Laveda - Tanzania
Age: 23
Bachelor of Arts & Social Sciences graduate Laveda was born in
Dar Es Salaam. She’s single and describes herself as ‘eccentric, loving,
caring, simple and fun’.
Laveda is the eldest of three children and she
has a younger brother and sister. She says her mom is her role model,
because she has moulded her over the years and inspired her in different
ways ‘through the struggles and joy of life’.
Laveda says her favourite foods are pasta and minced meat, and
prawns. She loves to read John Grisham novels and enjoys the music of
Shakira, D’Banj, Miriam Makeba, P.Square, Rihanna, Beyonce, Tiwo Savage,
Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Brenda Fassie. She’s a mean entertainer herself,
she plays the saxophone, sings, acts and dances and thinks she’d make a
‘potential’ presenter. Laveda’s favourite movies include The Notebook,
Titanic and Avatar.
She entered Big Brother Hotshots to be a role model and act as a
voice for Africa’s youth. Laveda says that viewers can expect ‘massive
entertainment’ from her and that if she wins, she’ll give her mom some
money, ‘surprise disadvantaged children’, travel and invest the rest.
Kacey Moore - Ghana
Age: 29
Born in Accra, Kacey Moore is a married poet and songwriter, with a
daughter. He enjoys banku and okro stew and says his favourite books are
the Bible, the dictionary, and the thesaurus! Kacey Moore also likes
the music of Usher and Lauryn Hill.
Kacey Moore describes himself as a’ go-getter’, as well as ‘punctual,
a leader, a creator and a voice’. His favourite quality, punctuality.
It is important to him in both himself and others.
He entered Big Brother Hotshots as a business decision, seeking
exposure to the rest of the world. Kacey Moore promises viewers ‘a real
person with no fakeness’. If he wins the grand prize, he’ll buy houses
for his wife and mother and set up a recording studio so he can record
and release his own album under his own label.
JJ - Zimbabwe
Age: 23
JJ calls himself ‘an entertainer’ on the back of his work as a
‘singer, rapper, actor, songwriter and director’. His inspiration behind
entering Big Brother Hotshots is the platform the show provides. ‘It’s a
necessary foundation for me to be able to produce my own music even if I
don’t win the money,’ he says.
He says that viewers can expect to be entertained, and that they’ll
also have a gym partner every morning. If he wins the money, he’ll fix
up his parents’ house, invest in his career by working n his first
international album and give some money to charity.
JJ loves Italian and Japanese food, his favourite book is
Shakespeare’s Macbeth and his favourite TV show is Elementary. His
favourite musicians are JP Cooper, Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake,
Kanye West and MiCasa’s J.Something. His all-time favourite films are
300, The Vow and American Gangster, with his favourite actor, Denzel
Washington.
He believes that the best thing about Africa is that ‘the people are
all full of life’. His favourite place in Zimbabwe is Inyaga, and
outside it, Manchester in England, ‘home of the greatest football club
and where I found my feet and my passion’, he says.