Big Brother Africa's hot twists

Big Brother Africa is an exciting and vibrant game which keeps the housemates and audiences guessing. Part of this wildly popular show’s charm is the unpredictability of events. There are always twists and turns and the only constant in the house is change.

Over the seasons, Big Brother has introduced many game-changing plot twists designed to take the housemates out of their comfort zones and add to the drama of the show. These twists are as much mind games as they are methods used to keep the dynamics within the house interesting and exciting. The housemates are left in no doubt where they are and that they are in a game. Big Brother is not going to make it easy for anyone to win the ultimate prize.

Who can forget Big Brother The Revolution when the sneaky Biggie introduced identical twins into the house? Edward and Erastus had two weeks to alternate and play as if they were one person. Confused? They were allowed to let no more than three people find out. If they managed this successfully, they could carry on playing individually, however, if four people or more found out, only one of the twins could carry on in the house. Fortunately for the twins they managed to stay undetected and carried on in the house as individual housemates.

In Big Brother Africa 2, two major plot twists were introduced. The first one, which blind-sided everyone, was when Big Brother decided to reverse the nomination process and put the Housemates with the least nominations up for eviction. To add to the drama, Big Brother added a fake eviction in week seven. Each housemate would nominate two people for eviction, whoever got the most public votes would then be “evicted” and moved to “The Penthouse”, where they would have full access to what was happening in the house. They would be immune from the next eviction and would return to the house after a week.

The Revolution, again offering a healthy dose of drama, began with the biggest twist yet: Twelve male housemates entered the house on day one. Without them knowing, after a dramatic double eviction on day seven, twelve female housemates entered a house next door and spied on the male housemates for a week before entering the house. In another major twist, it was announced by Big Brother that from day 28, housemates would no longer be playing individually, but they would be playing in pairs. This meant that if one member of the pair was nominated, both would be nominated and conversely, if one member was saved by the Head of House, both would be safe. This lasted until day 49, when the housemates could carry on playing individually.

Big Brother The Chase was action packed and had many twists and turns. They come no bigger and more dramatic than "The Power of NO" wherein the winner of a task can deny another housemate the opportunity to participate in the next Head of House task.

With Big Brother Hotshots around the corner, what game-changers is Biggie going to throw at the unsuspecting housemates? If Biggie has taught us anything, it is that he holds the power and he has the ability to shock the housemates and Africa at any given moment. Don’t get too comfortable, Africa, the rollercoaster is about to begin. Are you ready?