Jossy Out Of Big Brother Amplified

The second live eviction show of Big Brother Amplified on 15 May delivered yet more surprises as Namibia’s Jossy was sent home after receiving the fewest votes from Africa.

Confidence, Vimbai, Weza and Nigeria’s Vina returned to the ‘Heads’ house to continue with the game, while Ethiopia’s Danny was sent to the ‘Tails’ house- but none of the housemates know exactly what is going on.

During the eviction show, IK Osakioduwa called all the six nominated housemates onto stage, explaining to the audience as they made their way there, that the four most popular housemates would be returning to the ‘Heads’ house, the fifth, sent to the ‘Tails’ house, while the sixth most popular-and therefore the housemate who received the fewest votes-would be heading home.

After chatting briefly to each of the six nominees, IK asked Confidence, Vimbai, Vina and Weza to stand and leave the stage, not telling them their fate. And once they departed, he then asked Danny to leave the stage, with the Ethiopian unaware that he was heading to the ‘Tails’ house, before revealing to Jossy that he had become the first housemate to be evicted from Big Brother Amplified.

He thanked the Nambian for playing a good game and after showing him some highlights of his time in the house, sent him off stage for the final time.

Earlier in the Sunday night show, Botswana’s hip-hop stars Vee and Scar had kicked off the show and set the bar for the evening high by delivering an electrifying performance.

Meanwhile, the ‘Tails’ housemates got their first taste of nominations on Monday 16 May after the ‘heads’ housemates took their turn last week.

Once everyone had had their say-including Head of House, Miss P- Nkuli, Luclay, Mumba and Kim are up for eviction this Sunday. A tense Miss P made a last-minute decision to use her Head of House powers to save Nigeria’s Karen, who had received the most nominations, and put Mumba up for eviction in her place.

Karen had dressed up specially for her first nomination session, before nominating Alex and Kim. She chose Alex because she felt she still didn’t know much about him and Kim because she didn’t know if she was fake or just taking time to ‘come out’.

The winner of Big Brother Amplified, will be named on 31 July, after 91 days of head-to-head competition. And the power to award the $200,000 cash prize rests in the hands of the viewers.

—Funsho Arogundade