sleep during the day, and may not commit violence against fellow housemates. Do not write in paper or written format. The complete rules are not revealed to
396-621: The last ceremony was the 10th Vijay Awards in 2018, the Vijay Awards were cancelled due to past controversies and waning public interest. The first edition of the awards was held to select the most popular artists, however not for any particular work or year. In the first year of the awards, viewers were asked to choose their all time favourite film and artists in nine categories - Favourite Hero, Heroine, Film, Director, Music Director, Playback Singer Male/Female, Villain and Comedian - while 10 Jury Special Awards were also introduced. The format
418-437: The show consistently registered high ratings reaching a peak in the later weeks with a TVR of 7.0 across Tamil Nadu The launch of season 8 received a TRP rating of 9.0 TVR, which is seen as a continuous success of the Bigg Boss franchise. In its first week, the show attracted over 32 million viewers on TV, while total watch time soared to 4.4 billion minutes across all platforms, including digital and Hotstar. The series
440-568: Was completely reworked for the following year and from 2008 onwards, the works of the preceding year were honoured, with the majority of prizes being selected by a committee, while awards in five categories (Favourite Hero, Heroine, Film, Director and Song) chosen by public voting. The award for Favourite Song was introduced in 2008. The ceremony is held every year at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai and
462-443: Was first launched by N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar on 24 November 1994, as Golden Eagle Communication (GEC). That same year it applied for the line-up of Singapore Cable Vision becoming the first Tamil channel on offer. United Breweries Group acquired the channel in 1995 and renamed it as Vijay TV. The UTV Group bought the controlling interest from United Breweries Group in 1999 for ₹ 180 million. In 2001, Star India took over
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#1732794150311484-421: Was launched, which airs non-stop films and legacy television shows and later got revamped into a full movie channel with a tagline "Dhool Cinema Dhinam Dhinam". On 4 October 2020, it launched a music channel named Star Vijay Music. Star Vijay Music was an Indian Tamil language music pay television channel operated by Disney Star a subsidiary of Disney India , that was launched on 4 October 2020 during
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