Big Brother Africa 2

Big Brother Africa
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Season 2 (2007)

Big Brother Africa 2 was the second season of the Big Brother Africa reality television show produced by Endemol. The series began airing on August 5, 2007 and ran 98 days, ending 11 November 2011. The show was filmed in a house at Sasani Studios in Lyndhurst, Johannesburg. South African television star Kabelo "KB" Ngakane was the new host of the series, replacing Mark Pilgrim from season 1

Format

There were twelve housemates this season and all lived in the same house. The housemates were competing for US$100,000. This year, twelve countries participated in the season. The show returned after its four year hiatus. Each country will have one representative for them. All twelve countries were returning countries and they were Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Housemates

On Day 1, twelve housemates entered the House on launch night.

Name Real/Full Name Gender Occupation Age Country
Bertha Bertha Zakeyo Female Lawyer and Public Relations Consultant 28 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
Code Code Sangala Male Broadcaster 31 Malawi Malawi
Jeff Jeff Anthony Omondi Kariaga Male Novelist and Entrepreneur 23 Kenya Kenya
Justice Justice Motlhabane Male Journalist and Student 23 Botswana Botswana
Kwaku Kwaku Tutu Male Entertainment Consultant 30 Ghana Ghana
Lerato Lerato Sengadi Female Events Co-ordinator 24 South Africa South Africa
Maureen Maureen Namatovu Female Fashion Designer 27 Uganda Uganda
Maxwell Maxwell Chongu Male Call Center Operator 26 Zambia Zambia
Meryl Meryl Shikwambane Female Personal Assistant and Receptionist 21 Namibia Namibia
Ofunneka Ofunnekama Molokwu Female Personal Assistant 29 Nigeria Nigeria
Richard Richard Dyle Bezuidenhout Male Student 24 Tanzania Tanzania
Tatiana Tatiana Teresa Dos Santos Durao Female Actress and Model 26 Angola Angola

Nomination History

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14
Richard Lerato,
Ofunneka 		No
nominations 		Justice,
Jeff 		Kwaku,
Meryl 		Meryl,
Kwaku 		Maxwell,
Lerato 		Bertha,
Lerato 		Bertha,
Lerato 		Bertha,
Kwaku 		Code,
Kwaku 		Maureen,
Code 		Maureen,
Ofunneka 		No
nominations 		Winner
(Day 98)
Ofunneka Lerato,
Meryl 		No
nominations 		Meryl,
Lerato 		Meryl,
Lerato 		Lerato,
Meryl 		Lerato,
Kwaku 		Bertha,
Lerato 		Bertha,
Lerato 		Bertha,
Kwaku 		Code,
Kwaku 		Code,
Richard 		Richard,
Tatiana 		No
nominations 		Runner-Up
(Day 98)
Tatiana Lerato,
Maxwell 		No
nominations 		Bertha,
Lerato 		Maxwell,
Lerato 		Ofunneka,
Lerato 		Lerato,
Maxwell 		Bertha,
Lerato 		Bertha,
Lerato 		Bertha,
Kwaku 		Kwaku,
Ofunneka 		Maureen,
Code 		Maureen,
Ofunneka 		No
nominations 		3rd Place
(Day 98)
Maureen Lerato,
Kwaku 		No
nominations 		Bertha,
Meryl 		Bertha,
Meryl 		Meryl,
Bertha 		Maxwell,
Bertha 		Bertha,
Lerato 		Bertha,
Lerato 		Bertha,
Kwaku 		Kwaku,
Richard 		Tatiana,
Richard 		Ofunneka,
Tatiana 		Evicted
(Day 84)
Code Justice,
Maureen 		No
nominations 		Justice,
Maureen 		Jeff,
Meryl 		Meryl,
Tatiana 		Richard,
Tatiana 		Bertha,
Lerato 		Bertha,
Lerato 		Bertha,
Kwaku 		Kwaku,
Tatiana 		Ofunneka,
Richard 		Evicted
(Day 77)
Kwaku Richard,
Justice 		No
nominations 		Justice,
Ofunneka 		Jeff,
Ofunneka 		Ofunneka,
Maureen 		Maureen,
Richard 		Code,
Richard 		Maureen,
Richard 		Code,
Richard 		Maureen,
Richard 		Evicted
(Day 70)
Bertha Meryl,
Justice 		No
nominations 		Justice,
Jeff 		Jeff,
Maureen 		Meryl,
Maureen 		Maureen,
Richard 		Code,
Maureen 		Code,
Maureen 		Code,
Maureen 		Evicted
(Day 63)
Lerato Maureen,
Ofunneka 		No
nominations 		Jeff,
Ofunneka 		Jeff,
Ofunneka 		Richard,
Tatiana 		Richard,
Tatiana 		Code,
Maureen 		Code,
Maureen 		Evicted
(Day 56)
Maxwell Meryl,
Jeff 		No
nominations 		Richard,
Meryl 		Richard,
Meryl 		Richard,
Kwaku 		Richard,
Bertha		Evicted
(Day 42)
Meryl Ofunneka,
Justice 		No
nominations 		Jeff,
Bertha 		Jeff,
Maureen 		Maureen,
Ofunneka 		Evicted
(Day 35)
Jeff Justice,
Maxwell 		No
nominations 		Justice,
Bertha 		Meryl,
Lerato 		Evicted
(Day 28)
Justice Meryl,
Bertha 		No
nominations 		Meryl,
Bertha 		Evicted
(Day 21)
Head of House Jeff Ofunneka Meryl Bertha Maxwell Lerato Tatiana Maureen Richard Code Ofunneka Tatiana No HoH No HoH
Up for eviction none none Jeff,
Justice		 Jeff,
Maureen		 Maureen,
Meryl,
Richard		 Maxwell,
Richard,
Tatiana		 Kwaku,
Lerato,
Ofunneka		 Bertha,
Lerato		 Bertha,
Kwaku		 Kwaku,
Richard,
Tatiana		 Code,
Richard		 Maureen,
Ofunneka,
Tatiana		 none Ofunneka,
Richard,
Tatiana
Survived Eviction No
Eviction		 No
Eviction		 Jeff
6 of 13
to evict		 Maureen
6 of 13
to evict		 Maureen
2 of 13
to evict

