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BBNaija Season 6 Records Over 1 Billion Votes In An All-Season Record High

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October 9, 2021

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Every season, BBNaija breaks old records and sets new ones, and this season is no different

At the start of Season 6, the organisers announced that it wouldn’t host SMS voting anymore, and voting would be restricted to the MyDstv and GOtv apps and the Africa Magic BBNaija website. Many people assumed the votes volume would decline due to the restrictions, but BBNaija fans have surpassed expectations again.

The season recorded a whopping 1.3 billion in total votes. Fans voted in their numbers to bring about an all season high since the show’s inception in 2017. Votes during the final week also hit a record high of 300 million votes.

BBNaija fans chose Whitemoney as their winner, and he led with 47% of the votes, closely followed by Liquorose with 22.99%. The second runner up, Pere, had 14.77% of the votes while Cross had 6.44%, Angel had 5.37%, and Emmanuel finished with 3.43% of the votes during the final week.

In past seasons, BBNaija pulled huge voting numbers, but none like this edition. At the end of BBNaija season 5, the show generated over 900 million votes, while Season 4 generated above 240 million votes. BBNaija Season 3 finished with over 170 million votes, while Season 2 had over 69 million votes. MultiChoice didn’t handle BBNaija Season 1, so this writer could not acquire the total votes data.

With every new season, BBNaija’s impact continues to increase while boosting its engagement across its platforms.

Speaking at the prize presentation, which held on Monday, October 4, John Ugbe, CEO MultiChoice, said, “Big Brother Naija was available to a UK audience for the first time. And for Showmax, there is a live screening in addition to an exclusive review show called the Buzz. These changes added to the overall entertainment value for the viewer’s experience and for all the fans.”

Big Brother Naija continues to exceed expectations every year, and we can genuinely say it is the pinnacle of reality television in Africa, maybe even the world.