Big Brother Africa 2
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Big Brother Africa 2 was the second series of the Big Brother Africa
reality television
show produced by Endemol
. The series began airing on August 5, 2007.
As with the previous series, the show involved 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 Johanneburg, 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 was filmed in a house at Sasani Studios in Lyndhurst, Johannesburg.
from Harare
, Zimbabwe
. She was the sixth housemate to be evicted from the show, after receiving 12 of 13 votes on day 63.
, Malawi
. He became the eighth housemate to be evicted with 10 of the 13 votes on Day 77.
In 2010 Code competed in Big Brother Africa 5: All Stars and lasted 77 days. He has spent a combined 144 days in the Big Brother house.
from Kisumu
, Kenya
. He became the second person to be evicted after receiving 7 of 13 votes on Day 28.
, Botswana
. Justice was the first person to be evicted from the Big Brother Africa house after receiving 7 of 13 votes. He is a proponent of argumentation, rhetoric and debate
, Ghana
. He was the seventh evictee from the house with 11 out of the 13 votes on Day 70. He was in a relationship with Meryle then with Bertha.
, South Africa
. She was the fifth evictee of the series, after receiving 8 of 13 votes on day 56.
In 2010 Lerato competed in Big Brother Africa 5: All-Stars and lasted to the final for 91 days. He has spent a combined 147 days in the Big Brother house.
, Uganda
.
operator from Lusaka
, Zambia
. Maxwell became the fourth housemate to be evicted with 12 of the 13 votes on Day 42.
from Namibia
. She was the third evictee of the series, after receiving 8 of 13 votes on day 35.
In 2010 Meryl competed in Big Brother Africa 5: All-Stars and lasted 77 days. She has spent a combinded 108 days in the Big Brother house.
from Jos
, Nigeria
. She celebrated her 30th birthday whilst in the Big Brother house. She was the runner-up in the series.
from Ilala
, Tanzania
. He was the winner of Big Brother Africa 2.
from Luanda
, Angola
. She was the 10th person to be evicted from the big brother house. She made the final on day 98.
In 2010 Tatiana competed in Big Brother Africa 5: All-Stars and lasted 84 days. She has spent a combined 182 days in the Big Brother house.
from nomination and eviction (referred to as "exempt").
There were no nominations or eviction for Week 2.
As Head of House, Meryl chose to remove Bertha from the nominees and replace her with Jeff. As Head of House, Bertha chose to remove Meryl from the nominees and replace her with Maureen.
As Head of House, Maxwell chose to remove Ofunneka from the nominees and replace her with Richard. As Head of House, Lerato chose to remove herself from the nominees and replace her with Tatiana. In Week 7, Big Brother reversed the nomination process by putting up the Housemates with the least nominations. As Head of House, Tatiana chose to remove herself from the nominees and replace her with Lerato. There will be a fake eviction on Sunday, the two fake evicted Housemates will have full access to the happenings in the House. Due to the fake eviction there will be no public voting in Week 7. As Head of House, Maureen chose to keep the nominations the same. Kwaku and Ofunneka were exempt from being nominated during Week 8. As Head of House, Richard chose to keep the nominations the same. Code, the Head of House, chose to save himself and nominate Tatiana in his place. As Head of House, Ofunneka chose to keep the nominations the same. As Head of House, Tatiana chose to keep the nominations the same.
that was later withdrawn, and subsequent bans against smoking and excessive alcohol consumption
that were also later withdrawn with the provision of a shopping list
service where the housemates could order whatever they wanted.
by the head of house has also been questioned, especially since the veto could be abused for personal reasons.
Newly-wed Richard carried out an affair with Angola
n model Tatiana during their stay in the house. This angered Richard's Canadian wife, who threatened him with divorce. Another housemate, Malawian radio DJ Code, managed to seduce all his female housemates. Unknown to him, his Dutch girlfriend was pregnant with his child, and surprised him by showing up at his eviction. Richard and Code were eventually forgiven by their respective partners.
