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Big Brother (South Africa)
''Big Brother Mzansi'', formerly known as ''Big Brother South Africa'', is a television series in South Africa produced by M-Net and Endemol. As of 2022, it has had a total of six seasons. ''Big Brother South Africa'' had two seasons, and a celebrity season in between. The first season aired in 2001 and the second in 2002. Both seasons were directed by Leon Coetzer and hosted by Mark Pilgrim. In 2014, the show was rebooted and rebranded ''Big Brother Mzansi''. This return show brought with it a new host, Lungile Radu, and a new production network, M-Net's Mzansi Magic. The second season was broadcast in 2015. Following a six-year hiatus, a third season of ''Big Brother Mzansi'' was announced which premiered on 23 January 2022 with a new host, Lawrence Maleka. In October 2022, a special edition in the ''Big Brother Africa'' franchise combining ''Big Brother Mzansi'' and '' Big Brother Naija'' called '' Big Brother Titans'', where South Africa will face off against Nigeria, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemol
Endemol B.V. was a Dutch-based media company that produced and distributed multiplatform entertainment content. The company annually produced more than 15,000 hours of programming across scripted and non-scripted genres, including drama, reality TV, comedy, game shows, entertainment, factual and children's programming. Endemol, a global network of operations in more than 30 countries, worked with over 300 broadcasters, digital platforms and licensees worldwide. The business covered development, production, marketing, distribution, franchise management and multi-platform initiatives including digital video, gaming and apps. Endemol was merged into Endemol Shine Group (a joint-venture between The Walt Disney Company and Apollo Global Management) and headquartered in the Netherlands in 2015. Since the merger, Endemol is an in-name-only unit of Endemol Shine Group, and in the next years, Endemol's iconic eye logo was replaced with Endemol Shine Group's wordmark-only logo in the clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M-Net Original Programming
M-Net (an abbreviation of Electronic Media Network) is a South African pay television channel established by Naspers in 1986. The channel broadcasts both local and international programming, including general entertainment, children's series, sport and movies. While the TV signal is generally encrypted, M-Net showed some programmes 'free to air' in its "Open Time" slot between 5 p.m. and 7 pm, until the slot closed on 1 April 2007. In the early 1990s, M-Net added a second analogue channel called Community Services Network (CSN),''Mass Media, Towards the Millennium: The South African Handbook of Mass Communication'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Reality Television Series
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother (franchise) Adaptations
Big Brother may refer to: * Big Brother (''Nineteen Eighty-Four''), a character from George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' ** Authoritarian personality, any omnipresent figure representing oppressive control ** Big Brother Awards, a satirical award for acts against personal privacy ** Big Brother Watch, a UK pressure group * Surveillance ** Surveillance state * An older brother, see birth order Organisations *Big Brother Movement Music * "Big Brother" (David Bowie song) * "Big Brother" (Kanye West song) * Big Brother and the Holding Company, an American band ** ''Big Brother & the Holding Company'' (album), a 1967 album by the band of the same name * Big Brother Recordings, a UK record label * "Big Brother", a 2004 song by Girls Aloud from ''What Will the Neighbours Say?'' * "Big Brother", a song by Morten Abel * "Big Brother", a song by Reset from '' No Limits'' * "Big Brother", a song by Stevie Wonder from ''Talking Book'' Television * ''Big Brother'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother (TV Series)
''Big Brother'' is a Dutch reality competition television franchise created by John de Mol Jr., first broadcast in the Netherlands in 1999, and subsequently syndicated internationally. The show features contestants called "housemates" or "HouseGuests" who live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world. The name is inspired by Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four), Big Brother from George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'', and the housemates are continuously monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones. Throughout the course of the competition, they are voted out (usually on a weekly basis) until only one remains and wins the cash prize. , there have been 504 seasons of ''Big Brother'' in over 62 franchise countries and regions. English-language editions of the program are often referred to by its initials "BB". The title of many Spanish-language editions of the program is trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The South African
''The South African'' is an English-language South African online news publication created in March 2003 by the multinational media company, Blue Sky Publications, and it operates as an online news and lifestyle publication with offices in South Africa and the United Kingdom. The publication started as a London-based broadsheet newspaper aimed at providing news for South Africans living in London. It was available in a weekly tabloid format and distributed at the entrances of London Tube stations until June 2015 when it became an entirely online news source for South African news. History 2003–2015: print and online years News published online but also in a weekly print format newspaper distributed at train station entrances in London. 2015–present: online only The last print issue was printed on 15 June 2015, as readers were by then mostly based in South Africa and readership growth had declined after a change in SA to UK immigration policies. The publication's focus hence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynne McCarthy
