Big Brother Mzansi season 6

Big Brother Mzansi: Bazozwa (also known as Big Brother Mzansi 6 or Big Brother South Africa 8) was the sixth 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 11 January 2026 on DStv channel 198 and concluded on 22 March. The season was won by Liema Pantsi, while Thandeka Tshabalala was the runner-up.

LottoStar returned as the headline sponsor, while Chillers Punch and King Pie were the associate sponsors. Robertsons Spices, Zakhaa Pay, Schweppes, PepsiCo (Doritos and Simba), BayerSA (Berocca and Rennie), Falco Milano Eyewear, Galxboy and Unilever Homecare were the tactical sponsors.

Smash Afrika returned as the show's host.

Housemates

On 11 January 2026, 23 housemates entered the house, including four former housemates from S'ya Mosha, Umlilo and Titans seasons. The pre-launch had the public voting for the four former housemates from a selection of seven.

<small>The launch night (11 January) is marked as Day 0. The day after is Day 1.</small>

Pairs

Pre-launch redemption vote

Voting history & Nominations

Notes

In Week 1, Cia left the Big Brother house due to health concerns.
In Week 2, Big Brother introduced housemate pairs. Each pair had to select any two individual housemates that they wanted to save from nomination. The housemates with the fewest votes were up for eviction.
In Week 2, during the eviction show, Big Brother introduced the Untouchables Pick, where the outgoing HoH selects two housemates they would like to keep safe from the coming week's nomination. HoH Dube selected Kokii and Bravo B.
In Week 3, the HoH would have Supreme HoH power. This meant that their chosen guest would be immune from nomination that week and had to add a Killer Nomination to the nomination list. HoH Tumi selected Buhle B as his guest and nominated Ramona.
In Week 4, nominations were face-to-face.
In Week 5, Big Brother introduced a nomination wheel. Only the HoH could spin it to determine the fate of the housemates that week. HoH Mmeli spun it, and it landed on every housemate being up for eviction.
In Week 5, Neliswa was disqualified from the show after physically attacking Que during a heated argument.
In Week 7, Big Brother reintroduced the Untouchables Pick. HoH Ashay chose The Don to be safe from nomination.
In Week 8, Thandeka could nominate an extra housemate for possible eviction after completing her secret mission the previous week.
In Week 9, Big Brother introduced the redemption wheel, where the HoH would spin it and save one of the nominated housemates from the nomination list.