Big Brother Africa 5

**Big Brother Africa 5** (also known as **Big Brother Africa: All Stars**) is the fifth season of the Big Brother Africa series. It ran for 91 days between the 18th of July and 17th of October of the year 2010. Ikponmwosa "IK" Osakioduwa returned as the host of the show for the second time in a row.

## Format

### Housemate Setup

There were fourteen housemates this season and all lived in the same house. The housemates were competing for US$200 000. Due to the strike that occurred on Day 6, Big Brother reduced the prize money to US$180 000, however, Big Brother restored the money back to US$200 000 on Day 84 following their redemption. This season, fourteen countries participated and each provided one contestant from the previous four seasons to be a housemate. All fourteen countries were returning countries. These fourteen countries were Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

### Head of House

The Head of House was feature that would give one particular housemate special and unique privileges. This would especially come in handy during nominations for they were given a special privilege in terms of saving and replacing nominees. Each Head of House for the week would be determined by the Head of House challenges played on Friday. Whoever wins the Head of House challenge becomes the following week's Head of House.

### Nominations

Every week, housemates were to nominate two other housemates up for eviction. The housemates who received the most nominations were then put up for eviction. The Head of House must then decide which housemate to save and which housemate to replace them with or the Head of House will also face eviction. If the Head of House was also nominated, they can save themselves and put up another housemate in their place. Depending on the Head of House's decision, that list will be the housemates put up for eviction that week and Africa will then decide who stays and who goes.

### Voting

This season, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save. If a housemate received the least votes from Africa, that housemate would be evicted out of the competition. During the finale week, viewers instead voted for the housemate they wanted to win and see walk away with the prize money. The votes were split into fourteen country votes with the Rest of Africa split as the fifteenth vote to split up possible ties.

## Housemates

On Day 1, fourteen housemates from past seasons entered the house on launch night.

## Twists

A twist is an addition to the Big Brother game that makes the competition more interesting and gives different results and also contributes in changing a housemate's opinion on the game that they are playing. The following twists occurred this season:

### Secrets

Each of the fourteen housemates entered with a secret that was worth US$1 000. Each housemate's secret was dropped with a cryptic hint for the rest of the housemates to try and discover them. If a housemate goes through their eviction without having their secret revealed, they get to keep their US$1 000. If they reveal their secret on their own, they lose their US$1 000. If another housemate discovers their secret, that housemate will take their US$1 000. These were the secrets of the housemates:

### Dagger

The Dagger was a twist that was introduced during the live eviction show on Day 7. It gave an evicted housemate the privilege to punish any of the housemates that were still competing in the house for a week up until the live eviction show. Should any of the housemates fail to comply with their punishment, Big Brother will severely punish them with a worse punishment for the duration of the Dagger length. The Daggers were very similar to the Molotov Cocktails in season 4. These were the Daggers thrown at the housemates:

### The Barn

In this twist, evicted housemates will be living in the barn for an undisclosed amount of time.
It's a simple version of the main house and barnmates will have a second chance to win the prize money. They can still nominate housemates to join them but the housemates can't nominate them because of the assumption that they're actually evicted. On Day 77, the barn officially shut down as some of the barnmates returned to the main house while others were officially evicted.

## Nomination History

### Total Nominations Received

 In the Barn.

## Voting History

 Unknown result.

## Nomination, Eviction and Voting Notes

### Week 1

On Day 1, nominations occurred.

Mwisho refused to nominate and was automatically nominated as a result.

The initial nominees were Lerato and Mwisho.

However, Big Brother decided to put up all housemates for eviction.

Therefore, Code, Hannington, Jennifer, Kaone, Lerato, Meryl, Munya, Mwisho, Paloma, Sammi, Sheila, Tatiana, Uti and Yacob were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save but the results are currently unknown.

On Day 7, Kaone and Tatiana were fake evicted from the Big Brother Africa house and returned to the house immediately after the live eviction show.

### Week 2

On Day 8, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Sammi, Tatiana and Uti.

Head of House, Tatiana saved and replaced herself with Hannington.

Therefore, Hannington, Sammi and Uti were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save but the results are currently unknown.

On Day 14, Hannington and Sammi were evicted from the main house and moved to the barn.

### Week 3

On Day 15, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Munya and Tatiana.

Head of House, Tatiana saved and replaced herself with Lerato.

Therefore, Lerato and Munya were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:

* Munya received 12 votes to save: Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
* Lerato received 3 votes to save: Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

On Day 21, Lerato was evicted from the main house and moved to the barn.

### Week 4

On Day 22, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Sheila and Tatiana.

Head of House, Sheila saved and replaced herself with Munya.

Therefore, Munya and Tatiana were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:

* Munya received 12 votes to save: Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
* Tatiana received 3 votes to save: Angola, Ghana and Tanzania.

On Day 28, Tatiana was evicted from the main house and moved to the barn.

### Week 5

On Day 29, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Kaone, Munya and Yacob.

