In the emotionally intense climax of Bigg Boss Kannada Season 12, while Gilli Nata finished up walking away with the prize, Rakshitha Shetty has enjoyed the moral triumph, which fans have dubbed “Ultimate Revenge.” Even though she is the last of them, Rakshitha even made a bold open challenge she went all out weeks ago to face one of the house's nemesis, Ashwini Gowda and she managed to finish and was the 1st Runner-Up.
The “I Will Send You Out First” Challenge
The rivalry between Ashwini Gowda and Rakshitha Shetty was one of the central themes of Season 12. Because she was the youngest of the players in the tour, Rakshitha was often the one who received backlash from Ashwini when she was unkind. During one of their most heated scuffles, the tear-streaked, but determined Rakshitha had given Ashwini wide-eyed eye contact and decreed:
"I will make sure I see you get out of this house before I do."
At the time, many viewers -- but even some of their fellow housemates -- did not take it seriously as an emotional outburst. Ashwini, an experienced and strong contender, was widely expected to make Top 2. But the final night showed that Rakshitha's resilience had public backing.
The Top 3 Showdown
As the finale continued, the event gradually dwindled from the top six to the final three: Gilli Nata, Rakshitha Shetty and Ashwini Gowda. host Kiccha Sudeep was on the verge of announcing the second runner-up. For Ashwini’s supporters, it was the surprise that Ashwini had been eliminated third in the rankings and Rakshitha and Gilli were the final two onto the stage.
In outliving Ashwini, Rakshitha not only proved popular, she also technically won the “personal war” she’d waged weeks before. From Day 1 Eviction to Top 2. Rakshitha's journey is like a movie script. On Day 1, she was among only a handful of contestants to be evicted; only for the finalist to return as a wildcard, and survive 113 days.
Critics complain that Ashwini's ceaseless attack on the contestant helped to win enormous “sympathy” and “underdog” votes from the big box of Kannada on behalf of Rakshitha to succeed. Although the exact vote count for Rakshitha is not given, she was a staunch opponent to Gilli Nata, who got more than 40 crore votes.
Even without a trophy to celebrate her efforts, Rakshitha’s shift from being seen as a “soft target” to a surprise runner-up in this season has been celebrated as a huge triumph for a typical girl who had come on the scene totally unsupported by industry before.
The Sweet Taste of Victory
Rakshitha gets ₹25 Lakh prize money and the runner-up title, obviously, but to victory against Ashwini is the "cherry on top." It was a sign that arrogance is often put down to perseverance in the Bigg Boss house. Striding alongside Gilli Nata in those final moments, Rakshitha showed that she didn’t just survive the house she overcame it.
