Big Brother Africa 1

'Big Brother Africa 1'
Number of Countries:	12
Participating Countries:	Angola Botswana Ghana Kenya Malawi Namibia Nigeria South Africa Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Number of Housemates:	12
Housemates:	Cherise Mwisho Tapuwa Warona Gaetano Stefan Bayo Abby Sammi Alex Zein Bruna
Host:	Mark Pilgrim
Number of Days:	106
Runtime:	25 May 2003 - 7 September 2003
Season Chronology
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Big Brother Africa 1 is the first season of the Big Brother Africa series. It ran for 106 days between the 25th of May and 7th of September of the year 2003. Mark Pilgrim was the host of the show.

Format

Housemate Setup

There were twelve housemates this season and all lived in the same house. The housemates were competing for US$100 000. This season, twelve countries participated and each provided one contestant to be a housemate. The twelve participating countries were Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Nominations

Every two weeks, housemates were to nominate two other housemates up for eviction. The housemates who received the most nominations were then put up for eviction where Africa will decide who stays and who goes.

Voting

This season, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to evict. If a housemate received the most votes from Africa, that housemate would be evicted out of the competition. During the finale week, viewers instead voted for the housemate they wanted to win and see walk away with the prize money. The votes were split into twelve country votes with the Rest of Africa split as the thirteenth vote to split up possible ties.

Housemates

On Day 1, twelve housemates from twelve different countries entered the house on launch night.

Image	Name	Age	Occupation	Gender	Country
	Abby	25	Fraud Consultant	Female	South Africa
	Alex	21	Student	Male	Kenya
	Bayo	28	Self Employed	Male	Nigeria
	Bruna	25	Singer	Female	Angola
	Cherise	23	Assistant Manager	Female	Zambia
	Gaetano	30	Student	Male	Uganda
	Mwisho	22	Self Employed	Male	Tanzania
	Sammi	28	Radio Presenter	Male	Ghana
	Stefan	21	Polygraph Examiner and Forensic Psycho-Physiologist	Male	Namibia
	Tapuwa	26	Journalist and Public Relations Officer	Female	Zimbabwe
	Warona	26	Video Editor, Promo Producer and Actor	Female	Botswana
	Zein	27	Marketing Manager	Male	Malawi

Twists

A twist is an addition to the Big Brother game that makes the competition more interesting and gives different results and also contributes in changing a housemate's opinion on the game that they are playing. The following twist occurred this season:

U.K. Housemate Swap

On Day 33, Big Brother challenged the housemates to make the best cocktails they could. The housemate who makes the best cocktail then receives a special price. Gaetano was the one who won the challenge and was therefore awarded a trip to the Big Brother U.K. house for a week. He was scheduled to leave on Day 34 and return on Day 41. In exchange for Gaetano, Big Brother U.K. contestant, Cameron Stout spent a week in the Big Brother Africa house. He arrived on Day 35 and returned on Day 40.

