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 The House 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 Storeroom where most of the Housemates' belongings were kept.
Nominations Each week housemates nominate two other housemates for eviction in the Diary Room and must give justified and clear reasons.Rules Official Big Brother 2 Site Retrieved 2007-08-26 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.Special Privileges Official Big Brother 2 Site Retrieved 2007-08-26
Voting 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.Voting Official Big Brother 2 Site 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.Voting Official Big Brother 2 Site Retrieved 2007-08-26
Head of House 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.
Housemates Name Real/Full Name Age Occupation Country Day entered Day exited Status RiccoRicardo David Ferreira Venancio21Bank employeeAngola191 HazelHazel Warren25Personal assistantMalawi191 MunyaMunyaradzi Chidzonga22ActorZimbabwe191 TawanaTawana Lebani31MicrobiologistBotswana184 ThamiThamsanqa Prusent26EntrepreneurSouth Africa177 MorrisMorris Herbert Mugisha29Photographer and modelUganda170 TakondwaTakondwa Nkonjera25MusicianZambia163 MimiWilhelmina Abu-Andani27Personal assistantGhana156 SheilaSheila Patricia Kwamboka23StudentKenya149 UtiUti Nwachukwu26Student and modelNigeria142 LucilleLucille Naobes21UnemployedNamibia135 LatoyaLatoya Lyakurwa21SecretaryTanzania128
Swap with the Big Brother Finland house Johan, from Finnish Big Brother season 4 swapped with Munya on the week 9.
Hero & Zero Vote 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 Tawana3 Takondwa Takondwa Lucille0 Tawana Sheila Lucille-3 Thami Hazel Uti-1 Uti Takondwa Tawana-1
Nominations Table 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 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13FinalNominations received Ricco Morris,Thami Hazel,Tawana NoNominations 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 NoNominations 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 NoNominations Ricco,Takondwa Takondwa,Uti Sheila,Takondwa Mimi,Thami In Big BrotherFinland House Hazel,Thami Hazel,Thami Hazel,Ricco Third place(Day 91) 12 TawanaLucille,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 NoNominations Ricco,Uti Munya,Mimi Hazel,Takondwa Munya,Takondwa Morris,Ricco Morris,Ricco Ricco,Munya Evicted(Day 77) 23 Morris Lucille,Takondwa Sheila,Thami NoNominations Munya,Ricco Ricco,Takondwa Hazel,Tawana Mimi,Takondwa Takondwa,Tawana Hazel,Munya Evicted(Day 70) 14 Takondwa Morris,Hazel Latoya,Uti NoNominationsLucille,Uti Thami,Uti Tawana,Thami Thami,Ricco Thami,Tawana Evicted(Day 63) 23 Mimi Morris,Thami Sheila,Uti NoNominations Hazel,Uti Hazel,Uti Takondwa,Tawana Thami,Takondwa Evicted(Day 56) 11 Sheila Morris,Thami Morris,Tawana NoNominations Hazel,Morris Hazel,Morris Tawana,Thami Evicted(Day 49) 9 Uti Lucille,Mimi Munya,Latoya NoNominations Hazel,Takondwa Munya,Takondwa Evicted(Day 42) 10 Lucille Morris,Thami Latoya,Tawana NoNominations Sheila,Uti Evicted(Day 35) 6 Latoya Sheila,Takondwa Sheila,Tawana NominatedEvicted(Day 28) 4 Notes12345none6none78, 9 Head ofHouse 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 Savednone Takondwa Takondwa Takondwa none Ricco Againstpublic 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,RiccoEvictedMorrisThamichosen to fake evictLatoya10 of 13to fake evictLatoya11 of 13to evictLucille11 of 13to evictUti7 of 13to evictSheila10 of 13to evictMimi10 of 13to evictTakondwa11 of 13to evictMorris8 of 13to evictThami11 of 13to evictTawana 10 of 13to evictMunya1 of 13(22.60%)to winHazel6 of 13(38.60%)to winTawana3 of 13to fake evictRicco6 of 13(38.80%)to win
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References
External links Big Brother Africa 3 at M-Net Big Brother Africa 3 official fan site