M-Net’s Big Brother Amplified

Uti Nwachukwu

Uti Nwachukwu

Big Brother Amplified! That’s what M-Net is calling the new season six of the hit super show, Big Brother Africa, which will kick off on DStv channel 198 on Sunday 1 May.

Uti Nwachukwu

Running for 91 days and 24 hours a day with a dream grand prize of $200,000, the sixth season of Africa’s biggest reality show will include more of the drama, the emotion, the excitement and the suspense that have made the series a fan favourite.

“And it’s all going to be amplified,” says Biola Alabi, M-Net Africa Managing Director, who heads the channel’s initiatives across the continent.

“By definition, amplified means to increase the volume, make louder, and make more powerful. And that’s exactly what we want to do with season six. To take the elements that audiences find so fantastic and present them in a refreshing new way while adding big surprises and entertaining twists. Amplified is such a well-known pop culture term and Big Brother has definitely become a pop culture success. So the name fits perfectly,” Alabi explained.

With a dramatic new eye, etched in a carbon fibre background with an edgy, futuristic feeling and with a sophisticated polished reflective finish, the newly unveiled show logo sets the scene for a bold new season.

With the deadline for entries now closed and the next phase of selection now well underway to choose housemates from the 14 participating countries-Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Big Brother Amplified is on track to launch in little over a month.

“We received an unprecedented amount of entries this year. It’s been truly phenomenal, with almost 7,000 written entries received from across the continent and countless more people attending the ‘last chance’ open auditions. We’ve had people from all walks of life from very different backgrounds with completely different aspirations …all take this one opportunity to enter Big Brother. It’s really heartening to see that if anything, the show is going from strength to strength,” M-Net Africa boss said.

Created and produced for M-Net by Endemol South Africa, the series will once again be hosted by Nigeria’s IK Osakioduwa, who has been at the heart of the action since he joined the show two seasons ago.

With a brand new house also under construction, it’s a matter of weeks before the BBA hits DStv screens.

—Funsho Arogundade

 

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