The much-awaited fifth season of BBNaija themed ‘The Lockdown Edition’ officially kicked off on Sunday, July 19.

Season five of the reality TV show kicks off with the admittance of 20 housemates – 10 males and 10 females.

Returning host Ebuka got the show rolling by taking viewers on a tour of the house before introducing the 20 housemates.

This year, the housemates will be vying for the grand prize of N85m which includes a two-bedroom apartment, Innoson SUV, travel to Dubai, and many more.

The housemates are exciting, adventurous, unique, daring, and poised to give viewers a good show for the next 71 days.

A fresh twist this season is the Lock-in competition which gives fans the ability to lock-in a favourite housemate who they think will win the show. The lock-in period will be open from Thursday, July 30 till Monday, August 3.