THE highly anticipated Africa’s biggest reality television show, Big Brother Naija is set to return to screen for its 9th season today, Sunday, July 28, with a plot twist tagged ” Dynamic Duos.”
The executive head of content and West Africa channels at MultiChoice, Busola Tejumola, said that as the show premieres, it would air on all Africa Magic channels at 7 pm WAT while the main show would begin immediately by 9pm.
She added that the winner of the show this season would go home with a grand prize of N100 million and a brand-new SUV car.
“After 71 days of game playing, on the 6th of October 2024, a grand total of N100 million worth of cash and a brand-new SUV will be won,” she said.
Although Nigerians have reacted to the grand prize being short of the previous year’s prize amount of N120 million, the organisers have promised that this year’s season would be one for the books with shocking twists, explosive drama, among other thrilling activities to keep viewers locked in.
The eighth season of the show, themed “All Stars,” which featured former housemates from past seasons had Ilebaye Precious Odiniya, popularly known as the Gen Z baddie, emerge winner and she took home the N120 million grand prize.
As the new season of the show begins, here are some things to expect:
Housemates in pairs
The show will kick off with an exciting twist with housemates entering in pairs. They could be couples, siblings or friends. This is the first time in the history of Big Brother Naija this will be happening. The contestants were also auditioned in pairs.
Easy voting system
Voting during the show this season has been made easy, giving viewers the option to vote using the MyDStv and GOtv apps, with up to 250 votes available per user. Fans can also vote on the Big Brother Naija website which allows for 100 votes to support their favourites.
Fave Lock Game
The season is set to come with a new game twist. Here, viewers get to predict the winner of the weekly immunity challenge.
This serves the viewers opportunities to be active participant of the show as well. The game will commence on August 1 and run till August 26.
Custodian Challenge
The season launches a new game known as Custodian Challenge which will hold on the first night after the housemates enter the house. Following this will be the Head of House game to pick who will lead the housemates for the first week, thereafter the Immunity Challenge and nominations.
New House Design
One of the major exciting aspect fans of the show look forward to each season is the upgraded and new designs of the house which is not short of what will be delivered this season. The house design has been completely redesigned, providing a brand-new and exciting setting for the contestants to put out their episodes of drama.