Big Brother Mzansi season 3

Big Brother South Africa: Beke Le Beke (also known as Big Brother Mzansi 3 or Big Brother South Africa 5) is the third season of the South African Big Brother reality television reboot series produced by Banijay and Red Pepper Pictures for M-Net and Mzansi Magic.^[1] It returned after a six-year hiatus and marked 20 years since the Big Brother brand launched in South Africa.

Big Brother Mzansi
Season 3
Presented by	Lawrence Maleka
No. of days	70
No. of housemates	20
Winner	Michelle Dimpho "Mphowabadimo" Mvundla
Runner-up	Gashwen Brandon "Gash1" Mthombeni
Release
Original network	Mzansi Magic and M-Net DStv (live)
Original release	23 January (2022-01-23) – 3 April 2022 (2022-04-03)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 2 Next → Season 4

The Sponsor of the show for this season was Lottostar. While the associative sponsor was Johnnie Walker

The show premiered on 23 January 2022 on Mzansi Magic and DStv with 24 contestants initially and a new host, Lawrence Maleka.^[2] A week later, two more contestants were introduced to the house.^[3]

On 3 April, Mphowabadimo was declared the winner of the third season of Big Brother Mzansi and received R2 million, while Gash1 was the runner-up.^[4][5]

Housemates

The first evening (23 January) introduced 18 housemates, equally split between male and female.^[6] After only three days in the house, QV decided to withdraw from the competition for mental health reasons.^[7] On 30 January, instead of an eviction, Vyno and Nthabii were added to the house.^[3]

Housemates	Age on entry	Occupation	Residence/Hometown	Day entered	Day exited	Status
Michelle Dimpho "Mphowabadimo" Mvundla	27	Sangoma	Daveyton	0	70	Winner
Gashwen Brandon "Gash1" Mthombeni	28	Fashion Designer, Entrepreneur	Pretoria	0	70	Runner-Up
Themba Karabo Mabaso	30	Tattoo Artist	Johannesburg	0	70	3rd Place
Libo Njomba	32	Salesperson, Personal trainer, IT Graduate	King William's Town	0	70	4th Place
Thulani "Tulz" Mandala	28	Radio DJ, Voice-over Artist, Actor	East London	0	70	5th Place
Thato Mokoena	28	Accountant, Content Creator, Actress	Johannesburg	0	63	Evicted
Ukho "Sis Tamara" Samela	25	Film Student	Queenstown	0	63	Evicted
Gugu Refiloe "Terry" Bonga	26	Make-up Artist, Adult Content Creator	Johannesburg	0	63	Evicted
Naledi "Nale" Mogadime	24	Model, Actress	Pretoria	0	49	Evicted
Thobeka "Venus" Mtshali	25	Aspiring Musician, Bartender	Durban	0	49	Evicted
Nthabiseng "Nthabii" Mothutsi	27	Student Athlete	Polokwane	8	42	Evicted
Bongani "Vyno" Sikhukhula	28	Musician	Pretoria	8	35	Evicted
Norman Nhlapo	24	Daycare Worker	Pretoria	0	35	Evicted
Yolanda "Yoli" Glover	30	Performing Arts Teacher, Psychology Student	Durban	0	35	Evicted
Luthando "B.U" Mthembu	31	Aspiring Musician	Durban	0	28	Evicted
Adindu "Zino" Asuzu	21	Digital Marketing Student	Johannesburg	0	28	Evicted
Thando "Acacia" Mati (Mcopela)	30	Model	Soweto	0	21	Evicted
Rethabile "Dinkybliss" Potsane	29	Business Woman	Welkom	0	14	Evicted
Mvelo Ntuli	28	Marketing Graduate	Pietermaritzburg	0	14	Evicted
Keamogetswe "QV" Mothlale	24	Marketing Communications Graduate	Soweto	0	3	Walked

The launch night is marked as Day 0. The day after is Day 1.

