Ilebaye Precious Odiniya (born 9 May 2001) also known as Baye or Gen-Z Baddie, is a Nigerian criminologist, model and reality TV star.[1][2] She is the winner of Big Brother Naija season 8.[3][4][5]
Ilebaye | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ilebaye Precious Odiniya 9 May 2001 |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Other names | Gen-Z Baddie |
| Occupation(s) | criminologist, model and reality TV star |
| Known for | Winner of the Big Brother Naija season 8 |
| Television | Big Brother Naija |
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. After she won the BBN ALL STARS, she was congratulated on the Instagram page of Wale Adenuga Production where it was revealed that she was an Alumnus of Binta International School [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
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Big Brother Naija 7 | Contestant | Evicted on week 3 |
| 2023 | Big Brother Naija 8 | Contestant | Won |