Big Brother Africa 7

**Big Brother Africa 7** (also known as **Big Brother Africa: StarGame**) is the seventh season of the Big Brother Africa series. It ran for 91 days between the 6th of May and 5th of August of the year 2012. Ikponmwosa "IK" Osakioduwa returned as the host of the show for the fourth time in a row.

## Format

### Housemate Setup

There were thirty-five housemates this season and lived in two different houses (**Upville House** and **Downville House**). The housemates were competing for US$300 000. This season, fourteen countries participated and each provided two contestants paired up as Big Brother Friends plus seven celebrities from the fourteen countries to be a celebrity housemate. Twelve of the fourteen countries were returning countries. These twelve countries were Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The other two countries were new to the game. These two countries were Liberia and Sierra Leone.

### 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, seven celebrity housemates entered the Upville house on launch night.

On the same day, twenty-eight ordinary housemates entered the Downville house as pairs.

## 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 twist occurred this season:

### Random Lottery Nomination

Unlike previous seasons, housemates in the Downville house do not nominate one another. Instead, two countries will be selected via the lottery and the housemates of the selected countries will be nominated for the week. Depending on the votes, the survivors of the vote will be upgraded to the Upville house while the rest will be evicted from the show. The survivors of the vote will then be exempted from nominations in the Upville house the following week.

## Voting History

 Survivor(s) of the vote.

## Nomination, Eviction and Voting Notes

### Week 1

On Day 1, Tanzania and Zimbabwe were nominated via the Random Lottery Nomination.

Therefore, Hilda, Julio, Maneta and Teclar were up for eviction for the week.

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

* Maneta received 8 votes to save: Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
* Hilda received 6 votes to save: Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.
* Julio received 1 vote to save: Angola.
* Teclar recived no votes to save.

On Day 7, Hilda, Julio and Teclar were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house while Maneta moved to the Upville house.

### Week 2

On Day 8, Liberia and Sierra Leone were nominated via the Random Lottery Nomination.

Therefore, Dalphin, Luke, Yadel and Zainab were up for eviction for the week.

On Day 12, Chris and Ola walked out of the Big Brother Africa house due to Ola's health problems.

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

* Zainab received 13 votes to save: Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
* Luke received 1 vote to save: Zambia.
* Yadel received 1 vote to save: Liberia.
* Dalphin recived no votes to save.

On Day 14, Dalphin, Luke and Yadel were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house while Zainab moved to the Upville house.

### Week 3

On Day 15, nominations occurred in the Upville house.

Zainab was exempted from nominations after surviving the previous eviction.

The initial nominees were DKB, Mampi and Maneta.

Head of House, DKB saved and replaced 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:

* Lady May received 12 votes to save: Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Rest of Africa.
* Maneta received 2 votes to save: Botswana and Zimbabwe.
* Mampi received 1 vote to save: Zambia.

On Day 21, Mampi was evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 4

On Day 22, Botswana and Ghana were nominated via the Random Lottery Nomination.

Therefore, Edith, Eve, Keitta and Mildred were up for eviction for the week.

On Day 26, Esperanca and Seydou walked out of the Big Brother Africa house due to Esperanca's failure to cope in the house.

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

* Keitta received 8 votes to save: Angola, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia and Rest of Africa.
* Eve received 7 votes to save: Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
* Edith and Mildred each recived no votes to save.

On Day 28, Edith, Eve and Mildred were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house while Keitta moved to the Upville house.

### Week 5

On Day 29, nominations occurred in the Upville house.

Keitta was exempted from nominations after surviving the previous eviction.

On the same day, Big Brother ejected both DKB and Zainab for breaking the no violence rule.

Since DKB and Zainab received the most nominations and left everyone else eligible for eviction, this week's eviction show was cancelled.

### Week 6

On Day 36, Namibia and South Africa were nominated via the Random Lottery Nomination.

Therefore, Jesica, Junia, Keagan and Lee were up for eviction for the week.

