{"id":8615,"date":"2021-12-06T10:08:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/big-brother-returning-to-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2021-12-06T10:34:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:34:06","slug":"big-brother-returning-to-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/big-brother-returning-to-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brother Returning to South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Banijay Rights has revealed that <em>Big Brother<\/em> will return to Mzansi Magic in South Africa following a seven-year hiatus.<\/p>\n<p><em>Big Brother Mzansi<\/em>, produced by Red Pepper Pictures, has begun casting and is slated to launch in 2022 on the MultiChoice-owned Mzansi Magic. The adaptation adds to the long list of the format&#8217;s remakes, which included 31 productions in 21 markets in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Robin Pollok, VP of sales for Africa, the Middle East, Greece and Israel at Banijay Rights, said: \u201cSeven years have passed since <em>Big Brother Mzansi<\/em> last graced South African viewers\u2019 screens, and we couldn\u2019t be happier to work with MultiChoice and Red Pepper Pictures to revive this global phenomenon, which continues to have an enduring appeal worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nomsa Philiso, executive head of programming at M-Net, added: \u201cThis year marks 20 years since the very first <em>Big Brother<\/em> on MultiChoice\u2019s M-Net, and we are excited to celebrate this milestone by commissioning a new <em>Big Brother<\/em> season, which will be housed under our Mzansi Magic stable. This is a show that has always delivered top ratings and entertainment value, and our viewers and advertising partners can look forward to a stellar season of <em>Big Brother<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banijay Rights has revealed that Big Brother will return to Mzansi Magic in South Africa following a seven-year hiatus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":8616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1033,599,2395],"class_list":["post-8615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-banijay-rights","tag-big-brother","tag-mzansi-magic","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Big Brother Returning to South Africa - TVFORMATS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/big-brother-returning-to-south-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Big Brother Returning to South Africa - TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Banijay Rights has revealed that Big Brother will return to Mzansi Magic in South Africa following a seven-year hiatus.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/big-brother-returning-to-south-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-06T15:08:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-06T15:34:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/09\/BanijayRights-BigBrotherCanada-1221.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/big-brother-returning-to-south-africa\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/big-brother-returning-to-south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"Big Brother Returning to South Africa - TVFORMATS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-06T15:08:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-06T15:34:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/big-brother-returning-to-south-africa\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/big-brother-returning-to-south-africa\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/big-brother-returning-to-south-africa\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Big Brother Returning to South Africa\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/\",\"name\":\"TVFORMATS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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