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Big Brother Naija Season 4, also known as Big Brother Naija: Pepper Dem was the fourth season of the Nigerian version of the reality show Big Brother. Produced by South Africa's award-winning production company, Red Pepper Pictures and it was launched on 30 June 2019 on the Africa Magic channels & DStv channel 198. Ex-housemate Ebuka Obi-Uchendu from season one continued as the host. The winner won ₦60 million worth of prizes.[1] [2] [3]
| Housemates | Age on Entry | Occupation | Residence/Birthplace | Day entered | Day exited | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Eke | 26 | Video vixen, ambassador and businesswoman | Lagos/Imo | 0 | 98 | ||
| Mike Edwards | 28 | CEO and athlete | Manchester | 0 | 98 | ||
| Chukwuemeka "Frodd" Okoye | 28 | Investment adviser and sales executive | Anambra | 0 | 98 | ||
| "Omashola" Kola Oburoh | 38 | Model and club manager | Delta | 0 | 98 | ||
| Oluwaseyi "Seyi" Awolowo | 30 | Psychologist, actor and business man | Ogun | 0 | 98 | ||
| Diane Yashim | 23 | Model | Kaduna | 0 | 92 | ||
| Steve "Ike" Ikechukwu Onyema | 26 | Model | Texas/Imo | 0 | 91 | ||
| Elozonam Ogbolu | 33 | Musical artist | Lagos/Delta | 30 | 91 | ||
| Cindy Okafor | 23 | Photographer and artist | 32 | 89 | |||
| Anita Natacha "Tacha" Akide | 24 | Entrepreneur and Instagram influencer | Rivers | 0 | 89 | ||
| Khafi Kareem | 29 | Police officer | London/Ekiti | 0 | 77 | ||
| Venita Akpofure | 32 | Actress | UK/Delta | 30 | 70 | ||
| Atteh Daniel Tioluwa "Sir Dee" | 27 | Banker and graphics designer | Kogi | 0 | 63 | ||
| Esther Olaoluwa Agunbiade | 22 | Lawyer | Lagos | 0 | 63 | ||
| Ekpata Gedoni | 31 | Fashion entrepreneur | Cross River | 0 | 56 | ||
| Jackye Madu | 23 | Software engineer | Anambra | 0 | 56 | ||
| Joseph "Joe" AbDallah | 26 | Creative director | 31 | 49 | |||
| Ede "Enkay" Nkechinyere | 25 | Fashion designer | Enugu | 31 | 49 | ||
| Jeff Nweke | 30 | Banker | Jos/Anambra | 0 | 35 | ||
| Nelson Allison | 26 | Mr Universe Nigeria | Rivers | 0 | 28 | ||
| Thelma Ibemere | 26 | Hair business owner | Imo | 0 | 28 | ||
| Tuoyo Ideh | 23 | Psychotherapist, Fitness coach and part-time stripper | Delta/Edo State | 0 | 21 | ||
| Chinonso "KimOprah" Opara | 23 | Beauty Queen | Lagos | 0 | 14 | ||
| Victoria "Ella" Nnabuchi | 30 | Television presenter, voice-over artist, actress and model | Anambra | 0 | 14 | ||
| Saidat "Avala" Balogun | 30 | Singer and student | Ogun | 0 | 7 | ||
| Isilomo Braimoh | 27 | HR Manager | Lagos | 0 | 7 |
The launch night is marked as Day 0. The day after is Day 1.
