Big Brother Africa 8

**Big Brother Africa 8** (also known as **Big Brother Africa: The Chase**) is the eighth season of the Big Brother Africa series. It ran for 91 days between the 26th of May and 25th of August of the year 2013. Ikponmwosa "IK" Osakioduwa returned as the host of the show for the fifth time in a row.

## Format

### Housemate Setup

There were twenty-eight housemates this season and lived in two different houses (**Ruby House** and **Diamond House**). The housemates were competing for US$300 000. This season, fourteen countries participated and each provided two contestants to be a housemate. All fourteen countries were returning countries. These fourteen countries were Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, 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.

### Three Strike Rule

This season, Big Brother added the Three Strike rule. Unlike previous seasons in which a housemate would get immediately disqualified after breaking an intense rule, a housemate would instead earn a strike for that particular action. Should a housemate get three strikes, then that housemate will be disqualified from the game.

## Housemates

On Day 1, entered two different houses on launch night.

The houses entered by each housemate were determined by various factors. The male housemates each possessed a red or yellow item of clothing that would indicate their house. If the housemate had a red item of clothing, they would go to the Ruby house while if they had a yellow item of clothing, they would go to the Diamond house. The female housemates were asked by IK to pick a smile of the male housemates from his pad to reveal the housemate that would join them. If the male housemate was going to the Ruby house, the female housemate was also going to the Ruby house. Likewise, if the male housemate was going to the Diamond house, the female housemate was also going to the Diamond house.

**Ruby House**

**Diamond House**

## 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:

### Emerald House

On Day 21, Big Brother informed the housemates that there was a third house, supposedly called the "Emerald House". The Emerald House didn't actually exist. It was a deception to make housemates second-guess their chances of winning. On Day 48 during the Channel O party, Big Brother introduced six housemates from the "Emerald House":

* Alusa (Kenya)
* Busi (South Africa)
* Eveva (Zambia)
* Jazz (Kenya)
* JJ (Zimbabwe)
* Sophie (Uganda)

The introduction of these "new" housemates was intended to confuse the actual housemates when Big Brother sent them on a mission on Day 49. On Day 61, it was revealed to the housemates that the Emerald House was fake all along and the fake housemates left the house that day.

### Power of No

This twist allowed one housemate to deny another housemate from competing in the Head of House challenges. Housemates were given a task that would allow the winner of it to use their powers. This began on Week 2 for the upcoming week.

\*Elikem had actually won the Power of No challenge for Week 10, but it was revealed that he cheated on it, so Big Brother decided to veto him instead.

### House Swap

In this twist, the two houses played Airtel games against each other every Friday afternoon. The Head of House of the winning house was then given a privilege that would allow them to exchange two housemates from each house to the opposite house.

#### Week 1

The Diamonds were the winners of the Airtel Arena games. Head of House, Feza decided to send Denzel and Neyll to the Ruby house in exchange for Hakeem and Melvin, who went to the Diamond house.

#### Week 2

The Rubies were the winners of the Airtel Arena games. Head of House, Selly decided to send Beverly and Biguesas to the Diamond house in exchange for Angelo and Elikem, who went to the Ruby house.

#### Week 3

The Rubies were the winners of the Airtel Arena games. Head of House, Selly decided to send Maria and Neyll to the Diamond house in exchange for Fatima and Feza, who went to the Ruby house.

#### Week 4

The Diamonds were the winners of the Airtel Arena games. Head of House, Annabel decided to send Betty and Bolt to the Ruby house in exchange for Cleo and Selly, who went to the Diamond house.

#### Week 5

The Rubies were the winners of the Airtel Arena games. Head of House, Feza decided to send Bassey and Pokello to the Diamond house in exchange for Annabel and Maria, who went to the Ruby house.

#### Week 6

The Rubies were the winners of the Airtel Arena games. Head of House, Elikem decided to send Annabel and Feza to the Diamond house in exchange for Pokello and Selly, who went to the Ruby house.

