Bigg Boss Tamil finale: Live updates

The most-awaited grand finale of the first season of Bigg Boss Tamil began at 8:30 pm. Snehan, Aarav, Ganesh Venkatraman and Harish Kalyan are the final four contestants competing for the title in the first season of Bigg Boss Tamil, which is hosted by Kamal Haasan.

The first season of Bigg Boss Tamil, which marked the television debut of Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan, comes to an end on Saturday. The winner of the show will be announced at a grand finale which will also see some interesting dance performances from former contestants.

Earlier this week, Bindhu Madhavi was evicted in the mid-week elimination round in run-up to the finale. Snehan, Aarav, Ganesh Venkatraman and Harish Kalyan are the final four contestants competing for the title in the first season of Bigg Boss Tamil.

Some online polls, including the one carried out by Indian Express, have suggested different outcomes. However, all the polls suggest that the tough competition is between Ganesh, Snehan and Aarav, while Harish seems to be already out of the race.

The promo videos of grand finale show Harathi, Gayathri, Suja Varunee and Juliana giving individual performances. Meanwhile, all the evicted contestants will also be in attendance at the finale event.

Director Shankar along with producer Dil Raju will also attend the finale, where he will announce his next project Indian 2 starring Kamal in the lead role.

Watch this space for live updates of Bigg Boss Tamil grand finale:

11:01 pm: Kamal Haasan reveals that Bigg Boss Tamil received a total of 767653065 votes in its first season.

10:54 pm: Kamal Haasan interacts with children, who are fans of Bigg Boss Tamil and played a game to check their knowledge about the show. He gave them popular one-liners and asked to guess who said that. All the children got it right and even mimicked Kamal.

10:36 pm: Kamal Haasan plays a slideshow of some creative memes that trolled contestants on social media. He said many meme creators have made a great contribution to the success of the show and thanked them.

10:29 pm: Another clip showing the highlights of 100 days of Bigg Boss Tamil is played.

10:23 pm: Juliana gives a dance performance to a mix of folk songs.

10:15 pm: Kamal Haasan invites director Shankar and producer Dil Raju to the stage. Shankar announces that they will be making the sequel to 1996 blockbuster Indian.

10:13 pm: Oviya also thanks her fans. Oviya says she realised her plus and minus after she took part in the Bigg Boss Tamil. She runs into the audience and handshakes with her fans.

10:08 pm: Bharani tells the audience that he was invited by Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia to present him with the ‘people’s favourite’ award. But, he chose to be at the Bigg Boss Tamil finale for Kamal Haasan. He thanked all his fans from around the world.

10:04 pm: Kamal asks the evicted contestants to come onto the stage. And Oviya remains the centre of attraction. She is welcomed with thunderous applause from the studio audience.

9:46 pm: Kamal Haasan speaks to everyone inside the house through plasma TV and asks them to share their thoughts on the grand finale of Bigg Boss Tamil.

9:35 pm: Except for Namitha and Shree, rest of the evicted contestants have come for the grand finale.

9:30 pm: The bad blood created between the current and ex-contestants during their time together in the house are still fresh. And, it is very visible.

9:22 pm: Riaza and Shakthi Vasudevan tell Aarav about the popularity of Oviya among the audience. And suggest him to brace himself for trolls when he steps out of the Bigg Boss house.

9:16 pm: Oviya walks up to Aarav. After a firm handshake and friendly hug, she walks away. Gayathri advises to Snehan on how to deal with audience reactions outside the Bigg Boss house.

9:02 pm: All housemates and ex-contestants exchange pleasantries. Oviya greets everyone. She is yet to meet Aarav.

8:57 pm: On the last day of the show, contestants wake up to Aalaporaan Thamizhan song from Vijay’s Mersal even as all the evicted contestants enter the house. And, yes, Oviya is also there.

8:53 pm: Kamal Haasan plays a ‘Kurumpadam’ (short film) about what audience think about the Bigg Boss Tamil. Most of the viewers strongly opined that their favourite contestant was Oviya. It also had bytes from celebrities such as Gautham Karthik, Sibiraj and others. Public and celebrity viewers unanimously gave thumbs up for his anchoring skills.

8:43 pm: Kamal Haasan thanks the audience for making the show such a big hit. He said the show viewership was 6.5 crore impressions worldwide. “Bigg Boss Tamil has written a new chapter in the history of South Indian television entertainment and that still would be an understatement. Thanks for giving me such a big success in my career as a television host. I consider it as a big fortune,” Kamal said.

8:35 pm: The grand finale of Bigg Boss Tamil opens with a rocking performance from choreographer Sandy to a mix of songs based on the highlights of the show mainly consisting of popular episodes and one-liners from contestants.