Multichoice Nigeria, Organizers of the 2021 edition of Big Brother Naija has announced that the much expected ‘Season 6’ of the show will begin Saturday, July 24.
It said there would be two opening shows, one scheduled for Saturday, July 24, and the other Sunday, July 25, 2021.
Martin Mabutho, Multichoice Head of Marketing, announced the new development ahead of the 2021 edition, the Nation reports.
This fresh move, Mabutho said, is in the organizers’ bid to make the show bigger than the fifth edition.
Mabutho also announced that SMS voting for Housemates will not be available for the sixth edition as all voting will be conducted online as well as through the DStv and GOtv mobile applications.
Bisola Tejumola, Multichoice Head of Content West Africa, announced that the sixth season of BBNaija will see the winner going home with a grand prize of N90 million.
Tejumola further said the show will have a new feature in the house, two new currencies as well as housemates.
The BBNaija 6 will, according to the organizers, run for 72 days – between July 24 to October 3.
The 2020 BBNaija edition-themed Lockdown edition was won by Laycon after almost 80 days in the House.