Big Brother Mzansi season 5

*Big Brother Mzansi*
Big Brother Mzansi
Season 5
Presented by	Smash Afrika
No. of days	70
No. of housemates	24
Winner	TBA
Runner-up	TBA
Release
Original network	Mzansi Magic; Mzansi Wethu; DStv (live)
Original release	12 January 2025 –; present
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 4

Big Brother Mzansi: Umlilo (also known as Big Brother Mzansi 5 or Big Brother South Africa 7) is the fifth season of the South African Big Brother reality television reboot series produced by Banijay and Red Pepper Pictures for M-Net and Mzansi Magic. It premiered on 12 January 2025 on DStv channel 198.^[1]

LottoStar returned as the headline sponsor, while the tactical partner is Robertsons Spices and the alcohol sponsor is Chillers Punch.

Smash Afrika replaces Lawrence Maleka as the show's host.^[2]

Housemates

On 12 January 2025, 24 housemates entered the house.^[3]

Housemates	Age on entry	Occupation	Residence	Day exited	Status
Amanda "Mandy Hagan" Makhathini	26	ECD practitioner	Johannesburg, Gauteng	TBA	TBA
Akhonamathemba "Sweet Guluva" Mbele	23	Student	Cape Town, Western Cape	TBA	TBA
Siphesihle "Mshini" Lekwadu	23	Tutor	Soweto, Gauteng	TBA	TBA
Bokang "Beekay" Chephetsa	23	Electrician	Johannesburg, Gauteng	TBA	TBA
Tyrone Willard	26	Social media consultant	Qonce, Eastern Cape	TBA	TBA
Mathapelo "Mata" Mashila	27	Musical artist	Johannesburg, Gauteng	TBA	TBA
Karabo "Jojo" Sejojo	22	Entrepreneur	Bloemfontein, Free State	TBA	TBA
Uyanda Hlangabezo	23	High school teacher	Gqeberha, Eastern Cape	TBA	TBA
Muziomhle "Muzi-TheMbuzi" Mdluli	29	Self-employed	Johannesburg, Gauteng	TBA	TBA
Fortunate "Nate" Setwaba	26	Orthotist	Johannesburg, Gauteng	TBA	TBA
Abongile "Abobo" Salli	30	Teacher	Cape Town, Western Cape	TBA	TBA
Siphesihle Mabaso	28	Financial advisor	Secunda, Mpumalanga	TBA	TBA
Siyabonga "Swiss" Mlangeni	28	Student	Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal	TBA	TBA
Nsuku Mabunda	29	Student	Johannesburg, Gauteng	TBA	TBA
Philile Nzama	31	Unemployed	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	TBA	TBA
Mmelesi "Melino" Mothei	33	Artist manager	Johannesburg, Gauteng	TBA	TBA
Ash-ley Ogle	26	Media Personality and Writer	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	29	Evicted
Sphamandla "Sipha Lee" Mthembu	29	Unemployed	Johannesburg, Gauteng	28	Evicted
Abongile "Ezra" Mhambi	27	Farmer	Butterworth/East London, Eastern Cape		Evicted
Luzuko Mashalaba	26	Sales agent	Johannesburg, Gauteng		Evicted
Nokulunga "Gugu" Ndabezitha	34	Unemployed	Johannesburg, Gauteng	21	Evicted
Florence "Kay B" Mphirime	23	Student and Model	Bloemfontein, Free State	17	Disqualified
Hassaan "Savage" Rigney	29	Personal trainer	Johannesburg, Gauteng	14	Evicted
Bongiwe "Bonni Bee" Booi	28	Telesales agent	Johannesburg, Gauteng	14	Evicted

The launch night (12 January) is marked as Day 0. The day after is Day 1.

