Big Brother (South African TV series)
Big Brother South Africa is a television series in South Africa produced by Endemol. It has had a total of 2 seasons as well as a celebrity version. The first season aired in 2001. The host of all the South African shows as well as Big Brother Africa Season 1 was Mark Pilgrim.
Season 1
Start Date: 26 August 2001
End Date: 9 December 2001
Duration: 106 days
Nominations Table
Week 2 | Week 4 | Week 6 | Week 8 | Week 10 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 Final |
Nominations received | ||
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Ferdi | Steven, Riaad | Steven, Lara | Steven, Margaret | Vuyo, Janine | Steven, Margaret | Leigh, Margaret | Riaad, Vuyo | Riaad, Vuyo | Winner (Day 106) | 24 | |
Vuyo | Margaret, Steven | Brad, Ferdi | Riaad, Margaret | Ferdi, Leigh | Nobesuthu, Margaret | Leigh, Margaret | Ferdi, Leigh | Riaad, Irvan | Runner-up (Day 106) | 6 | |
Nobesuthu | Lara, Steven | Lara, Steven | Brad, Irvan | Leigh, Ferdi | Ferdi, Leigh | Leigh, Riaad | Ferdi, Vuyo | Irvan, Riaad | Third place (Day 106) | 10 | |
Riaad | Brad, Nina | Brad, Ferdi | Brad, Ferdi | Ferdi, Janine | Margaret, Steven | Ferdi, Margaret | Ferdi, Vuyo | Ferdi, Nobesuthu | Fourth place (Day 106) | 9 | |
Irvan | Nina, Riaad | Lara, Steven | Margaret, Leigh | Steven, Margaret | Steven, Margaret | Leigh, Margaret | Ferdi, Leigh | Nobesuthu, Ferdi | Evicted (Day 99) | 7 | |
Leigh | Nina, Margaret | Margaret, Nobesuthu | Margaret, Nobesuthu | Janine, Nobesuthu | Margaret, Steven | Margaret, Nobesuthu | Nobesuthu, Ferdi | Evicted (Day 92) | 13 | ||
Margaret | Brad, Nobesuthu | Nobesuthu, Steven | Ferdi, Brad | Ferdi, Irvan | Ferdi, Leigh | Leigh, Ferdi | Evicted (Day 85) | 20 | |||
Steven | Brad, Nina | Brad, Ferdi | Ferdi, Brad | Ferdi, Irvan | Ferdi, Irvan | Evicted (Day 71) | 15 | ||||
Janine | Brad, Nina | Lara, Leigh | Brad, Vuyo | Ferdi, Irvan | Evicted (Day 57) | 3 | |||||
Brad | Nina, Lara | Lara, Steven | Steven, Margaret | Evicted (Day 43) | 15 | ||||||
Lara | Brad, Nina | Brad, Margaret | Evicted (Day 29) | 7 | |||||||
Nina | Brad, Riaad | Evicted (Day 15) | 7 | ||||||||
Against public vote |
Brad, Nina | Lara, Steven | Brad, Margaret | Ferdi, Irvan, Janine | Ferdi, Margaret, Steven | Leigh, Margaret | Ferdi, Leigh | Ferdi, Irvan, Nobesuthu, Riaad | Ferdi, Nobesuthu, Riaad, Vuyo | ||
Evicted | Nina 76% to evict |
Lara 90.58% to evict |
Brad 51.34% to evict |
Janine 88.45% to evict |
Steven 60.87% to evict |
Margaret 63.85% to evict |
Leigh 80.58% to evict |
Irvan 53.89% to evict |
Riaad 1.22% to win |
Nobesuthu 1.87% to win | |
Vuyo 6.86% to win | |||||||||||
Survived | Brad 24% |
Steven 9.42% |
Margaret 48.66% |
Irvan 8.47% Ferdi 3.08% |
Margaret 30.04% Ferdi 9.10% |
Leigh 36.15% |
Ferdi 19.42% |
Riaad 27.47% Nobesuthu 15.07% Ferdi 3.57% |
Ferdi 90.04% to win |
- Lynne McCarthy, pulled out of first season days before recording to pursue international modeling contract. McCarthy returned to South Africa a few years later to star in local soaps EGOLI and Isidingo.
