Big Brother Africa 3 is the third series of the Big Brother Africa

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 24, 2008.
As with the previous series, the show involves 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 is filmed in a house at Sasani Studios in Lyndhurst, Johannesburg. This season marks the closest vote in the history of the Big Brother

Big Brother (TV series)

Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...

 series in Africa.

Hazel

Hazel Warren is the 25-year-old representative from Malawi. Hazel finished in second place on the 23rd of November 2008 (Day 91) after a close vote result between her and Ricco in which she received 38.60% of the vote to Riccos 38.80%. Early on in her stay Hazel became known as the house cook among her housemates even though according to a few of her housemates she had only mediocre cooking skills. Throughout her stay in the house Hazel became close with South African housemate Thami. She managed to avoid being nominated early on in the series (with exception of the fourth round of nominations) but towards the end of her stay in the Big brother house she was nominated three times in a row, during one of which she was up against Thami. Following Thami's eviction Hazel found herself outnumbered three-to-one and was nominated against Tawana in the final eviction of the season. To both her and Tawana's surprise Hazel survived.

Latoya

Latoya Lyakurwa is the 21-year-old from Tanzania where she works as a secretary. She became the first evictee of Big brother Africa 3 on the 21st of September 2008 (Day 28). Latoya's stay in the Big Brother house was highlighted by her alternating of two male companions. She shared a bed with Ricco at night but was constantly seen attaching herself to Morris during the day. This led several housemates to remark how Latoya was "playing" both of them. Latoya stated several times ,during a private conversation with Munya and while in the rubbish dump for a week with Tawana, that she did not care about how the guys were feeling as she was just having fun.

Lucille

Lucille Naobes is the 21-year-old representative from Namibia. She became the second evictee of the show on the 28th of September 2008 (Day 35). Lucille was not initially nominated by the housemates for eviction, but ended up being placed for nomination by Takondwa who had been nominated but had Head of House privileges for that week, which meant he could replace himself with any of the housemate. The reason Takondwa gave was that he felt Lucille was the least likely housemate to get voted out by the viewers. Lucille stated in the post-eviction interview that she thought Takondwa was still suspecting her of stealing his cigarettes and that is the real reason he replaced himself with her. A highlight of the eviction was that Nigerian housemate Uti had a violent outburst when he learned that Lucille was to be evicted.

Mimi

Wihelmina (Mimi) Abu-Andani is the 27-year-old representative from Ghana. She became the fifth evictee Big brother 3 Africa on the 19th of October 2008 (Day 56). She was notorious for her gossiping sessions with Ricco and Lucille. Towards the end of her stay Mimi was seen as over confident sometimes even cocky by some of the viewers as she stated many times that Africa would not vote her out.

Morris

Morris Mugisha is the 29-year-old representative from Uganda. He became the seventh evictee of Big brother Africa 3 on the 2nd of November 2008 (Day 70).

Munya

Munyaradzi (Munya) Chidzonga is the 22-year-old representative from Zimbabwe. Munya finished in third place on the 23rd of November 2008 (Day 91). During his stay in the Big brother house Munya became romantically close with Botswanan housemate Tawana. Midway through his stay Munya took part in a Big brother swap with Finnish housemate Johan. While in Finland Munya grew close to Finnish housemate Cheryll. Towards the end of his stay he became friends with Angolan housemate Ricco.
Munya competed as a contestant in Big Brother Africa 5: All-Stars in which she lasted 91 days and was runner-up in the final. She spent a combined 182 days in the Big Brother house.

Ricco

Ricardo (Ricco) Venancio is the 21-year-old representative from Angola. Ricco was declared the winner of Big brother 3 Africa on the 23rd of November 2008 (Day 91) after a close vote result between him and Hazel in which he received 38.80% to Hazels 38.60%. Early on his stay in the house Ricco found himself attracted to Tanzanian housemate Latoya. Towards the end of his stay he found himself attracted to Botswanan housemate Tawana, so much so that a night of drinking may or may not have led the two become closer. During his stay in the house Ricco also became friends with Munya as well as Mimi and Lucille.

