Big Brother Naija Season 6 Will Start Showing This Saturday, July 24 [DETAILS]

The Big Brother Naija reality TV show, Season 6, will start on Saturday, July 24 with a whopping N90million winner takes all grand prize.

Organisers of the show announced this on Monday at a press conference in Lagos. Also in a post on Africa Magic’s official website, the organisers announced that the wait is over.

“The wait is finally over! Following the hugely successful Lockdown version of the show, Season 6 has been cooked, spiced, and will be served this coming Saturday.”

For its sixth season, BBNaija will feature a special double launch show on July 24 and 25 respectively.

Also, for the first time ever, fans in the United Kingdom will have access to the live 24/7 show via Showmax.

The organisers also disclosed that there will be no SMS voting for this season, adding that fans will now be able to vote for their favourite housemates for free on BBNaija’s official website and mobile app as well as on the MyDStv and MyGOtv apps.

This year’s edition of BBNaija will run for 72 days and end on October 3, 2021.

MultiChoice Nigeria had earlier in March announced N90 million as the grand prize for the winner of season six of the Big Brother Nigeria (BBNaija) reality TV show.

This makes it the highest grand prize a winner of the reality show will be receiving since the BBNaija debuted in 2006.

Over 40,000 auditioned for BBNaija sixth edition

The sixth edition of Big Brother Naija attracted over 40,000 youths going through the auditions.

Despite the challenge of COVID-19, which restricted the organisers from holding physical auditions, several youths participated in the virtual audition process.

The virtual audition process was first tried in 2020 and re-introduced for the 2021 edition.

Multichoice Head of content, West Africa, Bisola Tejumola, revealed that over 40,000 entries were submitted by eager youths that hoped to get admitted into the BBNaija house for season six.

When queried on the selection process, Tejumola noted that there are no particular criteria for securing a spot among the housemates other than being individual uniqueness.

“We really don’t have particular criteria for picking or selecting lucky housemates other than just remain being you. The process is just come and be original and our team will spot that in you,” Tejumola said.

The sixth edition of BBNaija will kick off on Saturday, July 24 with double opening ceremonies and end on October 3, 2021.

The 10-week long reality TV show will follow the lives of new housemates as they interact and compete with each other to win the grand prize of 90 Million naira worth of prizes.