Big Brother Africa 3: Lucille OUT!

Namibian favourite Lucille (pictured with presenter kabelo) became the second housemate to be evicted from M-Net’s Big Brother Africa 3 house last night (28 September) during a live broadcast on DStv Channel 198.

Despite not originally being nominated by her fellow housemates, Lucille still found herself on the nomination list after Head of House TK used his power to replace himself with her.

The travel and tourism student spent 35 days in the house – and won more than her share of fans and admirers!

Nigeria’s Uti – also up for eviction with Ricco from Angola – reacted angrily to the news when host KB announced that Lucille was the next housemate to be evicted, smashing a window in the glass house and kicking furniture around until Ricco finally calmed him down.

The live eviction show kicked off with a sultry performance by dynamic Ghanaian duo Irene & Jane – who will also be performing at the Channel O African Music Video Awards in October.

Viewers then got to catch up with the first Big Brother Africa evictee Latoya as she embarked on a busy week of interviews before returning home to a rapturous welcome at the airport in Dar es Salaam. Meanwhile a whistle-stop tour of Angola, Nigeria and Nambia saw friends and family of the nominated housemates sharing their thoughts on their contestants’ chances of being evicted – along with encouragement and well-wishes!

It was a long week on Big Brother Africa – with the task providing the most entertainment as the contestants created their own game show
– Desperate Housemates – ultimately leading to them winning their 100% wager with Big Brother, who congratulated them for their “glitzy and colourful” show.


Tensions were also high, though, after TK had introduced a game earlier in the week which saw the contestants writing anonymous notes about each other which were then read out – leading to some home truths being aired and outrageous reactions shared!

This week also saw an alliance spring up between Lucille, Ricco and Mimi after their discussion about Sheila and how her innocuous actions seem to be adding up to something more sinister. Saturday also saw a visit from SuperSport’s Thomas Mlambo, who commentated on an intra-house soccer match!

But Sunday night was eviction time and KB met the shy Namibian outside the famous Big Brother doors after the big announcement and immediately asked Lucille if she was surprised to be eliminated. “Not at all – I was sure that TK was going to replace himself with me because he still believes I stole his cigarettes!” she said.

With that, attention turned to the house as Ricco and Uti were told that they could re-join their housemates. Whereas the returning contestants had previously been warmly greeted with excited chatter, Uti and Ricco walked through the door without a word – with the housemates clearly shocked to see Lucille had departed. The silence was only broken briefly when Uti kicked over a table.

KB asked Lucille if she felt that Uti was upset because she had left, or because he hadn’t. “I’m not sure,” she said. “Maybe he’s just releasing some stress from the week”.

Lucille then watched her nomination on the screen on stage – to see that only TK had nominated her when he replaced himself with her!

She went on to say, “Big Brother Africa has been such an amazing experience – I’ve met people from so many different countries and tasted all sorts of food,” she said after laughing her way through TK’s clip. “I would have showered naked if I was here ‘til the last – if only my parents weren’t watching!”

Africa voted overwhelmingly to evict Lucille this week – she garnered 11 votes (Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, SA, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rest of Africa), while Uti received 2 (Angola and Namibia) and Rico.

Don’t miss a second of the 24/7 coverage on DStv Channel 198 to see how the contestants adjust to life without Lucille – and don’t forget to catch up on all the latest news by visiting
www.mnetafrica.com/bigbrother.