Big Brother Mzansi season 3 explained

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Presenter:	Lawrence Maleka
Num Days:	70
Num Housemates:	20
Winner:	Michelle Dimpho "Mphowabadimo" Mvundla
Runner Up:	Gashwen Brandon "Gash1" Mthombeni

Network:

Mzansi Magic and M-Net
DStv (live)

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Season 2

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Season 4

Big Brother South Africa: Beke Le Beke (also known as Big Brother Mzansi 3 or Big Brother South Africa 5) is the third season of the South African Big Brother reality television reboot series produced by Banijay and Red Pepper Pictures for M-Net and Mzansi Magic.^[1] It returned after a six-year hiatus and marked 20 years since the Big Brother brand launched in South Africa.

The Sponsor of the show for this season was Lottostar. While the associative sponsor was Johnnie Walker

The show premiered on 23 January 2022 on Mzansi Magic and DStv with 24 contestants initially and a new host, Lawrence Maleka.^[2] A week later, two more contestants were introduced to the house.^[3]

On 3 April, Mphowabadimo was declared the winner of the third season of Big Brother Mzansi and received R2 million, while Gash1 was the runner-up.^[4] ^[5]

Housemates

The first evening (23 January) introduced 18 housemates, equally split between male and female.^[6] After only three days in the house, QV decided to withdraw from the competition for mental health reasons.^[7] On 30 January, instead of an eviction, Vyno and Nthabii were added to the house.^[3]

Housemates	Age on entry	Occupation	Residence/Hometown	Day entered	Day exited
Michelle Dimpho "Mphowabadimo" Mvundla	27	Sangoma		0	70
Gashwen Brandon "Gash1" Mthombeni	28	Fashion Designer, Entrepreneur	Pretoria	0	70
Themba Karabo Mabaso	30	Tattoo Artist	Johannesburg	0	70
Libo Njomba	32	Salesperson, Personal trainer, IT Graduate	King William's Town	0	70
Thulani "Tulz" Mandala	28	Radio DJ, Voice-over Artist, Actor	East London	0	70
Thato Mokoena	28	Accountant, Content Creator, Actress	Johannesburg	0	63
Ukho "Sis Tamara" Samela	25	Film Student	Queenstown	0	63
Gugu Refiloe "Terry" Bonga	26	Make-up Artist, Adult Content Creator	Johannesburg	0	63
Naledi "Nale" Mogadime	24	Model, Actress	Pretoria	0	49
Thobeka "Venus" Mtshali	25	Aspiring Musician, Bartender	Durban	0	49
Nthabiseng "Nthabii" Mothutsi	27	Student Athlete	Polokwane	8	42
Bongani "Vyno" Sikhukhula	28	Musician	Pretoria	8	35
Norman Nhlapo	24	Daycare Worker	Pretoria	0	35
Yolanda "Yoli" Glover	30	Performing Arts Teacher, Psychology Student		0	35
Luthando "B.U" Mthembu	31	Aspiring Musician	Durban	0	28
Adindu "Zino" Asuzu	21	Digital Marketing Student	Johannesburg	0	28
Thando "Acacia" Mati (Mcopela)	30	Model	Soweto	0	21
Rethabile "Dinkybliss" Potsane	29	Business Woman	Welkom	0	14
Mvelo Ntuli	28	Marketing Graduate	Pietermaritzburg	0	14
Keamogetswe "QV" Mothlale	24	Marketing Communications Graduate	Soweto	0	3

The launch night is marked as Day 0. The day after is Day 1.

Voting history & Nominations

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10 Final	Nominations & votes received
Head of House	Tulz	Terry	Sis Tamara	Gash1	Sis Tamara	Tulz	Libo	Themba	Tulz
Deputy Head of House	Libo	Themba	Yoli	Nthabii	Venus	Libo	Themba	Libo	Mphowabadimo
Veto Power Holder	none	Head of House	Themba	none

