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 two 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.

Big Brother South Africa
The original logo of Big Brother South Africa.
Also known as	Big Brother Mzansi
Country of origin	South Africa
Original language	English
No. of series	5
Production
Producer	Endemol
Release
Original network	M-Net DStv
Original release	26 August 2001 – 18 May 2015
External links
Website

Seasons

Seasons	Host	Launch date	Finale date	Days	Housemates	Winner	Prize
Big Brother South Africa 1	Mark Pilgrim Gerry Rantseli	26 August 2001	9 December 2001	106	12	Ferdinand Rabie
Celebrity Big Brother		23 June 2002	30 June 2002	8	10	Bill Flynn
Big Brother South Africa 2		28 July 2002	13 October 2002	79	13	Richard Cawood
Big Brother Mzansi: Secrets	Lungile Radu	2 February 2014	6 April 2014	63	18	Mandla Hlatshwayo	R 1,000,000
Big Brother Mzansi: Double Trouble		22 March 2015	18 May 2015	56	20	Ace Khumalo & Ntombi Tshabalala	R 2,000,000

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
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
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, would produce another South African edition of Big Brother, with the show being rebranded as Big Brother Mzansi, which was set to air in January 2014. It marked 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. The year's theme was Double Trouble. Housemates entered the house in pairs and compete against each other for R2 Million. The show lasted for 56 days. 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

See also

• Big Brother television series

External links