Big Brother Naija, formerly known as Big Brother Nigeria, is a Nigerian reality competition television series, based on the Big Brother television franchise. On the show, contestants live in an isolated house and compete for a large cash prize and other material prizes at the end of the show, by avoiding being evicted from the house by viewers who vote for their favourite housemates to remain in the show.[1]

Big Brother Naija
Also known asBig Brother Nigeria
BBNaija
Country of originNigeria
Original languageEnglish
No. of series9
Original release
NetworkAfrica Magic (2017–present)
M-Net (2006)
Release5 March 2006 (2006-03-05) –
present

The first season of the show first aired on M-Net and DStv Channel 37 from 5 March to 4 June 2006. The voting results were verified by the auditing company of Alexander-Forbes.[2]

Series overview

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Season Subtitle Launch date Finale date Days Housemates Winner Runner-up Main presenters Network
Big Brother Nigeria 1 None 5 March 2006 4 June 2006 92 14 Katung Aduwak Francisca Owumi Olisa Adibua
Michelle Dede
M-Net
DStv
Big Brother Naija 2 See Gobbe 22 January 2017 9 April 2017 77 Michael Efe Ejeba Bisola Aiyeola Ebuka Obi-Uchendu Africa Magic
DStv
GOtv
Big Brother Naija 3 Double Wahala 28 January 2018 22 April 2018 85 20 Miracle Igbokwe Cynthia "Cee-C" Nwadiora
Big Brother Naija 4 Pepper Dem 30 June 2019 6 October 2019 99 21 Mercy Eke Mike Edwards
Big Brother Naija 5 Lockdown 19 July 2020 28 September 2020 71 20 Olamilekan "Laycon" Agbeleshe Dorathy Bachor
Big Brother Naija 6 Shine Ya Eye 24/25 July 2021 3 October 2021 72 26 Hazel Oyeye "Whitemoney" Onou Roseline Omokhoa "Liquorose" Afije
Big Brother Naija 7 Level Up 23/24 July 2022 2 October 2022 28 Ijeoma Josephina "Phyna" Brian Chukwuebuka "Bryann"

Chiji

Big Brother Naija 8 All Stars 23 July 2023 1 October 2023 71 24 Ilebaye Odiniya Mercy Eke
Big Brother Naija 9 No Loose Guard 28 July 2024 October 2024 71 28 Kingsley "Kellyrae" Sule Wanni Danbaki

Season 1

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Big Brother Naija
Season 1
 
Presented byOlisa Adibua
Michelle Dede
No. of days92
No. of housemates14
WinnerKatung Aduwak
Runner-upFrancisca Owumi
Release
Original networkM-Net
DStv
Original release5 March (2006-03-05) –
4 June 2006 (2006-06-04)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2

The first season of the show first aired on DStv Channel 37 from 5 March to 4 June 2006. In a twist to the game, two new contestants were introduced on Day 23, much to the excitement of the remaining housemates.

Ebuka, the most popular housemate for several weeks into the show and widely believed to emerge the winner was the seventh housemate to be evicted; many viewers blame the Joe's Fan Club (JFC) for his eviction. Joe himself was soon evicted from the show.

Big Brother added another twist to the game on Day 79 by cancelling the day's scheduled nominations and making the housemates believe they will instead be evicted based on their performances on assigned tasks, while in reality, no more evictions were held, and viewers began voting for the winner who turned out to be 26-year-old Katung Aduwak.

Housemates

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Housemates Age on Entry Occupation Residence/Birthplace Day entered Day exited Status
Katung Aduwak 26 Scriptwriter and production assistant Kaduna 23 92 Winner
Francisca Owumi (Late[3]) 21 Student Lagos 1 92 Runner-up
Ifeoma "Ify" Ejikeme 29 Entrepreneur Jos Plateau 1 92 3rd place
Sandra "Sandy" Osigbovo 29 Student Benin City 23 92 4th place
Frank Konwea 29 Dancer and artiste Lagos 1 78 Evicted
Joseph "Joe" Ada 32 Flight attendant Lagos 1 71 Evicted
Helen Eremiokhale 25 Student Lagos 1 64 Evicted
Chukwuebuka Obi-Uchendu 23 Lawyer Benin City 1 57 Evicted
Gideon Okeke 22 Graduated Lagos 1 50 Evicted
Maureen Osuji 23 Student Lagos (originally Imo State) 1 43 Evicted
Joan Agabi 24 Student Awagir 1 36 Evicted
Chinedu Amah 24 Self employed Delta State 1 29 Evicted
Yinka/Adeyinka Oremosu 26 Self employed and musician Lagos 1 22 Evicted
Ichemeta Ochoga 21 Student Benue State 1 15 Evicted