Richard
3 of 13
to evict

 Tatiana
0 of 13
to evict

Richard
1 of 13
to evict

 Lerato
chosen
to save		 Bertha
5 of 13
to evict		 Kwaku
1 of 13
to evict		 Tatiana
0 of 13
to evict

Richard
2 of 13
to evict

 Richard
3 of 13
to evict		 Tatiana
1 of 13
to evict

Ofunneka
2 of 13
to evict

 No
Eviction		 Richard
7 of 13
to win
Evicted No
Eviction		 No
Eviction		 Justice
7 of 13
to evict		 Jeff
7 of 13
to evict		 Meryl
8 of 13
to evict		 Maxwell
12 of 13
to evict		 Kwaku
chosen
to evict

Ofunneka
chosen
to evict

 Lerato
8 of 13
to evict		 Bertha
12 of 13
to evict		 Kwaku
11 of 13
to evict		 Code
10 of 13
to evict		 Maureen
3 of 13
to evict		 No
Eviction		 Ofunneka
5 of 13
to win
Tatiana
1 of 13
to win

Total Nominations Received

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Total
Richard 1 0 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 Winner 19
Ofunneka 3 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 Runner-Up 15
Tatiana 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3rd Place 8
Maureen 2 0 1 1 5 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 Evicted 21
Code 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 3 Evicted 12
Kwaku 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 5 5 Evicted 15
Bertha 1 0 5 1 1 2 5 5 5 Evicted 25
Lerato 4 0 2 3 2 3 5 5 Evicted 24
Maxwell 2 0 0 1 0 3 Evicted6
Meryl 4 0 4 6 5 Evicted19
Jeff 1 0 4 5 Evicted10
Justice 5 0 5 Evicted10
Legend:
     Head of House for the week.
     There were no nominations on that week.
     Immune from nominations.

