As
this year’s Big Brother Africa (BBA) television reality show comes to
an end. The anticipations about who will take home the princely $300,000
(about N48 million) grand prize on Sunday, 25 August, are as high as never before.
With
last week’s exit of dreadlocked South Africa’s Angelo Collins, who was
one of the favourites for the grand prize, and Ethiopia’s Bimp, the top 5
for the final looks like this: the two Nigerians – Beverly Osu and
Melvin Oduah, Ghana’s Elikem, Namibia’s Dillish, and Zambia’s Cleo.
The
five have survived 88 days in the House and now need every vote
possible to get their hands on the much sought after grand cash prize.
On
26 May, 28 housemates from 14 countries entered the Big Brother House
in Johannesburg, South Africa for a 91-day of fun and entertainment in a
secluded environment. But as the end of The Chase is just days away,
social media, especially Facebook and Twitter, have been abuzz with fans
getting creative with their support for their favourite housemates.
Whoever
wins on Sunday would hug instant fame and fortune, joining the likes of
Nigeria’s Kevin Pam Chuwang (2009), Uti Nwachukwu (2010), Karen Igho
(2011) and South Africa’s Keagan Petersen, who was last year’s winner of
the show.
The
two Nigerian representatives have been enjoying massive votes from
Nigerians and other Africans. Melvin seems to be the favourite, but
Beverly is also attracting attention from fans and laying a huge claim
to the grand prize in spite of the opprobrium she attracted from some
quarters over her controversial intimate encounters with Angelo in the
house.
Angelo,
who approached five ladies while in the house, told IK Osakioduwa, the
show host, during the live eviction show last Sunday that Beverly wanted
more sex after their scandalous romp under the duvet and in the
bathtub.
“I
like Beverly because she is a strong woman and she would go for
whatever she wants. Beverly told me it has been over one week since we
last did it (referring to the sex in the bath tub) but I said NO. I
promised my mother I would not do such, so I can’t do it again,” Angelo
said of Nigeria’s video vixen.
On
top of the $300,000 grand prize that each of the top five Housemates
are in line to win, last night, each of the Chase housemates were given
an opportunity to win a piece of jewellery worth $1000.
“In
the House is a box from down memory lane and on the middle box is a
picture of each remaining Housemate. On the picture is a space for a
hand. On the sound of the buzzer, each Housemate will have to put their
right hand on the picture of their face where the hand mark is placed.
This will be an endurance Task,” read Biggie’s Brief to the Top 5.
Except
for Melvin, who claimed to have jewellery worth $3000, four other
housemates faced off in an Endurance Task where each of them had to
place their hand on a box with their picture on it and whoever manages
to hold on the longest and outlast the others would be crowned the
winner and walk away with the $1000 jewellery prize.
After
a long and excruciating battle, that saw her fight through fatigue,
hunger and cramped hands, Dillish bagged herself a beautiful prize that
consists of a piece of jewellery of her choice worth $1000.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s DJ Xclusive will make a return to the Big Brother House to shut down the final Channel O Party tomorrow.
The
hip WizKid’s official DJ and Lagos urban radio station Cool 96.9 FM’s
DJ in a message promised to make it a party to remember as it will be
the housemates’ last party.
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