Big Brother Africa season 4

Big Brother Africa 4 (also known as Big Brother Africa: Revolution) was the fourth series of the Big Brother Africa reality television series produced by Endemol. The series began airing on September 6, 2009, and aired for 92 days, ending on December 6, 2009, on M-Net. Nigerian television star IK Osakioduwa was the new host for the series. The grand prize fund this year is $200,000.

Big Brother Africa
Season 4
No. of days	91
No. of housemates	25
Winner	Kevin
Runner-up	Emma
Season chronology

Format

This year's format has changed from past seasons. Some of the changes are:

• Housemates are now allowed to freely discuss nominations.
• The public will vote to save, not voting to evict. However, some weeks have included the public voting to evict instead of to save.
• The winner receives $200,000.

There has been numerous twists in this year's series.

• On Day 0, twelve all-male housemates entered the House, with no female housemates entered.
• One housemate, Edward, has a twin brother, Erastus, who are both part of the twin twist. Every few days, Edward and Erastus will switch places. Their mission is to keep secret that they have switched places. If they both successfully do this for two weeks, they will play individually. Three people are allowed to find out, but if four people find out, they will play as one housemate. They were successful, and allowed to play as individuals. Erastus became the seventh person to be evicted from the House on Day 28.
• For the first time, on Day 7, two housemates, Teddy and Wayoe, became evicted as part of a double eviction.
• After the double eviction, twelve all-female housemates entered a house next door, without the male housemates knowing. The female housemates spied on the male housemates for one week, before entering the main house.
• For the first time, on Day 28, three housemates, Erastus, Rene, and Paloma became evicted as part of a triple eviction.
• On Day 28, it was announced that all remaining housemates would no longer be competing individually, but in pairs. The pairs will play the game as one. If one member is nominated, both are nominated. If one is saved by the Head of House, both are safe. If one is evicted, then both are evicted. Although, diary sessions can be still individual. The pairs were:
  • Jeremy and Geraldine
  • Edward and Emma
  • Kaone and Liz
  • Itai and Nkenna
  • Hannington and Yacob
  • Quinn and Kristal
  • Mzamo and Leonel
  • Kevin and Elizabeth
• On Day 49, the pairs were dismantled and the housemates were, again, playing as individuals.

Housemates

A total of 25 housemates entered the House, an increase than previous series. Fourteen countries; Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe participated in this year's series. On Day 0, twelve male housemates entered the House. During week one, Edward's twin, Erastus, switched places with each other. They will switch on and off in the first two weeks. On Day 7, twelve female housemates entered a secret House next door. On Day 14, Edward and Erastus was revealed to the male housemates as twins, and from now on will play as individuals.

