Dillish, wins $300,000 BBA prize

Namibia’s Dillish Pearl Mathews has won the Big Brother Africa (BBA) reality TV show and will smile home with the $300,000 prize money.In a finale of many shocks and twists, the undergraduate from Windhoek beat five other housemates who made the grand finale of the show.Dillish Mathews, who finished in second place in a Miss Universities pageant held in Benin, Nigeria, was saved five times from possible eviction by Africa. She never won a Head of House (HoH) task nor any ‘Power of No’ over the 13-week period of the show. Five countries: Angola, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania and Uganda voted to ensure Dillish’s triumph.

Ghanaian tailor, Elikem Kumordzi, finished as the 2nd runner-up with votes from Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and home country Ghana. He also won the Most Romantic Gesture prize that comes with $10,000 cash to splash over the course of an all-expense paid trip.In winning Big Brother Africa, The Chase, Dillish becomes the third female winner after the triumphs of Zambia’s Cherise Makubale in the first season and Nigeria’s Karen Igho in the sixth.

Zambia’s rap diva Clementina Mulenga finished closely in second place behind Dillish with votes from Botswana, Malawi, South Africa and Zambia. Dillish had promised to buy a house so she can live together with her siblings like real family if she won the $300,000 prize money.