Big Brother Africa (season 7)


Big Brother Africa 7 was the seventh season of the Big Brother Africa reality television series produced by Endemol for M-Net. It began on 6 May 2012, and ran for 91 days ending on 5 August 2012. Ikponmwosa "IK" Osakioduwa came back to host the show for the fourth time in a row. The first episode had live performances from American rapper J. Cole, Kenyan hip hop group Camp Mulla, Nigerian musicians P-Square, Naeto C, Flavour and Davido, and South African artist Aemo E'Face in the opening ceremony. On Thursday, 14 February 2013; [|Goldie] died at the age of 29 after returning from the Grammy Awards. She is the first Big Brother Africa ex-housemate to die.

Format

There were thirty five housemates this season and lived in two houses. Upville and Downville. Seven of the thirty five were celebrity housemates who lived in the Upville House while the remaining twenty eight lived in the Downville House. The housemates were competing for US$300,000. This season also featured the Random Lottery Nomination where two countries from the Downville House will be nominated for the week and depending on the votes, the survivors will move to the Upville House while the rest are evicted. This year, fourteen countries participated in the season. Each country had two representatives paired up as Big Brother Friends plus seven celebrities from the fourteen African countries. Of the fourteen countries, twelve of them were returning countries while the other two were new ones. The twelve returning countries were Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The two new countries were Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Housemates

On Day 1, thirty five housemates entered the House on launch night including 7 celebrity contestants.
NameReal/Full NameAgeOccupationCountryDay enteredDay exitedStatus
KeaganKeagan Petersen22Intern ManagerSouth Africa191
PrezzoJackson Ngechu Makini32MusicianKenya191
Lady MayMartha Namundjebo25MusicianNamibia191
TaliaTalia Hayward23Graphic DesignerZambia191
KyleKyle Duncan Kushaba24JournalistUganda191
WatiWatipaso Vincent Kulemeka22EntrepreneurMalawi191
JanetteJannette Georgina Lutaaya22DancerUganda184
AlexAlex Mugachia Chege23StudentKenya177
KeittaKeitta Ossei Massai22ModelGhana177
GoldieSusan Oluwabimpe Harvey28MusicianNigeria170
JuniaJunia Cloete23ReceptionistNamibia163
MalonzaMalonza Chege22StudentKenya163
NafeAlinafe Phillip Kulemeka22Assistant AdministratorMalawi156
TamaraTamara Ngozi Nyirongo27MusicianZambia156
BarbzBabalwa Mneno-Mandel34149
ManetaManeta Mazanhi21StudentZimbabwe144
RokiRockford Josphat27MusicianZimbabwe144
JesicaJesica Shikeva21StudentNamibia142
LeeLee Stemmet22StudentSouth Africa142
DKBDerick Kobina Bonney26ComedianGhana129
ZainabZainab Sheriff26ModelSierra Leone129
EdithEdith Maygilip30Personal AssistantBotswana128
EveEvelyn Lilian Maygilip25MarketerBotswana128
MildredMildred Ashong25MusicianGhana128
EsperancaEsperanca Vemba24ModelAngola126
SeydouSeydou Soumare26EntrepreneurAngola126
MampiMampi Mirriam Mukape25R&B SingerZambia121
DalphinDalphin Alexander27Model BookerSierra Leone114
LukeLukuly Dokinah26EntrepreneurLiberia114
YadelYadel Nimley22EntertainerLiberia114
ChrisChristian Asekomeh25Fashion DesignerNigeria112
OlaOlamilekan Ibrahim Barake29Interior DesignerNigeria112
HildaHilda Reiffenstein28SaleswomanTanzania17
JulioJuliano Joseph Batalia27ManagerTanzania17
TeclarTeclar Mazanhi31ActressZimbabwe17

Nominations table

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Nominations total received

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Voting history

Nominations and voting notes

Week 1

On Day 1, Tanzania and Zimbabwe were nominated via the Random Lottery Nomination, making Hilda, Julio, Maneta and Teclar up for eviction for the week.
This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:
On Day 7, Hilda, Julio and Teclar were evicted while Maneta moved to the Upville House.

