Crystal wins Big Brother Mzansi competition

Crystal Hillary from Manzini couldn’t believe her luck after she was announced the winner of MultiChoice Swaziland’s Big Brother Mzansi competition launched a couple of weeks ago.

Crystal Hillary from Manzini couldn’t believe her luck after she was announced the winner of MultiChoice Swaziland’s Big Brother Mzansi competition launched a couple of weeks ago.

The announcement was made during a press conference on Friday at MultiChoice Swaziland’s Mbabane offices.

Hillary, who has been afforded the opportunity to bring one friend, scooped a ticket to the opening ceremony.

Hillary and her cousin Linda Henwood will leave the country on January 30 and stay at the Big Brother Mzansi house until the night of the opening ceremony slated for February 2.

This is when the first ever season of Big Brother Mzansi will start airing on channels 197 and 198 on DSTV. Hillary and her friend Linda will get the opportunity to meet and mingle with the housemates who we will be watching for the next three months following the opening on our DSTV screens. 

During an interview, she admitted that she was pleasantly surprised when she was informed that she had won because she had not anticipated that she would.

“I did not expect it so I was both shocked and excited,” she said.

Feedback

Adding to that, she said she was looking forward to the experience and would definitely bring back the necessary feedback for Swazis about the show. She also highlighted how it would be great in coming years to have a Swazi participate in the Big Brother Africa challenge.

She further urged more local DSTV subscribers to try their luck as she was proven that winning is possible.

“Do not overlook the competitions because the chances to win are there, look at me, I had not thought I’d stand the chance!” she went on to say.

MultiChoice Swaziland’s Marketing and Public Relations Officer Nontobeko Sibiya explained that Hillary would not be eligible to enter next year’s competition should a competition like this one take place.

Revealed

Sibiya revealed that this is for the purpose of maximising other people’s chances to win DSTV competitions. To stand a chance to win a fabulous, all expenses competition such as this one, interested parties must ensure that they subscribe with Multichoice Swaziland. 

“The more subscribers that swift from the South African bouquet to ours, the better chances we will also stand to participate in the Big Brother Africa challenge in years to come,” Sibiya added.

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Big Brother Mzansi Coming Soon!

Big Brother – and millions of television viewers - will be watching every move of a group of outgoing, yet house-bound South Africans again in January 2014.

M-Net announced today that its proudly local brand, Mzansi Magic, will produce another South African edition of Big Brother, and this time the show will aptly be called Big Brother Mzansi.

Yolisa Phahle, M-Net’s Director of Local Interest Channels, says hosting a reality show of the magnitude of Big Brother is a logical next step for Mzansi Magic. “The multiple requests over the years for another local version of this supernova television show, together with the overwhelming viewer response to Big Brother Africa signaled that it will be a sure-fire hit in our market.”

“Adding Big Brother to our varied, increasing portfolio of general entertainment productions - ranging from telenovelas, soaps, lifestyle shows, comedies to reality and drama – consolidates Mzansi Magic’s commitment to bringing the biggest and the best local shows to our viewers. The format is perfectly aligned to our vision which is to produce the most compelling content for audiences when they want it and where they want it. ”

In a bold move for the era of television at the time, M-Net and format owner and production company Endemol SA, introduced the concept of realty television to SA audiences in 2001 with the very first 24/7 Big Brother broadcasts in the Southern hemisphere. Big Brother and the irreverent inhabitants of the specially-built Big Brother House immediately grabbed the imagination of the nation, frequented newspaper headlines and even inspired academic thesis and debates.

Then, after a second South African season in 2002, Big Brother ventured into the entire continent, where it continues to create waves of excitement and viewer participation season after season.

Big Brother The Chase, an M-Net AfricaMagic property, is currently enthralling viewers across Africa with just under 1 million unique website visitors; over 1.5million video views (online); over 30million page views (online) and over 1 million messages to TV in just 2 weeks. Big Brother Africa also boasts more than 1 million likes on Facebook and generates approximately 300 000 tweets per week.

“We are extremely proud of all the Big Brother editions, “says Endemol SA Managing Director, Sivan Pillay. “The brand just keeps on growing and each season has had its own charm. We value our longstanding relationship with M-Net as a company and look forward to be collaborating with another channel in its family of brands.”

But who will the presenter be? Who may enter? When will the contestants be chosen? How much money is up for grabs? And, what will the theme be?

“This country-specific Big Brother will be filled with twists and turns, just like the Pan-African ones,” says Pillay. More will be revealed at a later stage.”

Big Brother Mzansi will be the 11th season produced by companies M-Net and Endemol SA. This includes 2 seasons of Big Brother South Africa, 8 seasons of Big Brother Africa and Big Brother Nigeria.

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