Big Brother Africa season 3

Big Brother Africa
Season 3
No. of days91
No. of housemates12
WinnerRicco
Runner-upHazel
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Big Brother Africa 3 is the third series of the Big Brother Africa reality television show produced by Endemol. The season began airing on 24 August 2008 and run 91 days ending 23 November 2008.

As with the previous series, the show 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 in Johannesburg, South Africa, while trying to avoid being evicted by viewers and ultimately winning a large cash prize at the end of the show. The show is filmed in a house at Sasani Studios in Lyndhurst, Johannesburg. This season marks the closest vote in the history of the Big Brother series in Africa.

Production

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The House

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Architecturally, the House in this series of Big Brother was hardly unchanged from the previous one. The House was, however, completely revamped in the inside with brand new decor and an edgier look. The kitchen together with the dining area and the lounge had a Garden of Eden theme with artificial grass on the floor and green plants crawling on the surrounding walls. The bathroom, particularly the shower, had clocks all over the walls to create a feeling of paranoia - the clocks also did not work. The bedrooms were also switched from the previous season, meaning the girls had to sleep in the bedroom closer to the kitchen whilst the boys had to sleep in the bedroom closer to the bathroom. The House also boasted a large backyard, with the jacuzzi being replaced by an even bigger irregular-shaped pool, a Diary Room where the Housemates were strongly encouraged to voice their true opinions and feelings, and a Store Room where most of the Housemates' belongings were kept.

Nominations

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Each week housemates nominate two other housemates for eviction in the Diary Room and must give justified and clear reasons.[1] The Head of House may be nominated for eviction as well. After the nominees are revealed to the House, the current Head of House can save a nominee for eviction including themselves if they are nominated and replace the saved nominee with another nominee. While this is revealed to the viewers, the House does not know of the decision until eviction night Sunday.[2]

Voting

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Each eviction week viewers in the 12 participating countries vote to eliminate a housemate they do not like. The majority for each country will be counted as a vote.[3] In addition to the 12 participating countries, all other countries not participating in the show can still vote for who they would like to eliminate. The "other countries" counts for the 13th vote.[4]

Head of House

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The Head of House (or HOH) is a position in the house that gives one housemate each week special privileges over the other Housemates. It is a power similar to both the Head of Household and the Power of Veto used in the American, Brazilian and British version of Big Brother. During nominations, the Head of House can be nominated for eviction by their fellow housemates. Then the Head of House can choose to save a nominee or save themselves from eviction and nominate a new housemate for eviction. While the decision is released to the public, the House will not know of the decision until Sunday, eviction night.[2]

Housemates

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Name Real/Full Name Age Occupation Country Day entered Day exited Status
Ricco Ricardo David Ferreira Venancio 21 Bank employee Angola 1 91 Winner
Hazel Hazel Warren 25 Personal assistant Malawi 1 91 Runner-up
Munya Munyaradzi Chidzonga 22 Actor Zimbabwe 1 91 3rd Place
Tawana Tawana Lebani 31 Microbiologist Botswana 1 84 Evicted
Thami Thamsanqa Prusent 26 Entrepreneur South Africa 1 77 Evicted
Morris Morris Herbert Mugisha 29 Photographer and model Uganda 1 70 Evicted
Takondwa Takondwa Nkonjera 25 Musician Zambia 1 63 Evicted
Mimi Wilhelmina Abu-Andani 27 Personal assistant Ghana 1 56 Evicted
Sheila Sheila Patricia Kwamboka 23 Student Kenya 1 49 Evicted
Uti Uti Nwachukwu 26 Student and model Nigeria 1 42 Evicted
Lucille Lucille Naobes 21 Unemployed Namibia 1 35 Evicted
Latoya Latoya Lyakurwa 21 Secretary Tanzania 1 28 Evicted

Swap with the Big Brother Finland house

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Johan, from Finnish Big Brother season 4 swapped with Munya on the week 9.

Hero & Zero Vote

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On Day 2, Housemates were asked to name 2 housemates one of which they would consider their "Hero" the person they would most like to live with for the full 91 days and one that they would consider a "Zero" the person that they thought deserved to leave the house as soon as possible. The first name they gave was that of their "hero" and the second name they gave was that of their "zero". These nominations did not count and no one was put up for the public vote.

Housemate Hero Zero Points
Hazel Mimi Takondwa 2
Latoya Hazel Tawana 0
Lucille Thami Thami -2
Mimi Sheila Thami 1
Morris Ricco Takondwa -2
Munya Sheila Morris 1
Ricco Munya Morris 2
Sheila Ricco Tawana 3
Takondwa Takondwa Lucille 0
Tawana Sheila Lucille -3
Thami Hazel Uti -1
Uti Takondwa Tawana -1

Nominations Table

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A record of the nominations cast, stored in a nominations table, shows how each Housemate nominated other Housemates throughout his or her time in the house. The Head of House can choose to save a nominated Housemate each week and nominate another Housemate to face the public vote. Twists to the normal nominations process are noted, such as immunity from nomination and eviction (referred to as "exempt").

Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13
Final
Nominations received
Ricco Morris,
Thami
Hazel,
Tawana
No
Nominations
Takondwa,
Tawana
Takondwa,
Tawana
Hazel,
Takondwa
Takondwa,
Thami
Morris,
Thami
Hazel,
Thami
Thami,
Hazel
Tawana,
Hazel
Winner
(Day 91)
19
Hazel Ricco,
Takondwa
Mimi,
Munya
No
Nominations
Mimi,
Takondwa
Munya,
Ricco
Sheila,
Takondwa
Mimi,
Munya
Ricco,
Takondwa
Morris,
Munya
Munya,
Ricco
Tawana,
Ricco
Runner-up
(Day 91)
20
Munya Lucille,
Ricco
Hazel,
Latoya
No
Nominations
Ricco,
Takondwa
Takondwa,
Uti
Sheila,
Takondwa
Mimi,
Thami
In Big Brother
Finland House
Hazel,
Thami
Hazel,
Thami
Hazel,
Ricco
Third place
(Day 91)
12
Tawana Lucille,
Thami
Lucille,
Thami
Nominated Mimi,
Ricco
Mimi,
Morris
Mimi,
Sheila
Thami,
Mimi
Ricco,
Takondwa
Morris,
Thami
Thami,
Hazel
Ricco,
Hazel
Evicted
(Day 84)
15
Thami Ricco,
Uti
Sheila,
Tawana
No
Nominations
Ricco,
Uti
Munya,
Mimi
Hazel,
Takondwa
Munya,
Takondwa
Morris,
Ricco
Morris,
Ricco
Ricco,
Munya
Evicted
(Day 77)
23
Morris Lucille,
Takondwa
Sheila,
Thami
No
Nominations
Munya,
Ricco
Ricco,
Takondwa
Hazel,
Tawana
Mimi,
Takondwa
Takondwa,
Tawana
Hazel,
Munya
Evicted
(Day 70)
14
Takondwa Morris,
Hazel
Latoya,
Uti
No
Nominations
Lucille,
Uti
Thami,
Uti
Tawana,
Thami
Thami,
Ricco
Thami,
Tawana
Evicted
(Day 63)
23
Mimi Morris,
Thami
Sheila,
Uti
No
Nominations
Hazel,
Uti
Hazel,
Uti
Takondwa,
Tawana
Thami,
Takondwa
Evicted
(Day 56)
11
Sheila Morris,
Thami
Morris,
Tawana
No
Nominations
Hazel,
Morris
Hazel,
Morris
Tawana,
Thami
Evicted
(Day 49)
9
Uti Lucille,
Mimi
Munya,
Latoya
No
Nominations
Hazel,
Takondwa
Munya,
Takondwa
Evicted
(Day 42)
10
Lucille Morris,
Thami
Latoya,
Tawana
No
Nominations
Sheila,
Uti
Evicted
(Day 35)
6
Latoya Sheila,
Takondwa
Sheila,
Tawana
Nominated Evicted
(Day 28)
4
Notes 1 2 3 4 5 none 6 none 7 8, 9
Head of
House
Tawana Ricco Lucille Takondwa Takondwa Morris Morris Tawana Tawana Tawana Munya none
Nominated
(pre-HoH)
Morris,
Thami
Latoya,
Sheila,
Tawana
none Ricco,
Takondwa,
Uti
Munya,
Takondwa,
Uti
Hazel,
Sheila,
Takondwa,
Tawana
Mimi,
Takondwa,
Thami
Ricco,
Takondwa
Hazel,
Morris,
Thami
Hazel,
Thami
Hazel,
Ricco
Saved none Takondwa Takondwa Takondwa none Ricco
Against
public vote
Morris,
Thami
Latoya,
Sheila,
Tawana
Latoya,
Tawana
Lucille,
Ricco,
Uti
Munya,
Ricco,
Uti
Hazel,
Ricco,
Sheila,
Tawana
Mimi,
Takondwa,
Thami
Ricco,
Takondwa
Hazel,
Morris,
Thami
Hazel,
Thami
Hazel,
Tawana
Hazel,
Munya,
Ricco
Evicted Morris
Thami

chosen to fake evict
Latoya
10 of 13
to fake evict
Latoya
11 of 13
to evict
Lucille
11 of 13
to evict
Uti
7 of 13
to evict
Sheila
10 of 13
to evict
Mimi
10 of 13
to evict
Takondwa
11 of 13
to evict
Morris
8 of 13
to evict
Thami
11 of 13
to evict
Tawana
10 of 13
to evict
Munya
1 of 13
(22.60%)
to win
Hazel
6 of 13
(38.60%)
to win
Tawana
3 of 13
to fake evict
Ricco
6 of 13
(38.80%)
to win

Notes

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  • ^1 On Day 8, Housemates were asked to nominate two housemates for eviction. These nominations did count and Morris and Thami were nominated for eviction but the eviction will be fake. The housemates were not told the nominations were fake. After the nominations were done, the housemates were told which housemates had received the highest number of votes.
  • ^2 On Day 21 there was a fake double eviction. The two housemates who have been evicted (Latoya and Tawana), have been sent to the big brother rubbish dump. On day 28, one of them will be evicted permanently, while the other will be returned to the house. The other housemates do not know that one of their housemates will be returning to them.
  • ^3 The Head of House Takondwa chose to save himself from nomination, and replace himself with Lucille.
  • ^4 The Head of House Takondwa chose to save himself from nomination, and replace himself with Ricco.
  • ^5 The Head of House Morris chose to save Takwonda from nomination and replace him with Ricco.
  • ^6 Munya was exempt from nominations and immune from eviction this week as he was in the Big Brother Finland house when nominations took place.
  • ^7 The Head of House Munya chose to save Ricco from nomination and replace him with Tawana.
  • ^8 In the final week viewers were voting for who they wanted to see win the show instead of who they wanted to evict.
  • ^9 Due to a 6-6 deadlock between Hazel and Ricco, in accordance with the rules of Big Brother Africa, Ricco won as the housemate with the largest percentage of votes cast.

References

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  1. ^ Rules Official Big Brother 2 Site Retrieved 2007-08-26
  2. ^ a b Special Privileges Official Big Brother 2 Site Retrieved 2007-08-26
  3. ^ Voting Official Big Brother 2 Site
  4. ^ Voting Official Big Brother 2 Site Retrieved 2007-08-26
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