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Julio Batalia

Full / Real Name: Juliano Joseph Batalia
Gender: Male

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Julio Batalia is a Tanzanian telecommunications expert best known as one of the housemates on the seventh season of the reality competition television series Big Brother Africa, in 2012.

His partner in the house was his friend Hilda Reiffenstein.

Big Brother Africa Profile

Julio is from Dar es Salaam and works as the Head of VAS, Electronic Channels and Products at a company in the telecommunications industry.

With a BComm in Finance and an MBA under his belt, he looks set to be a wily player on Big Brother StarGame. He entered to be on the show because his best friend – Hilda – was the perfect example of the best candidate. Coupled with that, he saw himself as the most complete character because of how he lives his life as a hedonist.

He says of his partner Hilda that she is "real and straightforward" and that he's always comfortable when she's around. He says that men adore her while women are always on his case.

"She's smart, very interesting – especially with how much she knows, Africa will love her to death," he says. He's a fan of the show and cites Kevin as his favourite Housemate, though he says "at the end of the day, he has nothing on what I'll bring to the House".

Describing himself as fun, crazy, smart, cunning and entertaining, Julio says that being a hedonist changed his life. "I never let stress get to me, I know how to get myself in any situation, I'm very addictive and it's hard for people to hate me," he says.

He likes people similar to himself, listing his favourite attributes in others as sexy, loud, funny, cunning, sweet and emotional. He says that Big Brother StarGame will be the best season of all time because of him and Hilda.

He loves soccer, music, dancing, squash, watching exciting TV series like Boston Public and America's Best Dance Crew. His favourite foods are prawns, chicken, fish, chips and rice and he likes music by L'il Wayne, Jay-Z, Adele, J. Cole, Eminem and Rick Ross.


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