Bigg Boss Telugu 10: Shalini Confirmed Evicted as Thrigun Breaks Tie After Dakshi Exit

October 26, 2026 NOWLIVO

NOWLIVO Television | October 26, 2026 | PM update | Telugu edition.

The uncertainty over Shalini’s fate is over

Bigg Boss Telugu Season 10 has now been reported to have completed a double eviction, with Shalini Damera leaving the house after Dakshi’s departure. The crucial new detail is how the second exit was decided. In detailed recaps published on Monday, October 26, Telugu360 and the Times of India say a vote among selected housemates ended in a tie before Thrigun cast the deciding vote against Shalini. That result resolves the uncertainty in earlier coverage, which had described her departure as a possibility rather than a confirmed outcome.

The distinction matters because the two exits followed different routes. Dakshi was eliminated through the programme’s audience-voting process, while Shalini’s exit came through an internal decision after the host introduced a separate danger-zone mechanism. The weekend result therefore was not simply a double announcement of the two contestants with the lowest public votes. The second decision involved housemates choosing between remaining candidates, making alliances and previous task disputes directly relevant to the outcome.

Dakshi receives the black confetti

Host Nagarjuna first handled the public-vote side of the elimination. The episode recap describes nominated contestants opening boxes, with black confetti indicating who would leave. Dakshi, who had entered the house as a wildcard, received the confetti and was eliminated. Telugu360 says she accepted the result without turning her exit into a confrontation, acknowledging that her preference for avoiding prolonged quarrels may have influenced how viewers experienced her time in the house.

The account describes Dakshi’s farewell as comparatively light-hearted. That does not establish why individual viewers voted as they did, and no certified numerical vote total was published in the reports consulted. What is established in the recaps is the announced result and the method shown for delivering it. This is the part of the weekend development that was already known in earlier coverage; the additional Shalini result is what makes Monday’s story materially new.

Yellow Zone contestants make four saves

After Dakshi’s exit, Nagarjuna introduced another stage of the elimination process involving the Red and Yellow Zones. According to both detailed recaps, four Yellow Zone contestants were permitted to save one person each from the group still at risk. Shiva saved Swetha Naidu, Varshini selected Sudhir, Ram Prasad chose Jhansi and Naresh saved Vamsi. Those choices reduced the immediate danger list and exposed personal loyalties and task-related judgments in a way a simple audience ballot would not.

Telugu360 reports that Shiva and Varshini referred to their connections with the people they saved, while Ram Prasad spoke about Jhansi’s performance in a previous GOAT task. These are the reasons described in the recap, not independently measured evidence of the strength of each friendship. The process left three names in danger: Rohit, Shalini and Ramakrishna, also called RK. The next stage would determine which of those three would actually go.

A tied vote leaves Thrigun with the deciding choice

The Green Zone GOAT winners were asked to make the second elimination decision. The reported sequence was unusually clear: Debjani and Neetu voted against Shalini, while Mukesh and Aman chose RK. With those four votes split evenly, Thrigun was required to break the tie. He selected Shalini, and the recaps say he referred to his dissatisfaction with her behaviour after a previous secret-room return and to disagreements during an endurance task.

Thrigun’s vote is the defining new event. It was a decision within the programme’s announced mechanism, not an independent public referendum on Shalini’s popularity. The recaps do not provide a basis to say that all viewers supported the choice, or that the housemates voted for the same reasons. Each of the named voters made a different decision, and the final tally was settled only when Thrigun cast his vote. The resulting exit ended Shalini’s second chance following the earlier secret-room twist.

Nagarjuna briefly calls Shalini back

After the vote, Shalini said goodbye and prepared to leave, but the host called her back briefly. The moment caused confusion because she had already been associated with an earlier secret-room return. Telugu360 recounts that Ram Prasad reacted humorously to the possibility of another twist. Nagarjuna then confirmed that this time her journey was ending. The temporary call-back was not a reversal of the eviction; the reporting is explicit that Shalini departed.

The weekend episode also included lighter task material, including a Pictionary round won by Varshini’s team in the Telugu360 account. The contrast between a comic game and a decisive elimination helps explain the structure of the episode without changing the main result. The reported instruction for Thrigun to face jail punishment belongs to the episode’s separate discipline track; it should not be confused with a claim that he was eliminated or lost the authority to cast his vote.

Why the result changes the next week

The double exit removes two contestants from the competition but leaves different questions behind them. Dakshi’s departure reflects the audience-based stage of the weekend decision. Shalini’s departure raises immediate questions about how fellow contestants will deal with Thrigun, the four players who made saves and the people whose names remained in the danger zone. Those are possible consequences, not reported confrontations that have already occurred. The next episode will show whether any of those choices become open disputes.

As of October 26, the key facts are no longer conditional: Dakshi and Shalini have been reported eliminated; four housemates were saved through the Yellow Zone mechanism; a tied Green Zone vote was broken by Thrigun. Neither the recaps nor the earlier speculation provides a verified public vote share for Shalini. Monday’s coverage is valuable precisely because it replaces the previous uncertainty with the actual sequence of the show’s decision.