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

* Junia received 7 votes to save: Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
* Keagan received 7 votes to save: Angola, Botswana, Liberia, Malawi, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Rest of Africa.
* Jesica received 1 vote to save: Tanzania.
* Lee recived no votes to save.

On Day 42, Jesica and Lee were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house 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 nominations after surviving the previous eviction.

The initial nominees were Barbz, Maneta and Prezzo.

Head of House, Goldie saved Prezzo and replaced him with Keitta.

Therefore, Barbz, Keitta and Maneta were up for eviction for the week.

On Day 44, Big Brother ejected both Maneta and Roki for breaking the no violence rule.

Maneta's ejection resulted in only Barbz and Keitta being the week's nominees.

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

* Keitta received 11 votes to save: Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
* Barbz received 4 votes to save: Botswana, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Rest of Africa.

On Day 49, Barbz was evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 8

On Day 50, Malawi and Zambia were nominated via the Random Lottery Nomination.

Therefore, Nafe, Talia, Tamara 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:

* Talia received 12 votes to save: Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
* Wati received 3 votes to save: Botswana, Liberia and Malawi.
* Nafe and Tamara each recived no votes to save.

On Day 56, Nafe and Tamara were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house while Talia and Wati moved to the Upville house.

On the same day, the remaining Downville housemates also moved to the Upville house, merging the two houses into one.

### Week 9

On Day 57, nominations occurred.

Talia and Wati were exempted from nominations after surviving the previous eviction.

The initial nominees were Goldie, Junia, Keagan, Kyle, Lady May and Prezzo.

Head of House, Keagan saved and replaced 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 received 5.5 votes to save: Botswana. Liberia\*, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
* Goldie received 3.5 votes to save: Ghana, Liberia\*, Nigeria and Rest of Africa.
* Kyle received 2 votes to save: Malawi and Uganda
* Prezzo received 2 votes to save: Kenya and Tanzania
* Junia received 1 vote to save: Angola.
* Malonza received 1 vote to save: Zambia.

\*Goldie and Lady May shared a vote from Liberia.

On Day 63, Junia and Malonza were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 10

On Day 64, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Goldie, Keagan, Lady May and Prezzo.

Head of House, Keagan saved and replaced himself with Kyle.

Therefore, Goldie, 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:

* Kyle received 6 votes to save: Ghana, Malawi, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda and Tanzania.
* Prezzo received 4 votes to save: Angola, Kenya, Liberia and Tanzania.
* Lady May received 3 votes to save: Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
* Goldie received 2 votes to save: Nigeria and Rest of Africa.

On Day 70, Goldie was evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 11

On Day 71, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Alex, Keagan, Lady May, Prezzo and Wati.

Head of House, Kyle saved and Keagan replaced 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:

* Lady May received 5 votes to save: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.
* Prezzo received 5 votes to save: Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania, Uganda and Rest of Africa.
* Wati received 3 votes to save: Malawi, South Africa and Zambia.
* Keitta received 2 votes to save: Ghana and Sierra Leone.
* Alex received no votes to save.

On Day 77, Alex and Keitta were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 12

On Day 78, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Jannette, Lady May, Prezzo and Wati.

Head of House, Wati saved and replaced himself with Kyle.

Therefore, Jannette, 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:

* Kyle received 6 votes to save: Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia.
* Lady May received 4 votes to save: Angola, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
* Prezzo received 4 votes to save: Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania and Rest of Africa.
* Jannette received 1 vote to save: Ghana.

On Day 84, Jannette was evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### 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 were voting for the housemate they wanted to win and these were the results:

* Keagan won the show after receiving 7 votes to win: Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa and Rest of Africa.
* Prezzo became the runner-up after receiving 2 votes to win: Kenya and Tanzania
* Lady May finished in third place after receiving 2 votes to win: Namibia and Zimbabwe.
* Talia finished in fourth place after receiving 2 votes to win: Sierra Leone and Zambia.
* Kyle finished in fifth place after receiving 1 vote to win: Uganda.
* Wati finished in sixth place after receiving 1 vote to win: Malawi.

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