Big Brother Africa
Season 2
No. of days98
No. of housemates12
WinnerRichard
Runner-upOfunneka
Season chronology

Big Brother Africa 2 was the second series of the reality television show Big Brother Africa, produced by Endemol. The season began airing on 5 August 2007 and ran 98 days ending 11 November 2007.

As with the previous season, the show involved 12 countries within Africa (Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) each producing a contestant living in an isolated house in Johannesburg, 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.

Production

The House

Measuring 280 m2, the Big Brother House was significantly transformed from the first season's House. With a lot more eccentric and bold colours with a fusion of Afro-plush, the House boasted two bedrooms – for the guys and girls – a fully equipped kitchen, a communal bathroom, a dining area, a lounge, a backyard with a Jacuzzi, a Diary Room where Housemates were strongly encouraged to voice their true thoughts and feelings, and a Store Room where most of the Housemates' belongings were kept.

Nominations

Each week housemates nominate two other housemates for eviction in the Diary Room and must give justified and clear reasons.[1] 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.[2]

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 choose 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.[2]

Rules and regulations

Of contention is also the continued enforcing and later breaking of regulations, such as the imposition of a uniform 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.

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 veto by the head of house has also been questioned, especially since the veto could be abused for personal reasons.

Housemates

Name Real/Full Name Age Occupation Country Day entered Day exited Status
Richard Richard Dyle Bezuidenhout 25 Student Tanzania 1 98 Winner
Ofunneka Ofunneka Malokwu 30 Personal assistant Nigeria 1 98 Runner-up
Tatiana Tatiana Durão 26 Actress and model Angola 1 98 3rd Place
Maureen Maureen Namatovu 28 Fashion designer Uganda 1 84 Evicted
Code Code Sangala 31 Broadcaster Malawi 1 77 Evicted
Kwaku Kwaku Asamoah Tutu 30 Self-employed Ghana 1 70 Evicted
Bertha Bertha Zakeyo 28 Lawyer Zimbabwe 1 63 Evicted
Lerato Lerato Sengadi 25 Events coordinator South Africa 1 56 Evicted
Maxwell Maxwell Chongu 26 Call centre operator Zambia 1 42 Evicted
Meryl Meryl Shikwambane 21 Receptionist Namibia 1 35 Evicted
Jeff Jeff Kariaga 24 Entrepreneur Kenya 1 28 Evicted
Justice Justice Motlhabani 23 Freelance journalist and student Botswana 1 21 Evicted

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 choose 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 from nomination and eviction (referred to as "exempt").

  - The Housemate marked in green was the Head of House for that week and was granted the Save and Replace power.
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 14
Final		 Nominations received
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		Winner
(Day 98)		18
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		Runner-up
(Day 98)		15
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		Third place
(Day 98)		8
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)		22
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)		12
Kwaku Richard,
Justice		No
Nominations		Justice,
Ofunneka		Jeff,
Ofunneka		Ofunneka,
Maureen		Maureen,
Richard		Code,
Richard		Maureen,
Richard		Code,
Maureen		Maureen,
Richard		Evicted
(Day 70)		15
Bertha Meryl,
Justice		No
Nominations		Justice,
Jeff		Jeff,
Maureen		Meryl,
Maureen		Maureen,
Richard		Code,
Maureen		Code,
Maureen		Code,
Maureen		Evicted
(Day 63)		25
Lerato Maureen,
Ofunneka		No
Nominations		Jeff,
Ofunneka		Jeff,
Ofunneka		Richard,
Tatiana		Richard,
Tatiana		Code,
Maureen		Code,
Maureen		Evicted
(Day 56)		24
Maxwell Meryl
Jeff		No
Nominations		Richard,
Meryl		Richard,
Meryl		Richard,
Kwaku		Richard,
Bertha		Evicted
(Day 42)		6
Meryl Ofunneka,
Justice		No
Nominations		Jeff,
Bertha		Jeff,
Maureen		Maureen,
Ofunneka		Evicted
(Day 35)		19
Jeff Justice,
Maxwell		No
Nominations		Justice,
Bertha		Meryl,
Lerato		Evicted
(Day 28)		10
Justice Meryl,
Bertha		No
Nominations		Meryl,
Bertha		Evicted
(Day 21)		10
Nomination notes 12345678910111213
Head of
House		 JeffOfunnekaMerylBerthaMaxwellLeratoTatianaMaureenRichardCodeOfunnekaTatianaNone
Nominated
(pre-HoH)		 Justice,
Lerato,
Meryl		NoneBertha,
Justice		Jeff,
Meryl		Maureen,
Meryl,
Ofunneka		Lerato,
Maxwell,
Richard		Kwaku,
Ofunneka,
Tatiana		Bertha,
Lerato		Bertha,
Kwaku		Code,
Kwaku,
Richard		Code,
Richard		Maureen,
Ofunneka,
Tatiana
Against
public vote		 NoneJeff,
Justice		Jeff,
Maureen		Maureen,
Meryl,
Richard		Maxwell,
Richard,
Tatiana		Kwaku,
Lerato,
Ofunneka		Kwaku,
Richard,
Tatiana		Ofunneka,
Richard,
Tatiana
Evicted Justice
7 of 13 votes
to evict		 Jeff
7 of 13 votes
to evict		 Meryl
8 of 13 votes
to evict		 Maxwell
12 of 13 votes
to evict		 Kwaku & Ofunneka
chosen to
fake evict		 Lerato
8 of 13 votes
to evict		 Bertha
12 of 13 votes
to evict		 Kwaku
11 of 13 votes
to evict		 Code
10 of 13 votes
to evict		 Maureen
10 of 13 votes
to evict		 Tatiana
1 of 13 votes
to win		 Ofunneka
5 of 13 votes
to win
Richard
7 of 13 votes
to win

