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?
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.
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