Big Brother Africa: The devil wears Prada!

IT’S the final countdown.

After 98 mostly memorable days, the winner of Big Brother Africa 2 will be announced at 21h00 on Sunday: Ofunneka from Nigeria, Tatiana from Angola or Richard from Tanzania! Just a short column today, peeps. Yesterday I was phoned about doing radio interviews on Hidipo Hamutenya resigning from Swapo and Parliament.Inbetween I received a call about doing an interview on BBA.Sjoe, it had me in a tizz! Who was in the house, who was out of the house, who was quitting the House.Didn’t want to accidentally end up promoting Meryl to Cabinet, or having politico Hamutenya accidentally evicted from the BBA house – though I’m sure he wouldn’t mind standing a chance of bagging the Big Brother grand prize of US$100 000! So, will keep it straightforward today.Who will win? I don’t know.Honestly! Have a feeling it could be tight.But you never can tell, it could just as easily be a landslide one way or another! While many people seem to think it’s between Ofunneka and Richard, support for Tatiana has been far from shabby.Who do I want to win? Uhmmmmmmmm …none of the three finalists rank among my favourites, so I don’t have a vested interest in the result.It will be what it will be! It will say what it will say about the majority of BBA viewers! Personally, I loved the vibe and the drama when the ‘Untouchables’ were in the house! Yes, yes, I know a whole lot of you out there thought differently.But it doesn’t mean you were right, hey! THE ODDS Who should win? Don’t be surprised if it’s Richard.He has a blindly loyal support base.I mean, if he went on television and told people he was the Messiah, believe me, there are those who would pack up and follow him.S’true! Then there are those who feel he’s responsible for a dumbing down of morality, and recoil at the way he treats women, not least his wife; others think he’s the ideal man! Yes, I know, don’t get it either.So for Richard, will the end have justified the means? For those of you not into Marx, in brief, will he end up having his cake and eating it? Don’t be surprised if it’s Ofunneka! Despite particularly Richiana fans trying to diss her as not being entertaining, DON’T FORGET lifestyle entertainment guru Martha Stewart’s winning recipe – reality, lifestyle and entertainment! And she’s huge in the entertainment world.That about sums up Ofunneka.And she was no less entertaining than any of the other members of the so-called ‘Big 5’.She just didn’t kiss as much!! But will she smooch the money? It would probably be more of a surprise if Tati wins.There are those who feel she deserves the prize merely for having to put up with Richard.Others just flat out like her, her style, her dancing and her personality.Could she be the dark horse? MEMORIES The housemates have made us laugh, got us hot under the collar, got us discussing issues, pitted friend against friend, and country against country! We’ve loved them, been indifferent to them and cursed them.We saw Bertha, aka B, convert from Bible puncher to man muncher, and Richard transform from Prozac man to poleaxe man! How many of you now remember how he was so quiet at the beginning that I wondered aloud in a column if he was there to accessorise the furniture! Then came Richiana: first you have a huffiana, then a sulkiana, followed by a kissiana and, voila, you have Richiana! Press replay.Who can forget Justice dancing in yellow high heels, Jeff’s exercises, Maureen’s designer blah, Code’s shiznig, Kwaku’s gangsta cool, kickass Lerato, ‘Fabioso’ Max …and who can forget Meryl? Full stop! (see separate article) And, of course, there have been the controversies.Yeah, peeps, we give you Big Brother Africa 2! FOR NOW So, the Editor’s told me to get my Prada (I wish) on and go and have a Penthouse moment, oops, I mean pent-up moments, in Johannesburg on Sunday.”Jean, I think you need to put an exclamation mark on your coverage of BBA,” she said.!!!!!!!! Actually, what I think she meant was a full stop.Yip, I’ll be at the grand finale! Hope to bring you a Biggie bag of news and views.That, of course, may just depend on whether Bertha turns up with a loaded crutch, or not 🙂 And, whether Justice goes proxy on me, or not …Only kidding.You thought Richiana gave you ‘Love Boat’? You ain’t seen me, Bertha and Justice feeling the love!! Catch you next week.