Big Brother Titans Explained

Country:	South Africa Nigeria
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	1
Network:	Mzansi Magic Mzansi Wethu Africa Magic DStv GOtv

Big Brother Titans is the joint South African and Nigerian edition of the Big Brother franchise. The theme for the first season was "Ziyakhala Wahala". The series follows contestants as they live in an isolated house and compete for a cash prize at the end of the show by avoiding being evicted from the house by the viewers who vote on their favourite housemates to stay on the show. The show features housemates from South Africa and Nigeria.

The show premiered on 15 January 2023 on DStv channel 198 and GOtv channel 29 and ended on 2 April 2023.^[1] The first season was won by Khosi, while Kanaga Jnr was the runner-up.^[2]

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and Lawrence Maleka were co-hosts of the show, and it was sponsored by Flutterwave, Bamboo and Lotto Star.^[3] According to the organizers of the show, MultiChoice, the prize money for the winner of the first season was $100,000 (R1.8 million/₦46 million).^[4]

A virtual audition was held to select contestants for the show from 6 to 22 October 2022. Interested contestants were told to record and submit a two-minute video stating why they should appear on the show.^[5]

Housemates

On Day 0, 20 contestants entered the house, evenly split by country and by male and female.^[6] On Day 4, four more contestants entered the house.^[7] Housemates were later put into pairs until Week 7.^[8] Each pair would have a male and a female and have both countries represented.

Name	Age on entry	Occupation	Residence/Birthplace	Day entered	Day exited	Status
Makhosazane Khosi Twala	25	Journalist	KwaZulu-Natal/ Johannesburg South Africa	0	77	Winner
Kalu-Anaga Kanaga Jnr Emmanuel Eme	23	Model, aspiring actor	Lagos State/Abia State, Nigeria	0	77
Motsatsi Wendy Tsatsii Madiba	24	Engineering, biotechnology, microbiology student	Pretoria, South Africa	0	77
Yvonne	28	Model, skincare enthusiast, content creator	Lagos State/Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria	0	77
Ebubu	28	Actor, model	Anambra State, Nigeria	0	77	rowspan=2
Ipeleng Rose Selepe	25	Law student, content creator	Gauteng Province/Northwest Province, South Africa	0	77
Thabang Mazibuko	21	Sports data analyst	Johannesburg/Soweto, South Africa	0	70
Victor Blaqboi Panwal	26	Content creator, filmmaker	Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria	0	70
Justin Peters	21	Content creator, photographer	East London, South Africa	0	70
Miracle OP	25	Works in pharmaceutical company	Lagos State/Anambra State, Nigeria	4	63
Blessing Nana	22	Entrepreneur	Kaduna State, Nigeria	0	63
Tebatso Blue Aiva	22	Professional dancer, DJ	Johannesburg/Limpopo Province, South Africa	4	63
Nelisa Msila	25	Unknown	Johannesburg/Eastern Cape, South Africa	0	49
Yemi Cregx	30	Fashion influencer, content creator, model, actor	Lagos State/Ekiti State, Nigeria	0	49
Siyamthanda Juicy Jay Jwacu	24	Semi-professional rugby player	Mthatha, South Africa	0	49
Chioma Olivia Okoro	24	Aspiring actress	Imo State, Nigeria	0	49
Marvin Achi	28	Chemical engineer, model	Texas, United States of America/Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria	0	35
Yaya Mwanda	30	Plus-size model	Johannesburg/East London, Eastern Cape	0	35
Jenni O	24	Health and safety specialist	United States of America/Imo State, Nigeria	0	28
Mmeli	24	Content creator, model	Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa	0	28
Jaypee	26	Nurse	Lagos State, Nigeria	0	21
Lukay	31	Sales executive	KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	0	21
Sandra Essiene	27	Entrepreneur, model, host, former beauty queen	Lagos State, Nigeria	4	14
Theo Traw	29	Musician	The Vaal Triangle, South Africa	4	14

The launch night (15 January) is marked as Day 0. The day after is Day 1.

