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Bigg Boss 5 Telugu Grand Finale: VJ Sunny Declared Winner, Shanmukh Emerges As First Runner Up!
Bigg Boss Telugu's fifth season comes to an end. Journalist-turned-actor VJ Sunny has been declared the ultimate winner of the popular reality show. YouTuber Shanmukh Jaswanth is the first runner up of the show, while singer Sreerama Chandra has emerged as the second runner-up. On the other hand, Sai Maanas and Siri Hanmanth are the third and fourth runner up respectively of Bigg Boss 5 Telugu.
The reality show hosted by Nagarjuna Akkineni premiered on September 5 with 19 contestants. Apart from these finalists, Sarayu, Umadevi, Lahari, Nataraj, Hamida, Swetha, Priya, Lobo, Vishwa, Jaswanth, Anee, Ravi, Priyanka and RJ Kajal were also a part of BB Telugu 5. The grand finale featured celebrities including Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, Ayan Mukherji, Rajamouli, Rashmika Mandanna, Nani, Sai Pallavi, Krithi Shetty, Naga Chaitanya, Sukumar, Jagapathi Babu, Naveen Chandra and Devi Sri Prasad, who entertained the audiences with their interactions with the 5 finalists, ex-contestants and the host.
Highlights of Bigg Boss Telugu 5 finale Is Here!
10:49 PM: Nagarjuna winds up Bigg Boss Telugu 5 announcing that the new season will begin in two months.
10: 47 PM: Sunny dedicates the trophy to his mother Kalavathi.
10:32 PM: VJ Sunny has emerged as the ultimate winner of Bigg Boss Telugu 5. Nagarjuna presented the coveted trophy and cash prize of Rs 50 lakh to the winner. He also received a 300 square yards plot and a bike from the sponsors of the show. Shanmukh Jaswanth was declared the first runner up.
10:16 PM: Nagarjuna enters the Bigg Boss Telugu 5 house to bring the last two finalists- Sunny and Shanmukh to the stage.
09:52 PM: Actress Faria Abdullah enters the house to evict one among the top 2 finalists. Turns out, it was a prank!
09:42 PM: Sreerama Chandra is the second runner-up of Bigg Boss 5 Telugu. Says, his journey in the show was a roller coaster ride.
09:32 PM: The Love Story actor enters the house with a golden briefcase consisting of a whopping amount, triple than what was offered by Nani. The contestants yet again declined the offer.
09:19 PM: Chaitanya plays a special video featuring the journey of host Nagarjuna Akkineni in the show.
09:16 PM: Nagarjuna welcomes actor and Vivo Pro Kabaddi League brand ambassador Naga Chaitanya to the stage. He announces the launch of Kabaddi League.
09:09 PM: Gamanam actress Shriya Saran sets the stage on fire with her electrifying dance performance.
09:01 PM: Maanas says he had a wonderful journey in the house. Adds that his good friend Sunny has got the fire to become the winner of the show's fifth season.
08:55 PM: Maanas Nagulapalli is out of the final race, becomes the third runner up of Bigg Boss Telugu 5.
08:50 PM: Sai Pallavi, Krithi and Nani enter the house to help Nagarjuna in the elimination process. Nani comes in with a silver box full of cash to tempt the four finalists. However, the contestants decide to go with the verdict of the audience.
08: 46 PM: Nagarjuna welcomes Shyam Singha Roy actors Nani, Sai Pallavi and Krithi Shetty onto the stage. Nani, who has been the host for the show's second season shares that it is a double reunion for him, as he makes a comeback to the same stage for the second time and meets his Deva (Nagarjuna's character in Devadas, which also featured the Natural Star). Notably, Shyam Singha Roy is releasing in cinemas on December 24.
08:26 PM: Singers Harika Narayan, Sahithi Chaganti, Rajalakshmi Senthiganesh, Rahul Sipligunj (also Bigg Boss Telugu 3 winner) and others entertain the audience with a medley of their newly released tracks.
08:18 PM: Siri says she is an emotional person and gets easily attached to people who express their love. The actress also adds that she didn't expect she would become one of the finalists of the show. Also, she thanks the audience for their support and for bearing with her for 15 weeks.
08:05 PM: Siri becomes the fourth runner up of Bigg Boss Telugu 5.
07:59 PM: Rashmika and Devi Sri Prasad enter the house to evict one of the finalists. The duo play rapid-fire with the contestants.
07:49 PM: The very beautiful Rashmika Mandanna is the next celebrity to enter the stage along with Pushpa helmer Sukumar and music director Devi Sri Prasad.
07:35 PM: Rajamouli, actors Naveen Chandra, Jagapathi Babu and producer Shobu Yarlagadda launch the trailer of their upcoming web series Parampara.
07: 28 PM: Actress Dimple Hayathi woos the audience with her scintillating dance performance.
07: 10 PM: The 5 finalists are in awe as they meet Alia, Ranbir, Ayan and Rajamouli. The contestants play the Brahmastra task and Maanas wins.
07:00 PM: Rajamouli welcomes Brahmastra director Ayan Mukherji and the film's lead actors Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor onto the finale stage.
06:55 PM: Director SS Rajamouli enters the stage. Nagarjuna asks him the full form of his initials 'SS' and shares that all the finalists' names too incidentally start with the alphabet S. The celebrated director talks about his upcoming film RRR. He is also presenting director Ayan Mukherji's Brahmastra that features Nagarjuna in a key role.
06.45 PM: Nagarjuna presents the emotionally charged journey of Bigg Boss Telugu 5.
06:39 PM: The five finalists Sreerama Chandra, Maanas Nagulapalli, Siri Hanmanth, VJ Sunny and Shanmukh Jaswanth make a dashing entry. All 5 contestants perform inside the BB house. Nagarjuna says they are stars of tonight and reveals that the finalists have received 13 crore votes in total.
06:32 PM: The host interacts with the family members of the 5 finalists.
06:13 PM: Nagarjuna engages in fun banter with the ex-contestants.
06:05 PM: The host welcomes the 14 ex-housemates of BB Telugu 5. From Anee to Nataraj, the contestants make their mass entry performing on some of the latest hit dance numbers.
06:01 PM: Nagarjuna Akkineni makes a smashing entry into the stage.