Producers were unable to deal with other issues which included bullying by South African Lerato Sengadi. Indecent sexual acts by Namibia
n housemate Meryl and Ghanian Kweku were another talking point, although Meryl denies the couple had sex.
The show has been the subject of much criticism, especially from the fact that most of the items in the house are not "African" and therefore it is not really "Big Brother Africa", but essentially just a Big Brother-style show with African contestants.
At the end of its run, Big Brother Africa 2 was criticized for not showing any positive values to young people all over the continent.
Big Brother Africa
Big Brother Africa is a television program produced by Endemol. The show initially involved 12 countries within Africa with two countries being added in season 4...
reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
show produced by Endemol
Endemol
Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...
. The series began airing on August 5, 2007.
As with the previous series, the show involved 12 countries within Africa (Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
, Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
, Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
, Malawi
Malawi
The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...
, Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
, Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
, Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
& Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
) each producing a contestant living in an isolated house in Johanneburg, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, while trying to avoid being evicted by viewers and ultimately winning a large cash prize at the end of the show. The show was filmed in a house at Sasani Studios in Lyndhurst, Johannesburg.
Bertha
Bertha Zakeyo (born June 2, 1979) is a lawyerLawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
from Harare
Harare
Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...
, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
. She was the sixth housemate to be evicted from the show, after receiving 12 of 13 votes on day 63.
Code
Code Sangala (born June 2, 1976) is a radio DJ and musician from BlantyreBlantyre, Malawi
Blantyre or Mandala is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, the largest city with an estimated 732,518 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe...
, Malawi
Malawi
The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...
. He became the eighth housemate to be evicted with 10 of the 13 votes on Day 77.
In 2010 Code competed in Big Brother Africa 5: All Stars and lasted 77 days. He has spent a combined 144 days in the Big Brother house.
Jeff
Jeff Anthony Omondi Kariaga (born November 21, 1983) is an entrepreneurEntrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
from Kisumu
Kisumu
Kisumu is a port city in western Kenya at , with a population of 355,024 . It is the third largest city in Kenya, the principal city of western Kenya, the immediate former capital of Nyanza Province and the headquarters of Kisumu County. It has a municipal charter but no city charter...
, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
. He became the second person to be evicted after receiving 7 of 13 votes on Day 28.
Justice
Justice Motlhabani (born January 17, 1984) is in his final year of a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations and Print Journalism at the University of Botswana. He hails from SeroweSerowe
Serowe was famed as Botswana's largest village after Molepolole. Serowe has a rich history in Botswana'; it being the capital for the Bamangwato people in the early part of the 20th century and for being the birth place of many of Botswana's Presidents...
, Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
. Justice was the first person to be evicted from the Big Brother Africa house after receiving 7 of 13 votes. He is a proponent of argumentation, rhetoric and debate
Kwaku
Kwaku Asamoah Tutu (born 1 June 1977) is from KumawuKumawu
Kumawu is a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The town is known for the Tweneboa Kodua Secondary School. The school is a second cycle institution.-References:...
, Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
. He was the seventh evictee from the house with 11 out of the 13 votes on Day 70. He was in a relationship with Meryle then with Bertha.
Lerato
Lerato Sengadi (born October 31, 1982) is an events coordinator from SowetoSoweto
Soweto is a lower-class-populated urban area of the city of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. She was the fifth evictee of the series, after receiving 8 of 13 votes on day 56.
In 2010 Lerato competed in Big Brother Africa 5: All-Stars and lasted to the final for 91 days. He has spent a combined 147 days in the Big Brother house.
Maureen
Maureen Namatovu (born September 5, 1979) is a fashion designer from EntebbeEntebbe
Entebbe is a major town in Central Uganda. Located on a Lake Victoria peninsula, the town was at one time, the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda, prior to Independence in 1962...
, Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
.