Nominations & Voting History

	Normal Nominations										Nominations & votes received
	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Mphowabadimo	Venus & QV	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Yoli Tulz Norman	Nale Sis Tamara	Tulz Terry	No Voting	No Voting	Winner (Day 70)
Gash1	B.U Themba	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	B.U Libo Nale Venus	Terry Nthabii Mphowabadimo	Terry Mphowabadimo	Nale Venus	No Voting	No Voting	Runner-up (Day 70)
Themba	Gash1 & Sis Tamara	Gash1, Mvelo, Acacia & Dinkybliss	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Terry, Yoli & Tulz	Nale & Sis Tamara	Sis Tamara & Thato	No Voting	No Voting	3rd Place (Day 70)
Libo	Dinkybliss & QV	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Gash1, Yoli & Themba	Nale & Mphowabadimo	Gash1 & Mphowabadimo	No Voting	No Voting	4th Place (Day 70)
Tulz	Acacia & Yoli	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Yoli, Themba & Norman	Nthabii & Mphowabadimo	Thato & Mphowabadimo	No Voting	No Voting	5th Place (Day 70)
Thato	Acacia & Mphowabadimo	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Libo, Nthabii & Mphowabadimo	Nale & Terry	Tulz & Venus	No Voting	No Voting	Evicted (Day 63)
Sis Tamara	Mvelo & Norman	Did Not Vote	Acacia, Nale, Zino & Mphowabadimo	Did Not Vote	Terry, Themba & Vyno	Nale & Gash1	Thato & Venus	No Voting	No Voting
Terry	Themba & QV	Gash1, Mvelo, Mphowabadimo & Dinkybliss	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Yoli, Norman & Gash1	Nthabii & Mphowabadimo	Gash1 & Thato	No Voting	No Voting
Nale	QV & Mvelo	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Gash1, Themba & Yoli	Themba & Gash1	Tulz & Gash1	Evicted (Day 49)
Venus	Norman & Mphowabadimo	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Gash1, Nthabii & Thato	Mphowabadimo & Nthabii	Tulz & Thato
Nthabii	Not in House	Exempt	Did Not Vote	Norman, Thato, B.U & Vyno	Terry, Norman & Gash1	Nale & Gash1	Evicted (Day 42)
Vyno	Not in House	Exempt	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Gash1, Norman & Yoli	Evicted (Day 35)
Norman	Themba & Mvelo	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Vyno, Tulz & Nthabii
Yoli	Gash1 & Venus	Did Not Vote	Themba, Acacia, Tulz & Nthabii	Did Not Vote	Tulz, Nthabii & Mphowabadimo
B.U	QV & Gash1	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Evicted (Day 28)
Zino	Dinkybliss & Yoli	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote
Acacia	Thato & Norman	Did Not Vote	Did Not Vote	Evicted (Day 21)
Dinkybliss	Acacia & Nale	Did Not Vote	Evicted (Day 14)
Mvelo	Themba & Sis Tamara	Did Not Vote
QV	Thato & Libo	Walked (Day 3)
Notes	1	2	3	4	5, 6	none	none	7	8	none
Head of House	Tulz	Terry	Sis Tamara	Gash1	Sis Tamara	Tulz	Libo	Themba	Themba	Tulz
Deputy Head of House	Libo	Themba	Yoli	Nthabii	Venus	Libo	Themba	Libo	Mphowabadimo	Mphowabadimo
Veto Power Holder	none	Head of House						Themba	none
Nominated (pre-save & replace)	No Eviction	Acacia, Dinkybliss, Gash1, Mphowabadimo & Mvelo	Acacia, Mphowabadimo, Nale, Nthabii, Themba, Tulz & Zino	B.U, Libo, Nale, Norman, Thato, Venus & Vyno	Gash1, Norman, Nthabii, Terry, Themba, Tulz & Yoli	Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Nale, Nthabii, Sis Tamara & Terry	Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Thato, Tulz & Venus	No Eviction	No Voting
Saved		Acacia	Tulz	Norman	Tulz	Terry	Tulz
Up for Eviction		Dinkybliss, Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Mvelo & Norman	Acacia, Mphowabadimo, Nale, Nthabii, Themba, Vyno & Zino	B.U, Libo, Nale, Thato, Venus, Vyno & Zino	Gash1, Norman, Nthabii, Terry, Themba, Vyno & Yoli	Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Nale, Nthabii, Sis Tamara & Thato	Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Nale, Thato & Venus		Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Sis Tamara, Terry & Thato	All Housemates
Walked	QV	none
Ejected	none
Survived	No Eviction	Mphowabadimo 36.35% to save Gash1 22.40% to save Norman 21.67% to save	Mphowabadimo, Nale, Nthabii, Themba, Vyno & Zino	Libo, Nale, Thato, Venus & Vyno	Gash1, Nthabii, Terry & Themba	Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Nale, Sis Tamara & Thato	Gash1, Mphowabadimo & Thato	No Eviction	Gash1 & Mphowabadimo	Mphowabadimo 36.45% to win
Evicted		Dinkybliss 12.12% to save Mvelo 7.45% to save	Acacia	B.U & Zino	Norman, Vyno & Yoli	Nthabii	Nale & Venus		Sis Tamara, Terry & Thato	Gash1 29.17% to win
										Themba 26.13% to win Libo 6.04% to win Tulz 2.21% to win

