A new season of pay-TV broadcaster M-Net’s hit reality show Big Brother Africa will commence on 6 September, and will have almost twice as much sight and sound capability than any of the three previous seasons. This will be provided by 40 ‘all-seeing, all-knowing’ cameras and 100 microphones.
Producer Endemol SA has created a dramatic and revised format, bolder and more intense than anything audiences have seen thus far.
Prize money has been doubled to US$200, 000. As with the previous series, M-Net will air the series all over Africa.
Newly introduced open castings in 18 cities will form the widest Big Brother Africa search ever.
The old rules banning conspiracy in the house have been lifted and contestants will be free to forge alliances, discuss strategy openly and play the game in an entirely different way. In a turnaround, this year audiences will be asked to vote for the housemates they want to see remain in the series rather than the housemates they want to see leave the house.
Says M-Net Africa director Biola Adekanbi: “The team’s been working for months already, fine-tuning the latest edition, focusing on delivering the ultimate Big Brother Africa. We’ve got quite a few secrets this time round, so you’ll have to wait and see what happens.” Following up on this vision, series producers Endemol SA have also been busy analysing and observing other Big Brother successes around the world to develop innovative series elements and inject fresh new creativity into the production.
Once again, in Big Brother Africa: The Revolution, would-be housemates from Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe are eligible to enter the series. This time round though, the search has been widened to include housemates from Mozambique, a dynamic and growing economy, and Ethiopia, which is home to the African Union.
To get the process started, M-Net has begun calling for entries for the new season. And, in line with its re-energised identity, the new Big Brother Africa will include, for the first time, open castings sessions in the 14 participating countries.
Castings will be held on a ‘first come/first served’ basis and to qualify for entry, you must be over the age of 21, be fluent in English, have a valid passport and be a citizen of any of the 14 participating countries.
Entrants who impress the selectors at the open castings will head into several follow-up selection rounds, before the final housemates are chosen.
The series finale will be on 6 December. Once again, all the action will be screened on DStv channel 198, 24/7.
For more information log on to www.mnetafrica.com.
