Big Brother Naija (season 8)

Big Brother Naija Season 8, also known as Big Brother Naija: All Stars was the eight and All Star season of the Nigerian reality show Big Brother.^[1][2] It premiered on Sunday 23 July 2023 on DStv channel 198 and GOtv channel 29.^[3] Ebuka Obi-Uchendu returned as the host for the 7th consecutive time.^[4][5]

Big Brother Naija
Season 8
Presented by	Ebuka Obi-Uchendu
No. of days	71
No. of housemates	20
Winner	Ilebaye Odiniya
Runner-up	Mercy Eke
Country of origin	Nigeria
Release
Original network	Africa Magic
Original release	23 July (2023-07-23) – 1 October 2023 (2023-10-01)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 7 Next → Season 9

The ‘All Stars’ edition featured carefully selected housemates and fan favourites from previous editions of the show which includes See Gobbe, Double Wahala, Pepper Dem, Lockdown, Shine Ya Eye and Level Up.^[6][7] The headline sponsor of the show is MoniePoint and the associate sponsor is HFM Nigeria.^[6]

According to the organizers of the show MultiChoice, the winner of the season is expected to win a total of ₦120 million grand prize.^[3]

Housemates

Housemates	Age on Entry	Occupation	Residence/Birthplace	Day entered	Day exited	Status
Ilebaye Odiniya Level Up	22	Model	Kogi State	0	70	Winner
Mercy Eke Pepper Dem	32	Video vixen, ambassador, businesswoman	Lagos State/Imo State	0	70	Runner-up
Cynthia "Cee-C" Nwadiora Double Wahala	30	Lawyer, filmmaker, businesswoman	Enugu State	0	70	3rd Place
Adekunle Tobilola Olopade Level Up	28	Digital marketing consultant	Lagos State	0	70	4th Place
Pere Egbi Shine Ya Eye	37	Executive producer	Warri	0	70	5th Place
Ikechukwu Sunday Cross Okonkwo Shine Ya Eye	32	Fitness enthusiast, philanthropist	Kano State/Lagos State	0	70	6th Place
Angel Agnes Smith Shine Ya Eye	23	Influencer, podcaster	Akwa Ibom State	0	63	Evicted
Somadina Anyama See Gobbe	31	Entertainer	Lagos State/Imo State	0	63	Evicted
Venita Akpofure Pepper Dem	36	Actress	Delta State/UK	0	63	Evicted
Asogwa Alexandra Amuche Sandra Double Wahala	27	Media personality	Enugu State	0	56	Evicted
Emuobonuvie "Neoenergy" Akpofure Lockdown	29	Entertainment entrepreneur	Delta State	0	56	Evicted
Kola "Sholzy" Oburoh Pepper Dem	42	Model & Club Manager	Delta State/Johannesburg	28	56	Left
Hazel Oyeze "Whitemoney" Onou Shine Ya Eye	31	Businessman, Artist	Lagos	0	56	Evicted
Doyinsola Anuoluwapo David Level Up	27	Medical radiographer	Ondo State	0	49	Evicted
Chinonso "Kim Oprah" Opara Pepper Dem	27	TV Host, Travel Enthusiast, Business Woman	Lagos/Imo State	28	49	Left
Nelson "Prince Nelson" Enwerem Lockdown	28	Model, fashion designer, interior decorator	Warri	28	42	Left
Steve Ikechukwu "Ike" Onyema Pepper Dem	30	Model	Texas/Imo State	0	42	Evicted
Lucy Essien Lockdown	32	Entrepreneur	Lagos	28	42	Left
Oluwaseyi Awolowo Pepper Dem	34	Media influencer, businessman	Ogun State	0	42	Evicted
Chukwuemeka "Frodd" Okoye Pepper Dem	32	Realtor, club owner, lifestyle promoter	Anambra State	0	35	Evicted
Tolani "Tolanibaj" Shobajo Lockdown	31	DJ, actress, clothing brand owner	Lagos State	0	35	Evicted
Terseer "Kiddwaya" Waya Lockdown	30	Self-employed	Benue State	0	28	Evicted
Uriel Anita Oputa See Gobbe	33	Fitness enthusiast	Lagos State/United Kingdom	0	21	Evicted
Linda "Princess" Onyejekwe Double Wahala	30	Businesswoman	New York City/Enugu State	0	14	Evicted

The launch night (23 July) is marked as Day 0. The day after is Day 1.

