Bigg Boss Tamil 2 weekly updates: Vijayalakshmi, Sendrayan, Janani, Aishwarya, and Mumtaz face elimination

The second season of Bigg Boss Tamil has started to test the endurance and emotional strength of the contestants already. It’s twelveth week in the house, and the pressure of giving one’s best to get into the finale is palpable. Is Mumtaz using love as a trump card? As the show is inching towards the finale, there’s some confusion in the house that sparked with Nithya’s opinions on the inmates. The day she asked Mumtaz not to exploit others’ weakness as a weapon, it was just Mumtaz who brooded over the remark. But a few days after, a faction of the house started thinking what if Nithya was true? As Balaji was making the morning tea for the house, Janani and Riythvika pondered about Nithya’s remark on Mumtaz. “Mumtaz never liked Nithya. It was always a cat and mouse fight between them in the kitchen. But on her eviction day, she was shedding tears. How genuine her tears can be?” asked Riythvika who is known for her level-headed nature in the house. Vijayalakshmi, Sendrayan, Janani, Aishwarya, and Mumtaz nominated for eviction  [caption id=“attachment_5129551” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  Yashika and Aishwarya in a still from the episode. Screenshot from Hotstar[/caption] In this week’s open nomination, the contestants had to take three inmates they wish to nominate into the activity area, which had an interrogation table set up. As they put forth their reason for nominating, the nominees can defend themselves which might save one of the three from being nominated. Vijayalakshmi, Sendrayan, Janani, Aishwarya, and Mumtaz are nominated for this week. When Vijayalakshmi mentioned that Aishwarya has no individuality and would not have made to this extent without Yashika, it spurred a war of words. She locked herself in the smoking room and cried her heart out while Yashika did her best to get her back on heels. Yashika and Aishwarya who already had plans about using the captain’s superpower to save someone from eviction were disappointed as there was no mention about the same this week. What’s the pulse of the audience? A short clip of audience responses of the show and the contestants was aired to the housemates that bolstered their confidence. Unlike the social media platforms loaded with hateful messages and memes, this video was profoundly soothing. This video came as a relief for Aishwarya who was always concerned about her image outside. Aishwarya and Sendrayan brimmed with joy after they heard something in favor. It was Balaji who reminded Sendrayan that all these feedbacks are a drop in the ocean. Aishwarya lies to save herself The contestants were given tasks through calls that will save them from next week’s direct nomination; a phone booth was set up in the garden area for the purpose. Aishwarya who first picked the call was asked to convince Sendrayan to color his hair red to get herself saved. But she lied to him that he will be saved and told Yashika that this is her strategy and she will do any task given to her. Except for the naive Sendrayan, everyone could easily sense her lying. When the inmates felt his naivety had been used, it sparked off a ruckus in the house, but Aishwarya chose not to reveal the truth. Aishwarya and Vijayalakshmi didn’t get along well after the dispute, and the former even ignored her buddy Yashika for rubbing shoulders with the latter. The tough gets tougher Janani was given the task to convince Balaji to tonsure his head to save her from direct nomination. Balaji after quite a thought agreed to shave his head quoting, “I would do this for Poshika, and you are no different from my daughter.” A squeamish Riythvika who fears needles had to tattoo Bigg Boss’s eye in a visible area of her body to save Vijayalakshmi. Riythvika agreed to challenge her fear of needles and got inked. Mumtaz had to convince Vijayalakshmi to take a dip in cow dung filled bathtub. Mumtaz didn’t persuade her much but asked her to do only if she wishes to. Aishwarya had to get a bob cut to save Sendrayan from direct nomination. After racking her brain for quite some time, Aishwarya agreed to go for it.