Big Brother Mzansi season 6
Season of television series
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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.[1] The season was won by Liema Pantsi, while Thandeka Tshabalala was the runner-up.[2]
| Big Brother Mzansi | |
|---|---|
| Season 6 | |
| |
| Presented by | Smash Afrika |
| No. of days | 71 |
| No. of housemates | 23 |
| Winner | Liema |
| Runner-up | Thandeka |
| Release | |
| Original network | Mzansi Magic Mzansi Wethu DStv/GOtv (live) |
| Original release | 11 January – 22 March 2026 |
| Series chronology | |
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.[3]
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.[4]
| Housemates | Age on entry | Occupation | Residence | Day entered | Day exited | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liema Pantsi | 24 | Student, bartender, musician | King William's Town, Eastern Cape | 0 | 70 | Winner |
| Thandeka Tshabalala | 30 | Bookkeeper | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal | 0 | Runner-up | |
| Lindokuhle "Bravo B" Nsele | 28 | Food vendor | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal | 0 | 3rd place | |
| Velile "Que" Nongogo | 27 | Corporate fleet analyst | Johannesburg | 0 | 4th place | |
| Didintle "Didi" Mothobi | 21 | Student | Lenesia, Gauteng | 0 | 5th place | |
| Lindy "Trixie" Christoffels | 35 | Club promoter | Gauteng | 0 | 6th place | |
| Mmeli Khumalo | 27 | Content creator, model | Hillbrow, Gauteng | 0 | 63 | Evicted |
| Ashay Sewlall | 23 | Personal trainer, content creator | Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal | 0 | Evicted | |
| Sihle "The Don" Sishi | 24 | Model, content creator | Diepkloof, Gauteng | 0 | 56 | Evicted |
| Wanda "King Wanda" Gumede | 31 | Municipality employee | Delmas, Mpumalanga | 0 | Evicted | |
| Langelihle "Ilano" Gumede | 23 | Make-up artist, hair stylist | Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal | 0 | 49 | Evicted |
| Tumi "Tumi the Barber" Mohwaduba | 23 | Barber, dancer | Kwaggafontein, Mpumalanga | 0 | 42 | Evicted |
| Ramona Maloy | 37 | Unemployed | Montagu, Western Cape | 0 | Evicted | |
| Neliswa Ngada | 30 | Club entertainment manager | Johannesburg | 0 | 35 | Ejected |
| Mpendulo Dube | 22 | Telesales agent | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 0 | Evicted | |
| Buhle "Buhle B" Makhanya | 22 | Graduate | Boksburg, Gauteng | 0 | 28 | Evicted |
| Philani "Kokii" Beauzana | 26 | Unemployed | Carltonville, Gauteng | 0 | Evicted | |
| Nkululeko "Mshefane" Masiye | 27 | Content creator | Witbank, Gauteng | 0 | Evicted | |
| Dene Jones | 29 | Legal officer, content creator, student | Eldorado Park, Gauteng | 0 | 21 | Evicted |
| Mashél Mokale | 31 | Unemployed | Rustenburg, North West | 0 | Evicted | |
| Ofentse Modise | 26 | Model | Mamelodi, Gauteng | 0 | 14 | Evicted |
| Lawrence "Lawredo" Modise | 32 | Model, entrepreneur | Mahikeng, North West | 0 | Evicted | |
| Marcia "Cia" Morata | 30 | Unemployed | Mamelodi, Gauteng | 0 | 4 | Walked |
- The launch night (11 January) is marked as Day 0. The day after is Day 1.