For this season, Bet9ja Coins were introduced as a new house currency. Throughout the season which held in Lagos, Nigeria[4] Bet9ja Coins were awarded during tasks, special challenges as the reward. Bet9ja Coins allowed housemates to buy any item of their choice throughout their stay in the House. Bet9ja Coins and BB Naira, the two currencies were different types of virtual currencies and could not be used interchangeably.[5]
Housemates of the team Cruisetopia. (Week 6 - 8)
Housemates of the team The Icons. (Week 6 - 8)
Housemates of the team Enigma. (Week 9)
Housemates of the team The Legends. (Week 9)
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Nominations received | ||||||
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| Day 92 | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| Head of House | Jeff | Nelson | Esther | none | Frodd | Seyi | Seyi | Esther | Khafi | Ike Mercy | Cindy | Elozonam | Seyi | none | ||||||
| Veto Power Holder | KimOprah | Frodd | Seyi | Khafi | none | Diane | Elozonam | Ike | Seyi | Omashola | Frodd | none | ||||||||
| Mercy | No nominations | Ella Frodd | Frodd Mike | Jackye Jeff | Mike Omashola | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | Omashola Venita | Omashola Khafi | Frodd Omashola | Omashola | Exempt | Exempt | Winner (Day 98) | 12 | |||
| Mike | No nominations | Ella Tacha | Seyi Tacha | Khafi Frodd | Seyi Tacha | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | Frodd Seyi | Omashola Tacha | Diane Mercy | Tacha | Not Eligible | Exempt | Runner-up (Day 98) | 19 | |||
| Frodd | No nominations | Tacha Ella | Omashola Tuoyo | Jeff Nelson | Jeff Sir Dee | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | Omashola Elozonam | Mike Ike | Cindy Mercy | Mike | Cindy Elozonam Ike Mike Tacha | Exempt | Third place (Day 98) | 25 | |||
| Omashola | Nominated | Sir Dee Tacha | Tacha Frodd | Thelma Frodd | Mike Ike | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | Elozonam Diane | Mercy Tacha | Mercy Diane | Elozonam | Not Eligible | Nominated | Fourth place (Day 98) | 17 | |||
| Seyi | No nominations | Ella Tuoyo | Frodd Tuoyo | Secret Room | Jeff Tacha | Head of House | Head of House | No nominations | No nominations | Mercy Frodd | Khafi Tacha | Ike Mercy | Mercy | Head of House | Exempt | Fifth place (Day 98) | 14 | |||
| Diane | No nominations | KimOprah Tacha | Seyi Mike | Mike Jackye | Jeff Seyi | No nominations | Veto Power Holder | No nominations | No nominations | Omashola Venita | Omashola Mike | Mike Omashola | Tacha | Not Eligible | Nominated | Evicted | 9 | |||
| Ike | Nominated | Jeff Diane | Seyi Frodd | Jeff Nelson | Jeff Jackye | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | Veto Power Holder | Venita Khafi | Diane Khafi | Cindy Frodd | Elozonam | Not Eligible | Evicted | 12 | ||||
| Elozonam | Not in House | No nominations | No nominations | Veto Power Holder | No nominations | Seyi Mike | Frodd Tacha | Frodd Tacha | Frodd | Not Eligible | Evicted | 7 | ||||||||
| Cindy | Not in House | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | Diane Seyi | Diane Mike | Diane Ike | Ike | Not Eligible | Evicted | 6 | ||||||||
| Tacha | No nominations | Frodd Sir Dee | Frodd Gedoni | Secret Room | Jeff Gedoni | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | Mercy Frodd | Seyi Mike | Cindy Mike | Elozonam | Not Eligible | Ejected | 25 | ||||
| Khafi | No nominations | KimOprah Frodd | Seyi Thelma | Jeff Thelma | Jackye Esther | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | Head of House | Elozonam Venita | Seyi Mercy | Evicted (Day 77) | 8 | |||||||
| Venita | Not in House | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | Frodd Khafi | Evicted (Day 70) | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Sir Dee | No nominations | Ella Ike | Jackye Frodd | Omashola Thelma | Ike Omashola | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | Evicted (Day 63) | 6 | |||||||||
| Esther | No nominations | Ike Tacha | Mike Jeff | Jeff Omashola | Jeff Omashola | No nominations | No nominations | Head of House | No nominations | Evicted (Day 63) | 3 | |||||||||
