By Amin Kef Sesay
Yesterday, the names of sixty applicants for Housemates Salone Season 3 were announced by the organizers of the upcoming Reality TV Show, AYV Media Empire and Africell-Sierra Leone. The names of the sixty (60) applicants were those whom the Judges believed did very well throughout the three days that an audition was conducted.
The process leading to the real show takes another dimension as the next stage will be popular voting as members of the public will be given the opportunity to vote for the final number of applicants that would enter the House as Housemates.
Now, out of the sixty names announced, the organizers will then proceed to look for the best Twenty (20) or Twenty-Two (22) who should enter the House.
Some may be wondering how that is going to be done. Well the organizers have a perfect plan.
The plan is that a voting process will be made known to members of the public to actively participate in order to choose the required aforementioned number of Housemates. The organizers will communicate the link and the process of voting which members of the public should use when the appropriate time reaches.
As stated by the organizers, from what members of the public have seen during the replays, the ‘Yagba’ in terms of making the right choices will then commence and if that is logically done then we will be assured of a very thrilling Reality TV Show.
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).
According to the organizers, this exciting Reality TV Show is put together against the backdrop of promoting Youth Empowerment. Better put into perspective, Housemates Salone encompasses providing mentorship for young aspiring Sierra Leoneans who believe that they have talents that they could showcase which will provide valuable insights as to the everyday behavioral patterns of young people living together.
However, the most important aspect of the Reality TV Show is that it will serve as a conduit through which the Housemates are taken through mental and physical exercises that will end up to mould and shape their characters.
They will benefit from being guided to be motivational speakers, to think critically as well as rationally, how to healthily interact, how to solve problems, to cook, to sing, dance, control emotions and stress.
These competitors will be given the opportunity to learn from what visiting guests from certain corporate institutions will teach them, learn how to play games and a host of other things that are aligned to coping mechanisms in life.
If it could be succinctly put in other words, Housemates Salone is a kind of refinery where the competitors will go through life overhauling experiences to an extent that life after Housemates Salone will be completely and positively different for them.
Housemates Salone Season 3 is indeed going to bring loads of smiles and evoke animated discussions among the young and old in various social circles.
