By Amin Kef Sesay
Housemates Salone Season 3 audition is done with as the sessions ended on the 14th March, 2022 with up to eight hundred applicants going through the process. To really get the twenty (20) or twenty two (22) successful applicants that will ultimately enter the House seemingly appears to be an uphill task. However, the organizers of the Reality TV Show, AYV Media Empire and Africell-SL, who are so au fait with entertainment issues, have come up with a solution or panacea that will ensure a smooth sail.
This time around they have availed the general public the responsibility to make the final choice stating that now it is their turn (the General Public) to watch #DiYagba, the hype, the drama and the stories. For proper understanding, the audition processes that were conducted from the 11th to the 14th March 2022 will be replayed on the African Young Voices (AYV) Television on two separate weekends.
The first replay will be aired on AYV Channel 33 at 9:00PM and Channel 34 at 10 PM and DStv Channel 34 at 10:00PM on the 19th and 20th March, 2022 to avail members of the public or viewers the opportunity to see how the auditions went.
The other replay will take place on the 26th and 27th March, 2022 on Channel 33 @ 9 PM, Channel 34 @ 10 PM and DStv Channel 399 @ 9 PM as well as on AfriRadio 103.5FM @ 9 PM. The rationale is for viewers to see firsthand the performances of the various aspirants who went through audition.
What follows next on the 28th March, 2022 is the announcement of the names of Fifty-Two (52) as those who successfully went through the audition. Out of these Fifty-Two the organizers are looking for the best Twenty (20) or Twenty-Two (22) who should enter the House. How is that going to be achieved?
A voting process will be opened in which members of the public should actively participate in to choose the aforementioned number of Housemates required. When that time gets closer the voting process link will be communicated and it will be done via Africell-SL. As stated by the organizers the ‘Yagba’ in terms of making the right choices will commence but if 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).
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 will be mentally and physically tested on various occasions availing them the opportunity to learn new skills and improving on existing ones.
They are expected to improve on their cooking abilities, learn how to play new games, they will be asked to debate in teams various topics and subject matters, benefit from motivational speeches, how to dress for certain occasions, learn how to express themselves fluently among a host of others.
The Housemates will be socializing, pairing, exchanging ideas, gossiping and courting relationships which presumably will span for a considerable period of time beyond the show.
They will be widely exposed. This exposure could put them at vantage positions to be earmarked for the performances of certain assignments after Housemates Salone. 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.
