Bigg Boss 20: Rhiti Tiwari exits in the season's first midweek eviction

Bigg Boss 20 has lost another housemate, and this time the exit did not wait for the weekend. Rhiti Tiwari has been evicted from the house in a sudden midweek elimination that caught viewers off guard. Reports say it is the first time this season that a contestant has left the house in the middle of the week.

The exit came out of the captaincy race. The makers gave the captaincy contenders a special power that let them push a housemate out of the game, and that decision ended Rhiti's run. What started as a fight for the captain's chair quickly became a call on who would stay in the competition at all.

According to reports, the three contenders were Yung DSA, Mahii Vijj and Uditi. Bigg Boss reportedly gave them a 'vardaan' that allowed them to take one life away from any contestant. Rhiti was said to be down to her last life at that point, so when the trio chose her, her stay in the house ended on the spot.

The twist has raised the stakes for everyone still inside. The contenders were no longer playing only for the captaincy, because their choice decided who stayed and who walked out. A call like that can shift equations between housemates, and fans will be watching to see how the rest of the house treats the trio as the captaincy battle goes on.

News of the elimination has travelled fast, and a post about Rhiti's exit is now circulating on social media. For her supporters, the shock was not only that she left, but that it happened before the weekend even arrived.