Month: June 2013

He is known for his candid opinions in his pieces. A veteran relationships and satirical writer, Oyunga Pala has become is a housename to anyone who likes reading. Well, recently, the writer took a swipe at Africa’s premier reality show, Big Brother, terming it “a lot of hot air”

I will start with the good stuff about the Big Brother Africa (BBA) reality show. Television is about popularity rating and BBA has without a doubt established a cult following and a distinctive brand image since its debut in 2003. The housemates are drawn from 14 African countries. They are detained in a house for 91 days, subjected to around the clock surveillance in a game of elimination and the winner takes it all; a bleeding $300 000 (Kshs 24 million)!

Anyone who walks out with that kind of money after three months of mucking about on live TV gets noticed even by the president. Last year’s contestant, Kenyan housemate Prezzo much to my surprise came close, scored big and came back floating on cloud 9. Now, I have hard time convincing my 10 year old nephew that being a star in game show is not a sound career prospect.

For the next three months, I am going have to put up with all the hype about BBA, The Chase. It will be welcome break from the salary-whining session that we call parliament. I won’t even have to watch the show to know what’s going on. People old enough to know better will keep me up to date dropping references from BBA as fodder for office gossip trivia in the morning.

Team Kenya had two representatives, Annabel Mbaru and Huddah Monroe. Annabel is less well known because she has not done a nvde. I read her profile online and she is quoted as saying she loves attention. I guess she will have to get frisky with her housemates and show more flesh if she hopes to win attention. Huddah ‘Empress’ Monroe is a rising socialite formerly known as Alhuddah Njoroge developing a media reputation for her risqué personality.  The fancy name is derived from Marliyn Monroe who inspires her in a quest to become a sexy, popular siren.  Huddah seems to stand a better chance of winning because she already known for choice quotes like, “Addis Ababa is a country” and previously released a nvde photo set that is a sight for sore eyes.

An appearance in shows like BBA is now the ultimate launch pad in a career as an attention seeker. Evidently, housemates are egged on to misbehave to push their ratings. Geatano Kagwa, the BBA 1 contestant from Uganda is famed for having sex on a live set and that propelled him to a career as a well known media personality and legendary reputation in Ugandan showbiz circles.

We live in a society that has proven that one’s importance increases once people start to pay attention to us. In the instant fame culture, forsaking privacy, enduring ridicule in public to entice addicted voyeurs seems a little price to pay for overnight status and fame.

Nonetheless off camera, after the glitz, a different reality plays out. For every BBA star that emerges, tens of crushed contestants leave the house used, humiliated and discarded. Fame is a drug and the withdrawal symptoms are nasty. The fascination over their mundane lives disappears quickly once the cameras are turned off and they wake up to horror of an ordinary life.

This is untold story of the grand delusion of importance that BBA is selling to African youth. Reality TV stars are disposable characters of the media mill, big today, forgotten tomorrow. Remember a guy called Alex Holi…enough said.

Well, last evening one pair of the Kenyan representatives was sadly evicted from this year’s Big Brother The Chase after just a week in the house. Despite the hostility she’s currently facing in the hand of KOT, Huddah has decided to put on a brave face.

Huddah seems to have ‘accepted and moved on’ because like a cowboy she has decided to pick up herself, dust herself off and get back up on the saddle. The “socialite” will now be getting back to her hustle after her botched attempt at the ultimate prize for Big Brother.

“And such is life…back to the hustle”, tweeted Huddah just fews hours after she was evicted from the house. She also thanked her Kenyan fans and Africa for the support accorded to her during her short stint in Big Brother The Chase.

“Thanks alot Kenya and the whole of Africa….You did ur part.God bless.”

 

Last evening Huddah was one of the two first housemates to be evicted from Big Brother’s The Chase. Huddah went into the Big Brother house this season and promised people to be entertained, however Africans didn’t seem to take a liking to her attention-seeking techniques and they evicted her.

