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Phyna wins 2022 BBNaija reality show

She won by a staggering 40.74 per cent against the first runner up, Bryan who had 26.74 per cent.

• October 2, 2022
Phyna
Phyna

Ijeoma Josephina Otabor, popularly known as Phyna has emerged the winner of the season seven, Big Brother Naija reality show tagged ‘Level Up’, becoming second female winner of the show after Mercy Eke.

Phyna came ahead of 25 other housemates to clinch the highly coveted N100 million grand prize after spending 72 days in the Big Brother house. The prizes include N50 million cash and other gifts valued at N50 million.

She won by a staggering 40.74 per cent against the first runner up, Bryan who had 26.74 per cent. Bella, another finalist on the show had 15.78 per cent while Adekunle had 12.36 per cent. Housemates Chichi and Daniella had 2.49 per cent and 1.89 per cent respectively.

Before the reality show, Phyna worked as a hype priestess in some of the popular clubs in Abuja. Her excited squeals of “Who deeeeeey!” has become popular among many Nigerians. Phyna has also featured in many skits that endeared her to the hearts of many viewers.

From 0 followers on Twitter in July when she joined the show, the Edo-born lady now boasts of over 90,000 followers. She is currently the second most followed Level up ex-housemate on Instagram with 394,000 followers after Bryan who has over 430,000 followers.

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