Big Brother Naija

Big Brother Naija, formerly known as Big Brother Nigeria, is a Nigerian reality competition television series, based on the Big Brother television franchise, in which, 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.

Big Brother Naija
Also known as	Big Brother Nigeria
Country of origin	Nigeria
Original language	English
No. of series	5
Release
Original network	Africa Magic (2017- Present) M-Net (2006)
Original release	5 March 2006 – present
External links
Website

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.

Series overview

Season		Subtitle	Launch date	Finale date	Days	Housemates	Winner	Main presenters	Network
	Big Brother Nigeria 1	none	5 March 2006	4 June 2006	92	14	Katung Aduwak	Olisa Adibua Michelle Dede	M-Net DStv
	Big Brother Naija 2	See Gobbe	22 January 2017	9 April 2017	77		Michael Efe Ejeba	Ebuka Obi-Uchendu	Africa Magic DStv GOtv
	Big Brother Naija 3	Double Wahala	28 January 2018	22 April 2018	85	20	Miracle Igbokwe
	Big Brother Naija 4	Peper Dem	30 June 2019	6 October 2019	99	21	Mercy Eke
	Big Brother Naija 5	Lockdown	19 July 2020	28 September 2020	71	20	Olamilekan "Laycon" Agbeleshe

Season 1

Big Brother Nigeria
Season 1
Presented by	Olisa Adibua Michelle Dede
No. of days	92
No. of housemates	14
Winner	Katung Aduwak
Runner-up	Francisca Owumi
Country of origin	Nigeria
Release
Original network	M-Net DStv
Original release	5 March – 4 June 2006
Season chronology

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

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	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 Ada	32	Flight attendant	Lagos	1	71	Evicted
Helen Eremiokhale	25	Student	Lagos	1	64	Evicted
Ebuka 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

	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

Notes

• ^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

The second season of Big Brother Nigeria (entitled Big Brother Naija) premiered 11 years after the first season on 22 January 2017. Efe Ejeba emerged winner of the second season in 2017.

Season 3

The third season of Big Brother Nigeria (entitled Big Brother Naija) premiered on 28 January 2018. Miracle Igbokwe from Imo State emerged winner of the third season in 2018.

Season 4

The fourth season of Big Brother Nigeria (entitled Big Brother Naija), unlike previous years, the stage is set in Lagos, Nigeria.[1] The show premiered on 30 June 2019 with 21 housemates entered the house and 5 more housemates entered the house a month later.[2]

Mercy Eke was crowned the winner of the fourth season. She also became the first female winner of the show in Nigeria.[3] She received ₦60 million worth of prizes.[4]

Season 5

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

Olamilekan "Laycon" Agbeleshe was crowned the winner of the fifth season. He received ₦85 million worth of prizes.[5]

References

1. "Big Brother Naija House Location". BBN. BBN. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
2. "#BBNaija: Initial number of housemates in the house". Andyke. Andyke. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
3. Dimlaw, Lawal (October 6, 2019). "BBNaija: Nigerians react as Mercy emerges winner". Retrieved 2019-10-06.
4. "#BBNaija: Winner of Season 4 to get N60m". Oak TV Newstrack. Oak Tv. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
5. "Finale: Laycon wins #BBNaija: Lockdown!". africamagic.dstv.com. 27 September 2020.

External links

• Big Brother Naija on Africa Magic
• Big Brother Nigeria