24th May, 2011
Africa has voted and on Sunday, 22 May, one of South Africa’s representatives, Nkuli was evicted from Mnet’s Big Brother Amplified, the continent’s biggest television reality show.
Nkuli was evicted in an exciting Sunday show that featured the talents of two African dynamic performers, Ethiopia’s Nhatty and Zimbabwe’s top-selling star, Cindy, who got the crowd jumping with her energetic rendition of Tonight.
IK, the show’s host, had summoned four of the housemates —Luclay, Nkuli, Mumba and Kim— to the stage. After a brief chat with each of them, IK asked Luclay, Mumba and Kim to leave the stage, while Nkuli was the only one left seated on stage. She wasn’t sure what would happen as IK didn’t immediately announce her fate. The other three nominated housemates were whisked back into the house. Once she saw them re-emerge and settle back in the house amid screams of delight from other housemates, she realised things weren’t going her way.
After checking out a clip of Nkuli’s highlights from her time in the house, IK confirmed that the verified name in the envelope handed to him by the Ernst & Young was Nkuli’s, she was told her time was up. The South African showed absolutely no emotion after IK broke it to her that she had been evicted.
Speaking on her best memories of her time in the Big Brother house, Nkuli said she definitely enjoyed both of the parties and would miss Michael, Ernest, Nic and Alex, she would miss the least, calling them two-faced.
Nkuli became the third housemate to be evicted from Big Brother Amplified. Namibia’s Jossy was the first housemate to be evicted from Big Brother Amplified. He was followed by Lotus, who was disqualified from the show after she slapped Luclay. There are 23 housemates left to compete for the $200,000 cash prize of the Big Brother Amplified.
—Funsho Arogundade