BBNaija 2019: Mercy, Ike, Diane, Elo make the last couples standing

In the last 82 days, 26 housemates – at different times – had lived together with some falling in love and others playing the game using love strategies.

Notable relationships in the house that failed and existed include Khafi and Gedoni, Nelson and Diane, Frodd and Esther, Omashola and Venita, and Seyi and Tacha which has been broken beyond repair.

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However, four housemates – Mercy, Ike, Diane, and Elozonam – emerged the last two couples standing. With Mercy and Ike setting off their relationship in their third week in the house, the pair set the pace for other housemates to follow.

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Despite telling Mercy and Esther that she doesn’t dig light-skinned men, Diane fell in love with the brilliant and charming Elozonam after his fourth week in the house.

Here are the two last couple standing in the BBNaija 2019 Pepper Dem house.

Mercy and Ike

Like a regular couple, the two get on each other’s nerves, yet groove together, drink and even smoke together. When the ‘Icy’ pair are not having a row, it’s always beautiful to see them display their affection towards each other.

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Though Mercy believes she’s nurturing Ike on how to love her more, Ike makes conscious effort to butter her up by complimenting her to high heavens. From telling her she is so beautiful to have glowing skin to having the perfect nose, Ike exudes his charming especially when they are both cuddled up in their bed.

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Interestingly, the ‘Icy’ pair sure have some interesting moments in their 82 days stay in the house. The pair remains the most mischievous couple that Biggie has ever hosted in his house. From stealing Esther’s coins to playing a condom prank on other housemates to planning on how to take over the house, the pair have remained two of the viewers’ favourites.

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The two have also had some bitter moments in the house. From Ike’s confrontation with Seyi and Joe at different times to Mercy smashing Oppo mobile phone after she was provoked by Gedoni. And as a couple, the two have had their differences with Mercy – on most occasions – claiming Ike is yet to understand how to love her, the way she wants.

To celebrate their 82nd day in the house Ike and Mercy were treated to a wonderful moment when 2Baba decided to sing one of his love hits, 'True Love' as the lovebirds known as the 'Icy' and 'MerIke' pair danced to the lovely tune.

Diane and Elozonam

Elozonam, though, in his eighth week in the house, has become one of the forces to reckon with in the BBNaija 2019 Pepper Dem house.

Elozonam and Diane are enjoying their second victory in team Enigma. [Africa Dstv/ BBNaija] Elozonam and Diane [Africa Dstv/ BBNaija] Pulse Nigeria

Elozonam and Diane didn’t just kick off like Mercy and Ike because the entry of Elozonam, Joe, Venita, Cindy, and Enkay messed with Diane’s mind having spent four weeks in the house.

Diane had tried to be careful and wary of the new five housemates but love-struck in the seventh week when she found herself drifting towards Elozonam.

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A competitive and brilliant lad, Elozonam was quick in working his way to the top by coming out tops in challenges and contributing as an important team member in team tasks.

Despite telling Mercy and Esther that she doesn’t dig light-skinned men, Diane fell in love with the brilliant and charming Elozonam after his fourth week in the house.

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As their emotions grew deeper, the two had frictions and became victims of the Veto Power Holder card two weeks consecutively. Aside from fighting their emotions, Elozonam had to battle Frodd, who remains bitter that Elozonam saved Venita to replace her with him using the Veto Power card.

However, the pair were able to settle their rift with Mercy coming handy in dishing out relationship advice that has since seen Elo expressing his feelings for Diane and Diane reciprocating through her actions.

The two have become inseparable and share a particular bond with the Icy pair so much that when Elo emerged the Head of House for the 12th week, the Head of House room was shared with Diane and by extension, the Icy pair.

Interestingly, the ‘Icy’ pair and the ‘DiaElo’ pair have been enjoying the Head of House room privileges for a while now. The ‘Icy’ pair emerged the first ‘Heads of House’ in the 10th week and the ‘DiaElo’ pair were constant features in the room. In the 11th week, Cindy emerged the Head of House and both pairs enjoyed having conversations in the Head of House room because Cindy belongs to the Enigma team.