Bigg Boss 9 Telugu Thursday: Ritu Wins, Bharani Eliminated, Race Tightens

In Telugu Bigg Boss Season 9, the struggle for the finale intensified among the contestants. The Thursday episode witnessed the main players using their tactics that changed the order of the first finalist.

After a strong contestant, Deeman, left the show, the focus moved to Kalyan, Immu, and Ritu, who are now leading the race. The tasks of that day highlighted very strategic gameplay, especially of Kalyan and Immu, who allied to cut Bharani's chances down.

The episode opened with a color-based assignment for Kalyan, Ritu, and Bharani. Kalyan managed to take the first position, which was followed by picking for the Raise Rampage contest with Suman Shetty, where Kalyan again was the winner. Then came one of Kalyan and Immu's sketching tasks revealing their strategy to handle both Bharani and Ritu by making them more insignificant. Kalyan pointed out that losing purposely could help them not to be excluded during Nag votes, while Immu recommended dragging the Nag eviction.

Next, Bigg Boss presented a balancing contest featuring Kalyan, Immu, and Ritu. Going by their plan, Kalyan and Immu purposely did not perform well, letting Ritu take the win. After winning, Ritu picked Bharani for the knockout challenge. The next Ring Master game organized by Sanjana ended with Ritu winning, thus removing Bharani from the race for the first finalist.

By then, the episode had wound up with the appearance of the tensions when Tanuja challenged one of Ritu's positions in the task and Bharani sided with her. The results, however, were unchanged and Ritu went through. The final round for the first finalist is now between Ritu, Kalyan, and Immu and the ring is open for the next episode on Friday.