Maxwell
Maxwell Chongu (born June 27, 1981) is a call centreCall centre
A call centre or call center is a centralised office used for the purpose of receiving and transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone. A call centre is operated by a company to administer incoming product support or information inquiries from consumers. Outgoing calls for telemarketing,...
operator from Lusaka
Lusaka
Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia. It is located in the southern part of the central plateau, at an elevation of about 1,300 metres . It has a population of about 1.7 million . It is a commercial centre as well as the centre of government, and the four main highways of Zambia head...
, Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
. Maxwell became the fourth housemate to be evicted with 12 of the 13 votes on Day 42.
Meryl
Meryl Shikwambane (born March 8, 1986) is a receptionistReceptionist
A receptionist is an employee taking an office/administrative support position. The work is usually performed in a waiting area such as a lobby or front office desk of an organization or business...
from Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
. She was the third evictee of the series, after receiving 8 of 13 votes on day 35.
In 2010 Meryl competed in Big Brother Africa 5: All-Stars and lasted 77 days. She has spent a combinded 108 days in the Big Brother house.
Ofunneka
Ofunneka Malokwu (born August 9, 1977) is a personal assistantPersonal assistant
A personal assistant or personal aide is someone who assists in daily business or personal tasks. It is common in design to have a PDA, or personal design assistant....
from Jos
Jos
Jos is a city in the Middle Belt of Nigeria.The city has a population of about 1.5 million residents. Popularly called "J-town" or "Jesus Our Saviour" by the residents, it is the administrative capital of Plateau State....
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
. She celebrated her 30th birthday whilst in the Big Brother house. She was the runner-up in the series.
Richard
Richard Dyle Bezuidenhout (born August 10, 1982) is a studentStudent
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
from Ilala
Ilala
Ilala District is one of three districts in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the others being Temeke to the South and Kinondoni to the North. The 2002 National Tanzania Census states the population for Ilala as 634,924. The area is 273 km²...
, Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
. He was the winner of Big Brother Africa 2.
Tatiana
Tatiana Durão (born March 31, 1981) is an actress and modelModel (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
from Luanda
Luanda
Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...
, Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
. She was the 10th person to be evicted from the big brother house. She made the final on day 98.
In 2010 Tatiana competed in Big Brother Africa 5: All-Stars and lasted 84 days. She has spent a combined 182 days in the Big Brother house.
Nominations
Each week housmates nominate two other housemates for eviction in the Diary Room and must give justified and clear reasons. 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.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 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 chose 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.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 chose 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 immunityImmunity (reality television)
Immunity in reality television is a concept that is widely used in weekly elimination-type reality television shows by which a contestant participating in such a show may not be "kicked off" or eliminated from competition in a particular time period...
from nomination and eviction (referred to as "exempt").
