Know about Bigg Boss winners and their prize money
The most-awaited night of Indian television is here. Today, fans and followers will wait with bated breath for Salman Khan to announce the winner of Bigg Boss season 12. Along with the winner's trophy, any one of the finalists will be lucky enough to walk away with prize money of Rs 50 lakh. The reality show which began with the tussle between jodi (commoners) and singles (celebrities) witnessed a lot of drama before reaching the finale. So, who will bag the trophy? Dipika Kakar, Sreesanth, Romil Chaudhary, Deepak Thakur or Karanvir Bohra? Winner will be announced on the basis of audience's votes. So while you wait for the season 12 winner, until then, have a look at previous winners.
BIGG BOSS 1
Rahul Roy, the actor who shot to fame with Aashiqui emerged victorious in the first season. Defeating model Carol Gracias, he took home the prize money of Rs 1 crore. The first season was hosted by Arshad Warsi.
BIGG BOSS 2
Roadies fame Ashutosh Kaushik won the second season of Bigg Boss. The season was hosted by Shilpa Shetty but soon Arshad Warsi took over. Kaushik not only bagged the prize money of Rs 1 crore but also went on to work in several films such as Zila Ghaziabad, Shortcut Romeo and Kismat Love Paisa Dilli.
BIGG BOSS 3
Season 3 of Bigg Boss was hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. The winner of this season was Vindu Dara Singh. He not only got Rs 1 crore but also a luxury car. Singh was seen in movies like Son of Sardaar, Jatt James, Non Veg, Pranam Valekum, Khanna Patel and Famous Ho Gaya.
BIGG BOSS 4
It was season 4 when Salman Khan started hosting the show and since then, he has been the driving factor of this reality show. TV actress Shweta Tiwari became the winner of this season and bagged Rs 1 crore. The Great Khali was the first runner-up of the fourth season.
BIGG BOSS 5
The fifth season of Bigg Boss was won by Kumkum — Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan fame Juhi Parmar. Actress Mahek Chahal was the first runner-up of the reality show. The season saw two hosts- Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan.
BIGG BOSS 6
Bigg Boss 6 was won by one of the most iconic vamps of Indian television, Komolika. Yes, we are talking about Urvashi Dholakia, who shot to fame with Star Plus show Kasautii Zindagii Kay. She won the prize money of Rs 50 lakh.
BIGG BOSS 7
Beautiful Gauahar Khan won the seventh season of Bigg Boss. Her relationship with Kushal Tandon made a lot of noise during the season, later, the couple called it quits. Khan went on to work in movies like Fever in 2016 and Begum Jaan in 2017.
BIGG BOSS 8
Gautam Gulati, who was then playing a vital role in Star Plus show Diya Aur Baati Hum left the show midway to participate in Bigg Boss. He took a risk and it paid off. He went on to become winner of the show. He also bagged roles in movies such as Azhar and Behen Hogi Teri.
BIGG BOSS 9
Prince Narula was the winner of the ninth season of Bigg Boss. He also found love of his life, Yuvika Chaudhary in the show. Reportedly, he won Rs 35 lakh as prize money. Later on, he went on to feature in daily soaps such as Badho Bahu and Naagin 3.
BIGG BOSS 10
It was for the first time that a commoner won the reality show. Manveer Gurjar from Noida left behind several celebrities to win the cash prize of Rs 40 lakh. Later, he also participated in Khatron Ke Khiladi 8.
BIGG BOSS 11
Shilpa Shinde aka Angoori bhabhi won the 11th season of the controversial reality show. She took home prize money of Rs 44 lakh. First runner-up of the show was Hina Khan, followed by Vikas Gupta.
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