In the first edition of Big Brother Africa, the winner turned out to be pre-show popularity poll leader Cherise Makubale from Zambia. In popular voting, which was conducted as "one vote per country," Cherise received six of the 13 votes and was the only finalist to win more than two.
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According to the BBC and the Lugasa Post, Zambia's vice president hailed Cherise as a "role model" displaying a "high level of morality," as crowds mobbed the main streets in Zambia's capital Lugasa to celebrate. This, despite the fact that a group of Zambian churches had petitioned the government to cancel the show, one of the many African religious and political groups offended by BBA's "low morals."
Richard Hatch, eat your heart out.