The season premiered on Sunday, July 18, 2010 and was broadcast by M-Net and M-NetAfrica for 91 days, concluding on October 17, 2010 when Nigeria's Uti was crowned the ultimate winner.

[citation needed] 14 African countries took part in this year's series, namely: Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe).

This edition featured past Housemates from the first four seasons returning to the House for another chance to win.

Week 1 On day 1 during the live premiere, all 14 houseguests entered the Big Brother house; Sean Paul also performed his songs "Temperature", "Hold My Hand", and "So Fine".

On Day 6, Housemates staged a protest in the Diary Room due to the lack of food in the house.

Big Brother called in Head of House Tatiana to the Diary Room but was followed with the rest of the housemates.

[21] Week 2 On day 8 Big Brother deducted 10% of the prize money for the winner of the show.

On day 9 the houseguests wagered 50% and won their task which tested their fears dubbed "Horror Island".

On Day 12, Hannington won the Head of House Task which involved the houseguests competing to see who could scream the loudest.

This week's task requires the housemates to build a model of their ideal Big Brother House.

Week 6 On day 36, Jen became the replacement head of house due to Yacob's eviction.

Week 7 On day 43, Big Brother announced the three Housemates up for eviction: Uti, Mwisho and Code.

As Head of House Mwisho chose to save himself and place Munya up for eviction for the sixth time in a row.

For the Head of House task the housemates were required to break free from caterpillar suites and will then fly across a line to the other side of the garden; Uti won and became the new Head of House while the other housemates thought he cheated during the task (it was easier for him to break out of his suit).

On day 55, Zambian DJ "Gesh" (Chishala Chitoshi Jr)performed for the housemates.

Because of these events Big Brother issued the following punishments; Lerato is unable to nominate for the remainder of the game and they may not consume any alcohol and will be required to do dish washing duties while remaining in the barn.

On day 62, Ghanaian DJ "Killer Fingers" from Y107.9FM performed for the housemates and they also saw video messages from loved ones.

Week 10 On day 64, Munya, Kaone, Mwisho and Uti were nominated for eviction; as head of house Munya removed himself from eviction and replaced himself with Meryl making Meryl, Kaone, Mwisho and Uti the final nominees for the week.

On day 76, Nigerian “DJ Waxxy”(Oluseye Abiodun Olayanju) performed for the houseguests.

On day 77, Nigerian singer-songwriter and Dentist Dr SID (Sidney Onoriode Esiri) performed prior to the housemate return; barnmates Sheila and Tatiana(she had more individual votes than Paloma) returned to the main house and are eligible for the grand prize, and were joined by Lerato, who returned to the house after a game of luck, while all the other barnmates were officially evicted from the Big Brother game.

Week 12 On day 78, Kaone, Munya, Mwisho and Uti were all up for possible eviction; Mwisho as Head of House saved himself and replaced himself with Tatiana making Tatiana, Kaone, Munya, Uti the final nominees for the week.

Week 13 Housemates Munya, Lerato, Mwisho, Sheila, and Uti became the finalists and became eligible for the grand prize.

On day 90, Zambian DJ Gesh (Chishala Chitoshi Jr) for the second time this season and South African performer C-Live performed for the finale "All-Star Saturday Night" of the season in a Halloween themed show.