Bigg Boss Tamil 10 has its first real casualty inside the house. Actor Black Pandi walked out on health grounds, according to sources close to the show quoted by Vikatan, just days after the season began on the 6th with 19 contestants.

That makes him the second contestant to leave the show altogether, but the first to do it from inside the house itself. Serial actress Shabnam was eliminated on stage during the launch episode, before she ever got a chance to enter. Pandi actually made it in, took over kitchen duty solo for a stretch, and copped some criticism online for not showing much game early on. Then he was gone, almost as fast as he'd arrived. The house now runs with 18 contestants.

Vikatan reports there's already chatter that Pandi could return through a wild card slot, the same route being floated for actress Anandhi and a few others who were expected to enter on day one but didn't make the cut in time. Nothing's confirmed. It's speculation doing the rounds in circles close to the show, not an announcement.

Three In The Line Of Fire

While all that's playing out, the house has its first proper nomination drama. Shathika's nomination pick has put Muniyammal, Thanya Balat and Shanthini Tamilarasan in the eviction danger zone for week one.

Filmibeat Tamil reports fan sentiment is already tilting. Muniyammal, who came in through the Bigg Boss Common Man route, is being read as unlikely to go this early, with viewers expecting her to pull decent public support. Shanthini Tamilarasan is getting a similar read, on the strength of an existing fan base from her acting work.

That leaves Thanya Balat, the actress known for her resort-drama television work, as the one Filmibeat's sources tip as most likely to be shown the door in the season's first exit vote.

None of this is locked in. Bigg Boss nominations have a habit of turning on last-minute alliances, and a week is a long time inside that house. Friendships form fast, strategies shift faster, and the audience vote is the only number that actually counts.

What's clear is that the season, barely a few days old, has already produced more churn than fans expected. An eviction from the stage before anyone even got inside, a mid-house exit over health, and now a three-way nomination fight. For a season that some viewers online were mocking for its shaky launch format, week one is shaping up to be anything but quiet.

The eviction result is due this week on Vijay TV. Whether Black Pandi gets a wild card door back into the house remains the open question nobody connected to the show is answering yet.