Pairs
| Week 2 | |
|---|---|
| # | Housemates |
| 1 | Ashay & Mashél |
| 2 | Buhle B & Dene Jones |
| 3 | Bravo B & Kokii |
| 4 | Dube & Mmeli |
| 5 | Didi & Que |
| 6 | Ilano & Ramona |
| 7 | King Wanda & Thandeka |
| 8 | Liema & Tumi the Barber |
| 9 | Lawredo & Mshefane |
| 10 | Neliswa & The Don |
| 11 | Ofentse & Trixie |
Pre-launch redemption vote
| Former housemates | Season | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bravo B | S'ya Mosha | Qualified 28.11% |
| Dube | Umlilo | Qualified 24.92% |
| Fahima | S'ya Mosha | Did not qualify 2.52% |
| Lerato Modise | S'ya Mosha | Did not qualify 4.92% |
| Liema | S'ya Mosha | Qualified 17.25% |
| Mmeli | Big Brother Titans | Qualified 17.10% |
| Sipha Lee | Umlilo | Did not qualify 5.82% |
Voting history and Nominations
| Individuals | Pairs | Individuals | Nominations & votes received | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 Final | ||
| Head of House |
Ofentse | Dube | Tumi the Barber | Tumi the Barber | Mmeli | King Wanda | Ashay | Ashay | Ashay | Que | |
| Liema | Thandeka Tumi the Barber |
Immunity Vote | Mashél Ilano |
Mshefane Mmeli |
No Voting | Thandeka Tumi the Barber |
Que Thandeka |
Thandeka Mmeli |
Bravo B Mmeli |
Winner (Day 70) |
15 |
| Thandeka | Didi Que |
Immunity Vote | Didi Dene Jones |
Trixie Didi |
No Voting | Liema Didi |
Trixie Didi |
Trixie Didi Liema |
Liema Didi |
Runner-up (Day 70) |
39 |
| Bravo B | The Don Que |
Immunity Vote | Que Mashél |
Self | No Voting | Tumi the Barber Ramona |
Que Ilano |
King Wanda The Don |
Mmeli Liema |
3rd place (Day 70) |
6 |
| Que | Thandeka Ramona |
Immunity Vote | King Wanda Ramona |
Dube Kokii |
No Voting | The Don Didi |
King Wanda Bravo B |
Bravo B The Don |
Ashay Bravo B |
4th place (Day 70) |
26 |
| Didi | Thandeka Cia |
Immunity Vote | Thandeka Mmeli |
Thandeka Kokii |
No Voting | Thandeka Que |
Thandeka Mmeli |
Thandeka Mmeli |
Mmeli Que |
5th place (Day 70) |
18 |
| Trixie | Thandeka Buhle B |
Immunity Vote | Thandeka Mashél |
Buhle B Thandeka |
No Voting | Thandeka Que |
Thandeka Que |
Thandeka Mmeli |
Mmeli Ashay |
6th place (Day 70) |
9 |
| Mmeli | Que Cia |
Immunity Vote | Dene Jones Que |
King Wanda Trixie |
No Voting | Ramona The Don |
King Wanda Liema |
The Don Liema |
Liema Didi |
Evicted (Day 63) |
22 |
| Ashay | Thandeka Kokii |
Immunity Vote | Que Ilano |
Self | No Voting | Que Mmeli |
Que Mmeli |
Que Mmeli |
Que Mmeli |
2 | |
| The Don | Que Thandeka |
Immunity Vote | Que Didi |
Didi Que |
No Voting | Que Ramona |
Que Thandeka |
Thandeka Mmeli |
Evicted (Day 56) |
3 | |
| King Wanda | Kokii Didi |
Immunity Vote | Mashél Que |
Buhle B Trixie |
No Voting | Ramona Mmeli |
Que Mmeli |
Thandeka Mmeli |
10 | ||
| Ilano | Thandeka Kokii |
Immunity Vote | Mshefane Thandeka |
Mshefane Thandeka |
No Voting | Thandeka Trixie |
Thandeka King Wanda |
Evicted (Day 49) |
4 | ||
| Tumi the Barber | Thandeka Bravo B |
Immunity Vote | Didi Mashél |
