Big Brother Africa 2013 Search begins Jan. 8

Pay-per-view cable television provider MNet has said the search for housemates for the 2013 edition of the Big Brother Africa reality television show, begins on January 8.

“The demand from audiences for Big Brother Africa continues undimmed. In some ways it really is astonishing to see the enthusiasm for this particular series, but in other ways it is to be expected,” M-Net Africa Managing Director says.

“Viewers want to see unscripted television, as it happens, with normal people that they can relate to dealing with completely familiar emotional concepts – happiness, frustration, success, failure, hope, anxiety, friendship, opportunity and of course, love.

“Big Brother continues to be a ratings sensation from Australia to India, and in Africa, for exactly this reason. And the format’s flexibility is a producers’ dream because you can do something different every time!” he adds.

“We are delighted with the new concept that has been developed for the upcoming show,” says Endemol MD Sivan Pillay.

“Every year as soon as we know that we are going ahead with a new season, we head into a creative brainstorming session and every year, ideas just go racing around the room.

Dates and venues are yet to be announced.

It’s not my fault that my body is pornographic - Lydia Forson

Actress Lydia Forson has opened up on just how she feels about her plump and beautiful body.

“It’s not my fault that my body is pornographic,” she told Fashion 101 host Sandra Ankobiah.

Forson’s rather sexy and well-toned plum body seems to have stirred up a lot of debate over the past few years, with some appreciating her all-figured-out and nicely-shaped contours.

The award-winning actress however said discovering who she was, really helped in appreciating her natural and God-given looks, caring less about what others taught about her.

“For years I did not think I was so beautiful,” she says. “For years I went through a lot trying to be what others wanted me to be.”

Talking more on her sense of fashion, Lydia, who usually comes under criticism from sections of the public for revealing just too much of her cleavage at times said: “I don’t like to show them, they are there…”

“Comfort is key. I don’t really follow trends. What works for one person doesn’t work for another.

“If you are confident in what you are wearing, the rest of the world would always think otherwise... I love to be comfortable and just to be me. I always want a touch of edginess in everything I do”.

Forson jokingly added that she “wouldn't mind a spread” in the world-famous Playboy magazine, insisting that “I feel we should celebrate who we are”.