Rubina Dilaik won a cash prize of Rs 34 lakh. Bigg Boss 14 grand finale was a three-hour long affair as the Salman Khan-hosted show’s arduously long journey came to an end on Sunday night. Actor Rubina Dilaik emerged as the winner of the reality show while singer Rahul Vaidya took the second spot. There were five finalists vying for the trophy — Aly Goni, Rakhi Sawant and Nikki Tamboli, besides Rahul and Rubina. The finale also saw a host of performances by Salman Khan, Nora Fatehi, and the five finalists, among others.
Like every season, Bigg Boss 14 began with much fanfare in October 2020. But this time, the stakes were higher for the creative team and the contestants. After all, Bigg Boss 14 was coming at a time the country was under the coronavirus-induced lockdown and the avenues of entertainment and recreation were limited to mobile phones and TV sets.
As boredom and loneliness caught up with people, they only became hungry for content that could add drama and fun to their living every day. What better than a show that has several strangers living under one roof and navigating rifts and emotional upheavals to emerge victorious? At a time when people couldn’t step out to meet close ones, it would have been oddly satisfying to indulge in voyeurism and see celebrities interact with one another in good, bad and ugly ways on national television.
But Bigg Boss 14 failed to live up to any such expectation. Neither was the bunch of contestants interesting, nor did the creative team innovate to allow the participants to show different sides of their personalities. Bigg Boss 14 was hence stuck with low TRPs and an audience that didn’t care if the show ran any longer.
It was when Bigg Boss team got challengers on board in December that the game got some life and audience. With the entry of entertainers and manipulators like Rakhi Sawant, Arshi Khan and Vikas Gupta, Bigg Boss seemed as if it got its mojo back. The show since revolved around the challengers, to an extent that Rakhi Sawant soon became the only talking point on the show, with even tasks designed around her. She is now one of the finalists and favourite to win for many.
And the winner is Rubina Dilaik. The Shakti actor gets the winner's trophy along with a cash prize of Rs 34 lakh.
Salman Khan holds Rubina and Rahul's hand. He teases them as they get anxious to hear the name of the winner.
Rubina Dilaik and Rahul Vaidya join Salman Khan on the stage. Salman says both of them have equal chances to win.
Rubina Dilaik and Rahul Vaidya are out of the Bigg Boss house and both the finalists give an energetic performance.
Nikki Tamboli ends up as the second runner up of Bigg Boss 14. Now, the competition is between Rahul Vaidya and Rubina Dilaik.
Salman Khan joined the actors of Colors' shows and danced on his popular songs from the movie Salam-E-Ishq. During an interaction with them, the actor also revealed he will be back soon with another season of the show.
Actors from shows like Barrister Babu, Namak Issk Ka, Shakti, Choti Sarrdaarni and Molkki welcome the members of two new shows on Colors named Udaarian and Bawara Dil. All the actors dance on popular Bollywood numbers.
Rahul Vaidya and Aly Goni celebrate their friendship by performing on some superhit dance numbers. Nikki Tamboli joined the two friends in the performance.
On Salman Khan's request, Dharmendra recreated an iconic scene from his classic hit Sholay, While he reprised his role of Veeru, Rakhi Sawant played the role of Basanti and Salman Khan became Gabbar Singh.
Dharmendra becomes the 'love guru'. Jasmin asks Dharmendra to make Aly say something after which no girl would flirt with the actor. Salman Khan tells Jasmin this goes against his principle and they won't teach any such thing to Aly. Dharmendra also gives love advise to Rubina and Abhinav.
Lovebirds Aly Goni and Jasmin Bhasin perform on the title track of Janhvi Kapoor-Ishaan Khatter starrer Dhadak. They also dance on "Zara Zara" and look lovely together.
"I wish you all something great from here", Dharmendra told all the contestants of Bigg Boss 14. Salman introduced Dharmendra to three finalists Rubina, Rahul and Nikki.
Later, during a conversation with Salman, Dharmendra shared he became an actor, not for money or fame, but he became an actor after seeing how much love Dilip Kumar got from his fans.
Dharmendra enters the finale of Bigg Boss 14 dancing on "Yamla pagla deewana". Salman Khan dances along with the veteran actor.
Tushar and Dharmesh introduce another contestant Jamna Dathia of Dance Deewane. Salman Khan cheers for her as she performs on the stage of Bigg Boss 14.
Salman Khan invites all the former contestants and the supporters of the finalists to dance with him and Dance Deewane contestant Sohail.
A contestant from Dance Deewane dances on the title track of Sultan and leaves everyone stunned with his brilliant performance.
Dance Deewane judges Dharmesh Yelande and Tushar Kalia enter the finale of Bigg Boss 14. Tushar invites Sonali Phogat for a dance and they dance together on "Tip Tip Barsa Paani". Sonali also makes Salman join them in the performance.
Nora Fatehi asks Salman Khan to do all her hook steps with her. Salman leaves the audience in splits with his hilarious attempt at dancing.
Nora Fatehi dances with former Bigg Boss contestant Sonali Phogat on the song "Mashallah" from the movie Ek Tha Tiger. They are soon joined by Salman Khan.
After Nikki Tamboli says that she has proved everyone wrong who thought she cannot win Bigg Boss 14, Salman tells her to be grateful for all the love she has received from her fans. She also says Aly Goni and Rakhi Sawant also deserved to win the show.