{"id":160865,"date":"2024-02-19T11:48:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T11:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=160865"},"modified":"2024-02-19T11:48:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T11:48:51","slug":"why-i-lost-to-ilebaye-in-the-bbnaija-all-stars-show-mercy-eke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/02\/19\/why-i-lost-to-ilebaye-in-the-bbnaija-all-stars-show-mercy-eke\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Why I lost to Ilebaye in the BBNaija All-Stars Show&#8221; &#8211; Mercy\u00a0Eke"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Former BBNaija winner, Mercy Eke, opens up about her unexpected defeat in the All-Stars edition of the reality show<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mercy Eke believes she lost because some people were &#8220;allergic to winners&#8221; and hesitated to support her attempt at securing a second victory.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>According to Mercy, some felt she had already achieved success and should give others a chance, contributing to her runner-up status.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Despite the setback, Mercy said she sees the experience as an eye-opener.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Former BBNaija winner, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/tag\/mercy-eke\">Mercy Eke<\/a><\/strong> has opened up about her experience as the runner-up in the<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/?s=bbnaija+all+stars\"> All-Stars edition of the reality show,<\/a><\/strong> revealing why she believes she fell short of clinching victory for the second time.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview on Celebrity Quickies, hosted on comedian AY&#8217;s YouTube channel, the 2019 &#8216;Pepper Dem&#8217; season winner expressed her thoughts on the unexpected turn of events in the All-Stars edition, where she lost to 22-year-old Ilebaye in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Mercy Eke suggested that a key factor contributing to her defeat was the public&#8217;s apparent aversion to winners attempting a comeback.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_160866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160866\" style=\"width: 657px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-160866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-19-123041.png\" alt=\" Mercy Eke opens up on BBNaija All-Stars defeat\" width=\"657\" height=\"991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-19-123041.png 457w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-19-123041-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mercy EKe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to her, she encountered a shift in public perception, with some people expressing reservations about her participation in the All-Stars edition due to her previous victory.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The first time, I went into the Big Brother House, it was all cute, lovely people. I played the game and I won the show. And I thought it was all cute, then I went back for the second time, and I found out that people were allergic to winners,&#8221;<\/em> Mercy said during the interview.<\/p>\n<p>She elaborated on the sentiments she encountered during the All-Stars edition, where some sections of the audience appeared reluctant to support her bid for a second victory.<\/p>\n<p>Mercy expressed that some believed she had already achieved success and should give others a chance.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;They were like, &#8216;She had that, she can&#8217;t have it again. She has this, she can&#8217;t have it again.&#8217; That&#8217;s why I did not win for the second time because they are allergic to winners. They were like, &#8216;She is already rich, give others a chance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis second experience, I loved it. I will not even take anything away from it because it made me see people for who they truly are. It can only be God\u2019s doing because without this second experience, I would not know a lot of things. I didn\u2019t know that it is a crime to want to win again. But anyways, I am still a winner, \u201d<\/em>\u00a0Mercy Eke added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former BBNaija winner, Mercy Eke, opens up about her unexpected defeat in the All-Stars edition of the reality show Mercy Eke believes she lost because some people were &#8220;allergic to winners&#8221; and hesitated to support her attempt at securing a second victory. 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