Big Brother Naija Season 7 also known as Big Brother Naija: Level Up is the seventh season of the Nigerian version of the reality show Big Brother. It premiered on 23 and 24 July 2022 on DStv channel 198/199 and GOtv channel 8/29. Ebuka Obi-Uchendu returned as the host for the 6th consecutive time.
The headline sponsor of the show was Pocket by Piggyvest and the associate sponsor was Flutterwave.
According to the organizers of the show MultiChoice, the winner of the season is expected to win a total of ₦100 million grand prize which includes a N50m cash prize and ₦50m worth of prizes from sponsors.
Auditions A virtual audition was held to select contestants for the show on 15 May 2022 to 30 May 2022. Interested contestants were told to record and submit a three-minute video stating why they should appear on the show.
Housemates HousematesAge on EntryOccupationResidence/BirthplaceDay enteredDay exitedStatusIjeoma Josephina "Phyna" Otabor25ActressEdo State0A72Brian Chukwuebuka "Bryann" Chiji24Singer, songwriterImo State0A72Chidimma Esther "Bella" Okagbue25Graduate, content creatorAnambra State0B72Adekunle Tobilola Olopade 27Digital marking consultantLagos State0B72Chinenyenwa Desire "Chichi" Okoebor22Exotic dancer, chefEdo State/Anambra State0B72Daniella Utangbe Peters22PoetLagos State0A72Aniekwe Francis "Chizzy" Chidi28Student, entrepreneur, farmerAnambra State1468 LeftRachel Eghonghon Akowe27Makeup artistEkpoma, Edo State1468 LeftHermes Chibueze Iyele25Performance artist, BasketballerLagos State0B65Segun Daniel "Sheggz" Olusemo26Footballer, actorEngland/Lagos State0B65Henry Olisaemeka "Groovy" Oche21Artist, fashion entrepreneur, modelAnambra State0A65Oladotun Mofiyinfoluwa Oloniyo26PhysiologistLagos State/Ekiti State0B58Osy Allysyn Audu25ModelBenin City, Edo State0B58Esther Chioma "Chomzy" Ndubueze22EntrepreneurImo State0B51Eloka Paul "Eloswag" Nwamu27Digital marketer, content creatorDelta State0B51Doyinsola Anuoluwapo David26RadiographerOndo State0B51Gideon Anieti "Giddyfia" Nwawo24Engineer, model, fitness trainerLagos State/Akwa Ibom State0B44Diana Isoken Edobor33Project managerEdo State0B44Ayodeji Morafa31Pharmacist, digital artistLagos State744 LeftChiamaka Crystal "Amaka" Mbah23Healthcare workerAnambra State0A37Modella Gabriella24YouTuber, actress, makeup artistOsun State737 LeftSaviour Ikin "Pharmsavi" Akpan26PharmacistAkwa Ibom State0A30Kesiena Tony "Kess" Adjekpovu28BusinessmanDelta State0A30Ismail Rukuba "Khalid" Ahulu22Artist, basketballer, skateboarderPlateau State0A23Ilebaye Odiniya21Graduate, entrepreneurKogi State0A23Bright Chidi "Cyph" Nwekete27Tech Designer, EntrepreneurImo State0A16Christiana Oluwafunke "Christy O" Ojumu24EntrepreneurOndo State0A16 Beauty Etsanyi Tukura24LawyerTaraba State0A14 The 1st launch night (23 July) is marked as Day 0A. The 2nd launch night (24 July) is marked as Day 0B. The day after is Day 1.