Voting history & nominations table

	Normal Nominations	Pardon Me Please				Normal Nominations						Nominations & votes received
	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Head of House	Adekunle	Kiddwaya	Ike	Mercy Eke	Soma	Doyin	Sholzy	Cross	Ilebaye	Cross
Ilebaye	Tolanibaj	Doyin	Did Not Vote	Doyin	Angel	Seyi Lucy Ike	Venita Kim Oprah Pere	Neoenergy Cee-C Whitemoney	Soma Angel	Winner (Day 70)		21
Mercy Eke	Pere	Cee-C	Frodd	Doyin	Angel	Pere Adekunle Lucy	Neoenergy Doyin Kim Oprah	Pere Adekunle Neoenergy	Angel Venita	2nd place (Day 70)		13
Cee-C	Seyi	Ilebaye	Did Not Vote	Doyin	Ilebaye	Seyi Adekunle Prince Nelson	Ilebaye Doyin Soma	Adekunle Pere Ilebaye	Adekunle Soma	3rd place (Day 70)		9
Adekunle	Princess	Soma	Venita	Doyin	Cross	Angel Whitemoney Prince Nelson	Mercy Eke Alex Doyin	Cee-C Alex Mercy Eke	Angel Soma	4th place (Day 70)		20
Pere	Princess	Cross	Cross	Ilebaye	Cross	Seyi Venita Sholzy	Alex Ilebaye Neoenergy	Alex Soma Mercy Eke	Adekunle Venita	5th place (Day 70)		11
Cross	Doyin	Soma	Kiddwaya	Neoenergy	Pere	Lucy Ilebaye Adekunle	Soma Cee-C Ilebaye	Mercy Eke Cee-C Alex	Angel Soma	6th place (Day 70)		10
Angel	Seyi	Soma	Frodd	Doyin	Mercy Eke	Lucy Seyi Ike	Kim Oprah Venita Doyin	Whitemoney Sholzy Ilebaye	Venita Adekunle	Evicted (Day 63)		20
Soma	Venita	Uriel	Angel	Adekunle	Angel	Pere Mercy Eke Lucy	Doyin Ilebaye Mercy Eke	Sholzy Ilebaye Whitemoney	Pere Mercy Eke			21
Venita	Ilebaye	Ike	Adekunle	Adekunle	Cross	Angel Ilebaye Prince Nelson	Doyin Kim Oprah Mercy Eke	Alex Cee-C Mercy Eke	Soma Pere			17
Alex	Ike	Soma	Seyi	Doyin	Angel	Sholzy Pere Adekunle	Neoenergy Doyin Venita	Sholzy Adekunle Venita	Evicted (Day 56)			10
Neoenergy	Whitemoney	Tolanibaj	Tolanibaj	Ilebaye	Cross	Kim Oprah Whitemoney Ike	Kim Oprah Ilebaye Angel	Alex Cee-C Mercy Eke				15
Sholzy	Not In House				Exempt	Lucy Angel	Soma Kim Oprah	Adekunle Alex Angel	Left (Day 56)			6
Whitemoney	Ilebaye	Mercy Eke	Alex	Cross	Cross	Ike Adekunle Lucy	Cee-C Ilebaye Venita	Neoenergy Soma Cee-C	Evicted (Day 56)			6
Doyin	Venita	Ilebaye	Adekunle	Ilebaye	Angel	Venita Seyi Sholzy	Venita Neoenergy Soma	Evicted (Day 49)				18
Kim Oprah	Not In House				Exempt	Adekunle Neoenergy	Doyin Neoenergy	Left (Day 49)				7
Prince Nelson	Not In House				Exempt	Adekunle Ike	Left (Day 42)					5
Lucy	Not In House				Exempt	Angel Soma						7
Seyi	Princess	Soma	Frodd	Adekunle	Cross	Angel Pere Prince Nelson	Evicted (Day 42)					8
Ike	Soma	Venita	Frodd	Neoenergy	Angel	Prince Nelson Angel Ilebaye						7
Frodd	Princess	Adekunle	Mercy Eke	Doyin	Angel	Evicted (Day 35)						4
Tolanibaj	Venita	Neoenergy	Neoenergy	Neoenergy	Cross							4
Kiddwaya	Ilebaye	Soma	Alex	Neoenergy	Evicted (Day 28)							1
Uriel	Doyin	Soma	Tolanibaj	Evicted (Day 21)								1
Princess	Venita	Soma	Evicted (Day 14)									4
Note	1, 2	3	4	5	6	none
Black envelope immunity	Mercy Eke	Angel	none	Alex	none	Alex	Adekunle	none	Cee-C	none
Head of House immunity	Adekunle	Kiddwaya	Ike	Mercy Eke	Soma	Doyin	Sholzy	Cross	Ilebaye
Pardon Me Please immunity	none	Soma	Frodd	Doyin	none