Sheila

Sheila Kwamboka is the 23-year-old representative from Kenya. She became the fourth evictee of Big Brother 3 Africa on the 12th of October 2008 (Day 49). She is a former beauty queen under the Kenyan Miss tourism title but she was dethroned due to controversies. Sheila will be remembered for her talkative attitude and entertaining personality as well as her relationship with Takondwa during her stay in the house and her bisexuality.
In 2010 Sheila competed as a contestant on Big Brother Africa 5: All-Stars and lasted until the final on day 91. She has spent a total of 140 days in the Big Brother house.

Takondwa

Takondwa Nkonjera is the 25-year-old representative from Zambia. He became the sixth evictee of Big brother 3 Africa on the 26th of October 2008 (Day 63). While in the house Takondwa started a relationship with fellow housemate Sheila from Kenya. Takondwa also made many enemies in the house when during the second round of nominations he, as HOH, chose to replace himself who was already up for nomination with his friend and fellow housemate Lucille. Also while in the house Takondwa was up for nomination five times but was saved three of the times, twice by himself and once by fellow housemate Morris.

Tawana

Tawana Lebale is the 31-year-old representative from Botswana. She became the ninth and final evictee of the season on the 16th of November 2008 (Day 84). Early on in her stay Tawana was fake evicted to the Big brother dump along with Tanzanian housemate Latoya after which she and Latoya were both up for eviction. Tawana managed to survive the first eviction and returned to the house. During the rest of her stay in the Big brother Africa house Tawana became romantically close with fellow housemates Ricco and Munya, but stated that she only felt feelings for Munya. She was not initially nominated for eviction in round nine of nominations but was selected by Munya to replace Ricco as the second nominee in the final eviction. Tawana caused a lot of controversy amongst fans of the reality show due to her sexual escapades with various housemates.

Thami

Thamsanqa (Thami) Prusent is the 26-year-old representative from South Africa. He became the eighth evictee from Big brother 3 Africa on the 9th of November 2008 (Day 77). While in the house Thami started a relationship with fellow housemate Hazel from Malawi. Towards the end of the season both Thami and Hazel were nominated many times and in the eighth round of nominations they found themselves nominated against each other.

Uti

Uti Nwachukwu is the 25-year-old representative from Nigeria. He became the third evictee of Big Brother Africa 3 house on the 5th of October 2008 (Day 42). During his stay Uti was known for often teasing his fellow housemates(mostly Mimi and Thami). During Namibian housemate Lucille's eviction Uti had a violent out burst upon learning that she had been evicted.
In 2010 Uti competed as a contestant in Big Brother Africa 5: All-Stars in which he lasted 91 days and ultimately won by defeating Munya is a final vote of 8 to 7. He has spent a combined total of 133 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.

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. 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.

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 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 immunity

