Transliteration:Ethir parathathai Ethir parungal
 Bigg Boss 5 was the fifth season of the Tamil version of the reality television show Bigg Boss broadcast in India. The show premiered on 3 October 2021 on Star Vijay and Disney+ Hotstar with Kamal Haasan as the host for the fifth time. Nippon Paint was the main sponsor for the fifth season. While, Ramya Krishnan as appeared as a guest host for a week.
 The grand finale took place on 16 January 2022. Raju Jeyamohan emerged as the winner, while Priyanka Deshpande emerged as the runner up of the season.
 Niroop Nandakumar, Thamarai Selvi, Abhinay Vaddi and Suruthi Periyasamy returned as contestants in Bigg Boss Ultimate (season 1).
 An eye, with a white cornea and pink sclera.
 Changes to other parts of the house were also visible compared to the last season. Instead of last season's aesthetic theme background with contrast sparkling colors, this season's theme mainly keeps up natural colors and followed the theme of "Nature".
 On 4 September 2021, incorporating a paradigm shift in a Tamil wedding scene and co-relating it with the Bigg Boss house. Two more promotional teasers were released in September 2021, featuring different commentaries from Kamal Haasan.
 On set for the weekend episodes after the ease of COVID-19 restrictions in Tamil Nadu.
 The show routinely features tasks as part of the gameplay, following are few of the tasks:
 In the third week (Day 16), housemates were given a task to steal 5 medals all representing the five basic elements in the world. The 5 housemates who manage to steal the medals win a super power to save themselves from eviction in the future and topple captaincy. However, the power can only be used once and is only available until week 10.
 Notes:
 Varun swapped the captaincy using WATER power medal
 Isaivani swapped the captaincy using FIRE power medal
 Pairs: Akshara and Ciby, Abhinav and Niroop, Imman and Isaivani, Pavni and Raju, Priyanka and Thamarai, Iyikki and Varun.
 Headmaster: Ciby 
Tamil Lecturer: Raju 
Personal Development Teacher: Abishek 
Physical Education Teacher: Amir 
Leader of Physical Education Class: Akshara 
Students: Abhinay, Akshara, Imman, Iykki, Niroop, Pavni, Priyanka, Thamarai, and Varun
 The other housemates assumed the role of classmates in the house. They had to obey the rules of the teachers and if they failed to do so, they will be punished by the headmaster.
 Niroop swapped the captaincy using EARTH power medal
 Team Blue: Akshara, Amir, Imman, Pavni, Raju, Thamarai 
Team Red: Abhinay, Abishek, Ciby, Niroop, Priyanka, and Varun 
Judge: Sanjeev
 Pavni swapped the captaincy using SKY power medal
 Team A: Abhinay, Amir, Pavni, and Priyanka 
Team B: Ciby, Niroop, Raju, and Thamarai 
Team C: Akshara, Imman Sanjeev, and Varun 
 Abhinay, Akshara, Pavni, Priyanka, Raju and Varun were nominated for the Week 11 Eviction Process, after all the immunity task.
 2nd Immunity Task: Housemates have to survive in a bus kept in a garden area overcoming all the hurdles. Housemates have to get down Voluteerly Or vote out when Bus horn is blown at each time. Later Niroop was stayed long on the bus and was exempted from the Week 10 nomination process.
 3rd Immunity Task: Housemates have to stand in an ice cube tub and has to peel a potato kept in hot water and have to count for 5 minutes in mind while peeling off the potato. Whom finish counting in 5 minutes can stop their work and press the bell. Whom is nearly close to the 5 minutes counting will go to the next level and the higher one will be out of the game. Later Varun finishes it in 8.20 min. He came as last so he is out of the game.
 4th Immunity Task: In the garden area equal balloons are given to the nominated contestant. They have to protect their ballons and also to decrease other participants' balloons also at the same time. Whom has fewer ballons will be out of the game rest all can go to the next level. Later Sanjeev balloons are broken first so he is out of the game.
 5th Immunity Task: There are rings kept on a pedestal. When the buzzer plays they wanna throw that ring in the stand. Who has fewer rings will be out of the game. Later Priyanka is out of the game.
