Kamal Ghorui
The 50, a high-stakes celebrity reality series featuring 50 stars that premiered on February 1, has wrapped up its shoot. The show, which has made headlines since its launch, held its grand finale on February 19 in Mumbai. While the news of the Top 4 contestants — Mr Faisu, Immortal Kaka, Krishna Shroff and Shiv Thakare, competing for the trophy was already out, the latest update is that the show has found its winner in Shiv Thakare.Times of India TV has exclusively learnt from the sets that Shiv Thakare is the winner of the show. However, instead of announcing one winner, the makers shot the winning moment with all the four finalists. This was done to maintain a mystery around the winner which will be only announced on March 22.
Sources close to The 50 informed us that the grand finale saw Rajat Dalal exit in fifth place, after which the Top 4 — Mr Faisu, Immortal Kaka, Krishna Shroff and Shiv Thakare — competed for the trophy. For the finale, the makers introduced a “Puzzle” task in which timing played an important role. Each contestant had to solve the puzzle individually, and the remaining three players were not allowed to watch the one performing.Immortal Kaka was the first to attempt the task but failed to solve the puzzle. Next was Krishna Shroff, who completed it in approximately 25 minutes. After her, Shiv Thakare attempted to solve the puzzle and he managed to finish it in approximately 10 minutes. Mr Faisu was the last to perform. He initially completed the puzzle incorrectly, and The Lion had to inform him that it had not been solved properly. He attempted it again and took approximately 14 minutes to finish.Based on the timing of the puzzle task, Shiv Thakare emerged as the winner. However, the makers introduced a surprising twist towards the end which left the contestants stunned. They shot the winning moment with all the four finalists, to maintain the secrecy around the winner’s name.For the uninitiated, Shiv Thakare is not new to the reality space. He was previously featured in shows like Roadies, Bigg Boss Marathi, Bigg Boss 16 (Hindi), Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and his most recent show is ‘The 50’.The 50 starred some of the biggest names of television like Karan Patel, Urvashi Dholakia, Yuvika Choudhary, Ridhi Dogra, Prince Narula, Ridhima Pandit, Divya Agarwal, Rajat Dalal, Nikki Tamboli amongst others.
