Sipe saved from eviction but Samantha still vulnerable

November 11

20:14 2014

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The power of the Big Brother Hotshots head of house came to the fore on Monday night, as it saved nominee Sipe (pictured) from the eviction list, but saw immunity holder Samantha staying firmly in the firing line.

The South African is joined by Goitse (Botswana), last week’s Head of House Idris (Tanzania), Mr. 265 (Malawi) and Macky2 (Zambia).

After the dust settled on Sunday night’s evictions, Mr. 265, Macky2, Sipe and Idris garnered the most nominations alongside Goitse, who was automatically nominated after failing to keep still during last week’s ‘freeze’ task.

The head-of-house task on Monday morning saw Tayo, Idris and Sipe compete in a challenging battle of wits – and knots – as they had to navigate the garden while tied into a rope, slowly working their way through various points in an effort to free themselves. Sipe eventually prevailed, meaning that she is immune from nomination this week.

When Big Brother announced the nomination results to the housemates on Monday evening, Idris’ expression clearly indicated his dismay – in stark contrast to Sipe’s joy at her immunity.

The new head of house wasted no time in making her way to the Diary Room to reveal her ‘add’ decision. In a great twist that illustrated just how much power the head of house holds, she was able to name Samantha as her choice – despite the South African being immune from nomination by any other housemate, by virtue of being part of the winning Extravagana task team on Saturday.

Sipe had clearly indicated which way her prospective voting pattern during an earlier Diary Session with Big Brother, where she had even expressed her displeasure at seeing that Samantha’s StarMeter gift – a sparkling pink gift basket – was her favourite colour.

Samantha (L)

The other housemates who picked up nominations but aren’t in line to leave this coming Sunday were Butterphly and Ellah, with three apiece.

Voting opened immediately after Sipe’s head-of-house decision, and runs until next Sunday, via SMS, WeChat, bigbrotherafrica.com and mobisite on mobile phones.

The SMS numbers for each country are:

Botswana

Operator	Tariff	Short Code
Mascom	P 2.50	16626
Orange	P 2.50	16626
BE MOBILE	P 2.50	16626

Ghana

Operator	Tariff	Short Code
MTN	GHS 0.60	1474
GLO	GHS 0.60	1474
Tigo	GHS 0.60	1474
Airtel	GHS 0.60	1474

Kenya

Operator	Tariff	Short Code
Safaricom	KES 20	22626
Orange	KES 20	22626
Airtel	KES 20	22626

Malawi

Operator	Tariff	Short Code
TNM	MK 60.00	15626
Orange	MK 60.00	15626
Airtel	MK 60.00	15626

Mozambique

Operator	Tariff	Short Code
Orange	P 2.50	16626
BE MOBILE	P 2.50	16626
Mcel	20MT	99026
Vodacom	20MT	99026

Namibia

Operator	Tariff	Short Code
MTC	N$ 2.50	15626
TN Mobile	N$ 2.50	15626
Airtel	MK 60.00	15626

Nigeria

Operator	Tariff	Short Code
MTN	N75	34350
Globacom	N75	34350
Airtel	N75	34350
Etisalat	N75	34350

Rest Of Africa

Operator	Tariff	Short Code
TNM	MK 60.00	15626
Orange	MK 60.00	15626
Airtel	MK 60.00	15626

Rwanda

Operator	Tariff	Short Code
Tigo	RWF 50	1616
MTN	RWF 50	1616
Airtel	RWF 50	1616

South Africa

Operator	Tariff	Short Code
Vodacom	R 1.50	34624
MTN	R 1.50	34624
CellC	R 1.50	34624
8TA	R 1.50	34624

Tanzania, United Republic of

Operator	Tariff	Short Code
Vodacom	TSH 600	15426
Tigo	TSH 600	15426
Zantel	TSH 600	15426
Airtel	TSH 600	15426

Uganda

Operator	Tariff	Short code
UTL	500 UGX	8884
Warid	500 UGX	8884
MTN1	500 UGX	8884
Airtel	500 UGX	8884
Orange	500 UGX	8884

Zambia

Operator	Tariff	Short Code
MTN	Kwacha 2.50	3003
Zamtel	Kwacha 2.50	3003
Airtel	Kwacha 2.50	3003

Zimbabwe

Operator	Tariff	Short Code
Econet	US $0.50	15626
Netone	US $0.50	15626
Telecel	US $0.50	15626

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