Head of House, Kaone saved and replaced himself with Meryl.

Therefore, Meryl, Munya and Yacob were up for eviction for the week.

On Day 33, Sammi walked out of the barn and the Big Brother Africa house due to health problems.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:

* Munya received 12 votes to save: Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
* Meryl received 3 votes to save: Angola, Kenya and Nigeria.
* Yacob received no votes to save.

On Day 35, Yacob was evicted from the main house and moved to the barn.

### Week 6

On Day 36, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Code and Munya.

Head of House, Jennifer saved Code and replaced him with Sheila.

Therefore, Munya and Sheila were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:

* Munya received 10 votes to save: Botswana, Ghana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
* Sheila received 5 votes to save: Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique and Nigeria.

On Day 42, Sheila was evicted from the main house and moved to the barn.

### Week 7

On Day 43, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Code, Mwisho and Uti.

Head of House, Mwisho saved and replaced himself with Munya.

Therefore, Code, Munya and Uti were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:

* Uti received 8 votes to save: Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.
* Munya received 6 votes to save: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
* Code received 1 vote to save: Malawi.

On Day 49, Code was evicted from the main house and moved to the barn.

### Week 8

On Day 50, nominations occurred.

On the same day, Yacob walked out of the barn and the Big Brother Africa house due to failure of coping with the environment.

The initial nominees were Meryl and Mwisho.

Head of House, Meryl saved and replaced herself with Paloma.

Therefore, Mwisho and Paloma were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:

* Mwisho received 9 votes to save: Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Rest of Africa.
* Paloma received 6 votes to save: Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

On Day 56, Paloma was evicted from the main house and moved to the barn.

### Week 9

On Day 57, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Jennifer and Uti.

Head of House, Uti saved and replaced himself with Munya.

Therefore, Jennifer and Munya were up for eviction for the week.

On Day 61, Big Brother ejected Hannington out of the barn and the Big Brother Africa house for physically assaulting Lerato.

Since the confrontation was two-way, Lerato was also punished.

Her punishment was that she was banned from nominating her fellow housemates for the remainder of her stay in the competition.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:

* Munya received 14 votes to save: Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
* Jennifer received 1 vote to save: Nigeria.

On Day 63, Jennifer was evicted from the main house and moved to the barn.

### Week 10

On Day 64, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Kaone, Munya, Mwisho and Uti.

Head of House, Munya saved and replaced himself with Meryl.

Therefore, Kaone, Meryl, Mwisho and Uti were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:

* Uti received 8 votes to save: Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda and Rest of Africa.
* Kaone received 6 votes to save: Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe
* Mwisho received 1 vote to save: Tanzania.
* Meryl received no votes to save.

On Day 70, Meryl was evicted from the main house and moved to the barn.

### Week 11

On Day 71, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Kaone, Mwisho and Uti.

However, Big Brother decided to put up all barnmates for eviction.

Two of them will return to the main house and compete for the prize money once again while the rest will be officially evicted as the barn was closing down this week.

Therefore, Code, Jennifer, Lerato, Meryl, Paloma, Sheila and Tatiana were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the barnmate they wanted to return to the main house and these were the results:

* Sheila received 8 votes to return: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
* Paloma received 2 votes\* to return: Angola and Zambia.
* Tatiana received 2 votes\* to return: Botswana and Ghana.
* Code received 1 vote to return: Malawi.
* Lerato\*\* received 1 vote to return: South Africa.
* Meryl received 1 vote to return: Tanzania.
* Jennifer received no votes to return.

\*The tie-breaker rule applied to Paloma and Tatiana where the barnmate with more individual votes would return to the main house.

Tatiana had more individual votes than Paloma.

\*\*Lerato was initially evicted from the show, but a game of luck allowed her to return to the main house to compete again.

On Day 77, Lerato, Sheila and Tatiana returned to the main house while Code, Jennifer, Meryl and Paloma were officially evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 12

On Day 78, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Kaone, Munya, Mwisho and Uti

Head of House, Mwisho saved and replaced himself with Tatiana.

Therefore, Kaone, Munya, Tatiana and Uti were up for eviction for the week.

This week, viewers voted for the housemate they wanted to save and these were the results:

* Munya received 9 votes to save: Botswana, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
* Uti received 6 votes to save: Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Rest of Africa.
* Kaone and Tatiana each received no votes to save.

On Day 84, Kaone and Tatiana were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 13

Lerato, Munya, Mwisho, Sheila and Uti were the finalists of the season.

The final five were competing for the grand prize of US$200 000.

This week, viewers were voting for the housemate they wanted to win and these were the results:

* Uti won the show after receiving 8 votes to win: Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda and Rest of Africa.
* Munya became the runner-up after receiving 7 votes to win: Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
* Lerato finished in third place after receiving no votes to win.
* Mwisho finished in fourth place after receiving no votes to win.
* Sheila finished in fifth place after receiving no votes to win.

On Day 91, it was announced that Uti was the winner of the fifth season of Big Brother Africa.