Mercy Eke, a former Big Brother Naija reality star, explained why she did not win the show for the second time.
She won the ‘Pepper Dem’ season in 2019 but ended up as the runner-up in the all-star edition in 2023, losing to 22-year-old Ilebaye.
In an episode of Celebrity Quickies on comedian AY’s YouTube page, Mercy Eke suggested that people were “allergic to winners” as the reason for her loss.
Mercy Eke said, “The first time, I went into the Big Brother House, it was all cute, lovely people. I played the game and I won the show. And I thought it was all cute, then I went back for the second time, and I found out that people were allergic to winners.
“They were like, ‘She had that, she can’t have it again. She has this, she can’t have it again.’ That’s why I did not win for the second time because they are allergic to winners. They were like, ‘She is already rich, give others a chance.’
“This second experience, I loved it. I will not even take anything away from it because it made me see people for who they truly are. It can only be God’s doing because without this second experience I would not know a lot of things. I didn’t know that it is a crime to want to win again. But anyways, I am still a winner.”
