Big Brother Africa Amplified Shutdown

Yesterday was a memorable day for almost all Africans, who up until the inability to watch Channel 198 on Dstv dawned on them were Big Brother fans. This year, the organisers in conjunction with Coca-Cola promised viewers a ‘louder and bigger’ version of what we were used to; and they delivered.


Some people argue that there was nothing ‘amplified’ about the show apart from the fact that this year, TWO contestants went home with a cash prize of $200,000 EACH. I beg to differ though, because even a blind man should have seen that the crop of housemates in the BBA Amplified house were selected with a preference – ink and/or metal. They obviously went for those who were presumed loud.

Anyway, after 91 days of 24 hours surveillance and lots of laughs, tears, conflicts, chemistry, faking, harsh words and love sparks; the show came to an end with Nigeria’s own Karen Higo and Zimbabwe’s Wendall emerging the top two. The shocking twist to it all is Wendall was an absolute minority figure in the house; No one was disturbed by him and I’m certain none saw him as a major threat. Polls across Africa had placed the cash prizes in the hands of South Africa’s Luclay and Naija’s Karen, who during the show had been dubbed Mr & Mrs Otono even up till the deciding moment. It was a rude shock to most that Wendall came out of nowhere to win. Well, Africa voted, they counted and Glaze is ecstatic that his home-girl Karen won – whoop whoop!

Here’s how the votes went:

Karen: 6 country votes - Nigeria, Angola, Rest of Africa, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania

Wendall: 4 country votes - Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kenya

Luclay: 2 country votes - South Africa, Botswana

Lomwe: 1 country vote - Malawi

Sharon O: 1 country vote - Uganda

Hanni: 1 country vote - Ethiopia

Vina: 0 Country Votes.

BBA Amplified Spotlight: Ms Karen Igho

One of the Nigerians chosen to rep us in the BBA Amplified house, Ms Karen Igho who is 5' 3inches, 27 yrs old and an indegene of Delta State is a Southwark college, London graduate where she studied Theatre Arts.
Even though she stayed in the United Kingdom for 7 years and has worked as a model, she is no stranger to reality TV in Nigeria. She already took part in the 2008 edition of the Next Movie Star.

An obvious tattoos and piercing fan she is, as is very evident all over her body. She's a wild one, but a very nice person and even quiet sometimes. That much I can say, because (drum-roll), she was yours truly's date to the Dynamix All-Youth Awards last year. Yes Boss! Glaze does roll with and makes stars ;)... lol.

In November 2007, she paid £4 ,000 for breast implants and a further £250 each night for 5 nights, the surgery got her from a BB cup to a DD. blah blah blah... We know and can see Karen had breast implants. So y'all can like to drop the topic. Big Brother Amplified is on the way already with Karen Igho repping for Naija. Good luck to you girl!

Exit Munya, Enter ‘Mu-Mu’nya..

Munya

On the very first day the BBA housemates stepped into the house, it was quite obvious in the selection that the people over at M-Net did wonderful casting for the BBA All Stars edition. We had fine boys with a few exceptions and beautiful women. One dude who ranked high on that list was Munya; Simply because he has a cute frame and a wonderful smile. The only downside is he didn’t tell us in his profile that he is seriously lacking in intellectual abilities (especially when a woman is applying the pressure). Tatiana got this dude to look like a flippin sick transvestite just because she needed wanted to talk to the male folk in the house after a dagger thrown at her by Lerato asked that she does no such thing for a week. To imagine that NOTHING has even happened between them and thanks to Sheila, might never happen…

Big Brother Africa 2010: All Star Edition

It's another year and another season for reality tv producers and viewers alike. A personal favourite for the past 5 years has been the Big Brother Africa annual show. It started out really new and unexpected, gave us all a shock when they actually showed EVERYTHING; Including shower and sex  scenes.

They went through all the ups, downs and heavy tussles with the pro-African culture peeps who happen to have hypocritical members in our state houses. Anyway, with just a week to go before a sensational new BIG BROTHER AFRICA hits African television screens, speculation about the new show is growing fast as eager fans across the continent gear up for the highly anticipated July 18th launch.
M-Net has made a dramatic announcement confirming that the show is set to be a full fledged ALL STARS version, featuring some of the most unforgettable, outspoken, entertaining housemates of previous editions! But just who are they? That is still a secret that remains to be seen!

This edition still retains the price money from the Revolution that took place last year - US $200,000. And it will feature 14 housemates from 14 African countries and a choice for the viewers to pick between two feeds that would be aired (am I smelling the return of shower hour? I hope so)...