The highly anticipated television reality show, Survivor Tamil has kickstarted in style. The first episode of Survivor Tamil was premiered last night (September 12) on Zee Tamil channel and it looks like an exciting show awaits the Tamil audience. The show will be hosted by Action King Arjun who is said to have already impressed the audience with his anchoring skills. His energy is surely going to be one of the major strengths of the show. The first episode of Survivor Tamil gave the audience a glimpse of how the show is going to progress for the next few weeks. Arjun explained the concept of the show, giving a brief on how the contestants have to perform their tasks to survive in the game. Through the show, the final confirmed 16 contestants of the show has been revealed and they are:

1. Vikranth (Actor)
2. Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli (Actor - Karnan fame)
3. Nandha (Actor)
4. Saran Shakthi (Actor)
5. Indraja Sankar (Actor - Bigil fame / Robo Shankar's daughter)
6. Vijayalakshmi (Actor)
7. Gayathri Reddy (Actor - Bigil fame)
8. Lady Kash (Singer-Rapper)
9. Ram C (Actor)
10. Amzath Khan (Actor)
11. Besant Ravi (Actor - Stunt Choreographer)
12. Srushti Dange (Actor)
13. Lucky Narayan (Actor)
14. VJ Parvathy (Actor & VJ - Galatta Tamil)
15. Umapathy Ramaiah (Actor - Thambi Ramaiah's Son)
16. Aishwarya (Sportswoman)

The 16 contestants have been divided into two different teams and the teams are named Kaadargal and Vedargal. The tasks will be starting from today's (Sept 13) episode and the next 90 days promises to be high on entertainment. Survivor Tamil will be aired between 9.30 PM and 10.30 PM on Zee Tamil channel daily and the fans can also watch the episodes on Zee 5 streaming platform. Survivor Tamil will come to an end by the mid of December. Looking at the initial reception to the first episode of Survivor Tamil, one can confidently say that Bigg Boss Tamil has a solid competition this time.