Kokii Liema |
No Voting | Mmeli Liema |
Evicted (Day 42) |
4 | |||
| Ramona | The Don Tumi the Barber |
Immunity Vote | King Wanda Thandeka |
King Wanda Didi |
No Voting | Liema Thandeka |
8 | ||||
| Neliswa | Thandeka Buhle B |
Immunity Vote | Thandeka Que |
Thandeka Didi |
No Voting | Ejected (Day 35) |
0 | ||||
| Dube | Thandeka King Wanda |
Immunity Vote | Didi Mashél |
Didi Que |
No Voting | Evicted (Day 35) |
1 | ||||
| Buhle B | Liema Thandeka |
Immunity Vote | Liema Dene Jones |
King Wanda Liema |
Evicted (Day 28) |
7 | |||||
| Kokii | Buhle B Thandeka |
Immunity Vote | Didi Mashél |
Didi Buhle B |
6 | ||||||
| Mshefane | Que Thandeka |
Immunity Vote | Que Dene Jones |
Ilano Liema |
3 | ||||||
| Dene Jones | Buhle B Thandeka |
Immunity Vote | Thandeka Mmeli |
Evicted (Day 21) |
4 | ||||||
| Mashél | Thandeka Ramona |
Immunity Vote | Liema Thandeka |
7 | |||||||
| Ofentse | Mmeli Ashay |
Immunity Vote | Evicted (Day 14) |
0 | |||||||
| Lawredo | The Don Ramona |
Immunity Vote | 0 | ||||||||
| Cia | Bravo B Mmeli |
Walked (Day 4) |
2 | ||||||||
| Note | 1 | 2, 3 | 4 | 5 | 6, 7 | none | 8 | 9 | 10 | none | |
| Nominated (pre-save and replace) |
Fake Nominations | Lawredo Neliswa Ofentse Que The Don Tumi the Barber |
Dene Jones Didi Ilano King Wanda Liema Mashél Mmeli Que Ramona Thandeka |
Ashay Bravo B Buhle B Didi King Wanda Kokii Liema Mshefane Que Thandeka Trixie |
Ashay Bravo B Didi Dube Ilano King Wanda Liema Neliswa Que Ramona Thandeka The Don Trixie Tumi the Barber |
Didi Liema Mmeli Que Ramona Thandeka The Don Trixie Tumi the Barber |
Bravo B Didi Ilano King Wanda Liema Mmeli Que Thandeka Trixie |
Bravo B Didi King Wanda Liema Mmeli Que The Don Thandeka Trixie |
Ashay Bravo B Didi Liema Mmeli Que |
Bravo B Didi Liema Que Thandeka Trixie | |
| Saved | none | Liema | none | ||||||||
| Against public vote |
No Voting | Lawredo Neliswa Ofentse Que The Don Tumi the Barber |
Dene Jones Didi Ilano King Wanda Liema Mashél Mmeli Que Ramona Thandeka |
Ashay Bravo B Buhle B Didi King Wanda Kokii Liema Mshefane Que Thandeka Trixie |
Ashay Bravo B Didi Dube Ilano King Wanda Liema Neliswa Que Ramona Thandeka The Don Trixie Tumi the Barber |
Didi Liema Mmeli Que Ramona Thandeka The Don Trixie Tumi the Barber |
Bravo B Didi Ilano King Wanda Liema Mmeli Que Thandeka Trixie |
Bravo B Didi King Wanda Liema Mmeli Que The Don Thandeka Trixie |
Ashay Bravo B Didi Mmeli Que |
Bravo B Didi Liema Que Thandeka Trixie | |
| Ejected | none | none | Neliswa | none | |||||||
| Walked | Cia | none | |||||||||
| Evicted | No Evictions | Lawredo 7.07% to save |
Mashél 1.68% to save |
Mshefane 2.47% to save |
Dube 1.18% to save |
Ramona 2.07% to save |
Ilano 5.93% to save |
King Wanda 4.05% to save |
Ashay 15.83% to save |
Trixie 3.11% to win | |
| Ofentse 11.65% to save |
Dene Jones 3.49% to save |
Kokii 4.46% to save |
Tumi the Barber 6.46% to save |
The Don 4.00% to save |
Mmeli 18.02% to save |
