Big Brother Africa is the African
version of the Big Brother reality game show. The show initially involved 12
countries within Africa (Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia,
Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe) with two
countries (Ethiopia and Mozambique) being added in season 4 and two other
countries (Liberia and Sierra Leone) being added in season 7. Each country provides
a contestant living in an isolated house while trying to avoid being evicted by
viewers and ultimately winning a large cash prize at the end of the show. The
show is co-produced by Endemol South Africa.
Seasons:
Big Brother Africa 1
The first season of Big Brother Africa, featuring 12
housemates from 12 different African countries, premiered to audiences in 42
African countries on Sunday May 25, 2003, and ended on September 7 of the same
year, lasting 106 days. It was the first time in the world that the
internationally famous program will be created using participants of different
nationalities from one continent. Mark Pilgrim was the host.
Winner: Cherise
Makubale (Zambia)
Big Brother Africa 2
The second season of Big Brother Africa, featuring 12
housemates from 12 different African countries, premiered August 5, 2007, and
ended on November 11 of the same year, lasting 98 days. The show returned from
its four year hiatus, with a brand new host, Kabelo "KB" Ngakane.
Winner: Richard Dyle
Bezuidenhout (Tanzania)
Big Brother Africa 3
The third season of Big Brother Africa, featured 12
housemates from 12 different African countries, premiered August 24, 2008, and
ended on November 23 of the same year, lasting 91 days. KB returned as host.
Winner:
Big Brother Africa 4:
The Revolution
The fourth season of Big Brother Africa, featured 25
housemates from 14 different African countries. The season premiered September
6, 2009, and ended on December 6 of the same year, lasting 91 days. This year,
Ikponmwosa "IK" Osakioduwa took over as the new host.
Winner: Kevin Chuwang
(Nigeria)
Big Brother Africa 5:
All-Stars
Big Brother Africa 5 started on July 18, 2010, and ran for
91 days until October 17, 2010. This was an all-star series which featured 14
former Big Brother Africa contestants. For the second time, IK was the host.
Winner: Uti Nwachukwu
(Nigeria)
Big Brother Africa 6:
Amplified
The sixth season of Big Brother Africa, tagged
"Amplified" ran for 91 days from May 1, 2011 to 31 July the same
year. Bringing together 26 housemates from 14 different African countries, M-Net
co-partnered with Cocacola for the series. IK returned as host. This season is
the first ever series of Big Brother in the world to have 2 winners; Karen from
Nigeria and Wendall Robert Parson from Zimbabwe.
Winners: Karen Igho
(Nigeria) and Wendall Parsons (Zimbabwe)
Big Brother Africa 7:
Star Game!
The seventh season of Big Brother Africa premiered to
viewers in 47 African countries on Sunday 6 May 2012 and ran for 91 days until
5 August 2012. Live performances were made by American rapper J. Cole during
the opening ceremony. The show was once again headline sponsored by Coca Cola
and hosted by IK.
This season, the cash prize was raised to US$ 300,000. A new
rule called Double-Up was introduced to the show. This means that entrants
partnered with other people to enter as a pair.
Liberia and Sierra Leone were represented in the house for
the first time ever, while Ethiopia was not represented this time round and
contestants from Mozambique were expected to take on a new role that was not
announced, the idea was dropped and replaced with seven celebrity housemates
making it a Stargame themed series.
This season featured a record breaker, for the first time
ever in the worldwide history of big brother, 35 housemates went into the big
brother house on launch night. From 14 African countries the 35 contestants
constituted 14 pairs called BBFs (Big Brother Friends) and seven VIP celebrity
housemates.
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$300 000 cash prize (5 August 2012 during the 2
hours 20 minutes finale).
Winner: Keagan
Pietersen (South Africa)
Big Brother Africa 8:
The Chase
The eighth season of Big Brother Africa airs in 2013 titled
The Chase. M-net's AfricaMagic confirmed the return of the series on 18
December 2012. The season premieres Sunday 26 May 2013 with 28 housemates from
14 African countries and will last for 91 days ending on sunday 25 August
2013. Ethiopia returned as the fourteenth participating country in the show,
replacing Liberia. IK returned as host of the series.
Airtel took over the role of headline sponsor becoming the
official sponser of Big Brother The Chase. Once again 2 houses are featured on
BBA The Chase, "Diamonds" and "Rubies".
Namibia's Dillish Pearl Mathews has won the Big Brother Africa (BBA) reality TV show and will smile home with the $300,000 prize money.
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