Ten housemates are nominated for eviction this week on Bigg Boss 18, following the elimination of Gadhraj, the donkey, during Weekend Ka Vaar on the Salman Khan-hosted reality show. Here’s a roundup of the events of last night’s episode.

Captain Arfeen Khan initiates nominations

For the nomination task, Bigg Boss assigned Captain Arfeen Khan the task of nominating two contestants. Arfeen selected Muskan Bamne and Tajinder Singh Bagga. Bigg Boss then introduced a train-themed task, where the nominated contestants were required to provide snack packets to the other housemates to avoid further nominations. At the end of each round, the two contestants without any snack packet were to be nominated for eviction.

By the end of the task, ten contestants were nominated: Tajinder Singh Bagga, Muskan Bamne, Rajat Dalal, Avinash Mishra, Chahat Pandey, Shrutika Arjun, Karan Veer Mehra, Shilpa Shirodkar, Hema Sharma and Alice Kaushik.

Sparks flew during the task, with Shilpa Shirodkar confronting Avinash Mishra about nominating her. Avinash responded to this with characteristic sarcasm, suggesting Shilpa share her true opinions on the house dynamics if she wants him to reconsider.

Tensions rise as bathroom access leads to conflict

Aside from the nominations, a dispute over bathroom use between Vivian Dsena and Rajat Dalal added tension inside the Bigg Boss house. Vivian, who had declared that housemates would require his permission to use the bathroom attached to the bedroom, granted other contestants access but denied Chaahat Pandey when she asked to use it for a shower. However, Rajat allowed Chaahat to use the bathroom for an urgent need, sparking a confrontation.

Rajat defended his decision, stating he couldn’t deny Chaahat from addressing her needs, which led Vivian to losing his cool. The two exchanged strong words, with Rajat even threatening physical harm. Later on in the episode, the duo buried the hatchet.