Big Brother Naija S3 Day 13: Bittersweet Symphony

Now that Housemates have speared each other out, Biggie decided it was time for some tender loving care in the House and convened a Circle of Love.

Remember When

Earlier this week, Biggie opened wide the gates to nastiness when he granted Housemates the right to publicly backstab each other and name one thing they didn’t like about one another. Instead of focusing on one aspect, Housemates then lanced the boils at length, humiliating and maliciously rubbing it in their fellows face. Suffice to say that it has left some visible scars in the House as behaviours switched overnight: cracks started appearing in Cebi’s and Mina’s couple and Ahneeka’s once bottled-up anger blew up out of nowhere.

I Beg

To make up with Housemates and warm their hearts up, Biggie tasked them to name one thing they liked about each other. Having slid into the cheerful Friday night mood, and with the help of a few drinks, Housemates were all gutty and conceivably also still sore from the previous day smacks. Arena winner Angel first took the floor revealing a major bromance with Leo and an admiration for Vandora’s teaching skills. He couldn’t help but let slip that he didn’t like Bitto and that Alex had “a beautiful face but fake eyes”. Housemates tried as hard as they could to follow the one rule to say something nice, yet the words they had to offer were more bitter than sweet. Princess, who can never get enough of all the compliments thrown at her, almost flew off the sofa when Leo said that she was wife material. Lolu’s oratory gift has been obvious to all, yet it is with the same double-edged sword that he declared that “every person looking for a husband should walk up to Leo”. Did he just step into Angel’s bromance territory?

Back-to-Basics

When it was time for Alex to speak, Head of House Tobi interrupted her to hold a vote on whether to continue the circle of love as time was running. Tobi had to keep Housemates in Biggie’s good books. But the House started arguing with eleven hands against nine in favour of extending the Task. Fed up of all the noise, Tobi had to put his foot down and declare that ‘by popular consent” he would round up the session.It was clear for all to see that Housemates didn’t take this entire kissing up to each other casually. Like the fine strategists they are, they just wanted to smooth the personal rough edges before the next stabbing.

Time is ticking. Can you see the knives being sharpened?