- Amount higher than a month’s allocation to 3 states put together
Statistics from the final day of the Big Brother Naija Season 4 ‘Pepper Dem Gang’ episode shows that Nigerians spent a whopping N7.2 billion on votes in 99 days.
The amount made the episode the most successful in the series since the show began few years ago.
Interestingly, the show had attracted a heap of criticism as the most obscene and pornographic show ever beamed on the nation’s air wave.
Announcing the results on Sunday, the host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu said the season got over 240 million votes, out of which over 50 million votes were cast in the final week of the show.
SUNRISE NEWS (SN) reports that a vote costs N30 on the BBNaija Reality TV Show. Though the organizers advertised that Nigerians can vote online, checks by SN revealed that for most times such is impossible.
With the figure, Nigerians spent over N7.2 billion on votes alone.
Announcing the winner of the show, the host also disclosed that a record-breaking over 50 million votes were garnered in the last week of the show. This amounts to N1.5 billion.
The N7.2 billion figure spent on votes is higher than the allocation received by three Nigerian states for the month of January.
Meanwhile, Mercy Eke has become the winner of Big Brother Naija season four, winning with a wide margin.
SUNRISE NEWS reports that the Queen of Highlights’ was crowned winner during the finale on Sunday.
This win makes Mercy the first woman to win the Big Brother Naija reality show since inception.
Popularly known as ‘Lamborghini’, Mercy was touted as the possible winner for the season by show fans and celebrities alike.
The light hearted diva made the top two with her show best friend, Michael Edwards, who emerged first runner up.
Show Review by PriceWaters showed that Mercy garnered a total vote cast of 44.77 percent, the highest since inception, beating the first runner up Michael Edwards to a distant 17.29 percent to win the coveted prize.
As winner, Mercy walked home with cash prize worth over 40 million Naira, brand new Innosson SUV, Dubai trip for two and other prizes.