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MUMBAI: Bollywood contestant Shilpa Shetty emerged as the
winner of Channel 4's reality show Big Brother on Sunday.
Following a heated controversy sparked by alleged racial comments
hurled at Shetty by inmates of the Big Brother house,
earned her a lions share of the public vote of 67 per cent.
In the last leg of the show Shetty beat MJ's big brother
Jermaine Jackson and was reportedly paid in excess of 40,000
pounds for her participation. Touted as the 'hot favourite'
by bookies, the win seemed to have been an expected outcome
for the Bollywood star.
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CHEERS 'N TEARS: Shilpa
Shetty breaks down while hugging runner-up Jermaine
Jackson, after being declared winner of Celebrity
Big Brother. (Courtesy:www.channel4.com)
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The racial slurs did not only have repercussions for the
professional careers of those in question, namely Jade Goody,
but also cost the show the withdrawal of one its biggest sponsors
Carphone Warehouse, which said it did notwant to be associated
with claims of racist bullying.
Both the broadcaster Channel 4 and television regulator Ofcom
were said to have received more than 21,000 complaints in
support of Shetty. The matter was further taken to the House
of Commons by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in response
to NRI MP Keith Vaz statements.
As opposed to this, the Indian adaptation of Endemol's reality
format Bigg Boss crowned Rahul Roy as victor awarding
him Rs 5,000,000. However, Shilpa's teary eyed incidents seemed
to have over-shadowed the 'drama' in the celebrity enclosure
back home.
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