Bigg Boss 14's winner is Rubina Dilaik 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.
Over three hours long and working hard to launch the forthcoming shows on Colours, the show often got monotonous for the dedicated followers. However, it did have its moments. From the moment Jasmin Bhasin welcomed Salman Khan on the stage to when Rubina Dilaik was crowned as the new winner, we bring you the 12 moments that were memorable.
See 12 top moments from Bigg Boss 14 finale here
Mayaur Verma tweeted, "I've worked with her and we'd share screen together, Well Deserved @RubiDilaik Heartiest Congratulations Partying face #RubinaDilaik HISTORIC WINNER RUBINA."
Rubina Dilaik on her win being termed 'predictable' | Bigg Boss 14 winner Rubina Dilaik opened up about people calling her win ‘predictable’, displaying her vulnerability and her equation with host Salman Khan. The Shakti actor beat Rahul Vaidya to take home the trophy. Post her big win, Rubina, in an exclusive conversation with indianexpress.com, spoke about her Bigg Boss 14 journey, what led to her victory and Salman Khan’s harsh words to her during the Weekend Ka Vaar.
Click here to read Bigg Boss 14 winner Rubina's full interview.
Rubina Dilaik's husband Abhinav Shukla thanked Rahul Mahajan for his support. Abhinav tweeted, "@TheRahulMahajan a big thankyou ! For you know what !!!"
Munmun Dutta shared via Twitter, "Well deserved win by #RubinaDilaik . Well played #RahulVaidya , #NikkiTamboli and #AlyGoni . #BiggBoss14Finale."
Vikaas Kalantri tweeted, "And the winner is @RubiDilaik congratulations #rubinadilaik #biggboss14 #biggbossfinale - well deserved."
Arshi Khan posted, "#RahulVaidya you also played absolutely awsome . winner koi ek hi ban sakta tha .. people loves you .. @rahulvaidya23."
As Rubina Dilaik won the trophy, ‘Proud of you Rahul Vaidya’ was among the top trends in India. The singer emerged as the first runner-up on the show, with Salman pointing out how it was a closely fought finale.
Arshi Khan shared on Twitter, "Congratulations @RubiDilaik for winning #BB14 . You owe this trophy. So finally we got our winner after waiting for so long . Bahut bahut badhai ho dil se. Very happy for you. Now it's time to party."
Sidharth Shukla posted on his Twitter account, "Congratulations @RubiDilaik for winning BB 14 ... well played."
Rashami Desai tweeted, "Finally the time has come heartiest congratulations @RubiDilaik well earned success. You’ve emerged victorious in this season of #bb14 @ashukla09 congratulations once again #RD #RubinaDilaik #rubinav."
Hina Khan took to Twitter to congratulate the new Bigg Boss winner, "Ruby Ruby Rubiiiiiinaaaaaa Super proud hai Team Hiiiiiinnnnaaaaa Congratulations Love @RubiDilaik."
Andy Kumar tweeted, "Congratulations @RubiDilaik you’re the most deserving Winner! I’m so delighted for you! #BiggBoss #BiggBoss14Finale #Biggboss14 #RubinaDilaik."
Rubina Dilaik shared her first photo with the Bigg Boss 14's winner trophy.
Rubina Dilaik wrote on her Instagram account, "Thank you ? ??Sir @beingsalmankhan for all the patience and your wonderful support ????????????????????????????????????."
"Thank you abundantly ???," wrote Bigg Bioss 14's winner with a video message for her fans post her winning moment.
And the winner is Rubina Dilaik. The Shakti actor gets the winner's trophy along with a cash prize of Rs 34 lakh.
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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.
Also read | Bigg Boss 14: Nikki Tamboli evicted, Rahul and Rubina are finalists
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.
Bollywood actor-dancer Nora Fatehi performs on her popular dance numbers including "Chhor Denge", "Saki Saki", "Garmi" and others.
After being evicted from the show, Aly Goni says he wants his friend Rahul Vaidya to win. He feels Nikki Tamboli is the least deserving.
The finalist who has got the least number of votes is Aly Goni. Now the fight for the trophy continues among Nikki, Rahul and Rubina.
Also read | Bigg Boss 14: Aly Goni evicted with least votes, race for trophy continues between Rahul Vaidya and Rubina Dilaik
Rubina Dilaik says she regrets throwing water on Rakhi Sawant when she disrespected her husband Abhinav Shukla.
Rahul Vaidya regrets accusing Jaan Kaam Sanu of nepotism and says he didn't know Jaan's parents separated a long time back.
Nikki Tamboli says she was arrogant with a few contestants, particularly with Eijaz Khan and Jaan Kumar Sanu. But she regrets that and she should not have misbehaved with her friends.
