Big Brother Africa (season 1)

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.

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

Housemates
Name Full/Real name Age Occupation Residence Day entered Day exited Status
Cherise Cherise Makubale 24 Procurement officer Kitwe, Zambia 1 106 Winner
Mwisho Mwisho Mwampamba 22 Self-employed Morogoro, Tanzania 1 106 runner-up
Tapuwa Tapuwa Mhere 26 Public relations officer Harare, Zimbabwe 1 106 3rd Place
Warona Warona Masego Setshwaelo 25 Video editor Gaborone, Botswana 1 106 4th Place
Gaetano Gaetano Juko Kagwa 30 Student Kampala, Uganda 1 106 5th Place
Stefan Stefan Ludik 22 Forensic psycho-physiologist Windhoek, Namibia 1 98 Evicted
Bayo Alexander Adebayo Adetomiwa Okoh 28 Economist Oturkpo, Nigeria 1 91 Evicted
Abby Abergail Brigette Plaatjies 25 Fraud consultant Johannesburg / Durban, South Africa 1 84 Evicted
Sammi Samuel Kwame Bampoe 28 Radio presenter Akropong Akwapim, Ghana 1 70 Evicted
Alex Alexander Kasembeli Holi 21 Student Nairobi, Kenya 1 56 Evicted
Zein Zein Dudha 27 Marketing manager Blantyre, Malawi 1 42 Evicted
Bruna Bruna Tatiana Lemas Estevão 25 Singer and model Luanda, Angola 1 28 Evicted
  • 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 17 August 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 20 July 2003.

  • Bayo

Alexander Adebayo Adetomiwa Okoh[1] is a 28-year-old economist from Oturkpo, Nigeria. Bayo became the sixth person to be evicted from Big Brother Africa on 24 August 2003.

  • Bruna

Bruna Tatiana Lemas Estevão[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 22 June 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 7 September 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 7 September 2003.

  • Mwisho

Mwisho Mwampamba[1] is 22 years old and self-employed. He is from Morogoro, Tanzania. Mwisho finished in second place on 7 September 2003 lasting 106 days.

In 2010 Mwisho returned as a contestant in Big Brother Africa: 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 days.

  • 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 3 August 2003.

In 2010 Sammi competed in Big Brother Africa: 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: 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 31 August 2003.

  • Tapuwa

Tapuwa Mhere[1] is a 26-year-old public relations officer from Harare, Zimbabwe. Tapuwa finished in third place on 7 September 2003.

  • Warona

Warona Setshwaelo[1] is a 25-year-old video editor from Gaborone, Botswana. Warona finished in fifth place on 7 September 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 6 July 2003.

Nominations table
Week 4 Week 6 Week 8 Week 10 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15
Final		 Nominations received
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		In Big Brother UK HouseBayo,
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		 12none3
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
Evicted Bruna
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.[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

The season is being shown in America on the Africa Channel. It airs from November 2008 to March 2009. It is the firstnon-American Big Brother shown in America.

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.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-07-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3010872.stm
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