#### Week 7

The Diamonds were the winners of the Airtel Arena games. Head of House, Melvin decided to send Cleo and Feza to the Ruby house in exchange for Natasha and Selly, who went to the Diamond house.

#### Week 8

Due to the houses merging on Day 54, this twist didn't carry on from then.

## Nomination, Eviction and Voting Notes

### Week 1

On Day 1, nominations occurred.

Housemates were only allowed to nominate other housemates they shared the same house with.

**Ruby House**

The initial nominees were Bassey and Selly.

Head of House, Beverly saved Bassey and replaced him with Natasha.

Natasha and Selly were the official nominees.

**Diamond House**

The initial nominees were Denzel, Elikem and Huddah.

Head of House, Feza saved Elikem and replaced him with Betty.

Betty, Denzel and Huddah were the official nominees.

Therefore, Betty, Denzel, Huddah, Natasha and Selly were up for eviction for the week.

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

* Betty received 5 votes to save: Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Namibia and Sierra Leone.
* Natasha received 3 votes to save: Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
* Selly received 3 votes to save: Ghana, Nigeria and Rest of Africa.
* Denzel received 2 votes to save: South Africa and Uganda.
* Huddah received 2 votes to save: Kenya and Tanzania.

On Day 7, Denzel and Huddah were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 2

On Day 8, nominations occurred.

Housemates were only allowed to nominate other housemates they shared the same house with.

**Ruby House**

The initial nominees were Biguesas and LK4.

Head of House, Selly saved Biguesas and replaced him with Koketso.

Koketso and LK4 were the official nominees.

**Diamond House**

The initial nominees were Bolt, Dillish and Hakeem.

Head of House, Betty saved Bolt and replaced him with Feza.

Dillish, Feza and Hakeem were the official nominees.

Therefore, Dillish, Feza, Hakeem, Koketso and LK4 were up for eviction for the week.

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

* Hakeem received 6 votes to save: Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
* Dillish received 3 votes to save: Ethiopia, Namibia and Nigeria.
* Feza received 3 votes to save: Ghana, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.
* Koketso received 2 votes to save: Angola and South Africa.
* LK4 received 1 vote to save: Uganda.

On Day 14, Koketso and LK4 were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 3

On Day 15, nominations occurred.

Housemates were only allowed to nominate other housemates they shared the same house with.

**Ruby House**

The initial nominees were Natasha, O'Neal and Pokello.

Head of House, Selly saved O'Neal and replaced him with Neyll.

Natasha, Neyll and Pokello were the official nominees.

**Diamond House**

The initial nominees were Biguesas and Bolt.

Head of House, Melvin saved Bolt and replaced him with Annabel.

Annabel and Biguesas were the official nominees.

Therefore, Annabel, BIguesas, Natasha, Neyll and Pokello were up for eviction for the week.

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

* Pokello received 8 votes to save: Botswana, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
* Annabel received 4 votes to save: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
* Natasha received 2 votes to save: Malawi and Zambia.
* Neyll received 1 vote to save: Angola.
* Biguesas received no votes to save.

On Day 21, Biguesas and Neyll were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 4

On Day 22, nominations occurred.

Housemates were only allowed to nominate other housemates they shared the same house with.

**Ruby House**

The initial nominees were Elikem, Natasha and Pokello.

Head of House, Bassey saved Pokello and replaced her with O'Neal.

Elikem, Natasha and O'Neal were the official nominees.

**Diamond House**

The initial nominees were Annabel, Betty, Bolt and Nando.

Head of House, Annabel saved and replaced herself with Motamma.

Betty, Bolt, Motamma and Nando were the official nominees.

Therefore, Betty, Bolt, Elikem, Motamma, Nando, Natasha and O'Neal were up for eviction for the week.

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

* Nando received 5 votes to save: Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.
* O'Neal received 4 votes to save: Angola, Botswana, South Africa and Rest of Africa.
* Natasha received 3 votes to save: Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
* Betty received 1 vote\* to save: Ethiopia.
* Bolt received 1 vote\* to save: Sierra Leone.
* Elikem received 1 vote\* to save: Ghana.
* Motamma received no votes to save.