| Gedoni | No nominations | Tuoyo Mercy | Mike Tuoyo | Thelma Omashola | Mike Jeff | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | Evicted (Day 56) | 4 | ||||||||||
| Jackye | No nominations | Jeff Sir Dee | Tacha Tuoyo | Frodd Thelma | Jeff Omashola | No nominations | No nominations | No nominations | Evicted (Day 56) | 6 | ||||||||||
| Joe | Not in House | No nominations | No nominations | Evicted (Day 49) | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Enkay | Not in House | No nominations | No nominations | Evicted (Day 49) | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jeff | Head of House | Frodd Esther | Seyi Tuoyo | Khafi Ike | Tacha Sir Dee | Evicted (Day 35) | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Thelma | No nominations | Frodd Tacha | Frodd Tacha | Esther Sir Dee | Evicted (Day 28) | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Nelson | No nominations | Ella Gedoni | Gedoni Seyi | Jeff Khafi | Evicted (Day 28) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tuoyo | No nominations | Ella Seyi | Jeff Mike | Evicted (Day 21) | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| KimOprah | Veto Power Holder | Tacha Jackye | Evicted (Day 14) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ella | No nominations | KimOprah Tacha | Evicted (Day 14) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Avala | No nominations | Evicted (Day 7) | N/A | |||||||||||||||||
| Isilomo | No nominations | Evicted (Day 7) | N/A | |||||||||||||||||
| Note | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | none | 7 | 8 | 9,10,11,12 | 13, 14 | 13, 14 | 13, 14 | 15 | none | 16, 17 | 17, 18 | 19 | 20 | ||||||
| Nominated (pre-save and replace) | Avala Gedoni Ike Isilomo Khafi Omashola | Ella Frodd KimOprah Sir Dee Tacha | Frodd Mike Seyi Tacha Tuoyo | none | none | Cindy Elozonam Enkay Frodd Ike Khafi Omashola Sir Dee Tacha | Diane Esther Gedoni Jackye Mercy Mike Seyi Venita | Esther Frodd Khafi Omashola Sir Dee Tacha Venita | Elozonam Frodd Omashola Seyi Venita | Khafi Mike Omashola Tacha | Diane Frodd Mercy | Nominations Void | none | Diane Omashola | none | |||||
| Saved | none | Frodd | none | Sir Dee | Venita | Omashola | Seyi | Omashola | none | none | ||||||||||
| Against public vote | Ella KimOprah Mercy Sir Dee Tacha | Frodd Mike Seyi Tacha Tuoyo | All Housemates | Jeff Mike Omashola Tacha | Cindy Elozonam Enkay Frodd Ike Joe Khafi Omashola Tacha | Diane Frodd Gedoni Jackye Mercy Mike Seyi | Cindy Esther Frodd Sir Dee Tacha Venita | Elozonam Frodd Khafi Omashola Venita | Khafi Mike Seyi Tacha | Cindy Elozonam Ike Mike | All Housemates | |||||||||
| Ejected | none | Tacha | none | |||||||||||||||||
| Evicted | Avala Evicted by challenge | KimOprah 14.82% to save | Seyi Fake evicted (out of 2) | Thelma 0.83% to save | Jeff 5.80% to save | No Eviction | Joe 6.67% to save | Gedoni 3.98% to save | Sir Dee 7.74% to save | Venita 7.06% to save | Khafi 19.23% to save | No Eviction | None | Ike 18.90% to save | Diane by Frodd | Seyi 10.25% to win | Omashola 11.58% to win | |||
| Tacha (out of 3) | Elozonam 7.15% to save | |||||||||||||||||||
| Isilomo Evicted by challenge | Ella 5.38% to save | Nelson 0.70% to save | Enkay 0.88% to save | Jackye 3.38% to save | Esther 6.31% to save | Frodd 16.46% to win | Mike 19.94% to win | |||||||||||||
| Tuoyo 6.66% to save | Cindy 5.65% to save | |||||||||||||||||||
| Survived | Gedoni Khafi | Mercy 29.26% Tacha 28.77% Sir Dee 21.77% | Tacha 27.25% Seyi 26.72% Mike 26.39% Frodd 13.07% | Others 92.80% Gedoni 1.66% Jackye 1.53% Esther 1.46% Jeff 1.02% | Mike 33.63% Tacha 32.73% Omashola 27.84% | Tacha 26.90% Omashola 16.80% Ike 15.26% Cindy 10.56% Khafi 7.97% Elozonam 7.64% Frodd 7.32% | Mercy 25.55% Mike 20.60% Frodd 19.20% Seyi 15.69% Diane 11.60% | Tacha 31.22% Cindy 22.03% Frodd 20.17% Venita 12.53% | Khafi 28.21% Frodd 24.46% Omashola 20.61% Elozonam 19.66% | Tacha 28.51% Mike 26.44% Seyi 25.82% | 41.66% Mike 26.64% | Omashola | Mercy 41.77% to win | |||||||
No Head of House was appointed this week.
