The Head of House (HoH) challenge is the first task of every week and is considered one of the most important tasks in the BBNaija show as it grants the winner immunity from the week’s evictions.
For the first BBNaija Shine Ya Eye HoH challenge, Peace debuted as the first winner, and per the opposite sex rule, she quickly picked Yousef as her Deputy HoH. The theme for the challenge was childhood memories and the tasks in tonight’s game had the housemates reminiscing about younger times by playing “my heads, shoulders, knees and toes”, blowing up balloons and playing hopscotch on the spot.
The HoH rules were the same as last year, with the similar feature of two landmines on steps 9 and 25 that take you back to the start. Some housemates were not lucky enough to avoid it. Yerins, our resident polymath, kicked off the games. The dice gave him a hard time, and he only made it as far as step four.
Nini went next and made it to step six, but the balloons did not agree to be blown up with air. For Saga and Princess, the dice said, “You shall not pass.” Cross took his turn quickly but couldn’t beat the 70 second time to complete the course. On the other hand, Maria managed to roll all the correct numbers, skipping tasks to finish strong at step 15.
Peace taking a leaf from Maria powers through the course, overtaking her to finish at step 16. Yousef, Beatrice, Saskay all tried their hardest, but the dice only let them go as far as 4. For Liquorose and Angel, they never made it past the start position. Tega played strong to finish on step 8, and Pere, the first housemate to roll a six almost immediately, finished on step 11.
After Biggies had the base of the dice rolling machine removed, Jay Paul, Arin and Whitemoney took their turns quickly, finishing at 10, 9, 10, respectively. Emmanuel worked hard, but the six he needed eluded him. Jackie B encountered dice problems but ended on step 8.
For Peace and Yousef, it’s all joy as they have now been exempted from nominations for this week. They also get to enjoy the luxurious Head of House lounge, which is fit for royalty. Let’s hope their reign is a fruitful one.