A journey that started off with 18 distinct personalities living together under a single roof, today draws to a close with the top 4 of the contestants who braved every challenge in the past 3 months and survived - Shilpa Shinde, Vikas Gupta, Hina Khan and Puneesh Sharma. As Bigg Boss 11 reaches its conclusion, we speak to two ex Bigg Boss contestants Suyyash Rai and Kishwer Merchantt on their favourite contestant. We ask them who they are rooting for. It doesn’t end there. They even tell us who they think has been the most entertaining, jhagdalu, nautanki, bechari/a in the Bigg Boss 11 house. Here’s what they have to say.
Shilpa Shinde has won the hearts of the audience by entertaining them in her various avatars - sometimes by pulling Vikas Gupta’s leg and sometimes by making great friends. Sometimes she was the ‘maa’ in the house and sometimes she showed others how mean she can be with her competitive streak while performing the tasks at hand. And one thing no one can doubt or debate about is her cooking acumen.
Vikas Gupta meanwhile came in and showed viewers how this game needs to be played- not by screaming, shouting and or being dramatic but with one’s brains. His strategies in every task were on point. His prediction for elimination was almost always correct. Audience were in awww of him because of his understanding of the game.
Hina Khan who came into the Bigg Boss with an image of the sanskari bahu showed us her sass. She proved to be the tough girl and gave her whole heart and soul while performing tasks. It was in Bigg Boss that she confessed her love for her boyfriend. People loved her different shades - her competitiveness to her affable friendliness.
Puneesh Sharma is the only common man among the celebrities, left in the house. He garnered a lot of attention when he and Bandagi became a couple in the house. The twosome brought in a refreshing change from the regular dose of prosaic drama offered by the contestants and their shenanigans. But I don’t think Puneesh stands much of a chance of making it here. What do you think?
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