Huddah was extremely shocked when the results were read. The upside to Huddah leaving is that 254 is still being represented by Ann Mbaru. Huddah could not marshal up enough support to keep her in the House. Here’s how Africa voted;

Angola: Betty
Botswana: Betty
Ghana: Selly
Kenya: Huddah
Ethiopia: Betty
Malawi: Natasha
Namibia: Betty
Nigeria: Selly
South Africa: Denzel
Sierra Leone: Betty
Tanzania: Huddah
Uganda: Denzel
Zambia: Natasha
Zimbabwe: Natasha
Rest of Africa: Selly

Total: Betty = 5; Selly = 3; Natasha =3, Denzel = 2, Huddah = 2. (Total: 15 Votes)

As you can see Huddah managed only two votes – Tanzania’s and of course Kenya’s; this was unfortunately the least number.

All the best to Huddah because the hate she is currently receiving on twitter is crazy! Check that HERE. Also, word has it Huddah will be on a tv show later on this year.

Former beauty queen, now anti-jigger campaign ambassador Cecilia Mwangi fit a shoe on First Lady Margaret Kenyatta during the launch of a shoe distribution project at Ahadi Kenya Trust offices in Nairobi last week.

 

You’ve gotta give it up to Gerald Langiri for his relentless efforts because “In The Forest” series keeps getting more lewd in every new episode released.

After last week’s sexually explicit episode of “In the Forest”, with the craziest and sexiest Big Brother contestant Kenya has produced to date Sheila Kwamboka aka Kwambox, Gerald Langiri comes across an unpleasant surprise in this historic double-digit episode 10!

Gerald hands Mugambi tissue

Instead of the STAR of Nairobi Half Life, Joseph Babu Wairimu, Gerald comes across another actor from the same film who played a fairly smaller part. What part? A gay man! His name? Mugambi Nthiga. If you thought that episode7, with Ojiambo Ainea was gay, get ready for an even gayer episode. Maybe it’s time Gerald pulled a Kanye and started wearing a skirt, yeah?

Watch as Mugambi loses his cool after being bombarded with insulting questions about his sexuality and see why he threw his coffee on Gerald’s face and walked out. Here’s episode 10 of “In The Forest”;

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Huddah is in for a long week! Nay month! The Huddah Monroe bashing has begun! it’s open season on the poor lass and everyone and their aunties want to get a word in edgewise! but to be fair, while I don’t agree with this trend, I have to admit that it is hilarious! Check this out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ati #Huddah would have recorded her sessions home then azitume kulioko kuenda na ku evictiwa that fast…*dead!

 

RT @kenyanzulu: #AddAQuestionTag #Huddah had been evicted even before the #BBATHECHASE began, huddan’t she??

 

#Huddah should just have shot BBA at her house na atume video

 

My ribs RT @LordMarcus_K: #Huddah isn’t trending anymore, its those small samosa b00bs when she was showering

 

Didn’t catch BBA last night bt Huddah is out hahaha, Kenyan ladies let’s work to repair our damaged reputation, all isn’t lost #bbathechase

 

RT @MediaMK: If Huddah was a few shades darker, most of you ‘supporting’ her wouldn’t be doing it. True Story

 

Not true, Uncle Chim Tuna is a dark skinned, nubile lady loving man!

 

LMFAO RT@Mike_marshall17: #AddAQuestionTag huddah was evicted.. Divaren’t she?

 

RT @RobertAlai: Africa will never blindly support nudity. Hence the eviction of Huddah and Denzel #BBATheChase

 

I said the same thing when I analyzed why Huddah Monroe’s strategy backfired.

 

And Shee Waruinge had this gem to add:

#AddAQuestionTag, The landlord will evict you, huddan’t he?

On week one, Kenya’s Huddah and Uganda’s Denzel were the first housemates to be evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

The two, who had been some of the most controversial housemates, seemed visibly upset that they were evicted. While Denzel was a bit more reserved with his emotions, Huddah could not hold back her shock at the initial announcement, and tears flowed freely from her eyes as she exited the house.

The two were noted for their distinct disdain for clothing, as they traipsed around the house with minimal clothing. Seemed that Africans did not take to those attention-seeking techniques. All the best to Huddah and Denzel in their future pursuits.