Lynne McCarthy is a South African celebrity, actress, model, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, counsellor, chef, and a television presenter. She is best known for her roles in the popular serials '' Egoli: Place of Gold'' and ''Isidingo''. Personal life She was born on 29 November 1984 in South Africa. She is best known for her starring roles in EGOLI & Isidingo TV soaps. She graduated a D.Phil., doctorate in philosophy & human behavioural psychology from UCLA. Apart from psychology, she has also studied Public Relations and Marketing, Business Management. Career After the graduation, she studied acting under Libbe Ferreira and the late Blaise Koch at Sesani Studios in Johannesburg. Then she studied voice coaching and acting with Johan van der Merwe at Katinka Heyns’ Sonneblom Studios in Honeydew. After the course, she trained under W. Morgan Sheppard at the Vincent Chase Workshop in Hollywood. Her maiden television acting came through the 1991 popular M-Net soapie '' Ego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother Mzansi (season 3)
''Big Brother Mzansi: Beke Le Beke'' (also known as ''Big Brother Mzansi 3'' or ''Big Brother South Africa 5'') is the third season of the South African '' Big Brother'' reality television reboot series produced by Banijay and Red Pepper Pictures for Mzansi Magic. It returned after a six-year hiatus and marked 20 years since the '' Big Brother'' brand launched in South Africa. The Sponsor of the show for this season was Lottostar. While the associative sponsor was Johnnie Walker The show premiered on 23 January 2022 on Mzansi Magic and DStv with 18 contestants initially and a new host, Lawrence Maleka. A week later, two more contestants were introduced to the house. On 3 April, Mphowabadimo was declared the winner of the third season of ''Big Brother Mzansi'' and received R2 million, while Gash1 was the runner-up. Housemates The first evening (23 January) introduced 18 housemates, equally split between male and female. After only three days in the house, QV decided to withdraw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother Mzansi (season 2)
''Big Brother Mzansi: Double Trouble'' (also known as ''Big Brother Mzansi 2'' or ''Big Brother South Africa 4'') is the second season of the South African '' Big Brother'' reality television reboot series produced by Endemol for M-Net and Mzansi Magic. The launch was divided in two nights, being the dates 22 March and 23 March 2015 and concluded on 18 May 2015 when the couple, Ace and Ntombi have crowned the winners with Blue and K2 were the runner-ups. The show was hosted by Lungile Radu again. The season lasted 56 days, making it the shortest South African ''Big Brother''. Housemates Twists Pairs On Day 1, each housemate entered the house with another housemate whom they had already a relationship with before entering the show. The pairs were: * Bongi & Khali, dating for 3 months * Bexx & Soxx, cousins * Tembi & Adams, former couple * Tiffini & Gino, sister & brother * Ntombi & Ace, dating for 5 years However, on Day 2, the second part of the launch, the pairs selected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother Mzansi (season 1)
''Big Brother Mzansi: Secrets'' (also known as ''Big Brother Mzansi 1'' or ''Big Brother South Africa 3'') was the first season of the South African '' Big Brother'' reality television series reboot produced by Endemol for M-Net. It began on 2 February 2014 with a new host, Lungile Radu. The season was sponsored by South African liquor brand, Shap Shap Ciders. Housemates Iris She entered the Chamber on Day 1. She was up for eviction in Week 1 where the housemates in Main House would vote for the chambermate of their choice to enter the Main House she only received 2 votes. In Week 2, she was up for public vote to move to the Main House according to the popularity vote she was in second place but due to the expulsion of Mbali who was the frontrunner Iris moved in the Main House with 25% of public vote. In Week 4 after the boys failed the Secrets Task they were all up for eviction, HoH Jase saved himself and replaced himself with Iris. She then survived public vote after she re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Flynn
William Flynn (13 December 1948 – 11 July 2007) was a South African actor and comedian, perhaps best known for playing Tjokkie. Early life Flynn was born William Frederick Flynn in Cape Town and matriculated from Plumstead High School. He went to the UCT drama school and was a founder member of the Space theatre in Cape Town. He was the son of William Frederick and Mary Elizabeth (Née Morley) Overview Flynn was perhaps best known for his portrayal of Tjokkie, a character that he portrayed as a wise-cracking, beer drinking rugby union fan. Flynn had won 13 best actor awards, including the ''Dublin Critics'' and ''Golden Entertainer Awards''. Among these were: * Best Supporting Actor for ''Doubles'' – Fleur du Cap – Cape Town – 1987 * Best Actor for ''Saturday Night at the Palace'' * Best Actor Award for ''Hello and Goodbye'' – Dublin * Best Actor Award for a Comedy ''Play It Again Sam'' * Best Screenplay Award for ''Saturday Night at the Palace'' * Best Actor Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
