It will be another 70 days of fun, unpredictable twists and turns, exciting and engaging tasks, and many more as the popular Nigerian reality television show Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) returns to the screens with Season 8 this July.
Fans of what is now Africa’s biggest reality television show will also expect to see the regular head of house challenge, the arena games, the famous pool and grill party, the Saturday night raves, as well as their favourite ‘Ninjas’ running various errands for Big Brother, including making mischief and playing pranks on housemates.
Big Brother Naija is a reality TV show where between 12 to 26 housemates live in an isolated house and compete for an ultimate cash prize and other material gifts such as cars and endorsement deals. Housemates are voted and those with the lowest votes are evicted from the show.
The season 8 of the show, which premieres on Sunday, July 23, is tagged ‘All Star Edition’, the organizers confirmed in a press conference on July 14. This season will feature carefully selected housemates and fans’ favourites from previous editions of the show – See Gobe, Double Wahala, Pepper Dem, Lockdown, Shine Ya Eye, and Level Up,
And so, for the first time in the history of the BBNaija reality TV show, fans will again watch some of their favourite housemates from previous editions as they come back into the house with another chance at earning the number one spot in the game of wit, strategy and character.
“It has been seven years of engaging our viewers, the industry and the fans. This is the biggest show in Africa and once Big Brother is on, the majority tune in. Fans should watch out for new versions of the housemates they used to know,” said the Executive Head, Content and West Africa Channels at MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, Dr. Busola Tejumola.
“We appreciate MoniePoint Nigeria for joining us as lead sponsors of this promising season and partnering with us to pier the dreams of the talent who will thrill us this season with beautiful performances as we get reintroduced to fans’ favourite housemates.
“Of Course, fans can expect to get up close and personal with the housemates through their diary room sessions,” Tejumola said.
This year, the winning prize has been marked up from last year’s N100 million as the winner of this 8th edition will walk away with a grand prize of cash and other materials worth N120 million.
The show’s regular host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu comes back as the reality show anchor for the BBNaija All Star Edition.
Speaking on what fans should expect, Obi-Uchendu listed “fun, drama and all the razzmatazz that comes with a reality show”.
“These contestants can’t be coming for a show like this without a strategy; it’s N120m we are talking about right here. So, stay glued to your BBNaija channels and catch all the excitement that comes with this show. As I will say, you can’t just know what will happen,” he said.
The show will premiere at 7pm on Africa Magic Showcase (Channel 151), Africa Magic Urban (Channel 153), and Africa Magic Family (Channel 154) on Sunday, July 23. It will continue to air for 10 weeks on the 24-hour Big Brother dedicated Channels, Dstv Channel 198 and Gotv Channel 49, while the grand finale will be on October 1, 2023.
As in previous editions, there is reward for fans in this 8th edition as 30 lucky fans will win N1 million each in the fan lock challenge where they have the opportunity to lock in their top three favourite housemates all through the season.
The first season of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show was aired on Dstv Channel 37 from 5th of March to 4th of June 2006. The show, which was won by 26-year-old Katung Aduwak, also featured Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, who is now the host of the reality show, as one of the popular housemates.
Thereafter, the show went off-air for 11 years until it made a comeback in 2017 with the second edition which started 22 January of that year. Each of the seasons since then has taken on a new theme that speaks to the pop culture of the time in the country, current happenings, and the type of housemates.
