By Amin Kef Sesay
It is usually said that all good things must come to an end. Again it goes that any beginning must have an ending. The Reality TV Show that has captured the admiration of many in and out of the country, Housemates Salone Season 2, will finally come to a close on the 13th December 2020. Indeed the competition has reached its climax and has now become extremely competitive. As far as the situation now stands none of the Housemates is safe in this final week as there are bound to be twists in the course of the week.
According to how the show is slated, the survival of any Housemate largely depends on public voting which is why it is important to increase the number of votes for their favourite Housemates. They can do so by sending the number of their contestants via SMS to 5500 or Dial *5500# and for International Voting CALL +232 99 00 5500.
Members of the public can double their VOTES via #AfriMoney by dialling *161*9# and follow the instructions. The program could be watched via the LIVE Stream online at www.ayvnews.com,, AYV YouTube and Facebook platforms.
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 mouth-watering 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.
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.
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 those out vividly.