Week 2

On Day 8, Liberia and Sierra Leone were nominated via the Random Lottery Nomination, making Dalphin, Luke, Yadel and Zainab up for eviction for the week.
On Day 12, Chris and Ola walked out of the house due to the latter's health problems.
This week, viewers voted for housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:
On Day 14, Dalphin, Luke and Yadel were evicted while Zainab moved to the Upville House.

Week 3

On Day 15, nominations occurred in the Upville House. Zainab was exempted from the nominations after joining the house the previous day.
The initial nominees were DKB, Mampi and Maneta.
Head of House, DKB decided to save himself and replace himself with Lady May.
Therefore, Lady May, Mampi and Maneta were up for eviction for the week.
This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:
On Day 21, Mampi was evicted.

Week 4

On Day 22, Botswana and Ghana were nominated via the Random Lottery Nomination, making Edith, Eve, Keitta and Mildred up for eviction for the week.
On Day 26, Esperanca and Seydou walked out of the house due to the former's personal issues.
This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:
On Day 28, Edith, Eve and Mildred were evicted while Keitta moved to the Upville House.

Week 5

On Day 29, nominations occurred in the "Upville" House. Keitta was exempted from the nominations after joining the house the previous day.
On the same day, Big Brother ejected DKB and Zainab for breaking the no violence rule.
Due to this event, this week's eviction show was cancelled.

Week 6

On Day 36, Namibia and South Africa were nominated via the Random Lottery Nomination, making Jesica, Junia, Keagan and Lee up for eviction for the week.
This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:
On Day 42, Jesica and Lee were evicted while Junia and Keagan moved to the Upville House.

Week 7

On Day 43, nominations occurred in the Upville House. Junia and Keagan were exempted from the nominations after joining the house the previous day.
The initial nominees were Barbz, Maneta and Prezzo.
Head of House, Goldie decided to save Prezzo and replace him with Keitta.
Therefore, Barbz, Keitta and Maneta were up for eviction for the week.
On Day 44, Big Brother ejected Maneta and Roki for breaking the no violence rule.
This means only Barbz and Keitta were this week's nominees.
This week, viewers were voting for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:
On Day 49, Barbz was evicted.

Week 8

On Day 50, Malawi and Zambia were nominated via the Random Loterry Nomination, making Nafe, Talia, Tamara and Wati up for eviction for the week.
This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:
On Day 56, Nafe and Tamara were evicted while Talia and Wati moved to the Upville House.
On the same day, the remaining Downville housemates moved to the Upville House.

Week 9

On Day 57, nominations occurred. Talia and Wati were exempted from the nominations after joining the Upville House the previous day. All housemates were living in the Upville House after the houses merged on Day 56.
The initial nominees were Goldie, Junia, Keagan, Kyle, Lady May and Prezzo.
Head of House, Keagan decided to save himself and replace himself with Malonza.
Therefore, Goldie, Junia, Kyle, Lady May, Malonza and Prezzo were up for eviction for the week.
This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:
*Lady May and Goldie shared a vote from Liberia.
On Day 63, Junia and Malonza were evicted.

Week 10

On Day 64, nominations occurred.
The initial nominees were Goldie, Keagan, Lady May and Prezzo.
Head of House, Keagan decided to save himself and replace himself with Kyle.
Therefore, Goldie, Kyle, Lady May were up for eviction for the week.
This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:
On Day 70, Goldie was evicted.

Week 11

On Day 71, nominations occurred.
The initial nominees were Alex, Keagan, Lady May, Prezzo and Wati.
Head of House, Kyle decided to save Keagan and replace him with Keitta.
Therefore, Alex, Keitta, Lady May, Prezzo and Wati were up for eviction for the week.
This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:
On Day 77, Alex and Keitta were evicted.

Week 12

On Day 78, nominations occurred.
The initial nominees were Janette, Lady May, Prezzo and Wati.
Head of House, Wati decided to save himself and replace himself with Kyle.
Therefore, Janette, Kyle, Lady May and Prezzo were up for eviction for the week.
This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:
On Day 84, Janette was evicted.

Week 13

Keagan, Kyle, Lady May, Prezzo, Talia and Wati were the finalists of the season. The final six were competing for the grand prize of US$300,000.
This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to win and these were the results:
Keagan won 2012's StarGame! season after getting the most votes with 7 country votes.