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	Week 15
Cherise	No Nominations	No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	No Nominations	Alex, Zein	No Nominations	Stefan, Warona	No Nominations	Bayo, Warona	No Nominations	Mwisho, Stefan	Mwisho, Warona	Stefan, Tapuwa	Winner (Day 106)
Mwisho	No Nominations	No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	No Nominations	Alex, Stefan	No Nominations	Alex, Gaetano	No Nominations	Abby, Gaetano	No Nominations	Abby, Cherise	Cherise, Gaetano	Tapuwa, Warona	Runner-Up (Day 106)
Tapuwa	No Nominations	No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	No Nominations	Abby, Zein	No Nominations	Alex, Sammi	No Nominations	Sammi, Warona	No Nominations	Stefan, Warona	Gaetano, Warona	Stefan, Warona	3rd Place (Day 106)
Warona	No Nominations	No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	No Nominations	Bayo, Tapuwa	No Nominations	Bayo, Tapuwa	No Nominations	Mwisho, Sammi	No Nominations	Abby Gaetano	Cherise, Gaetano	Mwisho, Tapuwa	4th Place (Day 106)
Gaetano	No Nominations	No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	No Nominations	Exempted	No Nominations	Bayo, Cherise	No Nominations	Cherise, Stefan	No Nominations	Cherise, Mwisho	Bayo, Stefan	Mwisho, Stefan	5th Place (Day 106)
Stefan	No Nominations	No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	No Nominations	Bayo, Tapuwa	No Nominations	Bayo, Tapuwa	No Nominations	Bayo, Tapuwa	No Nominations	Abby, Gaetano	Bayo, Mwisho	Gaetano, Mwisho	Evicted (Day 98)
Bayo	No Nominations	No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	No Nominations	Stefan, Warona	No Nominations	Stefan, Warona	No Nominations	Stefan, Warona	No Nominations	Gaetano, Mwisho	Gaetano, Tapuwa	Evicted (Day 91)
Abby	No Nominations	No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	No Nominations	Tapuwa, Zein	No Nominations	Alex, Stefan	No Nominations	Mwisho, Sammi	No Nominations	Bayo, Cherise	Evicted (Day 84)
Sammi	No Nominations	No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	No Nominations	Warona, Zein	No Nominations	Gaetano, Warona	No Nominations	Gaetano, Mwisho	Evicted (Day 70)
Alex	No Nominations	No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	No Nominations	Bayo, Tapuwa	No Nominations	Sammi, Tapuwa	Evicted (Day 56)
Zein	No Nominations	No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	No Nominations	Bayo, Sammi	Evicted (Day 42)
Bruna	No Nominations	No Nominations	No Nominations	Nominated	Evicted (Day 28)
Up for Eviction	N/A	N/A	N/A	All Housemates	N/A	Bayo, Tapuwa, Zein	N/A	Alex, Bayo, Stefan, Tapuwa, Warona	N/A	Mwisho, Sammi, Warona	N/A	Abby, Cherise, Gaetano, Mwisho	Bayo, Cherise, Gaetano, Mwisho, Warona	Mwisho, Stefan, Tapuwa	All Housemates
Survived Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Abby, Bayo, Cherise, Gaetano, Mwisho, Sammi, Stefan, Warona, Zein 0 of 13 each to evict Tapuwa 2 of 13 to evict Alex 5 of 13 to evict	No Eviction	Tapuwa 1 of 13 to evict Bayo 2 of 13 to evict	No Eviction	Stefan 0 of 13 to evict Tapuwa, Warona 1 of 13 each to evict Bayo 3 of 13 to evict	No Eviction	Mwisho 1 of 13 to evict Warona 4 of 13 to evict	No Eviction	Cherise, Mwisho 0 of 13 each to evict Gaetano 2 of 13 to evict	Cherise, Mwisho, Warona 0 of 13 each to evict Gaetano 4 of 13 to evict	Mwisho 0 of 13 to evict Tapuwa 6 of 13 to evict	Cherise 6 of 13 to win
Evicted	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Bruna 6 of 13 to evict	No Eviction	Zein 10 of 13 to evict	No Eviction	Alex 8 of 13 to evict	No Eviction	Sammi 8 of 13 to evict	No Eviction	Abby 11 of 13 to evict	Bayo 9 of 13 to evict	Stefan 7 of 13 to evict	Mwisho 2 of 13 to win
															Tapuwa 2 of 13 to win
															Warona 2 of 13 to win Gaetano 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	Week 15	Total
Cherise	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	Winner	7
Mwisho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	3	Runner-Up	11
Tapuwa	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	3	3rd Place	12
Warona	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	1	2	2	4th Place	13
Gaetano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	4	1	5th Place	12
Stefan	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	1	3	Evicted	13
Bayo	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	2	0	1	2	Evicted		12
Abby	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	Evicted			5
Sammi	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	Evicted					6
Alex	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	Evicted							5
Zein	0	0	0	0	0	4	Evicted									4
Bruna	0	0	0	0	Evicted											0

Legend
No nominations.
Automatically nominated.
Exempted from nominations.

Voting 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	Week 15
Angola	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Bruna	No Eviction	Zein	No Eviction	Warona	No Eviction	Unknown	No Eviction	Abby	Bayo	Stefan	Tapuwa
Botswana	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Bruna	No Eviction	Bayo	No Eviction	Bayo	No Eviction	Unknown	No Eviction	Abby	Bayo	Tapuwa	Warona
Ghana	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Alex	No Eviction	Zein	No Eviction	Alex	No Eviction	Unknown	No Eviction	Gaetano	Gaetano	Tapuwa	Cherise
Kenya	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Bruna	No Eviction	Zein	No Eviction	Tapuwa	No Eviction	Unknown	No Eviction	Abby	Bayo	Tapuwa	Cherise
Malawi	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Tapuwa	No Eviction	Tapuwa	No Eviction	Alex	No Eviction	Unknown	No Eviction	Abby	Bayo	Tapuwa	Mwisho
Namibia	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Bruna	No Eviction	Bayo	No Eviction	Bayo	No Eviction	Unknown	No Eviction	Abby	Bayo	Tapuwa	Cherise
Nigeria	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Alex	No Eviction	Zein	No Eviction	Alex	No Eviction	Unknown	No Eviction	Abby	Gaetano	Stefan	Cherise
South Africa	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Bruna	No Eviction	Zein	No Eviction	Bayo	No Eviction	Unknown	No Eviction	Abby	Bayo	Tapuwa	Cherise
Tanzania	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Alex	No Eviction	Zein	No Eviction	Alex	No Eviction	Unknown	No Eviction	Gaetano	Gaetano	Stefan	Mwisho
Uganda	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Bruna	No Eviction	Zein	No Eviction	Alex	No Eviction	Unknown	No Eviction	Abby	Bayo	Stefan	Gaetano
Zambia	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Tapuwa	No Eviction	Zein	No Eviction	Alex	No Eviction	Unknown	No Eviction	Abby	Gaetano	Stefan	Cherise
Zimbabwe	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Alex	No Eviction	Zein	No Eviction	Alex	No Eviction	Unknown	No Eviction	Abby	Bayo	Stefan	Tapuwa
Rest of Africa	No Eviction	No Eviction	No Eviction	Alex	No Eviction	Zein	No Eviction	Alex	No Eviction	Unknown	No Eviction	Abby	Bayo	Stefan	Warona

Legend
Survivor(s) of the vote.
No eviction or unknown result.