Pairs

Week 2 - Week 7
	Pair name	Housemates
	Blaqleng	Blaqboi & Ipeleng
2	Kaniva	Kanaga Jnr & Blue Aiva
	Royals	Ebubu & Tsatsii
4	Jaykay	Jaypee & Lukay
5	Jenne Li	Jenni O & Mmeli
6	Thabana	Nana & Thabang
	Yelisa	Yemi Cregx & Nelisa
	Juvone	Justin & Yvonne
	Santheo	Sandra & Theo Traw
	Juiovla	Juicy Jay & Olivia
	Khosicle	Khosi & Miracle OP
	Maya	Marvin & Yaya

Nominations table

		Individuals		Pairs						Individuals					Nominations: & votes received
		Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11 Final
		Day 1	Day 4	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11 Final
Head of House		Mmeli		Blaqleng	Kaniva	Royals	Thabana	Yelisa	Royals	Ipeleng	Blaqboi	Tsatsii	Ipeleng
Head of House		Mmeli		Blaqleng	Kaniva	Royals	Thabana	Yelisa	Royals	Ipeleng	Blaqboi	Tsatsii	Khosi

	Khosi	Jaypee Jenni O	No Voting	Royals Santheo	Royals Blaqleng	Jenne Li Blaqleng	Blaqleng Maya	Royals Juvone	Juiovla Kaniva	No Voting	Kanaga Jnr Tsatsii	Justin Kanaga Jnr	Winner (Day 77)		30
2	Kanaga Jnr	Lukay Olivia		Jaykay Juiovla	Khosicle Jaykay	Khosicle Thabana	Juvone Juiovla	Juvone Khosicle	Khosicle Juiovla		Khosi Miracle OP	Thabang Khosi	Runner-up (Day 77)		16
	Tsatsii	Nana Lukay		Santheo Jaykay	Khosicle Thabana	Juiovla Yelisa	Blaqleng Kaniva	Juiovla Juvone	Khosicle Juvone		Nana Blue Aiva	Khosi Blaqboi	3rd place (Day 77)		18
	Yvonne	Marvin Tsatsii		Royals Yelisa	Khosicle Blaqleng	Kaniva Khosicle	Blaqleng Royals	Royals Kaniva	Khosicle Yelisa		Miracle OP Thabang	Thabang Blaqboi	4th place (Day 77)		18
	Ebubu	Justin Nana		Santheo Jaykay	Khosicle Thabana	Juiovla Yelisa	Blaqleng Kaniva	Juiovla Juvone	Khosicle Juvone		Miracle OP Blue Aiva	Thabang Khosi	5th place (Day 77)		15
	Ipeleng	Jenni O Olivia		Juvone Yelisa	Khosicle Juvone	Khosicle Juvone	Yelisa Juvone	Royals Khosicle	Juiovla Yelisa		Kanaga Jnr Khosi	Khosi Thabang	5th place (Day 77)		14
6	Thabang	Justin Nana		Santheo Juvone	Jaykay Yelisa	Yelisa Maya	Maya Yelisa	Khosicle Kaniva	Kaniva Yelisa		Kanaga Jnr Yvonne	Kanaga Jnr Yvonne	Evicted (Day 70)		14
	Blaqboi	Yemi Cregx Yaya		Juvone Yelisa	Khosicle Juvone	Khosicle Juvone	Yelisa Juvone	Royals Khosicle	Juiovla Yelisa		Miracle OP Thabang	Justin Thabang			15
	Justin	Nelisa Nana		Royals Yelisa	Khosicle Blaqleng	Kaniva Khosicle	Blaqleng Royals	Royals Kaniva	Khosicle Yelisa		Khosi Tsatsii	Kanaga Jnr Khosi			22
	Miracle OP	Not in House		Royals Santheo	Royals Blaqleng	Jenne Li Blaqleng	Blaqleng Maya	Royals Juvone	Juiovla Kaniva		Kanaga Jnr Yvonne	Evicted (Day 63)			26
6	Nana	Yemi Cregx Jaypee		Santheo Juvone	Jaykay Yelisa	Yelisa Maya	Maya Yelisa	Khosicle Kaniva	Kaniva Yelisa		Miracle OP Blue Aiva				23
2	Blue Aiva	Not in House		Jaykay Juiovla	Khosicle Jaykay	Khosicle Thabana	Juvone Juiovla	Juvone Khosicle	Khosicle Juiovla		Nana Yvonne				17
	Nelisa	Khosi Nana		Santheo Juvone	Jaykay Blaqleng	Juiovla Jenne Li	Kaniva Blaqleng	Royals Thabana	Juiovla Juvone	Evicted (Day 49)					11
	Yemi Cregx	Olivia Nana		Santheo Juvone	Jaykay Blaqleng	Juiovla Jenne Li	Kaniva Blaqleng	Royals Thabana	Juiovla Juvone						17
	Juicy Jay	Nana Justin		Thabana Santheo	Blaqleng Thabana	Kaniva Blaqleng	Khosicle Blaqleng	Thabana Royals	Blaqleng Yelisa						14
	Olivia	Khosi Yemi Cregx		Thabana Santheo	Blaqleng Thabana	Kaniva Blaqleng	Khosicle Blaqleng	Thabana Royals	Blaqleng Yelisa						10
	Marvin	Justin Khosi		Santheo Khosicle	Thabana Blaqleng	Jenne Li Thabana	Kaniva Khosicle	Evicted (Day 35)							4
	Yaya	Nana Blaqboi		Santheo Khosicle	Thabana Blaqleng	Jenne Li Thabana	Kaniva Khosicle	Evicted (Day 35)							5
5	Mmeli	Nana Kanaga Jnr		Santheo Royals	Yelisa Khosicle	Khosicle Yelisa	Evicted (Day 28)								4
5	Jenni O	Khosi Tsatsii		Santheo Royals	Yelisa Khosicle	Khosicle Yelisa	Evicted (Day 28)								6
4	Jaypee	Yemi Cregx Khosi		Santheo Yelisa	Jenne Li Thabana	Evicted (Day 21)									7
4	Lukay	Olivia Justin		Santheo Yelisa	Jenne Li Thabana	Evicted (Day 21)									7
	Sandra	Not in House		Khosicle Thabana	Evicted (Day 14)										8
	Theo Traw	Not in House		Khosicle Thabana	Evicted (Day 14)										8

