Former BBNaija housemate, Seyi Awolowo, has revealed that he deliberately tried to keep his family identity hidden when he auditioned for the reality show in 2019. He recently had his say while speaking on The Nigeria Meter Podcast, and fans have been reacting.
Stressing that he wanted to be judged on his own merit rather than his famous surname, Seyi revealed that he never intended for fellow contestants to know about his family background while in the house.
The reality star added that his plan immediately changed after Ebuka Obi-Uchendu announced his full name during his introduction on stage.
His words, “I didn’t want anybody to know I was an Awolowo in the house. I didn’t want the housemates in particular to know that’s who I was, but when I got to the stage and Ebuka called ‘Seyi Awolowo,’ that’s when everyone knew.
My own plan was just to be there as Seyi, but immediately he mentioned it, my whole plan went away.
I did the audition proper, I stood in line. I didn’t get my golden ticket until about 3 a.m. on the third of February that year.
Me and my guy went for the audition. One of my stepbrothers also came for the audition but he got there late.”
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 12 to 21 contestants live in an isolated house and compete for a large cash prize worth $171,428.57 equivalent to 60,000,000 Nigerian Naira, and other material gifts, at the end of the show by avoiding being evicted from the house by viewers. The first season of the show first aired on DStv Channel 37 from March 5 to June 4, 2006. The voting results were verified by the auditing company of Alexander-Forbes.
The first season of the show first aired on DStv Channel 37 from March 5 to June 4, 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.
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