''Big Brother Titans'' is the joint South African and

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edition of the '' Big Brother'' franchise. The theme for the first season was "Ziyakhala Wahala". The show features housemates from South Africa and Nigeria. The show premiered on 15 January 2023 on DStv channel 198 and

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channel 29 and ended on 2 April 2023. The first season was won by Khosi Twala, while

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was the runner-up.

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and Lawrence Maleka were co-hosts of the show, and it was sponsored by

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and Lotto Star. According to the organizers of the show,

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, the prize money for the winner of the first season was $100,000 ( R1.8 million/

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46 million). A virtual audition was held to select contestants for the show from 6 to 22 October 2022. Interested contestants were told to record and submit a two-minute video stating why they should appear on the show.

Housemates

On Day 0, 20 contestants entered the house, evenly split by country and by male and female. On Day 4, four more contestants entered the house. Housemates were later put into pairs until Week 7. Each pair would have a male and a female and have both countries represented. :''The launch night (15 January) is marked as Day 0. The day after is Day 1.''

Pairs

Nominations table

Notes

: All nominations for weeks 1 and 6 were fake. : All nominations starting from week 2 were for housemate pairs by pairs. : In week 7, Tsatsii disobeyed Big Brother's rules by discussing nominations with other housemates other than her partner. As punishment, Big Brother revoked the Royals' Head of House immunity and placed them up for eviction. : In week 8, Big Brother announced that the pairs had been dissolved and all housemates would go back to competing as individuals until the finale. Ipeleng won the Super Veto Power Holder, guaranteeing her a spot in the finale, Head of House for the week, and the power to choose a housemate to take to the finale. : In week 9, there was no save and replace due to the Super Veto Power won by Ipeleng in week 8. She chose to take Ebubu to the finale. : In weeks 10 and 11, the penultimate and final weeks, there was no save and replace. : In week 10, both Thabang and Yvonne received 12 points to save and the tie was broken by the Rest of Africa vote in which Yvonne received more votes than Thabang.

External links

Official websiteSeason voting results

References

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