The winner of the seventh season of Big Brother Naija, which had the theme "Level Up," is Ijeoma Josephina Otabor, better known as Phyna, with Bryann coming in as the first runner-up.
After receiving the most votes during the final week, Phyna was declared the winner by the show's host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu.
In the "Level up" season of the reality show, she defeated fellow competitors Bryann, Bella, Adekunle, Chichi, and Daniella to win the 100 million naira grand prize.
On the show, which debuted on July 23 and 24, 2022, a total of 28 housemates, two fake housemates, and two riders took part.
The Level up housemates at the beginning of the show were divided into levels 1 and 2, with each level having 12 housemates.
Phyna who is only the second female housemate to win the show has joined the exclusive list of the past winners of the reality television show namely Katung Aduwak, Efe Ejeba, Miracle Igbokwe, Mercy Eke, Olamilekan Agbeleshebioba (Laycon), and Hazel Oyeze Onou (Whitemoney) of season 1-6 respectively.
Nigerian music artists, Falz, MI Abaga and Pheelz all performed at the grand finale today.
The headline sponsor of this year’s edition was Pocket by Piggyvest with Flutterwave as the associate sponsor.
Season 7 of the reality show, which ran for 72 days, was hosted by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu who returned as the host of the show for the 6th consecutive time.
The 2023 edition of the reality show is expected to feature contestants from Nigeria and South Africa in an edition titled “Big Brother face-off” as announced by the show organizer, MultiChoice in September.