Ilebaye

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Ilebaye
Born
Ilebaye Precious Odiniya

(2001-05-09) 9 May 2001 (age 23)
Kogi State, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Other names
  • Baye
  • Gen-Z Baddie
Education Salem University
Occupations
  • Criminologist
  • model
  • actress
  • television personality
Years active2022–present
Known forWinner of the Big Brother Naija season 8
Television Big Brother Naija

Ilebaye Precious Odiniya (born 9 May 2001) professionally known as Baye or Gen-Z Baddie, is a Nigerian criminologist, model, actress and television personality. [1] [2] She is best known for being the winner of Big Brother Naija season 8. [3] [4] [5]

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Early life

Ilebaye is from the Igala tribe in Kogi State, She was born and raised in Okpo, Olamaboro local government area in Kogi state. [6] [7]

She attended Binta International School, Lagos, which is owned by the movie producer Wale Adenuga, for her secondary school education, where she featured in movies like Papa Ajasco , Super Story and Binta & Friends starting from a young age, and Salem University in Lokoja, where she studied criminology and security studies. [8]

Career

Ilebaye started acting career [9] at a young age, as she played a role in Papa Ajasco and in Nnena and Friends. [10] In 2021, she won the Finest Girl Democracy Nigeria (FGDN) beauty pageant. [7]

Big Brother Naija

Ilebaye entered the 7th season of Big Brother Naija as the fourth housemate on 23 July 2022, [11] [12] and she was evicted on the third week. [13]

On 23 July 2023, Ilebaye was introduced as the 13th housemate for the all star season. [14] [15] [16] During the season finale of the show on 1 October 2023, she was declared the winner, [17] [18] [19] after scoring 30.08% [20] of the final votes ahead of Mercy Eke with 23.48% of the total votes cast and was entitled to the ₦120 000 000 (one hundred and twenty million naira) cash and other prices, making her the third female to win the show. [21] [22]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 Big Brother Naija 7 ContestantEvicted on week 3
2023 Big Brother Naija 8 ContestantWon

References

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  2. "BBNaija All stars winner: Ilebaye wins BBNaija 2023 beating Mercy, Cross, Pere, Adekunle, Cece to emerge winner". BBC News Pidgin. 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
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  7. 1 2 "16 things to know about BBNaija winner Ilebaye". The Nation newspaper. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
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  9. Royal, David (14 August 2022). "[Updated] Ilebaye, Khalid evicted from BBNaija show; see how viewers voted" . Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  10. Ubanagu, Makua (2023-10-01). "BBN Allstars: Six things to know about winner, Ilebaye". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
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  19. "Ilebaye Crowned BBNaija All Stars Winner". Channels TV . 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  20. Owolawi, Taiwo (2023-10-01). "BBNaija All Stars finale live: Ilebaye wins N120 million, beats Mercy, others". Legit.ng - Nigeria news. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  21. Ephraim, Pamela (2023-10-01). "BREAKING: Ilebaye Wins BBNaija All-Stars Edition, Gets N120m Cash Prize" . Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  22. "Finale 01 Oct: Gen Z Baddie Ilebaye wins it all! - BBNaija". Big Brother Naija - Finale 01 Oct: Gen Z Baddie Ilebaye wins it all! - BBNaija. Retrieved 2023-10-01.