Name	Real/Full Name	Age	Occupation	Country	Day entered	Day exited	Status
Kevin	Kevin Chuwang Pam	27	Entertainer	Nigeria	1	91	Winner
Emma	Maria Baptista da Rocha	24	Student	Angola	7	91	Runner-up
Edward	Edward Moongo	33	Public Relations Officer	Namibia	1	91	Third Place
Mzamo	Mzamose Chibambo	24	Personal Assistant	Malawi	7	91	Fourth Place
Nkenna	Nkenna Iwuagwu	23	Student	Nigeria	7	91	Fifth Place
Itai	Itai Makumbe	31	Student	Zimbabwe	1	84	Evicted
Geraldine	Geraldine Iheme	24	Student	Nigeria	7	77	Evicted
Leonel	Leonel Estevoa	23	IT Administrator	Mozambique	1	70	Evicted
Elizabeth	Elizabeth Gupta	21	Television Presenter and Actress	Tanzania	7	63	Evicted
Jeremy	Jeremy Ndirangu	22	Student and Auditor	Kenya	1	56	Evicted
Kristal	Kristal Culverwell	26	Ambulance Technician	Zimbabwe	7	49	Evicted
Quinn	Quinn Seiber	21	Student	South Africa	1	49	Evicted
Kaone	Kaone Ramontshonyana	26	Intern Principal Youth Officer	Botswana	1	42	Evicted
Liz	Liziwe Coka	22	Business Co-Ordinator	South Africa	7	42	Evicted
Hannington	Hannington Kuteesa	23	Business Owner	Uganda	1	35	Evicted
Yacob	Yacob Yehdego	28	Assistant manager	Ethiopia	1	35	Evicted
Paloma	Paloma Manda	25	Sales Assistant	Zambia	7	28	Evicted
Rene	Rene Moolman	26	Hairstylist	Namibia	7	28	Evicted
Erastus	Erastus Moongo	33	Business Owner	Namibia	1	28	Evicted
Phil	Filbert Okure	25	Marketing Consultant	Uganda	1	21	Evicted
Jennifer	Jennifer Mussanhane	22	Graduate	Mozambique	7	21	Walked
Maggie	Margaret Mungalu	23	Student and Model	Zambia	7	14	Evicted
Edna	Edna Alfredo	27	Graduate	Angola	7	14	Evicted
Wayoe	George Wayoe	34	Web Developer	Ghana	1	7	Evicted
Teddy	Edward Muthusi	34	Advertising Copywriter, Voice-Over Artist and Broadcaster	Kenya	1	7	Evicted

Nominations table

Each week the housemates must nominate two of their fellow housemates for eviction. Each week the HoH must choose to save one of the initial evictees and replace them with another housemate. In weeks when more than two housemates are nominated for eviction the voting results to save are revealed as evict votes which go to housemates who received the fewest votes in a country or countries. Any changes that affect nominations are noted.

