Big Brother Africa season 4

Big Brother Africa
Season 4
No. of days	91
No. of housemates	25
Winner	Kevin
Runner-up	Emma
Season chronology
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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:

• Housemates are now allowed to freely discuss nominations.
• The public will vote to save, not voting to evict. However, some weeks have included the public voting to evict instead of to save.
• The winner receives $200,000.

There has been numerous twists in this year's series.

• On Day 0, twelve all-male housemates entered the House, with no female housemates entered.
• One housemate, Edward, has a twin brother, Erastus, who are both part of the twin twist. Every few days, Edward and Erastus will switch places. Their mission is to keep secret that they have switched places. If they both successfully do this for two weeks, they will play individually. Three people are allowed to find out, but if four people find out, they will play as one housemate. They were successful, and allowed to play as individuals. Erastus became the seventh person to be evicted from the House on Day 28.
• For the first time, on Day 7, two housemates, Teddy and Wayoe, became evicted as part of a double eviction.
• After the double eviction, twelve all-female housemates entered a house next door, without the male housemates knowing. The female housemates spied on the male housemates for one week, before entering the main house.
• For the first time, on Day 28, three housemates, Erastus, Rene, and Paloma became evicted as part of a triple eviction.
• On Day 28, it was announced that all remaining housemates would no longer be competing individually, but in pairs. The pairs will play the game as one. If one member is nominated, both are nominated. If one is saved by the Head of House, both are safe. If one is evicted, then both are evicted. Although, diary sessions can be still individual. The pairs were:
  • Jeremy and Geraldine
  • Edward and Emma
  • Kaone and Liz
  • Itai and Nkenna
  • Hannington and Yacob
  • Quinn and Kristal
  • Mzamo and Leonel
  • Kevin and Elizabeth
• On Day 49, the pairs were dismantled and the housemates were, again, playing as individuals.

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.

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.

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.

• Big Brother Africa 4 at M-Net
• Big Brother Africa 4 on TVSA
• Big Brother Africa Official Fan Site on BigBrotherAfrica.com