Martins and Mercedes have become the first two Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) ‘Show Ya Sef’ housemates to be evicted from the 2026 edition of the reality show.The reality stars were asked to leave the house on Sunday night during the live eviction show after pulling the lowest votes for the week. Earlier in the week, each housemate was tasked with saving three fellow contestants. While the four most-saved housemates were initially declared safe, Sheba exercised her head of house privilege to save Chimsom Chuka, subsequently replacing him with Cassi, who had originally been among the top four. The decision resulted in only Tram, Barry, Goddessa and Chimsom securing immunity for the week. That automatically put the remaining 19 housemates up for possible eviction. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Big Brother Naija (@bigbronaija)The 2026 season premiered on July 26 with 24 housemates. This year’s winner stands to claim a record-breaking grand prize of N160 million, the largest payout in the reality show’s history since its debut in 2006. Flora and Aikou were recently voted as “The Gambits” of the season. This means that although they would remain in the house till the finale, they would no longer be competing for the grand prize.