BBA Hotshots: How head of house crown rescued Sipe

The power of the Big Brother Hotshots Head of House came to the fore on Monday night as it saved nominee Sipe from the list, but saw immunity holder Samantha placed firmly in the firing line. The South African is joined by Goitse (Botswana); last week’s Head of House Idris (Tanzania); Mr. 265 (Malawi) and Macky2 (Zambia).

When the dust had settled on Sunday night, Mr. 265, Macky2, Sipe and Idris garnered the most nominations – alongside Goitse, who was automatically nominated after failing to keep still during last week’s ‘freeze’ task. The Head of House task on Monday morning saw Tayo, Idris and Sipe competing in a challenging battle of wits – and knots – as they had to navigate the garden while tied into a rope, slowly working their way through various points in an effort to free themselves. Sipe eventually prevailed, meaning that she was immune from nomination this week.

When Big Brother announced the nomination results to the housemates on Monday evening, Idris’ expression clearly indicated his dismay – in stark contrast to Sipe’s joy at her immunity. The new Head of House wasted no time in making her way to the Diary Room to reveal her ‘add’ decision. In a great twist which illustrated just how much power the Head of House holds, she was able to name Samantha as her choice – despite the South African being immune from nomination by any other housemate, by virtue of being part of the winning Extravagana task team on Saturday. Sipe had clearly indicated which way her vote was going to go during an earlier Diary Session with Big Brother, where she had even expressed her displeasure at seeing that Samantha’s StarMeter gift – a sparkling pink gift basket - was her favourite colour.

The other housemates who picked up nominations – but aren’t in line to leave this coming Sunday, were Butterphly and Ellah, with three apiece.

Voting opened immediately after Sipe’s Head of House decision, and runs until next Sunday. The more you vote for your favourite nominated housemate, the better their chance of staying in the house and being named as the winner. There are four ways to vote for your favourite housemate each week:

1.       Via SMS

2.       Via WeChat

3.       Via www.bigbrotherafrica.com

4.       Via the mobisite on your mobile phone

SMS Voting

To vote via SMS: Text the keyword ‘Vote’, followed by the name of the housemate to the short code number for your country. For example SMS “Vote Uti” to 22626. SMS's are charged as applicable per specific network tariff. VAS rates apply. Free minutes do not apply. Please note that you can vote 100 times by SMS per mobile number during each voting period.

The SMS numbers for each country are:

Botswana

Operator             Tariff                     Short Code

Mascom               P 2.50                    16626

Orange                                 P 2.50                    16626

BE MOBILE          P 2.50                    16626

Ghana

Operator             Tariff                     Short Code

MTN                      GHS 0.60              1474

Vodafone            GHS 0.60              1474

GLO                       GHS 0.60              1474

Tigo                        GHS 0.60              1474

Airtel                     GHS 0.60              1474

Kenya

Operator             Tariff                     Short Code

Safaricom            KES 20                   22626

Orange                                 KES 20                   22626

Airtel                     KES 20                   22626

Malawi

Operator             Tariff                     Short Code

TNM                      MK 60.00             15626

Airtel                     MK 60.00             15626

Mozambique

Operator             Tariff                     Short Code

mcel                      20MT                     99026

Vodacom             20MT                     99026

Namibia

Operator             Tariff                     Short Code

MTC                       N$ 2.50                 15626

TN Mobile           N$ 2.50                 15626

Nigeria

Operator             Tariff                     Short Code

MTN                      N75                        34350

Airtel                     N 75                       34350

Globacom           N 75                       34350

Etisalat                  N 75                       34350

Rest Of Africa

Tariff                     Short Code

Int’nl Rates         +2783142100414

Rwanda

Operator             Tariff                     Short Code

Tigo                        RWF 50                 1616

MTN                      RWF 50                 1616

Airtel                     RWF 50                 1616

South Africa

Operator             Tariff                     Short Code

Vodacom             R 1.50                    34624

MTN                      R 1.50                    34624

CellC                      R 1.50                    34624   

8TA                        R 1.50                    34624

Virgin                    R 1.50                    34624

Tanzania, United Republic of

Operator             Tariff                     Short Code

Vodacom             TSH 600                15426

Tigo                        TSH 600                15426

Zantel                   TSH 600                15426

Airtel                     TSH 600                15426

Uganda

Operator             Tariff                     Short Code

UTL                        500 UGX               8884

Warid                    500 UGX               8884

MTN                      500 UGX               8884

Airtel                     500 UGX               8884

Orange                                 500 UGX               8884

Zambia

Operator             Tariff                     Short Code

MTN                      Kwacha 2.50       3003

Zamtel                  Kwacha 2.50       3003

Airtel                     Kwacha 2.50       3003

Zimbabwe

Operator             Tariff                     Short Code

Econet                  US $0.50               15626

Netone                                US $0.50               15626

Telecel                  US $0.50               15626

WeChat Voting

Voting on WeChat is free. To vote via WeChat on your mobile phone, go to your app store and download the WeChat app. Create your profile, then search for BigBrotherAfrica and add the account. You can then start voting on WeChat, up to 100 times per mobile phone number during a valid voting period.

Website and mobile site voting

Voting on the website and on the mobile site is free and you are allowed to vote 100 times per cellphone number on the website and again 100 times per cellphone number on the mobile site during a valid voting period.

Visit www.bigbrotherafrica.com for more information and for the terms and conditions.

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