		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 13 Final		Nominations received
	Kevin	Kaone, Edward	Hannington, Edward	Phil, Edward	Rene, Edward	Kristal, Hannington	Edward, Liz	Mzamo, Kristal	Leonel, Mzamo	Mzamo, Nkenna	Mzamo, Edward	Edward, Mzamo	Mzamo, Edward	Winner (Day 91)		3
	Emma	Not in House	Nkenna, Geraldine	Edward, Erastus	Rene, Edward	Hannington, Kristal	Itai, Liz	Quinn, Itai	Itai, Mzamo	Nkenna, Mzamo	Nkenna, Geraldine	Nkenna, Mzamo	Edward, Mzamo	Runner-up (Day 91)		19
	Edward	Itai, Jeremy	Jeremy, Leonel	Quinn, Jeremy	Paloma, Liz	Liz, Nkenna	Itai, Liz	Itai, Quinn	Itai, Jeremy	Emma, Elizabeth	Itai, Leonel	Emma, Itai	Emma, Itai	Third place (Day 91)		42
	Mzamo	Not in House	Geraldine, Edna	Erastus, Hannington	Paloma, Liz	Jeremy, Liz	Quinn, Liz	Jeremy, Elizabeth	Jeremy, Elizabeth	Elizabeth, Emma	Itai, Leonel	Itai, Emma	Itai, Emma	Fourth place (Day 91)		24
	Nkenna	Not in House	Emma, Kristal	Edward, Erastus	Paloma, Liz	Yacob, Quinn	Quinn, Kaone	Leonel, Edward	Jeremy, Emma	Emma, Edward	Itai, Leonel	Itai, Emma	Itai, Emma	Fifth place (Day 91)		13
	Itai	Phil, Kaone	Hannington, Edward	Edward, Erastus	Liz, Paloma	Elizabeth, Mzamo	Quinn, Kaone	Edward, Leonel	Jeremy, Mzamo	Emma, Mzamo	Leonel, Emma	Emma, Geraldine	Nkenna, Mzamo	Evicted (Day 84)		26
	Geraldine	Not in House	Maggie, Kristal	Kristal, Edward	Hannington, Rene	Kristal, Yacob	Liz, Quinn	Quinn, Leonel	Nkenna, Mzamo	Edward, Mzamo	Itai, Leonel	Itai, Emma	Evicted (Day 77)			9
	Leonel	Hannington, Edward	Jeremy, Hannington	Phil, Edward	Rene, Edward	Hannington, Kristal	Liz, Kristal	Nkenna, Quinn	Elizabeth, Jeremy	Nkenna, Mzamo	Geraldine, Nkenna	Evicted (Day 70)				18
	Elizabeth	Not in House	Emma, Geraldine	Edward, Kaone	Hannington, Rene	Hannington, Kristal	Itai, Liz	Quinn, Leonel	Itai, Mzamo	Mzamo, Nkenna	Evicted (Day 63)					6
	Jeremy	Edward, Hannington	Hannington, Edward	Phil, Edward	Rene, Edward	Kristal, Yacob	Liz, Mzamo	Itai, Mzamo	Itai, Mzamo	Evicted (Day 56)						24
	Kristal	Not in House	Paloma, Maggie	Emma, Leonel	Hannington, Rene	Hannington, Edward	Jeremy, Edward	Jeremy, Leonel	Evicted (Day 49)							16
	Quinn	Yacob, Hannington	Hannington, Edward	Phil, Edward	Rene, Edward	Hannington, Emma	Liz, Itai	Itai, Mzamo	Evicted (Day 49)							14
	Kaone	Kevin, Hannington	Phil, Yacob	Edward, Phil	Rene, Edward	Hannington, Kristal	Kristal, Kevin	Evicted (Day 42)								8
	Liz	Not in House	Rene, Maggie	Edward, Erastus	Rene, Edward	Yacob, Kristal	Geraldine, Nkenna	Evicted (Day 42)								22
	Hannington	Kaone, Edward	Jeremy, Leonel	Jeremy, Quinn	Paloma, Liz	Jeremy, Liz	Evicted (Day 35)									21
	Yacob	Edward, Kaone	Jeremy, Leonel	Jeremy, Quinn	Paloma, Liz	Liz, Jeremy	Evicted (Day 35)									6
Paloma		Not in House	Kristal, Emma	Edward, Erastus	Rene, Edward	Evicted (Day 28)										9
Rene		Not in House	Kristal, Liz	Leonel, Jennifer	Paloma, Liz	Evicted (Day 28)										13
Erastus		Itai, Jeremy	Jeremy, Leonel	Jeremy, Lionel	Paloma, Liz	Evicted (Day 28)										17
Jennifer		Not in House	Nkenna, Rene	Edward, Erastus	Walked (Day 21)											1
Phil		Edward, Kaone	Jeremy, Leonel	Jeremy, Quinn	Evicted (Day 21)											8
Edna		Not in House	Mzamo, Geraldine	Evicted (Day 14)												2
Maggie		Not in House	Geraldine, Edna	Evicted (Day 14)												3
Wayoe		Phil, Hannington	Evicted (Day 7)													0
Teddy		Kevin, Itai	Evicted (Day 7)													0
Nomination note		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Head of House		none		Kevin	Elizabeth	Itai	Quinn	Leonel	Nkenna	Edward	Edward	Itai	Edward	none
Nominated (pre-HoH)				Edward, Erastus	Edward, Liz, Paloma, Rene	Hannington & Yacob, Kristal & Quinn	Kaone & Liz, Kristal & Quinn	Leonel & Mzamo, Kristal & Quinn	Itai, Jeremy, Mzamo	Emma, Mzamo, Nkenna	Itai, Leonel	Emma, Itai	Emma, Itai, Mzamo
Saved				Edward	Liz	Kristal & Quinn	Kristal & Quinn	Leonel & Mzamo	Itai	Mzamo	Itai	Itai	Mzamo
Against public vote		All housemates	All housemates	Erastus, Phil	Edward, Erastus, Paloma, Rene	Elizabeth & Kevin, Hannington & Yacob	Edward & Emma, Kaone & Liz	Elizabeth & Kevin, Kristal & Quinn	Emma, Jeremy, Mzamo	Elizabeth, Emma, Nkenna	Kevin, Leonel	Emma, Geraldine	Emma, Itai, Kevin	Edward, Emma, Kevin, Mzamo, Nkenna
Walked		none			Jennifer	none
Evicted		Teddy Most points to evict	Edna Most points to evict	Phil 11 of 15 votes to evict	Erastus 7 of 15 votes to evict	Hannington & Yacob 5 of 15 votes to save	Kaone & Liz 4 of 15 votes to save	Kristal & Quinn 5 of 15 votes to save	Jeremy 9 of 15 votes to evict	Elizabeth 8 of 15 votes to evict	Leonel 11 of 15 votes to evict	Geraldine 11 of 15 votes to evict	Itai 7 of 15 votes to evict	Nkenna 0 of 15 votes to win	Mzamo 1 of 15 votes to win
					Rene 6 of 15 votes to evict									Edward 1 of 15 votes to win	Emma 2 of 15 votes to win
		Wayoe Most points to evict	Maggie Most points to evict
					Paloma 2 of 15 votes to evict									Kevin 11 of 15 votes to win