Mphowabadimo	QV Venus	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Yoli Tulz Norman	Nale Sis Tamara	Tulz Terry	No Voting	No Voting
Gash1	B.U Themba	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	B.U Libo Nale Venus	Terry Nthabii Mphowabadimo	Terry Mphowabadimo	Nale Venus	No Voting	No Voting
Themba	Gash1 Sis Tamara	Gash1 Mvelo Acacia Dinkybliss	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Yoli Tulz Terry	Nale Sis Tamara	Thato Sis Tamara	No Voting	No Voting
Libo	QV Dinkybliss	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Yoli Gash1 Themba	Nale Mphowabadimo	Gash1 Mphowabadimo	No Voting	No Voting
Tulz	Yoli Acacia	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Yoli Themba Norman	Nthabii Mphowabadimo	Thato Mphowabadimo	No Voting	No Voting
Thato	Acacia Mphowabadimo	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Libo Nthabii Mphowabadimo	Nale Terry	Tulz Venus	No Voting	No Voting	Evicted (Day 63)	bgcolor=salmon	8
Sis Tamara	Mvelo Norman	Did Not Vote	Nale Zino Acacia Mphowabadimo	Did Not Vote	Vyno Terry Themba	Nale Gash1	Thato Venus	No Voting	No Voting	Evicted (Day 63)	bgcolor=salmon	5
Terry	QV Themba	Mvelo Gash1 Dinkybliss Mphowabadimo	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Yoli Gash1 Norman	Nthabii Mphowabadimo	Gash1 Thato	No Voting	No Voting	bgcolor=salmon	Evicted (Day 63)	bgcolor=salmon	7
Nale	QV Mvelo	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Yoli Gash1 Themba	Gash1 Themba	Tulz Gash1	Evicted (Day 49)	bgcolor=salmon	9
Venus	Norman Mphowabadimo	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Thato Gash1 Nthabii	Nthabii Mphowabadimo	Tulz Thato	Evicted (Day 49)	bgcolor=salmon	6
Nthabii	Not In House	Exempt	Did Not Vote	B.U Vyno Thato Norman	Gash1 Terry Norman	Nale Gash1	Evicted (Day 42)	bgcolor=salmon	9
Vyno	Not In House	Exempt	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Yoli Gash1 Norman	Evicted (Day 35)	bgcolor=salmon	3
Norman	Mvelo Themba	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Tulz Vyno Nthabii	Evicted (Day 35)	bgcolor=salmon	7
Yoli	Gash1 Venus	Did Not Vote	Tulz Nthabii Acacia Themba	Did Not Vote	Tulz Nthabii Mphowabadimo	Evicted (Day 35)	bgcolor=salmon	9
B.U	QV Gash1	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Evicted (Day 28)	bgcolor=salmon	3
Zino	Yoli Dinkybliss	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Evicted (Day 28)	bgcolor=salmon	1
Acacia	Thato Norman	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Evicted (Day 21)	bgcolor=salmon	6
Dinkybliss	Nale Acacia	Did Not Vote	Evicted (Day 14)	bgcolor=salmon	2
Mvelo	Themba Sis Tamara	Did Not Vote	Evicted (Day 14)	bgcolor=salmon	2
QV	Libo Thato	Walked (Day 3)	5

Note	1	2	3	4	5, 6	none		7	8	none
Nominated (pre-save and replace)	No Voting	Acacia Dinkybliss Gash1 Mphowabadimo Mvelo	Acacia Mphowabadimo Nale Nthabii Themba Tulz Zino	B.U Libo Nale Norman Thato Venus Vyno	Gash1 Norman Nthabii Terry Themba Tulz Yoli	Gash1 Mphowabadimo Nale Nthabii Sis Tamara Terry	Gash1 Mphowabadimo Thato Tulz Venus	No Voting	No Voting
Saved	Acacia	Tulz	Norman	Tulz	Terry	Tulz
Against public vote	Dinkybliss Gash1 Mphowabadimo Mvelo Norman	Acacia Mphowabadimo Nale Nthabii Themba Vyno Zino	B.U Libo Nale Thato Venus Vyno Zino	Gash1 Norman Nthabii Terry Themba Vyno Yoli	Gash1 Mphowabadimo Nale Nthabii Sis Tamara Thato	Gash1 Mphowabadimo Nale Thato Venus	Gash1 Mphowabadimo Sis Tamara Terry Thato	Gash1 Mphowabadimo Themba Libo Tulz
Walked	QV	none
Ejected	none
Evicted	No Eviction	bgcolor=salmon	Mvelo 7.45% to save Dinkybliss 12.12% to save	bgcolor=salmon	Acacia	bgcolor=salmon	Zino B.U	bgcolor=salmon	Yoli Norman Vyno	bgcolor=salmon	Nthabii	bgcolor=salmon	Venus Nale	No Eviction	bgcolor=salmon	Terry Sis Tamara Thato	bgcolor=salmon	Tulz Libo Themba Gash1
Survived	Norman 21.67% to save Gash1 22.40% to save Mphowabadimo 36.35% to save	Zino Vyno Nthabii Nale Themba Mphowabadimo	Vyno Venus Libo Nale Thato	Nthabii Terry Themba Gash1	Nale Sis Tamara Thato Gash1 Mphowabadimo	Thato Gash1 Mphowabadimo	Gash1 Mphowabadimo

