After 99 days (14 weeks) competing for the 4th edition of Big Brother Nigeria, Mercy Eke emerged winner by a large margin pipping Mike Olayemi Edwards who came second place. The show began more than 10 years ago had not recorded any female winners and the odds were already on Mercy to become winner after she made it to the final stage.
Mercy who primes herself a video goddess and businesswoman wins total prize money worth N60 million Naira, the biggest grand prize yet since the show started. The grand prize includes a N30 million Naira cash prize, a trip to Dubai for 2 packaged by TravelBeta, an SUV from Innoson Motors, a home make-over from Scanfrost; a year’s supply of Pepsi and One Africa Fest VVIP experience; a year’s supply of Indomie noodles and Munch it; and a brand new Oppo smartphone. She will also be getting a bonus prize of two VIP tickets to watch a European Football Final game LIVE thanks to Bet9ja.
How Fans Voted for Mercy and Others, BBNaija 2019 Finale
Fans voted in masses since the beginning of the show and it’s estimated a total of N3.6 billion Naira was spent. For the 5 housemates who made it to the final stage, the vote went thus:
- Mercy – 41.77%
- Mike – 19.94%
- Frodd – 16.46%
- Omashola – 11.58%
- Seyi – 10.25%
Awolowo’s grandson, Seyi was the first to be evicted after which Omashola was announced for Eviction. Frodd was later announced to be evicted leaving only Mercy and Mike for the ultimate prize.
Not only did Mercy emerged winner at BBNaija 2019 finale, she found love in Ike and also gained fans across the continent.
Congratulation to Mercy
Finally we can have normalcy in our weeks again