BBNaija season 5 recorded over 900 million votes — organizers reveal

Big Brother Naija lockdown season 5 recorded over 900 million votes from viewers making it the highest number of votes the show has recorded. According to the Managing Director of MultiChoice Nigeria, John Ugbe during the live prize presentation today, 30th of September, this season of Big Brother broke records and made history. He disclosed that the number of votes that was received for the reality show is well over 900 million. Ugbe also promised to make more revelation on how people voted. He further stated that not all of the votes came from the usual SMS voting method which cost 30 naira per SMS, some of the votes were from the website, GOTV and DSTV application platforms. The winner, Laycon goes home wit N85 million worth of prizes which includes N30 million cash prize; a two-bedroom apartment; a top of the range SUV; a trip to Dublin; home appliances, another trip to Dubai; a trip to watch the UEFA Champions League finale; and many other gifts from sponsors of the reality show.