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Big Brother HotShots Launched: 26 Housemates, 63 Days & 300,000 Up for the WINNER

Big Brother Hotshors-Laveda from Tanzania
Big Brother Hotshors-Laveda from Tanzania

The all-singing, all-dancing 9th edition of Big Brother Africa kicked off on DStv on Sunday, 5 October as the 26 housemates showed off their talents to the continent – giving millions of viewers a glimpse into what makes them Hotshots.

Viewers met the housemates who will be competing for the USD300 000 prize over the next 63 days, one-by-one, as they showcased their talents, live on stage, in one-minute slots. The studio audience scored each performance with a mark out of 100, and right at the end of the show, Big Brother called the excited housemates together and revealed the reason – the housemate who scored the highest would be named as Head of House and would be the only housemate not up for eviction next Sunday. Tanzania’s Laveda led a Top 6 that included Sabina, M’am Bea, Lilian, Arthur and JJ, meaning she is the only one not in danger of going home next week.

The house seems to be full of musicians and singers, with Kenya’s Sabina and Rwanda’s Arthur breaking the mould with comedy routines, Ghana’s M’am Bea showcasing her fashion design talents and Laveda picking up top marks with her saxophone solo. Not to be outdone by the housemates, presenter IK kicked things off with a cabaret-style singing performance of his own – and the show only got hotter from there.

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3 More Big Brother Hotshots Housemates Revealed | Meet Hotshots Sipe from Malawai, Trezagah from Mozambique and Tayo from Nigeria

Sipe from Malawi
Sipe from Malawi

With Just few days to catch the launch of the 2014 Big Brother Africa, the biggest reality TV show on the continent, fans are busy checking out the various representatives—and today, we have 3 more housemates for you.

Check out the profiles of Sipe from Malawai, Trezagah from Mozambique and Tayo from Nigeria…

Sipe | Age: 24 | Malawi

Hairdresser Sipe is from Lilongwe and has an MSCE and ICM Hotel and Catering Management qualification. Her favourite foods are nshima with chicken and okra, pizza, Thai food and ‘a bit of Indian cuisine’. Her favourite TV shows include Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Say Yes To The Dress, How Do I Look?, Jerseylicious and Idols. Her favourite musicians are Beyonce, Brandy, Sam Smith and Zahara and her favourite actors are Idris Elba and Angelina Jolie.

Sipe’s favourite place in her country is Lake Malawi, because it relaxes her. Her favourite place outside of Malawi is Paris. ‘It’s the most beautiful place in the world and I always imagine spending time on my honeymoon there,’ she says. ‘It’s the City of Love!’. She says the best things about Africa are the people, the landscape and the food.

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Big Brother Hotshots Housemates | Meet Sheila from Botswana, Sabina form Kenya and Samantha from South Africa

Sheilla from Botswana
Sheilla from Botswana

We’ve been introduced to several housemates of the 2014 Big Brother Africa-Hotshots and most of them have been young.

Today, we have Sabina, 28 from Kenya and Samantha, 29 from South Africa who have also taken the challenge to compete with the young—and more important, entertain Africa.

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Sheilla | Age: 21 | Botswana

Sheilla is a student from Gaborone in Botswana, currently studying an AAT Diploma. She entered Big Brother Hotshots because she believes that ‘it’s a platform for people like me who were born for the spotlight. It puts us out there to succeed in our careers – in my case, my music career’. She’s excited that the whole continent will be watching her: ‘it is like interacting within the house with someone invisible, or a ghost, and the thought of what they think just gives you an adrenaline rush’.

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