Recounting his humble beginnings while speaking on the latest episode of the Menisms Podcast, Media personality and TV host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu has recalled how he ended up on the very first season of Big Brother Nigeria, stressing that he never intended to become popular and was only after the prize.
“I was 23 when I first started Big Brother. We were in the first season of Big Brother Nigeria. It was even called Big Brother ‘Nigeria’ then, not ‘Naija’. Naija wasn’t a thing then and I feel like we were just guinea pigs because nobody knew what the show was going to be like if they were going to watch, what to expect and all that,” he narrated.
Ebuka said he ended up auditioning due to being dared by an individual, he equally recalled the prize.
Furthermore, he reflected on the absence of social media, and the organizers had to resort to advertising through Newspapers.
“I didn’t go in to blow, which is what you get now. Now it’s like a path to entertainment for people. Back then the prize was even $100,000 and they still advertised in newspapers because thsn’t social media then,” he recalled.
Ebuka went on with his narration: “So I saw the ad in the newspaper and it wasn’t something I would have ever done. I was a lawyer then and my sister dared me to do it, so I auditioned, they called me and I saw mad babes and I was like ‘I have to do this’. But the main motivation was the money. I wanted to win the money, go to Yankee and get my master’s. That was the plan I had at the time and there was no entertainment in my path.”
“Of Course, I didn’t win and then everything went left. I had gotten the fame and I wasn’t enjoying being a lawyer and I was kind of broke. And that’s how this started, people kept telling me that I had a great voice and I looked good, so I started going for auditions and then I got my first job with NTA. I started doing this strictly for the money.”
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