Pooja Missra might win Bigg Boss 5: Laxmi

Transgender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, who was evicted from Bigg Boss 5 on Saturday, says she is glad to have left with her "dignity and self-respect" intact. She predicts troublemaker VJ Pooja Missra will end up being one of the top three contenders on the reality show. "My journey in the show was fantastic. 

When I was nominated this time, I knew it 110% that I will be evicted. So I am fine with the public's decision. I am only happy that I have managed to come out without losing my dignity and self respect," Tripathi told IANS over phone from Mumbai, after leaving the Bigg Boss 5 house.

Tripathi, who is known for her fights for the LGBT community, entered the show on October 2 with 12 female celebrities and one male celebrity. In six weeks of her stay, she not just came across as a strong, determined and opinionated person, but also proved her point - that transgenders are after all, the same humans as all!

Of all her co-participants, Tripathi feels Pooja has a definite chance to reach the finals.

"Juhi Parmar and Amar Upadhyay stand a chance to reach the finals, but Pooja Missra seems to be the most likely to reach the final three because she is the biggest footage queen ever," said Tripathi.

Pooja has been the centre of attention this season thanks to her catfights and over-the-top attitude. She has received a lot of flak from her co-participants, but the audience seems to be in love with her melodrama.

"Pooja Missra has been nominated for eviction five times…but I guess the viewers are enjoying watching her. She is such an opportunist, and making the best use of the platform by grabbing so much footage," added Tripathi, who feels actor Akashdeep Saigal's behaviour in the Bigg Boss 5 house is "gross and crass".

Bigg Boss is an Indian adaptation of international reality show Big Brother. It features celebrities, who are locked together in a secluded house, away from the humdrum of their busy lives, without any connect with the outside world, and under 24X7 camera surveillance.

Indo-Asian News Service

Bigg Boss 5 nominations: Pooja Misrra vs Nihita Biswas

Mumbai: All the glitz and glam of the opening show is over and the real game of ‘eliminations’ in Bigg Boss 5 has begun. 

In the first elimination process of Bigg Boss 5, housemates nominated Pooja Misrra and Nihita Biswas. 

Pooja Misrra                                                                                      Nihita Biswas      

As Shakti Kapoor is the captain of the Bigg Boss house for this week, he was asked to nominate four people for eliminations. Shakti voted against Nihita Biswas, Pooja Misrra, Gulabo Sapera, and Laxmi Narayan. And then rest of the housemates, except the ones nominated had to vote out two from the list. 

Interestingly, except Shraddha Sharma everyone in the house voted against Pooja Misrra. May be Pooja’s tantrums over the air conditioner, her indifferent attitude and finally grumbling about Shakti Kapoor landed her in trouble. 

As the housemates said, they failed to connect with Nihita and five people voted against her. Her statements regarding husband Charles Sobhraj has surely backfired for Nihita. In the late night bonding session with Pooja Missra, Nihita took a dig at Pooja Bedi and said, “If I am here because of my husband, she’s here because of her father.” 

While Laxmi looked relived after nominations were over, Gulabo broke down into tears. Anyways Gulabo’s journey in Bigg Boss doesn’t seem to be really long, thanks to the mixed feelings of housemates about her.

Now, we will have to wait for a few days to find out who stays in the house and who goes home. Till then, let’s enjoy Shakti Kapoor flirting around with the stunning housemates and the daily dose of catfights.