By Amin Kef Sesay
Housemates Salone is going on steadily as planned by the organizers, Africell and AYV Media Empire, in order to give the best in terms of qualitative Reality TV Show, which is indeed quite new in this part of the country. The entertainment Show has gained huge momentum among different classes of the populace as the episodes are truly thrilling and very informative.
The way and manner in which the Housemates are carrying themselves with regards putting on their best performances as required in order to score certain points or scores are captivating and worth learning from. These Housemates are imbibing life-long skills as evident in them given the opportunity to cook, to play various games, to compete in the form of debates, to socialize, to learn how to psychologically respond to certain situations in life, how to compose songs, how to sing, dress for different occasions and a host of others. From time to time they are taken through certain tutorials by experts who have specialized in certain disciplines to mentally impact on their knowledge base to better prepare them for the future.
What has been seen so far is that these Housemates are availed outlets to demonstrate their innate talents through the platform that the Reality TV Show has so far provided. Argued from whatever perspective it is glaring that these young Housemates are going through an empowerment phase in their lives and by the time they emerge from the House they may be quite different personalities.
Some, those not well informed, may be wondering why there is the need to take part in this competition. Well the answer is simple: these Housemates are battling for the mouth-watering sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Million Leones (Le250M) and to undertake a round trip to Dubai, both as the ultimate winning prize set aside.
It will also worthy of note that for every day that each Housemate lives in the House, he or she is entitled to One Hundred Thousand Leones which is cumulatively given to anyone of them if evicted from the House.
Talking about eviction, already Eight (8) Housemates have been evicted so fat from the House for not meeting certain benchmarks, one important one which is to get certain number of votes from members of the public. It is important at this juncture to underscore that it is the number of votes that each and every Housemate bags from members of the public that will largely determine whether he or she will continue to be in the House.
All the Housemates have their unique numbers which members of the public should send via SMS message or used to vote for the Housemates to: 5500 or Dial *5500#. For International voting, call: +23299005500.
Members of the public know that their votes matter and there must step up the pace at which they are voting for their favourite Housemates, The responsibility of galvanizing the public squarely lie on the shoulders of the various Fan Clubs of the Housemates better known as “Teams”. They should take the campaigns to all the nook and cranny of the country to convince individuals that their Housemates deserve the best.
As the Reality TV Show is widely followed, the Housemates are presently benefitting from widespread exposure. There are entrepreneurs in the entertainment out there who are interested in spotting innate talents in these young people which could be built to well place them to perform certain roles in the entertainment industry ranging from film acting, singing , choreography, play acting, embroidery etc. There is the possibility for contracts to be signed with some of the Housemates at the end of the Show and who knows if they could end up becoming Stars in their own right.
For now the Housemates are kicking their games, having a lot of fun, dressing sexy and interacting in various ways. They are pairing, courting relationships, building on those relationships which probably could be life enduring to finally culminate in the Last Standing Couple.
What is indisputable at the moment is that Housemates Salone Season 2 is huge; it is putting Sierra Leone in the international entertainment spotlight and contributing in changing wrong perceptions about the country as a theatre of conflict which was imprinted by the senseless rebel war that decimated lives as well as the ramifications of bad governance.
Housemates Salone is not only thrilling but truly entertaining and empowering.
