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Salman Khan breaks Bigg Boss ‘rule’ while announcing Season 18 winner; fan theories fall flat for Karan Veer Mehra
Salman Khan announced Karan Veer Mehra as the winner of Bigg Boss 18, awarding him ₹50 lakh. Fans expected Vivian Dsena to win the season due to an unwritten ‘rule’, which Khan broke.
On January 19, Salman Khan declared the winner of Bigg Boss 18. Karan Veer Mehra and Vivian Dsena were the top 2 contenders of the show. It was Karan Veer who secured the glory, lifted the trophy and took home ₹50 lakh.
However, while announcing the Bigg Boss 18 winner, Salman Khan broke an unwritten “rule” of the reality show. Well, to be honest, there is no such rule. But Bigg Boss fans know that there’s a certain “left-side” rule for declaring the winner.
Much to the fan's disappointment, the person standing on the Bollywood actor’s left side who turns out to be the winner did not turn out to be the winner this season, as was an unsaid tradition in the past.
Salman Khan that been following this “rule” since the last two seasons. Munawar Faruqui in Season 17 and MC Stan in Season 16 stood on the left side of Khan. Even Rubina Dilaik in Season 14 was on his left.
Before that, Sidharth Shukla in Season 13, Manveer Gurjar in Season 10, Gauahar Khan in Season 7, Juhi Parmar in Season 5 and Shweta Tiwari in Season 4 also stood on Khan’s left side. Gautam Gulati was on host Farah Khan’s left side when he won Bigg Boss Halla Bol.
Many Bigg Boss fans had this rule in their mind and assumed Vivian Dsena would win the Season 18 trophy as he stood on Salman’s left side. However, Khan lifted Karan Veer Mehra’s hand.
When Salman Khan followed the right-side rule
The last time Khan chose the person to his right was when TV actor Tejasswi Prakash won the show in Season 15. Even Dipika Kakar in Season 12, Shilpa Shinde in Season 11, Prince Narula in Season 9, Urvashi Dholakia in Season 6, Vindu Dara Singh in Season 3 and Ashutosh Kaushik in Season 2 stood on the right side of the host.
In Season 1, Rahul Roy was announced the winner the moment he went outside the Bigg Boss house and met host Arshad Warsi.
The unpredictability of the reality show makes it more interesting. Following or not following the left-side rule makes it even more intriguing.
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First Published:20 Jan 2025, 10:26 AM IST
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