20th July, 2011
With less than two weeks remaining, the trio of Bernadina, Zeus and Mumba have been sent packing from M-Net’s Big Brother Amplified leaving ten Housemates in the hunt for the two $200,000 prizes in a fortnight.
Nigeria’s Vina and Lomwe were the survivors from the eviction night that was full of excitement and suspense. And by virtue of winning the Head of House Task on Friday and her survival on Sunday, Vina has become the first Amplified Housemate guaranteed a spot in the final week of the continent’s television reality show.
She has a Save and Replace decision and in the event she does not opt to place herself on the firing line the same way Karen did when she was Head of House, she can safely consider herself one step closer to the big prize. Since there’s only one eviction show left before the finale, Vina can use powers vested upon her as Head of House and secure a shot at the USD200,000 prize money.
More like a cat with nine lives, Vina, throughout her stay in the Big Brother House, only dodged nominations once, that happened the first week when Housemates were reunited. Other than that, she has been up for possible eviction each week the Heads House nominated but she had an opportunity to save herself and replace with Felicia, who was eventually evicted.
Last Sunday’s eviction show had rising South African hip-hop star L-Tido got the crowd jumping with We Rolling and Nigerian star Banky W rocked the stage with It Ain’t My Fault.
—Funsho Arogundade