Didi 4.69% to win | |||||
| Buhle B 4.56% to save |
Que 13.5% to win | ||||||||||
| Bravo B 14.9% to win | |||||||||||
| Thandeka 29.97% to win | |||||||||||
| Survived | The Don 15.44% Que 18.41% Tumi the barber 19.00% Neliswa 28.44% |
Ilano 3.92% King Wanda 7.01% Ramona 7.93% Mmeli 11.46% Que 11.78% Didi 12.67% Liema 19.46% Thandeka 20.59% |
King Wanda 4.87% Que 7.35% Didi 9.10% Trixie 9.20% Bravo B 10.02% Liema 14.19% Ashay 15.30% Thandeka 18.49% |
Ramona 1.95% The Don 2.63% 3.73% Ilano 4.01% Que 5.44% Tumi The Barber 5.60% King Wanda 6.58% Trixie 7.59% Didi 8.20% Bravo B 9.23% Ashay 10.92 Liema 14.52% Thandeka 18.42% |
The Don 7.42% Didi 7.94% Mmeli 9.17% Trixie 13.55% Que 17.35% Thandeka 17.99% Liema 18.05% |
King Wanda 7.23% Didi 7.80% Bravo B 9.61% Mmeli 9.74% Trixie 10.64% Liema 15.73% Que 16.50% Thandeka 16.82% |
Bravo B 9.90% Mmeli 10.33% Trixie 10.52% Didi 11.14% Que 16.04% Liema 16.04% Thandeka 17.99% |
Didi 21.08% Bravo B 21.69% Que 23.39% |
Liema 33.84% to win | ||
Notes
- ^Note 1: In Week 1, Cia left the Big Brother house due to health concerns.[5]
- ^Note 2: 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.
- ^Note 3: 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.
- ^Note 4: 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.
- ^Note 5: In Week 4, nominations were face-to-face.
- ^Note 6: 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.
- ^Note 7: In Week 5, Neliswa was disqualified from the show after physically attacking Que during a heated argument.[6]
- ^Note 8: In Week 7, Big Brother reintroduced the Untouchables Pick. HoH Ashay chose The Don to be safe from nomination.
- ^Note 9: In Week 8, Thandeka could nominate an extra housemate for possible eviction after completing her secret mission the previous week.
- ^Note 10: 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.
Nomination table
| Weeks | Nominated | Evicted |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Fake Nominations | Cia (Walked) |
| Week 2 | Lawredo, Neliswa, Ofentse, Que, The Don & Tumi the Barber | Lawredo & Ofentse |
| Week 3 | Dene Jones, Didi, Ilano, King Wanda, Liema, Mashél, Mmeli, Que, Ramona & Thandeka | Dene Jones & Mashél |
| Week 4 | Ashay, Bravo B, Buhle B, Didi, King Wanda, Kokii, Liema, Mshefane, Que, Thandeka & Trixie | Buhle B, Kokii & Mshefane |
| Week 5 | Ashay, Bravo B, Didi, Dube, Ilano, King Wanda, Liema, Neliswa, Que, Ramona, Thandeka, The Don, Trixie & Tumi the Barber | Dube & Neliswa (Ejected) |
| Week 6 | Didi, Liema, Mmeli, Que, Ramona, Thandeka, The Don, Trixie & Tumi the Barber | Ramona & Tumi the Barber |
| Week 7 | Bravo B, Didi, Ilano, King Wanda, Liema, Mmeli, Que, Thandeka & Trixie | Ilano |
| Week 8 | Bravo B, Didi, King Wanda, Liema, Mmeli, Que, Thandeka & Trixie | King Wanda & The Don |
| Week 9 | Ashay, Bravo B, Didi, Mmeli & Que | Ashay & Mmeli |
| Week 10 | Bravo B, Didi, Liema, Que, Thandeka & Trixie | Bravo B, Didi, Que, Thandeka & Trixie |