By Amin Kef-Ranger
Housemates Salone Season 3 with the slogan, “Di Game Get Yagba If You Nor Able Na for Pull Hand” is a Reality TV Show that is organized and proudly brought to all and sundry by the African Young Voices Media Empire and Africell-Sierra Leone, marking the 3rd Season of the presentation of this entertainment show which is primarily aimed at spotting talents of young participants and empowering them.
Currently, the application stage to participate as a Housemate is ongoing. Any individual of Sierra Leonean origin that is 21years old and above and was not selected to participate in any other Reality TV Show in Sierra Leone is eligible to apply. If an individual previously applied for a Reality TV Show but was not selected to participate he or she can apply for Housemates Salone Season 3.
Application forms are available online on AYV and Africell platforms. The application form costs Le200, 000 and is payable ONLY via Afrimoney. To apply, please click the following links: https://www.africell.sl/housemates/
Please note that before you go online to apply make sure you have Le 204,000 Leones on your Afrimoney phone and then go on to complete the form online using the phone number that has the Le 204,000 as your contact number and automatically Afrimoney will take Le 200,000 as form cost and then you submit successfully.
The detailed application form is to properly evaluate an interested person’s qualifications as a suitable candidate for Housemates Salone.
An applicant must make sure to answer all questions correctly and honestly in the form otherwise he or she will automatically be disqualified from the selection process if any of the answers turn out to be untruthful or if the requested information is withheld.
However, AYV and Africell have made it in such a way that if an individual is struggling to complete his or her application, he or she can visit any of the following locations in Freetown for help: AYV Media Empire on 3 Wesley Street Off Pademba Road, Africell Office at Odion on Siaka Stevens Street or Africell Office at Wilberforce Village.
Closing date for submission of applications is 10th March 2022.
After the closing date what comes up next is the audition and it will run from the 11th to 14th March 2022. Note that diaspora applicants will be sent a zoom link for their virtual audition upon successful completion of their application.
The Reality TV Show will be broadcast live on AYV TV, DStv Channel 399 and other social media platforms.
Since Housemates Salone Season 3 was launched at the prestigious Lagoonda Entertainment Complex at Aberdeen in Freetown, tongues have been wagging, with some people vehemently arguing that it will definitely change the face of the entertainment industry in this country.
“Indeed Africell-SL and the African Young Voices (AYV) are really committed to taking entertainment to another level as they have once again come forward to organize another Reality TV Show after successfully rolling out Season 1& 2. For me and my friends we are looking forward to watching another Season which I am convinced will be thrilling,” Foday Moriba Conteh, a first-year University of Sierra Leone student opined adding that he will definitely vote for any of the Housemates that really impresses him the most.
When this medium reached out to gauge the views of people in different parts of the country after the launching of Housemates Salone as to what they make of staging the show, a plethora of interesting statements were captured all affirming that the initiative is good and will positively impact the lives of many young people in the country.
The expression of determination by some who have manifested interest in participating in the Show, as Housemates, was also very impressive as the zest to compete was seen flowing in them.
From all indications, Housemates Salone Season 3 is set to give all and sundry a fun-packed, entertaining, enterprising, and very interactive Reality TV Show, which even after it ends will leave tongues wagging in many social circles as some will be vividly recalling episodes and critically analyze what should have been done, not should have been done etc.
