Bigg Boss Tamil 5 finally premiered today on Vijay TV. The show has began with usual introduction part of every contestants and Kamal's way of introducing the contestants.

The show has 18 contestants as below

Contestant 1 - Isai vani ( Musician)

2. Contestant 2 : Raju (Actor)

Contestant 3 - Mathumitha (Model)

Contestant 4 - Abishek (Anchor, Youtube Reviewer) 

Contestant 5 - Namitha Marimuthu (model-turned-actor)

Contestant 6 - Priyanka (Anchor)

Contestant 7 - Abhinay

Contestant 8 - Pavni Reddy (Actor)

Contestant 9  Chinna Ponnu (Singer)

Contestant 10 - Nadia Chang

Contestant 11 - Varun (Actor)

Contestant 12 - Imman Annachi (Anchor, Actor)

Contestant 13 - Suruthi (Model)

Contestant 14 - Akshara

Contestant 15 - Iykki Berry 

Contestant 16 - Thamarai Selvi (Drama Artist)

Contestant 18 Niroop ( Business Man )