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Final Week 14 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard | Lerato Ofunneka |
No Nominations |
Justice, Jeff |
Kwaku, Meryl |
Meryl, Kwaku |
Maxwell, Lerato |
Bertha, Lerato |
Bertha, Lerato |
Bertha, Kwaku |
Code, Kwaku |
Maureen, Code |
Maureen, Ofunneka |
|||
| Ofunneka | Lerato Meryl |
No Nominations |
Meryl, Lerato |
Meryl, Lerato |
Lerato, Meryl |
Lerato, Kwaku |
Bertha, Lerato |
Bertha, Lerato |
Bertha, Kwaku |
Code, Kwaku |
Code, Richard |
Richard, Tatiana |
|||
| Tatiana | Lerato Maxwell |
No Nominations |
Bertha, Lerato |
Maxwell, Lerato |
Ofunneka, Lerato |
Lerato, Maxwell |
Bertha, Lerato |
Bertha, Lerato |
Bertha, Kwaku |
Kwaku, Ofunneka |
Maureen, Code |
Maureen, Ofunneka |
|||
| Maureen | Lerato Kwaku |
No Nominations |
Bertha, Meryl |
Bertha, Meryl |
Meryl, Bertha |
Maxwell, Bertha |
Bertha, Lerato |
Bertha, Lerato |
Bertha, Kwaku |
Kwaku, Richard |
Tatiana, Richard |
Ofunneka, Tatiana |
Evicted (Day 84) |
||
| Code | Justice Maureen |
No Nominations |
Justice, Maureen |
Jeff, Meryl |
Meryl, Tatiana |
Richard, Tatiana |
Bertha, Lerato |
Bertha, Lerato |
Bertha, Kwaku |
Kwaku, Tatiana |
Ofunneka, Richard |
Evicted (Day 77) |
|||
| Kwaku | Richard Justice |
No Nominations |
Justice, Ofunneka |
Jeff, Ofunneka |
Ofunneka, Maureen |
Maureen Richard |
Code, Richard |
Maureen, Richard |
Code, Maureen |
Maureen, Richard |
Evicted (Day 70) |
||||
| Bertha | Meryl Justice |
No Nominations |
Justice, Jeff |
Jeff, Maureen |
Meryl, Maureen |
Maureen, Richard |
Code, Maureen |
Code, Maureen |
Code, Maureen |
Evicted (Day 63) |
|||||
| Lerato | Maureen Ofunneka |
No Nominations |
Jeff, Ofunneka |
Jeff, Ofunneka |
Richard, Tatiana |
Richard, Tatiana |
Code, Maureen |
Code, Maureen |
Evicted (Day 56) |
||||||
| Maxwell | Meryl Jeff |
No Nominations |
Richard, Meryl |
Richard, Meryl |
Richard, Kwaku |
Richard, Bertha |
Evicted (Day 42) |
||||||||
| Meryl | Ofunneka Justice |
No Nominations |
Jeff, Bertha |
Jeff, Maureen |
Maureen, Ofunneka |
Evicted (Day 35) |
|||||||||
| Jeff | Justice Maxwell |
No Nominations |
Justice, Bertha |
Meryl, Lerato |
Evicted (Day 28) |
||||||||||
| Justice | Meryl Bertha |
No Nominations |
Meryl, Bertha |
Evicted (Day 21) |
|||||||||||
| Nomination notes | none | ||||||||||||||
| Head of House | Jeff | Ofunneka | Meryl | Bertha | Maxwell | Lerato | Tatiana | Maureen | Richard | Code | Ofunneka | Tatiana | No HoH |
||
| Against public vote (pre-hoh) |
No Nominations |
No Nominations |
Bertha, Justice |
Jeff, Meryl |
Maureen, Meryl, Ofunneka |
Lerato, Maxwell, Richard |
Kwaku, Ofunneka, Tatiana |
Bertha, Lerato |
Bertha, Kwaku |
Code, Kwaku, Richard |
Code, Richard |
Maureen, Ofunneka, Tatiana |
Ofunneka, Richard, Tatiana |
||
| Against public vote (post-hoh) |
No Nominations |
No Nominations | Jeff, Justice |
Jeff, Maureen |
Maureen, Meryl, Richard |
Maxwell, Richard, Tatiana |
Kwaku, Lerato, Ofunneka |
Bertha, Lerato |
Bertha, Kwaku |
Kwaku, Richard, Tatiana |
Code, Richard |
Maureen, Ofunneka, Tatiana |
|||
| Evicted | No Eviction |
No Eviction |
Justice 7 of 13 to evict |
Jeff 7 of 13 to evict |
Meryl 8 of 13 to evict |
Maxwell 12 of 13 to evict |
Kwaku, Ofunneka to fake evict |
Lerato 8 of 13 to evict |
Bertha 12 of 13 to evict |
Kwaku 11 of 13 to evict |
Code 10 of 13 to evict |
Maureen 10 of 13 to evict |
Tatiana 1 of 13 to win |
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| Ofunneka 5 of 13 to win |
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| Richard 7 of 13 to win |
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Nomination notes
On Day 2, Housemates were asked to name 2 others that they would nominate if it were a regular Monday. These nominations did not count and no one was put up for the public vote.There were no nominations or eviction for Week 2.