Nomination notes

• ^Note 1 : In Week 1, all Housemates were asked to nominate two housemates for eviction. What the Housemates did not know was that these nominations were fake and all of the Housemates had automatically been nominated for eviction. As Edward & Erastus were on a secret mission, acting as 1 Housemate, the other Housemates knew them collectively as "Edward".
• ^Note 2 : In Week 2, twelve female Housemates entered a secret House next door to the real Big Brother House. The male Housemates are unaware of this, so male Housemates nominated males. The females nominated female Housemates only. Similar to Week 1, nominations were fake, and all-female Housemates had automatically been nominated for eviction, with the male Housemates left exempt from eviction.
• ^Note 3 : In Week 3, Head of House Kevin chose to save Edward from eviction and nominated Phil in his place.
• ^Note 4 : In Week 4, Head of House Elizabeth chose to save Liz from eviction and nominated Erastus in her place.
• ^Note 5 : In Weeks 5 through 7, all Housemates were paired up with another Housemate. However, Housemates will still nominate individually. The two pairs with the highest number of combined nominations will face the public vote. Pairs are denoted by the colored cells to the left of the Housemates' names. Head of House Itai chose to save Kristal and Quinn from eviction and nominated Elizabeth and Kevin in their place.
• ^ Note 6 : In Week 6, Head of House Quinn chose to save himself and Kristal from eviction and nominated Edward and Emma in their place.
• ^Note 7 : In Week 7, Head of House Leonel chose to save himself and Mzamo from eviction and nominated Elizabeth and Kevin in their place.
• ^Note 8 : In Week 8, all remaining pairs were broken and Housemates were told they would, again, be competing as individuals. Head of House Nkenna chose to save Itai from eviction and nominated Emma in his place.
• ^Note 9 : In Week 9, Head of House Edward chose to save Mzamo from eviction and nominated Elizabeth in her place.
• ^Note 10 : In Week 10, Head of House Edward chose to save Itai from eviction and nominated Kevin in his place.
• ^Note 11 : In Week 11, Head of House Itai chose to save himself from eviction and nominated Geraldine in his place.
• ^Note 12 : In Week 12, Head of House Edward chose to save Mzamo from eviction and nominated Kevin in her place.
• ^Note 13 : For the final voting results, it was decided that the winner would be the housemate who received the most win votes.

Controversy

Many fans were not happy about the inequality of number of housemates per representing country. They were emphasizing on how some countries had three participants (e.g. Namibia, Nigeria) while other countries simply had one participant (e.g. Botswana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana - whose only participant was evicted on the first week on the show). The fans complained about the issue to M-Net after how unfair the balance of the game was.

External links

• Big Brother Africa 4 at M-Net
• Big Brother Africa 4 on TVSA
• Big Brother Africa Official Fan Site on BigBrotherAfrica.com