Bigg Boss The Common Man season 1

Bigg Boss The Common Man
Season 1
Offical logo
Presented byMaya S. Krishnan
JudgesAari Arujunan
Oviya
Raju Jeyamohan
No. of contestants22
Release
Original networkJioHotstar
Star Vijay
Original release16 August 2026 (2026-08-16) –
present

Bigg Boss The Common Man 1, also known as Bigg Boss 10: The Common Man, is the first season of the pre-show Bigg Boss The Common Man. The pre-show involves selecting commoner contestants for the main show. Tis season the show streams on JioStar's streaming service platform JioHotstar and airs on Star Vijay. The show premiered on 16 August 2026, with former Bigg Boss contestants Maya S. Krishnan as the host and Aari Arujunan, Oviya and Raju Jeyamohan as judges.[1][2][3]

The show feature 22 selected commoners compete to earn their spot in the Bigg Boss Tamil 10 house. The winners entered the Bigg Boss 10 house as commoner contestants.[4]

Development

Digital Auditions

On 1 June 2026, the makers of the show released a promo where Vijay Sethupathi announced that commoners can participate in season 10 by visiting Jiostar's website.[5][6][7] The initial call for applications was made on the VIJAY.JIOSTAR.COM website. Applicants had to register and upload a short video explaining why they deserve to be on the show.[8]

Screening and Shortlisting

The makers shortlisted thousands of applications into smaller group of candidates based on their video submissions, personality, and screen presence in five levels.

  • Level 1: Initial Screening, Out of lakhs of applications, around 200 candidates are selected based on their videos, personality, and screen presence.
  • Level 2: Phone Interview, From those, 150 people receive a call for the next round.
  • Level 3: Group Discussion Round, These 150 are filtered down to 50 candidates after a group task.
  • Level 4: In-Person Interviews, Judges and even former contestants interview the 50, selecting the top 22.
  • Level 5: Compete in tasks and the public votes to pick the commoners who will officially enter the house!

Format

The makers shortlisted 50 commoner candidates to participate in the Comman Man pre-show. The mastermind judges will evaluate the participants based on their physical strength, mental agility, and humour. They will wield a green card signal for approval and a red card signal for rejection to select 15 contestants for the show. After selection process, the contestants compete in tasks, judged by former contestants. There will also be public voting for the selection. The selected candidates will join the main show along with celebrity contestants.

Season summary

Auditions (Episode 1 to 6)

  • The contestants who receive three green signals from the judges will be directly selected for the Top 15.
  • The contestants who receive three red signals from the judges will not be selected.
  • The contestants who receive yellow signals will be kept on hold for further rounds.
Episode no. Episode
date		 Contestant City Judges Result Ref.
Aari Oviya Raju
1 16 Aug 2026 A. Thadeeshwaran Sivaganga Selected
Monica Christina Bengaluru Not Selected
2 17 Aug 2026 Shobha Indrakumar N/A Selected [9]
Tamil Arasu N/A Not Selected
Muniyammal Ramanathapuram Selected
Shiva Saravana Salem Not Selected
Saranya Santhanam Madurai On Hold
Darvin N/A Selected
Tony J Singapore On Hold
Graham Hamilton Paul Edmonds N/A Not Selected
Shamshi Tiruvarur On Hold
Samyuktha Madurai On Hold
3 18 Aug 2026 Feroz Khan N/A On Hold [10]
Kamatchi Umamahesh N/A On Hold
Chandramathi N/A On Hold
Venkatesan D N/A Selected
George Rajaselvan N/A On Hold
Jason Kaushi N/A Selected
Abinaya N/A On Hold
Aishwarya N/A On Hold
4 19 Aug 2026 Parveen Banu Kuala Lumpur Not Selected [11]
Manivannan N/A On Hold
Hyde Karty Chennai On Hold
Yo Yo Chennai Not Selected
Karishma Sama N/A On Hold
Pugazhenthi N/A On Hold
Sri Naga Nithya N/A Not Selected
Aravindh N/A On Hold
Kavin Nilavan N/A On Hold
Dhivya Valenteena N/A Selected
5 20 Aug 2026
Asha N/A Selected [12]
Christian Christopher N/A On Hold
Christian Kishore N/A On Hold
Keshav N/A On Hold
Ayesha Anjum N/A Not Selected
Nivya Maran N/A Not Selected
Renjith Kumar N/A Selected
Kamali Shanmugaraj N/A Not Selected
Priyadarshini Jaganathan N/A Not Selected
Baby Prabakaran Usilampatti Selected
Leslie Arokhyaraj N/A Not Selected
6 21 Aug 2026
Sundarapandi N/A Not Selected [13]
Rajalakshmi N/A Not Selected
Riyana Raju N/A On Hold
Kalil Basha N/A Selected
Subramani N/A Not Selected
Shama N/A Selected
Sukumaran N/A On Hold
Maya Natashan N/A Not Selected
Priyanka Paul N/A On Hold
Narmatha N/A Not Selected

  Male Contestants   Female Contestants

On Hold Contestants

  • Saranya Santhanam
  • Tony J
  • Shamshi
  • Samyuktha
  • Feroz Khan
  • Kamatchi Umamahesh
  • Chandramathi
  • George Rajaselvan
  • Manivannan
  • Hyde Karty
  • Karishma Sama
  • Pugazhenthi
  • Aravindh
  • Kavin Nilavan
  • Christian Christopher
  • Christian Kishore
  • Keshav
  • Riyana Raju
  • Sukumaran
  • Priyanka Paul

The Ultimate Debate face off (Episode 7)

The contestants placed "On Hold" competed in a debate among each other to guarantee their spot in the Top 22.[14]

