Big Brother Africa 1
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The first season of Big Brother Africa began on May 25, 2003 and ended on September 7 of the same year, lasting 106 days, with Cherise Makubalo being crowned the very first winner of the show. Mark Pilgrim was the host.
Housemates
- Abby
Abergail Brigette Plaatjies[1] is a 25-year-old fraud consultant from Johannesburg & Durban, South Africa. Abby became the fifth person to be evicted from Big brother Africa on August 17, 2003.
- Alex
Alexander Kasembeli Holi[1] is a 21-year-old student from Nairobi, Kenya. Alex became the third person to be evicted from Big brother Africa on July 20, 2003.
- Bayo
Alexander Adebayo Adetomiwa[1] is a 28-year-old economist from Oturkpo, Nigeria. Bayo became the sixth person to be evicted from Big brother Africa on August 24, 2003.
- Bruna
Bruna Tatiana Estivão[1] is a 25-year-old singer and model from Luanda, Angola. Bruna became the first person to be evicted from Big brother Africa on June 22, 2003.
- Cherise
Cherise Makubale[1] is a 24-year-old procurement officer from Kitwe, Zambia. Cherise won the first season of Big brother Africa on September 7, 2003 and she is the one of only two female contestants who have ever won the show in its history.
- Gaetano
Gaetano Kagwa [1] is a 30-year-old student from Kampala, Uganda. Gaetano finished in fourth place on September 7, 2003.
- Mwisho
Mwisho Mwampamba[1] is 22 years old and self-employed. He is from Morogoro, Tanzania. Mwisho finished in second place on September 7, 2003 lasting 106 days.
In 2010 Mwisho returned as a contestant in Big Brother Africa 5: All-Stars. He came in 4th place lasting all 91 days; he spent a total of 197 days in the Big Brother house combined.
Currently Mwisho has the record for the most days spent in the Big Brother Africa house with 197.
- Sammi
Samuel Kwame Bampoe[1] is a 28-year-old radio presenter from Akropong Akwapim, Ghana. Sammi became the fourth person to be evicted from Big brother Africa on August 3, 2003.
In 2010 Sammi competed in Big Brother Africa 5: All-Stars and lasted 33 days and was forced to leave due to medical issues. Sammi has spent a total of 103 days in the Big Brother House 70 days for Big Brother Africa season 1 and 33 days for Big Brother Africa 5: All Stars.
- Stefan
Stefan Ludik[1] is a 22-year-old forensic psycho-physiologist from Windhoek, Namibia. Stefan became the seventh person evicted from Big brother Africa on August 31, 2003.
- Tapuwa
Tapuwa Mhere[1] is a 26-year-old public relations officer from Harare, Zimbabwe. Tapuwa finished in third place on September 7, 2003.
- Warona
Warona Setshwaelo[1] is a 25-year-old video editor from Gaborone, Botswana. Warona finished in fifth place on September 7, 2003.
- Zein
Zein Dudha[1] is a 27-year-old marketing manager from Blantyre, Malawi. Zein became the second person to be evicted from Big brother Africa on July 6, 2003.
Nominations table
Week 4 | Week 6 | Week 8 | Week 10 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 Final |
Nominations received | ||
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Cherise | No Nominations | Alex, Zein | Stefan, Warona | Bayo, Warona | Mwisho, Stefan | Mwisho, Warona | Stefan, Tapuwa | Winner (Day 106) | 7 | |
Mwisho | No Nominations | Alex, Stefan | Alex, Gaetano | Abby, Gaetano | Abby, Cherise | Cherise, Gaetano | Tapuwa, Warona | Runner-up (Day 106) | 11 | |
Tapuwa | No Nominations | Abby, Zein | Alex, Sammi | Sammi, Warona | Stefan, Warona | Gaetano, Warona | Stefan, Warona | Third place (Day 106) | 12 | |
Warona | No Nominations | Bayo, Tapuwa | Bayo, Tapuwa | Mwisho, Sammi | Abby, Gaetano | Cherise, Gaetano | Mwisho, Tapuwa | Fourth place (Day 106) | 13 | |
Gaetano | No Nominations | Exempt | Bayo, Cherise | Cherise, Stefan | Cherise, Mwisho | Bayo, Stefan | Mwisho, Stefan | Fifth place (Day 106) | 12 | |
Stefan | No Nominations | Bayo, Tapuwa | Bayo, Tapuwa | Bayo, Tapuwa | Abby, Gaetano | Bayo, Mwisho | Gaetano, Mwisho | Evicted (Day 98) | 13 | |
Bayo | No Nominations | Stefan, Warona | Stefan, Warona | Stefan, Warona | Gaetano, Mwisho | Gaetano, Tapuwa | Evicted (Day 91) | 12 | ||
Abby | No Nominations | Tapuwa, Zein | Alex, Stefan | Mwisho, Sammi | Bayo, Cherise | Evicted (Day 84) | 5 | |||
Sammi | No Nominations | Warona, Zein | Gaetano, Warona | Gaetano, Mwisho | Evicted (Day 70) | 6 | ||||
Alex | No Nominations | Bayo, Tapuwa | Sammi, Tapuwa | Evicted (Day 56) | 5 | |||||
Zein | No Nominations | Bayo, Sammi | Evicted (Day 42) | 4 | ||||||
Bruna | No Nominations | Evicted (Day 28) | N/A | |||||||
Nomination note |
1 | 2 | none | 3 | ||||||
Against public vote |
Abby, Alex, Bayo, Bruna, Cherise, Gaetano, Mwisho, Tapuwa, Sammi, Stefan, Warona, Zein | 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 | ||
Evicted | Bruna 6 of 13 to evict |
Zein 10 of 13 to evict |
Alex 8 of 13 to evict |
Sammi 8 of 13 to evict |
Abby 11 of 13 to evict |
Bayo 9 of 13 to evict |
Stefan 7 of 13 to evict |
Gaetano 1 of 13 to win |
Warona 2 of 13 to win | |
Tapuwa 2 of 13 to win |
Mwisho 2 of 13 to win | |||||||||
Cherise 6 of 13 to win |
Nomination 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.[2] 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
Big Brother Africa is being shown in America on the Africa Channel. It airs from Nov.2008 till March 2009. It is the 1st non-American Big Brother shown in America. Big Brother Africa 1 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 series 2 onwards.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 http://www.2003bigbrother.co.uk/sacontestants.php
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3010872.stm
http://www.2003bigbrother.co.uk/sacontestants.php