Big Brother Africa season 1

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Big Brother Africa
Season 1
No. of days106
No. of housemates12
WinnerCherise
Runner-upMwisho
Season chronology
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Season 2

Big Brother Africa 1 was the first season of the reality television series Big Brother Africa produced by Endemol for M-Net. The show began on 25 May 2003 and ended on 7 September of the same year, lasting 106 days, with Cherise Makubale being crowned the very first winner of the show. Mark Pilgrim was the host.

Contents

Housemates

NameReal/full nameAgeOccupationCountryDay enteredDay exitedStatus
CheriseCherise Makubale24Procurement officerZambia1106Winner
MwishoMwisho Mwampamba22Self-employedTanzania1106Runner-up
TapuwaTapuwa Mhere26Public relations officerZimbabwe11063rd place
Warona Warona Masego Setshwaelo 25Video editorBotswana11064th place
Gaetano Gaetano Juko Kagwa 30StudentUganda11065th place
Stefan Stefan Ludik 22Forensic psycho-physiologistNamibia198Evicted
BayoAlexander Adebayo Adetomiwa Okoh28EconomistNigeria191Evicted
AbbyAbergail Brigette Plaatjies25Fraud consultantSouth Africa184Evicted
SammiSamuel Kwame Bampoe28Radio presenterGhana170Evicted
AlexAlexander Kasembeli Holi21StudentKenya156Evicted
ZeinZein Dudha27Marketing managerMalawi142Evicted
BrunaBruna Tatiana Lemas Estevão25Singer and modelAngola128Evicted

Nominations table

Week 4Week 6Week 8Week 10Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15
Final
Nominations received
CheriseNo
Nominations
Alex,
Zein
Stefan,
Warona
Bayo,
Warona
Mwisho,
Stefan
Mwisho,
Warona
Stefan,
Tapuwa
Winner
(Day 106)
7
MwishoNo
Nominations
Alex,
Stefan
Alex,
Gaetano
Abby,
Gaetano
Abby,
Cherise
Cherise,
Gaetano
Tapuwa,
Warona
Runner-up
(Day 106)
11
TapuwaNo
Nominations
Abby,
Zein
Alex,
Sammi
Sammi,
Warona
Stefan,
Warona
Gaetano,
Warona
Stefan,
Warona
Third place
(Day 106)
12
WaronaNo
Nominations
Bayo,
Tapuwa
Bayo,
Tapuwa
Mwisho,
Sammi
Abby,
Gaetano
Cherise,
Gaetano
Mwisho,
Tapuwa
Fourth place
(Day 106)
13
GaetanoNo
Nominations
In Big Brother UK HouseBayo,
Cherise
Cherise,
Stefan
Cherise,
Mwisho
Bayo,
Stefan
Mwisho,
Stefan
Fifth place
(Day 106)
12
StefanNo
Nominations
Bayo,
Tapuwa
Bayo,
Tapuwa
Bayo,
Tapuwa
Abby,
Gaetano
Bayo,
Mwisho
Gaetano,
Mwisho
Evicted
(Day 98)
13
BayoNo
Nominations
Stefan,
Warona
Stefan,
Warona
Stefan,
Warona
Gaetano,
Mwisho
Gaetano,
Tapuwa
Evicted
(Day 91)
12
AbbyNo
Nominations
Tapuwa,
Zein
Alex,
Stefan
Mwisho,
Sammi
Bayo,
Cherise
Evicted
(Day 84)
5
SammiNo
Nominations
Warona,
Zein
Gaetano,
Warona
Gaetano,
Mwisho
Evicted
(Day 70)
6
AlexNo
Nominations
Bayo,
Tapuwa
Sammi,
Tapuwa
Evicted
(Day 56)
5
ZeinNo
Nominations
Bayo,
Sammi
Evicted
(Day 42)
4
BrunaNo
Nominations
Evicted
(Day 28)
N/A
Nomination
note
1 2 none 3
Against
public vote
All
Housemates
Bayo,
Tapuwa,
Zein
Alex,
Bayo,
Stefan,
Tapuwa,
Warona
Mwisho,
Sammi,
Warona
Abby,
Cherise,
Gaetano,
Mwisho
Bayo,
Cherise,
Gaetano,
Mwisho,
Warona
Mwisho,
Stefan,
Tapuwa
Cherise,
Gaetano,
Mwisho,
Tapuwa,
Warona
EvictedBruna
6 of 13 votes
to evict
Zein
10 of 13 votes
to evict
Alex
8 of 13 votes
to evict
Sammi
8 of 13 votes
to evict
Abby
11 of 13 votes
to evict
Bayo
9 of 13 votes
to evict
Stefan
7 of 13 votes
to evict
Gaetano
1 of 13 votes
to win
Warona
2 of 13 votes
to win
Tapuwa
2 of 13 votes
to win
Mwisho
2 of 13 votes
to win
Cherise
6 of 13 votes
to win

Notes

  • ^Note 1  : No nominations were held in Week 4 as all Housemates faced the public vote.
  • ^Note 2  : During Week 6, Gaetano was taking part in the Big brother swap after winning a task. He was swapped with Cameron from the Big Brother UK House. Because of this, Gaetano was exempt from nominations this week.
  • ^Note 3  : During the Final Week, the public voted to win, rather than to evict.

Swap with the Big Brother UK house

Big Brother Africa contestant Gaetano Kagwa swapped places with Big Brother UK contestant Cameron Stout. [1] Gaetano (known as Gae), a Ugandan law student, was chosen to join Big Brother UK after passing a cocktail-making challenge. He caused upset in the Big Brother UK house when he called contestant Tania "a piggy", causing her to walk off in tears and threaten to leave the UK house for good.

Facts

The season was shown in America on the Africa Channel. It aired from November 2008 to March 2009. It was the first non-American Big Brother shown in United States.

It was the only Big Brother from the African series to use its specific eye logo design with the series using a completely different design from season 2 onwards.

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References

  1. "Africa swap for Big Brother". 23 June 2003.