On Day 30, two new housemates (Elozonam and Venita) entered the house.
On week 5, all housemates missed out on the opportunity of the veto power thus there was no save and replace.
On Day 31, two new housemates (Enkay and Joe) entered the house.
On Day 32, one new housemate (Cindy) entered the house.
Housemates were split into two team: The Icons and Cruisetopia .
Housemates will no longer have the usual nomination process, instead they will be having nomination challenges. Housemates are henceforth playing all the Big Brother Naija Games or Nomination Tasks in their selected Teams. The winning team will have weekly supplies. The losing team will automatically be up for eviction.
Housemates were regrouped into two new team: The Legends and Enigma while the former team 'The Icons' and 'Cruisetopia' were dissolved.[12]
Week 12's nominations are fake.[13] On Day 78, Mercy bought immunity, securing her a place in the finale.[14]
During the live show on Day 84, Frodd won the Ultimate Veto Power, he has the power to nominate five housemates for eviction in Week 13.[15]
On Day 89, Tacha was ejected from the Big Brother house due to physical assault to Mercy.
As the final part of the privilege of Frodd's Ultimate Veto Power, he had to do a random eviction draw between Diane and Omashola. He picked Diane. So Diane was evicted from the house.
For the final week, the public were voting for who they wanted to win, rather than save. Mercy became the first female winner of Big Brother Naija on Day 98.
In July 2019, the advocate group MURIC (Muslim Rights Concern), wrote a petition to the Nigerian government about the effects the series could be having on the population.[16] In a statement to President Muhammadu Buhari, director of the activist group Professor Ishaq Akintola stated, “We are being forcibly dragged to a world of nudity, shamelessness and open promiscuity. Inmates of BBNaija kiss, romance and engage in sex openly. BBNaija is bohemian, anti-social, crude and immoral. It constitutes a potent danger to every home. BBNaija is satanic. It is unacceptable. Where are our norms and values? Is it part of African culture to engage in sex in the open?” The organisation then called for all of Nigeria to unite on this topic, despite their religious differences.
This season of the show sparked a lot of controversy for its openness of sexuality and promiscuity, receiving backlash from a lot of religious figures online including Pastor Felix Ajide of King Jesus Praiseland Assembly.[17] Other religious people in the country had opposing opinions and one anonymous Muslim woman expressed, “It has also created opportunities to showcase our culture as well as give room for people to sell their products and give added value to their products,” while a civil servant, Chinonye Anokam, said the show is an avenue where Nigerian youth discover their hidden talents and realise their dreams.
Housemate Khafi Kareem was put under investigation by the Metropolitan Police in London, which she worked for, for going on the programme despite being told she was not allowed.[18] An unnamed colleague of hers stated she was “tarnishing the reputation of the force”. Kareem started a romance with fellow housemate Gedoni Ekpata and was reported by many online blogs and netizens to have had sex with him under the covers multiple times on camera.[19] [20] Kareem later denied this.[21] The Met Police confirmed that she was granted unpaid leave for an unrelated reason and her request to join the show was denied. She was given a final written warning in 2022.[22]