South Africa’s Quinn was evicted from Big Brother Africa show penultimate Sunday, alongside his comrade in arms, Crystal. 21-year-old 1st year Media Diploma student from Johannesburg who entered the competition for the experience and to learn more about other African cultures spoke to hilary okeke on the whole Big Brother experience and life after the show.

Winning the Yellow Boot in the Soccer Task
Well, that was not the only moment of glory. I think the whole experience in the House was too much for me. Making it to the House in the first place was an achievement, surviving the first eviction was an achievement, surviving in the House for months was an achievement; so all of that put together was a great experience for me. One of the highlights for me in the House was definitely when the girls came into the House – I was totally blown away. You know it had been like an all-guys thing, and I was beginning to wonder how it would play out. Another was when Keri Hilson came calling. She’s really better looking in real life.
Hostility with Itai
I think the age difference was the reason we did not get along well. You know, I being the youngest in the House of age 21, and Itai being one of the oldest. We being different kind of persons – we didn’t just click. Look I don’t have issues with the guy, I am still going to see him on the 6th of December and shake his hands, so there’s no trouble between us. He did not get my Molotov Cocktail because he had already gotten one from someone who was evicted before me. Also, I promised Eddy (Edward) I was going to give him one. Itai already has one and I might as well just throw it to the next guy and Eddy asked for it, so I gave it to him.
Comrades in Arms Twist
I don’t think that worked against me. I wouldn’t like to say that my comrade put me down, we didn’t just get enough votes from Africa to continue in the game and we are satisfied with the outcome. It was not easy to play as a pair because if I had to leave, she had to leave and if she had to leave, I had to leave. I think it is easier when you are on your own because the decisions you make can only affect you and not your partner, as well. I am not going to say that playing as an individual wouldn’t have been different from playing as a pair, but it happened and it happened. So, no regrets.
Initial Alliance with Kevin, Kaone, Jeremy, Leonel and Itai
Look, the alliance worked up to the extent where we got out all the people we didn’t like – Yacob and others. Once we got them out, putting our friends up for eviction was beginning to turn into something difficult, but it had to be done, and here I am. Come next week, another person would have to leave, and so it is. It gets to a point in the game where anybody who leaves is a friend of the next person.
Distrust for Leonel
Yeah, in the last few weeks Leonel did not treat me as well as he used to. I noticed that and I just thought to myself that it was only a game. I don’t have any grudges against him, he only did what he had to do to survive and that’s fine with me.
Something That Should Have Been Done Differently?
To be honest, there’s nothing I think I should have done differently. The alliances I went into worked for me, and I lingered for 49 days. Like I said, my friends and I were able to get the other guys in the other alliance evicted, so it worked for me. I don’t have any regrets, but if I were to turn back the hands of time, I would go back to when I was the Head of House – and now that I think about it, maybe I would have saved my own countryman. But I saved myself at the end of the day, I think you would have done the same. So all in all, I wouldn’t have played the game any differently from the way I did while in the Big Brother House.
Headstrong Attitude and Survival
Well, it was inevitable that for 49 days I would collide with other personalities in the House. Not making the other housemates beds as a task was a small issue that was blown into something serious. You know, it’s like washing your own plate. Once you are up from sleep, you make your own bed and everyone is happy. Look I understand that it was a task, but I was like “why don’t you just make life simple and make your own bed?” About that incident putting me on a collision course with some housemates and reducing my chances of survival, I don’t think it necessarily did considering that I stayed on long after that.
Kiss with Mzamo and Attraction to Other Female Housemates
I was a bit drunk, she was a bit drunk and I think it was more like a peck – but it happened and is not going to happen again. We have both moved on, and she’s got Leonel now. No I wasn’t particularly attracted to any of the female housemates, although there were some hot chicks in the House, no doubt. I didn’t want to get involved with any chick in the House because I am not the long distance relationship kind of person. Yeah, maybe one kiss here, another there but the long distance thing? No, definitely not for me. More so, I’ve got a relationship back home in South Africa and that helped keep me under check too.
Who to Win the Game
I think Kevin and Eddy are the two strongest in the House right now. I think it’s about their characters – Kevin is like a little bomb that could explode anytime and I loved that when I was inside and still loving it. Eddy I think is the prank master, and his sense of humour is crazy, which I think viewers are also loving. I think they are going to go far in the game. For the girls, I really think that Mzamo is a character on her own. Out of all the girls, I think she will go very far.
Intimidated by Any Housemate(s)?
Not at all, I never felt intimidated by anybody in the house. I think we all had our unique potentials and it was only a matter of time before things played out. My eviction was just one of those incidents. I think I was able to hold my grounds and be myself, and no one’s character got me.
Greatest Lessons from Big Brother Africa Experience
I really learnt a lot there, and one of them was embracing cultures. You know, I met some Naija people in the House and learnt a few words of pidgin English. That was basically what I went for – the experience of being in the House, sharing my culture with people from other societies and learning theirs as well. I think the whole thing would take me a long way because now that I know I’ve got friends in Nigeria, Uganda and elsewhere, I can just fly down there and see them anytime.
What’s Next After BBA?
I am just going to take things easy for now, been really busy having interviews and not really had time for myself. Big Brother Africa show is a platform that would serve as a leverage for my success in the media industry because I more or less marketed myself while in the House, although unconsciously. But I am going to take one day at a time and whatever comes my way, I give a shot. So it’s back to the world, I missed my Facebook, my cellphone and watch. You know, while you are in the House, time stands still and one week could seem like one month. Everything goes slowly and 49 days seemed like forever. Now that I think about it, the person that stays in there for 91 days really deserves the money.