Apart from missing the $300,000 prize in the just concluded Big Brother Africa show, his diesire for Dillish yielded no fruit.
He was about Nigeria’s biggest hope of winning the Big Brother competition this year. But sadly, this was not to be, as, once more, 28-year-old Melvin Oduah’s dream of capturing yet another major reality show was dashed on Sunday. That was when he placed fourth in the competition.
Although he appears to have taken the defeat in good faith, fans of the Delta State-born model have taken to social media sites to express displeasure at the turn of events.
While he attracted empathy from certain quarters, the actor has also been receiving knocks from some bitter Nigerians who took to their Twitter handles, sarcastically posing the question, “Why do you always end up as a runner-up?”
Although their fear sounds superstitious, some may consider the feeling understandable, as the Big Brother Africa show, this year, is said to be Melvin’s fourth attempt at attaining super stardom via a major competition.
He was the first runner-up in the Mr. Nigeria contest in 2011, first runner-up in Gulder Ultimate Search competition in 2009 and fifth place winner in the Mr. Macho contest during his National Youth Service year in 2008.
It was thus a pitiable experience seeing the University of Port-Harcourt Chemistry graduate probably feigning a smile on Sunday. His failure to win was a major shocker to all and sundry, especially since he was tipped to win by a reasonable number of evicted housemates, who admired his calm mien.
More so, it appeared that the surviving housemates had so fallen in love with his character so much so, that they rarely ever nominated him for eviction.
The only time he was up for eviction was when he sacrificed himself as the Head of House, after swapping himself up for nomination with a nominated housemate.
That singular gesture earned him the love and sympathy of many Africans who voted to save him. Also, Melvin appeared to be loved by all.
Former Big Brother winner, Uti Nwachukwu, openly campaigned for him via his social media accounts. After the final results were announced, Uti, tweeted, “I am forever proud of Melvin! Best behaved housemate in the history of Big Brother Africa! All seasons! His star has only begun to shine.”
Dousing claims that the results were manipulated in Dellish’s favour, Uti added, “I’m glad she won! And Melvin wasn’t robbed o .West Africa’s chances were slim and no one was willing to sacrifice.”
Besides failing to win the star prize money, another area where the Nigerian hunk lost out is the failure to secure the heart and love of Namibian beauty and winner, Dillish Matthews.
Although in-house romances appeared to have been the downfall of many of the contestants this year, it was apparent that Melvin had a soft spot for Dillish, a first runner up in the Miss Universities pageant held in Benin in 2012.
Yet, Dilish stood her ground, refusing to compromise or cheat on Stephen, her lover of four years. Despite numerous romantic gestures and attempts to flirt with Dillish, she wouldn’t bulge.
In the end, she won more votes than Beverley, Melvin, Elikem and Cleo in the final week, to scoop the $300,000 prize and become the third woman to win a season of Big Brother Africa.
Speaking in an online video interview on the Big Brother website immediately after the finals, Melvin thanked Dillish for all the lessons she had taught him.