Celebrity Season
Start Date: 23 June 2002
End Date: 30 June 2002
Duration: 8 days
The Finalists: 4 - Bill (The Winner), Jo-Ann (Runner-up), Bad Boy (3rd) & Danny (4th)
Evicted Housemates: 5 - Gloria, Helen, Kabelo, Neil & TK
Voluntary Exits: 2 - Sam & Emmanuel
Season 2
Start Date: 28 July 2002
End Date: 13 October 2002
Duration: 79 days
Nominations table
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10
Final | ||
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Richard | Dominique Thando | Mandy Thando | Groschaan Thando | Carol Jacqui | Ilse-Marie Rabin | Andre Ilse-Marie | Andre Rabin | Lee Ann nkosi | Andre | Winner (Day 79) | |
Jacqui | Not in House | Puledi Richard | Puledi Richard | Richard Zlatko | Mandy Rabin | Rabin Richard | Mandy Rabin | Mandy Richard | Richard | Runner up (Day 79) | |
Puledi | Not in House | Groschaan Zlatko | Groschaan Zlatko | Carol Zlatko | Ilse-Marie Zlatko | Ilse-Marie Richard | Jacqui Rabin | Jacqui Mandy | Andre | Third place (Day 79) | |
Andre | Carol Thando | Carol Groschaan | Carol Groschaan | Carol Ilse-Marie | Ilse-Marie Mandy | Puledi Richard | Mandy Rabin | Mandy Richard | Richard | Evicted (Day 72) | |
Mandy | Dominique Groschaan | Groschaan Richard | Groschaan Jacqui | Jacqui Richard | Jacqui Richard | Andre Rabin | Andre Jacqui | Andre Richard | Evicted (Day 64) | ||
Rabin | Carol Dominique | Carol Richard | Carol Richard | Carol Richard | Mandy Zlatko | Mandy Richard | Mandy Richard | Evicted (Day 56) | |||
Ilse-Marie | Carol Dominique | Carol Thando | Puledi Zlatko | Richard Zlatko | Richard Zlatko | Puledi Richard | Evicted (Day 48) | ||||
Zlatko | Dominique Thando | Mandy Thando | Groschaan Jacqui | Ilse-Marie Jacqui | Ilse-Marie Mandy | Evicted (Day 40) | |||||
Carol | Groschaan Ilse-Marie | Groschaan Ilse-Marie | Groschaan Jacqui | Ilse-Marie Richard | Evicted (Day 32) | ||||||
Groschaan | Dominique Mandy | Mandy Thando | Puledi Richard | Evicted (Day 24) | |||||||
Thando | Groschaan Ilse-Marie | Groschaan Richard | Evicted (Day 16) | ||||||||
Dominique | Groschaan Zlatko | Evicted (Day 8) | |||||||||
Michelle | Not in House | Walked (Day 8) | |||||||||
Up for eviction |
Carol Dominique Groschaan Thando | Groschaan Richard Thando | Groschaan Jacqui Puledi Richard | Carol Ilse-Marie Jacqui Richard Zlatko | Ilse-Marie Mandy Zlatko | Ilse-Marie Richard | Mandy Rabin | Mandy Richard | Andre Richard | All housemates | |
Walked | Michelle | none | |||||||||
Evicted | Dominique | Thando | Groschaan | Carol | Zlatko | Ilse-Marie | Rabin | Mandy | Andre | Puledi 3.13% to win | Jacqui 22% to win |
Richard 75% to win |
Season 3
On 12 June 2013, M-Net announced that its local brand, Mzansi Magic, will produce another South African edition of Big Brother, with the show being rebranded as Big Brother Mzansi, which is set to air in January 2014. It will mark the South African editions return, 12 years after the previous season ended. It began on 2 February 2014. Lungile Radu was the host. After 63 days Mandla emerged as the winner of this season.
Season 4
Due to success of the previous season. Big Brother Mzansi 2015 came back. This year's theme is Double Trouble. Housemates entered the house in pairs and compete against each other for R2 Million. The show lasted for only 56 days only. Lungile Radu was back as host. After 56 days Ntombi and Ace emerged as the winners of the show.
Trivia
- Total number of days on air: 312 days
- Total number of housemates: 74 Housemates
- Total number of housemates that walked: 6 Housemates
- Total number of ejections : 3 Housemates