Success In Nigeria’s Media Space Motivates Big Brother Mzanzi To Return In SA

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Following the resounding success recorded by the Big Brother Naija (BBN) brand in Nigeria, Big Brother Mzansi, formerly known as Big Brother South Africa has made a return to the screens in an exciting new season.

The show began trending from the period the premiere episode was aired on Sunday. It continued trending well into Monday.

Shortly after the sixth season of BBN ended where Hazel Oyeze Onou popularly known as Whitemoney emerged winner, Multichoice had confirmed that the Pay-TV service and M-Net are reviving Big Brother Mzansi after seven years for the Southern Africa audience.

“The MultiChoice Group and Banijay are pleased to announce that the much-loved Big Brother Mzansi will be making its highly anticipated return to your screens soon, and it promises to be as exciting, entertaining and action-packed as ever,” MultiChoice and M-Net’s local entertainment division had said in a statement.

M-Net and Endemol did the first season of Big Brother South Africa in 2001 with Mark Pilgrim as the host. MultiChoice and M-Net’s Africa Magic division then did nine seasons of Big Brother Africa as a pan-African version with contestants from various African countries between 2003 and 2014.

In 2014, the reality show switched and rebranded to Big Brother Mzansi with a Big Brother Mzansi: Secrets season in 2014 and a Big Brother Mzansi: Double Trouble season in 2015. The show has had a total of Four seasons as well as a celebrity version.

Lawrence Maleka is the new face billed to usher in a new era of Big Brother, which unveiled an interesting set of housemates on Sunday evening.

This season also has an exciting blend of Housemates whose presence on the show promises drama and intrigues. They include Gugu Refiloe Bonga, aka Terry Treasure, a 26-year-old adult content creator from; Adindu Asuzu, aka Zino, a 21-year-old half-Nigerian and Ukho Samela, aka “Sis Tamara”, a 25-year-old who goes by the pronouns he/ him/ she/ her/ they/ them and describe themselves as “a gender non-conforming experience,” among others.

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