Bigg Boss 14 Finale: Girl Power Shines Through With Majority Women Finalists

Bigg Boss 14 finale: After yet another riveting season that kept audiences hooked for the entirety of its 140 days, reality show Bigg Boss will conclude its fourteenth season on Sunday, with a winner chosen from its top five contenders. Fan favourites Rubina Dilaik, Aly Goni, Rahul Vaidya, Rakhi Sawant and Nikki Tamboli have emerged as finalists this year.

With three out of four finalists being women, girl power seems to be appearing strong before the finale. Bigg Boss 14, like other seasons, saw a fair share of romance, heartbreaks, heated fights and scheme plotting. While Dilaik and her husband Abhinav Shukla bared their complicated marriage for all to see, Goni and Jasmin Bhasin's love story ran a parallel track enjoyed by fans.

Through rounds of evictions and Salman Khan's grilling sessions, the top finalists have survived till the Bigg Boss 14 finale as viewers wait with bated breath for the winner to be announced on February 21.

Ahead of the Bigg Boss 14 finale, a look at the women who made it to the top:

1. Rubina Dilaik 

Known in the television world for her role in Choti Bahu, Dilaik earned praise across the board for her performance on Bigg Boss 14. Through the season, she brought up controversial topics and talked about them with utter strength, which made her stand out. Recently, actor Bipasha Basu backed her, calling her “one hell of a strong girl” and cheering for her win.

Dilaik and Shukla were the only married couple this season on the show. The two brought their love but also a baggage of complex issues between them to the Bigg Boss house. There was said to be a communication problem between them which often caused clashes. Dilaik, however, dared to stand up to Khan when he made remarks about Shukla. And Shukla, in turn, backed his wife's win after his own elimination.

2. Rakhi Sawant 

Sawant is renowned in the industry for her work in Bollywood dance numbers and her candid social media presence. She retained that mix of glamour and humour up on the reality show, which often worked into her scheme of charting upwards toward the finale.

Bigg Boss 14 finale: The women who stayed, played and topped

Her entertaining antics inside the house aside, Sawant's romantic liaisons were among the highlights of her journey that has kept fans intrigued till the end. Days into her entry on the show, she admitted a unique relationship with Shukla, casually flirting with him despite Dilaik's presence. She also dropped hints of a "mystery" husband named Ritesh. Honest or not, she alone knows.

3. Nikki Tamboli 

Tamboli, an actor, earned praise not just from viewers but also from 'Toofani seniors' like Gauahar Khan and Hina Khan (ex-Bigg Boss contestants) who hailed her performance on the show. She was the first finalist this season, selected by friend Dilaik.

Her honest, no-pretense stay was key in her status as a fan favourite, so much so that her eviction mid-show was so unfavourable that the makers got her back into the house. Tamboli's love-hate relationship with Jaan Kumar Sanu, singer Kumar Sanu's son, also kept viewers glued (and fascinated).