Voting history & Nominations

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Nominations & votes received
Head of House	Sweet Guluva	~~Uyanda~~ Sipha Lee	Ezra	~~Swiss~~ Jojo	Swiss	Tyrone	Nominations & votes received

Abobo	Philile Siphesihle	Ezra Swiss	Swiss Nate	Nate Sipha Lee	Nsuku	Swiss Nate	12
Beekay	Abobo Savage	Mandy Hagan Mata	Mata Luzuko	Mata Luzuko	Mata	Jojo Mata	6
Jojo	Muzi-TheMbuzi Gugu	Bonni Bee Nsuku	Gugu Siphesihle	Swiss Ezra	Nsuku	Beekay Muzi-TheMbuzi	6
Mandy Hagan	Nsuku Philile	Ezra Bonni Bee	Sipha Lee Swiss	Swiss Muzi-TheMbuzi	Nsuku	Nsuku Muzi-TheMbuzi	12
Mata	Kay B Savage	Nate Kay B	Nate Kay B	Sipha Lee Ezra	Siphesihle	Beekay Nsuku	7
Melino	Kay B Savage	Abobo Bonni Bee	Uyanda Nsuku	Muzi-TheMbuzi Beekay	Mshini	Nate Nsuku	5
Mshini	Kay B Tyrone	Ezra Mandy Hagan	Ash-ley Ogle Sweet Guluva	Ezra Sipha Lee	Ash-ley Ogle	Beekay Nate	5
Muzi-TheMbuzi	Siphesihle Melino	Gugu Luzuko	Gugu Jojo	Luzuko Mandy Hagan	Ash-ley Ogle	Mandy Hagan Jojo	7
Nate	Abobo Gugu	Philile Savage	Philile Abobo	Luzuko Mandy Hagan	Abobo	Abobo Siphesihle	18
Nsuku	Kay B Mandy Hagan	Nate Kay B	Mandy Hagan Siphesihle	Sipha Lee Melino	Ash-ley Ogle	Mandy Hagan Mata	28
Philile	Ash-ley Ogle Sipha Lee	Ezra Savage	Uyanda Luzuko	Ezra Nate	Muzi-TheMbuzi	Muzi-TheMbuzi Melino	6
Siphesihle	Ash-ley Ogle Nsuku	Savage Ash-ley Ogle	Jojo Ash-ley Ogle	Nate Sweet Guluva	Nate	Nate Melino	7
Sweet Guluva	Jojo Gugu	Bonnie Bee Nsuku	Nsuku Kay B	Nsuku Mshini	Nsuku	Nsuku Mshini	2
Swiss	Uyanda Nsuku	Abobo Nsuku	Gugu Nsuku	Uyanda Mandy Hagan	Uyanda	Uyanda Abobo	13
Tyrone	Kay B Ezra	Uyanda Abobo	Siphesihle Gugu	Mandy Hagan Sipha Lee	Ash-ley Ogle	Sweet Guluva Mshini	2
Uyanda	Swiss Mandy Hagan	Swiss Nate	Sipha Lee Swiss	Ezra Swiss	Nate	Swiss Nate	12
Ash-ley Ogle	Kay B Savage	Bonni Bee Savage	Mshini Kay B	Mshini Swiss	Mshini	Evicted (Day 29)	12
Sipha Lee	Mandy Hagan Kay B	Bonni Bee Uyanda	Uyanda Abobo	Uyanda Abobo	Evicted (Day 28)		8
Ezra	Ash-ley Ogle Tyrone	Nsuku Bonni Bee	Abobo Nsuku	Nsuku Uyanda			10
Luzuko	Beekay Nsuku	Nsuku Beekay	Nsuku Philile	Uyanda Nsuku			6
Gugu	Mata Jojo	Nate Savage	Nsuku Swiss	Evicted (Day 21)			11
Kay B	Nsuku Melino	Bonni Bee Nsuku	Gugu Philile	Ejected (Day 17)			13
Bonni Bee	Gugu Ash-ley Ogle	Nate Kay B	Evicted (Day 14)				8
Savage	Uyanda Ash-ley Ogle	Nate Gugu	Evicted (Day 14)				9