 6th Immunity Task: Bigg Boss will show some pictures to the Housemates and have to notice and answer the question. Later Pavni is out of the game with the least scores.
 7th Immunity Task: Nominated housemates photo printed dice kept in the garden area. When buzzer plays they wanna roll it whose picture coming in front will be out of the game. Later Akshara is out of the game.
 8th Immunity Task: In the first stage they wanna finish drinking one bottle of water which is kept on the pedestal. In the second stage, they wanna crawl under the next. In the third stage, they wanna solve the puzzle. In the last stage, they wanna jump inside the sack and drink the raw egg without spitting it out and pressing the bell to finish it. Later Raju is out of the game.
 9th Immunity Task: There is cow dung filled in the tub and kept in the Activity area. They wanna collect the coins from the Cow dung. Whom collect fewer coins will be out of the game. Later Amir is out of the game.
 10th Immunity Task: It's a card game whose getting x mark will be out of the game. Later Abhinay is out of the game and Thamarai win the immunity task and was exempted from the Week 10 nomination process.
 11th Immunity Task: Last chance for contestants to save themselves from nomination task, 8 nominated housemates have to divide into two teams. Amir and Pavni, Raju and Sanjeev, Akshara and Varun, Abhinay and Priyanka are the pairs. In the activity area, there is two booths were kept there. Bigg Boss asks both of them to enter the booth and keeps the headset in their ears. Bigg Boss says to them that they can save themselves or their partner in it. If both show the same picture then they are saved. Priyanka chooses herself, Abhinay chooses himself, Amir chooses himself, Pavni chooses Amir, Akshara chooses Varun, Varun chooses Akshara, Raju chooses Sanjeev and Sanjeev choose himself. Later Amir and Sanjeev were saved and were exempted from the Week 10 nomination process.
 Freeze or Release Task: Bigg boss will take full control over the task. He will instruct the housemates by using words like freeze, release, rewind, fast forward, sleep mode, and loop.
 Ciby, Niroop, Priyanka, Pavni, Sanjeev, Thamarai, and Rajuwere nominated for the Week 13 Eviction Process, after all the Ticket to Finale task.
 Ticket to finale Task 1: They wanna give one black rose to a person who doesn't deserve to go to finals. Later Housemates decides to give the black rose to Niroop, and he is out of Ticket to Finale.
 Ticket to finale Task 2: They will give 10 eggs and a nest to the contestants equally. They wanna protect their egg as well as they wanna break others' eggs. Whom has less egg in their nest will be eliminated from this game. Later Pavni and Thamarai out of Ticket to Finale.
 Ticket to finale Task 3: Housemates cut out kept in the garden. Bigg Boss will say some questions to them. They wanna an answer to it while throwing the given egg to the cutout. Whose cut out has more colors will be evicted from this race. Later Priyanka and Raju out of Ticket to Finale.
 Ticket to finale Task 4: Housemates can also play in this task along with contestants. It's a Yes or No game. Housemates can able to raise their questions to the contestants. If contestants have the same answer as housemates they can take the first step forward. Who has fewer points will be out of the game. Later Sanjeev out of Ticket to Finale.
 Ticket to finale Task 5: Two frames were kept for Amir and Cibi in the garden area. Two sacks of sand were tied in the rope with a borderline. They wanna stand on the wooden stage and hold the sack rope. The important rule is they might stand in one leg they shouldn't chance their legs. If that sack goes out of the borderline that person will be evicted. Later Ciby out of Ticket to Finale and Amir won Ticket to Finale.
 Niroop, Priyanka, Pavni, Thamarai, and Raju were nominated for the Week 14 Eviction Process, after the Cash Prize Eviction.
 1st Sacrifice: Onions, salt, and sugar for the whole week. This may help them gain a special offer and luxury budget.
2nd Sacrifice: Housemates should give their favorite two sets of dresses to Orphanage.
1st Dare: All nominated housemates have to take a bath with water that was mixed with cow dung. 
 During the final week the public vote for who they want to win Bigg Boss. The finalists for the title were as following:
 Each week, housemates who did not perform satisfactorily in the Luxury Budget Task, are sent to the Bigg Boss underground prison. The prison is devoid of any facilities except a bed and a water bucket.
   Male housemates
  Female housemates