Bigg Boss Tamil 5: The list of all constants on this year's Bigg Boss Tamil is out. In the premiere episode of the show, BB Tamil anchor Kamal Haasan introduced 18 contestants and took viewers on a tour of an underground jail- a new addition to this season. Out of 18, 10 are women and for the first time, a trans woman will be participating in the show.
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This is Kamal Haasan's fifth year as the host for Bigg Boss Tamil. He has been the face of the show since its inception in 2017. On October 3, Haasan introduced all the contestants for BB Tamil 5, giving a tour of the Bigg Boss house to both audience and participants. The new addition to the house is an underground jail and a mandatory quarantine period to check COVID-19 symptoms.
This year's list of contestants is filled with celebrated singers, models, a rapper and VJ. Here is the list of women who will be seen in this season:
Isaivani
A singer from Chennai, Isaivani is known for her association with filmmaker PA Ranjith's Casteless Collective, for which she has performed many times, alongside other artists. In 2020, she made headlines when she was named in BBC's 100 Women List of 2020. She was the first contestant Kamal Haasan introduced during the premiere.
Mathumitha
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A fashion designer, model and IT consultant, Mathumitha is a German citizen. On the premiere night, she presented a handmade tie to Haasan.
Priyanka Deshpande
One of the top anchors of Tamil television, Priyanka has hosted a couple of shows like Daddy My Hero and Mami's Day Out. Later, she also hosted a show with Ma Ka Pa Anand, Olli Belly. Not only an anchor, but Deshpande is also a popular YouTuber with 13.6 lakh subscribers.
Pavni Reddy
Model-turned-actor Pavni Reddy began her career at the age of 21. Originally from Belgaum in Karnataka, she has been a part of Tamil serials like Rettai Vaal Kuruvi. In 2019, she was featured in the Chennai Times 20 Most Desirable Women on TV.
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Chinna Ponnu
A popular folk singer, Chinna Ponnu sung a song, composed by her, for Kamal Haasan when she was introduced as a contestant on the show. While speaking about the struggles of folk singers, she opened up about how people used to demean her for being one.
Nadia Chang
Popular model and digital content creator, Nadia Chang's entry to the show was one of the most speculated one. A mother of three, she is in the show to make a name for herself. Hailing from Malaysia, she used to take part in various beauty pageants, including MIM Top Models Search in 2015, where she was one of the runners-up.
Suruthi Jayadevan
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Jayadevan made headlines for posing for a calendar that showed dusky-skin toned women as Goddesses. She has also opened up about the way people criticised her for her skin tone and how it led her to lose confidence.
Akshara Reddy
Also a model and actor, Reddy is the winner of the beauty pageant, Miss Globe 2019. Introduced as the fifteenth contestant, both Suruthi and Reddy were asked to walk the ramp as part of their introduction. This was to show that modelling and walking in a pageant is not easy work.
Iykki Berry
Berry, who claims to be the first Tamil woman rapper, is also a celebrity cosmetic surgeon and social activist. She was initially trained by Bigg Boss Tamil 2 fame Ramya NSK and she later joined AR Rahman's KM Music Conservatory (KMMC). She is known to have produced collaborations like Pride of Tamizhan, which was the song for the pro-Jalikattu movement, with Jags Esan.
Thamarai Selvi
Thamarai Selvi is a theatre artist, who has mostly worked in the Tamil language. In her introduction, she spoke about the impact of the pandemic on the livelihood of artists who are finding it difficult to even have one square meal.
Namitha Marimuthu
Marimathu is the first transgender person to enter the show ever. Marimuthu won the Miss Trans Star International 2020 pageant. She is also a model, actor and social worker, who marked her singing and acting debut with Nadodigal 2.
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