Get Ready for First BBN Eviction Today
Biggie is Big on Tricks
After a week of excitement and a mock eviction which shook the housemates and brought some of them to tears, Big Brother Naija is set for the first real eviction today, Sunday, February 5. The housemate with the least number of votes will be evicted from the house, cutting short the dream of winning 25 million naira and SUV.
On Monday night, the housemates were each given 45 seconds to nominate two fellow housemates for possible eviction. However, new housemates Bassey and Debbie-Rise were exempted from nominating and being nominated this week. After the housemates’ individual sessions with ‘Biggie’, it was revealed that Miyonse, Soma and Gifty got the most nominations from other housemates.
Then the moment came when Biggie asked the head of house (HoH), CoCoIce to save one of the nominated housemates and replace with another. CoCoIce then proceeded to save Gifty and replaced her with Efe.
The Big Brother Naija reality show is living up to all the hype and buzz it generated prior to its opening. Various social media platforms are exploding with comments, debates and even teams are being formed to root for their favourite housemates. Biggie, on the other hand, is keeping housemates on their toes with tasks, tricks and intrigues that are receiving commendations from viewers who cannot wait to see what Biggie comes up with next. So far, housemates have shown Nigeria and indeed Africa all the beautiful things they know about Nigeria including folktales, dance, craft and drama.
Big Brother Naija has brought together 14 young Nigerians with diverse cultural backgrounds to live together and relate only with one another without any contact with the outside world. They do not have contact with their mobile phones, the internet, television sets, except the TV screen they use to interact with Ebuka, the show host, on live shows. This is how it is going to be for the entire duration of the show and with viewers watching housemates. They must also put on their game faces in order not to be evicted before the show ends.
With the current arrangement, one wonders how Biggie keeps everyone sane for that length of time without serious boredom setting in. How does he maintain a steady stream of exciting activities to keep housemates excited and not have them turn on each other, or lash out at Biggie? It must certainly take one with vast experience in these situations to hold young people in ‘lock down’ for 12 weeks and still keep things interesting.
Typically, an average adult cannot remain confined in a place for up to 48 hours without developing claustrophobia and wanting to get out for air, several studies have shown. Although the Big Brother house is huge and has beautiful furnishings and fitting, the housemates lack the freedom to open the doors and walk out at will. The only way