See the massive crowd that came for Big Brother Naija 2019 Auditions (PHOTOS)

The first day of the auditions for the 2019 edition of Big Brother Nigeria has kicked off.

A few days ago, the organizers of the highly anticipated reality show Big Brother Naija announced the program for this year's edition.

On Friday, February 1 2019, the show kicked off proceedings leading to its fourth year with the search of this year's contestants.

The 2019 audition is holding simultaneously across 5 states across the country. [Lagos, Benin, Abuja, Warri and Enugu]

 The Lagos audition which is free is taking place at the Podium Event Centre, Ikeja and has already witnessed a large turnout of interested participants, running into thousands line up at the venue with some arriving as at midnight.

The massive crowd attending the audition in Lagos have caused gridlocks in Aromire, Adeniyi Jones area of Lagos State.

Our correspondent gathered that the crowd started building up as early as midnight.

Just look at the crowd😬, Abuja people are not here to play
😎💃🏾💪🏾#BBNaija #BBNaija2019 #BBNBet9ja #BBN pic.twitter.com/oDZrn2FHS0

— Chidera (@Chi_derah) February 1, 2019

As at 4am on Friday, the number had tripled, stifling traffic around Ikeja, Ogba, Aromire and Adeniyi Jones.

#BBNaija Lagos Auditions happening now at 12:20AM. We are happy to sacrifice our night sleep. pic.twitter.com/Ezrygy1wSs

— Maduka Egbuonu (@MadukaEgbuonu) January 31, 2019

The overwhelming crowd also saw women attempting to jump down the fence of the building in order to avoid the queue.

No jobs..

ASUU is on strike..

Guess what? #BBNaija #bbnaija2019 got this crowd at the her audition as early as 4:45am.

Apparently some people slept at the venue.#EndASUUStrike#FreeDejiAdeyanjuNow

pic.twitter.com/pCKCcMLmZv

— Tosin Olugbenga (@TosinOlugbenga) February 1, 2019

Commuters to Allen junction have been stranded at bus-stops.

Auditions will continue till Saturday across eight cities including Lagos, Abuja, Calabar, Enugu, Benin, Ibadan, Warri and Port Harcourt.

The 2018 edition of Big Brother Naija tagged ‘Double Wahala Edition’ was won by Miracle who defeated other finalists, Tobi, Alex, Nina and Cee-C to win the N45m cash prize and other juicy rewards.

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Lagos Audition for the @bigbrother.naija__2019 at the podium event centre The crowd is a wow See for yourself @bet9jaig @bigbrother.naija__2019 @bigbrothernaijaa_2019_ @big_brother_naija_news @tundeednut @lindaikejiblog @vibedotng @naijaeverything #BBN #emmigenius #bbnaija #bbn4 #Celebrity #45million #bigbrother #lagos #lagosauditions #dstv #dstvnigeria #dstvnow #tundeednut #lindaikeji #bbnaija2019auditions

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Fight breaks out at the #BBN audition in Abuja and Lagos. 📹: @kiing_leke

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O boy see crowd for big brother audition as 12:20am 🤣🤣🤣🤣
See wetin big brother don cause for naija. People no gree sleep o
No chill at all 🙆🙆🙆🙆🙆#BBNaija #bbnajia #teamtolex #TeamAlex #TeamTobi #AlexUnusual pic.twitter.com/zHf4JCSH3s

— I proudly support Alex unusual and Tobi 👫 (@BoseD7) January 31, 2019