Bigg Boss 15: How Tejasswi Won

A recap to the grand finale.

The episode leading up to the Bigg Boss 15 grand finale haS host Salman Khan greeting the six finalists -- Nishant Bhat, Shamita Shetty, Pratik Sehajpal, Rashami Desai, Karan Kundrra and Tejasswi Prakash -- warmly.

It is an emotional episode as the fnalists receive heartwarming messages from their mothers.

Shamita is excited seeing her boyfriend and Bigg Boss OTT contestant Raqesh Bapat sitting with her family, cheering for her.

Raqesh takes the opportunity to criticise Tejasswi for creating a wrong narrative about Shamita-Karan throughout the show.

He makes it clear that Shamita was never interested in anyone else.

Low votes gets Rashami evicted.

Rashami says she supports Shamita and would like her to win the trophy.

On the grand finale episode, Salman welcomes past Bigg Boss winners -- Gauahar Khan, Rubina Dilaik, Urvashi Dholakia, Shweta Tiwari, Gautam Gulati -- on stage. All of whom produce some wow performances on the show.

Rakhi Sawant challenges the past winners to compete with her. And so Rakhi and Rubina get into a dance face-off, while Gautam does some pole dancing with Rakhi's husband Ritesh Kumar.

Shweta challenges Ieshaan Sehgaal and Vishal Kotian to dance with her. The segment is fun to watch.

The past Bigg Boss winners then enter the house with a suitcase full of money.

Nishant takes up their offer and walks away from the BB house with Rs 10 lakh (Rs 1 million) from the prize money.

Salman tells Nishant he has made a smart choice.

Next, Salman welcomes Deepika Padukone on stage along with her Gehraiyaan co-actors Ananya Panday, Siddhant Chaturvedi and Dhairya Karwa.

After some naach-gaana, the Gehraiyaan team announces another eviction.

This time, it is Shamita's turn to bid adieu.

Shamita and Raqesh give a sizzling performance, and she says she wants to see Pratik win the trophy.

The last celeb guest to arrive on BB stage is Bigg Boss 13 contestant Shehnaaz Gill. As Salman greets her warmly, Shehnaaz gets emotional remembering former winner Sidharth Shukla.

Both Salman and Shehnaaz get teary-eyed. Bhai advises Shehnaaz to keep moving ahead in life and says he's proud of her achievements.

Shehnaaz pays a beautiful tribute to Sidharth and their Bigg Boss journey.

After Shehnaaz leaves, Salman calls the three finalists on stage.

He declares that Tejasswi and Pratik are the top two contestants.

Everyone cheers as Pratik breaks down.

Tejasswi is announced the Bigg Boss 15 winner, and another season of the reality show ends.