M-Net and Endemol South Africa have taken immediate steps to address an error that occurred during the Nomination Announcement on Big Brother Hotshots on Monday evening, 13 October 2014.

The name of Permithias was omitted from the list of this week’s nominated housemates and was not made available as a voting option for viewers on the relevant platforms.

Housemates made their nominations on Sunday evening. Frankie received 8 nominations; Tayo and JJ received 7 each Permithias received 6, Esther received 5; Sabina received 4, and Lilian and Laveda received 3 nominations each.

M-Net and Endemol South Africa have taken the following steps to correct this error and to ensure that the voting process is fair to all nominated housemates:

All voting platforms, except SMS, will be closed as of 11:00 CAT on Tuesday 14 October.

Big Brother’s nominee read will happen on Tuesday, October 14 after the broadcast of the Daily Highlights show at 20:30 CAT on all relevant channels, so that the housemates and viewers are aware of the full list of nominees.

All votes, including SMS votes, for the period Monday, October 13 at 20:30 CAT to Tuesday, October 14 at 20:30 CAT will be verified by auditors SizweNtsalubaGobodo on Tuesday, October 14 at 20:30 and will be excluded from the accumulated vote count for Sunday, October 19.

Charges for all SMS votes received between Monday 13 October 20:30 CAT and Tuesday 14 October 20:30 CAT will be reversed (users will be ).

Voting will reopen on all platforms directly after the housemates have been informed of the relevant nominees on Tuesday, October 14after the Daily Highlights Show, 20:30 CAT.

The nine housemates nominated for eviction on Sunday 19 October are therefore: Esther; Ellah (both Uganda); Frankie (Rwanda); JJ (Zimbabwe); Laveda (Tanzania); Lilian; Tayo (both Nigeria); Sabina (Kenya) and Permithias (Namibia).

Eight of the housemates are up for eviction based on nominations received from their fellow housemates while Ellah is up for eviction after Head of House Samantha used her powers to add her to the list.

Ellah will not be of her nomination until Sunday evening when Samantha reveals her decision during the Live Eviction Show.

M-Net and Endemol South Africa apologise to viewers for the error and can confirm that the correction will have no bearing on the results of the eviction vote on Sunday, October 19, due to the independent auditing process verified by SizweNtsalubaGobodo.

There are four ways to vote for your favorite housemate each week:

Via SMS Via WeChat Via www.bigbrotherafrica.com Via the mobisite on your mobile phone

SMS Voting

To vote via SMS: Text, the keyword ‘Vote’, followed by the name of the housemate to the short code number for your country.

For example SMS “Vote Uti” to 22626. SMS' are as applicable per specific network tariff.

VAS rates apply. Free minutes do not apply. Please note that you can vote 100 times by SMS per mobile number during each voting period.

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

Vodafone 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

Airtel MK 60.00 15626

Mozambique

Operator Tariff Short Code

mcel 20MT 99026

Vodacom 20MT 99026

Namibia

Operator Tariff Short Code

MTC N$ 2.50 15626

TN Mobile N$ 2.50 15626

Nigeria

Operator Tariff Short Code

MTN N75 34350

Airtel N 75 34350

Globacom N 75 34350

Etisalat N 75 34350

Rest Of Africa

Tariff Short Code

Int’nl Rates +2783142100414

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

Virgin 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

MTN 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

WeChat Voting

Voting on WeChat is free. To vote via WeChat on your mobile phone, go to your app store and download the WeChat app. Create your profile, and then search for BigBrotherAfrica and add the account.

You can then start voting on WeChat, up to 100 times per mobile phone number during a valid voting period.

Website and mobile site voting

Voting on the website and on the mobile site is free and you are allowed to vote 100 times per cellphone number on the website and again 100 times per cellphone number on the mobile site during a valid voting period.

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