Who Wins Big Brother Hotshots Tonight?

THIS evening, the doors will be ajar for the remaining eight housemates who have been

confined to the Big Brother Africa house in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the last 63 days. But one contestant will be stunned with monumental disbelief, as winner of the coveted prize of USD300, 000. Who could that be?

Of the Top 8, only one country; Zimbabwe, still has its contestants intact. They are JJ and Butterphly. As good as this seems, they are likely to be disadvantaged because their country votes will be shared into two by fans.

This is so because going by the rules of the game, each country is represented by one vote, which goes to the contestant with the highest number in that country. It therefore appears that one Zimbabwean will be disadvantaged.

Further on the rules, when two or more contestants tie on the number of countries where they have highest votes from, whoever comes tops in Zimbabwe is likely to be further disadvantaged because in calculating the aggregate, the country’s votes would have been less for each person, having been split by fans of the two contestants.

If the result of last week’s voting, where Nigeria’s Tayo was put up for eviction, is anything to go by, there are high hopes that the model may win the show. Apart from garnering votes from Nigeria, he also won overwhelmingly in Ghana, Rwanda and the Rest of Africa.

Since there is no more Rwandan in the show, the Nigerian is likely to retain that slot, including votes from the Rest of Africa. The only snag might be Ghana, where he is not likely to win this time. Last week, the Ghanaian housemate, M’am Bea, was not put up for eviction, for which Ghanaian fans of the show had saved their votes for their neighbouring country’s contestant. This time, both contestants are in the race and Tayo is not sure to retain his hold on Ghana.

The contestant who came close to Tayo last week was Idris, who got his country, Tanzania and neighbouring Kenya and Namibia. Except something unforeseen happens, the prize money is likely to be for Tayo or Idris, with Tayo, being the most likely winner, also judging by the rate SMS comments sent to the programme by fans, in favour of Tayo for the prize.

Next to Idris, in last week’s voting pattern was Sipe, the lady from Malawi. She showed her dominance in Zambia, in addition to her country, Malawi.

According to last week’s numbers, Ellah, Goitse, Sheillah, Trezagah and JJ received the least number of votes, being one country each. The five housemates were tied on one country vote each. The tie-breaker rule was then applied and the four contestants with the lowest percentage vote for all countries were evicted, letting JJ off the hook.

source: thenationonlineng.net