By Abiodun Adebola
1. The Sesani Studio had housed the Big Brother House and studio for 9 years before it was wrecked by fire.
2. The maiden host of the Big Brother Africa was Channel O VJ, Kabelo and he hosted the reality show for the first three editions before Nigerian OAP, IK Osakioduwa took over and has since hosted 6 editions.
3. The cash prize for the reality TV show rose from $100,000 in the maiden edition to $200,000 in the third edition and $300,000 in the eight edition.
4. Karen Igho and Wendall Parson were the first double winners in the Big Brother Africa’s history.
5. Big Brother Africa is produced by Endemol and MNet.
6. The Big Brother Hotshots house and studio was scheduled to kick off on September 7, 2014 but was moved to
7. The Big Brother Hotshots house inside the Sesani studio in Joannesburg was damaged by an inferno on September 2, 2014 –five days to the scheduled opening.
8. The Big Brother Hotshots was housed inside the Red Peppers Productions studio on Seventh Street, Randburg, Johannesburg.
9. There are 26 housemates in the Big Brother House at a time with 14 countries represented.
10. The Big Brother Africa reality TV show is televised to the continent via a dedicated 24hours station which later became 2 dedicated 24hrs stations.