As Head of House, Meryl chose to remove Bertha from the nominees and replace her with Jeff. As Head of House, Bertha chose to remove Meryl from the nominees and replace her with Maureen.
As Head of House, Maxwell chose to remove Ofunneka from the nominees and replace her with Richard. As Head of House, Lerato chose to remove herself from the nominees and replace her with Tatiana. In Week 7, Big Brother reversed the nomination process by putting up the Housemates with the least nominations. As Head of House, Tatiana chose to remove herself from the nominees and replace her with Lerato. There will be a fake eviction on Sunday, the two fake evicted Housemates will have full access to the happenings in the House. Due to the fake eviction there will be no public voting in Week 7. As Head of House, Maureen chose to keep the nominations the same. Kwaku and Ofunneka were exempt from being nominated during Week 8. As Head of House, Richard chose to keep the nominations the same. Code, the Head of House, chose to save himself and nominate Tatiana in his place. As Head of House, Ofunneka chose to keep the nominations the same. As Head of House, Tatiana chose to keep the nominations the same.
Rules and Regulations
Of contention is also the continued enforcing and later breaking of regulations, such as the imposition of a uniformUniform
A uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity. Modern uniforms are worn by armed forces and paramilitary organizations such as police, emergency services, security guards, in some workplaces and schools and by inmates...
that was later withdrawn, and subsequent bans against smoking and excessive alcohol consumption
Alcohol consumption
Alcohol consumption may refer to:* Alcohol consumption by youth in the United States* Alcoholic beverage* Legal drinking age* List of countries by alcohol consumption* Long-term effects of alcohol* Short-term effects of alcohol...
that were also later withdrawn with the provision of a shopping list
Shopping list
A shopping list is a list of items needed to be purchased by a shopper. Consumers often compile a shopping list of groceries to purchase on the next visit to the grocery store. The list may be compiled immediately before the shopping trip or incrementally as shopping needs arise throughout the...
service where the housemates could order whatever they wanted.
Product Placement
The continued interruption of the live broadcast to advertise the show's sponsors has also been questioned.Nomination Procedure
The change of the nomination procedure to involve a vetoVeto
A veto, Latin for "I forbid", is the power of an officer of the state to unilaterally stop an official action, especially enactment of a piece of legislation...
by the head of house has also been questioned, especially since the veto could be abused for personal reasons.
Controversy/Criticism
Controversy came up after second runner-up Ofunneka was sexually assaulted by Richard when all the housemates were drunk. The producers of the show deny this, stating it was with Ofunneka's consent, but fellow housemate Maureen screamed for Big Brother's help after she tried to get Richard off Ofunneka. Richard was taken into the diary room while paramedics came in to help the girls. No further comment has been made about the issue, especially as Ofunneka had passed out and remembered nothing of what happened. (In the Australian version of the show, the male housemates who sexually assaulted a female housemate were evicted).Newly-wed Richard carried out an affair with Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
n model Tatiana during their stay in the house. This angered Richard's Canadian wife, who threatened him with divorce. Another housemate, Malawian radio DJ Code, managed to seduce all his female housemates. Unknown to him, his Dutch girlfriend was pregnant with his child, and surprised him by showing up at his eviction. Richard and Code were eventually forgiven by their respective partners.
Producers were unable to deal with other issues which included bullying by South African Lerato Sengadi. Indecent sexual acts by Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
n housemate Meryl and Ghanian Kweku were another talking point, although Meryl denies the couple had sex.
The show has been the subject of much criticism, especially from the fact that most of the items in the house are not "African" and therefore it is not really "Big Brother Africa", but essentially just a Big Brother-style show with African contestants.
At the end of its run, Big Brother Africa 2 was criticized for not showing any positive values to young people all over the continent.
External links
- Big Brother Africa 2 at M-NetM-NetM-Net is a subscription-funded television channel in South Africa, established in 1986 by Naspers....