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The first winners of The Big Quiz Show were awarded their cash prizes yesterday, just days after the programme premiered on KTN Home. Vierra Nyakundi, 33, is the first winner of Sh1 million, while the second prize went to Dennis Mutuma, who walked away with Sh300,000.
Nyakundi said she has always been interested in game shows and decided to try her hand at the latest one in town.
“I honestly did not think I would win. I just thought that the cost of registration was not high, and the game show was also a good way to wind down on a Sunday. I found the show entertaining, and the questions quite educative and interesting,” she said.
She added: “When the phone numbers were displayed on the screen at the end of the episode, I was not sure that I had won, but the next day, someone from the media house called and asked me to email some of my details and come today (yesterday) to pick my cheque.”
Nyakundi plans to help her family, save some money and spoil herself a little. She said she would continue to play for fun, and is ready to compete with many brilliant people joining the game show.
Mutuma, 36, who works at a financial institution, said he knew about the show because he follows the hosts Betty Kyalo and Eric Omondi on social media.
“I thought the game would be easy, and it would be all about strategy. I played it together with my family on Sunday night, and we answered five questions before my airtime ran out. When I saw part of my number on the screen, I was sure that I had won. Certain enough, Standard Group called me the next day confirming the win,” he said.
The winner said he would invest his winnings. “I will definitely continue playing,” he added.
The first show aired on Sunday at 8pm on KTN Home and is the beginning of 13 episodes making up the first season.
The hosts were elated as they took selfies with the first winners, and urged more people to join the next shows.
“You have seen that there are actual winners who have come to the studio, and it is all very exciting. It is a fun show to take part in, a family-oriented show,” she said.
The show’s director Patrick Ojil said the essence of the first episode was to deliver proof of concept. What would follow in coming episodes would be a more refined and more entertaining.
“We needed to deliver a game show that is live and interactive. After seeing that it was viable, we welcomed feedback from the public, which we will use to make the show better,” said Ojil.