Immunity (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 13
Ricco	Munya Morris	Morris Thami	Hazel Tawana	No Nominations	Takondwa Tawana	Takondwa Tawana	Hazel Takondwa	Takondwa Thami	Morris Thami	Hazel Thami	Thami Hazel	Tawana Hazel
Hazel	Mimi Takondwa	Ricco Takondwa	Mimi Munya	No Nominations	Mimi Takondwa	Munya Ricco	Sheila Takondwa	Mimi Munya	Ricco Takondwa	Morris Munya	Munya Ricco	Tawana Ricco
Munya	Sheila Morris	Lucille Ricco	Hazel Latoya	No Nominations	Ricco Takondwa	Takondwa Uti	Sheila Takondwa	Mimi Thami	In Finland House	Hazel Thami	Hazel Thami	Hazel Ricco
Tawana	Sheila Lucille	Lucille Thami	Lucille Thami	Nominated	Mimi Ricco	Mimi Morris	Mimi Sheila	Thami Mimi	Ricco Takondwa	Morris Thami	Thami Hazel	Ricco Hazel	Evicted (Day 84)
Thami	Hazel Uti	Ricco Uti	Sheila Tawana	No Nominations	Ricco Uti	Munya Mimi	Hazel Takondwa	Munya Takondwa	Morris Ricco	Morris Ricco	Ricco Munya	Evicted (Day 77)
Morris	Ricco Takondwa	Lucille Takondwa	Sheila Thami	No Nominations	Munya Ricco	Ricco Takondwa	Hazel Tawana	Mimi Takondwa	Takondwa Tawana	Hazel Munya	Evicted (Day 70)
Takondwa	Takondwa Lucille	Morris Hazel	Latoya Uti	No Nominations	Lucille Uti	Thami Uti	Tawana Thami	Thami Ricco	Thami Tawana	Evicted (Day 63)
Mimi	Sheila Thami	Morris Thami	Sheila Uti	No Nominations	Hazel Uti	Hazel Uti	Takondwa Tawana	Thami Takondwa	Evicted (Day 56)
Sheila	Ricco Tawana	Morris Thami	Morris Tawana	No Nominations	Hazel Morris	Hazel Morris	Tawana Thami	Evicted (Day 49)
Uti	Takondwa Tawana	Lucille Mimi	Munya Latoya	No Nominations	Hazel Takondwa	Munya Takondwa	Evicted (Day 42)
Lucille	Thami Thami	Morris Thami	Latoya Tawana	No Nominations	Sheila Uti	Evicted (Day 35)
Latoya	Hazel Tawana	Sheila Takondwa	Sheila Tawana	Nominated	Evicted (Day 28)
Nomination notes								none		none			See notes ,
Head of House	No HoH	Tawana	Ricco	Lucille	Takondwa	Takondwa	Morris	Morris	Tawana	Tawana	Tawana	Munya	No HoH
Against public vote (pre-hoh)	No Nominations	Morris Thami	Latoya Sheila Tawana	No Nominations	Ricco Takondwa Uti	Munya Takondwa Uti	Hazel Sheila Takondwa Tawana	Mimi Takondwa Thami	Ricco Takondwa	Hazel Morris Thami	Hazel Thami	Hazel Ricco	Hazel Munya Ricco
Against public vote (post-hoh)	No Nominations	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 Ricco
Evicted	No Eviction	No Eviction	Latoya 10 of 13 to evict ---- Tawana 3 of 13 to evict	Latoya 11 of 13 to evict	Lucille 11 of 13 to evict	Uti 7 of 13 to evict	Sheila 10 of 13 to evict	Mimi 10 of 13 to evict	Takondwa 11 of 13 to evict	Morris 8 of 13 to evict	Thami 11 of 13 to evict	Tawana 10 of 13 to evict	Munya 1 of 13 (22.60%) to win
													Hazel 6 of 13 (38.60%) to win
													Ricco 6 of 13 (38.80%) to win

Nomination notes

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.
On day 8, Housemates were asked to nominate two housemates for eviction. These nominations did count and Morris and Thami were nominated for eviction but the eviction will be fake. The housemates were not told the nominations were fake. After the nominations were done, the housemates were told which housemates had received the highest number of votes.
On day 21 there was a fake double eviction. The two housemates who have been evicted (Latoya and Tawana), have been sent to the big brother rubbish dump. On day 28, one of them will be evicted permanently, while the other will be returned to the house. The other housemates do not know that one of their housemates will be returning to them.
The Head of House Takondwa chose to save himself from nomination, and replace himself with Lucille.
The Head of House Takondwa chose to save himself from nomination, and replace himself with Ricco.
The Head of House Morris chose to save Takwonda from nomination and replace him with Ricco.
Munya was exempt from nominations and immune from eviction this week as he was in the Big brother Finland house when nominations took place.
The Head of House Munya chose to save Ricco from nomination and replace him with Tawana.
In the final week viewers were voting for who they wanted to see win the show instead of who they wanted to evict.
Due to a 6-6 deadlock between Hazel and Ricco, in accordance with the rules of Big Brother Africa, Ricco won as the housemate with the largest percentage of votes cast.

External links

• Big Brother Africa 3 at M-Net
  M-Net
  M-Net is a subscription-funded television channel in South Africa, established in 1986 by Naspers....
  
  
• Big Brother Africa 3 official fan site at www.BigBrotherAfrica.com
• Big Brother Africa Highlights at Ugandaonline.net