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BBNaija’s Tacha, Esther star in MTV’s “The Challenge”

The winners of the final challenge will claim a whopping sum of one million dollars.

• August 13, 2021

Big Brother season four “pepper dem” housemates Natacha Akide and Esther Agunbiade are representing Nigeria in the 37th season of MTV’s reality show “The Challenge”.

The ex-Big Brother housemates took to their respective Instagram pages to make the grand announcement.

“Time for the big reveal !!! Your girl is GLOBAL “SPIES LIES AND ALLIES” GO HARD OR GO HOME!! SAVE THE DATE -AUG 11TH. @challengemtv WePIN” Tacha captioned her picture making the announcement.

“Finally, the cat is out of the bag, been so hard keeping this to myself, Super excited to announce that I’m on the new season of @mtvTa The Challenge.

Team Nigeria to the World, representing Africa. Your girl is global and trust me to represent Naija!

Here’s your first look at The Challenge: Spies, Lies, & Allies! #Challenge37 airs WEDNESDAY, August 11th at 8/7c on @mtv!” Esther captioned.

This year’s 37th season of The Challenge, themed “Spies, Lies, and Allies”, comprises 34 contestants who will be divided into two groups to compete against one another in various tasking challenges to avoid being eliminated from the game.

The winners of the final challenge will claim a whopping sum of one million dollars.

The Challenge was shot in Croatia and has already premiered.

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