Shweta Tiwari Wins Bigg Boss 4 Title

                                                                                

Popular TV actress Shweta Tiwari Saturday (January 8) walked away with the crown of 'Bigg Boss 4' and the prize money of Rs.1 crore at a grand finale in Lonavala after her dignified and balanced behaviour for 14 weeks in the house. She is the first woman to win the show.

Masala.com readers had predicted in our online poll that Shweta would win, with almost 60 per cent of our readers voting in her favour.

An overwhelmed and emotional Shweta burst into tears after seeing her daughter Palak and mother when she came on to the stage.

"I have won because of your love. I am very happy," she said to the audience after being announced the winner.

Shweta said earlier that she would be spending her prize money on the education and future of her daughter. 

Earlier three seasons of the show were won by actor Rahul Roy, reality show winner Ashutosh Kaushik and Vindu Dara Singh, respectively.

The actress, once regarded as small screen's favourite bahu after she gained fame with 'Kasautii Zindagii Kay', pipped finalists WWE wrestler The Great Khali, actor Ashmit Patel and Dolly Bindra who is infamous for her bizarre behavior, to win the reality show.

Though the decision was based on viewers' votes, Shweta's inmates like Sameer Soni, Manoj Tiwari and Aanchal Kumar felt she was most deserving owing to her patience in dealing with the verbal fights with loud mouthed co-participant Dolly, who walked away as the third runner up.

Khali was declared the first runner up, Ashmit the second runner-up and Dolly the third runner-up.

When he was asked by Salman how he felt, Ashmit replied, "I was prepared to be out of the house but it still feels bad that it happened." He added that he had always listened to his heart while in the Bigg Boss house, and so had no regrets.

Dolly Bindra said that she felt fine, and that she had started to control her temper, she just couldn't still control her volume. At the end she also accused Khali of having double standards, just like Manoj Tiwari earlier. When asked by Salman, Dolly also predicted that Shweta Tiwari would win.

Celebrity astrologer Bejan Daruwalla, who came on the show, had predicted that either Shweta or Dolly will win.

All three runners-up took home a bike each, while actor-model Sameer Soni received a Chevrolet Cruze as a special prize for being the boldest and most stylish participant of this season.

The grand finale saw performances by Sara Khan, Veena Malik, Aanchal Kumar and Manoj Tiwari. The star host, Salman Khan too regaled the audience with his energetic dance.

'Bigg Boss 4' started with 14 contestants, and had two wild card entries in subsequent weeks, with a three-day guest appearance by Hollywood actress Pamela Anderson.