Islanders Magazine

OLA OF BIG BROTHER AFRICA

Can we meet you and where you from?

My names are Olamilekan Bakare and i am from ijebu-ode,Ogun State.

What was life like in the Big Brother house?

Life was intresting in the house. Life was fun and cool, there was nothing much in there, so in little words I will say it was fun.

A lot of people felt you would emmerge the winner of the show, how did you feel when you had to leave?

I really didn't feel anything bad. Like I always say "health over wealth". So I am happy I made my decision, but it is also sad because $300,000 would have been a plus in my life, but I believe at the end of the day I will make that that kind of money if I work very hard.

Based on the fact that you left the house on health grounds, where you upset?

I wasn't upset like I said. I had a Blood Pressure issue, I had to leave the house. I will rather be alive and have opportunities to make more money than die trying to be selfish.

After leaving the contest, how has life been?

Well, it's been better. my fans understand the fact that I had to leave the contest and they keep showing their support. So, I thank God for what he has been doing in my life

What have you been up to since you left the house?

It's been really crazy with the meetings, interviews and trying to come up with our own reality show. My NGO is in the pipeline and we are also working on a Radio and Television Programs, so it has been a lot of work so far. I have not been able to go back to my former life of Interior Decorating, which is what I used to do before now, but right now it's a different ball game, but I thank God.

Did you make any friend in the house and are you still in contact with them?

I made so many friends like my home boy Luke from Liberia, I love unconditionally Zainab, Datamara, Saidu the list goes on you know. A couple of people and I have been in contact. I call them everytime and when we saw at the finals, it was very funny because it was as if we had been there together. We chat all the time, so there was no much difference, we didn't greet ourselves like we haven't seen in two months.

If you are called up again for the show would you take part in the show?

Yes. Definately, I will be with them again if I am called up again for the show and will be fun all the way. It's very interesting you know, Africa is very big when you go to Big Brother it tells how Big, how vast, how rich the culture they are, how intresting the people are and so it is an experience i will like to have all over again.

What was it like in the Big Brother house?

What you see on Television is what is. There is not fakeness, no gimic, no stories. As you see it on television that is how it is, nothing is added and nothing is subracted from it.

Would you have portrayed another character in the house just to win the prize money?

I will tell you with all sincerity that at that point it is individual opinons that differ. If you like you come in with a script and if you like you potray the best of you and be real. So, it's a game at the end of the day we play it differently and everybody plays it the best way we can.

Are you still into Interior Decorating?

Decorating for me is passion. It is what you can always do. If you have a new idea, innovation you can always go back to it, but entertainment is what I have always wanted to do for a long time. I have been stocked in it even before I started Interior Decorating and now I find myself in it again. So, it's all good.

What aspect of entertainment are you looking into movies or music?

I will like to go into movies. I will love to do more on the movies unlike before when I was comparing events, doing MC in events. I also did a bit of motivational tour. So, like I said I have been in entertainment in one form or another. I am just happy that I am just going back to it and doing it the way it is suppose to be .

Dont you think you would have too much on your plate?

No. I don't think so. Like I always say to people when you do what you love to do you don't get choked on it. You only get challenges because it is what you love, but when you are doing another person's job or you in a wrong feild then you get chocked. For me, entertainment has been a key and this is a step to start on.

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