ONE of the myths of the Big Brother show is the voice of the chief voyeur and instructor called Biggie. He is to be heard, not seen; neither by the housemates nor the fans of the show – only by his clients who would do anything to conceal his identity.
The curious case of this stern and sometimes genial personality, one could say is similar to that of Nigeria’s mask styled Afrocentric singer, Bisade Ologunde, aka Lagbaja, who separates his career personality from his person.
But just as some people have bumped into the singer without his mask, many would have bumped into Biggie without knowing he is the one.
Such is a celebrity status that celebrates the inner person and painfully so, a stardom that is concealed by contract.
Those who think they know big brother were wrong, because the organisers are smarter to modulate the voice even further. Come to think of it, it is a serious disservice to try to know the face behind the voice, as to give up his alibi, as such revelation would mean the end of a contract for the ‘spirit’ man.
The only set of people who know Biggie so well are the housemates who, although have not seen him physically, but have come to build a mental image, going by their daily interaction had some sense of intimacy.
Indeed, Big Brother is all you need to know of him. He is a voice, not a person in a way. That is why he’d always respond to the housemates’ greeting by saying: ‘Big Brother is fine, Big Brother is always fine.’
Those who follow the show closely would tell you that each time you think you have Biggie figured out; he takes an entirely different direction.
Few weeks back, the task by Biggie was centered on art, and housemates were asked to allow their imagination gallop away as they draw what they imagine an invisible force like Big Brother, who is everywhere and sees everything, would look like if he were a human being. The outcome was very interesting.
Efe came up with an interesting picture that depicted Biggie as a faceless, yet ubiquitous person who sees everything. Debie Rise depicted Biggie as a father figure who is warm and stern at the same time, while TTT drew Biggie as a faceless yet omnipresent person.
Uriels’ imagination had to do with a man who wore glasses and was part of the beard gang, while TBoss depicted him as a Cyclops with one eye that could see everything. She even gave him a funny hairdo. As for Marvis, she just scrawled the word ‘Big Brother’ and perched a crown at the end of the word Big, while Kemen’s picture was a bit confusing. The only visible thing on it is the Big Brother logo.
While listening to their reasons for picturing him the way they did, Big Brother commended housemates and told them that the Big Brother house was also a forum for continuous and constant learning as well as an avenue for showcasing their creativity.
Indeed, housemates captured the many faces of Big Brother and as eviction day drew closer, no one knew which face Big Brother was going to put on in this game where a whopping N25 million is at stake.
Indeed the housemates were all correct; Biggie was everything they ever painted, even more than they ever imagined.
