Actress Jiya Shankar replaced YouTuber Abhishek Malhan as the captain of Bigg Boss OTT 2 house on Monday after surviving three back-to-back nominations for eviction since the beginning of the Salman Khan-hosted reality show, streaming on JioCinema.

Jiya got the captaincy of the house after Abhishek was sacked by Bigg Boss from his position for breaking the ‘no sleeping’ rule on the show.

Along with her captaincy, Jiya was given the power to nominate one contestant for this week’s elimination. She wasted no time in using her newfound power and surprised the unsuspecting Pooja Bhatt by nominating her, causing shockwaves in the house.

Falaq Naaz, Avinash Sachdev, Cyrus Broacha, Manisha Rani, Jad Hadid and Bebika Dhurve are also nominated for eviction this week. In the nomination task in Monday’s episode, all the housemates were instructed by Bigg Boss to use a 'reject stamp' to nominate two individuals for elimination. At the end of the process, Jiya and Abhishek emerged as the only safe contestants for the week.

Meanwhile, Jiya and Manisha got into an argument when the latter interrupted a conversation Jiya was having with Jad regarding onions. Tajikistan singer Abdu Rozik tried to defuse the tense situation by imitating their voices and actions.

Later in the episode, Bigg Boss announced that it is time for Abdu to leave the house and he can choose any four names from the nominated contestants to make reels with them on his songs. He selected Jad, Manisha, Jiya and Avinash.

After Abdu’s exit, Avinash alleged that Manisha had made Abdu uncomfortable during the reel-making task, embarrassing the renowned Tajikistan singer and putting him in a difficult situation.