Ahead of the big brother
Africa game which starts in October, details of three of the housemates
have emerged.
The first housemate from
Zimbabwe is called Butterphly and
aged 24. Butterphly is a Radio, Television Presenter and Producer
from Harare. She lists her favourite foods as meat, pasta with cheese,
black-eyed peas and eggs. Her favourite books include the Bible, The Firm, The
Long Goodbye, and the Sherlock Holmes series. She likes to watch Chopped, 24,
Intelligence and Big Brother Africa.
Butterphly entered Big
Brother Hotshots because she’d always wanted to be
part of a national sports team, but never got the chance. ‘Being
on Big Brother Africa will allow me to take the opportunity to market
myself and expand my brand’. She says she won’t
use ‘backstabbing and cheating’
or immoral and unethical methods to get the prize. If she wins, she’ll
send her sister, brother and kids to really good schools, start a chain of
unique food, social and fashion hangout joints and take her mom shopping.
Describing herself as ‘unique,
feisty, mysterious, fun-loving and witty’, Butterphly says
that people are always shocked when they discover that she’s
humble, compassionate and kind. She likes other people with a sense of humour,
honour and truthfulness, and dislikes ‘dishonesty and people
who pretend to like a person’.
Her mom is her role model: ‘she
put her life on pause so ours could play. She’s
the hardest working woman I know’. Butterphly says she
draws influence from ‘all sorts of people’. ‘Ordinary,
young, dead, legends – in everyone’s life story I try to
extract important lessons like resilience, faith, strength etc. I learn as much
as I can from the people I meet or read about,’
she says.
The second housemate, Ella,
23 is from Uganda. Ellah is a Sales Assistant with a BSc in Business
Computing from Nsambya, Uganda. She lists her favourite foods as ravioli, rice
and chicken and her favourite books as Think Like A Man, Act Like A Lady, and
Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich. She enjoys watching Reality shows like
Real Housewives of Atlanta, New York and Orange County. Her favourite singers
include India Arie, August Alsina, Beyonce, Rihanna and Sam Smith.
Her favourite place in Uganda
is the Lake Bunyonyi Resort and she says the best thing about Africa is ‘the
warmness of the people’. Outside of her home country, she says Cambodia is ‘a
hidden gem and somewhat a free country’. Ellah, who has 12
brothers and sisters, says her Mom is her role model: ‘her
strength and character captivate me’.
Ellah is most proud of having
emerged Miss Uganda 2013/14 because ‘it was a stiff
competition and a strong test for me’. She was inspired to
enter Big Brother Hotshots because of the fact that ‘it
unites Africa and also is a platform for me to advance’.
She says she’s ‘super excited and is
looking forward to being on the show.
She describes herself as ‘charismatic,
bitchy, outspoken, loving and sophisticated’ and says that she’s
‘strong and determined’.
She values ‘honesty, charisma and joyfulness’
in others, but dislikes ‘lies and fakeness’.If she wins the
grand prize, Ellah will buy cars for her mom and invest the rest in real
estate.
While the third housemate,
Alusa, 33 is from Kenya. Alusa is an Actor, Radio Drama Director
and MC. Alusa, who is from Nairobi, Kenya, is married and has three children.
His favourite food is ugali with chicken stew and traditional vegetables. His
favourite book is TD Jakes’ He-Motions and he
likes watching National Geographic, The Exes and Nigerian movies on TV. On the
music front, he enjoys listening to Sauti-Sol, Mafikizolo, P.Square, YoussouN’Dour
and Salif Keita. One of his favourite films, Training Day, features one of his
favourite actors: Denzel Washington.
Describing himself as ‘ambitious,
spiritual, out-spoken, generous and mysterious’,
Alusa likes people who are ‘detailed’
and who have a good sense of humour, because he likes to laugh. He doesn’t
enjoy people who ‘emit negative energy’.
He entered Big Brother
Hotshots for the exposure, as well as the intrigue of living with total
strangers in a closed environment and the desire to share his lifestyle with a
huge audience. Alusa is looking forward to having the continent watch him: ‘I’m
an artist, a performer, so I love attention. I’m
not in the least bit intimidated, in fact, I’m thrilled’
Alusa lists Mombasa and his
village – Kakamega as his favourite places in Kenya, because
they’re both very exotic in their ways and rich culture. He
says the best thing about Africa is her people. ‘Africans
are both beautiful in form and diverse culture,’
he says. Outside of Africa, his favourite place is Brazil. ‘Rich
culture, beautiful women, sweet samba music, festivals, food –
I could go on and on,’ he says.
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