The Big Brother Africa 2014 show will soon begin and 3 more housemates have been unveiled bringing the total number to 9.
Season 9 of the popular MNet series, tagged “Hotshots”, is scheduled to begin on Sunday, October 5, 2014.
The newly revealed contestants are Kacey Moore from Ghana, Laveda from Tanzania and JJ from Zimbabwe.
Read their profiles below:
Ghana
Kacey Moore – Age: 29
Born in Accra, Kacey Moore is a married poet and songwriter, with a daughter. He enjoys banku and okro stew and says his favourite books are the Bible, the dictionary, and the thesaurus! Kacey Moore also likes the music of Usher and Lauryn Hill.
Kacey Moore describes himself as aโ go-getterโ, as well as โpunctual, a leader, a creator and a voiceโ. His favourite quality, punctuality. It is important to him in both himself and others.
He entered Big Brother Hotshots as a business decision, seeking exposure to the rest of the world. Kacey Moore promises viewers โa real person with no fakenessโ. If he wins the grand prize, heโll buy houses for his wife and mother and set up a recording studio so he can record and release his own album under his own label.
Tanzania
Laveda- Age: 23
Bachelor of Arts & Social Sciences graduate Laveda was born in Dar Es Salaam. Sheโs single and describes herself as โeccentric, loving, caring, simple and funโ. Laveda is the eldest of three children and she has a younger brother and sister. She says her mom is her role model, because she has moulded her over the years and inspired her in different ways โthrough the struggles and joy of lifeโ.
Laveda says her favourite foods are pasta and minced meat, and prawns. She loves to read John Grisham novels and enjoys the music of Shakira, DโBanj, Miriam Makeba, P.Square, Rihanna, Beyonce, Tiwo Savage, Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Brenda Fassie. Sheโs a mean entertainer herself, she plays the saxophone, sings, acts and dances and thinks sheโd make a โpotentialโ presenter. Lavedaโs favourite movies include The Notebook, Titanic and Avatar.
She entered Big Brother Hotshots to be a role model and act as a voice for Africaโs youth. Laveda says that viewers can expect โmassive entertainmentโ from her and that if she wins, sheโll give her mom some money, โsurprise disadvantaged childrenโ, travel and invest the rest.
Zimbabwe
JJ- Age: 23
JJ calls himself โan entertainerโ on the back of his work as a โsinger, rapper, actor, songwriter and directorโ. His inspiration behind entering Big Brother Hotshots is the platform the show provides. โItโs a necessary foundation for me to be able to produce my own music even if I donโt win the money,โ he says.
He says that viewers can expect to be entertained, and that theyโll also have a gym partner every morning. If he wins the money, heโll fix up his parentsโ house, invest in his career by working n his first international album and give some money to charity.
JJ loves Italian and Japanese food, his favourite book is Shakespeareโs Macbeth and his favourite TV show is Elementary. His favourite musicians are JP Cooper, Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West and MiCasaโs J.Something. His all-time favourite films are 300, The Vow and American Gangster, with his favourite actor, Denzel Washington.
He believes that the best thing about Africa is that โthe people are all full of lifeโ. His favourite place in Zimbabwe is Inyaga, and outside it, Manchester in England, โhome of the greatest football club and where I found my feet and my passionโ, he says.