Against public vote		Adekunle Alex Cee-C Cross Doyin Frodd Ike Ilebaye Mercy Eke Neoenergy Pere Princess Seyi Tolanibaj Uriel Venita Whitemoney	Adekunle Alex Angel Cee-C Cross Doyin Ilebaye Kiddwaya Mercy Eke Neoenergy Pere Seyi Soma Tolanibaj Uriel Venita Whitemoney	Adekunle Angel Cee-C Cross Frodd Ike Ilebaye Kiddwaya Neoenergy Pere Seyi Soma Tolanibaj Venita Whitemoney	Adekunle Alex Angel Cee-C Cross Doyin Frodd Ike Ilebaye Mercy Eke Neoenergy Pere Seyi Tolanibaj Venita Whitemoney	Adekunle Angel Ike Lucy Pere Seyi	Doyin Ilebaye Kim Oprah Venita Whitemoney	Adekunle Alex Cee-C Ilebaye Mercy Eke Neoenergy Whitemoney	Adekunle Angel Pere Soma Venita	Adekunle Cee-C Cross Ilebaye Mercy Eke Pere
Evicted		Princess 3 of 3 Jury votes to be Evicted	Uriel 2 of 3 Jury votes to be Evicted	Kiddwaya 3 of 3 Jury votes to be Evicted	Frodd 1.22% to save Tolanibaj 1.55% to save	Seyi 3.55% to save Ike 17.76% to save Lucy Prince Nelson Biggie's choice to evict	Doyin 17% to save Kim Oprah Biggie's choice to evict	Neoenergy 4.36% to save Whitemoney 8.06% to save Alex 13.41% to save Sholzy Biggie's choice to evict	Venita 11.27% to save Soma 14.03% to save Angel 15.87% to save	Cross 4.6% to win	Pere 5.82% to win
										Adekunle 12.61% to win	Cee-C 23.41% to win
										Mercy Eke 23.48 to win
Survived		none		Seyi 2.66% to save Frodd 3.14% to save Neoenergy 4.99% to save Venita 5.31% to save Ike 5.46% to save Cross 5.47% to save Whitemoney 5.78% to save Angel 6.84% to save Soma 7.96% to save Pere 8.07% to save Adekunle 11.18% to save Ceec 13.98% to save Ilebaye 15.18% to save	Seyi 1.65% to save Neoenergy 2.60% to save Venita 4.24% to save Doyin 4.46% to save Ike 4.52% to save Whitemoney 4.68% to save Cross 4.96% to save Angel 5.10% to save Pere 6.83% to save Alex 7.97% to save Adekunle 8.22% to save Mercy Eke 11.76% to save Cee-C 15.09% to save Ilebaye 15.14% to save	Pere 22.39% to save Adekunle 28.14% to save Angel 28.16% to save	Whitemoney 17.22% to save Venita 26.16% to save Ilebaye 39.62% to save	Adekunle 15.22% to save Mercy Eke 16.23% to save Cee-C 17.79% to save Ilebaye 24.92% to save	Adekunle 28.08% to save Pere 30.74% to save	Ilebaye 30.08% to win

Notes

• ^Note 1 : While the Head of House, Adekunle, was in his nomination process, Big Brother revealed that nominations were fake and all contestants were safe, but it had to be kept secret to the rest of the house.^[8]
• ^Note 2 : In week 1, Big Brother announced the black envelope challenge, where housemates had to look through the house for a hidden black envelope, and whoever found it first would be safe from eviction.^[9]
• ^Note 3 : In week 2, Big Brother announced a nomination twist, called "Pardon Me Please," where the housemates would nominate for immunity from eviction. After this nomination, every housemate apart from the black envelope winner and Head of House would be up for public voting.^[10]
• ^Note 4 : As part of Cee-C's and Ilebaye's punishments, they were not allowed to vote in the nomination process.^[11]
• ^Note 5 : Four new houseguests: Lucy, Kim Oprah, Prince Nelson and Sholzy enter the house.^[12]
• ^Note 6 : Big Brother annulled the Pardon Me Please nominations for Week 5 because Angel and Cross tied with seven nominations each.^[13]

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