Nigerian dancer and former BBNaija housemate Roseline Omokhoa Afije, widely known as Liquorose, has disclosed that her earlier attempts to join the reality show were unsuccessful before she finally made it in 2021.
She shared that she came close to participating in the show in 2020 and was already waiting backstage to be introduced during the launch, but the organisers still snubbed her at that point.
Liquorose stated that the incident made her depressed and she almost gave up on her dream of participating on the show.
“In 2020, I was backstage at the BBNaija opening show. I was dressed up and make up done, but I was not called. That really hurt me,” she said in a recent podcast interview with VJ Adams.
Liquorose and another potential housemate, Jaypaul were barred from posting in the 2020 edition of the reality show after testing positive to COVID-19.
However, the duo made it to the show after auditioning the following year.
Liquorose revealed that she almost refused to audition the next year, but was convinced by a friend to audition again.
“That experience was messing with me. So, the following year, I didn’t even want to audition but my friend convinced me to try. I just auditioned and forgot about it. I just went to check my spam one day and I discovered that I have been selected. It was crazy,” she recalled.
Liquorose emerged as the runner-up of Big Brother Naija Season 5 in 2021 after losing the grand prize to Whitemoney.
