{"id":649089,"date":"2019-07-03T05:57:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T05:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div itemprop=\"description\">\n\t\t<h3><em>\u2022As 21 housemates battle for N60m grand prize<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3>Rotimi Agbana<\/h3>\n<p>The fourth edition of popular reality TV show, Big Brother Naija 2019 finally kicked off on Sunday, \u00a0here in Nigeria with a live s"},"modified":"2019-07-03T05:57:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T05:57:31","slug":"bbnaija-2019-this-season-bigger-better-hotter-john-ugbe-ceo-multichoice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/03\/bbnaija-2019-this-season-bigger-better-hotter-john-ugbe-ceo-multichoice\/","title":{"rendered":"BBNAIJA 2019: This season bigger, better, hotter \u2014 John Ugbe, CEO, Multichoice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"description\">\n<h3><em>\u2022As 21 housemates battle for N60m grand prize<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3>Rotimi Agbana<\/h3>\n<p>The fourth edition of popular reality TV show, Big Brother Naija 2019 finally kicked off on Sunday, \u00a0here in Nigeria with a live show.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1217588 jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/1562133451_52_BBNaija.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1217588\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/1562133451_440_BBNaija.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><!-- between content ad --><\/p>\n<p>Nigerians all over the world were excited to view the beginning of a show which promises to be characterized by hilarious drama, suspense, intriguing surprises, unexpected evictions, among many other twists and turns.<\/p>\n<p>Tagged\u00a0 \u2018Pepper Dem\u2019, twenty-one housemates including Seyi, Esther, Ella, Frodd, Omashola, Avala, Khafi, Ike, Tuoyo, Kimoprah, Isilomo, Jackye, Khafi, Nelson, Sir Dee, Thelma, Gedoni, Diane, Mercy, Tacha, Mike and Jeff, were unveiled at the launch, alongside a surprise announcement that the show has been extended by one week; taking the new season to 99-days in total.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights for the night were the mind-blowing musical performances from award-winning artistes Burna Boy, alongside Zlatan, Teni and DJ Neptune entertaining the crowd as the night\u2019s resident DJ. Burna Boy delivered a truly Nigerian musical experience with hits like \u2018Dangote\u2019, \u2018On the low\u2019 and \u2018Killin Dem\u2019. Teni\u2019s consolidated on the tempo he set with the performance of her hit song \u2018Uyo Meyo\u2019 which got guests extra excited as they welcomed the housemates.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the return of the show, John Ugbe, C.E.O. of Multichoice said; \u201cWe\u2019re proud of the work everyone has delivered to bring this show to viewers\u2019 television screens and devices. 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