Bigg Boss Telugu 10 Saturday Review: Why Viewers Accused Nagarjuna of Favoring Celebrities

Bigg Boss Telugu 10’s Saturday episode on October 10, 2026, reignited claims that host Nagarjuna favors celebrity contestants over the Agni Pareeksha group. He pressed Apoorva, Shalini and Rohith on their conduct, and some viewers felt he did not give equal attention to their complaints about other housemates. The episode provides grounds to examine that criticism, but it does not establish that Nagarjuna or the show is deliberately favoring celebrities.

What happened in the Saturday episode?

The sharpest exchange began with Shalini’s allegation that celebrity contestants were acting as a group during nominations. Nagarjuna called her to the confession room and showed footage of Agni Pareeksha contestants discussing celebrity nominations themselves. His challenge was direct: if Shalini objected to group tactics, she also had to account for similar discussions on her own side.

Nagarjuna then confronted Apoorva over her shouting and disputes during the week. He revisited a disagreement about her performance in a task and a misunderstanding involving a remark by Ram Prasad. He asked Apoorva to apologize to the housemates for shouting, which she did. For viewers already concerned about how she had been treated in the house, that apology became a focal point of the Saturday review.

A later confrontation between Apoorva and Thrigun concerned comments involving family members. Nagarjuna held Apoorva responsible for her part in that exchange, while also telling Thrigun not to dismiss her emotional response as an attempt to gain sympathy. The distinction matters: the host did address Thrigun, even as viewers disagreed about whether his response to both contestants was proportionate.

Rohith also faced a difficult review. In a task asking housemates to identify who was contributing least to the game, he received five marks, the most reported in the episode. Nagarjuna questioned Rohith’s high assessment of his own performance and discussed whether his time with Shalini was affecting his play. Shalini, meanwhile, was challenged over a disparaging description of Apoorva.

Was Nagarjuna biased toward celebrities?

The criticism centers less on whether Agni Pareeksha contestants made mistakes than on whether everyone’s mistakes received comparable scrutiny. Some viewers argued that Apoorva was made to apologize while grievances involving celebrity housemates were not examined as forcefully. That is a judgment about the host’s handling of the episode, not proof of a decision to protect one group.

The Saturday review was not limited to Agni Pareeksha contestants. Nagarjuna questioned Aman over his language toward Mukesh and criticized Charan’s lack of participation. He also addressed Thrigun during the Apoorva dispute. Those moments complicate any claim that celebrities faced no criticism at all, though they do not settle the separate question of whether the criticism was balanced.

The nomination footage is similarly open to interpretation. It challenged Shalini’s account of who was playing as a group, but it did not, by itself, resolve every complaint about alliances or conduct across the house. Viewers can reasonably debate the weight Nagarjuna gave different incidents without treating an allegation of favoritism as a verified finding.

What comes next for Bigg Boss Telugu 10?

Nagarjuna said wildcard contestants would enter the house in the following episode. The October 10 Saturday review did not establish a winner or prove that the competition was fixed. The more useful test of the bias criticism will be whether future weekend reviews apply consistent standards to both celebrity and Agni Pareeksha contestants when comparable disputes arise.