Apart from the Big Brother concept providing pure entertainment for viewers all around the world, I do personally see any other genuine benefits this reality TV has—except of course to the eventual winner and to the few other participants who may come out with some sort of stardom subsequent to certain gross violations of their personal dignity.
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For the purpose of this discussion, I will narrow down the in-house happenings of the many versions of Big Brother to the one we have in Africa, popularly called Big Brother Africa (BBA) which has become an annual ‘something’ to look up to on the continent.
If you are one of the few people who think like me, you may probably have asked yourself what may push someone to be part of this sort of human experiment—that is what it is to me, and nothing more. Except that one person is given a chunk sum of money at the end of the experiment by virtue of the fact that people at their homes have voted for this person as the best in that experiment.
Do not be misled by the amount of dollars the organisers give out to the ultimate winner, the reality TV show is certainly one of the many tacky modern day businesses, being run by certain ‘smart’ people who may have more respect for money than other human beings.
I wouldn’t wholly blame the organizers for staging this unworthy human experiment which basically cages human beings (let’s say desperate human beings) in a house, and place cameras all around the house just for others to relax at their homes and watch these human beings live. Personally, I even struggle to find what is entertaining about watching other human beings sleep or just do whatever they do for about 2-3 months.
But the above is a decision individuals should be allowed to take—as to how they want to use their time, useful or for such things.
My real worry springs from how EXPLOITATIVE organizers of Big Brother Africa have become—and since I am a woman, I will take keen interest in how the integrity of female housemates is uninterrupted disrespected as part of the entertainment the show brings to viewers.
There is this bit of Big Brother Africa called-Shower Hour and this basically is; cameras are also put in the bathrooms for viewers to see the housemates take their shower. And interestingly, each year women participants despite knowing of these cameras take their showers totally NAKED—unmoved by morals or the disgraceful fact that the whole world may be watching.
Perhaps you will need to see a video from the shower hour (provided below) and you will clearly understand the sort of disrespect that these women allow themselves to be part of—all for this thing called fame or money.
I call the Big Brother Africa shower hour exploitative and a violation of a person’s integrity due to the fact that, the organizers sell this shower hour videos/footage at a premium price. So to see the shower hour sessions (special part of the reality TV), you have to pay extra money. I wonder what is special about watching women with all their b**b and choochie out showering—except for the perverts and also to serve as homemade p*rn.
I wouldn’t want to shift the blame to the huge number of viewers who pay to watch the Shower Hour and out of my head, I will presume most of these viewers are men—of course they ought to be.
The blame majorly rests on the women who willingly sign-up to be part of this competition, knowing that their womanhood will be traded to the highest bidder and their shower sessions will become home p*rn on the phones and tablets of almost every African.
Since the organizers seem to have no conscience, you cannot expect any sort of moral consensus with them being part of it that; selling the N*kedness of other human beings, especially women who have been lured into such ‘nonsense’ with money or promise of fame is plainly WRONG, no matter the financial gains.
For how long would women especially African women allow ourselves to be totally ridiculed and be subjected to such gross contempt—in a bid to become rich or famous? The ultimate prize mostly goes to one person but more than one woman will have to show their private bodies and allow them to be sold; so that one person can win some money?
Even if you win the final cash prize, what is the difference between you and the popular p*rn star—-maybe you didn’t have sex on full camera (which some do while in the house) but you have nothing private about your body anymore, just like the p*rn stars.
And it wouldn’t surprise me that on top of the big organizing company and sponsoring companies of the Big Brother Africa are men with daughters and sisters—yet the profit motive is so tempting that they do not care about the image of the African woman.
Poverty and desperate desires for fame or whatever can make a person do the most shocking thing in life—but to willingly sign a paper to have your personal integrity violated and the violation sold to others in this way is beyond pathetic. It’s insane…
If all the female participants request that until the cameras are taken from the bathroom they would not participate, I assure you that this will be done—else, the organisers can cage the men only which people will not bother watching.
But who is that bold person to initiate this? Perhaps we can start a campaign on social media by sharing this article with the harshtag; #EndBBAShowerHour .Maybe we will get heard and this calculated violation and disrespect of the African woman would STOP.
| Big Brother Africa | |
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| Created by | Endemol |
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| Starring | |
| Country of origin | South Africa |
| No. of series | 9 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Release | |
| Original network | Various, mainly M-Net, AfricaMagic Entertainment |
| Original release | Original series: 25 May 2003 – 7 September 2003 Revival series: 5 August 2007 – 7 December 2014 |
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Big Brother Africa is the African version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother created by producer John de Mol in 1997. The show was first aired in 2003 for one season on M-Net and broadcast to audiences in 42 African countries. In 2007, the show was back from four-year hiatus, until it got cancelled after season nine in 2014.
The African version initially involved 12 countries within Africa (Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe) with two countries (Ethiopia and Mozambique) being added in season 4 and two other countries (Liberia and Sierra Leone) being added in season 7 while Rwanda was added in season 9. Each country provides at least one contestant living in an isolated house while trying to avoid being evicted by viewers and ultimately winning a large cash prize at the end of the show. The show is co-produced by Endemol South Africa.