Nomination notes

  • ^Note 1 : 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. If there was a public vote, Justice, Lerato, and Meryl would have been nominated.
  • ^Note 2 : There were no nominations or eviction for Week 2.
  • ^Note 3 : As Head of House, Meryl chose to remove Bertha from the nominees and replace her with Jeff.[3]
  • ^Note 4 : As Head of House, Bertha chose to remove Meryl from the nominees and replace her with Maureen.[4]
  • ^Note 5 : As Head of House, Maxwell chose to remove Ofunneka from the nominees and replace her with Richard.[5]
  • ^Note 6 : As Head of House, Lerato chose to remove herself from the nominees and replace her with Tatiana.
  • ^Note 7 : 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.[6]
  • ^Note 8 : As Head of House, Maureen chose to keep the nominations the same.[7] Kwaku and Ofunneka were exempt from being nominated during Week 8.[8]
  • ^Note 9 : As Head of House, Richard chose to keep the nominations the same.
  • ^Note 10 : Code, the Head of House, chose to save himself and nominate Tatiana in his place.
  • ^Note 11 : As Head of House, Ofunneka chose to keep the nominations the same.
  • ^Note 12 : As Head of House, Tatiana chose to keep the nominations the same.
  • ^Note 13 : This week the public voted to win, rather than to evict.

Controversy

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.[9] (In the Australian version of the show, the male housemates who sexually assaulted a female housemate were evicted.)[10]

Newly-wed Richard carried out an affair with Angolan model Tatiana during their stay in the house. This angered Richard's Canadian wife, who threatened him with divorce.[11] Another housemate, Malawian radio DJ Code, managed to seduce all his female housemates. Unknown to him, his Dutch girlfriend, Juna Verheji, was pregnant with his child, and surprised him by showing up at his eviction. Richard and Code were eventually forgiven by their respective partners.[12]

Producers were unable to deal with other issues which included bullying by South African Lerato Sengadi. Indecent sexual acts by Namibian housemate Meryl and Ghanaian Kweku were another talking point, although Meryl denies the couple had sex.[13] 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.[14]

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.

References

  1. ↑ RulesOfficial Big Brother 2 Site Retrieved 2007-08-26 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Special Privileges Official Big Brother 2 Site Retrieved 2007-08-26
  3. ↑ "Justice vs. Jeff!". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
  4. ↑ "Jeff vs Maureen!". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
  5. ↑ "Three Housemates Up!". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  6. ↑ "Fake Eviction". Retrieved 2007-09-18.
  7. ↑ "Touchable!". Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
  8. ↑ "Fake Eviction a Shocker". Retrieved 2007-09-26.
  9. ↑ Kaiza, David (2007-08-27). "Big Brother Horror Show". The First Post. Archived from the original on 16 January 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2007.
  10. ↑ Big Brother Australia Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ Richard Betrayed Me Archived 2010-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ Dramatic Exit for Code
  13. ↑ Interview with Meryl
  14. ↑ "So,why watch Big Brother?". The East African. 2007-08-27. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
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