And the BBA $300,000 (cash/cheque prize goes to.....

Namibia's Dillish Pearl Mathews has won the Big Brother Africa (BBA) reality TV show and will smile home with the $300,000 prize money.

In a finale of many shocks and twists, the undergraduate from Windhoek beat five other housemates who made the grand finale of the show.

Dillish Mathews, who finished in second place in a Miss Universities pageant held in Benin, Nigeria, was saved five times from possible eviction by Africa. She never won a Head of House (HoH) task nor any 'Power of No' over the 13-week period of the show. Five countries: Angola, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania and Uganda voted to ensure Dillish's triumph.

Nigeria's Melvin Oduah, the man touted by many to win, in a shocking twist, finished a distant third runner-up spot. He could only secure Nigeria and the Rest of Africa's country votes. Beverly Ada Osu, the other Nigerian in the finale, got the Ethiopian's vote to finish just behind Melvin in 5th place.

Dillish had promised to buy a house so she can live together with her siblings like real family if she won the $300,000 prize money.

 I don't really watch that thing... One time I tuned in and I saw them sleeping and snoring...