Note		1		2	none			1	3	4	5	6, 7
Nominated (pre-save and replace)		none		Juvone Yelisa Royals Santheo	Blaqleng Jaykay Khosicle Thabana Yelisa	Blaqleng Jenne Li Juiovla Kaniva Khosicle Thabana Yelisa	Kaniva Blaqleng Khosicle Juvone Maya Yelisa	none	Juiovla Juvone Kaniva Khosicle Yelisa	none	Blue Aiva Kanaga Jnr Khosi Miracle OP Nana Thabang Tsatsii Yvonne	Blaqboi Justin Kanaga Jnr Khosi Thabang Yvonne	none
Saved				Royals	Yelisa	Blaqleng	Juvone		none		none
Against public vote				Juiovla Juvone Yelisa Santheo	Blaqleng Jaykay Khosicle Maya Thabana	Jenne Li Juiovla Juvone Kaniva Khosicle Thabana Yelisa	Kaniva Blaqleng Khosicle Juiovla Maya Yelisa		Juiovla Juvone Kaniva Khosicle Royals Yelisa		Blue Aiva Kanaga Jnr Khosi Miracle OP Nana Thabang Tsatsii Yvonne	Blaqboi Justin Kanaga Jnr Khosi Thabang Yvonne	Ebubu Ipeleng Kanaga Jnr Khosi Tsatsii Yvonne
Walked				none					none		none
Evicted				Santheo 12.06% to save	Jaykay 7.8% to save	Jenne Li 4.68% to save	Maya 5.98% to save		Juiovla 15.10% to save		Nana to save	Justin to save	Ipeleng to win	Tsatsii to win
									Yelisa 15.39% to save		Miracle OP to save	Blaqboi to save	Ebubu to win	Kanaga Jnr to win
									Yelisa 15.39% to save		Blue Aiva to save	Thabang to save	Yvonne to win	Kanaga Jnr to win
Survived				Juvone 22.0% to save	Blaqleng 12.68% to save	Juiovla 8.87% to save	Blaqleng 7.61% to save		Juvone 15.43% to save		Kanaga Jnr to save	Yvonne to save	Khosi to win
				Juiovla 26.74% to save	Maya 19.16% to save	Thabana 12.43% to save	Yelisa 15.03% to save		Royals 16.33% to save		Yvonne to save	Khosi to save
				Yelisa 39.2% to save	Thabana 24.80% to save	Yelisa 12.60% to save	Juiovla 20.38% to save		Kanaiva 16.84% to save		Thabang to save	Kanaga jnr to save
					Khosicle 35.56% to save	Juvone 16.35% to save	Kanaiva 22.79% to save		Khosicle 20.91% to save		Tsatsii to save
						Kanaiva 18.87% to save	Khosicle 28.25% to save				Khosi to save
						Khosicle 26.20% to save	Khosicle 28.25% to save				Khosi to save

