Entertainment
Nigerian Wins Big Brother Africa TV Reality Show
A Nigerian from Jos, Mr. Kevin Chuwang Pam, aka King of Swagger has won this year’s Big Brother Africa Television Reality Show making every Nigerian proud as it is the first time a Nigerian is winning the continental contest.
Asked by the press how he feels as the first Nigerian to win the contest, Kevin simply replied, ‘I feel like Obama’, as he collected his US 200,000 grand prize.
The Big Brother Africa revolution, the most loved reality show around the world started on the 6th of September 2009, with 13 boys and after one week 12 girls joined them in the house, making them 25 in number.
In the three months reality show, Nigeria and Namibia had three representatives each while the other countries had one or two.
This is the first revolution with 14 countries including Ethiopia and Mozambique as new entrants.
The show consisted of 40 cameras and the guests were entertained by celebrities such as D’banj (Nigeria), Collo (Kenya) Keri Hilton (America) Kate Mensah (face of Africa 2008) among others.
The real game started with the eviction of the first two boys, Raz Wayae from Ghana and Teddy from Kenya followed by Maggie from Zambia and Edna from Angola.
The house mates followed suite, Phil (Uganda) Paloma (Zambia) Erastus (Namibia), Kaone (Botswana), Hannington (Uganda), Rene (Nambia) Liziwe (South Africa) Quinn (South Africa) Elizabeth (Tanzania), Geraldine Iheme (Nigeria), Jeremy (Kenya), Itai (Zimbabwe), Kristal (Zimbabwe), Leonel (Mozambique) and Jennifer (Mozambique) who left voluntarily after receiving a sad news from home.
The revolution included a twin twist ‘between Erastus and Edward, who played as one but after two weeks, they were not figured out, so they played individual games.
The game continued leaving the big five Kevin (Nigeria), Emma (Angola), Edward (Namibia) Mzama (Malawi) and Nkenna (Nigeria).
The grand finale was on December 6th with an American artiste, Bow wow that performed before the show ended with Kevin emerging the winner.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
Nancy Briggs
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