{"id":648048,"date":"2019-07-01T13:34:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T13:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div itemprop=\"description\">\n\t\t<p>Some Nigerians have expressed their shock over the choice of housemates in the ongoing fourth season of the Big Brother Naija reality show.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1217588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1217"},"modified":"2019-07-01T13:34:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T13:34:11","slug":"bbnaija-nigerians-shocked-over-choice-of-housemates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/bbnaija-nigerians-shocked-over-choice-of-housemates\/","title":{"rendered":"BBNaija: Nigerians \u2018shocked\u2019 over choice of housemates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>Some Nigerians have expressed their shock over the choice of housemates in the ongoing fourth season of the Big Brother Naija reality show.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1217588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1217588\" style=\"width: 763px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1217588 size-full jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"BBNaija\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/BBNaija.jpg\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1217588 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/1561988051_774_BBNaija.jpg\" alt=\"BBNaija\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1217588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BBNaija<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the season kicked off on Sunday with 21 housemates, most of whom some viewers have described as \u201cmore foreign than Nigerian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- between content ad --><\/p>\n<p>Respondents said that it was puzzling how Manchester-based Mike, London police office Khafi and Ike, who said this was his first one in Lagos, made the cut while thousands of Nigerians flooded audition centres in February.<\/p>\n<p>NAN recalls that audition centres across the country were crowded with people struggling to get in by scaling the fence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBNaija?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BBNaija<\/a> Housemates are now in the house! &#x1f3d8;&#xfe0f; Thoughts? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b7zcGOVnDL\">pic.twitter.com\/b7zcGOVnDL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Big Brother Naija (@BBNaija) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBNaija\/status\/1145424940117704704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Viewers felt it was unfair to have people risk lives to audition and then pick Nigerians in the diaspora.<br \/>@Omojuwa said, \u201cI have a problem with everyday Nigerians struggling across the country to audition for this thing, yet it appears they stood no chance from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat should have been made clear to them from the start. Big Brother Phonetics.It appears this is Big Brother Nigeria Diaspora.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@BabaRoyan tweeted, \u201cToo much handpicking! Connection is the main thing to strive In Nigeria! While The main people who went for d audition were selected to become #BBNaija NINJAs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@Ibidunmary said, \u201cI said it to someone all those people jumping fence, crossing hurdles to make it to the audition none of them is in the house,all these ones are imported.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@DesmondAyotunde wrote, \u201cI doubt if most of these contestants in the house really participated in the audition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Instagram sensation, SimplyTacha who was the last housemate announced on Sunday, has remained a strong talking point for the viewers as she was recognisable from several audition clips.<\/p>\n<p>@DrOlufumnilayo said, \u201cIf truly Simply Tacha is in the house this year, then that\u2019s a smart move by the organisers.<br \/>\u201cShe is a game winner. I won\u2019t be surprised at all if she makes it to the Top 3. Mark this tweet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@Morlimoore tweeted, \u201cThe lady has got what it takes to keep attention on her. She has been using that to fuel her hustle. I equally believe she\u2019ll make the top 3, she would keep giving the people what they like to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NAN reports that housemates will spend 99 days in the house, competing for the grand prize worth 60 million Naira. 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