Topic: Abeg na wetin be di essence of big brother naija show? (Read 117 times)

Honestly I really want to know, although it's a show but the only time I know bbnaija was really paid attention to by Nigerians especially was during COVID-19 period because everyone was literally at home and it was used to lessen boredom. But now especially this current one, most people didn't even watch it. Take me for example, I didn't know one person that was in that show, I even knew the show ended yesterday because of a WhatsApp tv that posted highlights on it. They should just change that show to something different because it's becoming boring honestly. And the money invested into that show should be used for something better like for example for youth empowerment

Big brother naija show has a wide fan base and that is why it's popular and followerhip  and again it's is entrainment and these entrainment platforms has a lot of influence on the society and internet to me people who follow the show just do it out of love for it apart from that there's no special importance attached to the show
Because to me if the monies that are used in hosting that show is put into other sectors of the Nigerian Economy it will be of more important to us

If you want to come from a positive side, you will have reasons to give to it and if you also want to view it from a negative perspective, you can also have reasons to do that. Before then, it is good to establish that the organizers of the show are business people and their main purpose of starting the showbiz is to make money and not as a charity organization. If that's the case, for the business to have survive since the first season was released in 2006, means it is a good paying business to venture into in Nigeria. Big brother Naija have had a number of 9 series since it started in 2006 up till today as we speak.

Now, let me begin with the positive side of hosting such reality shows like Big Brother Naija. But before I go far, let me also inform you that I've not really been a supporter of such reality show programs since to me it goes against my religion especially my morality, hence I'm not a fan of BBN. Having said that, there are a lot of aristocratic introvertial people out there who live indoors almost all the time as they have little or no business outside, instead of being bored and depressed with their comfort zone, they use BBN to engage themselves and to the least, experience the way people live their lives based on the characters in there. These are the kind of audience that the organizers of the show are targeting.

Secondly, there are other young and old people out there sorting for reality show contents but could only get that from the South African, British and American shows, with the introduction of Big Brother Naija, such audience were already potential audience and were the first point of patronage to the company.

Thirdly, Nigerians in Diaspora. These are another large community of people living in foreign countries for a long time and looking for local contents to perch on. With the coming of the Big Brother Naija, it was easy to bring them on board as they have been yearning for such local contents.

Talking about the values it may have on the young people, the Big Brother Naija show also have its economic aspect and how it contributes to the Nigerian economy. When you look deeply into it, there are voting processes that take place during the selection of the housemates, it is done based on text messages which directly or indirectly, will benefit those selling recharge cards and so on.

We've seen instances where people go as far as purchasing cable subscriptions and buying new DSTV decoders to watch the show. The DSTV guys get their commissions whenever they subscribe and gets even more when people buy new DSTV decoders from them. We've not talk about the bloggers employed to handle their pages and those working as staff members in the company. There are also revenues generated to the Government one way or the other.

And a couple of more positives.

On a flip side, Big Brother Naija also have its negative side which includes the X-rated contents that you mentioned which can impact on the characters of the viewers negatively. Due to the poor censorship position of the country, the programs may display or utter contents that should not be watched by the public domain, on a general times.

The big brother Naija is an adult rated content but how many parents can truly control what their kids watch today. I wish they can make it really more educational by touching on the current things that affect us as Nigerians, I feel that will be better. Things like engaging on hot topic discussions and debates about the current economic realities facing the country and trying to proffer solutions. I feel to would have been more interesting than just being empty.

And many more negatives other members have mentioned here.

Na im be say I no de alone in di line of thought say BBN naija show no get any meaningful impact for di viewers. Dem just de watch show wey no get any clear direction for wetin di viewers go gain for dem show. Wetin tire me na di hype wey di show de get and how many young people de take follow wetin dem de do for there. Anyway di organizers, housemates and di sponsors de benefit massively for di show, so on a business level na dem de cash in on di viewers wey de watch dem. I hope say organizers of reality shows go try to come up with shows wey go benefit di youths positively, no be to de show dem edited x-rated scenes.

Omo I feel say, the Big brother show na heavy distraction on the youths, hence the youths are distracted, the government fit dey nonsense, so them use Big brother hold down the youths. The Big brother show no really get educational value, na just a show way them dey use promote somebody's business, because if you watch, them dey usually advertise either new businesses or existing one. Maybe one of the reasons why people like the show na because of the heavy amount they normally give the winner and the sexy behaviors of those in the house, but when it comes to education or intelligence the Big brother show is totally out of it.

Big brother Nija is just a social and entertaining program that's created for purely entertainment and profit making purpose and nothing more than that. If it is just about the fact that the participants are made to coabit in a setting for the number of months that they are expected to stay and thier activity guided so they don't send bad image accross to the different age range of people that are watching it, it wouldn't have looked like anything bad to me. I've watched a similar programe just like big brother where housemate are gathered the same way that big brother does his own while they play creative games that's educative and mainly centered at business oriented nitch. For those kind of setting, it's actually a nice thing to watch as you can watch the task and get inspired in one way or the other.

But for this big brother case that's almost centered at promoting nudity of the highest order, it's actually a program that shouldn't be allowed to be aired the manner it's being runed. The worse thing about the program is that it exposes everything the housemates does both in the open and in the private. They only choose to show you what they sensor out for you while even those making use of the convenience and taking thier bathe are being monitored And shown only to those that subscribe for it. Of course we know what's at stake that makes participant to get involved in those kind of thing even when they already have a prio knowledge that coming into the house means they've aggred to show the world all the part of thier body at will and that's why even in the bathroom, they still have cameras stationed around.

The program is adding zero value to our youths but rather encouraging them to become more lazy and less productive with thier lives.

My brother the thing be say this big brother show is only benefiting the commercials, and the people inside the show. Because the people who are sponsoring them are indirectly advertising their businesses to the wider population and the targed audience are the youths and the youths are the life wire of the economy. E dey benefit the people wey dey the house because at the end of the day majority of them will get endorsement deals with various big companies. But for the people watching that show they are the ones actually paying to watch and make the show a successful one, but at the end of the day, they end up getting nothing in return. Me I no dey watch am Sha, as I find it boring an unproductive to me.

Dem say who ask question no de miss road dat na why I de ask dis question because I don try to reason am in different ways I no see any better answer. Di way wey many people take put interest for di show especially di youths come make me de think say maybe e get wetin I never understand about am. I don try on some few occasions say make I sidon watch am and wetin I de see na young people wey just de inside one compound de gist and de lazy around. I never really get di patience to watch am for a longer period of time because I de always feel bored as nothing de interest me for there.

I no know weda e get any educational values, intellectual and innovative inputs for our lives, maybe comedy wey go make us laf or any oda forms of value wey di show de add for us? Aldo I hear say dem get some x-rated scenes for di show, maybe dat na di reason wey de make people to de watch am. E de amaze me say na big companies de sponsor di show, aldo I believe say na because of di plenty viewers wey de watch am. Na im make I de wonder wetin de so special about big brother naija wey make am to de so popular for Nigeria.

I wonder if oda countries wey follow start di big brother show still de do am? So how una take de reason di big brother naija show?