In shock and utter disbelief from fellow housemates and viewers, popular housemate, Bassey, has been evicted from the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality TV show. Bassey follows the likes of Miyonse, Soma, CocoIce, Gifty, Uriel, Kemen, and ThinTallTony, including the two fake housemates: Ese and Jon.

During last week’s nomination show, Efe, the Ultimate Head of House, was instructed by ‘Biggie’ to nominate four housemates that will be up for possible eviction, a decision that put up TBoss, Bally, Bassey, and Debie-Rise on the line for eviction. After the voters’ decision, Bassey automatically became the eighth housemate to be evicted from the BBNaija house.

Meanwhile, Debie-Rise just before Bassey’s eviction was declared saved by Ebuka Oba Uchendu, the host of the show. Thereafter, Ebuka set the adrenaline of the other three nominated housemates on the rise, taking a deep breath, while also pausing for a few seconds before ordering Bassey to exit the Big Brother house. The low moment was when Debie-Rise broke down, sobbing profusely, having lost a dear one to eviction.

While on stage with Ebuka, a strong-willed  Bassey disclosed that he feels elated having come this far. Bassey said he believed he had given his best and he is convinced that he would fare well in the outside world.

He said: “For me, it’s a win-win situation.” When asked about the next thing after Big Brother Naija, Bassey said “I might probably pursue my music career, but I look forward to working with the CEO of Marvin Records, Don Jazzy.” On his romantic exploit in the house, Bassey said, “Debie-Rise is the only one person I was comfortable with.”

He said that the music enthusiast, Debie, wanted to be “more emotional” with him but he “didn’t want to lead her on and break her heart.” He further revealed that there is no future for himself and Debie-Rise as he had a girlfriend who is waiting for him.

Recall that Bassey and Debie-Rise were the housemates introduced by Biggie during the first mock eviction show. This created a lot of buzz in the house including on social media. However, the most underrated housemate, Debie-Rise became the first to be saved among the nominated housemates, an indication which affirmed her popularity among the viewers.

Interestingly, Bassey made the confession of the night when he dropped the hint that Efe was a threat during the PayPorte games. He said, “He is fast and calculative.”

Meanwhile, Bassey played a critical role in the production of the theme song, See Gobbe and many would have thought that this would earn him another week’s stay in the house. However, his dream of winning the coveted prize of N25 million and an SUV was dashed after about 78 days in the BBNaija house.

Like Debie-Rise always says, especially during her intimate conversations with Bassey, “The battle is not to the strong or most talented, but to whom God shows mercy.”

This week’s eviction show was graced by Praiz who serenaded the night with one of his songs. As the Big Brother Naija reality TV show draws to an end, who will be the next to be evicted?

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Veteran musician Daniel Kazibwe aka Ragga Dee real has criticized the local music awards, saying they are a waste of time.

Appearing on Spark TV, the ‘Mbawe’ singer who is only a few months away from celebrating 30 years in the music industry said majority of the recent music awards were derailing the industry instead of building it.

“Organisers are just awarding their musicians instead of recognizing creativity. This is instead discouraging talented musicians. It isn’t taking our industry anywhere,” a furious Ragga Dee said.

He accused the organisers of being opportunists who were only after selfish interests at the expense of the input of musicians – the reason why the latter had even lost respect for them.

“Recently I was invited to hand over an award. But when I took to the stage, I couldn’t see Juliana, Bobi Wine, Jose Chameleone, Bebe Cool, Irene Namubiru or even Afrigo. This left me wondering whether I was really at a Ugandan awards or foreign. How can you claim to organise Ugandan awards when you don’t have those in attendance?” he wondered.

Recalling the early 2000s, Ragga Dee gave an example of the Pearl Of Africa Music (PAM) awards, which he said, were highly respected and almost all musicians at the time attended them.

“The winners were always proud of the awards because they were even awarded on merit unlike the recent awards where organisers just come up with the awards to make money and also to reward their musicians,” he charged.

DJ Michael aka Michael Mugwanya was in agreement with Ragga Dee, saying the awards are a mess.

“Awards organisers need to go back to the drawing board otherwise they had become useless that even musicians had started disrespecting them – by rejecting them,” he said.

It is against such a background that Henry Tigan, just like Bebe Cool before him, requested all local awards organisers not to nominate him for any awards ‘because they have lost relevance’.

Meanwhile Ragga Dee, who recently turned into a politician, revealed that he will be back on stage soon. He is planning to hold a big concert in a few months’ time.

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Singer Rihanna is reportedly considering reconciling with former beau and singer-songwriter Chris Brown. But her friends are concerned about her getting back with him.

“Her friends are shocked that she would consider it at all after everything he put her through back in the day. Friends of Rihanna want her to think about what he did to her and want her to move forward and not backwards,” a source told Hollywood Life magazine.

“They understand that she and Chris had a strong bond, but there are some things you just have to move on from. Her pals are hoping that she never returns to Chris even in a friend’s capacity,” the source added, reports aceshowbiz.com.

In February 2009, a day prior to the Grammys, Brown physically assaulted Rihanna, beating her black and blue. Brown got worked up when Rihaana confronted him for cheating on her after they came out of a pre-Grammy party.

Brown was on a six-year felony probation which ended in 2015.

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Of all the people who thronged pastor Robert Kayanja’s 77 Days of Glory (DOGS), perhaps singer Papa Cidy has taken longest to receive his miracle.

However, like they say; patience pays. Indeed it has paid off for Papa Cidy, if we are to go by his claims. He says he has been in position to complete several projects but it wasn’t until the weekend that his miracle climaxed.

One of his fans promised to send him a phone beyond his dreams.

Whereas his dream phone had been an iPhone 6, apparently his fan pledged to buy him an iPhone 7.

“Thank you so much friends ….my friend from New Caledonia has told me she is gonna send me an iPhone 7……kaboom kabooommmm,” a rather delighted Papa Cidy up dated on social media.

This has been interpreted by his fans as one of the miracles from the 77DOGS

Phiona C Bokongole: Victory belongs to Jesus! #77DOGS

Kisakye Irish: Am waiting to watch u testifying.

Congs Papa Cidy!

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