In week 1, all housemates made their eviction nominations. On eviction night, it was revealed that all housemates were actually up for eviction, before the eviction for that week was cancelled.
In week 2 and 3, only the HoH and deputy HoH were allowed to nominate housemates for possible eviction. The HoH had to use their veto power to replace one housemate from those nominated by the deputy HoH, with a non-nominated housemate.
In week 3, under Sis Tamara and Yoli's leadership, the housemates won their first 100% wager.
For the third week in a row, only the HoH and deputy HoH were allowed to nominate, with HoH once again having the privilege to save and replace.
Week 5 was the first week that all housemates had the opportunity to nominate other housemates for possible eviction. Both the HoH and deputy HoH were immune from nomination while the HoH had to perform a save and replace in front of all the housemates.
The Conspiracy Corner was introduced, where housemates could discuss who they want to nominate.
In week 8, instead of nominations, the Ultimate Veto Power Games were played, where the winning housemate and two other housemates of their choosing would be guaranteed a spot in the finale. The Conspiracy Corner was also removed.
In week 9, all housemates except for the Ultimate Veto Power Holder and two housemates of their choosing were up for eviction.

Nomination Table

Weeks	Nominated	Evicted
Week 1	Fake Nominations	QV (Walked)
Week 2	Dinkybliss, Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Mvelo & Norman	Dinkybliss & Mvelo
Week 3	Acacia, Mphowabadimo, Nale, Nthabii, Themba, Vyno & Zino	Acacia
Week 4	B.U, Libo, Nale, Thato, Venus, Vyno & Zino	B.U & Zino
Week 5	Gash1, Norman, Nthabii, Terry, Themba, Vyno & Yoli	Norman, Vyno & Yoli
Week 6	Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Nale, Nthabii, Sis Tamara & Thato	Nthabii
Week 7	Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Nale, Thato & Venus	Nale & Venus
Week 8	No Nominations	No Eviction
Week 9	Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Sis Tamara, Terry & Thato	Sis Tamara, Terry & Thato
Week 10	Gash1, Libo, Mphowabadimo, Themba & Tulz	Gash1, Libo, Themba & Tulz

Notes and References

Web site: ‘Big Brother’ To Return To South Africa; Banijay Mega-Format Soon To Be Airing In 22 Markets. Goldbart. Max. Deadline. 6 December 2021. 8 February 2022.
Web site: Lawrence Maleka on hosting Big Brother and his goals for 2022. Matiwane. Nonkululeko. News24. 13 January 2022. 8 February 2022.
Web site: 'Big Brother Mzansi' house rocked by surprise housemate additions. IOL. Oluthando. Keteyi. 31 January 2022. 8 February 2022.
Web site: Michelle ‘Mphowabadimo’ Mvundla is the winner of #BBMzansi season 3. The South African. Seleme. Rae. 3 April 2022. 3 April 2022.
BBMzansi . 1511047106227847168 . A look at how Mzansi voted in the final week of #BBMzansi. Watch more highlights from the grand finale on http://mzansimagic.tv/bigbrother.
Web site: Meet the Big Brother Mzansi season 3 Housemates – BBMzansi. 25 January 2022. Zuma. Mbalenhle. 8 February 2022. Sunday World.
Web site: Drama as QV leaves Big Brother house after fewer than three days. News24. Magagula. Nompumelelo. 26 January 2022. 8 February 2022.