Malayalee House  Malayalee House was an Indian Malayalam-language reality TV show which aired on Surya TV. It was a South Indian Malayalam rip-off of "Big Brother". The first season started airing on 5 May 2013, and ended on 30 August 2013. Revathi was the host for the show. Rahul Easwar was declared the winner of the first season, followed by Sindhu Joy as first runner up and Thinkal Bhal second runner up. "Malayalee House" is a reality show based on the original Dutch "Big Brother" format developed by John de Mol. A number of contestants (known as "residents") live in a purpose-built house and are isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, residents nominate one among them for eviction, and the resident who receives the most nominations has to leave the house. The residents in Malayalee House are famous personalities in their respective fields. All the rooms in Malayalee House are locked in the beginning of the show. A room will be opened when a contestant gets evicted. The room to be opened after an eviction will be decided by the contestants through voting. The Malayalee House is built exclusively for the show at a film studio in Hyderabad owned by actor Nagarjuna. The house is traditional, well-furnished and equipped, but all the rooms remain closed in the beginning of the show. The open area at the center of the house (Nadumuttam) is the center place for all house activities. There is a kitchen, prayer room, and several bedrooms in the house. The house has no TV connection, no phones, and no Internet connection or even clocks. Residents are overseen by 30 close circuit cameras 24/7. The house is installed with LCD displays/speakers through which instructions are given to the contestants. The cameras are hidden behind mirrors. The contestants have named all the cameras and the main camera is called "Kanthaari". The show consists of 16 'residents' who live together with the main intention of creating a show out of the space and time provided to them. The lack of hard and fast rules facilitate an atmosphere of anarchy to make the show interesting to watch. The residents must evict the most unlikeable participant, from the option given to them by the Anchor, based on the rules set (these are done by moderators inter-alia considering the ratings and the response from viewers). Each contestant is compelled to pull others legs to survive.