The debut season of the Big Brother Naija All-Stars wrapped up over the weekend, and Ilebaye emerged as the winner. Pity votes or not, she went into the house with her eyes on the prize and a thought-out strategy.
If you are ever in a position where prize money is at stake, you might learn a thing or seven from how she played her game.
Adopt a corny name like “Gen Z Baddie”
It was initially giving “delulu” when Ilebaye entered Big Brother’s house and crowned herself the Gen Z baddie, but who has the last laugh now? Exactly. Dig deep and find a cliche name that rolls off the mouth of your ops with a tinge of guilty pleasure.
Be quick to apologise
An apology to your ops doesn’t mean you’ve snoozed, it only means you know how to play the long game. Our Gen Z baddie knows this trick by heart.
The morning after Doyin verbally attacked Seyi, Ike Pere and Venita for throwing Ilebaye’s properties inside the toilet, guess who was making peace and sharing hugs with her op? Ilebaye. While the housemates might have seen through her, she swayed public perception in her favour. Sodiq Ologbon!
Small confusion here and there
Gen Z baddie that cannot challenge the status quo? Definitely not our Ilebaye. 70 days in the house and most housemates had a score or two to settle with Ilebaye.
It was giving: “She’s the weapon fashioned against us”. But it also made Ilebaye one of the most talked about housemates of the season. Are you beginning to understand her game? Let’s proceed.
Some Ekun Egbere too
Yoruba people have a saying about the guilty being the first to shed tears, but when ₦120 million is at stake, who cares about traditional rhetoric?
Everything but a Nigerian accent
Nothing makes Nigerians fold faster than an accent that is everything but theirs. They might bash you for being fake or getting the accent wrong, but you’ll have their full attention.
Pepper Dem’s Mercy Eke had a hilarious Ameri-Igbo accent that endeared her to viewers, and it’s no surprise she ended up winning the season. Ilebaye might have borrowed a page from Mercy’s book here with her Ghanaian-Nigerian accent.
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A meeeh dress sense
Because how else will you sway people into believing you need the money to employ the services of a proper glam team?
70 days in the house and Ilebaye gave nothing, fashion-wise. Her Saturday night party fits were neither here nor there, and her day-to-day fits? Very forgettable. But it was all part of the grand scheme because have you seen Ilebaye’s drip on the gram?
Tease the boys
Some people might say she desperately wanted a ship with Whitemoney, Cross and Neo, but I’ll say our Gen Z baddie just wanted to rile the girlies up. And boy, did it work? Tolani Baj even went as far as dragging a duvet off her body while she was snuggling with Neo. God, abeg.
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