Nominations table

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Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 13
Final
Nominations received
Katung Not in
House
Exempt Ebuka,
Frank
Frank,
Helen
Frank,
Sandy
Helen,
Sandy
No
Nominations
Frank,
Sandy
Winner
(Day 92)
6
Francisca Ichemeta,
Ify
Gideon,
Ify
Chinedu,
Joseph
Joan,
Joseph
Gideon,
Ify
Gideon,
Helen
Frank,
Ify
Helen,
Katung
No
Nominations
Frank,
Sandy
Runner-up
(Day 92)
12
Ify Chinedu,
Ichemeta
Chinedu,
Joan
Chinedu,
Joan
Francisca,
Joan
Francisca,
Maureen
Francisca,
Gideon
Ebuka,
Joseph
Frank,
Fransisca
No
Nominations
Frank,
Sandy
Third place
(Day 92)
21
Sandy Not in
House
Exempt Gideon,
Maureen
Francisca,
Gideon
Ebuka,
Ify
Fransisca,
Ify
No
Nominations
Fransisca,
Ify
Fourth place
(Day 92)
11
Frank Francisca,
Ichemeta
Francisca,
Joseph
Chinedu,
Francisca
Helen,
Joan
Francisca,
Maureen
Fransisca,
Gideon
Ebuka,
Katung
Katung,
Sandy
No
Nominations
Ify,
Sandy
Evicted
(Day 78)
13
Joseph Chinedu,
Yinka
Frank,
Yinka
Chinedu,
Helen
Frank,
Joan
Frank,
Maureen
Ebuka,
Gideon
Frank,
Ify
Helen,
Sandy
No
Nominations
Evicted
(Day 71)
20
Helen Ichemeta,
Joseph
Chinedu,
Yinka
Chinedu,
Ify
Gideon,
Ify
Ify,
Joseph
Ify,
Katung
Joseph,
Katung
Joseph,
Katung
Evicted
(Day 64)
10
Ebuka Ichemeta,
Yinka
Helen,
Joseph
Helen,
Joseph
Ify,
Marureen
Ify,
Joseph
Joseph,
Sandy
Ify,
Joseph
Evicted
(Day 57)
5
Gideon Ichemeta,
Yinka
Francisca,
Joseph
Francisca,
Joseph
Francisca,
Joan
Joseph,
Sandy
Fransisca,
Joseph
Evicted
(Day 50)
12
Maureen Ichemeta,
Yinka
Francisca,
Yinka
Chinedu,
Ify
Fransisca,
Ify
Ify,
Sandy
Evicted
(Day 43)
9
Joan Ichemeta,
Helen
Gideon,
Ify
Gidoen,
Joseph
Gideon,
Maureen
Evicted
(Day 36)
8
Chinedu Ify,
Maureen
Maureen,
Yinka
Joseph,
Maureen
Evicted
(Day 29)
10
Yinka Gideon,
Joan
Joseph,
Maureen
Evicted
(Day 22)
9
Ichemeta Frank,
Yinka
Evicted
(Day 15)
8
Notes none 1 none 2 none 3
Against
public vote
Ichemeta,
Yinka
Francisca,
Joseph,
Yinka
Chinedu,
Joseph
Fransisca,
Ify,
Joan
Ify,
Maureen
Fransisca,
Gideon
Ebuka,
Frank,
Ify,
Joseph
Helen,
Katung,
Sandy
Fransisca,
Ify,
Joseph,
Katung,
Sandy
Frank,
Sandy
Ify,
Fransisca,
Katung,
Sandy
Evicted Ichemeta
57.2%
to evict
Yinka
61.4%
to evict
Chinedu
71.5%
to evict
Joan
45.7%
to evict
Maureen
51.9%
to evict
Gideon
56.4%
to evict
Ebuka
38.4%
to evict
Helen
58.4%
to evict
Joseph
31.2%
to evict
Frank
57.4%
to evict
Sandy
9.4%
to win
Ify
12.7%
to win
Fransisca
26.6%
to win
Katung
51.3%
to win

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  • ^Note 1 : As new Housemates, Katung and Sandy were exempt from the nominations process this week
  • ^Note 2 : There were no nominations this week. All Housemates faced the public vote, except Frank, who won safety in a task.
  • ^Note 3 : During the final week, the public voted to win, rather than to evict.