* Catch BBA2 on Channel 198, DStv.Yesterday I was phoned about doing radio interviews on Hidipo Hamutenya resigning from Swapo and Parliament.Inbetween I received a call about doing an interview on BBA.Sjoe, it had me in a tizz! Who was in the house, who was out of the house, who was quitting the House.Didn’t want to accidentally end up promoting Meryl to Cabinet, or having politico Hamutenya accidentally evicted from the BBA house – though I’m sure he wouldn’t mind standing a chance of bagging the Big Brother grand prize of US$100 000! So, will keep it straightforward today.Who will win? I don’t know.Honestly! Have a feeling it could be tight.But you never can tell, it could just as easily be a landslide one way or another! While many people seem to think it’s between Ofunneka and Richard, support for Tatiana has been far from shabby.Who do I want to win? Uhmmmmmmmm …none of the three finalists rank among my favourites, so I don’t have a vested interest in the result.It will be what it will be! It will say what it will say about the majority of BBA viewers! Personally, I loved the vibe and the drama when the ‘Untouchables’ were in the house! Yes, yes, I know a whole lot of you out there thought differently.But it doesn’t mean you were right, hey! THE ODDS Who should win? Don’t be surprised if it’s Richard.He has a blindly loyal support base.I mean, if he went on television and told people he was the Messiah, believe me, there are those who would pack up and follow him.S’true! Then there are those who feel he’s responsible for a dumbing down of morality, and recoil at the way he treats women, not least his wife; others think he’s the ideal man! Yes, I know, don’t get it either.So for Richard, will the end have justified the means? For those of you not into Marx, in brief, will he end up having his cake and eating it? Don’t be surprised if it’s Ofunneka! Despite particularly Richiana fans trying to diss her as not being entertaining, DON’T FORGET lifestyle entertainment guru Martha Stewart’s winning recipe – reality, lifestyle and entertainment! And she’s huge in the entertainment world.That about sums up Ofunneka.And she was no less entertaining than any of the other members of the so-called ‘Big 5’.She just didn’t kiss as much!! But will she smooch the money? It would probably be more of a surprise if Tati wins.There are those who feel she deserves the prize merely for having to put up with Richard.Others just flat out like her, her style, her dancing and her personality.Could she be the dark horse? MEMORIES The housemates have made us laugh, got us hot under the collar, got us discussing issues, pitted friend against friend, and country against country! We’ve loved them, been indifferent to them and cursed them.We saw Bertha, aka B, convert from Bible puncher to man muncher, and Richard transform from Prozac man to poleaxe man! How many of you now remember how he was so quiet at the beginning that I wondered aloud in a column if he was there to accessorise the furniture! Then came Richiana: first you have a huffiana, then a sulkiana, followed by a kissiana and, voila, you have Richiana! Press replay.Who can forget Justice dancing in yellow high heels, Jeff’s exercises, Maureen’s designer blah, Code’s shiznig, Kwaku’s gangsta cool, kickass Lerato, ‘Fabioso’ Max …and who can forget Meryl? Full stop! (see separate article) And, of course, there have been the controversies.Yeah, peeps, we give you Big Brother Africa 2! FOR NOW So, the Editor’s told me to get my Prada (I wish) on and go and have a Penthouse moment, oops, I mean pent-up moments, in Johannesburg on Sunday.”Jean, I think you need to put an exclamation mark on your coverage of BBA,” she said.!!!!!!!! Actually, what I think she meant was a full stop.Yip, I’ll be at the grand
finale! Hope to bring you a Biggie bag of news and views.That, of course, may just depend on whether Bertha turns up with a loaded crutch, or not 🙂 And, whether Justice goes proxy on me, or not …Only kidding.You thought Richiana gave you ‘Love Boat’? You ain’t seen me, Bertha and Justice feeling the love!! Catch you next week.* Catch BBA2 on Channel 198, DStv.