Big Brother Mzansi: Umlilo (also known as Big Brother Mzansi 5 or Big Brother South Africa 7) was 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 and concluded on 23 March. Sweet Guluva won the season, while Uyanda was the runner-up.
LottoStar returned as the headline sponsor, while the tactical partner was Robertsons Spices and the alcohol sponsor was Chillers Punch.
Smash Afrika replaced Lawrence Maleka as the show's host.
Housemates
On 12 January 2025, 24 housemates entered the house.
<small>The launch night (12 January) is marked as Day 0. The day after is Day 1.</small>
Voting history & Nominations
Notes
- 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.
- On Day 17, Kay B was disqualified after she was deemed to have sexually harassed Beekay and other contestants.
- In Week 4, the HoH challenger won the power to save but not replace.
- 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.
- 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 Siphesihle.
- In Week 7, all housemates were automatically up for eviction, except HoH Mshini.
- In Week 7, Melino won the opportunity to go straight to the final if he survived the week's eviction.
- In Week 8, HoH Nsuku selected Sweet Guluva as her Inferno Nomination.
- In Week 9, all housemates were automatically up for eviction, except HoH Uyanda.
Nomination table
References