1. ^ In week 1, all housemates made their eviction nominations. On eviction night, it was revealed that all housemates were actually up for eviction, before the eviction for that week was cancelled.
2. ^ In week 2 and 3, only the HoH and deputy HoH were allowed to nominate housemates for possible eviction. The HoH had to use their veto power to replace one housemate from those nominated by the deputy HoH, with a non-nominated housemate.
3. ^ In week 3, under Sis Tamara and Yoli's leadership, the housemates won their first 100% wager.
4. ^ For the third week in a row, only the HoH and deputy HoH were allowed to nominate, with HoH once again having the privilege to save and replace.
5. ^ Week 5 was the first week that all housemates had the opportunity to nominate other housemates for possible eviction. Both the HoH and deputy HoH were immune from nomination while the HoH had to perform a save and replace in front of all the housemates.
6. ^ The Conspiracy Corner was introduced, where housemates could discuss who they want to nominate.
7. ^ In week 8, instead of nominations, the Ultimate Veto Power Games were played, where the winning housemate and two other housemates of their choosing would be guaranteed a spot in the finale. The Conspiracy Corner was also removed.
8. ^ In week 9, all housemates except for the Ultimate Veto Power Holder and two housemates of their choosing were up for eviction.

Nomination Table

Weeks	Nominated	Evicted
Week 1	Fake Nominations	QV (Walked)
Week 2	Dinkybliss, Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Mvelo & Norman	Dinkybliss & Mvelo
Week 3	Acacia, Mphowabadimo, Nale, Nthabii, Themba, Vyno & Zino	Acacia
Week 4	B.U, Libo, Nale, Thato, Venus, Vyno & Zino	B.U & Zino
Week 5	Gash1, Norman, Nthabii, Terry, Themba, Vyno & Yoli	Norman, Vyno & Yoli
Week 6	Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Nale, Nthabii, Sis Tamara & Thato	Nthabii
Week 7	Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Nale, Thato & Venus	Nale & Venus
Week 8	No Nominations	No Eviction
Week 9	Gash1, Mphowabadimo, Sis Tamara, Terry & Thato	Sis Tamara, Terry & Thato
Week 10	Gash1, Libo, Mphowabadimo, Themba & Tulz	Gash1, Libo, Themba & Tulz

References

1. Goldbart, Max (6 December 2021). "'Big Brother' To Return To South Africa; Banijay Mega-Format Soon To Be Airing In 22 Markets". Deadline. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
2. Matiwane, Nonkululeko (13 January 2022). "Lawrence Maleka on hosting Big Brother and his goals for 2022". News24. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
3. Keteyi, Oluthando (31 January 2022). "'Big Brother Mzansi' house rocked by surprise housemate additions". IOL. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
4. Seleme, Rae (3 April 2022). "Michelle 'Mphowabadimo' Mvundla is the winner of #BBMzansi season 3". The South African. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
5. @BBMzansi (4 April 2022). "A look at how Mzansi voted in the final week of #BBMzansi. Watch more highlights from the grand finale on http://mzansimagic.tv/bigbrother" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
6. Zuma, Mbalenhle (25 January 2022). "Meet the Big Brother Mzansi season 3 Housemates – BBMzansi". Sunday World. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
7. Magagula, Nompumelelo (26 January 2022). "Drama as QV leaves Big Brother house after fewer than three days". News24. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

External links

• Official website