Nigel Nassar
4 November 2009
Kampala — How more unfair could this Big Brother Revolution game get? Nigeria is the only country this season on the M-Net reality show that fielded three housemates on grounds that are really not understandable.
Well, Namibia, too, sent in three housemates. But that was because two of them were twins (Edward and Erastus Moongo), who had to play a prank on the rest of the housemates by making them believe they were one person, until they were either busted, or they successfully fooled the housemates.
They were successful in fooling all, which earned each of them a reward-to run for the jackpot individually. That's plausible and inevitable because not every country would send in twins as hard to tell apart as the Namibians.
Their third, Rene, was the independent contestant, so you could say in essence, Nam ibia had two as well, which is the average number each country sent in.
But look at Nigeria. The country sent in three housemates, each playing for the jackpot individually.
You have the 'wana-be-superstar' Kevin, then there is Nkenna, the personification of the trademark Nigerian English accent, then there is Geraldine, who is so boring she makes you want to switch off every time she comes onto your screen.
That makes three for Nigeria. Namibia's case is already sorted. Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa sent in two each; while Botswana, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Ghana and Malawi, sent in one contestant each.
So why do we have Nigeria being superior from the rest?
For starters, the host of the show, IK Osakioduwa is from Nigeria. Do we take it that Nigeria is needier than the rest, so they should have more chances of winning the $200,000 jackpot? But that's an irony, seeing as it is that Nigeria is actually an economic super power in Africa.
Multichoice Uganda publicist, Helena Mayanja, says M-Net didn't intend to give any country more advantage over the rest, but that their contestant selection criterion sought to get the best.
"If a country had interesting personalities that would appeal to viewers, M-Net selected more contestants from there," Helena explained at a press conference following our Philbert Okure's eviction. And I am thinking, are you kidding me, Helena? Take Geraldine from Nigeria. Are they suggesting that all the contestants from the other countries that sent in one or two, were dumber than Geraldine? Hell, no. Nigeria is being favoured and everyone worth their life sees that. Now it is even harder to evict them because the three Nigerians can't nominate each other for possible eviction, so they are devouring the other helpless singles. Can somebody tell us what's happening? For now let's take it out on their Nkenna. Just vote to save either Emma, or Elizabeth. Type "Vote Emma" or "Vote Elizabeth" and send your SMS to 6626 across all networks, or vote online at www,mnetafrica.com/bigbrother.
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