On February 12, rapper MC stan was declared the winner of Salman Khan’s popular reality show Bigg Boss 16. MC Stan beat his friend Shiv Thakare to lift the trophy. The Bigg Boss season 16 winner took home the trophy, prize money of Rs 31 lakh and a car. Shiv Thakare was declared as the first runner of Bigg Boss 16 which started on October 1, 2022. Priyanka Chahar Choudhary, popular TV actor, ended up securing the third place. Politician-model Archana Gautam secured the fourth place while actor Shalin Bhanot got the fifth spot. Abdu Rozik, Sajid Khan, Tina Datta, Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia, Sumbul Touqueer Khan, Soundarya Sharma, Ankit Gupta were also among the 17 participants of Bigg Boss 16.