The hugely popular Nigerian reality show, Big Brother Nigeria will, after months of intrigues, suspense, humour and widespread conversations, come to an end on Sunday. The show, which saw 20 housemates from different backgrounds and ethnicity, compete for a chance at fame and fortune, in front of live cameras. During the show, the continent was indeed divided into teams, based on the individuals they supported. Every weekend, nominated housemates would face eviction in a chance game decided by the voting public. After 78 days, five housemates remained standing for the finale; Miracle, Cee C, Tobi, Nina and Alex.
While Miracle, a pilot, seems to have the highest fan base, Cee C, a lawyer, trended across all social media platforms almost throughout the show for various reasons. She, despite all odds (she was nominated almost every week throughout the competition), was always saved by her fans and remains one of the favourites to win the prize. Tobi, a former banker turned photographer, is also one of the favourite contenders for the winner-takes-all competition.
Friday Treat scoped various submissions about the finalists’ characters in the house and presents excerpts:
Miracle
The young man has been said to have caught the attention of people when every other housemate looked down on him and the housemate paired with him in the first two weeks (Nina). They were described as the weakest link by every housemate and were expected to have left in the first three weeks. Contrary to expectations, they waxed stronger; the viewing audience loved them (MINA) and Miracle evolved to show hidden strengths; a competitive spirit, a good heart that tries to accommodate others and see the good in all, the wisdom far beyond his age and the control to avoid gossip despite being in an enclosed space.
Today, he has proved to be one of the strongest housemate and a contender for the cash prize with a large fan base that are willing to sacrifice all to ensure he wins the prize .
Cee C
The most controversial housemate in this season of whose stay was defined by her on and off relationship with fellow housemate, Tobi and their unending conflicts. According to information gathered online, she is also thought to be someone with low tolerance for things she doesn’t like and during the course of her time in the Big Brother house, had issues with almost all housemates. While she has been alleged by many as being aggressive and bad mannered, a housemate who got close to her eventually (Khloe) refuted such claims, stressing that Cee C was indeed a very soft person with a caring heart.
Despite back to back nominations, she has proved to be a cat with nine lives as she has survived nominations and consequent evictions more than any other housemate this season. In spite of all criticisms, she has proved to be a strong contender for the prize.
Tobi
He is a force to reckon with; competitive, focused and life of every party. He gives his all to whatever he wants. However, his stay in the house, according to critics, has been defined by his friendship with CeeC, where he was isolated and didn’t mix with other housemates. With the breakdown of their relationship and his eventual friendship with Alex, he became someone else. He claimed to find ‘peace’ with Alex and it is normal to see Tobi at odd hours, discussing with Alex.
In spite of this, he is a strong contender for the cash prize as he has a large fan base and well to do friends, family and associates rooting for him. His friendship with Miracle also endeared him to many.
Nina
Nina is a homely girl with a good heart that at the early stages, found herself out of her league among others. Aside being the youngest, her naivety seems to be a strong issue as she was picked on by others. The pretty girl, despite her good heart, however found it difficult to control her tongue when hurt or annoyed and had said things she later regretted due to temper. Also, she is known to give caustic replies without rehearsing when her anger is triggered. One of the issues against her is falling in love with Miracle when she already had a boyfriend outside the house and her confusion in handling the issue made it a an ongoing conversation in the house.
Nina is not afraid to say what she means and had always exhibited a willingness to learn. Indeed, she evolved during her stay in the Big Brother House. However, her major issues seems to stem from immaturity and lack of exposure. She had never been seen as a competition by most housemates but by grace, which she always says God gives, found herself in the finale. As a finalist, few seem to give her a chance at the coveted prize.
Alex
Known as the ‘noise maker’ in the house, she is seen as being loose mouthed. Her major issue is said to be her penchant to talk about others, even friends behind them and many believe she has no loyalty to anyone but herself and her willingness to fight anyone as well as inability to control her anger.
She is also known to be the life of any party as she employs her strength every Saturday night but in spite of her obvious presence in the Big Brother House, she is not seen as a strong contender as many have expressed the belief that mere luck took her this far and have even given Nina a better chance than they give her.