While advertising for its return, Bigbrother Naija was eanxiously waited for hoping perhaps it would quench our thirst for Big Brother but after just three days on screens it now sounds like someone cracking a nail on a blackboard! Yes!
For starters, I am a very Big, as in 'BIG' Big Brother fan and with that fact noted, as a fan I know what tastes sweet for both my ears and eyes. As a Nigerian, many will call me names I have never heard of and I guess I will be branded with so many titles that I haven't thought of yet after reading this review.
Here are my FEW reasons why I think BB Naija is still a big fail and if not by God's grace, it will be till its last
day.
WEIRD ACCENT OOH'
You (the reader) and I both know that we came to this while prepared to hear this agitating Nigerian accent but we risked, still staked our ears and listened anyway, but the fact that we'll have to listen to this all day and week long, it is an enervating truth. We all know that Nigerians have their unique accent but we still know that there are Nigerians who defied that very unique accent, IK the Bigbrother Africa Host is a good example in this. At least the producers would have done us a favor and brought us some good tongues.
POORLY WRITTEN SCRIPT
The bad thing is that in Africa we are used to a poor Big Brother script, fake rules, fake tasks just to mention but a few. As I was watching yesterday's story telling, I realised that we are still years behind to the real Big Brother shows. In Big brother Africa, Housemates are neither allowed to discuss nominations nor strategise. It's a good idea for a continental show because it would have led to regional dominations but for a National show, why wouldn't the producers spice it and see the real fight for the grand prize!
A POOR CHOICE OF HOUSEMATES
I don't want to pick on a particular Housemate but in the real world of Big brother, if given a chance to look for the Big Bother cast, as mean as it may sound only four people in this house would be on my list! Not because the rest are not good for screens but they are not for this kind of a game. You cannot mix a bunch of docile professions and expect them to cause fun in the house. That is one of the other many reasons that will make this BB Naija edition a hell.
That's all I have for now, Keep tuned here for more reviews.
For starters, I am a very Big, as in 'BIG' Big Brother fan and with that fact noted, as a fan I know what tastes sweet for both my ears and eyes. As a Nigerian, many will call me names I have never heard of and I guess I will be branded with so many titles that I haven't thought of yet after reading this review.
Here are my FEW reasons why I think BB Naija is still a big fail and if not by God's grace, it will be till its last
day.
WEIRD ACCENT OOH'
You (the reader) and I both know that we came to this while prepared to hear this agitating Nigerian accent but we risked, still staked our ears and listened anyway, but the fact that we'll have to listen to this all day and week long, it is an enervating truth. We all know that Nigerians have their unique accent but we still know that there are Nigerians who defied that very unique accent, IK the Bigbrother Africa Host is a good example in this. At least the producers would have done us a favor and brought us some good tongues.
POORLY WRITTEN SCRIPT
The bad thing is that in Africa we are used to a poor Big Brother script, fake rules, fake tasks just to mention but a few. As I was watching yesterday's story telling, I realised that we are still years behind to the real Big Brother shows. In Big brother Africa, Housemates are neither allowed to discuss nominations nor strategise. It's a good idea for a continental show because it would have led to regional dominations but for a National show, why wouldn't the producers spice it and see the real fight for the grand prize!
A POOR CHOICE OF HOUSEMATES
I don't want to pick on a particular Housemate but in the real world of Big brother, if given a chance to look for the Big Bother cast, as mean as it may sound only four people in this house would be on my list! Not because the rest are not good for screens but they are not for this kind of a game. You cannot mix a bunch of docile professions and expect them to cause fun in the house. That is one of the other many reasons that will make this BB Naija edition a hell.
That's all I have for now, Keep tuned here for more reviews.
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