By ‘Dayo Showemimo
He might have emerged from the continental reality show as a star but Nigeria’s most popular representative at the just-concluded Big Brother Africa 2014 edition tagged BBHotshots, Tayo Faniran, has finally spoken on how he felt when the winner was announced.
Recall that Idris Sultan from Tanzania emerged victorious ahead of Tayo and in a recent interview with The Nation, Tayo said he was shocked and thought the show host, IK Osakioduwa was pulling a fast one on him when he heard his competitor, Idris announced as the winner of the reality show.
‘You see, when we were all in school, we all knew who the best students in the class were, and when someone who was the best student scored 70, we would say, haba, this person should score like 90. Idris himself knows I won, but he only got the money. When we got on stage and were shown the highlights, I saw myself and I was laughing. In fact, everybody was entertained. The way people cheered when they heard my name assured me that I was winning already, so when Idris’s name was mentioned, I was shocked. For a while, I thought IK, the show’s host, was joking with me,’ he said.
When asked if he feels cheated, Tayo said: ‘Well, yes. But I don’t feel it anymore because people are not allowing me to feel it.’
Recall that Idris Sultan from Tanzania emerged victorious ahead of Tayo and in a recent interview with The Nation, Tayo said he was shocked and thought the show host, IK Osakioduwa was pulling a fast one on him when he heard his competitor, Idris announced as the winner of the reality show.
‘You see, when we were all in school, we all knew who the best students in the class were, and when someone who was the best student scored 70, we would say, haba, this person should score like 90. Idris himself knows I won, but he only got the money. When we got on stage and were shown the highlights, I saw myself and I was laughing. In fact, everybody was entertained. The way people cheered when they heard my name assured me that I was winning already, so when Idris’s name was mentioned, I was shocked. For a while, I thought IK, the show’s host, was joking with me,’ he said.
When asked if he feels cheated, Tayo said: ‘Well, yes. But I don’t feel it anymore because people are not allowing me to feel it.’
