Bigg Boss 3 was the third season of the reality TV game show Bigg Boss, which premiered on Star Vijay on 23 June 2019 - 6 October 2019. Frooti was the sponsor for the third season. Kamal Haasan returned as host for the third time. The show was aired on Star Vijay. Hotstar also provided content aired on television.
The house, located at EVP World in Chembarambakkam, Chennai, was completely renovated with a Chettinad-based theme for this season. It is the only season in Bigg Boss history where a foreigner has won the show. Mugen Rao, a musical artist from Malaysia won the title and Sandy emerged as the first runner-up.
Abhirami Venkatachalam and Vanitha Vijayakumar returned as contestants in Bigg Boss Ultimate (season 1).
Housemate status
Following were the housemates who took part in Bigg Boss Tamil Season 3:
Housemates
Original Contestants
Fathima Babu – film actor and newsreader
Mohan Vaidya – musician
Losliya Mariyanesan– Sri Lankan Tamil newsreader, film actor
Sakshi Agarwal – film actress
Abhirami Venkatachalam – actor, model
Jangiri Madhumitha – comedienne
Saravanan – film actor
Sherin Shringar – film actress
Cheran – film director
Kavin – serial and film actor
Vanitha Vijayakumar – film actress
Tharshan Thiyagaraja – Sri Lankan Tamil model and actor
Mugen Rao– Musician, singer and actor
Sandy — choreographer
Reshma Pasupuleti – serial and film actor
Wildcard Contestants
1.Meera Mithun - Model
2.Kasthuri Shankar – Film actress
Re-entry Contestants
Vanitha Vijayakumar – actress
Guests appearance
Nominations table
Notes
indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction. 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/ejected/walked out after being nominated as the Captain) indicates that the housemate was saved from nominations (Immune), or entered the Bigg Boss House after the weekly nomination (Exempt). indicates that an evicted contestant was sent to Secret room and re-entered the Bigg Boss House after few days. indicates that contestant was walked out of BiggBoss house on his own. indicates that the housemate has re entered. indicates the contestant has been ejected. indicates the winner. indicates the first runner up. indicates the second runner up. indicates the third runner up. indicates the contestant has been evicted. indicates the contestant is nominated. BOLD, If a housemates name is in bold during "against public vote" it means that they are a finalist.