Nomination and Voting Notes

  • ^Note 1 : On Day 2, Housemates were asked to name 2 others that they would nominate if it were a regular Monday. These nominations did not count and no one was put up for the public vote. If there was a public vote, Justice, Lerato, and Meryl would have been nominated.
  • ^Note 2 : There were no nominations or eviction for Week 2.
  • ^Note 3 : As Head of House, Meryl chose to remove Bertha from the nominees and replace her with Jeff.[1]
  • ^Note 4 : As Head of House, Bertha chose to remove Meryl from the nominees and replace her with Maureen.[2]
  • ^Note 5 : As Head of House, Maxwell chose to remove Ofunneka from the nominees and replace her with Richard.

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  • ^Note 6 : As Head of House, Lerato chose to remove herself from the nominees and replace her with Tatiana.
  • ^Note 7 : In Week 7, Big Brother reversed the nomination process by putting up the Housemates with the least nominations. As Head of House, Tatiana chose to remove herself from the nominees and replace her with Lerato. There will be a fake eviction on Sunday, the two fake evicted Housemates will have full access to the happenings in the House. Due to the fake eviction there will be no public voting in Week 7.[4]
  • ^Note 8 : As Head of House, Maureen chose to keep the nominations the same.[5] Kwaku and Ofunneka were exempt from being nominated during Week 8.[6]
  • ^Note 9 : As Head of House, Richard chose to keep the nominations the same.
  • ^Note 10 : Code, the Head of House, chose to save himself and nominate Tatiana in his place.
  • ^Note 11 : As Head of House, Ofunneka chose to keep the nominations the same.
  • ^Note 12 : As Head of House, Tatiana chose to keep the nominations the same.
  • ^Note 13 : This week the public voted to win, rather than to evict.

Rules and regulations

Of contention is also the continued enforcing and later breaking of regulations, such as the imposition of a uniform that was later withdrawn, and subsequent bans against smoking and excessive alcohol consumption that were also later withdrawn with the provision of a shopping list service where the housemates could order whatever they wanted.

Product placement

The continued interruption of the live broadcast to advertise the show's sponsors has also been questioned.

Nomination procedure

The change of the nomination procedure to involve a veto by the head of house has also been questioned, especially since the veto could be abused for personal reasons.

Controversy/Criticism

Controversy came up after second runner-up Ofunneka was sexually assaulted by Richard when all the housemates were drunk. The producers of the show deny this, stating 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 comment has been made about the issue, especially as Ofunneka had passed out and remembered nothing of what happened.[7] (In the Australian version of the show, the male housemates who sexually assaulted a female housemate were evicted.)[8]

Newly-wed Richard carried out an affair with Angolan model Tatiana during their stay in the house. This angered Richard's Canadian wife, who threatened him with divorce.[9] Another housemate, Malawian radio DJ Code, managed to seduce all his female housemates. Unknown to him, his Dutch girlfriend was pregnant with his child, and surprised him by showing up at his eviction. Richard and Code were eventually forgiven by their respective partners.[10]

Producers were unable to deal with other issues which included bullying by South African Lerato Sengadi. Indecent sexual acts by Namibian housemate Meryl and Ghanian Kweku were another talking point, although Meryl denies the couple had sex.[11] The show has been the subject of much criticism, especially from the fact that most of the items in the house are not "African" and therefore it is not really Big Brother Africa, but essentially just a Big Brother-style show with African contestants.[12]

At the end of its run, Big Brother Africa 2 was criticized for not showing any positive values to young people all over the continent.

References

  1. ↑ "Justice vs. Jeff!". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
  2. ↑ "Jeff vs Maureen!". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
  3. ↑ "Three Housemates Up!". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  4. ↑ "Fake Eviction". Retrieved 2007-09-18.
  5. ↑ "Touchable!". Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
  6. ↑ "Fake Eviction a Shocker". Retrieved 2007-09-26.
  7. ↑ Kaiza, David (2007-08-27). "Big Brother Horror Show". The First Post. Retrieved 1 November 2007.
  8. ↑ Big Brother Australia
  9. ↑ Richard Betrayed Me
  10. ↑ Dramatic Exit for Code
  11. ↑ Interview with Meryl
  12. ↑ "So,why watch Big Brother?". The East African. 2007-08-27. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2007.

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