Thirteen celebrity contestants and thirteen weeks of non-stop vigil by 28 cameras placed strategically inside the Bigg Boss house in Karjat, hard tasks, stringent conditions, no servants or aides, absolutely no contact with the outside world, leading to frustrations, bitching and back-biting among the housemates - one hour of addictive viewing for home audience, all this came to an end last Saturday when BB announced its finale episode and the winner - the cool as cucumber, as anchor Arshad Warsi puts it, Rahul Roy!

Let's find out the reactions of persons close to some of the celebrities. Here's their take:

Rahul Roy: The proud BB winner

Rohit Roy (Rahul Roy's twin brother): Not many are aware that Rahul Roy has a non-identical twin brother Rohit Roy who informs, "Rahul is older than me by 26 minutes. I wish our mother who passed away two years back was here to watch his moment of triumph." Rohit is in Delhi taking care of the family business while Rahul preferred to struggle his way in the glam world. On Rahul's winning the show, Rohit reveals, "Rahul has always has been like this - calm, composed and resilient. He is the product of a boarding school, he has been the house captain and all this has brought about a streak of responsibility, patience and maturity in him." Are they in touch with each other? What about his wife model Rajalakshmi? "Yes," says Rohit, "we talk to each other at least thrice a week. His wife is in Australia doing a course in Interior Designing and for four months in a year, either of them go and stay with the other." Now, as Rahul announced he will fly to Sydney to be with his wifey dearest!

Amit and Neeru: Love struck

Neeru Bajwa (Amit Sadh's girlfriend): If the Guns and Roses actor Amit Sadh, the youngest among the BB inmates, vented out his feelings in the show, the reason was he missed his girlfriend Neeru Bajwa. The slender and pretty Neeru Bajwa was no less anguished at his absence from her life for such a long period. "Even when I was shooting for my Punjabi film, Amit used to be with me. I missed him so much during his stay in the BB house. I am ever so happy to have him back." As was evident from the happenings in the BB drama, is Neeru treated to Amit's temper tantrums? Amit answers this question with a matter-of-factly reply, "That was all in Big Boss. For Neeru I have only my love to share." Neeru says, "He has come out a stronger and more confident person."

Ravi Kissen: UP-Bihar ki shaan

Preeti Shukla (Ravi Kishen's wife): "I am happy he lasted till the fag end and that in itself is a victory. Yes, we have plans to go to Goa for a holiday but let's see because his film schedules will begin now and he will become busy again," opines Preeti. On the Carol Gracius issue and an actress from the south with whom he was rumoured of having an affair, she says, "I don't believe all this. If Ravi gets along well with Carol, it means they are good friends. As for the other person, is she goes around saying we are family, maybe it's to get mileage out of the friendship," adding further, "Ravi will be the best person to answer that question (about the actress)." When asked if Ravi is a domineering husband, she says, "Every man is domineering."

Rakhi-Abhishek: Dance with me

Abhishek (Rakhi Sawant's fiancé): He cried when Rakhi was evicted for the second time as he felt it was due to the mischief of Mika Singh who has admitted in print that he cast 25000 votes to get her evicted. On whether Rakhi is coming out with a video album counteracting Mikha's 'Hey Bhai, tune pappi kyon li?' video, Abhishek says, "That man has no respect for a lady. After publicly apologizing on a Zee show, he has still not changed. We do not want to give him publicity and importance by coming up with an album on him." There is also a rumour doing the rounds that a superstar had his secretary sms one lakh votes to evict Rakhi from BB house but Abhishek prefers not to comment on it.