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| Prev Series: | Season 3 |
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.[1]
This year's format has changed from past seasons.[2] Some of the changes are:
There has been numerous twists in this year's series.
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.[1] 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 | |
| Emma | Maria Baptista da Rocha | 24 | Student | Angola | 7 | 91 | |
| Edward | Edward Moongo | 33 | Public Relations Officer | Namibia | 1 | 91 | |
| Mzamo | Mzamose Chibambo | 24 | Personal Assistant | Malawi | 7 | 91 | |
| Nkenna | Nkenna Iwuagwu | 23 | Student | Nigeria | 7 | 91 | |
| Itai | Itai Makumbe | 31 | Student | Zimbabwe | 1 | 84 | |
| Geraldine | Geraldine Iheme | 24 | Student | Nigeria | 7 | 77 | |
| Leonel | Leonel Estevoa | 23 | IT Administrator | Mozambique | 1 | 70 | |
| Elizabeth | Elizabeth Gupta | 21 | Television Presenter and Actress | Tanzania | 7 | 63 | |
| Jeremy | Jeremy Ndirangu | 22 | Student and Auditor | Kenya | 1 | 56 | |
| Kristal | Kristal Culverwell | 26 | Ambulance Technician | Zimbabwe | 7 | 49 | |
| Quinn | Quinn Seiber | 21 | Student | South Africa | 1 | 49 | |
| Kaone | Kaone Ramontshonyana | 26 | Intern Principal Youth Officer | Botswana | 1 | 42 | |
| Liz | Liziwe Coka | 22 | Business Co-Ordinator | South Africa | 7 | 42 | |
| Hannington | Hannington Kuteesa | 23 | Business Owner | Uganda | 1 | 35 | |
| Yacob | Yacob Yehdego | 28 | Assistant manager | Ethiopia | 1 | 35 | |
| Paloma | Paloma Manda | 25 | Sales Assistant | Zambia | 7 | 28 | |
| Rene | Rene Moolman | 26 | Hairstylist | Namibia | 7 | 28 | |
| Erastus | Erastus Moongo | 33 | Business Owner | Namibia | 1 | 28 | |
| Phil | Filbert Okure | 25 | Marketing Consultant | Uganda | 1 | 21 | |
| Jennifer | Jennifer Mussanhane | 22 | Graduate | Mozambique | 7 | 21 | |
| Maggie | Margaret Mungalu | 23 | Student and Model | Zambia | 7 | 14 | |
| Edna | Edna Alfredo | 27 | Graduate | Angola | 7 | 14 | |
| Wayoe | George Wayoe | 34 | Web Developer | Ghana | 1 | 7 | |
| Teddy | Edward Muthusi | 34 | Advertising Copywriter, Voice-Over Artist and Broadcaster | Kenya | 1 | 7 | |
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 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 | |||||||||||||||
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.