The first season of the Malayalam-language version of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss was telecast on Asianet from 24 June 2018 to 30 September 2018, lasting 99 episodes. It was produced by Endemol Shine India and actor Mohanlal was the host of the show. The show follows a total of 18 contestants, who are isolated from the outside world for 98 days (or 14 weeks) in a custom built house. Each week, one or more of the housemates are evicted by a public vote.
For the first season, a splendid home was set up in Film City, Mumbai. The winner was awarded a prize worth . The show was aired on Asianet channel and is also available on VOD and OTT platform Hotstar. Some new elements called 'Unseen', 'Spicy specials' and 'Bigg Boss Plus' was introduced by way of unseen and extra footage uploaded on Hotstar. Bigg Boss Plus was aired on Asianet Plus and shows part of the day that wasn't included in the episode, from 'wake-up call' to 'lights out'.
The show aired its grand finale on 30 September 2018, declaring Sabumon Abdusamad as the winner of the first season, while Pearle Maaney was the runner-up. The other finalists were Shiyas Kareem, Srinish Aravind, and V. Suresh Thampanoor (in finishing order).
Housemates status
HousemateDay enteredDay exitedStatusSabuDay 0Day 98 Pearle Day 0Day 98 Shiyas Day 15Day 98Srinish Day 0Day 983rd runner-upSureshDay 0Day 984th runner-upAditiDay 0Day 95 ArchanaDay 0Day 91 Basheer Day 0Day 84 HimaDay 0Day 21Day 49Day 77AnoopDay 0Day 70Ranjini Day 0 Day 63 Anjali Day 35Day 43 Diya Day 0Day 42ShwetaDay 0Day 35DeepanDay 0Day 28Sreelakshmi Day 0Day 27 DavidDay 0Day 7 Manoj Day 0Day 4
Housemates The participants in the order of appearance and entrance in the house are:
Original entrants Shweta Menon, Film Actress Deepan Murali, TV Actor Sreelakshmi Sreekumar, Film Actress Srinish Aravind, TV Actor Hima Shankar, Film Actress Aristo Suresh, Singer, Film Actor Diya Sana, Social Activist Anoop Chandran, Film Actor Aditi Rai, Film Actress Basheer Bashi, Internet Celebrity Manoj K. Verma, Businessman Pearle Maaney, TV Host David John, Model Sabumon Abdusamad, Film Actor Archana Suseelan, TV Actress Ranjini Haridas, TV Host
Wildcard entrants Shiyas Kareem, Model Anjali Ameer, Film actress
Guests Week(s) Day(s) Guest(s) Purpose of visit 7 Day 48 Kamal Haasan To promote their film Vishwaroopam II. 8 Day 52 Mukesh To be a part of the luxury budget task. 9 Day 62 Mohanlal To celebrate Onam with the housemates. 14 Day 97 All evicted/walked housemates except Sreelakshmi Sreekumar and Swetha Menon To spend time with the finalists and wish them luck. Day 98 Stephen Devassy To perform for the contestants. Mohanlal To invite the finalists to the stage and switch off the Bigg Boss House.
Weekly summary The main events in the house are summarized in the table below. A typical week begins with nominations, followed by the luxury budget task, punishment then a task for immunity or anything else, and then the eviction of a housemate on Sunday or Saturday. Evictions, tasks, and other notable events for a particular week are noted in order of sequence. Week 1Entrances On Day 0, Aditi Rai, Anoop Chandran, Archana Suseelan, Aristo Suresh, Basheer Bashi, David John, Deepan Murali, Diya Sana, Hima Shankar, Manoj K Verma, Pearle Maaney, Ranjini Haridas, Sabumon Abdusamad, Shweta Menon, Sreelakshmi Sreekumar and Srinish Aravind entered the house.Daily Tasks Manakkannu On Day 1, Each housemate were asked to give their first impression on their co-contestants about the one who doesn't deserve to be an alone participant of the show. Aditi was the one with most votes.
Aadya Pranayam On Day 2, Each housemate were asked to talk about their first love.
Ente Jeevitham On Day 3, The housemates were asked to talk about a situation whether it's good or bad which made a huge impact/difference in their life.
Musical Chair On Day 5, The housemates were given a musical chair task. A song is played and a balloon is passed to every contestant and when the song stops, whoever holding the balloon will need to take a note (a sub-task wrote) and make any other housemates to do it. The one who remains until the end will win the task. Hima won the task.Captaincy Task On Day 1, The housemates were asked to elect the first house captain by voting a contestant based on their personal opinions. As Aditi was voted the highest on the previous task (Manakkannu), she cannot be a part of this task and hence can't be the house captain for the first week.Result Won - ShwethaNomination Bigg Boss announced the rules and each housemate were called in the confession room for the nomination. Each housemate had to nominate 2 people. Aditi, David, Diya, Hima and Srinish were nominated for the elimination. As the house caption, Shweta was given a special power to nominate a housemate except those who nominated by the normal nomination procedure. She chose Suresh to be nominated.Luxury Budget Task On Day 2, The contestants were given their first Luxury budget task in which the housemates were required to dance on a moving flapped wheel by the time when the given song is played for each contestant. Twenty-Twenty On day 3, The housemates were divided into two, as Mammootty fans and Mohanlal fans. They dressed up as the actors. They also had to dance to the songs of these actors.ExitsWalked On Day 4, Manoj left the Bigg Boss house due to his poor health conditions.
Evicted On Day 7, David became the first housemate to evict from the house after facing the public vote. Week2Captaincy Task On Day 5, Swetha was asked to choose two deserving candidates among the non-nominated housemates to be the part of next (Week 2) captaincy task. She chose Archana and Ranjini.
