Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, season 7 housemate, Josephine Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has emerged the grand prize winner of the reality TV show.
The 25-year-old hype girl was announced as the winner on Sunday night.
She defeated Bryann, who followed her closely to clinch the grand prize of N 100 million in the ‘Level Up' edition of the reality show.
Other finalists included Daniella, who was the first to be evicted on Sunday, followed by Chichi, Adekunle and Bella.
The Edo State-born reality TV star also , walked away with a brand new SUV from Innonson motors as well as all expenses paid trip to Dubai among other goodies.
The 25-year-old hype girl described her days in the BBNajia house as amazing and splendid, adding that the world should be ready for her.
Born in June 1997, Phyna hails from Edo State, where she also had her primary, secondary and tertiary education.
She described herself as being “allergic to malice and a short-tempered person who can fight with a person one minute, then talk to them the next, like nothing happened."
“I don’t condone gossip, and a lot of people know I hate it. You can never gossip about someone to me,” she said.
Twenty-eight housemates participated in the show which premiered on the 23rd and 24th of July 2022.
The show ended after 72 days of intense romance, intrigues and twists.
Phyna joins Whitemoney, Laycon, Mercy, Miracle, Efe and Katung in the highly coveted list of BBNaija winners.
Like the previous winners, Phyna will no doubt leverage the opportunity the BBNaija platform is offering for her career.
The seventh edition of the BBNaija franchise would go down in history as the most successful iteration yet, having recorded over a billion votes, over 40,000 auditions and broken social media engagement records.
The innovative changes to the show and twists that occurred from the beginning helped keep things exciting.
It also had viewers on their toes and constantly trying to figure out Big Brother’s next move.
The success of this edition is particularly remarkable, considering fans didn’t have the usual SMS voting platforms to vote with this year.
The grand finale which aired live on DStv 198 and GOtv 29 at 7 pm featured live performances by Nigerian superstars M.I Abaga, Falz, and Pheelz. A highlight of the night was a surprise diary session with Ebuka and Biggie. His session was followed shortly by a performance from M.I. Following Daniella’s and Chi Chi’s eviction, Falz thrilled the audience with his hit song, Bop Daddy and Highway.
Pheelz closed the night of performances with his award-winning songs Finesse and Electricity.
The N100 Million grand prize for this season’s winner is the largest yet, with a ₦50 Million cash gift and a brand new Innoson G5T from Innoson Motors.
Other prizes include one bitcoin from Quidax, a Dubai trip for two courtesy TravelBeta, a brand new Camon 19 from Tecno and electronics from Nexus.
To make things more interesting, Pepsi would gift the winner one year supply of Pepsi products, while Waw detergent, Munch It, Unik and Dano would supply packs of their products.
Source: Vanguard
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