Season 2

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The second season of Big Brother Nigeria (entitled Big Brother Naija) premiered 11 years after the first season on 22 January 2017 with 14 housemates; 7 male housemates and 7 female housemates. The season was sponsored by Nigeria's eCommerce Company Payporte and hosted by former housemate Ebuka from season one. Efe Ejeba from Delta State emerged winner of the second season in 2017.[4]

Season 3

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The third season of Big Brother Nigeria (entitled Big Brother Naija) premiered on 28 January 2018 with 20 housemates; 10 male housemates and 10 female housemates. The season was sponsored by Nigeria's eCommerce Company Payporte and hosted by former housemate, Ebuka. Miracle Igbokwe from Imo State emerged winner of the third season in 2018.[5]

Season 4

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The fourth season of Big Brother Nigeria (entitled Big Brother Naija), unlike previous years, the stage is set in Lagos, Nigeria.[6] The show premiered on 30 June 2019 with 21 housemates entered the house and 5 more housemates entered the house a month later.[7] Multichoice announced in March 2019 that it would broadcast the show on DSTV channel 198 and Gotv channel 12.[8]

Mercy Eke was crowned the winner of the fourth season. She also became the first female winner of the reality TV show in Nigeria.[9] She received ₦60 million worth of prizes.[10] She is from Imo State

Season 5

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The fifth season of Big Brother Nigeria (entitled Big Brother Naija), premiered on 19 July 2020 with 20 housemates and lasted 71 days.[11]

Olamilekan "Laycon" Agbeleshe from Ogun State was crowned the winner of the fifth season. He received ₦85 million worth of prizes.[12]

Season 6

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The sixth season of Big Brother Nigeria (entitled Big Brother Naija), had a double premiere on 24 July 2021 and 25 July 2021 with 22 housemates.[13] Four new housemates were added to the game on Day 14.[14]

Hazel Oyeze "Whitemoney" Onou was crowned the winner of the sixth season. He received ₦90 million worth of prizes.[15][16]

Season 7

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The seventh season of Big Brother Nigeria (entitled Big Brother Naija), had a double premiere on 23 and 24 July 2022 with 24 housemates.[17][18] Two new housemates joined the season on Day 7 and another two joined on Day 14. Ijeoma Josephina "Phyna" Otabor was crowned the winner of the seventh season, And won 100 million naira.

Season 8

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The eighth and All-Star season of Big Brother Naija (entitled Big Brother Naija All Stars), premiered on 23 July 2023 with 20 housemates. It included ex housemates and fan favorites from previous seasons of Big Brother Naija. Ilebaye Odiniya was crowned the winner of the eighth season and won 120 million naira.

Season 9

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The ninth season of Big Brother Naija premiered on 28 July 2024, it lasted for 71 days, with a total of 28 housemates coming in 14 pairs. Kingsley "KellyRae" Sule was crowned the winner and won the grand prize of 100 million naira—comprising 65 million naira in cash, along with other enticing rewards.[19][20]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Result Ref
2021 Net Honours Most Popular Event Won [21]
2022 African Entertainment Awards USA Best Reality TV Shows Nominated

All You Need to Know About BBN S7

Application Form for Big Brother Naija (BB9ja) 2023 Auditions. BB9ja News.

References

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  1. ^ "Eviritin you need to know about BBNaija season 6". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Big Brother Naija 3rd Audition Begins In 2018". Leadership News - Nigeria News, Breaking News, Politics and more. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  3. ^ ADEKUNLE, MUSA (2 September 2024). "Former BBNaija runner-up Francisca Owumi dies after brief illness". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  4. ^ "#BBNaija 2017: Why Efe won Big Brother Naija". Vanguard News. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Breaking: Miracle wins Big Brother Naija 2018". Vanguard News. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Big Brother Naija House Location". BBN. BBN. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  7. ^ "#BBNaija: Initial number of housemates in the house". Andyke. Andyke. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  8. ^ "MultiChoice launches special BBNaija pop-up channel on Dstv, GOtv". Vanguard News. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  9. ^ Dimlaw, Lawal (6 October 2019). "BBNaija: Nigerians react as Mercy emerges winner". Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  10. ^ "#BBNaija: Winner of Season 4 to get N60m". Oak TV Newstrack. Oak Tv. 24 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Big Brother Naija season 5 to premiere in July". Pulse Nigeria. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Finale: Laycon wins #BBNaija: Lockdown!". africamagic.dstv.com. 27 September 2020.
  13. ^ "BBnaija season 6 premiere date announced". Pulse Nigeria. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  14. ^ "BBNaija S6: Four new housemates introduced". Punch Newspapers. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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  17. ^ "BBNaija season 7 premieres, tagged 'Level Up'". Punch Newspapers. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Full list: BBNaija S7 welcomes 12 more housemates". Punch Newspapers. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Twins, pairs battle for N100m as BBN Season 9 begins". 28 July 2024.
  20. ^ Egodo-Michael, Oghenovo (6 October 2024). "BREAKING: Kellyrae wins Big Brother Naija Season 9". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  21. ^ "Net Honours - The Class of 2021". Nigerian Entertainment Today. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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