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  • Organisers reveal grand prize of BBNaija Season 9

    Organisers reveal grand prize of BBNaija Season 9

    Popular reality TV show, Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) is back for Season 9 as the winner for this year’s edition will walk away with a grand prize of N100 million and a new SUV.

    Busola Tejumola, Executive Head, Content and West Africa Channels, MultiChoice, disclosed at a news conference on Tuesday in Lagos that the show would begin July 28.

    According to Tejumola, this year’s edition which will run for 71 days promises to be exciting and drama-filled.

    “The ninth season of the Big Brother Naija show will  be going beyond drama, we will be bringing in different blends of unique entertainment.

    “The show will run from July 28 to Oct. 6.

    “The challenging aspect of the show will be that the housemates will be going into the house in pairs and doing some of the house challenges in pairs.

    “Everyone curious for the theme should watch out for the premiere on Sunday, July 28. The show holds lots of fun, vibes, emotion, drama, dynamics and intriguing twists,” she said.

    She added that the Big Brother Naija Buzz,to be anchored by Toke Makinwa, would be available for lovers of the show to catch up with the behind-the-scenes.

    “There will be something that would be unraveled from the night of the premiere.

    “We will not be having the head of house challenge as usual, there will be lots of twists from Big  Brother.

    “The pool party and the Saturday night party will hold and the show will air 24 hours,” she said.

    Also, Tope Oshunkeye, Head of Marketing, MultiChoice, unveiled some of the lucky games that would run in the course of the show.

    He said one of the games, “Lock-in”, would allow viewers predict winners of the immunity challenge as each viewer with a correct prediction would get N1 million each.

    He noted that viewers from the last edition of the show got N120 million reward.

  • BBNaija returns with a bang, grand prize raised to N100m

    This was disclosed by Busola Tejumola, Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels, Multichoice, at a news conference on Tuesday in Lagos.

    According to Tejumola, the show is a much-anticipated one as the winner will go home with a grand prize of N100 million.

    She explained that the winner would have a N50 million cash prize and N50 million worth of other prizes from the sponsors of the show.

    She disclosed that the headline sponsor of the show was Pocket by Piggyvest while the associate sponsor remained Flutterwave.

    “Yes, the Big Brother Naija season 7 is here, with a double launch from Saturday, July 23 to Sunday 24 on Africa Magic Urban, Showcase and Family.

    “This can be viewed on DSTV channel 198 and Go tv channel 29 from 7pm.

    “This is expected to run for 72 days, which is 10 weeks, there will be live eviction shows every Sunday as the show runs.

    “The theme for the show is “Only Way is Up”,” she said.

    Tejumola said that in view of the fact that Nigeria had started recording minimal cases of COVID-19 pandemic, the show would witness some level of individual engagement.

    She said that the live shows would engage the audience unlike what was obtainable in the last two editions of the show.

    She said this year’s season of the show would witness a return of a few pre-COVID-19 elements including the fan-favourite ‘Ninjas’ and a live studio audience.

    “Fans can also expect a line-up of more engaging tasks, unpredictable twists and Big Brother’s wit.

    “The show will also retain its voting style from last year, voting will only be on the Big Brother Naija website, mobile site, and the MyDStv and MyGOtv apps for active customers,” she said.

    Tejumola said that the show would be an exceptional and unpredictable one as all speculations before the commencement of the show were wrong.