#BBATHECHASE: [PHOTO] Dillish Poses With The $300,000 Check. Earned or Rigged Votes?

Dillish and boyfriend Stephen receiving the check

Dillish and Cleo after she was announced the winner

I was tempted to title this post ‘Dillish’s $300,000-Worth Selling Points and West Africa’s Goodyless-Bag’ but I guess, this will do just fine.

Namibian Dillish Matthews, a 22-year-old Psychology student in her third year emerged winner of the reality show Big Brother Africa yesterday.

Most West Africans were disappointed that their reps didn't win arguing that Dillish didn't
earn the win and that the votes were rigged to her favour. But how right are they?

Sentiments apart, the Namibian was a gamer who made sure to stay away from trouble and coasted through the Chase by taking her place behind the scenes. This made some people to see her as ‘boring and brainless’ but it sure paid off in the long run, didn't it?

She had no false airs around her or inflated ideas about herself despite her good looks.

She tested the waters of possible eviction five times- the most any chaser had and survived- but took all in her stride.

She represented Africa. She was an epitome of a dignified African woman with high moral values. Imagine all the opportunities Dillish had to cheat, but she stayed faithful to her boyfriend, Stephen.

While some of her fellow Housemates got themselves into hot water and voters’ disfavour, strategizing, fighting, backbiting and gossiping their way to what they hoped was the top of the mountain, Dillish remained grounded and maintained cordial relations with her fellow Housemates.

The only time the Namibian got herself in a spot of trouble was when she and her good friend, Nigeria's Melvin, had a disagreement during their usual drinking session after she spilled to fellow Chasemates about a relationship he was involved, something Melvin had told her in private.

Most of the West Africans screaming ‘rigging’ believed in her, gave her their support all the time she was up for eviction and paved the winning-road for Dillish and East Africa finished the race.

Most West Africa supporters were very boastful and insensitive with their comments on social networks like twitter, forgetting that a country's numerical strength had nothing to do with votes as I COUNTRY equals just 1 VOTE  and that they needed other country votes to make their representatives win.

The West African Chasemates shot themselves in the foot by nominating East Africans and South Africans leaving fellow West Africans in a game where they were expected to take their ‘competitor’ out irrespective of region. This turned out to be their undoing in the end.

West African votes were splitted in three (for the three West Africans in the top 5, Melvin, Beverly and Elikem). It would have taken a miracle for West Africa’s splitted votes to over-ride Southern Africa’s and East Africa’s.

Congrats Dillish, you were under-rated and fooled us all to the end.