Apart from missing the $300,000 prize in the just concluded Big Brother Africa show, his diesire for Dillish yielded no fruit, Jayne Augoye writes
He was about Nigeria’s biggest hope of
winning the Big Brother competition this year. But sadly, this was not
to be, as, once more, 28-year-old Melvin Oduah’s dream of capturing
yet another major reality show was dashed on Sunday. That was when he
placed fourth in the competition.
Although he appears to have taken the
defeat in good faith, fans of the Delta State-born model have taken to
social media sites to express displeasure at the turn of events.
While he attracted empathy from certain
quarters, the actor has also been receiving knocks from some bitter
Nigerians who took to their Twitter handles, sarcastically posing the
question, “Why do you always end up as a runner-up?”
Although their fear sounds
superstitious, some may consider the feeling understandable, as the Big
Brother Africa show, this year, is said to be Melvin’s fourth attempt
at attaining super stardom via a major competition.
He was the first runner-up in the Mr.
Nigeria contest in 2011, first runner-up in Gulder Ultimate Search
competition in 2009 and fifth place winner in the Mr. Macho contest
during his National Youth Service year in 2008.
It was thus a pitiable experience seeing
the University of Port-Harcourt Chemistry graduate probably feigning a
smile on Sunday. His failure to win was a major shocker to all and
sundry, especially since he was tipped to win by a reasonable number of
evicted housemates, who admired his calm mien.
More so, it appeared that the surviving
housemates had so fallen in love with his character so much so, that
they rarely ever nominated him for eviction.
The only time he was up for eviction was
when he sacrificed himself as the Head of House, after swapping himself
up for nomination with a nominated housemate.
That singular gesture earned him the
love and sympathy of many Africans who voted to save him. Also, Melvin
appeared to be loved by all.
Former Big Brother winner, Uti
Nwachukwu, openly campaigned for him via his social media accounts.
After the final results were announced, Uti, tweeted, “I am forever
proud of Melvin! Best behaved housemate in the history of Big Brother
Africa! All seasons! His star has only begun to shine.”
Dousing claims that the results were manipulated in Dellish’s favour, Uti added, “I’m glad she won! And Melvin wasn’t robbed o .West Africa’s chances were slim and no one was willing to sacrifice.”
Besides failing to win the star prize
money, another area where the Nigerian hunk lost out is the failure to
secure the heart and love of Namibian beauty and winner, Dillish
Matthews.
Although in-house romances appeared to
have been the downfall of many of the contestants this year, it was
apparent that Melvin had a soft spot for Dillish, a first runner up in
the Miss Universities pageant held in Benin in 2012.
Yet, Dilish stood her ground, refusing
to compromise or cheat on Stephen, her lover of four years. Despite
numerous romantic gestures and attempts to flirt with Dillish, she
wouldn’t bulge.
In the end, she won more votes than
Beverley, Melvin, Elikem and Cleo in the final week, to scoop the
$300,000 prize and become the third woman to win a season of Big Brother
Africa.
Speaking in an online video interview on
the Big Brother website immediately after the finals, Melvin thanked
Dillish for all the lessons she had taught him.
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