Notes

All nominations for weeks 1 and 6 were fake.^[9] ^[10]

All nominations starting from week 2 were for housemate pairs by pairs.^[11]

In week 7, Tsatsii disobeyed Big Brother's rules by discussing nominations with other housemates other than her partner. As punishment, Big Brother revoked the Royals' Head of House immunity and placed them up for eviction.^[12]

In week 8, Big Brother announced that the pairs had been dissolved and all housemates would go back to competing as individuals until the finale. Ipeleng won the Super Veto Power Holder, guaranteeing her a spot in the finale, Head of House for the week, and the power to choose a housemate to take to the finale.^[13]

In week 9, there was no save and replace due to the Super Veto Power won by Ipeleng in week 8. She chose to take Ebubu to the finale.^[14]

In weeks 10 and 11, the penultimate and final weeks, there was no save and replace.

In week 10, both Thabang and Yvonne received 12 points to save and the tie was broken by the Rest of Africa vote in which Yvonne received more votes than Thabang.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Nwafor . 15 December 2022 . Big Brother Titans premieres January 15 with $100,000 grand prize . 2022-12-31 . Vanguard News . en-GB.
Web site: BREAKING: Khosi wins BBTitan's $100,000. Daily Post. Nseyen. Nsikak. 2 April 2023.
Web site: Augoye . Jayne . 15 December 2022 . Big Brother Titans: Organisers announce start date, $100,000 star prize . 2022-12-31 . Premium Times Nigeria . en-GB.
Maako . Compiled by Keitumetse . Big Brother Titans coming to screens next month . 2022-12-31 . Life . en-US.
Web site: Medeme . Ovwe . 6 October 2022 . Big Brother Titans: Auditions for first-ever Nigeria X South Africa Big Brother begin . 2022-12-31 . Premium Times Nigeria . en-GB.
Web site: MEET THE HOUSEMATES OF BIG BROTHER TITANS. EWN. Martin. Celeste. 16 January 2023. 30 January 2023.
Web site: New housemates bombshell in Big Brother Titans' first week. SowetanLIVE. 23 January 2023. 30 January 2023.
Web site: BBTitans: Biggie pairs housemates, announces shocking twist. Daily Post. Nseyen. Nsikak. 23 January 2023. 30 January 2023.
News: 17 January 2023 . BBTitans: First week nomination fake – Biggie. The Nation. Bada. Gbenga. 17 January 2023. en-US.
Web site: Things are rocky on 'Big Brother Titans' as the tables are turned on the housemates. IOL. Keteyi. Oluthando. 28 February 2023. 3 March 2023.
Web site: Big Brother Titans: Sandra, Yemi Cregx, Yvonne, 5 Other Housemates Face Possible Eviction. Legit.ng. Owolawi. Taiwo. 25 January 2023. 25 January 2023.
Web site: BBTitans: Despite being HoH, Tsatsii, Ebubu get nominated for eviction. TheCable. Bolawa. Pelumi. 28 February 2023. 3 March 2023.
Web site: BBTitans: Housemates' Pairs Dissolved, Ipeleng Wins Supreme Veto Power, Automatically Becomes Finalist. Legit.ng. Owalawi. Taiwo. 6 March 2023. 7 March 2023.
BigBroAfrica . 1635040166640250882 . At tonight's live show, the Supreme Veto Power Holder, Ipeleng, had to pick a housemate to join her at the #BBTitans finale. After pondering and, to the shock of everyone, she chose Ebubu. Watch her make her decision here. .