‘BBA nomination error will not affect voting’
Those who watch Big Brother Hotshots reality show religiously were confused on Monday morning to discover that Permithias, a Namibian representative in the house, was omitted on the nomination list after he received six nominations on Sunday evening.
But M-Net and Endemol South Africa through a press release, have taken immediate steps to address the error that occurred during the Nomination Announcement on Big Brother Hotshots on Monday evening, 13 October 2014.
“M-Net and Endemol South Africa apologises to viewers for the error and can confirm that the correction will have no bearing on the results of the eviction vote on Sunday 19 October, due to the independent auditing process verified by Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo,” reads the statement.
Housemates made their nominations on Sunday evening. Frankie received eight nominations, Tayo and JJ received seven each Permithias received six, Esther received five, Sabina received four, and Lilian and Laveda received three nominations each.
To level the ground for fairness to all housemates nominated and to correct the error, M-Net and Endemol South Africa have taken some steps.
All voting platforms, were closed as of 11:00 CAT on Tuesday October 14, except via SMS and reopened the same day soon after the daily highlights show at 20:30 CAT.
The Big Brother’s nominee list was re-read with a full list of all nominees 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 13 October 20:30 CAT to Tuesday 14 October 20:30 CAT will be verified by auditors SizweNtsalubaGobodo on Tuesday 14 October 20:30 and will be excluded from the accumulated vote count for Sunday 19 October.
Mnet and Endemol promised to reverse and refund SMS voters that casted their votes between Monday 13 October 20:30 CAT and Tuesday 14 October 20:30.
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 informed of her nomination until Sunday evening when Samantha reveals her decision during the Live Eviction Show.
