A Nigerian criminologist, reality TV star, entrepreneur, and fashion model, Ilebaye Odiniya has emerged as the winner of Big Brother Naija All Stars after dusting off competition from five other housemates.
Six housemates made it to the final of the Big Brother Naija All Stars.
The BBNaija All Stars finalists were Cross, Pere, Adekunle, CeeC, Mercy Eke, and Ilebaye from the 25 BBNaija All Stars housemates who participated in the reality television show this season.
On Sunday, October 1, 2023, during the live eviction show, the BBNaija All Stars host, Ebuka announced the evictions of the BBNaija housemates.
The first housemate that was evicted today was Cross followed by Pere, Adekunle, and CeeC leaving Ilebaye and Mercy Eke as the last two housemates.
Amongst the six finalists, Ilebaye is the only one who was never a finalist.
She was the third Housemate to be evicted from Season 7 of the reality TV show, she exited so early, she could barely make her name count with the lovers of the BBNaija show.
Mercy Eke, on the other hand, came into the All-Stars House as a huge favourite. She won season 4 of Big Brother Naija in October 2019 tagged Pepper Dem, becoming the first woman to win the BBNaija reality show.
CeeC was the first runner-up during the Double Wahala Season 3 edition in 2018.
All eyes and shares were on her when she came into the All-Stars edition.
Pere too, has seen it all and done it all as he emerged the second runner-up of BBNaija Season 6. Adekunle was also a former finalist of the show. He was evicted during the grand finale show of Season 7. Cross was also a finalist in Season 6.
Nigeria reports that Ilebaye shocked all today as she defeated a former winner of the show, Mercy Eke to emerge BBNaija All Stars Winner, taking home a cash prize of N120 million and other prizes worth N50 million.
Ilebaye Odiniya Biography
Born in 2001 in Lokoja, Kogi State, northcentral Nigeria, and hailing from the Igala tribe, Ilebaye Precious Odiniya is a product of a Christian family.
Although her accent suggests a Ghanaian heritage, Ilebaye’s roots lie in the Nigerian tribe of Ebira, with origins tracing back to Okpo, in the Olamaboro Local Government Area.
Ilebaye says she got her accent from her English teacher in secondary school who is Ghanaian.
She came in as the youngest housemate and ever since has had fans and viewers with the constant thought of whether or not her controversial moments were one of her strategies in the game.
(NewsOne / vitalnewsngr.com)
