Under Lagos lights, the 9th Live Show opened with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu in full command as he channelled raggae and highlife icon, Sonny Okosun, in a sleek denim co-ord: a zip-front, long-sleeve shirt with a sharp collar, tailored front-seamed flares and clean black shoes to seal it. “Evictions can be cruel,” he warned, and the night didn’t so much agree as prove the thesis in real time.
It hadn’t even been a day since the host crashed the house shortly after the Saturday Night Turn-Up and, in a ruthless post-party twist, escorted Thelma Lawson and Bright Morgan out of Biggie’s house. Sunday offered the pair – who were evicted within minutes of groove being wrapped – the dignity of a stage walk and a breath of reflection. Thelma Lawson, disarmingly calm, said she’d prepared her mind for the moment. “I was lit last night and that was the perfect time to evict me.” She then lit up at the mention of Kaybobo, the gentleman she might actually pursue outside.
Bright Morgan, for his part, owned the shock, revealing that he’d just been happy to see his impressive longevity in the highly competitive game. “I told my mom that I want to be here for one week. Then, from one week to two weeks, then from two weeks to three weeks… I'm just grateful to be here.” And when pressed about the outside girlfriend vs. his reality-show chemistry with Mide, he shrugged with candour: “I came into the house and told myself that I would live in the moment”, he recalled. “This is a reality show, and I needed to live the reality – and Mide happened. That’s the reality of it!”
The game, however, refused to settle. Ebuka saluted Zita’s second Head of House reign as the first woman this season to do it. However, he immediately turned the temperature up, asking about that conversation with Kola where she’d said there were things about Koyin that “throw her off.” Zita didn’t flinch; she confirmed the pattern dates back to her first reign, offered just enough to keep suspicion humming, and left the specifics drifting like perfume in the corridor. Her dollhouse week had already birthed new ships, sudden fallouts, and Biggie’s double after-party eviction. Clearly, there is a lot in Zita’s mind.
Pepper moved quickly around the room. Dede dodged cleanly when confronted about calling Kola “two-faced”. She has her reasons, won’t share them, says he’ll find out regardless. Kola, in turn, tried to thread the needle: “Dede has made it clear that she has someone outside.” And while he finds her attractive, that fact remains a reality that can’t be ignored.
Jason Jae took his turn under the light for playing border patrol with Sultana, while growing warmer with Joanna; he offered diplomatic neutrality – both are his friends, both are grown, everyone is free. Despite the visible tension among all parties involved, Jason Jae stood on business and insisted that both girls were his friends.
The room gasped. Joanna’s name was called. The timing was savage: minutes after she’d been pressed to define whatever was brewing with Jason Jae and to acknowledge Faith, who had been gushing about her in confessions, quality time, and sweet poetry, the door swung on its hinges. Joanna became the night’s first housemate to be evicted. On stage, she stayed sugar-sweet and steel-spined. Jason Jae? “He’s my friend oo.” Faith? Also a friend. And about that Saturday-night bed scene? “There’s nothing that happened… he just stayed there.” No tears, no mess, no concessions to the narrative, just a woman choosing her own edit.
Before the floorboards stopped vibrating, a second name sprang forth from the eviction envelope: Kuture. The man who had literally gasped at Joanna’s exit just seconds before became the next headline, and jaws fell in unison. He met the news with the same meme-ready honesty that made him a fan favourite. Asked if he was surprised, he grinned: “Aswear to God I no lie for you.” The eviction came not long after he’d been asked about the chatter that he’s the house’s bone collector, an indictment he’d shrugged off like lint: “I no send. I don’t need validation.”
By the final ad break, the storylines had shifted again. With Zita steady at the helm, Koyin discourse poised to harden without the answers, and the Joanna–Jason–Faith triangle abruptly ended, the house felt strangely quieter and somehow more dangerous. Without Kuture’s running commentary, gossip won’t travel as fast; it might brew in corners and, maybe, show up at the nomination board instead? And now, without Joanna, Jason Jae has only one ‘friend’ who is “free to do what she wants”.
“Evictions can be cruel,” Ebuka said at the top. By the time cameras faded, the line felt less like a warning and more like a spoiler. Two shock exits, ships scrambled, power consolidated: the 10/10 house didn’t just deliver drama, it rewrote its own headlines in real time.
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