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'Celebrity Show-Off' Finale: Tori Spelling emerges winner as she takes dig at tabloids, bags $42.5K for charity

Tori's final short for this week was a 'sTORI telling' wherein she put her own spin on all the explosive tabloid pieces that were written about her

Tori Spelling of 'Beverly Hills, 90210' fame has emerged as the winner of 'Celebrity Show-Off'. She joined the show in the very first week after the Willis sisters bowed out of the competition. 'Celebrity Show-Off' required participating celebrities to create engaging content for TBS's YouTube channel. A week later, based on the engagement on these videos, a top, and two bottom celebrities were announced following which the rest of the safe celebs needed to vote in favor of one unsafe celebrity who they'd like to continue in the show. The more time a celebrity spends on the show, the more money they make for their charity.

In the finale episode that aired on Tuesday night (August 18), Tori, Jason Mraz and Kevin Smith were vying for the championship belt for themselves and money for their respective charities. Mraz was the bottom celebrity and couldn't move ahead but he was still a part of the show. He joined fellow eliminated contestants NeNe Leakes and Ja Rule, all three of them were tasked with choosing the winner among Kevin and Tori. 

It was announced that Kevin, in his time on the show, had won $20,000 for his charity, the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC). Tori had garnered $17,500 for St Jude Children's Research Hospital. The winner was about to make another $25,000. It was now upon the judges to decide who would make that additional money for their choice of charity. NeNe expressed her love for Kevin Smith's highly successful series, 'Son in Lockdown', which he created for this show; however, for her vote, she chose to honor "girl power" and chose Tori. Ja Rule too voted in favor of Tori.

Tori's final short for this week was a 'sTORI telling' wherein she put her own spin on all the explosive tabloid pieces that were written about her. Right from articles that said she had tons of plastic surgery to the one that said she was desperate for the limelight to an article that insinuated she's famous for just two things, '90210' and popping babies, the video had them all. The only person having the last laugh was Tori herself as she won the first season of the quarantine-special show while also making $42.5K for her charity.

"Omg omg omg!!!!! Honestly you guys I’ve never won anything in my life. I’m teaching my kids that creativity, kindness, and hard work DOES pay off! Thank you @celebshowoff and @TBSNetwork I’m beyond proud, honored, and exited to be the 1st CSO WINNER! #celebshowoff," Tori tweeted.