Shortly after Big Brother awarded Tayo his Star Gift, he announced this week’s nominations.

In case you missed it, here they are again in alphabetical order:

Alusa, Ellah, JJ, Laveda, M’am Bea, Macky2 and Permithias. Nhlanhla also received a nomination, but because he won the Head of House task earlier, he was immune for the week.

This meant that he was also allowed to put up a fellow housemate for eviction. After Big Brother read out the names, he called Nhlanhla to the diary room.

Once inside, Biggie reminded him that if he chose not to put up someone for eviction, he would be nominated himself, despite being Head of House.

Naturally Nhlanhla was not going to put himself up for eviction, so he decided to choose a fellow housemate. Big Brother gave him no time in the diary room and demanded an answer immediately. Nhlanhla added Macky2 to the list.

Back in the living room, Ellah had already started campaigning for votes, telling Africa to vote for Team Ellah. The rest of the nominees remained mute, mulling over the implications for the end of the week.

Nhlanhla was called back into the dairy room where Biggie told him there was a surprise waiting for him in the storeroom. The rest of the housemates tried to keep their mind off the nominations by delving into their task preparation, sharing their designs with the other housemates.

In the store room, Nhlanhla received a gift of champagne. Along with the chocolates from Tayo’s gift the housemates had enough with which to drown their worries. Who do you think will go home at the end of the week?

There are four ways to vote for your favourite 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 charged 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.