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Big Brother Africa 1 was the first season of the reality television series Big Brother Africa produced by Endemol for M-Net. The show began on 25 May 2003 and ended on 7 September of the same year, lasting 106 days, with Cherise Makubale being crowned the very first winner of the show. Mark Pilgrim was the host.
| Name | Real/full name | Age | Occupation | Country | Day entered | Day exited | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherise | Cherise Makubale | 24 | Procurement officer | Zambia | 1 | 106 | ||
| Mwisho | Mwisho Mwampamba | 22 | Self-employed | Tanzania | 1 | 106 | ||
| Tapuwa | Tapuwa Mhere | 26 | Public relations officer | Zimbabwe | 1 | 106 | ||
| Warona | Warona Masego Setshwaelo | 25 | Video editor | Botswana | 1 | 106 | ||
| Gaetano | Gaetano Juko Kagwa | 30 | Student | Uganda | 1 | 106 | ||
| Stefan | Stefan Ludik | 22 | Forensic psycho-physiologist | Namibia | 1 | 98 | ||
| Bayo | Alexander Adebayo Adetomiwa Okoh | 28 | Economist | Nigeria | 1 | 91 | ||
| Abby | Abergail Brigette Plaatjies | 25 | Fraud consultant | South Africa | 1 | 84 | ||
| Sammi | Samuel Kwame Bampoe | 28 | Radio presenter | Ghana | 1 | 70 | ||
| Alex | Alexander Kasembeli Holi | 21 | Student | Kenya | 1 | 56 | ||
| Zein | Zein Dudha | 27 | Marketing manager | Malawi | 1 | 42 | ||
| Bruna | Bruna Tatiana Lemas Estevão | 25 | Singer and model | Angola | 1 | 28 |
| Week 4 | Week 6 | Week 8 | Week 10 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 Final | Nominations received | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherise | No Nominations | Alex, Zein | Stefan, Warona | Bayo, Warona | Mwisho, Stefan | Mwisho, Warona | Stefan, Tapuwa | Winner (Day 106) | 7 | |
| Mwisho | No Nominations | Alex, Stefan | Alex, Gaetano | Abby, Gaetano | Abby, Cherise | Cherise, Gaetano | Tapuwa, Warona | Runner-up (Day 106) | 11 | |
| Tapuwa | No Nominations | Abby, Zein | Alex, Sammi | Sammi, Warona | Stefan, Warona | Gaetano, Warona | Stefan, Warona | Third place (Day 106) | 12 | |
| Warona | No Nominations | Bayo, Tapuwa | Bayo, Tapuwa | Mwisho, Sammi | Abby, Gaetano | Cherise, Gaetano | Mwisho, Tapuwa | Fourth place (Day 106) | 13 | |
| Gaetano | No Nominations | In Big Brother UK House | Bayo, Cherise | Cherise, Stefan | Cherise, Mwisho | Bayo, Stefan | Mwisho, Stefan | Fifth place (Day 106) | 12 | |
| Stefan | No Nominations | Bayo, Tapuwa | Bayo, Tapuwa | Bayo, Tapuwa | Abby, Gaetano | Bayo, Mwisho | Gaetano, Mwisho | Evicted (Day 98) | 13 | |
| Bayo | No Nominations | Stefan, Warona | Stefan, Warona | Stefan, Warona | Gaetano, Mwisho | Gaetano, Tapuwa | Evicted (Day 91) | 12 | ||
| Abby | No Nominations | Tapuwa, Zein | Alex, Stefan | Mwisho, Sammi | Bayo, Cherise | Evicted (Day 84) | 5 | |||
| Sammi | No Nominations | Warona, Zein | Gaetano, Warona | Gaetano, Mwisho | Evicted (Day 70) | 6 | ||||
| Alex | No Nominations | Bayo, Tapuwa | Sammi, Tapuwa | Evicted (Day 56) | 5 | |||||
| Zein | No Nominations | Bayo, Sammi | Evicted (Day 42) | 4 | ||||||
| Bruna | No Nominations | Evicted (Day 28) | N/A | |||||||
| Nomination note | 1 | 2 | none | 3 | ||||||
| Against public vote | All Housemates | Bayo, Tapuwa, Zein | Alex, Bayo, Stefan, Tapuwa, Warona | Mwisho, Sammi, Warona | Abby, Cherise, Gaetano, Mwisho | Bayo, Cherise, Gaetano, Mwisho, Warona | Mwisho, Stefan, Tapuwa | Cherise, Gaetano, Mwisho, Tapuwa, Warona | ||
| Evicted | Bruna 6 of 13 votes to evict | Zein 10 of 13 votes to evict | Alex 8 of 13 votes to evict | Sammi 8 of 13 votes to evict | Abby 11 of 13 votes to evict | Bayo 9 of 13 votes to evict | Stefan 7 of 13 votes to evict | Gaetano 1 of 13 votes to win | Warona 2 of 13 votes to win | |
| Tapuwa 2 of 13 votes to win | Mwisho 2 of 13 votes to win | |||||||||
| Cherise 6 of 13 votes to win | ||||||||||
Big Brother Africa contestant Gaetano Kagwa swapped places with Big Brother UK contestant Cameron Stout.[1] Gaetano (known as Gae), a Ugandan law student, was chosen to join Big Brother UK after passing a cocktail-making challenge. He caused upset in the Big Brother UK house when he called contestant Tania "a piggy", causing her to walk off in tears and threaten to leave the UK house for good.
The season was shown in America on the Africa Channel. It aired from November 2008 to March 2009. It was the first non-American Big Brother shown in United States.
It was the only Big Brother from the African series to use its specific eye logo design with the series using a completely different design from season 2 onwards.