Voting history and nominations table
Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Nominations& votesreceived Day 36 Day 42 Days64-67 FinalHead ofHouse Eloswag Hermes Adekunle Eloswag Chomzy Dotun Hermes Phyna Chichi Chizzy none Phyna NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote AdekunleHermes AdekunleHermes NoVoting AdekunleAllysynChomzy SheggzHermesBella NoVoting NoVoting Winner(Day 70) 5 Bryann NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote ChichiAdekunle AmakaEloswag NoVoting ChomzyDoyinEloswag HermesAdekunleBella NoVoting NoVoting Runner-up(Day 70) 3 Bella NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote HermesAmaka AdekunleChizzy NoVoting EloswagDaniellaPhyna DaniellaRachelHermes NoVoting NoVoting 3rd place(Day 70) 13 Adekunle NoVoting Did NotVote KhalidIlebayePhynaBryannGroovy Did NotVote SheggzBella DoyinAmaka NoVoting BellaDoyinSheggz DotunBellaSheggz NoVoting NoVoting 4th place(Day 70) 21 Chichi NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote AllysynAdekunle AdekunleAllysyn NoVoting BellaChizzyRachel SheggzHermesBryann Head of House NoVoting 5th place(Day 70) 14 Daniella NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote HermesChichi HermesChichi NoVoting ChomzyEloswagRachel HermesRachelBella NoVoting NoVoting 6th place(Day 70) 4 Hermes NoVotingCyphChristy OAmakaKhalidPhyna Did NotVote Did NotVote ChichiDoyin DoyinChichi NoVoting BellaBryannRachel SheggzBellaRachel NoVoting Evicted(Day 63) 17 Sheggz NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote AdekunleRachel ChizzyDiana NoVoting AdekunleChizzyRachel RachelChichiAdekunle NoVoting Evicted(Day 63) 11 Groovy NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote AdekunleDoyin AdekunleDoyin NoVoting AdekunleEloswagRachel AllysynChichiDotun NoVoting Evicted(Day 63) 2 Dotun NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote AdekunleRachel RachelAmaka NoVoting ChizzyPhynaRachel HermesAdekunleRachelEvicted(Day 56) 3 Allysyn NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote ChichiRachel RachelChizzy NoVoting ChizzyChichiRachel BellaSheggzAdekunleEvicted(Day 56) 5 Doyin NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote HermesRachel RachelAdekunle NoVoting AdekunleChichiEloswagEvicted(Day 49) 15 Chomzy NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote GiddyfiaAmaka AmakaDoyin NoVoting DaniellaDoyinPhynaEvicted(Day 49) 4 Eloswag Head ofHouse Did NotVote Did NotVote ChizzyDaniellaKessModellaPharmsaviAmakaGroovy DoyinAmaka DoyinAmaka NoVoting BellaChizzyDoyinEvicted(Day 49) 7 Giddyfia NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote DoyinChichi ChizzyAmaka NoVotingEvicted(Day 42) 2 Diana NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote ChichiSheggz ChichiDeji NoVotingEvicted(Day 42) 2 Amaka NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote AdekunleChichi GiddyfiaChomzyEvicted(Day 36) 12Pharmsavi NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVoteEvicted(Day 28) 1Kess NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVoteEvicted(Day 28) 1Khalid NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVoteEvicted(Day 21) 2Ilebaye NoVoting Did NotVote Did NotVoteEvicted(Day 21) 1Cyph NoVoting Did NotVote Evicted(Day 14) 1Christy O NoVoting Did NotVote Evicted(Day 14) 1 Beauty NoVoting Did NotVote Ejected(Day 14)0Fake Housemates DejiNot inHouse Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote DianaDoyin HermesDoyinLeft(Day 42) 2 ModellaNot inHouse Did NotVote Did NotVote Did NotVote HermesAmaka Left(Day 35) 1 Riders ChizzyNot inHouse Did NotVote Did NotVote SheggzBella EloswagBella NoVoting Did NotVote HermesAdekunleChichi NoVoting Head ofHouse Left(Day 68) 10 RachelNot inHouse Did NotVote Did NotVote DoyinSheggz HermesDeji NoVoting Did NotVote HermesSheggzAllysyn NoVoting NoVoting Left(Day 68) 19Note 1, 2 3, 4a 4a, 5, 6 4a, 4b, 7 8, 9 10 11, 12 none Nominated(pre-save andreplace)none BellaAdekunleChomzyDoyinEloswagPhynaChizzyRachel AdekunleHermesBellaDotunChichiSheggzRachel nonenone Saved Adekunle Chichi DaniellaPhyna Againstpublic