Episode 39 of Bigg Boss 10 Telugu brought a whole new vibe into the house, thanks to the wildcard entrants who shook things up with their bold takes and fiery clashes. Once the nomination round wrapped up, the contestants jumped straight into the captaincy battle, where mind games and personal grudges started bubbling to the surface.
This week, six housemates are staring at a possible exit. The nomination process took two full days to complete, and in the end, Shalini, Varshini, Vamshi, Ram Prasad, Aman, and Rohith found themselves in the danger zone.
Their future now depends entirely on the viewers, and the weekend episode will likely disclose who gets the boot. In the meantime, the rest of the house has turned its attention to the captaincy challenge, which adds yet another layer of rivalry to the mix.
The latest task handed the wildcard contestants a chance to speak their minds about the original housemates. Bigg Boss instructed the wildcard squad, called Wild Fires, to stick personality labels on the OG contestants based on how they’ve been behaving inside the house. These tags instantly became a hot topic, with several players getting some pretty blunt assessments.
Rohith was branded a “Drama King” by Swetha Naidu, who questioned the way he carries himself during fights. Trigun got stuck with the “Manipulator” tag, suggesting he knows how to twist situations and people to his benefit.
Ram Prasad was called “Cunning,” with the wildcards seeing him as someone who always plays with a strategy. Debjani was labelled a “Safe Player,” described as someone who likes to tread carefully. Jhansi was tagged a “backstabber,” which raised doubts about her loyalty and how she treats her fellow contestants. And Shalini got one of the most explosive labels of the entire task, “Victim Card,” which set off a brand new round of arguments.
But the task wasn’t just about slapping on tags. The OG teams had to figure out which contestant had been given each label. Every right guess earned them points, while the wildcard team had to defend its spot in the game.
The guessing round kicked off with Sudheer and Vamshi going head-to-head in the first buzzer round. Sudheer won that particular face-off, but the option he picked turned out to be wrong. Shivakumar then guessed that Jhansi had been called the backstabber. However, Vamshi correctly nailed Trigun as the one tagged a manipulator, bagging a crucial point for his team. Ram Prasad also managed to identify Shalini as the housemate who’d received the victim-card label. These correct calls cranked up the intensity of a task where every single point could shift a team’s chances of moving ahead.
As the game rolled on, the labels started doing more than just fueling strategy talk—they set the stage for a personal showdown.
The biggest controversy of the episode swirled around Shalini and that victim-card tag. Shivakumar openly laid out why he felt the label fit her, bringing up past incidents involving Neethu and Ramakrishna.
According to Shivakumar, Shalini had blown certain situations out of proportion and turned fairly minor incidents into something much bigger than they actually were. He also dragged up the Ramakrishna incident, arguing that even though Ramakrishna had pushed her, he didn’t think the shove was forceful enough to justify the kind of reaction Shalini gave. Shivakumar went on to claim that things got so out of hand that Ramakrishna ended up holding Shalini’s feet in frustration.
His remarks instantly cranked up the tension in the house, as the conversation drifted away from the task and straight into old disagreements.
Shalini wasted no time firing back at Shivakumar and Ramakrishna. She demanded to know whether she had ever asked Ramakrishna to hold her feet, and she flatly denied purposely playing the victim card. By challenging Shivakumar’s version of events, Shalini made it crystal clear that she didn’t agree with how the other contestants were interpreting her actions.
The exchange quickly snowballed into a war of words, with both sides digging their heels in. What had started as a personality-tagging exercise had now pried open old wounds, leaving the house split over how Shalini’s behaviour should be seen.
Shalini wasn’t the only one caught up in the day’s fights. Rohith also went after Shivakumar during the discussion, telling him to cut the acting and voicing his frustration with the way he was behaving. That sharp comment piled even more tension onto an already heated episode. With multiple contestants openly questioning each other’s motives, the task turned into a platform for unresolved issues to come spilling out. The growing friction hints that the wildcard contestants’ opinions could leave a lasting mark on relationships inside the house.
The captaincy race has already begun, with Bigg Boss splitting the housemates into three teams. The wildcard contestants got a major leg-up by being placed directly into the captaincy contender race. But grabbing that spot doesn’t guarantee anything. They have to protect their chairs, hold onto their points, and stay ahead of the other two teams to remain in the running for captaincy.
The opinion-tagging task was built to test both observation and strategy. While the OG contestants tried to crack the wildcard team’s judgments, the wildcard members had to defend their points and stop their rivals from gaining an edge. With the captaincy battle in full swing, the competition is becoming just as much about reading your fellow housemates as it is about winning tasks.
Episode 39 served up a mix of competitive gameplay, personal accusations, and confrontations that could reshape the house dynamics in the coming days. Shalini’s victim-card tag became the central talking point, while the clashes involving Shivakumar, Ramakrishna, and Rohith kept tensions running high.
At the same time, the wildcard contestants’ entry seems to be shifting the balance of power, forcing the OG housemates to rethink their strategies. With six contestants nominated and the captaincy race picking up steam, the upcoming episodes promise more twists, rivalries, and unexpected turns. The big question now is whether Shalini can rise above the criticism surrounding her gameplay—and who will ultimately come out on top as the next captain of the Bigg Boss 10 Telugu house.