\*The tie-breaker rule applied to Betty, Bolt and Elikem where the number of votes for the housemate were divided by the 15 regions to get the average percentage.
Betty had the lowest average percentage.

On Day 28, Betty and Motamma were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 5

On Day 29, nominations occurred.

Housemates were only allowed to nominate other housemates they shared the same house with.

**Ruby House**

The initial nominees were Bolt, Natasha and Sulu.

Head of House, Feza saved Sulu and replaced him with Pokello.

Bolt, Natasha and Pokello were the official nominees.

**Diamond House**

The initial nominees were Annabel, Dillish, Hakeem and Nando.

Head of House, Nando saved and replaced himself with Maria.

Annabel, Dillish, Hakeem and Maria were the official nominees.

Therefore, Annabel, Bolt, Dillish, Hakeem, Maria, Natasha and Pokello were up for eviction for the week.

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

* Dillish received 4 votes to save: Botswana, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Rest of Africa.
* Pokello received 4 votes to save: Angola, Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
* Annabel received 3 votes to save: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
* Bolt received 1 vote\* to save: Sierra Leone.
* Hakeem received 1 vote\* to save: Zambia.
* Maria received 1 vote\* to save: Namibia.
* Natasha received 1 vote\* to save: Malawi.

\*The tie-breaker rule applied to Bolt, Hakeem, Maria and Natasha where the number of votes for the housemate were divided by the 15 regions to get the average percentage.
Bolt and Maria had the lowest average percentages.

On Day 35, Bolt and Maria were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 6

On Day 36, nominations occurred.

Housemates were only allowed to nominate other housemates they shared the same house with.

**Ruby House**

The initial nominees were Elikem and Fatima.

Head of House, Elikem saved and replaced himself with Angelo.

Angelo and Fatima were the official nominees.

**Diamond House**

The initial nominees were Bimp, Cleo, Nando, Pokello and Selly.

Head of House, Melvin saved Selly and replaced her with Hakeem.

Bimp, Cleo, Hakeem, Nando and Pokello were the official nominees.

Therefore, Angelo, Bimp, Cleo, Fatima, Hakeem, Nando and Pokello were up for eviction for the week.

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

* Angelo received 4 votes to save: Angola, Botswana, South Africa and Rest of Africa.
* Pokello received 4 votes to save: Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leona and Zimbabwe.
* Nando received 3 votes to save: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
* Bimp received 2 votes to save: Ethiopia and Namibia.
* Cleo received 1 vote\* to save: Zambia.
* Fatima received 1 vote\* to save: Malawi.
* Hakeem received no votes to save.

\*The tie-breaker rule applied to Cleo and Fatima where the number of votes for the housemate were divided by the 15 regions to get the average percentage.
Fatima had the lowest average percentage.

On Day 42, Fatima and Hakeem were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 7

On Day 43, nominations occurred.

Housemates were only allowed to nominate other housemates they shared the same house with.

**Ruby House**

The initial nominees were Elikem, Natasha and Pokello.

Head of House, O'Neal saved Elikem and replaced him with Selly.

Natasha, Pokello and Selly were the official nominees.

**Diamond House**

The initial nominees were Annabel, Cleo and Melvin.

Head of House, Melvin didn't make a save and replace decision.

Annabel, Cleo and Melvin were the official nominees.

Therefore, Annabel, Cleo, Melvin, Natasha, Pokello and Selly were up for eviction for the week.

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

* Melvin received 5 votes to save: Angola, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Rest of Africa.
* Annabel received 3 votes to save: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
* Cleo received 2 votes\* to save: Botswana and Zambia.
* Natasha received 2 votes\* to save: Ethiopia and Malawi.
* Pokello received 2 votes\* to save: South Africa and Zimbabwe.
* Selly received 1 vote to save: Ghana.

