By Amin Kef Sesay
The Reality TV Show that is currently dominating heated discussions in poda-podas, buses, Ataya Bases and other social interactive gatherings is indisputably Housemates Salone 2020, Season 2 with the theme “Quarantine Drama”.
Fans of those Housemates, who have so far successfully survived evictions, are trying their level best to present or project their choices in the most favourable light with the objective that by doing so such will convince members of the public who sitting on the fence to vote for their favourite competitors.
What most times make those discussions very interesting is the fact that some of the fans have a better understanding of the Housemates to such an extent that they could reveal details of their characters. It is such discussions that are really giving currency to the show, getting others on-board, adding juice to it and above all making it very dramatic.
A typical example is all the gossip around Housemate No 1, “PEE-SIS MALAIKA”, whose real name is Abass Turay, the guy that is dropping the humorous vibes, sending viewers rocking with laughter.
However, what is so very much significant in terms of what matters to continue to keep the Housemates in the House is definitely the number of votes that each and every one bags. The more the merrier! It is all the more reason why it is so very important for members of the public to continue to cast their votes for their favourites Housemates.
And to do so an individual can send the unique number of a Housemate via SMS message or vote the number of any of the Housemates to: 5500 or Dial *5500#. For International voting, call: +23299005500.
Youth empowerment is at the core of this Reality TV Show as designed by the organizers, Africell Sierra Leone and the Africa Young Voices (AYV) Empire. Throughout the show the Housemates are mentally and physically tested on various occasions availing them the opportunity to learn new skills and improving on existing ones.
They are improving on their cooking abilities, learning how to play new games, they are asked to debate in teams various topics and subject matters, benefitting from motivational speeches, how to dress for certain occasions, learning how to express themselves fluently among a host of others.
At this juncture, it must be underscored that one of the significant ways in which these Housemates are being empowered is giving them the opportunity to interact on a normal basis as well as via partying. They are socializing, pairing, exchanging ideas, gossiping and courting relationships which presumably will span for a considerable period of time beyond Housemates Salone.
The huge following which the show is commanding at the current moment has made it possible for all the Housemates to be widely exposed. This exposure could put them at vantage positions to be earmarked for the performances of certain assignments after Housemates Salone 2020. Obviously, some of them could be spotted to do advertisements for corporate institutions as Brand Ambassadors, role models etc. As a matter of fact, their lifestyles will never remain the same again and it is possible that what they have learnt could be cascaded to benefit other young people.
What in actual fact is up for grabs by the contestants, in the ongoing Reality TV Show, is the winning prize of Two Hundred and Fifty Million Leones (Le250M) plus undertaking a round trip to Dubai. That besides, every day spent in the House qualifies each Housemate to earn One Hundred Thousand Leones (Le100, 000).
Indeed, the winning prize is staggering and seducing. For the deserving Housemate to bag that amount of money could be like hitting El Dorado .With a good financial plan such an amount of money could serve as seed money for any meaningful investment. It could be used as a start-up capital by anyone of them who wish to become a young entrepreneur or for the furtherance of an educational pursuit.
Without mincing the truth, Housemates Salone has once again put Sierra Leone in the international entertainment limelight as one country where attractive, brilliant, loving young people are doing wonderful things thereby dispelling the myth that it a theatre of war and a haven of blood diamonds. The show is really bringing them out vividly.
You all know what? Let the Reality TV Show roll on, exuding funny episodes that is getting many laughing their sides out.