Note	none	1	2	3	4	5
Nominated (pre-save and replace)	Fake Nominations	Abobo Bonni Bee Ezra Nate Nsuku Savage	Abobo Gugu Kay B Nsuku Philile Swiss Siphesihle Uyanda	Ezra Luzuko Mandy Hagan Nate Nsuku Sipha Lee Swiss Uyanda	Ash-ley Ogle Nsuku	Abobo Beekay Jojo Mandy Hagan Mata Melino Muzi-TheMbuzi Nate Nsuku Siphesihle Swiss
Saved	Fake Nominations	Ezra	Swiss	Mandy Hagan	No Voting	none
Against public vote	No Voting	Abobo Bonni Bee Nate Nsuku Savage Uyanda	Abobo Gugu Kay B Mata Nsuku Philile Siphesihle Uyanda	Ezra Luzuko Nate Nsuku Sipha Lee Swiss Uyanda		Abobo Beekay Jojo Mandy Hagan Mata Melino Muzi-TheMbuzi Nate Nsuku Siphesihle Swiss
Ejected		none	Kay B	none
Walked		none
Evicted	No Evictions	Bonni Bee 3.58% to save Savage 3.33% to save	Gugu	Luzuko Ezra Sipha Lee	Ash-ley Ogle
Survived	No Evictions	Abobo 5.22% to save Uyanda Nsuku Nate 87.87% unknown split	Abobo Mata Nsuku Philile Siphesihle Uyanda	Nate Nsuku Swiss Uyanda	Nsuku

Notes

^Note 1: In Week 2, after Uyanda won the HoH games, his reign was short-lived, as Big Brother introduced an HoH Challenger game. This was won by Sipha Lee who became the new HoH.
^Note 2: On Day 17, Kay B was disqualified after she was deemed to have sexually harassed Beekay and other contestants.^[4]
^Note 3: In Week 4, the HoH challenger won the power to save but not replace.
^Note 4: In Week 5, Big Brother asked the housemates to nominate one housemate for eviction. Ash-ley and Nsuku were on the chopping block, and HoH Swiss was asked to choose one of them for immediate eviction. He chose Ash-ley Ogle.
^Note 5: In Week 6, Big Brother introduced face-to-face nominations. The HoH then had the special power of adding an Inferno Nomination. HoH Tyrone chose Sipesihle.

Nomination table

Weeks	Nominated	Evicted
Week 1	Fake Nominations	None
Week 2	Abobo, Bonni Bee, Nate, Nsuku, Savage & Uyanda	Bonni Bee & Savage
Week 3	Abobo, Gugu, Kay B, Mata, Nsuku, Philile, Siphesihle & Uyanda	Kay B (Ejected) & Gugu
Week 4	Ezra, Luzuko, Nate, Nsuku, Sipha Lee, Swiss & Uyanda	Luzuko, Ezra & Sipha Lee
Week 5	Ash-ley Ogle & Nsuku	Ash-ley Ogle
Week 6	Abobo, Beekay, Jojo, Mandy Hagan, Mata, Melino, Muzi-TheMbuzi, Nate, Nsuku, Siphesihle & Swiss

References

^ Mamaila, Mzwandile (13 January 2025). "Meet the Big Brother Mzansi Season 5 housemates". TrueLove. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
^ Mazibuko, Thobile (13 January 2025). "'Big Brother Mzansi' returns: meet the season 5 housemates". IOL. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
^ "SNAPS - Meet the 'Big Brother Mzansi: Umlilo' contestants". TshisaLIVE. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
^ Nkadimeng, Innocentia (30 January 2025). "'Big Brother Mzansi' contestant Kay B disqualified for alleged sexual harassment". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 3 February 2025.

[1] Mamaila, Mzwandile (13 January 2025). "Meet the Big Brother Mzansi Season 5 housemates". TrueLove. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

[2] Mazibuko, Thobile (13 January 2025). "'Big Brother Mzansi' returns: meet the season 5 housemates". IOL. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

[3] "SNAPS - Meet the 'Big Brother Mzansi: Umlilo' contestants". TshisaLIVE. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

[4] Nkadimeng, Innocentia (30 January 2025). "'Big Brother Mzansi' contestant Kay B disqualified for alleged sexual harassment". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 3 February 2025.

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