vote none CyphChristy OAmakaKhalidPhyna KhalidIlebayePhynaBryannGroovy ChizzyDaniellaKessModellaPharmsaviAmakaGroovy none AdekunleAllysynBellaBryannChichiChomzyDaniellaDianaDoyinEloswagGiddyfiaGroovyHermesPhynaSheggz BellaBryannChomzyDoyinEloswagPhynaChizzyRachel AdekunleHermesBellaDotunAllysynSheggzRachel BryannBellaAdekunleGroovyHermesSheggz All Housemates Ejected none Beautynone EvictedNo Eviction Christy O8.89%to save Ilebaye8.51%to save Kess11.1%to save ModellaBig Brother's choice to leave AmakaMost votes by real housemates DejiBig Brother's choice to leave Eloswag6.55%to save Allysyn7.7%to save Sheggz13.26%to save RachelChizzyEbuka's choice to leave Daniella1.89%to win Chichi2.49%to win Cyph14.41%to save Khalid10.72%to save Pharmsavi18.59%to save Giddyfia0.99%to save Chomzy8.96%to save Dotun7.88%to save Groovy14.63%to save Adekunle12.36%to win Bella15.78%to win Diana1.45%to save Doyin11.98%to save Hermes15.83%to save Bryann26.74%to winSurvived Khalid17.66%to saveAmaka19.92%to savePhyna39.12%to save Groovy19.68%to saveBryann25.18%to savePhyna35.91%to save Amaka22.89%to saveGroovy23.19%to saveDaniella24.87%to save none none Eloswag2.17%to saveChomzy2.61%to saveAllysyn2.61%to saveChichi2.66%to saveDoyin5.34%to saveDaniella5.35%to saveBella6.83%to saveGroovy7.69%to saveHermes7.92%to saveAdekunle8.68%to saveSheggz9.11%to saveBryann14.85%to savePhyna21.74%to save Bella14.97%to saveBryann23.05%to savePhyna34.49%to save Sheggz18.62%to saveHermes18.67%to saveBella19.92%to saveAdekunle27.23%to save Bella16.44%to saveAdekunle17.17%to saveBryann22.67%to save none Phyna40.74%to win
Notes
: During the 2nd launch night on the 24th of July, 2022, Ebuka announced that there would be 2 levels of the Big Brother House. The first 12 housemates would occupy the Level 2 house, while the last 12 housemates would occupy the Level 1 house. : In the Head of House games, Big Brother announced to the housemates that only the Head of House was to nominate for the week. However, when the time came for the HOH to make his nomination, Big Brother revealed that there would be no nominations, but it had to be kept secret to the rest of the house. : On the Sunday Live Show on 31 July 2022, 2 fake housemates, Deji and Modella joined the season of Big Brother Naija. Fake housemates can't be nominated and only Big Brother can walk them out of the house. : The HOH once again was the only person who could nominate for Weeks 2–4. : Unlike previous weeks, the Head of House had to nominate 7 housemates instead of 5. : On day 14, Beauty got ejected from the show due to repeatedly flouting the rules. : On the Sunday Live Show on 7 August 2022, 2 new housemates, known as "The Riders" joined the season of Big Brother Naija: Chizzy and Rachel. According to Ebuka, "The Riders" are basically Big Brother's agents, so they can't win the grand prize. However, they can partake in all activities in the house, can't be evicted and will play until the end. : On Day 26, Deji and Groovy swapped levels, i.e. Deji moved to Level 2 and Groovy moved to Level 1. : On the Sunday Live Show on 21 August 2022, it was announced that the Levels were scrapped. This meant that as from Week 5, the housemates had to compete under one house. : On Day 29, Ebuka announced that all nominations for Week 5 were fake. : On Day 36, it was announced that they would nominate for immediate eviction by Big Brother. Having the most votes by real housemates, Amaka was evicted. Then, all housemates except the HOH were to be against public voting. : On day 43, the housemates had to vote for three housemates instead of two. Also, the Riders could not nominate. : On the Sunday Live Show on 11 September 2022, Ebuka announced a new level, called Level 3, where, as from that night, evicted housemates would move to. Evicted housemates, now referred to as House Guests, can no longer compete for the grand prize, but can partake in all house activities except the Head of House games, and are also eligible to earn winnings from sponsored tasks.
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