Nomination, Voting and Eviction Notes

Week 1

This week, nominations didn't take place, so therefore, eviction didn't take place.

Week 2

This week, nominations didn't take place, so therefore, eviction didn't take place.

Week 3

This week, nominations didn't take place, so therefore, eviction didn't take place.

Week 4

This week, nominations didn't take place, but Big Brother decided to nominate all housemates on Day 22.
Therefore, Abby, Alex, Bayo, Bruna, Cherise, Gaetano, Mwisho, Sammi, Stefan, Tapuwa, Warona and Zein were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to evict and these were the results:

• Abby, Bayo, Cherise, Gaetano, Mwisho, Sammi, Stefan, Warona and Zein each received no votes to evict.
• Tapuwa received 2 votes to evict: Malawi and Zambia.
• Alex received 5 votes to evict: Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
• Bruna received 6 votes to evict: Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa and Uganda.

On Day 28, Bruna was evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

Week 5

This week, nominations didn't take place, so therefore, eviction didn't take place.

Week 6

On Day 36, nominations occurred.
Since Gaetano was at the Big Brother U.K. house during that period, he was exempted from nominations.
The housemates that received the most nominations were Bayo, Tapuwa and Zein.
Therefore, Bayo, Tapuwa and Zein were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to evict and these were the results:

• Tapuwa received 1 vote to evict: Malawi
• Bayo received 2 votes to evict: Botswana and Namibia.
• Zein received 10 votes to evict: Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.

On Day 42, Zein was evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

Week 7

This week, nominations didn't take place, so therefore, eviction didn't take place.

Week 8

On Day 50, nominations occurred.
The housemates that received the most nominations were Alex, Bayo, Stefan, Tapuwa and Warona.
Therefore, Alex, Bayo, Stefan, Tapuwa and Warona were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to evict and these were the results:

• Stefan received no votes to evict.
• Tapuwa received 1 vote to evict: Kenya.
• Warona received 1 vote to evict: Angola.
• Bayo received 3 votes to evict: Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
• Alex received 8 votes to evict: Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.

On Day 56, Alex was evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

Week 9

This week, nominations didn't take place, so therefore, eviction didn't take place.

Week 10

On Day 64, nominations occurred.
The housemates that received the most nominations were Mwisho, Sammi and Warona.
Therefore, Mwisho, Sammi and Warona were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to evict and these were the results:

• Mwisho received 1 vote to evict*.
• Warona received 4 votes to evict*.
• Sammi received 8 votes to evict*.

*The voting results are currently unknown.

On Day 70, Sammi was evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

Week 11

This week, nominations didn't take place, so therefore, eviction didn't take place.

Week 12

On Day 78, nominations occurred.
The housemates that received the most nominations were Abby, Cherise, Gaetano and Mwisho.
Therefore, Abby, Cherise, Gaetano and Mwisho were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to evict and these were the results:

• Cherise and Mwisho each received no votes to evict.
• Gaetano received 2 votes to evict: Ghana and Tanzania.
• Abby received 11 votes to evict: Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.

On Day 84, Abby was evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

Week 13

On Day 85, nominations occurred.
The housemates that received the most nominations were Bayo, Cherise, Gaetano, Mwisho and Warona.
Therefore, Bayo, Cherise, Gaetano, Mwisho and Warona were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to evict and these were the results:

• Cherise, Mwisho and Warona each received no votes to evict.
• Gaetano received 4 votes to evict: Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia.
• Bayo received 9 votes to evict: Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.

On Day 91, Bayo was evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

Week 14

On Day 92, nominations occurred.
The housemates that received the most nominations were Mwisho, Stefan and Tapuwa.
Therefore, Mwisho, Stefan and Tapuwa were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to evict and these were the results:

• Mwisho received no votes to evict.
• Tapuwa received 6 votes to evict: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia and South Africa.
• Stefan received 7 votes to evict: Angola, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.

On Day 98, Stefan was evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

Week 15

Cherise, Gaetano, Mwisho, Tapuwa and Warona were the finalists of the season.
The final five were competing for the grand prize of US$100 000.

This week, viewers were voting for the housemate they wanted to win and these were the results:

• Cherise won the show after receiving 6 votes to win: Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia.
• Mwisho became the runner-up after receiving 2 votes to win: Malawi and Tanzania.
• Tapuwa finished in third place after receiving 2 votes to win: Angola and Zimbabwe.
• Warona finished in fourth place after receiving 2 votes to win: Botswana and Rest of Africa.
• Gaetano finished in fifth place after receiving 1 vote to win: Uganda.

On Day 106, it was announced that Cherise was the winner of the first season of Big Brother Africa.