\*The tie-breaker rule applied to Cleo, Natasha and Pokello where the number of votes for the housemate were divided by the 15 regions to get the average percentage.
Natasha had the lowest average percentage.

On Day 49, Natasha and Selly were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 8

On Day 50, nominations occurred.

Housemates were only allowed to nominate other housemates they shared the same house with.

**Ruby House**

The initial nominees were Elikem and Pokello.

Head of House, Sulu saved Elikem and replaced him with Angelo.

Angelo and Pokello were the official nominees.

**Diamond House**

The initial nominees were Annabel, Bimp and Dillish.

Head of House, Bimp saved and replaced himself with Bassey.

Annabel, Bassey and Dillish were the official nominees.

Therefore, Angelo, Annabel, Bassey, Dillish and Pokello were up for eviction for the week.

On Day 54, the houses merged and all housemates were now staying in the Ruby house.

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

* Angelo received 5 votes to save: Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Rest of Africa.
* Annabel received 3 votes to save: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
* Dillish received 3 votes to save: Ethiopia, Malawi and Namibia.
* Bassey received 2 votes to save: Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
* Pokello received 2 votes to save: Ghana and Zimbabwe.

On Day 56, Bassey and Pokello were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 9

On Day 57, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Annabel, Cleo and Elikem.

Head of House, Bimp saved Cleo and replaced her with Sulu.

Therefore, Annabel, Elikem and Sulu were up for eviction for the week.

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

* Elikem received 6 votes\* to save: Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
* Sulu received 6 votes\* to save: Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia.
* Annabel received 3 votes to save: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

\*The tie-breaker rule applied to Elikem and Sulu where the number of votes for the housemate were divided by the 15 regions to get the average percentage.
Sulu had the lowest average percentage.

On Day 63, Annabel and Sulu were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

On the same day, Big Brother ejected Nando out of the Big Brother Africa house for earning all three strikes on the three strike rule.

### Week 10

On Day 64, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Elikem, Feza and O'Neal.

Head of House, Elikem saved and replaced himself with Bimp.

Therefore, Bimp, Feza and O'Neal were up for eviction for the week.

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

* Bimp received 10 votes to save: Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rest of Africa.
* Feza received 3 votes to save: Kenya, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.
* O'Neal received 2 votes to save: Botswana and South Africa.

On Day 70, O'Neal was evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 11

On Day 71, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Bimp, Cleo and Feza.

Head of House, Beverly saved Bimp and replaced him with Dillish.

Therefore, Cleo, Dillish and Feza were up for eviction for the week.

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

* Dillish received 7 votes to save: Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Rest of Africa.
* Cleo received 4 votes\* to save: Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
* Feza received 4 votes\* to save: Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

\*The tie-breaker rule applied to Cleo and Feza where the number of votes for the housemate were divided by the 15 regions to get the average percentage.
Feza had the lowest average percentage.

On Day 77, Feza was evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 12

On Day 78, nominations occurred.

The initial nominees were Bimp, Dillish and Elikem.

Head of House, Elikem saved and replaced himself with Angelo.

Therefore, Angelo, Bimp and Dillish were up for eviction for the week.

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

* Dillish received 7 votes to save: Ghana, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
* Angelo received 4 votes to save: Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Rest of Africa.
* Bimp received 4 votes to save: Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.

On Day 84, Angelo and Bimp were evicted from the Big Brother Africa house.

### Week 13

Beverly, Cleo, Dillish, Elikem and Melvin were the finalists of the season.

The final five 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:

* Dillish won the show after receiving 5 votes to win: Angola, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania and Uganda.
* Cleo became the runner-up after receiving 4 votes to win: Botswana, Malawi, South Africa and Zambia.
* Elikem finished in third place after receiving 3 votes to win: Ghana, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe.
* Melvin finished in fourth place after receiving 2 votes to win: Nigeria and Rest of Africa.
* Beverly finished in fifth place after receiving 1 vote to win: Ethiopia.

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