Aly Goni feels he didn't do anything which he thinks he should not have done.
Rakhi Sawant says Nikki Tamboli won't win the finale and according to her, it is Rubina Dilaik who will lift the trophy.
Rakhi Sawant takes home Rs 14 lakh and leaves the finale of the show.
Also read | Bigg Boss 14 finale: Rakhi Sawant exits with Rs 14 lakh, fight between Aly, Nikki, Rubina and Rahul
Riteish Deshmukh indulges in a conversation with the five finalists. He asks Nikki why she didn't give Rakhi her makeup. He also inquired Rahul Vaidya about his relationship with Rakhi Sawant. Later, Riteish offers the finalists to take home Rs 14 lakh and leave the finale. He gives them 10 seconds to decide and whoever presses the buzzer first, will take home the cash prize.
Salman Khan tells Rakhi Sawant since she has been missing her husband Riteish a lot, the makers have decided to send him inside the house. However, it is soon revealed it is actor Riteish Deshmukh who has entered the house. The housemates burst into laughter on finding the actor inside the house.
Before Rakhi Sawant performs, Salman Khan introduces her as one contestant who brought entertainment to Bigg Boss 14. Rakhi dances on the song "Pardesiya" and soon transforms into her character of 'Julie'. During her stint on the show, Rakhi pretended to be Julie whose spirit has been living in the Bigg Boss house for over 200 years
Rahul Vaidya says he learnt how to be careful of what he says and how his words can impact someone. Rubina says she got to live an "incredible journey" on Bigg Boss and she expected herself to be in the finale of the show.
Madhuri Dixit introduces the five finalists. She says that people thought Rubina will already have a strong fanbase but that was not the case. She too had to struggle hard to make a place for herself in the hearts of the audience. Madhuri praised Aly Goni for his friendship with Jasmin Bhasin, his relationship with Rubina and his friendship with Rahul Vaidya.
Rahul got praised for showing different shades of his personality. Rakhi Sawant impressed Madhuri with her entertaining personality. Madhuri also praised Nikki Tamboli for her winning spirit and her intriguing journey on the show.
Salman Khan informs the finalists that the baton of Bigg Boss will be passed on to the dance reality show Dance Deewane which will have Madhuri Dixit as one of the judges. Salman connects with Madhuri through a video call and asks her about her excitement for Dance Deewane. Madhuri says the one thing that is common between Dance Deewane and Bigg Boss is the dream with which the contestants come to the show.
For the last time, the finalists Rahul Vaidya, Rakhi Sawant, Rubina Dilaik, Nikki Tamboli and Aly Goni get to hear from Bigg Boss. He appreciates them for their journey on the show. He also thank them for making this season of Bigg Boss a success.
Salman Khan takes the audience down memory lane when some new words like "takabbur", "nalla", "rampanting" and others were introduced by Arshi Khan, Nikki Tamboli, Rahul Vaidya, Rubina Dilaik and Abhinav Shukla on Bigg Boss 14.
Salman Khan teases Abhinav Shukla for his 'friendship' with Rakhi Sawant. In response, Shukla says, he can only fold his hands in response to whatever Rakhi did during her stay inside the Bigg Boss house.
Salman Khan takes a dig at Rubina Dilaik for mentioning the word 'content' on various occasions. He also shows all the instances when the makers of the show were brought up by the contestants during their conversations.
Salman Khan informs the audience that there will be live voting during the finale. The fans of the finalists will once again get a chance to vote for their favourite contestant.
Jasmin Bhasin welcomes Salman Khan on the stage and the two dance on the song "Aaj Ki Party". The audience also get to see a glimpse of the winner's trophy.
Photos of Aly Goni and Jasmin Bhasin as they dance to a romantic number are out. The two will be reunited in Bigg Boss 14 grand finale.
Dharmendra will join Salman Khan during Bigg Boss 14 grand finale and shares some amazing anecdotes. Dance Deewane's judges Madhuri Dixit, Dharmesh Yelande and Tushar Kalia will also be a part of the episode.
Nakuul Mehta recently tweeted, "My buddy @disha11parmar has a real shot at being the Missus to the winner of #BigBoss14. I mean she is going to be Missus irrespective but your vote might also mean a shot at being invited to their wedding (Not promised by her). Vote for @rahulvaidya23."
Rubina Dilaik and Rakhi Sawant to add entertainment ka tadka.
Bigg Boss 14's grand finale is set to start soon. Rakhi Sawant, Rahul Vaidya, Aly Goni, Rubina Dilaik and Nikki Tamboli are in the fray.
In a recent episode, we saw how Rubina Dilaik recalled her past and even taught a regional dance of other finalists.