Meryl reels out of Big Brother house
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Meryl was standing against her fiance, Mwisho, Botswana's Kaone, and Nigeria's Uti, and she is the one who ended up with the least votes to stay in the house. The couple reassured each other of their love as Meryl headed outside the house where she continued to tell IK what a good man Mwisho is. The Sunday eviction was perhaps the most eventful, as all the performances were by previous Big Brother Africa housemates, Ghana's Mimi and Kwaku performed together and surprisingly their music is really good. The two are not the only former BBA contestants who were given the platform as Angola's Emma, also gave a sterling performance. Emma was the runner-up to last year's winner - Nigeria's Kevin - who is currently engaged to Tanzania's Elizabeth. The two also performed during the eviction show. Mozambique's Leonel also made an appearance.
Perhaps, the biggest event of this season's M-Net reality series was Saturday when Mwisho decided that the house had presented him with his lifetime partner, in the form of Meryl. A shaky Mwisho went on bended-knee and asked Meryl if she would marry him and she plainly said, "I'd love to baby" and Mwisho slipped her 'tanzanite' ring on her ring finger. In his speech, Mwisho had made it clear that he doesn't come from a romantic family.
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