Bigg Boss 5: With Ravi's victory in the royal task, things get very political in the house!

This episode of Bigg Boss 5 begins with the continuation of the royal task. After the tug of war task, Bigg Boss announces that the tasks are over and the final counting of the gold coins will is to be done on the next day. Day 31 comes to an end with an impromptu celebration of Priyanka's birthday. She goes through a very emotional phase as she gets the best gift of her life. The most important moment in Priyanka’s life, her father’s acceptance of her being a proud and beautiful transgender. Bigg Boss makes sure that Priyanka has her life’s incredible moment on national TV and has the entire house decorate her as a traditional Telugu Ammai.

The next day, housemates start deliberating about their inclinations and support towards Ravi and Sunny. Bigg Boss then announces to the housemates and demands the captain to count the coins on each side. Sunny's side ends up having the most coins. As Sunny's side of contestants has blissful oblivion of victory, Bigg Boss makes a twist in his decision. He announces that whichever side has the most supporters, wins the task and gets qualified for the captaincy contender task.

With this declaration, Ravi's side wins. Along with Ravi, Bigg Boss asks him to select three members to contest the captaincy contender task. He initially chooses Anee Master, Swetha and Hamida. But once Bigg Boss declares Priya as an eligible candidate for captaincy, Hamida gladly compromises her position and gives it to the former.

With this, Ravi, Anee Master, Swetha and Priya compete against each other in the captaincy task.