After watching today's episode, I have changed my opinion about Rahul's eviction.
I think Rahul's eviction was planned by Bigg Boss much before.
Some of us including me, thought that they are planning to remove Jasmin considering how none of the four panelists saw her in top 4 in previous WKV.
But that was a red herring. Many people here had a misconception that Rahul is the most popular contestant after Rubina in the house because of social media trends.
But now when we're seeing that Jasmin has got more votes than Rahul, it's established once for all that Jasmin is the most popular contestant after Rubina.....and this was even visible in the ormax polls.
No, I don't believe that misleading promo of Salman asking Rahul to leave. I don't think Rahul is going to walk out. He'll be evicted based on voting. Bigg Boss is just trying to force this narrative on audience that Rahul is being thrown out because of his own incapability, and they have not planned his eviction. Rahul also wants to show off his "masculinity" by showing that he doesn't really care about the show or the trophy as he knows that he's getting kicked out.
I can already see people buying this. But if Bigg Boss wanted to keep Rahul, they could've made him second finalist based on the fact that he won QnA task. But they only eliminated Aly there.
Then they introduced a task where Abhinav had a clear advantage over other contestants because of being an athlete. And even before Abhinav winning this task, Bigg Boss released a promo of Arshi drooling over Abhinav and shitting on Rubina.
This clearly hints that Arshi is being sent in the house to create differences between Rubinav. This is the script of the upcoming episodes of Bigg Boss. So they had to make Abhinav a finalist by hook or crook and they did.
If we solely consider popularity, then Rahul deserved to go ahead of Abhinav. But Abhinav ain't going much ahead anyway. Rahul being out gave the most benefit to Eijaz in the longer run. Because Rahul was not more popular than Jasmin, but he was surely more popular than Eijaz.
So after Rahul being out of the race, Eijaz is the third most popular contestant in the house after Rubina and Jasmin. Now if we predict a little , then I think Manu is being sent in the house to ruin Jasmin's game and prop up Eijaz.
Think about it. Bigg Boss eliminated Aly. Now they are sending a sharp minded Manu to compete opposite dumb Jasmin. They sure as hell want to ruin Jasmin's already non-existent game. She's still a popular contestant. But it won't take much for Bigg Boss to take Eijaz ahead of Jasmin in popularity. Maybe they are even thinking of making Eijaz and Jasmin the main rivals in the show, who would be in top 2, with Chicha taking the trophy
Did I forget Rubina? Yes, she's popular, much more popular than any other contestant. But maybe Bigg Boss doesn't really care about that. Removing Rahul is going to effect Rubina's game as well, as their rivalry could've benefitted both in keeping them in top 2.
Now I think Bigg Boss just wants to use both Rubina and Abhinav by forcing them to wash their dirty linen in public.
If Bigg Boss wants to make Eijaz winner, they will somehow throw Rubina out before the finale after they are done using her and Abhinav for content.
If they only want to keep Eijaz in top 2, then they will either remove Jasmin before finale, or ruin her game to that point where Eijaz goes much ahead of her.