By Spy Uganda
Laycon, real names Olamilekan Agbelesebioba, has emerged winner of the fifth season of Big Brother Naija after polling 60 percent of the votes in the final week! The 26-year-old was announced the winner at the season’s grand finale on Sunday, 27, September.
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The sensational rapper beat 19 other housemates to clinch the N85 million prize after a fiercely competitive 70 days competition.
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Dorathy, became the last woman standing in the competition and first runner up with 21.85 percent of the votes. Nengi came in third place after polling 15.03 percent of the votes, while Neo and Vee finished fourth and fifth with 1.94 and 1.18 percent respectively.
Laycon joins Katung, Efe, Miracle and Mercy in the coveted list of BBNaija winners. Like the previous winners, he’ll no doubt leverage the opportunity the BBNaija platform has offered him to push his career.
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The fifth edition of the BBNaija franchise will go down in history as the most successful iteration yet, having recorded an unprecedented number of auditions and broken social media engagement records. The success of this edition is particularly remarkable, given the prevailing global COVID-19 pandemic which led to innovative changes in the audition and production process.
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The grand finale which aired live on DStv 198(IS20 197) and GOtv 29 featured live performances by Nigerian superstars Rema and Fireboy and dance group Imagneto. A highlight of the night was a surprise performance by Mayorkun and Davido with renditions of hit songs ‘Betty Butter’ and ‘Fem’.
Betway is the headline sponsor of BBNaija Season5, and Guinness as the gold sponsor.
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