Everything about Big Brother Africa totally explained
Big Brother Africa is a television program produced by
Endemol. It involves 12 countries within Africa (
Angola,
Botswana,
Ghana,
Kenya,
Malawi,
Namibia,
Nigeria,
South Africa,
Tanzania,
Uganda,
Zambia &
Zimbabwe) each producing 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 first season aired in
2003; the second started on
5th August,
2007.
The house is located in
Randburg,
South Africa.
Big Brother Africa 1
The first season of Big Brother Africa began on
May 25th,
2003 and ended on
September 7th of the same year, lasting 106 days.
Swap with the Big Brother house in the United Kingdom
Big Brother Africa contestant Gaetano Kagwa swapped places with
Big Brother UK contestant
Cameron Stout.
(External Link
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Gaetano (known as Gae), a Ugandan
law student was chosen to join UK Big Brother after passing a cocktail-making challenge.
Gaetano caused upset in the
Big Brother UK house when he called
glutonous contestant Tania 'Piggy', causing her to walk off in tears and threaten to leave the house for good.
Housemates
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2nd |
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3rd |
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4th |
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5th |
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6th |
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7th |
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8th |
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9th |
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10th |
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11th |
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12th |
Big Brother Africa 2
The second series of Big Brother Africa began airing on
August 5th 2007 and ended on
November 11th 2007. The contestants were chosen from the same 12 countries as the first season.
Tanzania's Richard Bezuidenhout won the series along with the prize of $100,000, beating
Nigerian Ofunneka Malokwu to second place.
Controversy came up after Ofunneka was sexually assaulted by Richard when all the housemates were drunk. The producers of the show deny this, saying it was with Ofunneka's consent, but fellow housemate Maureen screamed for Big Brother's help after she tried to get Richard off Ofunneka. Richard was taken into the diary room while paramedics came in to help the girls. No further coment has been made about the issue, especially as Ofunneka had passed out and remembered nothing of what happened. (In the
Australian version of the show, the male housemate who sexually assaulted a female housemate was evicted).
Newly-wed Richard carried out an affair with
Angolan housemate Tatiana during their stay in the house. This angered Richard's
Canadian wife, who eventually sued for divorce. Another housemate,
Malawian Code, managed to seduce all his female housemates. Unknown to him, his
Dutch girlfriend was pregnant with his child, and she surprised him by showing up at his eviction. Unlike Richard, Code was forgiven.
Season 2 of Big Brother Africa caused a lot of controversy as the producers couldn't deal with a lot of issues that came up in the house, including bullying by
South African Lerato Sengadi. Indecent sexual acts by
Namibian housemate Meryl and
Ghanian Kweku were another talking point. There was also a spat of violence when
Kenyan housemate Jeff Anthony hit Ofunneka in the face.
The show was criticized for not showing any positive values to young people all over Africa.
Channel O's Kabelo "KB" Ngakane hosted the show which lasted 98 days.
Big Brother Africa 3
It has been announced that Big Brother Africa will be returning for a third season. It is to start on the 24th August 2008 and will last 91 Days, ending on the Sunday 23rd November 2008.
Further Information
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