Dwandha Yudham The two candidates were given 13 number cards to distribute to the housemates according to the order of their popularity. Also, the contestants should remember about the order chosen by their opponents.Result Won - RanjiniNomination The house captain was asked to nominate 7 out of all the contestants to be in the nomination list in which the co-housemates could select two for this week's nomination. Captain chose Anoop, Hima, Deepan, Diya, Pearle, Srinish, Suresh. Anoop, Deepan, Hima, Pearle and Suresh were nominated for elimination.Luxury Budget Task On Day 9, The housemates were required to make chains/bangles. Sabumon and Ranjini were essayed to be the owners and has money of total 1 lakh each which is needed to distribute to the other housemates on their demand to work with them. In the end, the one who has more money will be the winner and will be a candidate for the next (week 3) captaincy task. On Day 9, Bigg Boss ordered for 75 chains. The housemates failed to reach the target. On Day 10, the second day of the task, an order of 85 chains was given and the housemates again failed to reach the target number again. The housemates failed the task. Anoop had more money and hence became a candidate for the house captain. On Day 11, The owners (Ranjini and Sabu) were asked to choose one candidate from each of their team to stand as candidates for house captain. They chose Srinish and Shweta
Secret Task On Day 10, a secret task was given to Diya. She was required to make the housemates fail to complete the second order unless she will be directly nominated for the eviction. If successful, she will be a candidate for the house captain for the third week. Diya failed the secret task.
Luxury Goal On Day 11, a final chance to gain the luxury budget was given. Only those housemates who won the daily task (Rasakkoottu) could take part in this task. Different footballs will be set up with a luxury food name on it. The contestants need to shoot a perfect goal with eyes closed in order to obtain that particular luxury food. The housemates obtained three luxury food.TaskMookhabhinayam The housemates were asked to show off their acting skills through mime and were divided to two groups. Ranjini and Shweta were assigned as judges. Team A: Anoop, Archana, Basheer, Deepan, Sreelakhsmi, Srinish Team B: Aditi, Diya, Hima, Pearle, Sabumon, SureshResult Won - Team BDaily TaskRasakkoottu On Day 11, The housemates divided into two groups and were asked to make a dessert with the items given within 15 minutes. The house captain will declare the winning team based on the taste of the foods made. Team Shweta: Aditi, Anoop, Sabumon, Deepan, Sreelakhsmi, Suresh Team Archana: Basheer, Diya, Hima, Pearle, RanjiniResult Won - Team ArchanaSecret Task A secret task to fool Diya was given to Sabumon. With the help of other housemates, he became successful in the task. Week 3Captaincy Task The candidates (Anoop, Shweta and Srinish) will be connected in a rope with three hooks attached to each candidate. The one who stays with the rope without detaching the hook will be the house captain. Anoop unhooked himself and walked off from the task.Result Won - SrinishNomination Each housemate had to nominate 2 person. Anoop, Hima, Ranjini, and Sabumon were nominated. Later, the house captain saved Ranjini and replaced Sreelakshmi to be nominated with his special power.Entrances On Day 15, Shiyas Kareem entered the house as a wild card contestant.Daily TasksSanga Nritham On Day 15, All the housemates were asked to dance on Bigg Boss's theme song.
Nyaaya Vidhi On Day 18, Housemates were given a card in which they were required to mention a complaint about a particular co-housemate. A court was made from where the housemates can speak their opinions. Anoop was assigned as the judge of the court. Punishments are given if one found to be wrong proving him/herself.Weekly Task On Day 16, Ranjini was assigned as a serial killer whom needed to kill particular housemates secretively by the way and time Bigg Boss orders through a secret mobile phone. Shiyas was told to help Ranjini secretively in her missions. On Day 17, second day of the task, Sabu and Shweta were assigned the duty of police whom are needed to investigate the murders happening around the house. Later, Shweta was killed. Sabu identified that the murders were done by Shiyas and Ranjini by his tricky questions. He was given promotion by Bigg Boss as CID Sabu. Later, the housemates won the luxury budget task.Exit On Day 21, Hima evicted from the show after facing the public vote. Week 4Captaincy Task Housemates chose Basheer, Ranjini and Sabumon for captaincy. Each candidates has to sit inside a small box in which only their head can be seen out with knees bend. The one who stands appropriated for the longest time will be the House captain.Result Won - RanjiniNomination Housemates mutually decided Aditi, Deepan, Pearle, Sreelakshmi, Shiyas and Srinish to be in the nomination list. Later, each housemates chose two among these six housemates to be nominated. Finally, Aditi, Deepan, Sreelakshmi and Srinish got nominated for eviction.Luxury Budget Task On Day 23, Housemates were required to bypass 7 tasks to win the luxury budget. The 7 tasks were, Chithram Vichithram (failed), Minnunnathellaam Ponnalla (won), Haylessah (failed), Bharghavi Nilayam (failed), Task 4 (won). On Day 24, second day of the task, two task were given, KKPP (won), Teeta Rappayi (won). On Day 25, third day of the task, the seventh and the final task to achieve luxury budget was given, Aadambhara Yathra (won). Housemates credited the luxury of 1625 rupees.Daily TaskSundari Neeyum Sundaran Njanum On Day 24, Housemates had to perform a comedy skit with a 'Pennu Kaanal' theme. Each housemates were given certain characters to play off their roles.Other TaskVijaarana On Day 25, A court was made and Sabumon was assigned as its judge. Housemates had to mention their complaints.
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