Episode no. Episode
date		 Contestants Result
7 22 Aug 2026 Keshav End Of Journey
Manivannan Selected
Hyte Karty Selected
Kamatchi Umamahesh End Of Journey
Graham Hamilton Paul Edmonds End Of Journey
Tony J End Of Journey
Karishma Sama Selected
Abinaya Selected
Aravindh Selected
Kavin Nilavan End Of Journey
Feroz Khan End Of Journey
Saranya Santhanam Selected
Samyuktha Selected
George Rajaselvan Selected
Chandramathi End Of Journey
Riyana Raju End Of Journey
Shamshi End Of Journey
Sukumaran Selected
Priyanka Paul Selected
Aishwarya End Of Journey
Christian Christopher End Of Journey
Christian Kishore End Of Journey

Top 22 Contestants

  1. A. Thadeeshwaran
  2. Shobha Indrakumar
  3. Darvin
  4. Muniyammal
  5. Venkatesan D
  6. Jason Kaushi
  7. Dhivya Valenteena
  8. Asha
  9. Renjith Kumar
  10. Baby Prabakaran
  11. Kalil Basha
  12. Shama
  13. Manivannan
  14. Hyte Karty
  15. Karishma Sama
  16. Abinaya
  17. Aravindh
  18. Saranya Santhanam
  19. Samyuktha
  20. George Rajaselvan
  21. Sukumaran
  22. Priyanka Paul

Mud Task (Episode 8)

Contestants will be divided into 2 teams, red team and blue team. Each time 1 person from each time will go in the mud pile and search for the same number they are labelled as that is on their badge.

Teams Team Members Winner Team Least Performer
RED RANGERS Priyanka, Aravindh, Darvin, Jason, Thadeeshwaran, Baby, George, Hyde, Karishma, Renjith, Saranya, Samyuktha RED RANGERS N/a
MUN BLUE Dhivya, Muniyammal, Venkatesan, Shobha, Asha, Manivannan, Shama, Sukumaran, Kalil, Abinaya Muniyammal

Dance Marathon (Episode 9)

The task is similar to what happens during the Bigg Boss main show, 22 contestants will divide into 2 groups and verse each other in a face off one V one when a song plays on the dance stage.

Group 1 Group 2
Manivannan Priyanka
Asha Shama
Muniyammal Shobha
Karishma Renjith
Hyde George
Kalil Thadeeshwaran
Abinaya Baby
Aravindh Dhivya
Darvin Saranya
Samyuktha Jason
Sukumaran Venkatesan

Contestants Statistics

Episode no. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Episode date 23 Aug 2025 24 Aug 2025 25 Aug 2025 26 Aug 2025 27 Aug 2025 28 Aug 2025 29 Aug 2025 30 Aug 2025
Challenge type Mental & Strength Strength
Abinaya SAFE SAFE
Aravindh SAFE SAFE
Asha SAFE SAFE
Baby SAFE SAFE
Darvin SAFE SAFE
George SAFE BEST
Hyde SAFE SAFE
Jason SAFE SAFE
Kalil SAFE SAFE
Karishma SAFE WORST
Manivannan SAFE BEST
Muniyammal WORST SAFE
Priyanka SAFE SAFE
Renjith SAFE SAFE
Samyuktha BEST SAFE
Saranya SAFE SAFE
Shama SAFE SAFE
Shobha SAFE SAFE
Sukumaran SAFE SAFE
Thadeeshwaran SAFE WORST
Venkatesan SAFE SAFE
Eliminated No
Elimination
Ref.

Legend:

  BEST indicates that the contestant chosen as best performer by the team leader
  SAFE indicates that the contestant had a safe performance
  MVP indicates that the contestant chosen as the most valuable player by the judges
  WORST indicates that the contestant chosen as best player by the judges
  ELIM indicates that the contestant was eliminated

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Bigg Boss Tamil 10: Vijay Sethupathi-Hosted Show To Feature Commoners As Contestants". www.timesnownews.com. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "Bigg Boss Common Man: All you need to know about the reality game show". www.cinemaexpress.com. 4 August 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "'Bigg Boss: The Common Man': Reality Show Invites Commoners As Contestants; Winner To Enter 'Bigg Boss Tamil'". www.hollywoodreporterindia.com. 4 August 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Bigg Boss Tamil 10: Vijay Sethupathi invites 'The Common Man' to enter the house". Times Of India. 1 June 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Biggboss The Common Man Promo is Out 🎉". Twitter. 1 June 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "Bigg Boss Tamil 10: Vijay Sethupathi welcomes common man to new season". India Today. 1 June 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Bigg Boss Tamil Season 10: The Show Hosted by Vijay Sethupathi Will Include Ordinary People as Participants". www.zoomtventertainment.com. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "'Bigg Boss Tamil' Season 10: Host Vijay Sethupathi Opens Doors for 'The Common Man' in FIRST Promo (Watch Video)". www.latestly.com. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Bigg Boss Tamil 10 The Common Man: Muniyammal, Shobha Indrakumar and Darvin qualify for next round". Times of India -. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Bigg Boss Tamil 10 Common Man: Venkatesan and Jason Kaushi qualify for next round; six contestants kept on hold". Times of India -. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Bigg Boss Tamil 10 'Common Man': Divya Valenteena qualifies for next round; Parveen Banu, Yo Yo and Sri Naga Nithya eliminated". Times of India -. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Bigg Boss Tamil 10 Common Man: Baby Prabakaran and Ranjith Kumar qualify for next round; five contestants eliminated". Times of India -. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Bigg Boss Tamil 10 Common Man: Kalil Basha and Shama qualify for next round; five contestants eliminated". Times of India -. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Bigg Boss Tamil 10 Common Man promo: On-hold contestants face decision-making round; 20 to be shortlisted to 10". Times of India -. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
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