Big Brother Africa 2011
Series details[edit]
| Seasons | Subtitles | Launch date | Finale date | Days | Housemates | Winner | Presenters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | 25 May 2003 | 7 September 2003 | 106 | 12 | Cherise Makubale | Mark Pilgrim |
| 2 | 5 August 2007 | 11 November 2007 | 98 | 12 | Richard Dyle Bezuidenhout | Kabelo Ngakane | |
| 3 | 24 August 2008 | 23 November 2008 | 91 | 12 | Ricardo Venancio | ||
| 4 | Revolution | 6 September 2009 | 6 December 2009 | 92 | 25 | Kevin Chuwang | IK Osakioduwa |
| 5 | All-Stars | 18 July 2010 | 17 October 2010 | 91 | 14 | Uti Nwachukwu | |
| 6 | Amplified | 1 May 2011 | 31 July 2011 | 91 | 26 | Karen Igho Wendall Parsons | |
| 7 | StarGame! | 6 May 2012 | 5 August 2012 | 91 | 35 | Keagan Petersen | |
| 8 | The Chase | 26 May 2013 | 25 August 2013 | 91 | 28 | Dillish Matheus | |
| 9 | Hotshots | 5 October 2014 | 6 December 2014 | 63 | 26 | Idris Sultan |
Big Brother Africa 1[edit]
The first season of Big Brother Africa, featuring 12 housemates from 12 African countries, premiered to audiences in 42 African countries on Sunday 25 May 2003, and ended on 7 September of the same year, lasting 106 days. It was the first time in the world that the internationally famous program will be created using participants of different nationalities from one continent. Mark Pilgrim was the host.
Big Brother Africa 2[edit]
The second season of Big Brother Africa, featuring 12 housemates from 12 African countries, premiered 5 August 2007, and ended on 11 November of the same year, lasting 98 days. The show returned from its four-year hiatus, with a brand new host, KB Ngakane.
Big Brother Africa 3[edit]
The third season of Big Brother Africa, featured 12 housemates from 12 African countries, premiered 24 August 2008, and ended on 23 November of the same year, lasting 91 days. KB returned as host.
Big Brother Africa 4: Revolution[edit]
The fourth season of Big Brother Africa, featured 25 housemates from 14 African countries. The season premiered 6 September 2009, and ended on 6 December of the same year, lasting 91 days. This year, Ikponmwosa 'IK' Osakioduwa took over as the new host. It was the first season featuring more than 12 contestants. It was also the first time 14 countries participated.
Big Brother Africa 5: All-Stars[edit]
Big Brother Africa 5 started on 18 July 2010, and ran for 91 days until 17 October 2010. This was an all-star series which featured 14 former Big Brother Africa contestants. For the second time, IK was the host.The winner was Uti Nwachukwu a. k. a uti
Big Brother Africa 6: Amplified[edit]
The sixth season of Big Brother Africa, tagged 'Amplified' ran for 91 days from 1 May 2011 to 31 July the same year. Bringing together 26 housemates from 14 African countries, M-Net co-partnered with Coca-Cola for the series. IK returned as host. This season is the first ever series of Big Brother in the world to have 2 winners; Karen Igho from Nigeria and Wendall Robert Parson from Zimbabwe. One of the notable housemates in this season was Zimbabwean actress, model and TV personality, Vimbai Mutinhiri.
Big Brother Africa 7: StarGame![edit]
The seventh season of Big Brother Africa premiered to viewers in 47 African countries on Sunday 6 May 2012 and ran for 91 days until 5 August 2012. Live performances were made by American rapper J. Cole during the opening ceremony.[1][2][3][4] The show was once again headline sponsored by Coca-Cola and hosted by IK.
This season, the cash prize was raised to US$ 300,000. A new rule called Double-Up was introduced to the show. This means that entrants partnered with other people to enter as a pair.
Liberia and Sierra Leone were represented in the house for the first time ever, while Ethiopia was not represented in this season, and contestants from Mozambique were expected to take on a new role that was not announced, the idea was dropped and replaced with seven celebrity housemates making it a Stargame themed series.
This season featured a record breaker, for the first time ever in the worldwide history of big brother, 35 housemates went into the big brother house on launch night. From 14 African countries the 35 contestants constituted 14 pairs called BBFs (Big Brother Friends) and seven VIP celebrity housemates.
Keagan Pietersen from South Africa was crowned the winner of the $300 000 cash prize on 5 August 2012 during the 2 hours 20 minutes finale.
Big Brother Africa 8: The Chase[edit]
The eighth season of Big Brother Africa aired in 2013 titled The Chase. M-net's Africa Magic confirmed the return of the series on 18 December 2012. The season premiered Sunday 26 May 2013 with 28 housemates from 14 African countries and lasted for 91 days ending on Sunday 25 August 2013.[5]Ethiopia returned as the fourteenth participating country in the show, replacing Liberia.[6]IK returned as host of the series.
Airtel took over the role of headline sponsor becoming the official sponsor of Big Brother The Chase. Once again 2 houses are featured on BBA The Chase, 'Diamond' and 'Ruby'. Dillish Mathews from Namibia was the winner of the $300 000 cash prize.
Big Brother Africa 9: Hot-Shots[edit]
M-net's Africa Magic announced the ninth season of Africa's top reality TV series on 26 May 2014. The show began with housemates on Sunday 7 September 2014 and ran live for 91 days, 24/7 on Dstv channels 197 and 198, ending with the series finale on 7 December 2014.
The auditions were held in the same 14 countries as the previous season (The Chase) with the only exception being Angola which replaced by newcomers, Rwanda. Although Angola was the only country left out from the original 12 participating countries, it Dstv premiered a local Angolan Portuguese version, Big Brother Angola. Additional auditions were held in Mozambique.[7]
Production of Season 9 had to be put on hold as the Big Brother house in Highlands North, Johannesburg burnt down.[8] Nobody was injured in the fire.
Season 9 premiered on 5 October 2014, nearby the old studio in '7th Street', where the 26 contestants entered the new house for 63 days.[9]
Big Brother Africa Cleo
Tanzania's Idris Sultan emerged as the Ultimate Hotshot and the winner of the US$300,000.[10]
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Big Brother Naija
External links[edit]
Big Brother Africa Munya