Big Brother Africa has unveiled 3 housemates for
Season 9 of the show, tagged "Hotshots" . They
are Alusa from Kenya , Ellah from Uganda and
Butterphly from Zimbabwe .
Season 9 of the hugely popular MNet series was
due to start on September 7 but had to be
postponed due to a September 2 fire
outbreak » at Sasani Studios in Johannesburg,
South Africa where the show usually holds.
The show has now been billed to start on
October 5 » at a new venue » , also in South
Africa. Find the housemates' photos and profiles
below:
ALUSA - Kenya
Alusa. Age: 33. Actor, Radio Drama Director and
MC Alusafrom Nairobi, Kenya, is married and has
three children. His favourite food is ugali with
chicken stew and traditional vegetables. His
favourite book is TD Jakes’ He-Motions and he
likes watching National Geographic, The Exes
and Nigerian movies on TV.
On the music front, he enjoys listening to Sauti-
Sol, Mafikizolo, P.Square, YoussouN’Dour and
Salif Keita. One of his favourite films, Training
Day, features one of his favourite actors: Denzel
Washington. Describing himself as ‘ambitious,
spiritual, out-spoken, generous and mysterious’,
Alusa likes people who are ‘detailed’ and who
have a good sense of humour, because he likes
to laugh.
He doesn’t enjoy people who ‘emit negative
energy’. He entered Big Brother Hotshots for the
exposure, as well as the intrigue of living with
total strangers in a closed environment and the
desire to share his lifestyle with a huge
audience. Alusa is looking forward to having the
continent watching him: ‘I’m an artist, a
performer, so I love attention.
I’m not in the least bit intimidated, in fact, I’m
thrilled’ Alusa lists Mombasa and his village of
Kakamega as his favourite places in Kenya,
because they’re both very exotic in their ways
and rich culture. He says the best thing about
Africa is the people. ‘Africans are both beautiful
in form and diverse culture,’ he says. Outside of
Africa, his favourite place is Brazil. ‘Rich culture,
beautiful women, sweet samba music, festivals,
food – I could go on and on,’ he says.
ELLAH - Uganda
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Ellah - Age: 23 (pictured right)Ellahis a Sales
Assistant with a BSc in Business Computing from
Nsambya, Uganda. She lists her favourite foods
as ravioli, rice and chicken and her favourite
books as Think Like A Man, Act Like A Lady, and
Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich.
She enjoys watching Reality shows like Real
Housewives of Atlanta, New York and Orange
County. Her favourite singers include India Arie,
August Alsina, Beyonce, Rihanna and Sam
Smith. Her favourite place in Uganda is the Lake
Bunyonyi Resort and she says the best thing
about Africa is ‘the warmness of the people’.
Outside of her home country, she says Cambodia
is ‘a hidden gem and somewhat a free country’.
Ellah has 12 brothers and sisters and says her
Mom is her role model: ‘her strength and
character captivate me’. Ellah is most proud of
having become Miss Uganda 2013/14 because ‘it
was a stiff competition and a strong test for me’.
She was inspired to enter Big Brother
Hotshots because of the fact that ‘it unites
Africa and also is a platform for me to advance’.
She says she’s ‘super excited and is looking
forward to being on the show. She describes
herself as ‘charismatic, bitchy, outspoken, loving
and sophisticated’ and says that she’s ‘strong
and determined’. She values ‘honesty, charisma
and joyfulness’ in others, but dislikes ‘lies and
fakeness’.If she wins the grand prize Ellah will
buy cars for her mom and invest the rest in real
estate.
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Butterphly - Age: 24 Butterphly is a Radio,
Television Presenter and Producer from Harare.
She lists her favourite foods as meat, pasta with
cheese, black-eyed peas and eggs. Her favourite
books include the Bible, The Firm, The Long
Goodbye, and the Sherlock Holmes series.
She likes to watch Chopped, 24, Intelligence and
Big Brother Africa. Butterphly entered Big Brother
Hotshots because she’d always wanted to be
part of a national sports team, but never got the
chance. ‘Being on Big Brother Africa will allow
me to take the opportunity to market myself and
expand my brand’. She says she won’t use
‘backstabbing and cheating’ or immoral and
unethical methods to get the prize.
If she wins, he’ll send her sister, brother and
kids to really good schools, start a chain of
unique food, social and fashion hangout joints
and take her mom shopping. Describing herself
as ‘unique, feisty, mysterious, fun-loving and
witty’, Butterphly says that people are always
shocked when they discover that he’s humble,
compassionate and kind. He likes other people
with a sense of humour, honour and truthfulness,
and dislikes ‘dishonesty and people who pretend
to like a person’.
Her mom is her role model: ‘she put her life on
pause so ours could play. She’s the hardest
working woman I know’. Butterphly says he
draws influence from ‘all sorts of people’.
‘Ordinary, young, dead, legends – in everyone’s
life story I try to extract important lessons like
resilience, faith, strength etc. I learn as much as
I can from the people I meet or read about, she says
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