By Amin Kef Sesay
The audition for Housemates Salone Season 3 commenced on the 11th March 2022 and will end today, 14th March 2022. This medium reliably learnt that Eight Hundred (800) individuals opted to be part of the Reality TV Show as Housemates and all of them should go through the audition process.
The organizers of the entertainment event, AYV Media Empire and Africell-SL put together a panel of competent Judges which include Guest Judges and those who are based in Sierra Leone.
They include Hazel Oyeze Onou, otherwise known as White Money, a Nigerian singer, song writer and Reality TV Star. He is the winner of Big Brother Naija Season 6, Hon. Karishma Pelham-Raad is a Liberian award-winning Humanitarian, Actress, Brand Ambassador, Media Personality & Politician, Yulisa Ahmadu – ‘Dr Love’ is a Sierra Leonean Entrepreneur, Communications Specialist, Entertainment Executive and Relationship Therapist, Isatu Harrison , a Sierra Leonean Fashion entrepreneur (mum-preneur) and a management professional, Morris K. Sesay, a Sierra Leonean – American actor, producer & director, as the Guest Judges.
On the other hand, those who are based in-country include: Saraih Conteh Roberts, winner of Housemates Salone s Season 2. She is based in the United States as a singer, motivational speaker, brand influencer and philanthropist, Natasha Beckley a Sierra Leonean Hip Hop rapper and former Miss Sierra Leone 2011, Abu Bakarr Turay Esq. (Kabaka) commonly known as ‘The Kabaka’, a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of Sierra Leone, the Chief Judge Sana Kanu-Idibia a Sierra Leonean Nollywood Movie Star, Entrepreneur and Innovator and Asmaa James who is an award-winning media personality, girls advocate and philanthropist, with over 20 years of experience in broadcast journalism and management.
One among the Guest Judges, ‘White Money’, prior to the audition, admonished Sierra Leoneans to be proud of their country and to support Housemates Salone Season 3 with the same kind of support and energy that they gave to the other show in Nigeria, Big Brother Naija.
“Our entertainment industry in Nigeria was not built in a day. We started from somewhere. And wherever, we are now, it’s because the Nigerian people believed in themselves and helped themselves. So let Sierra Leoneans help each other and push each other, “he stated.
The audition started on a very good footing and it was indeed interesting and thrilling as the aspirants were trying their level best to convince the Judges that indeed they are fit and competent enough to be in the House. Some of them did extremely well while on the other hand some blundered big time. At the end of the day it is up to the Judges to finally decide who and who made it through to enter the House.
As the slogan of Housemates Salone Season 3 is: “Di Game Get Yagba, If You Nor Able Na for Pull Hand”, it is expected that there will be a lot of puzzling things which the Housemates will have to accomplish to make the show truly competitive and worth watching.
The Reality TV Show is slated in such a way that the competitors, Housemates, are availed opportunities to display their innate talents in many areas in ways of trying to outwit each other in order to get more likes. How the Housemates go about displaying their talents will largely determine the way they influence viewers to cast their votes for them. When the voting period commences viewers will do so through the information that will be provided by Africell-SL as it is through that avenue that voting, for the various Housemates, will be exclusively done.
As “Di Game Get Yagba”, participants must be prepared to excellently perform tasks assigned to them in impressive ways in order to gain attention and continue to reside in the House when the eviction stage commences.
One unique aspect of this Season 3 of Housemates Salone is that the Show will be live on DSTV as part of AYV Media Empire’s commitment to not only showcase but as well provide a bigger platform for Sierra Leone entertainers across the globe.
The show is set to be shown live on DSTV Channel 399 and it will be the first Sierra Leone Reality TV Show that will be shown to millions across the World through AYV’s new partnership with DSTV which means a bigger platform for entertainers to attract bigger opportunities.
Housemates Salone will feature 20 young guys and girls living together in an isolated house with no connection to the outside world and viewed live on broadcast TV and Radio, online Streaming (Social Media, YouTube) and AfriTV (IPTV) for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Against the aforementioned, Housemates Salone Season 3 is going to be big , interesting and highly competitive which is why it is important for those that have shown interest to be really prepared for the challenges ahead.
Besides empowering the participants there is Le250M plus a round trip to Dubai at stake and up for grabs.
If the capability is not there and the psychological fortitude is lacking and since “Di Game Get Yagba, If You Nor Able Na for Pull Hand”.
